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<blockquote data-quote="Noltelix" data-source="post: 2334493" data-attributes="member: 32952"><p><strong>A plot uncovered</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: DarkRed">Rabirius, A plot uncovered</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: DarkRed">We have spent several days seeking clues pertaining to the existence of cultists in Duvik's Pass, at the behest of Lady Trelawney. Unable to find much information, we caught a break when a man turned himself in, claiming to have been brainwashed by the cultists, and warning of an attack to come. The man's claims were soon corroborated when we uncovered the existence of a doppelganger, posing as the town's druid. He was delt with quickly, but that left the town without a druid and, we feared the conspirators would soon get wise to the situation. Seeing no other options, we resolved to take the place of the druid and see what we might discover...</span></span></p><p></p><p>The first to try taking the place of the mising druid was Firanus, he used a transforming spell in conjunction with an attempt at mundane disguises as applied by Shane. The disguise was innefective, though, and the gardener recognized the facade, but the presence of the same gardener luckily put off the cult contact as well. The next day, the Wildcat took a shot at playing the role, making use of his masterful illusions to perfectly replicate the appearance of the druid. Unfortunately, he was almost caught unaware (I failed to detect the approach of the contact in time to warn Wildcat, clearly a cunning and stealthy foe). The crafty wildcat was able to disguise his voice by pretending to have a cold, and the cult contact seemed convinced. After a short discussion, the women left, we now knew her to be "Maradosan", and had learned several other names from her, as well as some startling news that the leader wanted to move back into the temple (that same temple we had just cleared out) soon. Time was running short. We resolved to incite a somewhat desperate plan, revealing to Maradosan that a pesky group of imperial investigators (us) was getting close and the position of Wildcat posing as a doppelganger posing as the druid may have been compromised, urging Maradosan to contact the leader and ask how to proceed further, thinking to force the hand of the cultists and push them into action prematurely. </p><p></p><p>Our investigations in the hours following that last contact have pointed to the mill as a likely hideout for the cult (Maradosan mentioned the problem of hiding the miller's body, and after speaking with lady Trelawney we decided that action had to be taken against the mill). Tomorrow we will attack the mill, and surely we will find stiff resistence, so for now we rest and regain our magical energies (Wildcat and myself have both texed our powers somewhat). With thoughts of assaulting the mill, comes a different question then the whereabouts and plans of the cultists. Our companion Villaeus has been missing for several days. The last we saw of him he very nearly got into an altercation with several bear warriors, before trotting off proudly on his horse, leaving the soldiers of Oberon snarling in his wake. I fear what may have happened to him, too proud to bow his head to any, it seems likely that those same bear warriors may have encountered him again. Should that have happened it is not a far stretch to imagine the scene growning bloody quickly, and though Villaeus was a most capable warrior, and I do not doubt he took several of the guardsmen down with him, he would quickly have been overwhelmed (and any onlookers would be quick to aid the guards against the shining representative of their imperial enemy). I fear we shall not be entering this or any future battles with Villaeus at our side, though I hope am wrong.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="color: DarkRed">- Rabirius, entry the Fourth</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Noltelix, post: 2334493, member: 32952"] [b]A plot uncovered[/b] [FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed]Rabirius, A plot uncovered[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed]We have spent several days seeking clues pertaining to the existence of cultists in Duvik's Pass, at the behest of Lady Trelawney. Unable to find much information, we caught a break when a man turned himself in, claiming to have been brainwashed by the cultists, and warning of an attack to come. The man's claims were soon corroborated when we uncovered the existence of a doppelganger, posing as the town's druid. He was delt with quickly, but that left the town without a druid and, we feared the conspirators would soon get wise to the situation. Seeing no other options, we resolved to take the place of the druid and see what we might discover...[/COLOR][/FONT] The first to try taking the place of the mising druid was Firanus, he used a transforming spell in conjunction with an attempt at mundane disguises as applied by Shane. The disguise was innefective, though, and the gardener recognized the facade, but the presence of the same gardener luckily put off the cult contact as well. The next day, the Wildcat took a shot at playing the role, making use of his masterful illusions to perfectly replicate the appearance of the druid. Unfortunately, he was almost caught unaware (I failed to detect the approach of the contact in time to warn Wildcat, clearly a cunning and stealthy foe). The crafty wildcat was able to disguise his voice by pretending to have a cold, and the cult contact seemed convinced. After a short discussion, the women left, we now knew her to be "Maradosan", and had learned several other names from her, as well as some startling news that the leader wanted to move back into the temple (that same temple we had just cleared out) soon. Time was running short. We resolved to incite a somewhat desperate plan, revealing to Maradosan that a pesky group of imperial investigators (us) was getting close and the position of Wildcat posing as a doppelganger posing as the druid may have been compromised, urging Maradosan to contact the leader and ask how to proceed further, thinking to force the hand of the cultists and push them into action prematurely. Our investigations in the hours following that last contact have pointed to the mill as a likely hideout for the cult (Maradosan mentioned the problem of hiding the miller's body, and after speaking with lady Trelawney we decided that action had to be taken against the mill). Tomorrow we will attack the mill, and surely we will find stiff resistence, so for now we rest and regain our magical energies (Wildcat and myself have both texed our powers somewhat). With thoughts of assaulting the mill, comes a different question then the whereabouts and plans of the cultists. Our companion Villaeus has been missing for several days. The last we saw of him he very nearly got into an altercation with several bear warriors, before trotting off proudly on his horse, leaving the soldiers of Oberon snarling in his wake. I fear what may have happened to him, too proud to bow his head to any, it seems likely that those same bear warriors may have encountered him again. Should that have happened it is not a far stretch to imagine the scene growning bloody quickly, and though Villaeus was a most capable warrior, and I do not doubt he took several of the guardsmen down with him, he would quickly have been overwhelmed (and any onlookers would be quick to aid the guards against the shining representative of their imperial enemy). I fear we shall not be entering this or any future battles with Villaeus at our side, though I hope am wrong. [FONT=Book Antiqua][COLOR=DarkRed]- Rabirius, entry the Fourth[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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