Paths of Legend: The Azgundi Tournaments

[Scott DeWar]

Renaldo seems to be resonably sure that he can trust this centaura and he trusts those in the room he has been invited to. "Assassans are after my charge? *sigh* Allow me to introduce my self. i am Renaldo D'Argauss, a member of the elete guard for family d'Anovia, specifcally for Lady Nineveh d'Anovia. as she is my charge, i must inquire as to the anture of these assassans. what cna you tell me of them and what is their plan? I do not understaqnd your source of information, but when i report this to her I am sure she will ask the nature of your source. please tell me this."

[Voda Vosa]

"If Ah' were ye lad, Ah'll get the lass safe, then ask the questions." Muzdums says, making a funny gesture with his mouth, making his beard crispy.

[Yttermayn]

"My dwarven friend is correct, especially in light of the fact that I do not yet know the nature of the assassins. All that I know regarding this came to me from... The Voice. It has spoken to me before and every time, it has been correct." Aohdan paused between words for emphasis. "Every. Single. Time."

[Helfdan]

Valen nods thoughtfully. "It seems we are fated to help with your task, master swordsman. But let us get the eagle's eye view of the problem first. Friend Muzdum, are you aware of any threats?"

OOC

Voda is up... will post the list when completed

[Amaury]

Valen's tone calms Johen a bit. He still looks concerned though, as he was trying to forget about the Dagger that he carried for so long and that was behind the murder of his master.He shuts up and listens to what the newcomers have to say. More intrigues.. I seem to be the only one with some good news.. he thinks.What interested him most was the story about Shayuri's blood and the Dragon plague. He remembered that young dragon that they had found and was keen to see him saved. The mercenaries threat was maybe less grand but a more direct threat to them at the moment."Hum, lots of issues and threats. I suggest we concentrate on our safety and this tournament first.. no offense to others, but this band of mercenaries seems the mot threatening one at the moment and we need to counter it.. Aohdan, you would be our best entry in their organization to understand who's behind this..."

[Scott DeWar]

"Friends. You are right in that i must warn my charge immediately. I will find Dominic and we will return to warn our lady immediatly. " Rnaldo spins on his heels and places his plumed hat on his head in one well practiced action. he exits to the commen room to find Dominic.

]ooc[ wherfe is dominic? is he in view? ]/ooc[

[crazy_monkey1956]

Renaldo emerges into the common room and sees...

TO BE CONTINUED

OOC: After the conversation among the others reaches a certain point, we will return to poor Renaldo. <insert evil DM Monkey smiley here>

[Scott DeWar]

Nooooooooooo!

(insert temper tantrum here)

[Helfdan]

"Muzdum? You awake?"

OoC:

[Arkhandus]

Originally Posted by Amaury

He asked: "hum, now that we have some privacy, would you care explaining how you came about to hear about this "Dagger", please.."

(OOC: Alaric did explain that a bit earlier, before he lead the others to a private room....)

Alaric says "Well, I don't have any information.... Jes' that I ran inna Lady Dawn de Guare in the street, or rather her ret'nue, an' she invited me 'n' Shayuri to visit 'er. She wanted t'know'about Silvergard. Shayuri was, I dunno, followin' me to the tourney sign-up line or somethin'? Or lookin' for a tryst," he adds speculatively, with a smirk.

"Anyway, when I visited the Lady's manse, she asked questions 'bout the Dagger, Azilyk, an' Silvergard. She obviously a'ready knew about our expedition somewhat, so I figure she must'a been one o' the folks Entan had schemed with t' send us on that errand. Or somethin' like that. I only said as much as I thought was safe unner the circumstances."

When Aodhan mentions the mercenaries, Alaric chips in "Well, I could magic ya up a bit before ya meet 'em next, so ya seem more powerful. A spell t' make yer skin like armor, though it won' help if yer a'ready wearin' any good armor. A spell t' make yer muscles stronger. They'll only work fer a little while, though, so it wouldn't help 'less we knew when they were gonna try an' test ya or somethin'. Sadly, that's all I got. Not muchova transmuter or enchanter, this fella." he says, pointing at himself.

[Voda Vosa]

"My turn to speak tree-huger." Muzdum says to Johen, delivering a mighty pat on the druid's shoulder. "Ah' was on a tavern last night, drinkin' me ale and watchin' the lasses, ye know. Then, Ah' saw a group of humans, all serious, drinkin' water. WATER! So Ah' get there and shouted at them, they were disrespectin' the rest of the tavern drinkin' water. They seemed to be some kind of holy "Ah'-don't-know-what-crap". Two of them stood up, may be angry, Ah don't know, so Ah' broke his face with my fist, and kicked the other guy's ankle.
And Ah' don't have to say what happened then. Jars of ale flyin', chairs smashin' backs, people hittin' each other. Wonderful.
The thin' is that the city guards got there and arrested us all, not after exchangin' a few punches. So we had a nice sleep at the dungeons, and before Ah was to get out, Ah' heard a pair of ruffians speakin' 'bout me. They said somethin' about me been the "dwarf of silvergard" and 'bout the price the heads of the people who went to silvergard have. So Ah' sneak next to them and punched them hard, then took one of them from behind and threaten his with snapin' his neck.
They told me that there's a guy, called "Him" by them, that seems t be payin' good money fer our heads."

[Helfdan]

"You did well, as usual, my friend. I suppose they did not give you a name..."
If Muzdum has no more information, Valen turns to Alaric. "This lady Dawn.. she asked you many questions, but did she let any facts or rumors slip out?"

[Shayuri]

(OOC - Sorry about the delay. Holiday stuff, and the sudden realization that I hadn't decided if Shayuri was aware of her heritage or not. Hee hee. So I worked that out before posting.)

Shayuri frowns and a prickle runs down her spine. She'd never been entirely sure if the stories her father had told her were true. It seemed so...improbable, somehow. She'd believed it at first, but once she learned more of magic she'd discovered that many manifested a natural affinity for the arcane. And her eyes, well...unusual eyes could mean anything. Or nothing.

All of that was beside the point though. How did he know anything about her blood? Warnings from her father about enemies echoed in her ears now. A misguided cult of zealots...but he'd also said they were gone by now.

"Where did you hear that?" Shayuri asked. "About me, I mean, about my blood? Who told you that?"

[Arkhandus]

Alaric looks to Shayuri and says, with a straight face and matter-of-fact tone again, "Oh, the voices in his head told him so. Don't the voices from space tell you things too?" He can't help but smirk and snort once after saying this.

"Seriously, it's not like he spies on people or anything. That would be creepy. And hard, since he has four hooves to muffle when he walks. Don't worry about it, just think of him as an oracle. Maybe he just has innate magic he doesn't understand yet. Maybe the Trickster likes him." Alaric adds with a shrug.

Looking to Valen, he says "Nope, the Lady wasn't really forthcomin'. She basically invited me there for a one-way polite interrogation an' then dismissed me like she didn't give a hoot for entertainin' guests."

[Helfdan]

"A bit of patience, lady Shayuri. We will of course gladly hear what you have to say, and explain what we can." Valen tries to speak as kindly as he can in his gruff voice. "Now, tree-brother Johen, please speak your mind. What is this about orcs?"

OOC

List coming along nicely, folks. I don't know if its the planning or the rough voice, but suddenly Valen is reminding me of a medieval Jack Bauer

[Amaury]

orcs?... orcs! thinks Johen before replying to his compatriot: "Oh, the orcs! Well, you've met them. And according to the Redaxe warrior, they are many of them on the Plateau. And he sees their destruction as his goal if he reaches Lordship of the Silvergard Plateau. A noble goal I must say. And whoever wins the Lordship will certainly have to deal with them.

But, back to our current issues.. What to do we do?

We have a team of throat cutters to avoid or deal with preventatively.
Some threat against a Lady.. hmm, forgot her name.
And another group of wrongdoers who seem to know a little bit too much about us..
The Dragon Plague is more of a side issue but one I have close to my heart..

That's a lot.." he says before stroking Highflyer, his hawk companion, that seems to grow nervous in this sky-less environment..

[Helfdan]

Very well, lady Shayuri. "Do you have any insights, or questions on these matters?"

[Shayuri]

"Oh, NOW you want my questions," Shayuri replies angrily. "Well all right then. Lets start with the basics, and work our way up from there."

She counts off a finger. "For starters, who exactly are you? I know Alaric from the school, but the rest of you are strangers to me."

"Secondly," the sorceress continues, ticking off another finger, "What do you know about me, and what has -my blood- got to do with anything?"

"And finally, for now, why is that every time I bring up that dagger, you're all so eager to drop the subject? From what little I've heard so far, that would be the single most important issue to deal with here."

[Helfdan]

Valen nods grimly. "Good questions, all." He pauses briefly, then gestures at each of the others as he names them. "Our company was sent by the adventurer's guild to learn the fate of Silvergard, which had not been heard of since the war. " He then looks to Aohdan briefly. "Now I myself know nothing of you but what you and Alaric have said. It is Aohdan who knows of your bloodline, thanks to his second sight. I do not presume to understand it, but he has yet to be wrong. As a sorceress, I do not know if you are aware of the dragon-plague... apparently you can somehow be instrumental in its cure."
Though not hostile, or threatening, the ranger's pale blue eyes hold SHayuri's gaze intensely. "You are correct in that the dagger is the most serious of all the threats we face. But before I speak of it, I apologize, but I MUST know what you know about it."

OOC

Here's what we have so far:
Aohdan:
1-assasins aiming for us, and someone protected by Renaldo
2-Shayuri's blood important for dragons
3-mercenaries plan to cheat
Muzdum:
1-Price on our heads
Aleera
1-the dagger has found a new wielder, and it is close
Johen
1-a competitor named Redaxe wishes lordship of Silvergard to eliminate the orcs

Anything I missed?

And Shayuri, sorry for the intensity, but Valen's that sort of guy (he's not paranoid, just intense) and Shadowmask (aka Mrs. DM C.M.) loves the drama

[Yttermayn]

Originally Posted by Helfdan

Here's what we have so far:
Aohdan:
1-assasins aiming for him, and someone protected by Renaldo

OOC: A point of clarification, assassins are after all of the Silvergard party, not Just Aohdan. Fits in withh what Muzdum said about a price on our heads.