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<blockquote data-quote="Corey" data-source="post: 1013671" data-attributes="member: 140"><p><strong>The final post</strong></p><p></p><p>Days pass as the work on Equlia’s home is completed.</p><p></p><p>On your fourth day in town each of you receives a note delivered by a man dressed in the uniform of Phrada’s guards.</p><p></p><p>Each note says essentially the same thing: “I have heard that your group rid the world of the slaver Metazernes. I congratulate you. It is my fond wish that you join me for a meal at mid-day, four days from today. I sincerely hope to discuss issues of mutual interest and possibly profit. Pharnaces, Tyrant of Phrada.”</p><p></p><p>Three days later, news spreads through the city that an army emerged from the mouth of the Darya River Valley two days ago. Phrada’s rumor mongers explode: Atmananda, Emperor of Sind, has been assassinated and one-hundred and fourteen of his sons have declared themselves sole emperor of Sind; the army of 10,000, or 50,000, Perfect People marches on Phrada; the army is marching north to Bastiyaan; the Perfect People are running from an alliance of Durrani tribes; the Dost have all been massacred; the Dost are marching alongside the Perfect People; Purushanda is under siege by the Perfect People, the Eternally Open Gates of Purushanda are smashed and the city is fallen; the Perfect People carry with them a weapon that can eliminate entire populations.</p><p></p><p>In the Great Market all food and other immediately useful items sell out. Phradan soldiers suppress a near riot that threatens to loot the city’s grain stores. </p><p></p><p>As you gather before Aeschylus’s make-shift Sanctum just before noon the day of your meal with the Tyrant, a runner comes by and tells you that, despite the pressing situation, Pharnaces still wishes to see you. He hopes you will come to his home two hours before the mid-part of the night for supper.</p><p></p><p>As you watch the messenger’s back disappear around a corner, Equlia emerges. She is naked and carrying a dagger. Blood streams from countless cuts she has inflicted on her face, arms and legs. Tears have cut paths through the blood on her face.</p><p></p><p>People cry out in fear at the sight of her. Then they start to wail in horror as the sky begins to go black.</p><p></p><p>“Cherith is reborn!” she cries. </p><p></p><p>“There…” droplets of blood splash to the ground as she points it’s the dagger’s tip in the direction of the Sind Killers “…the Queen of Bane has birthed the Traitor. Soon the Abyss will shred all of you in its cold waters. You walk the wrong path, brother.”</p><p></p><p>At this she begins to scream. The noise is bloodcurdling and filled with awfulness. </p><p></p><p>And, as her wails reach a fever pitch and she drops to the ground in convulsions, the mid-day sky goes pitch black.</p><p></p><p>************************************************</p><p></p><p>DM’s note: End of thread. See you all Sunday.</p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corey, post: 1013671, member: 140"] [b]The final post[/b] Days pass as the work on Equlia’s home is completed. On your fourth day in town each of you receives a note delivered by a man dressed in the uniform of Phrada’s guards. Each note says essentially the same thing: “I have heard that your group rid the world of the slaver Metazernes. I congratulate you. It is my fond wish that you join me for a meal at mid-day, four days from today. I sincerely hope to discuss issues of mutual interest and possibly profit. Pharnaces, Tyrant of Phrada.” Three days later, news spreads through the city that an army emerged from the mouth of the Darya River Valley two days ago. Phrada’s rumor mongers explode: Atmananda, Emperor of Sind, has been assassinated and one-hundred and fourteen of his sons have declared themselves sole emperor of Sind; the army of 10,000, or 50,000, Perfect People marches on Phrada; the army is marching north to Bastiyaan; the Perfect People are running from an alliance of Durrani tribes; the Dost have all been massacred; the Dost are marching alongside the Perfect People; Purushanda is under siege by the Perfect People, the Eternally Open Gates of Purushanda are smashed and the city is fallen; the Perfect People carry with them a weapon that can eliminate entire populations. In the Great Market all food and other immediately useful items sell out. Phradan soldiers suppress a near riot that threatens to loot the city’s grain stores. As you gather before Aeschylus’s make-shift Sanctum just before noon the day of your meal with the Tyrant, a runner comes by and tells you that, despite the pressing situation, Pharnaces still wishes to see you. He hopes you will come to his home two hours before the mid-part of the night for supper. As you watch the messenger’s back disappear around a corner, Equlia emerges. She is naked and carrying a dagger. Blood streams from countless cuts she has inflicted on her face, arms and legs. Tears have cut paths through the blood on her face. People cry out in fear at the sight of her. Then they start to wail in horror as the sky begins to go black. “Cherith is reborn!” she cries. “There…” droplets of blood splash to the ground as she points it’s the dagger’s tip in the direction of the Sind Killers “…the Queen of Bane has birthed the Traitor. Soon the Abyss will shred all of you in its cold waters. You walk the wrong path, brother.” At this she begins to scream. The noise is bloodcurdling and filled with awfulness. And, as her wails reach a fever pitch and she drops to the ground in convulsions, the mid-day sky goes pitch black. ************************************************ DM’s note: End of thread. See you all Sunday. :D [/QUOTE]
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