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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2821093" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Written by AviLazar:</p><p></p><p>While eating breakfast this morning a messenger from the Cathedral arrives and hands me a large package. From its weight and size I quickly realize what it is. The Archierophant has sent me a great sword of fine quality, one that has been etched with runes of the flame. She has also provided the group with some healing potions.</p><p></p><p>I start to question Bodo with regards to his recent activities and am not happy with what I hear. I give him options other then church study, but tell him he must either do these or he is finished with me. Bodo tries to get us to let him go to the drug den but I refuse this adamantly. Bodo suggests that he could find out about Kizmet. Thinking this would be harmless I send him out, hopefully he will stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, his inquiries will end up causing me trouble.</p><p></p><p>After breakfast Six and I walked to the Deneith stronghold where I find out that Lalia and her sister Tasra have gone away on some business for their house. We are treated extremely kindly, for outsiders, upon the request of Lalia. I return the equipment I borrowed from house Deneith. We went down to the holding area and we got Philo out of his cell and into an interrogation room. He seems very scared at the sight of Six. We question him and he gives us some information; he also tells us that he will be a dead man. I tell him that he will have a chance to gain freedom by serving us in my search for my sword. At the end of the meeting I offer to let Six work on him a bit so his friends think he was being beaten. Philo is such a coward that he would rather not be beaten and take a chance that Daask will kill him. Philo is worthless in many ways, and one of them – apparently he had many debts and used the money he stole from to pay them off. I promised him that we would use him until he breaks. Before leaving we speak with the guard captain and asked him if they could hold the prisoners for a few more days. He agrees, probably due to my relationship with Lalia. We then ask to speak to the person in charge, Lord Sadral d’Deneith. We inform him of our mission to the drug den and while he seems like he would like to help, he says he cannot since it would endanger the enclave. I accept this answer, and understand the burden of leadership.</p><p></p><p>We head back to the inn where we meet up with some of the adventurers from the guild. The first group, Narik, Lothas and Valin say they cannot come with us due to the risks. The second group, Deemin and Finch agree to come with us – mainly because they owe their lives and soul to my exorcism. Deemin and Finch are also willing to join us at the cogs. After the meeting Corven and myself head to the mages guild to finish working on my armor. I anoint it with the rest of the holy water and Corven places the final enchantments. I try the armor on and it fit’s perfectly, it looks pristine as if it just came out of the forge. I thank Corven for this and then we head out to meet with the group.</p><p></p><p>The group heads down to Tumbledown and before entering the drug den we prep up our spells. A crowd gathers, staying a distance from us, but realizing some trouble is about to happen. We enter the den and the two bartenders ask us what we want. I tell them to leave or to die and they run out. Luna tries to kick in the door but hurts herself in the process. The peep hole to the door opens and the person behind the door starts to swear as I charge the door and slam it open – in the process knocking the person out. We are in a tight corridor where Six and I move up. I ask Six if he can open the door but he says that is not his skill set. I then kick the door in to reveal a number of gnolls, one of which who shoots me with an enchanted arrow that causes an excruciating amount of pain. Corven then shoots the gnoll with a gnoll bane arrow, and Luna destroys the bow with a warp wood spell. The battle ensues, and feels like it lasts for hours. Six enters the room and immediately takes control with his spiked chain – tripping up any opponents within ten feet of him. While in the room I ask who Caasht is – and I get a response “I am” while a gnoll turns visible as he throws a bottle of alchemists shock at Six.</p><p></p><p>Luna, seeing this hurls a flaming sphere at Caasht, who dodges out of the way. Six then trips Caasht and follows up with an attack. Caasht drinks a potion to turn invisible, but his ploy will not work on me. I swing mightily with my sword, hitting Caasht with the flat of my blade. Caasht is knocked out, but just to be sure I drop some flour on him to outline his position.</p><p></p><p>At this point the battle seems to be going great, but I noticed Corven opened up a door to another room which had four gnolls…I wish Corven did not open up another door at this point, and maybe the group should have a chat about tactics – first finish the current group of enemies, and then look for another. I would have preferred if Corven sealed that door shut. The gnolls were arranged with two in the front with axes and two in the back with bows. They shoot at Corven first, and he falls to the ground in a heap. Nameless then casts a slow spell, followed by a glitterdust spell. It seems to have affected the two gnolls with the axes, but not those with the bows. I see one of them taking a dead-aim shot at Deemin’s head and I scream “NO” praying for his safety, and with the help of the Silver Flame, Deemin is saved from a mortal blow.</p><p></p><p>Confident that we can still beat this fight I turn to head on over to dispatch the four gnolls and then, ever so slowly, in what seemed to be an eternity, the door to the room I was in opened up. A sight I have not seen in a long time, and one I did not think I would see stepped forward. A large Ogre walked into the room, wielding a large greatsword. He stepped in grinning and I knew the fight just went bad. The Ogre first slams into Luna, as she was kneeling over Corven and knocks her out. Seeing their peril, and knowing that Six is far out of range to help, I take a quick step towards the Ogre – shouting in the name of the Silver Flame I smite, using every ounce of strength I could muster. I dealt a severe gash to the Ogre, who turned towards me in pain and contorted anger. I knew I would not survive his next attack as I was already suffering from damage due to the gnolls. Nameless, at this point, decided to remove himself from the Ogre’s reach but in the process the Ogre took a free swing at him and knocked him down to the ground like a rag-doll. The ogre then hit me, and the damage I took made me stagger. I was swaying from side to side, seeing blood rush down my face and realizing I was about to fall. I knew I could not escape the Ogre, and my next attack may not be enough. I then swung at the Ogre and connected another hit, but not enough to take him down. The Ogre smiled, knowing that he was about to slay me – he muttered something in his guttural language. He took another swing at me, confident he would take me out, but with some luck – the Silver Flame no doubt – I manage to dodge out of harms way and the Ogre is surprised as I perform a 360 turn, and come crashing up with my sword, taking it from his lower right midsection, cleaving up until the blade comes out of his chin. The Ogre collapses in a heap – a battle to be remembered for sure.</p><p></p><p>I then look towards the rest of the group, everyone but Six and myself are knocked out. I am in no position to fight, but the three gnolls are left. The one with an axe is blinded and Six manages to trip and take down the other gnoll. Still, one left and one shot is all he needs. Out of nowhere crossbow bolts went flying and hit the gnolls, killing them. Six humans enter the room and tell us not to move. They take us to another room as they collect the drugs in this den. After a number of questions, they do reveal they are working for clan Boromar…the criminal organization who is in power – as far as the criminal underworld goes – on the top side of Sharn.</p><p></p><p>After they leave we heal the entire group, including Deemin and Finch. We start to question Caasht and he does not give us the answers we need so Nameless blasts him in the face with a crossbow bolt. We collect the weapons, armor and magical equipment and leave. I tell Deemin and Finch we will get them as soon as we know some more information.</p><p></p><p>We then head down to meet with Killian, who again taunts me – at this point impugning on my honor I almost lose my temper and cut him where he sits. Killian seemed upset about the Boromars taking the drugs and I feel that it is more because he would like to have the drugs then anything else. Corven and Killian start arguing with the remaining payment, but I ask Corven to let it go since the remaining payment is not worth the price of the information for my sword. Corven agrees but informs Killian that Killian still needs to ensure people do not find out about the group and their role with the drug den. Luna complains about the trouble the sword is causing the group and I gave her a look that would turn a ghost. She has no understanding of what this sword is – to her it is just a sword – but she would not feel the same if someone removed her limbs from her body as that is what this sword is to me.</p><p></p><p>Killian tells us the sword is probably in the hands of a minotaur warrior named Bhorak. When I hear this I cannot tell if I am happy or sad. To fight a minotaur – and survive – is no short task. This even assumes the minotaur is alone – which he probably isn’t. But that is our task. Killian asks us to wait two more days where he will have more information. He also tells us that if we head down quickly and quietly into the Cogs to get to Bhorak we will probably be able to do the mission without attracting attention. This I know Deemin and Finch want to hear. After this information is given, Killian continues to poke fun at us – and then starts on Nameless. Apparantlely, Nameless has a mentor by the name of Trillia, which Killian hints might be a girlfriend to Nameless. Nameless becomes a bit offended at Killian’s remarks to Trillia saying it is unwise to annoy the powerful. I think he left out the statement “and evil” as I am sure someone in that organization could easily be.</p><p></p><p>I also find out that Bodo, asking questions, is causing more harm then good. I will have to speak with Bodo and make sure that he is occupied doing other things. We head back to the inn and discuss some plans. Six mentions he would like to arrange a trip to Xen’drik, implying that we need to run away from this area once we retrieve my sword. I think, once we retrieve Kizmet we should stay in this area and let people know that we will not tolerate the evil and corrupt of the underworld and we will and can stop it. I also think that Daask will not want to publicize the group because they will be very embarrassed if a group of seven destroyed their drug den, and then made it into the heart of Daask to kill one of their more powerful warriors and retrieve an item. They will be so embarrassed by this because it will make them look extremely weak and they will then worry that clan Boromar will see them as weak and then take the opportunity to attack. Politically, this might turn out well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 2821093, member: 198"] Written by AviLazar: While eating breakfast this morning a messenger from the Cathedral arrives and hands me a large package. From its weight and size I quickly realize what it is. The Archierophant has sent me a great sword of fine quality, one that has been etched with runes of the flame. She has also provided the group with some healing potions. I start to question Bodo with regards to his recent activities and am not happy with what I hear. I give him options other then church study, but tell him he must either do these or he is finished with me. Bodo tries to get us to let him go to the drug den but I refuse this adamantly. Bodo suggests that he could find out about Kizmet. Thinking this would be harmless I send him out, hopefully he will stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, his inquiries will end up causing me trouble. After breakfast Six and I walked to the Deneith stronghold where I find out that Lalia and her sister Tasra have gone away on some business for their house. We are treated extremely kindly, for outsiders, upon the request of Lalia. I return the equipment I borrowed from house Deneith. We went down to the holding area and we got Philo out of his cell and into an interrogation room. He seems very scared at the sight of Six. We question him and he gives us some information; he also tells us that he will be a dead man. I tell him that he will have a chance to gain freedom by serving us in my search for my sword. At the end of the meeting I offer to let Six work on him a bit so his friends think he was being beaten. Philo is such a coward that he would rather not be beaten and take a chance that Daask will kill him. Philo is worthless in many ways, and one of them – apparently he had many debts and used the money he stole from to pay them off. I promised him that we would use him until he breaks. Before leaving we speak with the guard captain and asked him if they could hold the prisoners for a few more days. He agrees, probably due to my relationship with Lalia. We then ask to speak to the person in charge, Lord Sadral d’Deneith. We inform him of our mission to the drug den and while he seems like he would like to help, he says he cannot since it would endanger the enclave. I accept this answer, and understand the burden of leadership. We head back to the inn where we meet up with some of the adventurers from the guild. The first group, Narik, Lothas and Valin say they cannot come with us due to the risks. The second group, Deemin and Finch agree to come with us – mainly because they owe their lives and soul to my exorcism. Deemin and Finch are also willing to join us at the cogs. After the meeting Corven and myself head to the mages guild to finish working on my armor. I anoint it with the rest of the holy water and Corven places the final enchantments. I try the armor on and it fit’s perfectly, it looks pristine as if it just came out of the forge. I thank Corven for this and then we head out to meet with the group. The group heads down to Tumbledown and before entering the drug den we prep up our spells. A crowd gathers, staying a distance from us, but realizing some trouble is about to happen. We enter the den and the two bartenders ask us what we want. I tell them to leave or to die and they run out. Luna tries to kick in the door but hurts herself in the process. The peep hole to the door opens and the person behind the door starts to swear as I charge the door and slam it open – in the process knocking the person out. We are in a tight corridor where Six and I move up. I ask Six if he can open the door but he says that is not his skill set. I then kick the door in to reveal a number of gnolls, one of which who shoots me with an enchanted arrow that causes an excruciating amount of pain. Corven then shoots the gnoll with a gnoll bane arrow, and Luna destroys the bow with a warp wood spell. The battle ensues, and feels like it lasts for hours. Six enters the room and immediately takes control with his spiked chain – tripping up any opponents within ten feet of him. While in the room I ask who Caasht is – and I get a response “I am” while a gnoll turns visible as he throws a bottle of alchemists shock at Six. Luna, seeing this hurls a flaming sphere at Caasht, who dodges out of the way. Six then trips Caasht and follows up with an attack. Caasht drinks a potion to turn invisible, but his ploy will not work on me. I swing mightily with my sword, hitting Caasht with the flat of my blade. Caasht is knocked out, but just to be sure I drop some flour on him to outline his position. At this point the battle seems to be going great, but I noticed Corven opened up a door to another room which had four gnolls…I wish Corven did not open up another door at this point, and maybe the group should have a chat about tactics – first finish the current group of enemies, and then look for another. I would have preferred if Corven sealed that door shut. The gnolls were arranged with two in the front with axes and two in the back with bows. They shoot at Corven first, and he falls to the ground in a heap. Nameless then casts a slow spell, followed by a glitterdust spell. It seems to have affected the two gnolls with the axes, but not those with the bows. I see one of them taking a dead-aim shot at Deemin’s head and I scream “NO” praying for his safety, and with the help of the Silver Flame, Deemin is saved from a mortal blow. Confident that we can still beat this fight I turn to head on over to dispatch the four gnolls and then, ever so slowly, in what seemed to be an eternity, the door to the room I was in opened up. A sight I have not seen in a long time, and one I did not think I would see stepped forward. A large Ogre walked into the room, wielding a large greatsword. He stepped in grinning and I knew the fight just went bad. The Ogre first slams into Luna, as she was kneeling over Corven and knocks her out. Seeing their peril, and knowing that Six is far out of range to help, I take a quick step towards the Ogre – shouting in the name of the Silver Flame I smite, using every ounce of strength I could muster. I dealt a severe gash to the Ogre, who turned towards me in pain and contorted anger. I knew I would not survive his next attack as I was already suffering from damage due to the gnolls. Nameless, at this point, decided to remove himself from the Ogre’s reach but in the process the Ogre took a free swing at him and knocked him down to the ground like a rag-doll. The ogre then hit me, and the damage I took made me stagger. I was swaying from side to side, seeing blood rush down my face and realizing I was about to fall. I knew I could not escape the Ogre, and my next attack may not be enough. I then swung at the Ogre and connected another hit, but not enough to take him down. The Ogre smiled, knowing that he was about to slay me – he muttered something in his guttural language. He took another swing at me, confident he would take me out, but with some luck – the Silver Flame no doubt – I manage to dodge out of harms way and the Ogre is surprised as I perform a 360 turn, and come crashing up with my sword, taking it from his lower right midsection, cleaving up until the blade comes out of his chin. The Ogre collapses in a heap – a battle to be remembered for sure. I then look towards the rest of the group, everyone but Six and myself are knocked out. I am in no position to fight, but the three gnolls are left. The one with an axe is blinded and Six manages to trip and take down the other gnoll. Still, one left and one shot is all he needs. Out of nowhere crossbow bolts went flying and hit the gnolls, killing them. Six humans enter the room and tell us not to move. They take us to another room as they collect the drugs in this den. After a number of questions, they do reveal they are working for clan Boromar…the criminal organization who is in power – as far as the criminal underworld goes – on the top side of Sharn. After they leave we heal the entire group, including Deemin and Finch. We start to question Caasht and he does not give us the answers we need so Nameless blasts him in the face with a crossbow bolt. We collect the weapons, armor and magical equipment and leave. I tell Deemin and Finch we will get them as soon as we know some more information. We then head down to meet with Killian, who again taunts me – at this point impugning on my honor I almost lose my temper and cut him where he sits. Killian seemed upset about the Boromars taking the drugs and I feel that it is more because he would like to have the drugs then anything else. Corven and Killian start arguing with the remaining payment, but I ask Corven to let it go since the remaining payment is not worth the price of the information for my sword. Corven agrees but informs Killian that Killian still needs to ensure people do not find out about the group and their role with the drug den. Luna complains about the trouble the sword is causing the group and I gave her a look that would turn a ghost. She has no understanding of what this sword is – to her it is just a sword – but she would not feel the same if someone removed her limbs from her body as that is what this sword is to me. Killian tells us the sword is probably in the hands of a minotaur warrior named Bhorak. When I hear this I cannot tell if I am happy or sad. To fight a minotaur – and survive – is no short task. This even assumes the minotaur is alone – which he probably isn’t. But that is our task. Killian asks us to wait two more days where he will have more information. He also tells us that if we head down quickly and quietly into the Cogs to get to Bhorak we will probably be able to do the mission without attracting attention. This I know Deemin and Finch want to hear. After this information is given, Killian continues to poke fun at us – and then starts on Nameless. Apparantlely, Nameless has a mentor by the name of Trillia, which Killian hints might be a girlfriend to Nameless. Nameless becomes a bit offended at Killian’s remarks to Trillia saying it is unwise to annoy the powerful. I think he left out the statement “and evil” as I am sure someone in that organization could easily be. I also find out that Bodo, asking questions, is causing more harm then good. I will have to speak with Bodo and make sure that he is occupied doing other things. We head back to the inn and discuss some plans. Six mentions he would like to arrange a trip to Xen’drik, implying that we need to run away from this area once we retrieve my sword. I think, once we retrieve Kizmet we should stay in this area and let people know that we will not tolerate the evil and corrupt of the underworld and we will and can stop it. I also think that Daask will not want to publicize the group because they will be very embarrassed if a group of seven destroyed their drug den, and then made it into the heart of Daask to kill one of their more powerful warriors and retrieve an item. They will be so embarrassed by this because it will make them look extremely weak and they will then worry that clan Boromar will see them as weak and then take the opportunity to attack. Politically, this might turn out well. 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