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<blockquote data-quote="stonegod" data-source="post: 3357974" data-attributes="member: 36973"><p>Urik nods at Ashlyn's response. <span style="color: Olive">"It is good to hear that there is still a spark of light in the darkness, though it is a shame that such sparks are difficult to find for they do not seem to breed true in Barovia. I had high hopes for one once... but, I am the last unless some other takes up the mantle."</span> He looks at Ashlyn appraisingly for a moment, but adds nothing more.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive">"Good, good! Fire is a most potent weapon against many evils, and the living dead fear it almost as much as the ravens!" </span>Hurrn cocks its head to the side at this comment and caws once, a silvery sound.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Urik shakes his head, and thumps his sword in the ground in obvious upset. <span style="color: Olive">"It is as I suspected! I come to the town rarely---the villagers cannot see beyond their benighted lives and forsake the old symbols. However, I am need of supplies, and though most of the town scorns me, Father Danovich still honors those that overwatch us and provides me with needful things, such as that scroll. I fought a few of these vile corpses, but had to turn back, their numbers too overwhelming."</span></p><p></p><p>His armor, shield, cloak and sword all possess faint magic, chiefly abjuration for the former two, transmutation for the cloak, and evocation for the sword. Typical armaments for a warrior, the cloak is out of place.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: slategray">[Ashlyn Diplomacy check: 27]</span></span></p><p>The conversation carries on for several minutes, and Urik's strong but dark humor colors the discussion. Many questions are asked:<span style="color: sienna">"What do you know of the witches of Lysaga Hill, Sir Urik? What evils infest this land? Do you know a 'Viktor Litmunova'?" </span>"<span style="color: plum">The farmers up the road mentioned you. Apparently they fear you. Why?</span>" Each is answered in turn:</p><p></p><p>- <span style="color: Olive">"The witches? Black-magickers of ill repute. They are a new blight, but they are weeds buried in the grass---hard to find, and hard to root out. I hear tales of foul rites being performed during the darkness of the month, but I have not found them yet. But Lysaga Hill---it is a place dark enough for their hearts, tainted by ill buried deep in its stones. Murder, madness, all of them found their home in Lysaga Hill in times past."</span></p><p></p><p>- <span style="color: Olive">"The land... the land has a shadow over it. When Karrn the Great created his empire, this land was wrested from its former masters and given to some powerful warlord. Every child knows this warlord betrayed his family in an act so vile, it turned our land into the black place it is now, a prison of fear. Hope does not live long in Barovia. Pettiness, greed, all the great sins feed this place, manifesting as the cursed unliving that haunt every corner of the land. And only I seem to fight them."</span> He stares off at the castle a moment as he finishes, a stoney look on his face.</p><p></p><p>- <span style="color: Olive">"I know of none of the family Litmunova. The townsfolk shun me, and my vigil is a solitary one."</span></p><p></p><p>- <span style="color: Olive">"The farmers! Hah, hah! A superstitious bunch, more close to the dangers of the land than the ones surrounded by stone walls. But I am sure you have already seen Barivian hospitality, being strangers. Though I am one of them, as far as my former neighbors are concerned, I have turned my back on sanity. After all, can someone who fights an impossible battle be sane? Hah, hah!"</span></p><p></p><p>While he is lucid, his occasional pauses as if trying to recall words indicate his mind is still wounded from his battles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stonegod, post: 3357974, member: 36973"] Urik nods at Ashlyn's response. [COLOR=Olive]"It is good to hear that there is still a spark of light in the darkness, though it is a shame that such sparks are difficult to find for they do not seem to breed true in Barovia. I had high hopes for one once... but, I am the last unless some other takes up the mantle."[/COLOR] He looks at Ashlyn appraisingly for a moment, but adds nothing more. [COLOR=Olive]"Good, good! Fire is a most potent weapon against many evils, and the living dead fear it almost as much as the ravens!" [/COLOR]Hurrn cocks its head to the side at this comment and caws once, a silvery sound. Urik shakes his head, and thumps his sword in the ground in obvious upset. [COLOR=Olive]"It is as I suspected! I come to the town rarely---the villagers cannot see beyond their benighted lives and forsake the old symbols. However, I am need of supplies, and though most of the town scorns me, Father Danovich still honors those that overwatch us and provides me with needful things, such as that scroll. I fought a few of these vile corpses, but had to turn back, their numbers too overwhelming."[/COLOR] His armor, shield, cloak and sword all possess faint magic, chiefly abjuration for the former two, transmutation for the cloak, and evocation for the sword. Typical armaments for a warrior, the cloak is out of place. [size=1][color=slategray][Ashlyn Diplomacy check: 27][/color][/size][color=slategray][/color] The conversation carries on for several minutes, and Urik's strong but dark humor colors the discussion. Many questions are asked:[color=sienna]"What do you know of the witches of Lysaga Hill, Sir Urik? What evils infest this land? Do you know a 'Viktor Litmunova'?" [/color]"[color=plum]The farmers up the road mentioned you. Apparently they fear you. Why?[/color]" Each is answered in turn: - [COLOR=Olive]"The witches? Black-magickers of ill repute. They are a new blight, but they are weeds buried in the grass---hard to find, and hard to root out. I hear tales of foul rites being performed during the darkness of the month, but I have not found them yet. But Lysaga Hill---it is a place dark enough for their hearts, tainted by ill buried deep in its stones. Murder, madness, all of them found their home in Lysaga Hill in times past."[/COLOR] - [COLOR=Olive]"The land... the land has a shadow over it. When Karrn the Great created his empire, this land was wrested from its former masters and given to some powerful warlord. Every child knows this warlord betrayed his family in an act so vile, it turned our land into the black place it is now, a prison of fear. Hope does not live long in Barovia. Pettiness, greed, all the great sins feed this place, manifesting as the cursed unliving that haunt every corner of the land. And only I seem to fight them."[/color] He stares off at the castle a moment as he finishes, a stoney look on his face. - [COLOR=Olive]"I know of none of the family Litmunova. The townsfolk shun me, and my vigil is a solitary one."[/color] - [COLOR=Olive]"The farmers! Hah, hah! A superstitious bunch, more close to the dangers of the land than the ones surrounded by stone walls. But I am sure you have already seen Barivian hospitality, being strangers. Though I am one of them, as far as my former neighbors are concerned, I have turned my back on sanity. After all, can someone who fights an impossible battle be sane? Hah, hah!"[/color] While he is lucid, his occasional pauses as if trying to recall words indicate his mind is still wounded from his battles. [/QUOTE]
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