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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6948432" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>At Jabbar's Trade Shop</strong></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121">Jabbar nods in acknowledgement to Aust going upstairs as he glances jealously at Burrai's pipe and reaches for a finely carved ivory box sitting atop the mantle. Inside, resting on a cushion of blue-velvet, is an exotic, antique, wood pipe capped in solid gold engraved in ancient script. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><img src="http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/crowsontheskulls/World%20of%20Sion/Things/c7084563-724d-45a2-908c-67fc00ad54a1.jpg~original" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>Jabbar: </strong></span><span style="color: #996600">"This pipe, or 'Midwakh' as its named in the old tongue, was gifted to an ancient ancestor of mine by the name of Suhrawardi Najafi. By all accounts, Suhrawardi was an esteemed philosopher, explorer and healer, renowned throughout Summara for his miracle cures. His fame grew so great in fact, he was invited to the court of the reigning King Kalash who was terribly afflicted by gout, the so-called 'disease of kings'. They say the king and Suhrawardi sat together in private, discussing treatment for his illness in the king's own baths within the palace..."</span> Jabbar says while removing a small leather pouch with the pipe containing <span style="color: #996600"><span style="color: #252525">finely shredded tobacco mixed with leaves, bark, herbs and spices.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #996600"><span style="color: #252525"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><span style="color: #996600">"...This did not sit well with the other members of the royal court. Tradition demanded private audiences with a king were chaperoned by his advisors, especially given how Suhrawardi was not himself of noble descent, and known to be influenced by outsiders..."</span> Jabbar pauses placing a few pinches of the fine tobacco (known as Dokha) into the pipe, lighting it with an iron stick coated in alchemical wax that flared hot and brightly placed near the open flames of the hearth. Jabbar takes a deep puff from the pipe, releasing the smoke slowly through his nose, savoring its flavor. </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><span style="color: #996600">"This pipe was a token of appreciation from the king for his medicine, truly a treasure!"</span> Jabbar states admiringly. </span><span style="color: #996600">"It's been passed down through my family now for fourteen generations, though unfortunately Suhrawardi himself did not possess it for long. He was arrested a few days after he came to the palace when King Kalash died horribly in his sleep, his body contorted and twisted in a most disturbing way. Suhrawardi was blamed for his 'foreign medicine' and imprisoned. They say he was tortured first, allegedly to induce confession for regicide, but that was in fact, a cover for another matter."</span></span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">"Secretly, the court knew King Kalash was actually poisoned. Suhrawardi was just a convenient scapegoat to keep in a cell while they discreetly went about the real investigation of the king's murder. Nevertheless, Suhrawardi was executed anyway without acknowledgement of his innocence. King Kalash's successor ended up to be King Hamza, the cruelest tyrant in Summara's history."</span></span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">Jabbar paused again to take another puff. <span style="color: #996600">"The rest of Suhrawardi's family had to flee for their lives, hunted by hired killers of King Hamza until the Kingdom of Vulkh was born. It is the long-held belief in the Najafi family that the king's affliction may not have been the only thing Suhrawardi and the king discussed together. Perhaps some matters of state, or even some royal secret pass through his ears? Whatever it was, this pipe serves as a reminder about the dangers of accepting invitations."</span> </span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #996600">"My point is we would be wise to assume Ozzen and Houlgrim are prepared for Kayote's tricks. This 'Contest' of his was a questionable idea to begin with. He has his reasons to abuse and torture the man in the iron mask to be sure, but it was only a matter of time before the Black Network decided to end his game. Whatever's gonna happen at The Red Sands Inn tomorrow I know this for certain, it'll be bad, very bad..."</span> He states with a clear undertone of dread, unconsciously touching at the scar across his cheekbone. </span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"> </span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #996600"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>Elloral:</strong><span style="color: #663366">"What do you suggest?"</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>Jabbar:</strong> </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #996600">"I suggest Kayote cancels his event and closes the inn for a few days! Battling Ozzen and Houlgrim inside the inn is a huge risk to so many innocents there for the scheduled entertainment. Even if we prevail against them, how do we explain the bloodbath to the town guard and/or the Vulkyrie afterwards? We'll be lucky to escape arrest even if we survive." </span>He states </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">with a warning look to Aletia</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>Elloral:</strong> Frowns. </span><span style="color: #663366">"The danger to the innocents is a valid point. But we should not let them simply let them stroll in and out of town without making them pay?! Suppose we lure them elsewhere?"</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>Jabbar:</strong> Scratches at his beard. </span><span style="color: #996600">"Perhaps... perhaps... yet there is little time to setup an effective ambush."</span><span style="color: #996600"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #996600"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #996600"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span><strong>Ren:</strong> </span><span style="color: #0033ff"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'">"Master Rasul can help! Besides that, Rhats like myself know every dark corner in this town. Some are good for fighting as much as hiding!"</span></span><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"> </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>Avar:</strong> Picks at the edge of his handaxe in agitation. </span><span style="color: #999900">"One way or another, so long as I'm breathing, those two won't be leaving Cabarda without meeting the sharp end of this axe! The honor of my clan demands it!"</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #212121"><strong>[Aletia, Burrai, Ersun;</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6948432, member: 6677509"] [b]At Jabbar's Trade Shop[/b] [I][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#212121]Jabbar nods in acknowledgement to Aust going upstairs as he glances jealously at Burrai's pipe and reaches for a finely carved ivory box sitting atop the mantle. Inside, resting on a cushion of blue-velvet, is an exotic, antique, wood pipe capped in solid gold engraved in ancient script. [/COLOR] [IMG]http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/crowsontheskulls/World%20of%20Sion/Things/c7084563-724d-45a2-908c-67fc00ad54a1.jpg~original[/IMG] [COLOR=#212121][B]Jabbar: [/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#996600]"This pipe, or 'Midwakh' as its named in the old tongue, was gifted to an ancient ancestor of mine by the name of Suhrawardi Najafi. By all accounts, Suhrawardi was an esteemed philosopher, explorer and healer, renowned throughout Summara for his miracle cures. His fame grew so great in fact, he was invited to the court of the reigning King Kalash who was terribly afflicted by gout, the so-called 'disease of kings'. They say the king and Suhrawardi sat together in private, discussing treatment for his illness in the king's own baths within the palace..."[/COLOR] Jabbar says while removing a small leather pouch with the pipe containing [COLOR=#996600][COLOR=#252525]finely shredded tobacco mixed with leaves, bark, herbs and spices. [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121][COLOR=#996600]"...This did not sit well with the other members of the royal court. Tradition demanded private audiences with a king were chaperoned by his advisors, especially given how Suhrawardi was not himself of noble descent, and known to be influenced by outsiders..."[/COLOR] Jabbar pauses placing a few pinches of the fine tobacco (known as Dokha) into the pipe, lighting it with an iron stick coated in alchemical wax that flared hot and brightly placed near the open flames of the hearth. Jabbar takes a deep puff from the pipe, releasing the smoke slowly through his nose, savoring its flavor. [COLOR=#996600]"This pipe was a token of appreciation from the king for his medicine, truly a treasure!"[/COLOR] Jabbar states admiringly. [/COLOR][COLOR=#996600]"It's been passed down through my family now for fourteen generations, though unfortunately Suhrawardi himself did not possess it for long. He was arrested a few days after he came to the palace when King Kalash died horribly in his sleep, his body contorted and twisted in a most disturbing way. Suhrawardi was blamed for his 'foreign medicine' and imprisoned. They say he was tortured first, allegedly to induce confession for regicide, but that was in fact, a cover for another matter."[/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=#996600][FONT=verdana] [COLOR=#212121] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#996600][FONT=verdana]"Secretly, the court knew King Kalash was actually poisoned. Suhrawardi was just a convenient scapegoat to keep in a cell while they discreetly went about the real investigation of the king's murder. Nevertheless, Suhrawardi was executed anyway without acknowledgement of his innocence. King Kalash's successor ended up to be King Hamza, the cruelest tyrant in Summara's history."[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#996600][FONT=verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=verdana]Jabbar paused again to take another puff. [COLOR=#996600]"The rest of Suhrawardi's family had to flee for their lives, hunted by hired killers of King Hamza until the Kingdom of Vulkh was born. It is the long-held belief in the Najafi family that the king's affliction may not have been the only thing Suhrawardi and the king discussed together. Perhaps some matters of state, or even some royal secret pass through his ears? Whatever it was, this pipe serves as a reminder about the dangers of accepting invitations."[/COLOR] [/FONT][COLOR=#996600][FONT=verdana] [COLOR=#212121] [/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#996600]"My point is we would be wise to assume Ozzen and Houlgrim are prepared for Kayote's tricks. This 'Contest' of his was a questionable idea to begin with. He has his reasons to abuse and torture the man in the iron mask to be sure, but it was only a matter of time before the Black Network decided to end his game. Whatever's gonna happen at The Red Sands Inn tomorrow I know this for certain, it'll be bad, very bad..."[/COLOR] He states with a clear undertone of dread, unconsciously touching at the scar across his cheekbone. [/FONT][COLOR=#996600][FONT=verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=verdana] [B]Elloral:[/B][COLOR=#663366]"What do you suggest?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121] [B]Jabbar:[/B] [/COLOR][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#996600]"I suggest Kayote cancels his event and closes the inn for a few days! Battling Ozzen and Houlgrim inside the inn is a huge risk to so many innocents there for the scheduled entertainment. Even if we prevail against them, how do we explain the bloodbath to the town guard and/or the Vulkyrie afterwards? We'll be lucky to escape arrest even if we survive." [/COLOR]He states [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=verdana]with a warning look to Aletia[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=verdana] [COLOR=#212121] [B]Elloral:[/B] Frowns. [/COLOR][COLOR=#663366]"The danger to the innocents is a valid point. But we should not let them simply let them stroll in and out of town without making them pay?! Suppose we lure them elsewhere?"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121] [B]Jabbar:[/B] Scratches at his beard. [/COLOR][COLOR=#996600]"Perhaps... perhaps... yet there is little time to setup an effective ambush."[/COLOR][COLOR=#996600][COLOR=#212121] [/COLOR][/COLOR][B]Ren:[/B] [/FONT][COLOR=#0033ff][FONT=verdana]"Master Rasul can help! Besides that, Rhats like myself know every dark corner in this town. Some are good for fighting as much as hiding!"[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=verdana] [COLOR=#212121] [B]Avar:[/B] Picks at the edge of his handaxe in agitation. [/COLOR][COLOR=#999900]"One way or another, so long as I'm breathing, those two won't be leaving Cabarda without meeting the sharp end of this axe! The honor of my clan demands it!"[/COLOR] [COLOR=#212121] [B][Aletia, Burrai, Ersun;[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/I] [/QUOTE]
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