"I don't know any of them, so don't take that question personal, but Khyber can sometimes become surprisingly persuasive. What do you want us to do if any one of them have turned there back to the flame to follow the dark cult?" asks River.
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"There is but one thing that can be done. If they've been corrupted by the darkness, they must be destroyed. Their evil must be cleansed and perhaps they might join the Flame, but the important thing is to end their threat" she says coldly
Insight DC15
You can detect a hint of guilt in her hardness, she obviously doesn't relish this part
River look a moment at Valahad. Why killing is the only way to end a threat? If people goes into the darkness, why could they cannot come out of it? Violence should not be the solution to follow, but this world have been built on it. The Last War have shown it.
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"It is nightfall, we were retiring for the evening. We have provided food and temporary shelter to ease their suffering, I do not like the insinuation kalashter, we've spent the better part of a month aiding them.
"Of course Lady, no offense was meant. We just walked into town, on a mission for Lady Pender of Sharn. We heard of the refugees upon our arrival and came to see if they needed aid. Upon our arrival into their midst, the Sons of Khyber attack. We stopped them. I assume you know of Lady Pender? She is blessed by your Silver Flame, and sent us here."
Then to reassure the others, he sends telepathic messages to his allies, "She speaks the truth."
"We shall go for your cause, to the Shadow Marches. Trust that I speak for all of us."
The kalashtar speaks into the mind of River, "If they have truly been gone for a year, the grip that Khyber has put on their mind is strong. Perhaps pulling them away from their place of worship would break the hold. If we encounter them and they have swayed from their mission, we shall do this if you wish."
"What we do not understand, Lady," Lanharath says, placing his hand on his chest to indicate that he is refering to himself rather than the group at whole, "is why the agents of Kyber would bother with simple refugees. What would they gain from such an action? Do you happen to know if they simply seek to cause chaos and disorder, or could their aims be focused on a 'higher' goal? In either case, they must be stopped, but it may be easier for us to find them and defeat them if we know what they are after in the first place."
"We haven't been able to discern the meaning behind their madness, it is difficult in dealing with those who worship the Dragon Below. Perhaps they are serving a daelkyr or mind flayer, using the refugees for sacrificial offerings, or something far worse. All we know is that they have slain those that refuse their offer to join the cult." she replies
Remembering stories of what have happen to many of his ancestor because of the Flame and his hatred of the lycanthrope. How many of his family have been killed, how his parents have exiled themselves to Cyre in hope of a better life. What would have happen if the Flame would have offered them to join them instead of simply killing them. He liked the gnome question, and didn't expect anything else than the priestess reaction, so he decided to stay quiet on that.
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"I wonder if you've ever had any dealings with those a follower of Khyber. I can tell you that the Flame has, each time the cultists are different, but they all share a few commonalities. Some wish to help bring about another age of darkness, such as the initial Xoriat incursion*, other wish to battle the Gatekeepers for their role in stopping the daelkyrs, others wish for power, believing that Khyber will grant them control of those around them, and others still wish to join their dark lords in Draaka'tarn. Regardless of their motives, they are sociopathic, mentally unstable, unpredictable and dangerous" Emesha adds
History DC 15
* Thousands of years ago, armies from Xoriat, the plane of madness, poured onto Khorvaire. Iliithids and beholders were led by the daelkyr, who twisted their captives. The hobgoblins became dolgaunts, halflings into chokers, and goblins into dolgrims. If not for the Gatekeeper druids severing the connection to that plane, and subsequent successful battles with the daelkyr, Khorvaire would've likely been overrun.
Arcana DC 15
Draaka'tarn is a mythical promised land deep below the surface, but it requires the path to be made with blood of innocents
Perky hears the shock in Emesha's voice, and then silently allows her to finish condescending to him. He stands tall, and finally drops his hood. Looking up so he could attempt eye-contact, he began First, My apologies for the original deception, my true identity is Pok d'Sivis. He watches the reaction in Emesha, gauging his next words carefully. Fortunately my dealings with Khyber cultists, and the Silver Flame, have been limited to this foray. However I've learned this much from study, the Silver Flame wants to bring about an age of light, and the path requires the destruction of evil. Much like Khyber cultists wish to bring about an age of darknes, and the path requires the destruction of good. A difference in the two being, the Khyber cult offers recruitment before killing, and this chapter of the Silver Flame does not... Pok continues, However, The Church of The Silver Flame, has filed the proper paperwork for operation with my house, and these cultists have not. The cultists also did not file an official conflict form, or notification of war, before assaulting the refugee camp. Which I trust has been properly filed? The rhetorical question hangs for a moment, before Pok continues I'll help to retrieve your people, but will not kill anyone. I am no destroyer of good, or evil. *Something isn't right about these Flamists, their story is clean, and they don't seem to be lying. But I still don't trust them. *
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18 Arcana (I put a 7 modifier in the roll instead of a 14 for the arcana check... sorry for any confusion.)
Pok is out of disguise now, but hasn't turned off his I don't trust people sensor.
"I have not," Valahad speaks into her mind. "Your knowledge of them exceeds my own. For as much as it helps, we need to know where we are going. Do you have a map of your ally's path? We need to start somewhere."
"Excellent. One last thing, Our last contact with Jaryn was a sending ritual six months ago that placed him deep in the borderlands at the head of a trail he called the Black March. We have had no further word. We assume that is somewhere in the Shadow Marches" Emesha says, drawing out a rough map of where Jaryn was expected to lead his band. The path follows the river north, to the town of Ringbriar, then south of the Graywall Mountains, and through southern Droaam, wishing to avoid the large settlements of Graywall or the Great Crag. It continued to the Shadow Marches, where Jaryn expected to be able to find out more details about the location of the cult and their leaders.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that we'll outfit you with rations for the journey, enough for 1 month of travel, I hope it doesn't take that long, but better to be prepared. " she adds
*Ready.* Pok flips his hood back up, and begins backing toward the door, hoping to slip out without having to say any pleasantries.
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FYI when the IC text doesn't specifically describe who Pok is thinking at, he is just thinking in general, and both Val, and Lan, may be able to pick it up. Felt that a bit of explicit permission to peek in Pok's mind was in order.
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