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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7071189" data-attributes="member: 6790669"><p><strong>The Judge Shares Valuable Information With The Party!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The Judge replies,</strong><span style="color: red"> "Crime is rampant here. We have thousands of guards in the city, and we still only barely manage to keep it in check. It's gotten so bad that <strong>Lieutenant Benquist</strong> has been making deals with Adventuring and Mercenary guilds, to take some of the pressure off. I don't agree with the idea, but it's technically within his power to do so, according to the Lord Mayor, who has not spoken out against that policy, at least not yet.</span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>Now, it seems we are being attacked from all sides;</strong> this plot against Lord Sheriff Denby is evidence of that. Whomever is behind this has been planning these events for some time. If you fellows had not blundered onto their plans, and stopped them, who knows what might have happened? </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong><em>There are those who say that The Scarlet Brotherhood is behind all of this,</em></strong> what with Mr. Crestwall's references to <strong><em>Scarlet Slayers</em></strong> and all. But the Fearless Five quelled their power, and sent them skulking back to their own lands, over 40 years ago. </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong><em>Of course, 40+ years is a long time to recover and re-group; it's possible that they are once again waging a shadow war, in order to spread their influence across the Flanaess once more, as a pretext to another continent-spanning war.</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>But there is one difference;</strong> in the past, as sinister as their deceptions were, Scarlet Brotherhood agents were common thieves, assassins, and spies, with a few Clerics, Monks, and Wizards thrown in as middle management. They were not known to be in league with <strong>Hell Fiends</strong>, nor were they known for being so completely brainwashed as to be able to resist detection and geas spells. If we are indeed looking at the <strong>"New Brotherhood,"</strong> then I fear that another continent-spanning war might be just around the corner!</span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">And that's not all; the Lord Mayor has expressed concern that the <strong>Thieves Guild</strong>, which the Lord Mayor has long held in check through diplomatic measures, is becoming unstable, and is possibly on the verge of a schism, which could possibly lead to a series of gang wars. To complicate matters further, there are rumors of the <strong>Landed Gentry</strong> being involved! The Lord Mayor suspects that several of the noble families are allied with various factions within the Thieves Guild, for the purpose of expanding their influence and their profits. I thought that rumor to be a bit extreme, until I found out about Mr. Crestwall. Now, I am not so sure.</span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">The reason I am telling you all of this is that you seem to be a very capable group of adventurers. I'd even go so far as to say that you're more capable than the <strong>Riverboat Boys</strong> were. So please, keep these things that I have shared with you confidential, and be careful how you choose to act on this information. We are dealing with dark forces here, and if you're not careful, you might suffer the same fate as the Riverboat Boys; you'll get in over your heads, and wind up dead.</span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">And now if you'll excuse me, I need to retire to my quarters; I need to prepare spells that will allow me to restore this smashed window."</span></p><p></p><p>And with that, The Judge leaves, and the party finds themselves alone in the wrecked courtroom.</p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>EVERYONE: What do you do?</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 7071189, member: 6790669"] [b]The Judge Shares Valuable Information With The Party![/b] [B]The Judge replies,[/B][COLOR=red] "Crime is rampant here. We have thousands of guards in the city, and we still only barely manage to keep it in check. It's gotten so bad that [B]Lieutenant Benquist[/B] has been making deals with Adventuring and Mercenary guilds, to take some of the pressure off. I don't agree with the idea, but it's technically within his power to do so, according to the Lord Mayor, who has not spoken out against that policy, at least not yet. [B]Now, it seems we are being attacked from all sides;[/B] this plot against Lord Sheriff Denby is evidence of that. Whomever is behind this has been planning these events for some time. If you fellows had not blundered onto their plans, and stopped them, who knows what might have happened? [B][I]There are those who say that The Scarlet Brotherhood is behind all of this,[/I][/B] what with Mr. Crestwall's references to [B][I]Scarlet Slayers[/I][/B] and all. But the Fearless Five quelled their power, and sent them skulking back to their own lands, over 40 years ago. [B][I]Of course, 40+ years is a long time to recover and re-group; it's possible that they are once again waging a shadow war, in order to spread their influence across the Flanaess once more, as a pretext to another continent-spanning war.[/I][/B] [B]But there is one difference;[/B] in the past, as sinister as their deceptions were, Scarlet Brotherhood agents were common thieves, assassins, and spies, with a few Clerics, Monks, and Wizards thrown in as middle management. They were not known to be in league with [B]Hell Fiends[/B], nor were they known for being so completely brainwashed as to be able to resist detection and geas spells. If we are indeed looking at the [B]"New Brotherhood,"[/B] then I fear that another continent-spanning war might be just around the corner! And that's not all; the Lord Mayor has expressed concern that the [B]Thieves Guild[/B], which the Lord Mayor has long held in check through diplomatic measures, is becoming unstable, and is possibly on the verge of a schism, which could possibly lead to a series of gang wars. To complicate matters further, there are rumors of the [B]Landed Gentry[/B] being involved! The Lord Mayor suspects that several of the noble families are allied with various factions within the Thieves Guild, for the purpose of expanding their influence and their profits. I thought that rumor to be a bit extreme, until I found out about Mr. Crestwall. Now, I am not so sure. The reason I am telling you all of this is that you seem to be a very capable group of adventurers. I'd even go so far as to say that you're more capable than the [B]Riverboat Boys[/B] were. So please, keep these things that I have shared with you confidential, and be careful how you choose to act on this information. We are dealing with dark forces here, and if you're not careful, you might suffer the same fate as the Riverboat Boys; you'll get in over your heads, and wind up dead. And now if you'll excuse me, I need to retire to my quarters; I need to prepare spells that will allow me to restore this smashed window."[/COLOR] And with that, The Judge leaves, and the party finds themselves alone in the wrecked courtroom. [B][I] EVERYONE: What do you do?[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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