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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 2965880" data-attributes="member: 939"><p>Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Seven – Children Saved – Bodyguards Retired</p><p></p><p> In my mind, I heard the “all clear” from my companions inside the house. The children were safe. The children were secure. And my new bodyguards were dead before they hit the ground as I crushed both of their brains simultaneously, leaving their bloodless, unmarked corpses in the street. </p><p> I signaled the innkeeper over my mindlink with him that his children and the other children were safe. He immediately expressed his worries about the evil in his cellar. </p><p>“He’ll kill us all!” he said. </p><p>“We’ll kill him first,” I assured him. “We’ll take care of it.” </p><p>The innkeeper did not have to be told twice to get him and his wife out of the inn and with the children. </p><p>We also discovered the royal Princess Perstephanie was with the other children. Her guardian had been killed by the evil below. We sent her with the rest of them, but we told her we would be back for her. </p><p>The innkeeper was now much more willing to talk. He described the evil one in his basement as looking like an ordinary human. Given what the clerics detected, either he was an evil cleric or he was a vampire. </p><p>I’d never seen a vampire before (aside from the more garden-variety found within court rooms – “bloodsucking lawyers” was a term of art) but I heard the same stories everyone had heard. They don’t like garlic. They are destroyed in sunlight. They can turn into mist or bats. They suck the life out of you. They can charm the weak-minded. I was assured that the latter danger would not apply to me. I was not so sure of my companions. In any event, I was last in the line down to the cellar. Just before Morwen checked the door, I focused the power of my mind to give myself a second chance, should I need one, against the wiles of the vampire. </p><p>Ee expressed his hesitation to face the vampire. “Me not want kill vampire.”</p><p>“You mean you’d let Cordozo steal your kill,” asked Krynyn. </p><p>Morwen added, “you don’t have to be scared, Ee, we have a psion to take care of us!”</p><p>Ee did not appear to like those remarks, but did not change his mind, as Ee seldom does. “Me still not want kill vampire.” </p><p>We then prepared ourselves for our journey to the depths of the cellar. </p><p>“Turn back so you don’t have to face the power of Cordozo,” Ee shouted helpfully at the cellar door. I idly noted how his intonation of “cellar door” sounded like the nicest phrase in the common language. </p><p></p><p>Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Eight – Unlocking the door Cordozo-Style</p><p></p><p>Morwen carefully checked the door for tricks and traps and found none. She did find it was locked and she was unable to see an easy way to unlock it. While she dawdled with that, I offered my expertise in that area. </p><p>I looked at the door very carefully, summoned all of my accumulated knowledge about locks and doors, thought carefully about it, and then I just disintegrated the entire door. </p><p>“Ok, it’s open!”</p><p>Morwen looked at me with a strange look, thought some thoughts I’d rather not repeat, and then she went forth into the darkened cellar, pausing only to quaff a potion of darkvision to aid her human eyes. </p><p></p><p>Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Nine – Charming to the last crack</p><p></p><p>Morwen cautiously walked down the stairs, around the corner, and out of my sight. Ee and Krynyn were close behind her. Then something happened. Her commentary over the mindlink suddenly shifted from concerns about a vampire to a search of the basement. Something was not right. </p><p>Ee moved down next, followed by Krynyn. I cautiously poked my head around the corner, brining a small part of the cellar into my view. Krynyn was the only one of my companions I could see. Which was fortunate for him, as I saw a dark form come out of the shadows behind him and attempt to latch its fangs into Krynyn’s neck. Krynyn quickly spun around and the foul fiend missed his mark. Objection sustained!</p><p>Now that the vampire was in better light, I looked closely at him to see if he was, indeed, one of my former colleagues from the ranks of the barristers. I did not immediately make his face. Then again, as I thought about it more fully, how successful a barrister could he have been if he was forced to hide in low-class inn cellars and kidnap the children of a bunch of peasants to make ends meet. I felt my mood lighten as I realized that this beggar of a vampire could not have been a lawyer. </p><p>My mind divided in half, I sent forth two balls of flame to engulf the foul demon, a larger ball from the stronger mind, and a smaller ball from the lesser mind. Both balls found their mark and the vampire screamed in otherworldly agony. Ee and Krynyn quickly dispatched it, turning it into a noxious gas that floated up near the ceiling of the cellar. </p><p>“Wait, a dimensional twister!” I shouted down. I quickly ran down the stairs to get a clear view of it, cursing myself for not thinking of it earlier. I could suck the bloodsucker into the vortex and expel him into the waning sunlight of the day above. Both of my minds attempted to trap the beast in the vortex, but to no avail – he slipped by just as the ground ripped open in a massive tremor, nearly knocking me from my feet. </p><p>The fissure then widened into a deep crack in the ground, noxious fumes rising up as the vampire’s fumes fled downward into the earth. I thought it would be a good idea to be on the surface, and so to no one’s surprise, I found I was on the surface. My companions followed me in a less dramatic fashion. They got outside just in time to see a large display of fire in the distance, two weeks travel to the north, where Cauldron lay. The past had caught up to the future. There went my grand plans to short volcano insurance stock. </p><p>The tremors continued for two more hours. We took the time to gather up the villagers and children and make sure they were in safe place. After they subsided, we searched the cellar and found the belongings of the vampire – full plate, a steel tower shield, a longsword, a composite longbow, 25 arrows, a potion, and a cloak – everything was magical. Krynyn took the plate, Ee took the bow and arrows, and we resolved to sell the rest. </p><p>Strangely, we also found five golden bird statues, each of great value, fetching 10,000 pieces of gold a piece. I took the Falcon for myself. </p><p></p><p>Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Ten – Strange beast in our way</p><p></p><p>We traveled half the remaining two weeks to Cauldron, princess in tow behind me. I linked with her mind and we traded stories of court. My court filled with lawyers and judges, her court filled with princes and kings and lots of palace intrigue. She seemed rather worldly for a twelve year old, but then I suppose that is what one would expect of nobility. </p><p>We came to a bend in the path and saw a large creature in front of us. It had two large heads, much like elephants, and carried two massive morning stars and a large stock of javelins. It charged forward straight at us, swinging wildly away at Morwen, who was unfortunate enough to be directly in its path. </p><p>Morwen jumped up and slipped her blade right between its massive ribs, causing it untold pain. It retaliated by smashing her over and over with its morning stars, fists, and feet, until Morwen was thrown to the ground in a puddle of her own blood. Ee and Krynyn leapt to her aid, and found themselves equally pummeled. </p><p>Krynyn called upon the power of his god and made himself as large as the beast. Ee, however, was beaten down hard and so he withdrew to quaff a healing brew. The beast responded by charging him and running straight over him, ignoring the blow dealt by Ee as he ran forth. </p><p>Meanwhile, I kept my distance, holding the princess on my back and attempting to crush its foul brain with my own. It seemed to throw off everything I tried. I finally sent forth rays to disintegrate it, the first one missed, but the second two did not – and finally, with my last ray, it vanished in a puff of dust. </p><p>This single foul beast nearly beat all of us to a pulp. The roads just simply are not safe to travel anymore. </p><p></p><p>Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Eleven – Flaming Cauldron – Grateful King</p><p></p><p> A further week’s travel found us back inside the smoldering city of Cauldron. By the time we reached it, it was in a state of organized chaos, which buildings being rebuilt, hospitals overflowing, and legal matters untended. </p><p> But we had a princess to tend to, so I inquired about the first available teleportation ring back to the Capital of Bellanon, where the King was anxiously awaiting the return of this princess. Krynyn wanted to stay and help out here. I offered to take her back myself with Morwen. We compromised with an agreement to take her back then to seek a way to return quicker than the normal four day round trip wait. </p><p> The King was ecstatic to have his niece returned. He offered all of us a reward, either monetary or non-monetary. I already knew what it was I wanted. I made my request, and the King said he would think on it. </p><p> Morwen and Ee took the cash, 10,000 gold coins each. Krynyn asked for assistance in his own great project – the construction of a temple to his deity in Cauldron – the first such temple to grace its crater. </p><p> The princess safe, we found an enclave outside the city that quickly teleported us back to Cauldron, figuring our great skills would do the city well. </p><p></p><p> Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Twelve – Cordozo meets his Pro Bono Quota</p><p></p><p> Back in Cauldron, I generously volunteered my services, pro bono, to help with the city recorder’s office and a mess of deeds that needed to be searched, organized, and potentially seized by eminent domain as part of the rebuilding effort. My legal skills proved well suited to the task, and I helped translate some of the legalese into more plain common for the benefit of the locals tasked to the deed situation. </p><p> Krynyn helped with the wounded and began the foundation of his temple, intending to add a hospital wing to its walls when it was completed. </p><p> Ee found himself some truly magnificent armor, armor he called Celestial, whatever that meant. I hoped it did not involve any more angels of questionable repute. We had already almost caught up with the present from the past. </p><p> One thing we had not found was Celeste. We turned our attention to her whereabouts next. </p><p></p><p> Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Thirteen – Strange</p><p> </p><p> We learned Celeste was last seen heading toward the Lord Mayor’s residence. We learned that the Lord Mayor was slain by the Noble Five and the Mayoral home was looted by the same. We learned there was a new Lord Mayor named Jenya, High Priestess of St. Cuthbert. </p><p> Through my contacts on the street, I learned that Celeste sponsored Yukiko and Poseidon to join the Cusp of the Sunrise. Inspired, I returned to the traitor Poseidon and asked him if he could link with Celeste – I figured he must be able to and must have had some physical or mental contact with her. Alas, he could not. But I could. Knowing his skill at implanting fake memories, I asked him to transplant to me his memories of his contact with Celeste so then I could attempt to contact her. He obliged, and I attempted to contact her, but received no reply. </p><p> While my mind was active, I reached out to Twin Oaks and asked the tavern keeper how things were there. He said they saved eighty percent of their harvest and were scraping by, but that they were all generally well. </p><p> My mind thus otherwise at a dead-end, Krynyn asked his god for help. Instead of strange tales of water, he got a straight answer. He was told to ask the Brawler, which we understood to mean the deity Cord. We found his priest to be a strange fellow with a very strange disposition. He strained his brain and then told us “She hangs in threads, but dominates a noble hall, but just as a mere image of herself.” </p><p> He then asked Ee if he wanted to do some pounding with him or brawl. Ee declined, but I did see in his eyes that he would have enjoyed it. </p><p> A noble hall and threads made us think of the King’s palace and of rich tapestries. But we first checked to see if any tapestries from the Lord Mayor fit Celeste’s description. None did. </p><p></p><p> Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Fourteen – Stranger and Stranger</p><p></p><p> I reached out my mind to the princess and asked her to examine her own noble halls for a tapestry fitting Celeste’s description. Wonderfully, she found one, and she also inquired and discovered that it was of relatively recent vintage. </p><p> We gathered up Celeste’s father and returned to the Capitol so he could see for himself. He confirmed it was her. Krynyn broke the enchantment upon the tapestry and freed her. She told us it was the Lord Mayor (former) who put her into her predicament. She was most grateful, as was her father, who paid us all a thousand pieces of gold for completing our task. Thus completed, only one more small piece of business remained. </p><p> </p><p> Sir Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Fifteen – Cordozo is finally properly recognized</p><p> </p><p> The King then summoned me back before him with his decision about my request. He had me kneel down and he pulled forth his massive, jeweled sword of a lineage as royal as his own and then touched it to my shoulders, declaring that I was now Knighted, now to be known as “Sir Cordozo,” the newest member of the nobility. It was a minor noble title, to be sure, and not one normally inherited, but it was the first step toward what will eventually be my recognition as one of the top ranks of the nobility. </p><p> Now there were more plans to make! I had to put together a proper party at the Cusp of the Sunrise to both celebrate and announce my enoblement. I wonder where one finds a party planner in a city recently shaken by an active volcano?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 2965880, member: 939"] Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Seven – Children Saved – Bodyguards Retired In my mind, I heard the “all clear” from my companions inside the house. The children were safe. The children were secure. And my new bodyguards were dead before they hit the ground as I crushed both of their brains simultaneously, leaving their bloodless, unmarked corpses in the street. I signaled the innkeeper over my mindlink with him that his children and the other children were safe. He immediately expressed his worries about the evil in his cellar. “He’ll kill us all!” he said. “We’ll kill him first,” I assured him. “We’ll take care of it.” The innkeeper did not have to be told twice to get him and his wife out of the inn and with the children. We also discovered the royal Princess Perstephanie was with the other children. Her guardian had been killed by the evil below. We sent her with the rest of them, but we told her we would be back for her. The innkeeper was now much more willing to talk. He described the evil one in his basement as looking like an ordinary human. Given what the clerics detected, either he was an evil cleric or he was a vampire. I’d never seen a vampire before (aside from the more garden-variety found within court rooms – “bloodsucking lawyers” was a term of art) but I heard the same stories everyone had heard. They don’t like garlic. They are destroyed in sunlight. They can turn into mist or bats. They suck the life out of you. They can charm the weak-minded. I was assured that the latter danger would not apply to me. I was not so sure of my companions. In any event, I was last in the line down to the cellar. Just before Morwen checked the door, I focused the power of my mind to give myself a second chance, should I need one, against the wiles of the vampire. Ee expressed his hesitation to face the vampire. “Me not want kill vampire.” “You mean you’d let Cordozo steal your kill,” asked Krynyn. Morwen added, “you don’t have to be scared, Ee, we have a psion to take care of us!” Ee did not appear to like those remarks, but did not change his mind, as Ee seldom does. “Me still not want kill vampire.” We then prepared ourselves for our journey to the depths of the cellar. “Turn back so you don’t have to face the power of Cordozo,” Ee shouted helpfully at the cellar door. I idly noted how his intonation of “cellar door” sounded like the nicest phrase in the common language. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Eight – Unlocking the door Cordozo-Style Morwen carefully checked the door for tricks and traps and found none. She did find it was locked and she was unable to see an easy way to unlock it. While she dawdled with that, I offered my expertise in that area. I looked at the door very carefully, summoned all of my accumulated knowledge about locks and doors, thought carefully about it, and then I just disintegrated the entire door. “Ok, it’s open!” Morwen looked at me with a strange look, thought some thoughts I’d rather not repeat, and then she went forth into the darkened cellar, pausing only to quaff a potion of darkvision to aid her human eyes. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Nine – Charming to the last crack Morwen cautiously walked down the stairs, around the corner, and out of my sight. Ee and Krynyn were close behind her. Then something happened. Her commentary over the mindlink suddenly shifted from concerns about a vampire to a search of the basement. Something was not right. Ee moved down next, followed by Krynyn. I cautiously poked my head around the corner, brining a small part of the cellar into my view. Krynyn was the only one of my companions I could see. Which was fortunate for him, as I saw a dark form come out of the shadows behind him and attempt to latch its fangs into Krynyn’s neck. Krynyn quickly spun around and the foul fiend missed his mark. Objection sustained! Now that the vampire was in better light, I looked closely at him to see if he was, indeed, one of my former colleagues from the ranks of the barristers. I did not immediately make his face. Then again, as I thought about it more fully, how successful a barrister could he have been if he was forced to hide in low-class inn cellars and kidnap the children of a bunch of peasants to make ends meet. I felt my mood lighten as I realized that this beggar of a vampire could not have been a lawyer. My mind divided in half, I sent forth two balls of flame to engulf the foul demon, a larger ball from the stronger mind, and a smaller ball from the lesser mind. Both balls found their mark and the vampire screamed in otherworldly agony. Ee and Krynyn quickly dispatched it, turning it into a noxious gas that floated up near the ceiling of the cellar. “Wait, a dimensional twister!” I shouted down. I quickly ran down the stairs to get a clear view of it, cursing myself for not thinking of it earlier. I could suck the bloodsucker into the vortex and expel him into the waning sunlight of the day above. Both of my minds attempted to trap the beast in the vortex, but to no avail – he slipped by just as the ground ripped open in a massive tremor, nearly knocking me from my feet. The fissure then widened into a deep crack in the ground, noxious fumes rising up as the vampire’s fumes fled downward into the earth. I thought it would be a good idea to be on the surface, and so to no one’s surprise, I found I was on the surface. My companions followed me in a less dramatic fashion. They got outside just in time to see a large display of fire in the distance, two weeks travel to the north, where Cauldron lay. The past had caught up to the future. There went my grand plans to short volcano insurance stock. The tremors continued for two more hours. We took the time to gather up the villagers and children and make sure they were in safe place. After they subsided, we searched the cellar and found the belongings of the vampire – full plate, a steel tower shield, a longsword, a composite longbow, 25 arrows, a potion, and a cloak – everything was magical. Krynyn took the plate, Ee took the bow and arrows, and we resolved to sell the rest. Strangely, we also found five golden bird statues, each of great value, fetching 10,000 pieces of gold a piece. I took the Falcon for myself. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Ten – Strange beast in our way We traveled half the remaining two weeks to Cauldron, princess in tow behind me. I linked with her mind and we traded stories of court. My court filled with lawyers and judges, her court filled with princes and kings and lots of palace intrigue. She seemed rather worldly for a twelve year old, but then I suppose that is what one would expect of nobility. We came to a bend in the path and saw a large creature in front of us. It had two large heads, much like elephants, and carried two massive morning stars and a large stock of javelins. It charged forward straight at us, swinging wildly away at Morwen, who was unfortunate enough to be directly in its path. Morwen jumped up and slipped her blade right between its massive ribs, causing it untold pain. It retaliated by smashing her over and over with its morning stars, fists, and feet, until Morwen was thrown to the ground in a puddle of her own blood. Ee and Krynyn leapt to her aid, and found themselves equally pummeled. Krynyn called upon the power of his god and made himself as large as the beast. Ee, however, was beaten down hard and so he withdrew to quaff a healing brew. The beast responded by charging him and running straight over him, ignoring the blow dealt by Ee as he ran forth. Meanwhile, I kept my distance, holding the princess on my back and attempting to crush its foul brain with my own. It seemed to throw off everything I tried. I finally sent forth rays to disintegrate it, the first one missed, but the second two did not – and finally, with my last ray, it vanished in a puff of dust. This single foul beast nearly beat all of us to a pulp. The roads just simply are not safe to travel anymore. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Eleven – Flaming Cauldron – Grateful King A further week’s travel found us back inside the smoldering city of Cauldron. By the time we reached it, it was in a state of organized chaos, which buildings being rebuilt, hospitals overflowing, and legal matters untended. But we had a princess to tend to, so I inquired about the first available teleportation ring back to the Capital of Bellanon, where the King was anxiously awaiting the return of this princess. Krynyn wanted to stay and help out here. I offered to take her back myself with Morwen. We compromised with an agreement to take her back then to seek a way to return quicker than the normal four day round trip wait. The King was ecstatic to have his niece returned. He offered all of us a reward, either monetary or non-monetary. I already knew what it was I wanted. I made my request, and the King said he would think on it. Morwen and Ee took the cash, 10,000 gold coins each. Krynyn asked for assistance in his own great project – the construction of a temple to his deity in Cauldron – the first such temple to grace its crater. The princess safe, we found an enclave outside the city that quickly teleported us back to Cauldron, figuring our great skills would do the city well. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Twelve – Cordozo meets his Pro Bono Quota Back in Cauldron, I generously volunteered my services, pro bono, to help with the city recorder’s office and a mess of deeds that needed to be searched, organized, and potentially seized by eminent domain as part of the rebuilding effort. My legal skills proved well suited to the task, and I helped translate some of the legalese into more plain common for the benefit of the locals tasked to the deed situation. Krynyn helped with the wounded and began the foundation of his temple, intending to add a hospital wing to its walls when it was completed. Ee found himself some truly magnificent armor, armor he called Celestial, whatever that meant. I hoped it did not involve any more angels of questionable repute. We had already almost caught up with the present from the past. One thing we had not found was Celeste. We turned our attention to her whereabouts next. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Thirteen – Strange We learned Celeste was last seen heading toward the Lord Mayor’s residence. We learned that the Lord Mayor was slain by the Noble Five and the Mayoral home was looted by the same. We learned there was a new Lord Mayor named Jenya, High Priestess of St. Cuthbert. Through my contacts on the street, I learned that Celeste sponsored Yukiko and Poseidon to join the Cusp of the Sunrise. Inspired, I returned to the traitor Poseidon and asked him if he could link with Celeste – I figured he must be able to and must have had some physical or mental contact with her. Alas, he could not. But I could. Knowing his skill at implanting fake memories, I asked him to transplant to me his memories of his contact with Celeste so then I could attempt to contact her. He obliged, and I attempted to contact her, but received no reply. While my mind was active, I reached out to Twin Oaks and asked the tavern keeper how things were there. He said they saved eighty percent of their harvest and were scraping by, but that they were all generally well. My mind thus otherwise at a dead-end, Krynyn asked his god for help. Instead of strange tales of water, he got a straight answer. He was told to ask the Brawler, which we understood to mean the deity Cord. We found his priest to be a strange fellow with a very strange disposition. He strained his brain and then told us “She hangs in threads, but dominates a noble hall, but just as a mere image of herself.” He then asked Ee if he wanted to do some pounding with him or brawl. Ee declined, but I did see in his eyes that he would have enjoyed it. A noble hall and threads made us think of the King’s palace and of rich tapestries. But we first checked to see if any tapestries from the Lord Mayor fit Celeste’s description. None did. Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Fourteen – Stranger and Stranger I reached out my mind to the princess and asked her to examine her own noble halls for a tapestry fitting Celeste’s description. Wonderfully, she found one, and she also inquired and discovered that it was of relatively recent vintage. We gathered up Celeste’s father and returned to the Capitol so he could see for himself. He confirmed it was her. Krynyn broke the enchantment upon the tapestry and freed her. She told us it was the Lord Mayor (former) who put her into her predicament. She was most grateful, as was her father, who paid us all a thousand pieces of gold for completing our task. Thus completed, only one more small piece of business remained. Sir Cordozo – Chapter One-Hundred Fifteen – Cordozo is finally properly recognized The King then summoned me back before him with his decision about my request. He had me kneel down and he pulled forth his massive, jeweled sword of a lineage as royal as his own and then touched it to my shoulders, declaring that I was now Knighted, now to be known as “Sir Cordozo,” the newest member of the nobility. It was a minor noble title, to be sure, and not one normally inherited, but it was the first step toward what will eventually be my recognition as one of the top ranks of the nobility. Now there were more plans to make! I had to put together a proper party at the Cusp of the Sunrise to both celebrate and announce my enoblement. I wonder where one finds a party planner in a city recently shaken by an active volcano? [/QUOTE]
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