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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5698252" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The days passed with relative ease. Alaria and Erevan copied their spells in the library.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Coerraine went about his training, even taking in a few guard rotations with the Bridgetower guards.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Duor had seen fit to “allow” this since, the dwarf thief reasoned, the more powerful the paladin was, the better use he would be. It hadn’t quite sunk in to Duor yet that Coerraine was a protector, not a servant who needed his “permission” for anything.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Haelan, gleefully had gotten himself and Buttercream rounds at the gatehouse entrance, with the assurances that the ferret was an infallible detector of “were-rats” which the guard sergeants were none too pleased to hear had been on the party’s heels. Haelan offered the occasional “Detect Evil” and “Detect Lie” prayers for any individuals that seemed “suspicious.” In his days at the gate, none did. But it was an appreciated service.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The seneschal actually instituted a test for all entering Bridgetower (for the south and north gates) with slender rods of silver stuck into their mouths to see if anyone reacted to the metal, presuming lycanthropes would.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The feast in their honor went off without a hitch. </span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The Lady Elhianne was a charming hostess. A woman in her middling years of obvious breeding, beauty and charm.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The feast had included roast pheasants, apple stuffed geese, gratins of potatoes and cheese, baskets of golden loaves, sweet ripe fruits, apple and cinnamon pies, and honeyed sweets.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Alarai and Erevan were thoroughly pleased with the quality of the cooking. Haelan even moreso, eating until he could barely speak.</span></p><p> [/FONT]<span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Rouses of applause echoed through the halls at the captain’s speech and introductions of the party members as well as Sergeant Goren and guardsman Alath. </span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Minstels played throughout, including an original composition by the ‘Tower’s head minstrel entitled “The Ballad of the Stormrider”, about the battle with the goblins and ogres. It mostly featured Alaria’s magical prowess, “flying on winds” and “throwing lightning bolts from the sky”. Alaria blushed uncomfortably for most of the performance.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]She also had the unenviable task of declining dance invitations from several of the men in attendance, including Sergeant Goren. In her years and years of study, “courtly dancing” had never been a subject of hers. Alaria was thankful for Elhianne’s intervention on more than one occasion, saying their “Ladies talk” was being interrupted. </span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Duor got completely oscified with the satyr ranger, Festus. The two traded stories of their "glorious" histories and the legends of their peoples well after the party had concluded. Neither was seen nor heard from for two days following the night of the feast.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Fen had returned in time for the party. Erevan had informed him of the party’s new “organization” and the half-elf was more than happy to oblige. He did not, however, believe that Braddok’s return was a realistic expectation. </span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Druid philosophy on “death” mandated that Braddok would be re-entered into the Wheel of Life in some form other than the human body his spirit had previously inhabited.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]He did, however, agree to contribute if the party managed to find a treasure that would allow them the attempt. Fen made no bones that his remaining with the party was the will of his superiors in the Ancient Order and protection of “the orb” from falling into the wrong hands was his priority.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Throughout the week, the party reconvened to discuss possible opportunities for adventure. Duor’s means of “collecting information” were proving generally unfruitful. The party considered what the dwarf learned and dismissed most of them as rumor and/or tall tales. He had discovered, however, that the ranger satyr would be a welcome and eager asset if their adventures took them anywhere within the Dragonmage’s realm.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]At the end of four days since the company became a “company” instead of “Alaria’s entourage”, Coerraine completed his training. Alaria completed her studies and transcribing. Erevan had, he assured them, a single day left to go.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]The wizardess decided it was time to again meet with Abjurist Stenthil to see what his research had unearthed. He had indicated, two days after leaving Alaria left the orb with him, that he was “on to something.”</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot] Following a substantial breakfast, Alaria went to the library to find the aged wizard. She was stopped on her way by one of the messenger-pages who requested she accompany him to Captain Rynthis’ office. The servant couldn’t say what it was about, only that the seneschal had something to discuss with her.</span></p><p></p><p> [/FONT] <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[FONT=&quot]Alaria’s mind swam with possibilities of what “the dwarf or ferret could have done now.” Bracing herself to explain away or defend the actions of either, she was completely caught off guard by the actual conversation.</span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 5698252, member: 92511"] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The days passed with relative ease. Alaria and Erevan copied their spells in the library.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Coerraine went about his training, even taking in a few guard rotations with the Bridgetower guards.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Duor had seen fit to “allow” this since, the dwarf thief reasoned, the more powerful the paladin was, the better use he would be. It hadn’t quite sunk in to Duor yet that Coerraine was a protector, not a servant who needed his “permission” for anything.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Haelan, gleefully had gotten himself and Buttercream rounds at the gatehouse entrance, with the assurances that the ferret was an infallible detector of “were-rats” which the guard sergeants were none too pleased to hear had been on the party’s heels. Haelan offered the occasional “Detect Evil” and “Detect Lie” prayers for any individuals that seemed “suspicious.” In his days at the gate, none did. But it was an appreciated service.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The seneschal actually instituted a test for all entering Bridgetower (for the south and north gates) with slender rods of silver stuck into their mouths to see if anyone reacted to the metal, presuming lycanthropes would.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The feast in their honor went off without a hitch. [/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The Lady Elhianne was a charming hostess. A woman in her middling years of obvious breeding, beauty and charm.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The feast had included roast pheasants, apple stuffed geese, gratins of potatoes and cheese, baskets of golden loaves, sweet ripe fruits, apple and cinnamon pies, and honeyed sweets.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Alarai and Erevan were thoroughly pleased with the quality of the cooking. Haelan even moreso, eating until he could barely speak.[/FONT] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana][FONT="] Rouses of applause echoed through the halls at the captain’s speech and introductions of the party members as well as Sergeant Goren and guardsman Alath. [/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Minstels played throughout, including an original composition by the ‘Tower’s head minstrel entitled “The Ballad of the Stormrider”, about the battle with the goblins and ogres. It mostly featured Alaria’s magical prowess, “flying on winds” and “throwing lightning bolts from the sky”. Alaria blushed uncomfortably for most of the performance.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]She also had the unenviable task of declining dance invitations from several of the men in attendance, including Sergeant Goren. In her years and years of study, “courtly dancing” had never been a subject of hers. Alaria was thankful for Elhianne’s intervention on more than one occasion, saying their “Ladies talk” was being interrupted. [/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Duor got completely oscified with the satyr ranger, Festus. The two traded stories of their "glorious" histories and the legends of their peoples well after the party had concluded. Neither was seen nor heard from for two days following the night of the feast.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Fen had returned in time for the party. Erevan had informed him of the party’s new “organization” and the half-elf was more than happy to oblige. He did not, however, believe that Braddok’s return was a realistic expectation. [/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Druid philosophy on “death” mandated that Braddok would be re-entered into the Wheel of Life in some form other than the human body his spirit had previously inhabited.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]He did, however, agree to contribute if the party managed to find a treasure that would allow them the attempt. Fen made no bones that his remaining with the party was the will of his superiors in the Ancient Order and protection of “the orb” from falling into the wrong hands was his priority.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Throughout the week, the party reconvened to discuss possible opportunities for adventure. Duor’s means of “collecting information” were proving generally unfruitful. The party considered what the dwarf learned and dismissed most of them as rumor and/or tall tales. He had discovered, however, that the ranger satyr would be a welcome and eager asset if their adventures took them anywhere within the Dragonmage’s realm.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]At the end of four days since the company became a “company” instead of “Alaria’s entourage”, Coerraine completed his training. Alaria completed her studies and transcribing. Erevan had, he assured them, a single day left to go.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]The wizardess decided it was time to again meet with Abjurist Stenthil to see what his research had unearthed. He had indicated, two days after leaving Alaria left the orb with him, that he was “on to something.”[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="] Following a substantial breakfast, Alaria went to the library to find the aged wizard. She was stopped on her way by one of the messenger-pages who requested she accompany him to Captain Rynthis’ office. The servant couldn’t say what it was about, only that the seneschal had something to discuss with her.[/FONT] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][FONT="]Alaria’s mind swam with possibilities of what “the dwarf or ferret could have done now.” Bracing herself to explain away or defend the actions of either, she was completely caught off guard by the actual conversation.[/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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