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<blockquote data-quote="JustinCase" data-source="post: 7319795" data-attributes="member: 6776182"><p><strong>"Thistle is just under a day's journey,"</strong> Borden says. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The baron smiles, but shakes his head. <strong>"I'm afraid I don't have the time tonight, good Thadius, but after your return I'll be very glad to!"</strong></p><p></p><p>Looking around, he proclaims, <strong>"After dinner, my staff will show you to your rooms. If you need anything, just ask."</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ooc]Gorir gets the feeling that the baron is being honest, but leaving out some details. Perhaps there was some disagreement between Baron Wildhurst and his man-at-arms, but you're not sure.[/ooc]</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The initial reluctance to talk quickly turns into enthusiasm as the game progresses. The servants know very little about Thistle except that a villager from there arrived recently; a kind man who is friendly to all the staff. Apart from some minor complaints about strictness, on the whole everyone is very glad to be working for Baron Wildhurst, claiming he knows the names of every servant and treating them and his subjects well. He is described as a fair and just ruler.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nobody seems to know why the troops are not available for a mission to clear out a goblin lair, however; as far as the servants know, there are soldiers available for such a task...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>*</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>An hour after dinner, when each of you has retired to a guest bedroom, each of you receives a knock on his or her door. It is the baron himself, going from door to door to gather you for a private conference. None of the servants are around.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The baron seems nervous and a bit intoxicated. Once he has gathered you in his private chamber, he offers everyone a glass of wine before speaking in a low, hurried, slightly slurred voice.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"If you had known what I was asking of you, all of you, what I'm now asking of you... But you'll say yes, of course you will. You're still young. I said yes to a great many things when I was young. I know better now, too late. </strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"Listen closely. The mission in Thistle is important, but it's not why I send you away.</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"There is a storehouse, a guesthouse - a depot - two hours on foot upstream of Thistle. When I was young, I was sent there to raze the place. To burn it out, once I had taken from it certain books my employers wanted. Set the place ablaze so that their enemies could not use it against them. I did it, or I tried to. It rained all that week. The burning coal I carried with me died. My flint would not catch fire. I burnt out but one storeroom, and was unable to do more before the choking smoke drove me out. The entryway caught fire as well, and by the time I left it, it teetered on the edge of collapse and I was afraid to pass through it again.</strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>"I want you to go back to that compound. Brave that entryway, if it still stands. Find what that place was, and who would want it destroyed. Somewhere within must be a clue as to the identity of the people that built it, and I need all the information you can find. Take my signet ring and go. When I went on that last mission, my employer put a spell on this ring; marked it so that their doors would open before it. Bring it back quickly. If they see I'm not wearing it, they'll wonder. Maybe they'll know. Don't be gone long."</strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustinCase, post: 7319795, member: 6776182"] [B]"Thistle is just under a day's journey,"[/B] Borden says. The baron smiles, but shakes his head. [B]"I'm afraid I don't have the time tonight, good Thadius, but after your return I'll be very glad to!"[/B] Looking around, he proclaims, [B]"After dinner, my staff will show you to your rooms. If you need anything, just ask."[/B] [ooc]Gorir gets the feeling that the baron is being honest, but leaving out some details. Perhaps there was some disagreement between Baron Wildhurst and his man-at-arms, but you're not sure.[/ooc] [B] The initial reluctance to talk quickly turns into enthusiasm as the game progresses. The servants know very little about Thistle except that a villager from there arrived recently; a kind man who is friendly to all the staff. Apart from some minor complaints about strictness, on the whole everyone is very glad to be working for Baron Wildhurst, claiming he knows the names of every servant and treating them and his subjects well. He is described as a fair and just ruler. Nobody seems to know why the troops are not available for a mission to clear out a goblin lair, however; as far as the servants know, there are soldiers available for such a task... * An hour after dinner, when each of you has retired to a guest bedroom, each of you receives a knock on his or her door. It is the baron himself, going from door to door to gather you for a private conference. None of the servants are around. The baron seems nervous and a bit intoxicated. Once he has gathered you in his private chamber, he offers everyone a glass of wine before speaking in a low, hurried, slightly slurred voice. [B]"If you had known what I was asking of you, all of you, what I'm now asking of you... But you'll say yes, of course you will. You're still young. I said yes to a great many things when I was young. I know better now, too late. "Listen closely. The mission in Thistle is important, but it's not why I send you away. "There is a storehouse, a guesthouse - a depot - two hours on foot upstream of Thistle. When I was young, I was sent there to raze the place. To burn it out, once I had taken from it certain books my employers wanted. Set the place ablaze so that their enemies could not use it against them. I did it, or I tried to. It rained all that week. The burning coal I carried with me died. My flint would not catch fire. I burnt out but one storeroom, and was unable to do more before the choking smoke drove me out. The entryway caught fire as well, and by the time I left it, it teetered on the edge of collapse and I was afraid to pass through it again. "I want you to go back to that compound. Brave that entryway, if it still stands. Find what that place was, and who would want it destroyed. Somewhere within must be a clue as to the identity of the people that built it, and I need all the information you can find. Take my signet ring and go. When I went on that last mission, my employer put a spell on this ring; marked it so that their doors would open before it. Bring it back quickly. If they see I'm not wearing it, they'll wonder. Maybe they'll know. Don't be gone long."[/B][/b] [/QUOTE]
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