"Lomag is no blunt instrument, he is the reason for my being here and he has already stepped into my dreams as my mind has begun to clarify. I recognize the potent spell he used having once been able to cast it myself. The engineer, architect, and there was one more name. Gods, what was it?" Whisper paused and nibbled on the thumb nail of his left hand for a few moments. "The collector, I think that was it. All of these names are from my past and I believe they were foes I aided in vanquishing. The lot of them may have found a way to cheat the very gods themselves out of receiving their souls when they passed on in my time. I suspect this for Lor himself has bound my soul to Lomag's and tasked me with delivering his soul to its proper recipient. I would wager that simply removing his head from his shoulders will just send his soul and mine down another timeline to do battle yet again. Drusilla or Karlane, since I know not if the gods between the two times are the same whose dominions are the hunt, the passing of life to death, and the undead? Those strike me as the deities besides the keeper of secrets and information as ones I should seek guidance and blessings from in my task. As for the Dwemer race and their legacy, I can read and speak the ancient Dwemer language should we come across something left behind by ancient vandals or some rotting corpse decides to animate and become chatty with us."
[OoC] @Chris - I don't have any dwemer items on my character sheet, just that I can read and speak that ancient language. Maybe you or your character knows something that my character and I do not? if so please enlighten "us"? Dwemer is a race/subclass that is new to me in this version of the game or maybe I just didn't go down paths in the previous one that would have unveiled their existence there.
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** Part I: Fire and Ash **
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OOC: Fyi Tristen is out of the game from too much work/gaming obligation.
Chris you can take over Idrys if you don't mind.
Drusilla said 'That was a mouthful, mage. You have far too many memories that do not make any sense here, I fear. Not now. Keep them to yourself for now. It's nothing we can actually use in our scheming anyway, boy. I believe that big black insect made of metal is Dwemer artiface. Even the Dwarves cannot create such contraptions that their ancestors once had aeons ago. Trust me, if Lor wanted a lowly demon priest dead he would not have sent you to another treebranch in time to do so. He is not a God of revenge. Also Lomag did not come here from your time, if you vanquished him in a different timeline, then he is dead therein, not herein. Just as beings you thought good here could be evil, and vice versa." she turned to Karlene saying 'the Dwemer are ancient Dwarves, gifted and highly intelligent in the forbidden arts of technology. Dezloz has been scouring the world for traces of their existence, ruins and secret places far below the root. "
Chris you can take over Idrys if you don't mind.
Drusilla said 'That was a mouthful, mage. You have far too many memories that do not make any sense here, I fear. Not now. Keep them to yourself for now. It's nothing we can actually use in our scheming anyway, boy. I believe that big black insect made of metal is Dwemer artiface. Even the Dwarves cannot create such contraptions that their ancestors once had aeons ago. Trust me, if Lor wanted a lowly demon priest dead he would not have sent you to another treebranch in time to do so. He is not a God of revenge. Also Lomag did not come here from your time, if you vanquished him in a different timeline, then he is dead therein, not herein. Just as beings you thought good here could be evil, and vice versa." she turned to Karlene saying 'the Dwemer are ancient Dwarves, gifted and highly intelligent in the forbidden arts of technology. Dezloz has been scouring the world for traces of their existence, ruins and secret places far below the root. "
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"Thanks for coming to the party, Whisper. That information will prove useful in future," encourages Karlane. "Enough on that. Thought on where we go first? The safehouse? What time of day do we expect the messenger on the north road?"
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Idrys just sharpens his sword, looking up once at Karlane with a shrug as if to say, 'You're the clever one, you tell me.'
{OOC: @Matt - I'm sure the spectre said you had some such item in your possession. And there was mention of something under a bed, but that was broken. I'm thinking amulet or scarab. Suggest you talk to Spike privately i.e Karlane wouldn't know so dont tell me unless you want her to know IG.}
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Idrys just sharpens his sword, looking up once at Karlane with a shrug as if to say, 'You're the clever one, you tell me.'
{OOC: @Matt - I'm sure the spectre said you had some such item in your possession. And there was mention of something under a bed, but that was broken. I'm thinking amulet or scarab. Suggest you talk to Spike privately i.e Karlane wouldn't know so dont tell me unless you want her to know IG.}
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The messenger is slated to pass between 2:00pm to 4pm, give or take.
Sarancen: "Let us intercept the messenger, so the old geezer didn't die for nothing, aye? I was just starting to like the crusty old fart'
Azonia: "It is settled then, we all go as one. Worry not, if he is on horseback I will take him down. I am well trained in combating mounted riders. We will have sufficient time to set an appropriate ambush, the Elsmyrian way'
Sarancen: "Let us intercept the messenger, so the old geezer didn't die for nothing, aye? I was just starting to like the crusty old fart'
Azonia: "It is settled then, we all go as one. Worry not, if he is on horseback I will take him down. I am well trained in combating mounted riders. We will have sufficient time to set an appropriate ambush, the Elsmyrian way'
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"Is there time to take over the safehouse before we need to start setting the ambush? We might be best moving some way away from here before setting any ambush to avoid any further group of assassins headed to this place. Indeed, do we need to kill any guards? Wouldn't that arouse suspicion? I could just try and Charm the messenger," Karlane offers as her final points of discussion.
Before they group head out, she suggests they each take 3 days' worth of rations. Ever the careful planner, she also takes the four litest books from the pile on the mantlepeice and stows two in her backpack and asks Idrys to similarly stow the other pair.
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{OOC: @Spike - Just to check, was it Sarancen that had a forearm tattoo of two opposed dragons, red and black? Otherwise, I'm happy to be done here and move the story along. I will do a final post for a very short 'discrete conversation' with Lucien just before we leave. But that can be in the private thread so shouldn't hold up things in this main thread.}
Before they group head out, she suggests they each take 3 days' worth of rations. Ever the careful planner, she also takes the four litest books from the pile on the mantlepeice and stows two in her backpack and asks Idrys to similarly stow the other pair.
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{OOC: @Spike - Just to check, was it Sarancen that had a forearm tattoo of two opposed dragons, red and black? Otherwise, I'm happy to be done here and move the story along. I will do a final post for a very short 'discrete conversation' with Lucien just before we leave. But that can be in the private thread so shouldn't hold up things in this main thread.}
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Yes, Sarancen had the tattoo. The tattoo of the 13th legion.
'Splendid suggestion, we have time' Drusilla said.
After activation of the appropriate portal to Stoink is created, Karlene mutters under her breath and a white oval shaped disc of pulsating white energy ripped open in the fabric of reality. Through it you could see the safehouse interior. It did not take long to go through, you felt nothing but a slight tingling sensation as you emerged elsewhere...
SAFEHOUSE
The interior of the safe house is appropriately furnished, immaculately clean and very luxurious. There are several random imposing kings, queens, important people's portraits covering the walls in various sections.
There is a tiny door here that is currently shut, and behind it all of you hear a groaning sound like someone constipated and fighting to expunge his bowels. A crossbow is resting against the wall here.
On the main floor is a guard room, a kitchen, and a library. Upstairs lies an office, a bedroom, and a bathing chamber. Everyone can hear the sounds of hot and heavy lovemaking coming from the bedroom above. With Idry's special vision he can see a man and a woman haing at it in the bedroom.
You can make out a water mill outside in the back yard. A pair of stairs in the kitchen winds downward into darkness.
What do you do?
'Splendid suggestion, we have time' Drusilla said.
After activation of the appropriate portal to Stoink is created, Karlene mutters under her breath and a white oval shaped disc of pulsating white energy ripped open in the fabric of reality. Through it you could see the safehouse interior. It did not take long to go through, you felt nothing but a slight tingling sensation as you emerged elsewhere...
SAFEHOUSE
The interior of the safe house is appropriately furnished, immaculately clean and very luxurious. There are several random imposing kings, queens, important people's portraits covering the walls in various sections.
There is a tiny door here that is currently shut, and behind it all of you hear a groaning sound like someone constipated and fighting to expunge his bowels. A crossbow is resting against the wall here.
On the main floor is a guard room, a kitchen, and a library. Upstairs lies an office, a bedroom, and a bathing chamber. Everyone can hear the sounds of hot and heavy lovemaking coming from the bedroom above. With Idry's special vision he can see a man and a woman haing at it in the bedroom.
You can make out a water mill outside in the back yard. A pair of stairs in the kitchen winds downward into darkness.
What do you do?
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Karlane whispers in Idrys's ear, "What can you see? How many people? A drow?" and taps his bow and points at the loo door to idicate he should cover it.
She then whispers in Drusilla's ear, "Do you have a Find Traps spell now?"
She then looks for any evidence of traps in the area before them, scratches, wires, join lines etc. {FRT 30% chance}
Idrys nods and readies his bow to cover the loo door. He tells her what he sees. {Just the 3 spotted? What races? Anyone downstairs?}
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@Spike: Any chance of a map? Hand sketch and scanned is fine.
This place is supposed to be full of traps, so distances and positions of doors etc could be important. e.g. hiding to surprise and kill the bloke on the loo is simple if the door is 2' away. But if it's at the other end of a hallway then there could be one of more pit traps between here and there.
She then whispers in Drusilla's ear, "Do you have a Find Traps spell now?"
She then looks for any evidence of traps in the area before them, scratches, wires, join lines etc. {FRT 30% chance}
Idrys nods and readies his bow to cover the loo door. He tells her what he sees. {Just the 3 spotted? What races? Anyone downstairs?}
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@Spike: Any chance of a map? Hand sketch and scanned is fine.
This place is supposed to be full of traps, so distances and positions of doors etc could be important. e.g. hiding to surprise and kill the bloke on the loo is simple if the door is 2' away. But if it's at the other end of a hallway then there could be one of more pit traps between here and there.
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Just the three.
Below: wine cellar, store room. He notes a secret door, undoubtedly trapped. Behind it he can make out prison cells and a torture chamber.
The door opens and out came a man, tall with brown hair and green eyes, tying his trousers up with a look of elation, saying 'that was quite a load' when he noticed you all and raised his hands up when Azonia leveled her shortbow in his face.
The man laughed, 'easy now, wasn't expecting guests. You guys can drop the bravado, I know you're as tough as nails. With the coin dropped on you you'd better damn well be! Hah hah. Wait a minute, are you here for the prisoners or for the expedition mission?'
Below: wine cellar, store room. He notes a secret door, undoubtedly trapped. Behind it he can make out prison cells and a torture chamber.
The door opens and out came a man, tall with brown hair and green eyes, tying his trousers up with a look of elation, saying 'that was quite a load' when he noticed you all and raised his hands up when Azonia leveled her shortbow in his face.
The man laughed, 'easy now, wasn't expecting guests. You guys can drop the bravado, I know you're as tough as nails. With the coin dropped on you you'd better damn well be! Hah hah. Wait a minute, are you here for the prisoners or for the expedition mission?'
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Karlane steps up to the man, careful not to impede line of sight for any missiles, "The expedition is hazardous. Any extra detail might help. If there's something useful, I've got some for your trouble." She taps her visible coin pouch indicatively.
If the bloke hesitates for more than a count of two, Karlane nods for him to be taken down.
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Idrys is still nonchalantly covering the bloke with his bow.
If the bloke hesitates for more than a count of two, Karlane nods for him to be taken down.
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Idrys is still nonchalantly covering the bloke with his bow.
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The man grins with an eager gleam in his eyes, 'heh heh well shit on me, details are what I'm all about girl. Got three wankers rotting in their cells, had some fun with em til we broke their spirit a wee bit, nuff to make a grown man cry. Call em blondey, snowflake, and charmer. Not sure what they did to wind up here, but I was paid a substantial fee to make sure their stay was opulent. Got em all to turn on each other, fun and games! Heck we threw everything in the book at these fools, tough nuts to crack. Look if you think you can do better than me, have at it. I might get paid to extract and interrogate but I'm not an artiste if you catch me drift. It's a skill, not a passion of mine' he stopped to let his words sink in then continued 'if you're taking the expedition, or have a change of heart let me know. The tunnels need to be cleared within a week, mapped out and purged of any undesireables, meaning kill anything you come across'
(F/RT: 100%) there doesn't appear to be any traps hereabouts Karlene assures herself.
(F/RT: 100%) there doesn't appear to be any traps hereabouts Karlene assures herself.
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"Lead on," she says to the jailer. "Bows away, boys. You're with me." She points at Idrys. "Rest of you wait here."
When she's sure the jailer is facing away from her, and no mirrors etc as a hazard, Karlane indicates the number 2 (with 2 fingers), points upstairs and then makes a cutting motion across her neck, points at the the rest of the group with a wave of her finger and then points upstairs again.
Idrys puts his bow away, and follows on, right hands resting casually on the sword hilt.
When she's sure the jailer is facing away from her, and no mirrors etc as a hazard, Karlane indicates the number 2 (with 2 fingers), points upstairs and then makes a cutting motion across her neck, points at the the rest of the group with a wave of her finger and then points upstairs again.
Idrys puts his bow away, and follows on, right hands resting casually on the sword hilt.
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The safe house guard nodded, 'right this way, madam' he leads you threw the winecellar, depresses a brick in the wall until one wine-rack pushes into the wall then slid left into a fold, revealing a secret dungeon cell beyond. At the end of it was a torture chamber, not very big and fitted with a wooden X rack, some hot pokers, and a fireplace.
In cell #1 was a blonde haired man, muscular and feline physique.
Cell #2: a drow elf with silver hair
Cell #3: An elf with a rotund belly, mustache, and calculating eyes, quite possibly the first time you've ever seen a fat elf before now.
The big bellied elf with a look of disdain and impertinence called out 'Ah, jailer, fetch me a bottle of your finest vintage. And some cheese, dates, perhaps a few pork medallions marinated with black cherry brandy sauce would be most delightful...do hurry I've suffered sufficiently enough'
The human and the drow are asleep and do not notice you.
The guard says 'we stripped em of their belongings, it's in the closet in the interrogation room. Don't entirely see why these prisoners are so special, they look like the sorriest pieces of troll shit I've ever laid eyes on. I mean, really a drow elf stupid nuff to venture to the surface, a fat elf who thinks himself some sort of royalty reborn, and a fighter that's nothing but a whoring, piss poor gambler that burned down his own house'
In cell #1 was a blonde haired man, muscular and feline physique.
Cell #2: a drow elf with silver hair
Cell #3: An elf with a rotund belly, mustache, and calculating eyes, quite possibly the first time you've ever seen a fat elf before now.
The big bellied elf with a look of disdain and impertinence called out 'Ah, jailer, fetch me a bottle of your finest vintage. And some cheese, dates, perhaps a few pork medallions marinated with black cherry brandy sauce would be most delightful...do hurry I've suffered sufficiently enough'
The human and the drow are asleep and do not notice you.
The guard says 'we stripped em of their belongings, it's in the closet in the interrogation room. Don't entirely see why these prisoners are so special, they look like the sorriest pieces of troll shit I've ever laid eyes on. I mean, really a drow elf stupid nuff to venture to the surface, a fat elf who thinks himself some sort of royalty reborn, and a fighter that's nothing but a whoring, piss poor gambler that burned down his own house'
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"Show me their equipment," she replies.
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The guard leads you into the torture chamber, and then into an adjoining storage room.
He says 'Here's the black skinned devil's things. Elf-chain, cloak and books, hand crossbow, longsword and shortsword, he also had this amulet.
Then he shows you another table, 'Here's blondie's things, sword and dag, double crossbow, knives and blades, mace, even had this weird spring loaded dagger! (shows you a gauntlet spring loaded dagger). Armed to the teeth. Nice armor, invisible too when worn. This bloody bloke is either a very successful swindler or has a generous master'
'Last but not least, here's the fat fucks things. Bunch of daggers, pair of wands, a garrotte, some vials of poison, his spellbook apparently'
He says 'Here's the black skinned devil's things. Elf-chain, cloak and books, hand crossbow, longsword and shortsword, he also had this amulet.
Then he shows you another table, 'Here's blondie's things, sword and dag, double crossbow, knives and blades, mace, even had this weird spring loaded dagger! (shows you a gauntlet spring loaded dagger). Armed to the teeth. Nice armor, invisible too when worn. This bloody bloke is either a very successful swindler or has a generous master'
'Last but not least, here's the fat fucks things. Bunch of daggers, pair of wands, a garrotte, some vials of poison, his spellbook apparently'
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{OOC: @Matt - I've moves to private thread to deal with the prisoners. Feel free to dispose of the pair of guards upstairs (definitely taking the rest of the party with you just in case) in either your private thread or here. I won't look in here until Spike tells me.}
