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<blockquote data-quote="pacdidj" data-source="post: 5435162" data-attributes="member: 86793"><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"Yes. Yes, perhaps you can help. Well, as I said I run an apothecary, the most successful apothecary on the Isle of Daunton for the past two years as a matter of fact. I suppose you could say I devoted myself fully to my work after the disappearance of my dear wife Lucinnia. No amount of business success could ever make up for her loss, but I can at least take solace in the work I do: helping people with my cures and unguents."</span> Siveris rattles off all this emotionally-laden information quickly and casually, almost flippantly in fact.</p><p></p><p>He sips his port once more before continuing, <span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"That is, I used to take solace in my work, but recently things have become... rather complicated. It all started a month ago when some nitwit on the Lords Council subpoenaed my import ledgers and started making a stink about a careless paperwork error. Apparently I neglected to file the proper exception form to obtain a rare fungus imported from Old Allaria. I specialize in the distillation of fungal essences you see, and needed the mold to make a poultice to cure old Missus Fiedlerson's gout."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"But, in the wrong hands this particular mold is extremely dangerous, and as such all manner of forms and tariffs are necessary to bring it in to Daunton. Now ordinarily, I would have filed the necessary paperwork, but this all happened just prior to my wife's disappearance, and I was distressed because she had been behaving strangely for several months, and I suppose in my distraction I forgot to submit that one form for the magistrate's approval."</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"I explained all of this at the Council hearing, but the magistrates would hear none of it. They ordered my property seized, my account at the savings and loan frozen, and all my precious potions, salves, and formulae impounded! They even tried to arrest me on trumped up charges of tax evasion and possession of illicit materials. And all this after twenty years of selfless service helping this island's residents cure and prevent disease. It is an outrage I tell you!"</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"Well, naturally I posted bail with what little I had left in my home safe, and I'm seeking to mount a defense. I suspect that someone on the Lords Council is jealous of my recent success, and has manufactured these charges to bring down my business and protect their own interests in the alchemical trade. It's well known that the Glasstons have a large stake in the business. Why, their youngest scion Pyron used to be my chief competitor in the apothecary business. He managed Pyron's Potions until his own mysterious disappearance about a year ago."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">"But, to make my case before the council I'll need to hire a crack team of investigators and attorneys, and as it stands I don't have enough money left to my name to pay my rent next month. That's why I'm here you see. I need to make money fast to clear my name, and I've got nothing left to lose, so adventuring seemed like just the thing. Now I just need to find a group of saps-... er, courageous folk to team up with and reap the rewards of rescuing distressed maidens and capturing dragons' hoards."</span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Insight 20]Siveris' story sounds <em>very </em>well rehearsed. Though you can tell he's not exactly lying, at least not much, there's definitely a lot more to this story that he's not telling.</p><p></p><p>[ooc]<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2847240/" target="_blank">Siv's Bluff Check: (1d20+8=20)</a>[/ooc][/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pacdidj, post: 5435162, member: 86793"] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen] "Yes. Yes, perhaps you can help. Well, as I said I run an apothecary, the most successful apothecary on the Isle of Daunton for the past two years as a matter of fact. I suppose you could say I devoted myself fully to my work after the disappearance of my dear wife Lucinnia. No amount of business success could ever make up for her loss, but I can at least take solace in the work I do: helping people with my cures and unguents."[/COLOR] Siveris rattles off all this emotionally-laden information quickly and casually, almost flippantly in fact. He sips his port once more before continuing, [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"That is, I used to take solace in my work, but recently things have become... rather complicated. It all started a month ago when some nitwit on the Lords Council subpoenaed my import ledgers and started making a stink about a careless paperwork error. Apparently I neglected to file the proper exception form to obtain a rare fungus imported from Old Allaria. I specialize in the distillation of fungal essences you see, and needed the mold to make a poultice to cure old Missus Fiedlerson's gout."[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"But, in the wrong hands this particular mold is extremely dangerous, and as such all manner of forms and tariffs are necessary to bring it in to Daunton. Now ordinarily, I would have filed the necessary paperwork, but this all happened just prior to my wife's disappearance, and I was distressed because she had been behaving strangely for several months, and I suppose in my distraction I forgot to submit that one form for the magistrate's approval."[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen] "I explained all of this at the Council hearing, but the magistrates would hear none of it. They ordered my property seized, my account at the savings and loan frozen, and all my precious potions, salves, and formulae impounded! They even tried to arrest me on trumped up charges of tax evasion and possession of illicit materials. And all this after twenty years of selfless service helping this island's residents cure and prevent disease. It is an outrage I tell you!"[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"Well, naturally I posted bail with what little I had left in my home safe, and I'm seeking to mount a defense. I suspect that someone on the Lords Council is jealous of my recent success, and has manufactured these charges to bring down my business and protect their own interests in the alchemical trade. It's well known that the Glasstons have a large stake in the business. Why, their youngest scion Pyron used to be my chief competitor in the apothecary business. He managed Pyron's Potions until his own mysterious disappearance about a year ago."[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]"But, to make my case before the council I'll need to hire a crack team of investigators and attorneys, and as it stands I don't have enough money left to my name to pay my rent next month. That's why I'm here you see. I need to make money fast to clear my name, and I've got nothing left to lose, so adventuring seemed like just the thing. Now I just need to find a group of saps-... er, courageous folk to team up with and reap the rewards of rescuing distressed maidens and capturing dragons' hoards."[/COLOR] [sblock=Insight 20]Siveris' story sounds [I]very [/I]well rehearsed. Though you can tell he's not exactly lying, at least not much, there's definitely a lot more to this story that he's not telling. [ooc][url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2847240/]Siv's Bluff Check: (1d20+8=20)[/url][/ooc][/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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