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<blockquote data-quote="97mg" data-source="post: 6851294" data-attributes="member: 6799460"><p><strong>Wrenwil: Judgement</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The old cleric tightened and soured as the arse-breathed twist wrenched at his gut. Wrenwil's face wrinkled like a fast-drying prune, a crushing cocktail of fear, regret, temptation to violence, and strangely... trust, showing on his face for all to see.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">It was somewhat ironic that he started the explanation with </span><span style="color: #0000cd">"my friends, calm yourselves... don't let your nerves cloak the light betwixt the foul darkness..."</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #000000">He took a moment to spit, a deliberate and honest attempt to dislodge some soot-filled air from his weary lungs. Hand crossbow lowered, Wrenwil pointedly proceeded to thrust the butt of his staff against the treachered soil at their feet, a frustrated, angry and reflex motion that spoke without words of his simmering hate and struggle with restraint.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Staring into the licking flames, he did his best to shed light on it all, though much of it was purely joining dots and the birth of some future "plan".</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">"Alic, Ordechai, my brave friends, do not scold me so! I am as torn and bitter as any man with this vile corruption in our sight. Mark my words. My people, the Chivalans, over centuries gone by have shed blood, the lives of young and old alike, reunited, to cleanse our lands of the dark filth of Herod's conspirators. Yes Alic, the man who bowed before our Knight confessed openly of connection to such sick and violent becomings. On any other day, in any other place, I would have sold my life for but one chance to drag a blade against that stranger's throat. Yet right here... right now, it takes all my strength not to charge, to pummel that filth back to hell."</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #000000">He turned to his colleagues in turn, first Alic, then Ordechai.</span><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #0000cd">"But! Failed is the man who does not <strong>think</strong> before action, who does not peer more than one moment ahead."</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">"Have we not learned that a man is to be judged on his now, his merits, and not the circumstance of inescapable past?"</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><span style="color: #000000">Wrenwil maintained his solemn eye contact with Ordechai.</span><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #0000cd">"I speak of the Knight of course. In some previous life he was perhaps some figurehead or admirable beast to these evil wretches. I <strong>trust</strong> our knight to remain true and good, and through using this most intriguing influence he appears to hold, no doubt he will prod and probe that scum's mind and memories for clues, for information, for anything that will shed light on what... or how... we can unite and end this eternal buggery once and for all."</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd">"I swear to Pentos my God, and you my friends, that should Kryslogious' faith sway, we will end him. And once we have squeezed every last drop from that foul adversary, his end, I beg you now, will be mine to enact, swiftly and devoid of mercy. That stranger, unlike you Ordechai, is not fit nor worthy of trial. He confessed to the ultimate sin, and only one fate becomes him."</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000cd"></span><span style="color: #000000">Wrenwil ran his eyes over the burning camp, knuckles turning white as he gripped the butt of his staff angrily and hard. He hoped deeply that the words rang true.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #0000cd">"Let us not debate this in full, not yet. I must return to my tent for my pack, and then together, we will search these burning ruins for clues before I dig hole besides hole to bury the dead."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #a52a2a">~The Tome! I must never let it leave my grip. Never, never.~</span></p><p><span style="color: #a52a2a"></span></p><p><span style="color: #a52a2a"></span><span style="color: #000000"><strong>[</strong>Wrenwil intends to retrieve his pack from the tent, and then search the murderous site. I won't roll anything yet as Alic and Ordechai probably need to react first.<strong>]</strong></span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Wrenwil Stats]<span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>[ATTACH]71470[/ATTACH]</strong></td><td><strong>WRENWIL </strong><em>- a tough old boot on a terrible holiday</em><strong><br /> <br /> Sheet: </strong><a href="http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=209300" target="_blank">http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=209300</a><strong><br /> Level</strong> 4, <strong>Init</strong> 2, <strong>HP</strong> 20/27, <strong>Speed</strong> 30<br /> <strong>AC</strong> 15, <strong>Touch</strong> 13, <strong>Flat-footed</strong> 13, <strong>Fort</strong> 6, <strong>Ref</strong> 3, <strong>Will</strong> 10, <strong>Base Attack Bonus</strong> 3 <br /> <strong>Masterwork Staff </strong>+7 to hit (d6+3)<span style="color: #0000FF"><br /> </span><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Spells: </strong>5/5/3</span></td></tr></table><p> [/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="97mg, post: 6851294, member: 6799460"] [b]Wrenwil: Judgement[/b] [COLOR=#000000] The old cleric tightened and soured as the arse-breathed twist wrenched at his gut. Wrenwil's face wrinkled like a fast-drying prune, a crushing cocktail of fear, regret, temptation to violence, and strangely... trust, showing on his face for all to see. It was somewhat ironic that he started the explanation with [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd]"my friends, calm yourselves... don't let your nerves cloak the light betwixt the foul darkness..." [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]He took a moment to spit, a deliberate and honest attempt to dislodge some soot-filled air from his weary lungs. Hand crossbow lowered, Wrenwil pointedly proceeded to thrust the butt of his staff against the treachered soil at their feet, a frustrated, angry and reflex motion that spoke without words of his simmering hate and struggle with restraint. Staring into the licking flames, he did his best to shed light on it all, though much of it was purely joining dots and the birth of some future "plan".[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000cd]"Alic, Ordechai, my brave friends, do not scold me so! I am as torn and bitter as any man with this vile corruption in our sight. Mark my words. My people, the Chivalans, over centuries gone by have shed blood, the lives of young and old alike, reunited, to cleanse our lands of the dark filth of Herod's conspirators. Yes Alic, the man who bowed before our Knight confessed openly of connection to such sick and violent becomings. On any other day, in any other place, I would have sold my life for but one chance to drag a blade against that stranger's throat. Yet right here... right now, it takes all my strength not to charge, to pummel that filth back to hell." [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]He turned to his colleagues in turn, first Alic, then Ordechai.[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd] [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd]"But! Failed is the man who does not [B]think[/B] before action, who does not peer more than one moment ahead." "Have we not learned that a man is to be judged on his now, his merits, and not the circumstance of inescapable past?" [COLOR=#000000]Wrenwil maintained his solemn eye contact with Ordechai.[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd] [/COLOR] "I speak of the Knight of course. In some previous life he was perhaps some figurehead or admirable beast to these evil wretches. I [B]trust[/B] our knight to remain true and good, and through using this most intriguing influence he appears to hold, no doubt he will prod and probe that scum's mind and memories for clues, for information, for anything that will shed light on what... or how... we can unite and end this eternal buggery once and for all." "I swear to Pentos my God, and you my friends, that should Kryslogious' faith sway, we will end him. And once we have squeezed every last drop from that foul adversary, his end, I beg you now, will be mine to enact, swiftly and devoid of mercy. That stranger, unlike you Ordechai, is not fit nor worthy of trial. He confessed to the ultimate sin, and only one fate becomes him." [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]Wrenwil ran his eyes over the burning camp, knuckles turning white as he gripped the butt of his staff angrily and hard. He hoped deeply that the words rang true. [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000cd]"Let us not debate this in full, not yet. I must return to my tent for my pack, and then together, we will search these burning ruins for clues before I dig hole besides hole to bury the dead."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#a52a2a]~The Tome! I must never let it leave my grip. Never, never.~ [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][B][[/B]Wrenwil intends to retrieve his pack from the tent, and then search the murderous site. I won't roll anything yet as Alic and Ordechai probably need to react first.[B]][/B][/COLOR] [sblock=Wrenwil Stats][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][TABLE="width: 800, align: left"] [TR] [TD][B][ATTACH=CONFIG]71470[/ATTACH][/B][/TD] [TD][B]WRENWIL [/B][I]- a tough old boot on a terrible holiday[/I][B] Sheet: [/B][URL]http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=209300[/URL][B] Level[/B] 4, [B]Init[/B] 2, [B]HP[/B] 20/27, [B]Speed[/B] 30 [B]AC[/B] 15, [B]Touch[/B] 13, [B]Flat-footed[/B] 13, [B]Fort[/B] 6, [B]Ref[/B] 3, [B]Will[/B] 10, [B]Base Attack Bonus[/B] 3 [B]Masterwork Staff [/B]+7 to hit (d6+3)[COLOR=#0000FF] [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][B]Spells: [/B]5/5/3[/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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