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<blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 2417027" data-attributes="member: 3448"><p>The Paranswarmian Bishop and his entourage entered the castle's hastily redecorated audience hall. Alistair sat on a great chair centered on a dais at one end of the room, with Mahler, Kit, Dame Brionna, and Delbon by his side.</p><p></p><p>Stithis announced the visitors and Alistair nodded politely and formally but not deferentialy. "I am Jer Pardon, Baron of Lyneham. Welcome, venerable bishop."</p><p></p><p>One of Inquisitor General de Borje's aides confusedly thumbed through a large book before whispering quietly to his master. The Inquisitor General frowned and spoke carefully. "I am sorry to trouble you in this matter. My men are wounded and need a place to rest and recouperate before we continue on our mission." The Bishop muttered a quick incantation to Paranswarm to detect chaos, and looked increasingly nervous as he detected light chaos from most of his hosts besides Dame Brionna and a strong aura from Stithis's extraplanar nature. He paused, distaste for working with any who are not fully orderly warring with the need for aid, and then forced himself to continue. "We would appreciate the opportunity to rest and cast healing magics before we resume our pursuit of a renegade priest who has stolen a powerful object from the Church and turned from the Orderly Darkness. I would not have imposed on your hospitality in this way, but I had thought that this castle was Paranswarmian."</p><p></p><p>Alistair nodded. "Indeed, the prior lord of this land was Paranswarmian. His chaplain betrayed him and usurped control of the land, using his powers as a psionicist and mage to murder the Count's only child and to break the Count's mind. We were part of the retinue of a member of the royal family of Canberry. When we heard of the plight of the county, we sought to free the Count from the traitor's control. Unfortunately, after we slew the usurper, the power sustaining the Count's life faded and he died. We have interred him in the castle's crypt; you are welcome to examine his body and perform additional burial rites if you wish, although not to exhume him, to verify our account.</p><p></p><p>"With the rightful line extinct, the prince of Canberry claimed this land by right of conquest from the usurper and by right of his royal birth, and installed me as the first Baron of Lyneham. As you understand, the established church follows the banner of Canberry, and this is now a Glordiadelian land."</p><p></p><p>The Inquisitor General nodded. "It sounds like the 'chaplain' you mention was the renegade we sought to apprehend. Did he have a large gold amulet with great psionic powers?"</p><p></p><p>"Indeed. We identified that as a dangerous and evil power and sealed it in a lead coffer. We intend to turn it over to the Church of Glordiadel for safe-keeping and destruction."</p><p></p><p>"I suppose I cannot object to that, as we were unable to keep it safe. I warn you that you may find it harder to prevent its theft than you would think; it wishes to be used for evil, and pushes for those opportunities. Do not bring it to any temple below the stature of a cathedral. Any lesser church would surely be unable to guard against it. As for the renegade... what did you do with his body?"</p><p></p><p>"We buried him in a grave outside the castle, after performing the most simple rituals to prevent him from rising again. You may do whatever you wish with him."</p><p></p><p>"Thank you. Paranswarm's punishment for those who betray His order are great and this renegade betrayed both his vows to the Church and his oaths to his lord; we must exhume him, cremate him, and bring the bones back with us to the cathedral, that we may perform the rites consigning him to the Second Deeping for five-hundred years of torment." The Paranswarmians had fierce looks of vengeance on their faces as the Inquisitor General discussed this, but their hosts simply looked uncomfortable. "I understand of course about the need for the established religion, and the chaplaincy, to shift to yours. Would we be permitted to send a priest to minister to any Paranswarmians in the barony?"</p><p></p><p>"We permit any priests of the Ecumenical Alliance to preach in this land, provided that they do not prosyletize among the Glordiadelians. We would view it with favor, however, if you ensured that the Paranswarmian priest was from an order that we would not find particularly offensive."</p><p></p><p>"Of course. We wouldn't send a Priest-Killman or some such. Perhaps a priestess of the Weeping Woman?"</p><p></p><p>"That would be most acceptable. You should also contact the Glordiadelian Bishop to arrange for any steps you want taken before we reconsecrate the castle's chapel to Glordiadel." The Bishop nodded in gratitude. "Now, let us arrange for your wounded to be housed comfortably and begin preparations for the arrival of the rest of your troops."</p><p></p><p>Mahler interrupted. "Who attacked you? Should we fear that they will pursue?"</p><p></p><p>"I doubt it. We travelled north through the City of the Pass. A large group of guards from the Black Guild insisted on searching all travellers in either direction, and refused to allow any armed companies to travel north. Several caravans were backed up outside the City, unwilling to go north without their guards and not permitted to with them. The troops of the Holy Inquisition, of course, are not subject to search or delay by any secular authority, so when they refused us passage we stormed their position and forced our way through. While we inevitably triumphed through Lord Paranswarm's blessings, we suffered heavy wounds."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cerebral Paladin, post: 2417027, member: 3448"] The Paranswarmian Bishop and his entourage entered the castle's hastily redecorated audience hall. Alistair sat on a great chair centered on a dais at one end of the room, with Mahler, Kit, Dame Brionna, and Delbon by his side. Stithis announced the visitors and Alistair nodded politely and formally but not deferentialy. "I am Jer Pardon, Baron of Lyneham. Welcome, venerable bishop." One of Inquisitor General de Borje's aides confusedly thumbed through a large book before whispering quietly to his master. The Inquisitor General frowned and spoke carefully. "I am sorry to trouble you in this matter. My men are wounded and need a place to rest and recouperate before we continue on our mission." The Bishop muttered a quick incantation to Paranswarm to detect chaos, and looked increasingly nervous as he detected light chaos from most of his hosts besides Dame Brionna and a strong aura from Stithis's extraplanar nature. He paused, distaste for working with any who are not fully orderly warring with the need for aid, and then forced himself to continue. "We would appreciate the opportunity to rest and cast healing magics before we resume our pursuit of a renegade priest who has stolen a powerful object from the Church and turned from the Orderly Darkness. I would not have imposed on your hospitality in this way, but I had thought that this castle was Paranswarmian." Alistair nodded. "Indeed, the prior lord of this land was Paranswarmian. His chaplain betrayed him and usurped control of the land, using his powers as a psionicist and mage to murder the Count's only child and to break the Count's mind. We were part of the retinue of a member of the royal family of Canberry. When we heard of the plight of the county, we sought to free the Count from the traitor's control. Unfortunately, after we slew the usurper, the power sustaining the Count's life faded and he died. We have interred him in the castle's crypt; you are welcome to examine his body and perform additional burial rites if you wish, although not to exhume him, to verify our account. "With the rightful line extinct, the prince of Canberry claimed this land by right of conquest from the usurper and by right of his royal birth, and installed me as the first Baron of Lyneham. As you understand, the established church follows the banner of Canberry, and this is now a Glordiadelian land." The Inquisitor General nodded. "It sounds like the 'chaplain' you mention was the renegade we sought to apprehend. Did he have a large gold amulet with great psionic powers?" "Indeed. We identified that as a dangerous and evil power and sealed it in a lead coffer. We intend to turn it over to the Church of Glordiadel for safe-keeping and destruction." "I suppose I cannot object to that, as we were unable to keep it safe. I warn you that you may find it harder to prevent its theft than you would think; it wishes to be used for evil, and pushes for those opportunities. Do not bring it to any temple below the stature of a cathedral. Any lesser church would surely be unable to guard against it. As for the renegade... what did you do with his body?" "We buried him in a grave outside the castle, after performing the most simple rituals to prevent him from rising again. You may do whatever you wish with him." "Thank you. Paranswarm's punishment for those who betray His order are great and this renegade betrayed both his vows to the Church and his oaths to his lord; we must exhume him, cremate him, and bring the bones back with us to the cathedral, that we may perform the rites consigning him to the Second Deeping for five-hundred years of torment." The Paranswarmians had fierce looks of vengeance on their faces as the Inquisitor General discussed this, but their hosts simply looked uncomfortable. "I understand of course about the need for the established religion, and the chaplaincy, to shift to yours. Would we be permitted to send a priest to minister to any Paranswarmians in the barony?" "We permit any priests of the Ecumenical Alliance to preach in this land, provided that they do not prosyletize among the Glordiadelians. We would view it with favor, however, if you ensured that the Paranswarmian priest was from an order that we would not find particularly offensive." "Of course. We wouldn't send a Priest-Killman or some such. Perhaps a priestess of the Weeping Woman?" "That would be most acceptable. You should also contact the Glordiadelian Bishop to arrange for any steps you want taken before we reconsecrate the castle's chapel to Glordiadel." The Bishop nodded in gratitude. "Now, let us arrange for your wounded to be housed comfortably and begin preparations for the arrival of the rest of your troops." Mahler interrupted. "Who attacked you? Should we fear that they will pursue?" "I doubt it. We travelled north through the City of the Pass. A large group of guards from the Black Guild insisted on searching all travellers in either direction, and refused to allow any armed companies to travel north. Several caravans were backed up outside the City, unwilling to go north without their guards and not permitted to with them. The troops of the Holy Inquisition, of course, are not subject to search or delay by any secular authority, so when they refused us passage we stormed their position and forced our way through. While we inevitably triumphed through Lord Paranswarm's blessings, we suffered heavy wounds." [/QUOTE]
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