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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 4944589" data-attributes="member: 2323"><p><strong>[PLAIN][Realms #488] What about Karak?[/PLAIN]</strong></p><p></p><p>They searched long and hard through the contents of K'ree's home, but in the end Morier ended up taking Ocemocik's mercurial greatsword from Ayremac in preference to other lesser items to be found among the bric-a-brac. Ayremac wanted for little and so found nothing to spark his interest, passing his time instead by aiding Del in his search for a suitable weapon. Del ultimately satisfied himself with some minor potions and a battle axe which, while not the weapon type to which he was used, was enchanted in some way, Maleko assured him. Maleko made out better than the others finding a circlet, scrollcase, gloves and book that he deemed desirable.</p><p></p><p>In exchange for the items (and a bit of help organizing the chamber's contents) they traded a goodly portion of the spoils they'd acquired and which were doing little apart from languishing in the Handy Haversack. Only Morier felt any pang of regret turning over to K'ree Noxin's Greathammer and some of the other items that had belonged to the albino's former companions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was while they completed their business and secured their new gear that Melako finally brought up an issue that had been troubling him since their time in the githyanki outpost.</p><p></p><p>"Something is bothering me," he sighed looking somewhat apologetically at Del and then to Ayremac. "Your friend's war axe was obtained from a githyanki attack on a mind flayer ship near here in the Chain of Tears."</p><p></p><p>"Karak," Ayremac said with a nod. "That's what the githyanki told us, yes."</p><p></p><p>"Why do you bring it up?" Morier asked as he adjusted his baldric to accommodate his new and somewhat ungainly weapon. Maleko looked nervously at the pregnant boumman on the far side of the room.</p><p></p><p>"Well I was thinking," he began delicately. "Perhaps are these not the same mind flayers that killed K'ree' mate?" K'ree looked up, her pale, nearly featureless face hardened. Her jet black eyes shone wetly in the silvery light.</p><p></p><p>"I see that J'inn and J'ann have been spinning tales again," she snarled, her voice thick with emotion. Her hands rested atop her swollen belly, but they were clenched into fists as she looked with murderous rage at the disassembled golem leaning in the corner. "Mir'vann and Mir'vinn were killed by one of those... mechanical things... in the service of the mind flayers." Del squinted at the thing noticing something for the first time.</p><p></p><p>"That symbol on its head," he said indicating the three connected circles blazoned above its dark eye sockets. "I've seen it before on a mechanical man in the World Serpent Inn." K'ree looked away from the golem turning her eyes to the half-elf.</p><p></p><p>"It is the flayers' mark," the buomman told him. "It appears on all of the golems we've faced. If you met one, you were lucky to escape with your head still attached." Del looked skeptical.</p><p></p><p>"It did not behave like a killing machine," he said. "It spoke to me."</p><p></p><p>"I've never heard of a golem that could speak," Morier observed. "They're mindless things... like the retriever we faced."</p><p></p><p>"Not all golems are such," Maleko corrected. "There are rumors of a race of intelligent, free-willed constructs called maugs originating from the Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus on the outer planes. They plan and react like living creatures." K'ree nodded.</p><p></p><p>"Lately, these golems have behaved as you described," she told the elf. "Their attacks haven't been the mindless frontal assaults we used to face. They've been coordinated and deadly, with an intelligence we haven't seen in the past."</p><p></p><p>"And they attack you without provocation?" Ayremac asked and K'ree shrugged.</p><p></p><p>"They don't attack us on Discord," she explained. "But rather attack us when we patrol the Chain. We only occassionally see the mind flayers themselves, and their purpose isn't clear to us, but their methods are: they slaughter us and anyone else on sight."</p><p></p><p>"Perhaps we could find out what happened to Karak if we were to plan an attack on this crew of mind flayers," Maleko suggested and all eyes turned to him.</p><p></p><p>"You want to attack a den of mind flayers?" Del asked, flabbergasted.</p><p></p><p>"I don't have an issue with tracking down Karak," Morier said, nodding at Maleko. "After all, it's Karak, and it would be the right thing to do." Ayremac considered and nodded at the eldritch warrior.</p><p></p><p>"Agreed, but is poking a hornet's nest with a stick the best tactic?" the holy warrior wondered. "Even assuming we can find the nest in the first place; this Chain of Tears is not a small area in which the mind flayers could be hiding."</p><p></p><p>For a moment, Morier expected to hear Huzair's frustrated grumbling as Ayremac brought up stinging insects and their dens. But none of those present had heard Morier's speeches on the subject, and Huzair was dead and gone.</p><p></p><p>"We've narrowed down the likely spot where the mind flayer lair is hidden," K'ree told them. She reached for her falchion. "If you really want to hunt them down, then I'll take you there."</p><p></p><p>"The hell you will!" J'ann said from the doorway and before K'ree could argue he strode purposefully inside shaking his head. "Do you know what would happen if the Threnodies found out that a buomman was directly assaulting the mind flayers? Even if you weren't carrying a child?"</p><p></p><p>"The flayers killed my life mates!" K'ree growled. "Can you imagine how hard it has been for me every day to resist the urge to go there and attack the place by myself? And now you bring these strangers here and they, of their own accord and for their own reasons want to seek out the flayers?"</p><p></p><p>"Can you imagine what would happen if you went there and failed? The flayers would send their forces to Discord!" J'ann argued. "And what does K'raa think of this?"</p><p></p><p>"We speak with one voice," K'ree asserted and J'ann nodded.</p><p></p><p>"I thought that you might," he said, his tone softened. "And I can understand your desire to seek out some measure of revenge. But I can't let you go off and invite death to Discord. I will tell the Threnodies if you persist in this folly. J'inn is there now." K'ree's body shook with emotion and she cast her falchion to the floor.</p><p></p><p>"They killed my life mates!" she said again and then moved out the back door of her dwelling and was gone. J'ann looked pained and then turned to the others, grim-faced.</p><p></p><p>"If a group of independent agents were to assault the mind flayers for reasons of their own, that would please the Threnodies and the rest of our cabal," J'ann said. "We could point you in the right direction to find such creatues if you wished it, but no buomman can aid you further in this course, lest the attack fail and bring the mind flayers' revenge down upon us." Ayremac started to speak and J'ann held up a staying hand.</p><p></p><p>"But know this: the Threnodies have already agreed to show you the way through the Gate of Duality to the Guardian of the God Isles," the Buomman said. "You have already earned that right and destroying the mind flayers will earn you nothing more apart from our gratitude."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Potter, post: 4944589, member: 2323"] [b][PLAIN][Realms #488] What about Karak?[/PLAIN][/b] They searched long and hard through the contents of K'ree's home, but in the end Morier ended up taking Ocemocik's mercurial greatsword from Ayremac in preference to other lesser items to be found among the bric-a-brac. Ayremac wanted for little and so found nothing to spark his interest, passing his time instead by aiding Del in his search for a suitable weapon. Del ultimately satisfied himself with some minor potions and a battle axe which, while not the weapon type to which he was used, was enchanted in some way, Maleko assured him. Maleko made out better than the others finding a circlet, scrollcase, gloves and book that he deemed desirable. In exchange for the items (and a bit of help organizing the chamber's contents) they traded a goodly portion of the spoils they'd acquired and which were doing little apart from languishing in the Handy Haversack. Only Morier felt any pang of regret turning over to K'ree Noxin's Greathammer and some of the other items that had belonged to the albino's former companions. It was while they completed their business and secured their new gear that Melako finally brought up an issue that had been troubling him since their time in the githyanki outpost. "Something is bothering me," he sighed looking somewhat apologetically at Del and then to Ayremac. "Your friend's war axe was obtained from a githyanki attack on a mind flayer ship near here in the Chain of Tears." "Karak," Ayremac said with a nod. "That's what the githyanki told us, yes." "Why do you bring it up?" Morier asked as he adjusted his baldric to accommodate his new and somewhat ungainly weapon. Maleko looked nervously at the pregnant boumman on the far side of the room. "Well I was thinking," he began delicately. "Perhaps are these not the same mind flayers that killed K'ree' mate?" K'ree looked up, her pale, nearly featureless face hardened. Her jet black eyes shone wetly in the silvery light. "I see that J'inn and J'ann have been spinning tales again," she snarled, her voice thick with emotion. Her hands rested atop her swollen belly, but they were clenched into fists as she looked with murderous rage at the disassembled golem leaning in the corner. "Mir'vann and Mir'vinn were killed by one of those... mechanical things... in the service of the mind flayers." Del squinted at the thing noticing something for the first time. "That symbol on its head," he said indicating the three connected circles blazoned above its dark eye sockets. "I've seen it before on a mechanical man in the World Serpent Inn." K'ree looked away from the golem turning her eyes to the half-elf. "It is the flayers' mark," the buomman told him. "It appears on all of the golems we've faced. If you met one, you were lucky to escape with your head still attached." Del looked skeptical. "It did not behave like a killing machine," he said. "It spoke to me." "I've never heard of a golem that could speak," Morier observed. "They're mindless things... like the retriever we faced." "Not all golems are such," Maleko corrected. "There are rumors of a race of intelligent, free-willed constructs called maugs originating from the Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus on the outer planes. They plan and react like living creatures." K'ree nodded. "Lately, these golems have behaved as you described," she told the elf. "Their attacks haven't been the mindless frontal assaults we used to face. They've been coordinated and deadly, with an intelligence we haven't seen in the past." "And they attack you without provocation?" Ayremac asked and K'ree shrugged. "They don't attack us on Discord," she explained. "But rather attack us when we patrol the Chain. We only occassionally see the mind flayers themselves, and their purpose isn't clear to us, but their methods are: they slaughter us and anyone else on sight." "Perhaps we could find out what happened to Karak if we were to plan an attack on this crew of mind flayers," Maleko suggested and all eyes turned to him. "You want to attack a den of mind flayers?" Del asked, flabbergasted. "I don't have an issue with tracking down Karak," Morier said, nodding at Maleko. "After all, it's Karak, and it would be the right thing to do." Ayremac considered and nodded at the eldritch warrior. "Agreed, but is poking a hornet's nest with a stick the best tactic?" the holy warrior wondered. "Even assuming we can find the nest in the first place; this Chain of Tears is not a small area in which the mind flayers could be hiding." For a moment, Morier expected to hear Huzair's frustrated grumbling as Ayremac brought up stinging insects and their dens. But none of those present had heard Morier's speeches on the subject, and Huzair was dead and gone. "We've narrowed down the likely spot where the mind flayer lair is hidden," K'ree told them. She reached for her falchion. "If you really want to hunt them down, then I'll take you there." "The hell you will!" J'ann said from the doorway and before K'ree could argue he strode purposefully inside shaking his head. "Do you know what would happen if the Threnodies found out that a buomman was directly assaulting the mind flayers? Even if you weren't carrying a child?" "The flayers killed my life mates!" K'ree growled. "Can you imagine how hard it has been for me every day to resist the urge to go there and attack the place by myself? And now you bring these strangers here and they, of their own accord and for their own reasons want to seek out the flayers?" "Can you imagine what would happen if you went there and failed? The flayers would send their forces to Discord!" J'ann argued. "And what does K'raa think of this?" "We speak with one voice," K'ree asserted and J'ann nodded. "I thought that you might," he said, his tone softened. "And I can understand your desire to seek out some measure of revenge. But I can't let you go off and invite death to Discord. I will tell the Threnodies if you persist in this folly. J'inn is there now." K'ree's body shook with emotion and she cast her falchion to the floor. "They killed my life mates!" she said again and then moved out the back door of her dwelling and was gone. J'ann looked pained and then turned to the others, grim-faced. "If a group of independent agents were to assault the mind flayers for reasons of their own, that would please the Threnodies and the rest of our cabal," J'ann said. "We could point you in the right direction to find such creatues if you wished it, but no buomman can aid you further in this course, lest the attack fail and bring the mind flayers' revenge down upon us." Ayremac started to speak and J'ann held up a staying hand. "But know this: the Threnodies have already agreed to show you the way through the Gate of Duality to the Guardian of the God Isles," the Buomman said. "You have already earned that right and destroying the mind flayers will earn you nothing more apart from our gratitude." [/QUOTE]
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