"I thought someone at the temple would probably know where I might be able to find some ritual books, if they existed -- either for sale or in the hands of somoene who would let me copy them -- in this town. I ran into a problem that might be solveable with a detect secret doors ritual; it's a fairly common ritual, but I've usually had the privlidge of the company of someone skilled in spotting such things without magic so I never bought a book of it for myself." She explained.
Leif's "Revenge of the Giants" [4E] [IC 01]
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"I don't suppose you know any stories about a mysterious lion-man visiting here some time ago?" She asks out of curiousity.
hafrogman
Adventurer
Heise blushes a little at the Vizier's response, he probably should have known that.
"Ah, alas no. There's an old trick where you pace out the size of a room, and compare it to the next to see if there's a hidden space between two walls . . . but of course, here that doesn't help. I suppose I shall just await the return of the others . . . or inspiration."
He pauses to consider the matter.
"Ah, alas no. There's an old trick where you pace out the size of a room, and compare it to the next to see if there's a hidden space between two walls . . . but of course, here that doesn't help. I suppose I shall just await the return of the others . . . or inspiration."
He pauses to consider the matter.
Leif
Adventurer
[Sariel in the temple]
The priest 'yammers', "Well, there was that old legend about a lion-man, or a Torrian as they are properly known, coming here from his City of Argent a long, long time ago. Seems that all the kingdoms in the land were sending champions to Argent, each to help guard the city for a time, to take up the Silver Cloaks and defend the city for a time, as required by the Guardian of Argent. The Torrians, you see, were the seneschals and majors domo to the Champions."
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"That would seem to imply a serious threat to the city, and something there that made defending it critical. I can't imagine many rulers who would give up the service of their champion purely out of altruism." She said.
Leif
Adventurer
[Sariel in the temple]
"In its heyday, kingdoms all across the land sent Champions to stand a watch in Argent, as the Guardian of Argent required. Some were chosen through trials or tournaments, but others came voluntarily. Their mission there was to protect the natural world from threats emerging from the borderlands between civilization and the unknown. So you see, the rulers were not giving up their Champions, exactly, because their duties in Argent protected their homes as well as the rest of the world. The proof that the efforts of Bael Turath, Vardar, Arkhosia, and others were not in vain is made plain by the long period of peace and tranquility that marked the height of the Nerath Empire. But as the peace grew longer and longer, the time between the selection of Champions grew longer than the initial ten years -- fifteen, twenty-five, fifty years, and then new Champions stopped arriving altogether. Did the Peace of Nerath lead directly to Argent's downfall? Who can say? But it certainly seems to have contributed to a lack of Champions to stand guard at the Top of the World."
Leif
Adventurer
[Sariel in the temple]
"That's really almost all that I know about Argent, sadly, and I'm needed here, so I'm afraid that I must decline. But if you have more questions I shall try to answer as best I can."
"That's really almost all that I know about Argent, sadly, and I'm needed here, so I'm afraid that I must decline. But if you have more questions I shall try to answer as best I can."
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