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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4585875" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px">CUT SCENE #1</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: This is something new I’m trying. I would have done it after the last fight but I forgot, so I’m including it here in the recap. Keep in mind that any information learned is purely for player entertainment and cannot be used metagame by the characters. Also keep in mind that WHEN this scene takes place is also unknown and left deliberately vague].</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Kalarel turned his face upward, allowing droplets of warm blood to splash across his jaw and cheeks. He opened his mouth to drink. Red rivulets stained his ram-horned helm, and his features glowed hellishly in the wan candle light. Sluggish liquid pooled around his feet, a dark morass of mixed blood and viscera. Nearby, a humanoid figure lurked in the shadows, its features obscured.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/keep/kalarel2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The deathpriest of Orcus allowed the last of the blood to fall, and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and stepped out of the pool. It was very dark in this place, and the only sounds heard were the squishing of his boots and distant, muffled screams. The screams soon stopped. The figure standing in the shadows said nothing. </p><p></p><p>“I’ve heard word from my spy in Winterhaven, Maw,” the priest finally said. He was staring off into the darkness. Although human, Kalarel’s features displayed a bestial anger, a hatred of life and living things that made him seem more monster than man. The shadow in the darkness did not answer, but skeletal fingers did gently tap each other, waiting for Kalarel to continue. </p><p></p><p>“The Mirror of Scarvoss has been stolen from the graveyard. Those…stupid kobolds failed to dig it all the way out.” His lip was peeled back in a sneer, his fist curled into a ball. “Lord Orcus will be very…displeased. That mirror held a piece of the Shadowfell within in it, and would have made opening the rift much easier, and greatly aided Orcus’s bid for rulership of the shadow world. </p><p></p><p>But no matter. No matter. We continue the plan.”</p><p></p><p>He continued to glower into the darkness.</p><p></p><p>“Apparently,” he said with some difficulty, “a human fool named Douvan Stahl and a Halfling have taken the mirror north. I dispatched agents, but even now it might be too late. The mirror is likely beyond our reach.”</p><p></p><p>The figure in the shadows spoke. “And you did not send me?” A rasping voice, as if its throat were full of dry dirt.</p><p></p><p>“No, Maw. I need you here. We can still open the rift, but we’ll need more blood than before. Much more. Buckets...of blood. Do you understand?”</p><p></p><p>A skeletal head nodded. “Yes…Master Kalarel.”</p><p></p><p>“Good. Seek the surface then, inquisitor, and attend my bidding. And if you happen upon any Bloodreavers, all offers for their slaves are to be accepted. We need sacrifices now more than ever. Winterhaven shall suffer, oh yes. Their children shall wallow in suffering.”</p><p></p><p>A rotting figure stepped fully into the candle light, illuminating a hideously scarred corpse dangling with sharp implements of torture.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/keep/maw.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“As you wish, Master,” Maw whispered and dissolved into the darkness, leaving Kalarel alone with his thoughts…</p><p></p><p></p><p>TO BE CONTINUED</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4585875, member: 31465"] [center] [size=4]CUT SCENE #1[/size][/center] [color=red][GM Note: This is something new I’m trying. I would have done it after the last fight but I forgot, so I’m including it here in the recap. Keep in mind that any information learned is purely for player entertainment and cannot be used metagame by the characters. Also keep in mind that WHEN this scene takes place is also unknown and left deliberately vague].[/color] Kalarel turned his face upward, allowing droplets of warm blood to splash across his jaw and cheeks. He opened his mouth to drink. Red rivulets stained his ram-horned helm, and his features glowed hellishly in the wan candle light. Sluggish liquid pooled around his feet, a dark morass of mixed blood and viscera. Nearby, a humanoid figure lurked in the shadows, its features obscured. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/keep/kalarel2.jpg[/img] The deathpriest of Orcus allowed the last of the blood to fall, and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and stepped out of the pool. It was very dark in this place, and the only sounds heard were the squishing of his boots and distant, muffled screams. The screams soon stopped. The figure standing in the shadows said nothing. “I’ve heard word from my spy in Winterhaven, Maw,” the priest finally said. He was staring off into the darkness. Although human, Kalarel’s features displayed a bestial anger, a hatred of life and living things that made him seem more monster than man. The shadow in the darkness did not answer, but skeletal fingers did gently tap each other, waiting for Kalarel to continue. “The Mirror of Scarvoss has been stolen from the graveyard. Those…stupid kobolds failed to dig it all the way out.” His lip was peeled back in a sneer, his fist curled into a ball. “Lord Orcus will be very…displeased. That mirror held a piece of the Shadowfell within in it, and would have made opening the rift much easier, and greatly aided Orcus’s bid for rulership of the shadow world. But no matter. No matter. We continue the plan.” He continued to glower into the darkness. “Apparently,” he said with some difficulty, “a human fool named Douvan Stahl and a Halfling have taken the mirror north. I dispatched agents, but even now it might be too late. The mirror is likely beyond our reach.” The figure in the shadows spoke. “And you did not send me?” A rasping voice, as if its throat were full of dry dirt. “No, Maw. I need you here. We can still open the rift, but we’ll need more blood than before. Much more. Buckets...of blood. Do you understand?” A skeletal head nodded. “Yes…Master Kalarel.” “Good. Seek the surface then, inquisitor, and attend my bidding. And if you happen upon any Bloodreavers, all offers for their slaves are to be accepted. We need sacrifices now more than ever. Winterhaven shall suffer, oh yes. Their children shall wallow in suffering.” A rotting figure stepped fully into the candle light, illuminating a hideously scarred corpse dangling with sharp implements of torture. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/keep/maw.jpg[/img] “As you wish, Master,” Maw whispered and dissolved into the darkness, leaving Kalarel alone with his thoughts… TO BE CONTINUED [/QUOTE]
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