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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7428922" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Looming shadows</strong></p><p></p><p>When we return to the RHC, we take the rest of the day to read through all files that could be relevant to the recent Kell guild activities. As the sun sets, Carlyle says that he'll try to contact Cippiano or some other Familia officer to collect more information about the Familia's competitors. Meanwhile, Margit and Auryn stay a bit longer to test the functionality of the lantern. With a bit of luck, they muse, they might be able to find a way to the Bleak Gate and the other Obscurati hideout where Leone might have brought Kasvarina. So we fill the lantern with a sample of Witchoil and wait. Unfortunately, we seem to be getting deeper and deeper into the Bleak Gate which feels like falling into a bottomless pit. Before anything nasty can happen, we prematurely end the experiment. </p><p></p><p>Carlyle decides to head home to change his clothes before going to the nearby boule ground. There, he runs into a young employee of Lord Vantrys who's about to deliver a message from the Vantrys heir. A closer look reveals an invitation for a drink as the Lord has some rather important news to share. He decides that the Familia matters can wait a tad bit longer <span style="color: #008000">(he really doesn't need much sleep either, thanks to his ring of sustenance)</span> and then takes a cab to the Vantrys estate. He's a bit astonished to see Vantrys' guard Jack <span style="color: #008000">(who's also the man Auryn suspected to be his boyfriend)</span> instead of Vantrys' kind of new butler <span style="color: #008000">(the one who came after Carlyle left) </span>and Jack explains that these days security measures are more important than proper representation. At least at night. </p><p></p><p>Jack leads Carlyle to Vantrys' salon and asks him to wait a short while. When Carlyle asks Jack whether he can offer him hints on what this conversation might be all about, Jack shrugs and says it must have something to do with dresses or the like. At first, Carlyle fears that Nathaniel Vantrys could be into cross-dressing now, but as soon as the young Vantrys heir enters the salon, smiling all over his face and wearing no dress, but rather common gentleman's garments, he feels a pleasant relief.</p><p></p><p>“Can you believe it? She agreed to my proposal!” </p><p></p><p>“She who? I fear I don't understand...”</p><p></p><p>“Cecilia Fordren. I... I asked her to be my bride and she gladly accepted.”</p><p></p><p>Now it is Carlyle who's completely stunned for a moment. His eyes widen in a pleasant surprise and then he hugs Nathaniel in a friendly but overjoyed manner and pats him on his back repeatedly. </p><p></p><p>“That's wonderful news indeed! My heartfelt congratulations.”</p><p></p><p>Lord Vantrys says that he got even more to discuss with his trusted friend and then reveals that he'd choose him to be his best man. At first, Carlyle is a bit hesitant as he feels that this honor is above his station, but he understands that he's the one who is still closest to Vantrys and so he happily agrees.</p><p></p><p>Lord Vantrys then reveals that there is one more thing that's looming like a shadow over the otherwise happy occasion. He fetches a fancy letter from Danor, written by none else but Francis Fordren. In this letter, Fordren offers Vantrys the chance to invest in his newest project: the Aurum building in Flint. He goes as far as offering a 50% share for a more than fair price. Before he ends his letter, Fordren then hints that Vantrys and Fordren might wish to shape their business relationship in a more familial way, thus hinting that Vantrys might wish to marry his niece. </p><p></p><p>“So he's trying to barter her away again? He doesn't know about your proposal, does he?”</p><p></p><p>Vantrys shakes his head softly and so Carlyle guesses that Fordren is using the Aurum, the absolute top prestige object in the Flint real estate, as a bait to hook Vantrys up with Cecilia. Carlyle sees this as a rather fortunate occasion and a perfect opportunity for Vantrys' own business. Still this deal could endanger Vantrys' relationship with Cecilia who doesn't know about the letter and who could feel like a pawn should the truth be revealed. He advises Vantrys to show Cecilia the letter and to explain her that he received it after he already proposed. </p><p></p><p>Regarding the Aurum, Carlyle is pretty sure that the building will be the focus of all upcoming news coverages in the next weeks as it is the chosen place for the peace conference. So it will be known in all of Lanjyr. Still, he got a strange gut feeling that someone might wish to disturb the conference and attack the building. He adds that this “risk” might be solely based on his own paranoia and he doesn't have any evidence for any upcoming disaster, not even a strange Skyseer vision. So he'd just insure the building by every trick in the book and it'll be fine. Vantrys thanks him for his valuable feedback and concludes their talk by saying that Carlyle just gave him a lot to think about.</p><p></p><p>(<span style="color: #008000">Yeah, Carlyle's gut feeling was a bit meta, but when almost every major event in your recent past almost turned total disaster, then your paranoia is somewhat justified.</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">Also did I mention that I love these small moments? The whole Vantrys/Carlyle storyline reminds me so much of Downton Abbey and all of its societal and emotional ruckus on top of that</span>)</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Auryn pays the Dawkins a visit and is instantly invited to dinner. Milena is overjoyed to see her friend return without a scratch after her surely scary trip to Ber. Auryn thanks her for her concern but says she's been faring well and she also got a really attentive partner with Carlyle. Auryn takes the opportunity to ask Milena whether there are employees of Governor Stanfield that are heavy chain-smokers and Milena answers that she knows of two: One of them is a cleaner and one is Stanfield's treasurer. She accepts to introduce Auryn to both of them should the opportunity arise. </p><p></p><p>Once Morris returns, Auryn almost flies into his arms and she seems very happy to see him all well again. After dinner, the two discuss more secret matters in Dawkins' cigar room. Auryn thanks him for all he had done for her, including his presence in Nalaam. He explains that he was able to find her thanks to an old acquaintance and was relieved to see from the distance that Carlyle had done such a damn fine job to free her. He's glad to see her unharmed and Auryn tells him all about what happened in Nalaam. She talks about Isobel, Elanor, Carlyle, Andrei and their fight in the arena. She then confesses that bringing Elanor down was quite a dirty affair, even if killing her and the mages felt... strangely satisfying. </p><p></p><p>She then tells Dawkins about Isobel's family and the 21 eladrin who are still prisoners and being abused as breeding stock for the Traverses. Morris thanks her for this report and promises to hand the information to some of his contacts abroad. Regarding Isobel, she explains that she plans to give her a new home, to train her, care for her and to teach her how to get along in Flint. And also to educate her on what being an eladrin really means. </p><p></p><p>Last but not least, she decides to ask her friend the rather intimate question on how he got hooked up with Milena. Morris smiles at her question and then talks in fond remembrance of a spring ball event and some rather intense emotions that struck him like lightning when his eyes met hers for the first time. They danced the night away and the rest is history. Auryn thanks him for sharing this with her, even if she doesn't think that her own state and experience would be remotely comparable. </p><p></p><p>“Well, this, my dear, is something you'd have to figure out on your own. I'm sure you'll handle it just fine.” he says before saying goodbye.</p><p></p><p>After his talk with Vantrys, Carlyle returns to Stray River and heads to the boule ground. Don Cippiano is absent (and Carlyle guesses that he might be on his way to Nalaam) and so he asks some of the Bravura he knows about the recent developments concerning the Kell guild. Unfortunately, it seems as if there's trouble ahead. While the Familia managed to gain some ground in Flint and still hold their deal with Woodsman and his companions in Cloudwood, the Kells somehow either eradicated or swallowed up all smaller guilds and gangs, especially around the harbor area, the docks, and Parity Lake. They also got hold of areas in Bosun Strand and Central and, what's even more troubling, seem to have gained mechanical fighting devices and high quality firearms. </p><p></p><p>Carlyle asks them a bit about the “mechanical devices” and gets the impression that these automatons could be nothing short but witchoil-golems! He tries to discourage the Bravuras from also arming themselves to the teeth as a full-fledged war between two large criminal organizations is the least thing Flint would need in times like these. He promises that the RHC will keep an eye on the Kells and take measures in time, even if he cannot go more into detail. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Now that's intriguing. Either Macbannin's staff had some spare golems to sell as well or the Kells could just have teamed up with the local Obs. Either way, this is scary as hell.)</span></p><p></p><p>The next day, we task Flying Spark with guarding the Aurum invisibly for an indefinite time and to report any suspicious action directly to Delft or us. Not that we don't trust the eladrin, but our friendly neighborhood faerie dragon can get to places where regular humanoids can't. </p><p></p><p>In the mean time, we receive a message from the king's office in which king Aodhan requests our presence in Slate for a personal report on our mission. He asks us to bring the captured lantern along as well. Good agents as we are, we take the next train to the capital. During our trip, Auryn continues working on her super-secret special opera project. When asked by Carlyle, she just explains that she'll take the Dirge of Vekesh to a whole different level in addition to making it easier to contextualize for the common risuri and that she hopes to finish it before the start of the peace conference. </p><p></p><p>In Slate, we are received in the usual manner and meet the king in one of his offices. We are surprised to see him sans Harkover Lee, but nevertheless tell him all about what happened on our trip to Vendricce. We especially mention our shock when we saw that Lya was part of the Obscurati and that she seemed to know more about this chain-smoking Nicodemus guy we formerly knew as Doro. We also mention that she was concerned about abusing the lantern as well and that she seemed to be genuinely interested in making the world a better place. We also share our latest news concerning Luc Jierre even if we don't know what route the young tiefling may take. </p><p></p><p>The king has a hard time making sense of the Obscurati's actions and plans. Especially our reports about the silver cell and their philanthropic aims don't seem to match the conspiracy that's still looming over Flint. We partially agree with him and point to their cell structure which means that the “silver cell” might live up to their ideals of loyalty and altruism while the “golden cell” of Leone has less needs for these virtues and makes use of all dirty tricks, including the deception of loyal risuri like Macbannin. Ultimately, only Nicodemus or similar higher-ups in the Obscurati might know the truth and the ultimate goal behind all these actions. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, we hint at one further problem surrounding the development of a certain criminal guild during our absence. We state our suspicion that the Kells could have made contact with the Obscurati and gained some of their resources. For their reasons, we suspect that the guild's goons shall keep us and the police occupied during the peace conference so the Obscurati can conduct whatever they have planned for the event. Now these are troublesome news indeed and Aodhan asks us to keep an eye on the Kells and take measures if we deem them appropriate. </p><p></p><p>Then we say goodbye to the king and return to Flint to report the king's orders back to Delft. Our chief inspector seems quite happy to get into action as the guild has been a thorn in his side for many years. </p><p></p><p>We use the next couple of days to gather information about the Kell guild, their actual structure, manpower and enterprises. At the same time, Auryn and Carlyle do their best to reconstruct both Tantalovich's map and the lighthouse map and make sense of them. The dwarf's map contains info on all RHC HQs in Risur while the lighthouse map shows several lighthouses in Drakr and parts of Danor. We suspect that the lighthouses could be used in combination with Luc's lanterns to spread whatever effect the Obs desire with their wide-range illumination. </p><p></p><p>Auryn also uses her magic to carefully tend to the imprisoned mad godhand to set his memories straight and maybe help him recover his old self. Even if she's certain that this procedure might take months. </p><p></p><p>(<span style="color: #008000">In both cases: Modify memory:recall. Yay!</span>)</p><p></p><p>Regarding the guild, we find that they kind of exchanged a lot of higher-ups over the last year. The new lieutenants are unfortunately far more efficient and less stupid brutes than the former ones and even Kell himself is more or less simply a figurehead for their organization. Hammerton, the man we know to be one of the fake reporter's contacts, is among the new leadership and said to be especially cunning. They also must have some sort of financial genius as the guild now creates a lot more revenue which was used to buy the new weaponry. What is even worse is the fact that we can now count more members of the Kell guild than police officers in Flint. Many of the latter are currently being stationed around the Aurum to protect the upcoming peace conference, so they cannot really investigate against the guild either. </p><p></p><p>We are pretty outraged that Slate didn't bother to send additional police to Flint and still expected our city to take care of the conference all on its own. Which is why we suggest Delft and the chief officer of Flint police to request more officers from other stations all over the country. In addition, the RHC shall gain permission to aid the police in dealing with the imminent threat of the ever-growing Kell guild. </p><p></p><p>During these days, Auryn helps Isobel and Andrei to apply for naturalization and therefore acquire a risuri citizenship. The whole process is resolved much quicker that it would under normal circumstances and she suspects that there might have been a friendly hand speeding up the process. Isobel decides to take her mother's name as her surname (just like Auryn did) while Andrei would stick with his father's name von Recklinghausen. </p><p></p><p>She also continues to work on her opera project and seeks out other Dockers for review and asks them for participation.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(I actually have a quick draft on the opera's synopsis flying around in my documents. Because of the events that happened later during adventure 5, we obviously didn't have the opportunity to premiere it yet, but it is still on the to-do list. </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #008000">We also talked a bit about Navras and whether there was a a chance that he'd actually be Vekesh himself. Both men simply vanished, so it is possible. Plus, Mr. Carlyle casually mentioned that he was actually present at Navras' performance of his legendary Dirge of Vekesh. Needless to say that Auryn envies him for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7428922, member: 6816692"] [b]Looming shadows[/b] When we return to the RHC, we take the rest of the day to read through all files that could be relevant to the recent Kell guild activities. As the sun sets, Carlyle says that he'll try to contact Cippiano or some other Familia officer to collect more information about the Familia's competitors. Meanwhile, Margit and Auryn stay a bit longer to test the functionality of the lantern. With a bit of luck, they muse, they might be able to find a way to the Bleak Gate and the other Obscurati hideout where Leone might have brought Kasvarina. So we fill the lantern with a sample of Witchoil and wait. Unfortunately, we seem to be getting deeper and deeper into the Bleak Gate which feels like falling into a bottomless pit. Before anything nasty can happen, we prematurely end the experiment. Carlyle decides to head home to change his clothes before going to the nearby boule ground. There, he runs into a young employee of Lord Vantrys who's about to deliver a message from the Vantrys heir. A closer look reveals an invitation for a drink as the Lord has some rather important news to share. He decides that the Familia matters can wait a tad bit longer [COLOR=#008000](he really doesn't need much sleep either, thanks to his ring of sustenance)[/COLOR] and then takes a cab to the Vantrys estate. He's a bit astonished to see Vantrys' guard Jack [COLOR=#008000](who's also the man Auryn suspected to be his boyfriend)[/COLOR] instead of Vantrys' kind of new butler [COLOR=#008000](the one who came after Carlyle left) [/COLOR]and Jack explains that these days security measures are more important than proper representation. At least at night. Jack leads Carlyle to Vantrys' salon and asks him to wait a short while. When Carlyle asks Jack whether he can offer him hints on what this conversation might be all about, Jack shrugs and says it must have something to do with dresses or the like. At first, Carlyle fears that Nathaniel Vantrys could be into cross-dressing now, but as soon as the young Vantrys heir enters the salon, smiling all over his face and wearing no dress, but rather common gentleman's garments, he feels a pleasant relief. “Can you believe it? She agreed to my proposal!” “She who? I fear I don't understand...” “Cecilia Fordren. I... I asked her to be my bride and she gladly accepted.” Now it is Carlyle who's completely stunned for a moment. His eyes widen in a pleasant surprise and then he hugs Nathaniel in a friendly but overjoyed manner and pats him on his back repeatedly. “That's wonderful news indeed! My heartfelt congratulations.” Lord Vantrys says that he got even more to discuss with his trusted friend and then reveals that he'd choose him to be his best man. At first, Carlyle is a bit hesitant as he feels that this honor is above his station, but he understands that he's the one who is still closest to Vantrys and so he happily agrees. Lord Vantrys then reveals that there is one more thing that's looming like a shadow over the otherwise happy occasion. He fetches a fancy letter from Danor, written by none else but Francis Fordren. In this letter, Fordren offers Vantrys the chance to invest in his newest project: the Aurum building in Flint. He goes as far as offering a 50% share for a more than fair price. Before he ends his letter, Fordren then hints that Vantrys and Fordren might wish to shape their business relationship in a more familial way, thus hinting that Vantrys might wish to marry his niece. “So he's trying to barter her away again? He doesn't know about your proposal, does he?” Vantrys shakes his head softly and so Carlyle guesses that Fordren is using the Aurum, the absolute top prestige object in the Flint real estate, as a bait to hook Vantrys up with Cecilia. Carlyle sees this as a rather fortunate occasion and a perfect opportunity for Vantrys' own business. Still this deal could endanger Vantrys' relationship with Cecilia who doesn't know about the letter and who could feel like a pawn should the truth be revealed. He advises Vantrys to show Cecilia the letter and to explain her that he received it after he already proposed. Regarding the Aurum, Carlyle is pretty sure that the building will be the focus of all upcoming news coverages in the next weeks as it is the chosen place for the peace conference. So it will be known in all of Lanjyr. Still, he got a strange gut feeling that someone might wish to disturb the conference and attack the building. He adds that this “risk” might be solely based on his own paranoia and he doesn't have any evidence for any upcoming disaster, not even a strange Skyseer vision. So he'd just insure the building by every trick in the book and it'll be fine. Vantrys thanks him for his valuable feedback and concludes their talk by saying that Carlyle just gave him a lot to think about. ([COLOR=#008000]Yeah, Carlyle's gut feeling was a bit meta, but when almost every major event in your recent past almost turned total disaster, then your paranoia is somewhat justified. Also did I mention that I love these small moments? The whole Vantrys/Carlyle storyline reminds me so much of Downton Abbey and all of its societal and emotional ruckus on top of that[/COLOR]) Meanwhile, Auryn pays the Dawkins a visit and is instantly invited to dinner. Milena is overjoyed to see her friend return without a scratch after her surely scary trip to Ber. Auryn thanks her for her concern but says she's been faring well and she also got a really attentive partner with Carlyle. Auryn takes the opportunity to ask Milena whether there are employees of Governor Stanfield that are heavy chain-smokers and Milena answers that she knows of two: One of them is a cleaner and one is Stanfield's treasurer. She accepts to introduce Auryn to both of them should the opportunity arise. Once Morris returns, Auryn almost flies into his arms and she seems very happy to see him all well again. After dinner, the two discuss more secret matters in Dawkins' cigar room. Auryn thanks him for all he had done for her, including his presence in Nalaam. He explains that he was able to find her thanks to an old acquaintance and was relieved to see from the distance that Carlyle had done such a damn fine job to free her. He's glad to see her unharmed and Auryn tells him all about what happened in Nalaam. She talks about Isobel, Elanor, Carlyle, Andrei and their fight in the arena. She then confesses that bringing Elanor down was quite a dirty affair, even if killing her and the mages felt... strangely satisfying. She then tells Dawkins about Isobel's family and the 21 eladrin who are still prisoners and being abused as breeding stock for the Traverses. Morris thanks her for this report and promises to hand the information to some of his contacts abroad. Regarding Isobel, she explains that she plans to give her a new home, to train her, care for her and to teach her how to get along in Flint. And also to educate her on what being an eladrin really means. Last but not least, she decides to ask her friend the rather intimate question on how he got hooked up with Milena. Morris smiles at her question and then talks in fond remembrance of a spring ball event and some rather intense emotions that struck him like lightning when his eyes met hers for the first time. They danced the night away and the rest is history. Auryn thanks him for sharing this with her, even if she doesn't think that her own state and experience would be remotely comparable. “Well, this, my dear, is something you'd have to figure out on your own. I'm sure you'll handle it just fine.” he says before saying goodbye. After his talk with Vantrys, Carlyle returns to Stray River and heads to the boule ground. Don Cippiano is absent (and Carlyle guesses that he might be on his way to Nalaam) and so he asks some of the Bravura he knows about the recent developments concerning the Kell guild. Unfortunately, it seems as if there's trouble ahead. While the Familia managed to gain some ground in Flint and still hold their deal with Woodsman and his companions in Cloudwood, the Kells somehow either eradicated or swallowed up all smaller guilds and gangs, especially around the harbor area, the docks, and Parity Lake. They also got hold of areas in Bosun Strand and Central and, what's even more troubling, seem to have gained mechanical fighting devices and high quality firearms. Carlyle asks them a bit about the “mechanical devices” and gets the impression that these automatons could be nothing short but witchoil-golems! He tries to discourage the Bravuras from also arming themselves to the teeth as a full-fledged war between two large criminal organizations is the least thing Flint would need in times like these. He promises that the RHC will keep an eye on the Kells and take measures in time, even if he cannot go more into detail. [COLOR=#008000](Now that's intriguing. Either Macbannin's staff had some spare golems to sell as well or the Kells could just have teamed up with the local Obs. Either way, this is scary as hell.)[/COLOR] The next day, we task Flying Spark with guarding the Aurum invisibly for an indefinite time and to report any suspicious action directly to Delft or us. Not that we don't trust the eladrin, but our friendly neighborhood faerie dragon can get to places where regular humanoids can't. In the mean time, we receive a message from the king's office in which king Aodhan requests our presence in Slate for a personal report on our mission. He asks us to bring the captured lantern along as well. Good agents as we are, we take the next train to the capital. During our trip, Auryn continues working on her super-secret special opera project. When asked by Carlyle, she just explains that she'll take the Dirge of Vekesh to a whole different level in addition to making it easier to contextualize for the common risuri and that she hopes to finish it before the start of the peace conference. In Slate, we are received in the usual manner and meet the king in one of his offices. We are surprised to see him sans Harkover Lee, but nevertheless tell him all about what happened on our trip to Vendricce. We especially mention our shock when we saw that Lya was part of the Obscurati and that she seemed to know more about this chain-smoking Nicodemus guy we formerly knew as Doro. We also mention that she was concerned about abusing the lantern as well and that she seemed to be genuinely interested in making the world a better place. We also share our latest news concerning Luc Jierre even if we don't know what route the young tiefling may take. The king has a hard time making sense of the Obscurati's actions and plans. Especially our reports about the silver cell and their philanthropic aims don't seem to match the conspiracy that's still looming over Flint. We partially agree with him and point to their cell structure which means that the “silver cell” might live up to their ideals of loyalty and altruism while the “golden cell” of Leone has less needs for these virtues and makes use of all dirty tricks, including the deception of loyal risuri like Macbannin. Ultimately, only Nicodemus or similar higher-ups in the Obscurati might know the truth and the ultimate goal behind all these actions. Lastly, we hint at one further problem surrounding the development of a certain criminal guild during our absence. We state our suspicion that the Kells could have made contact with the Obscurati and gained some of their resources. For their reasons, we suspect that the guild's goons shall keep us and the police occupied during the peace conference so the Obscurati can conduct whatever they have planned for the event. Now these are troublesome news indeed and Aodhan asks us to keep an eye on the Kells and take measures if we deem them appropriate. Then we say goodbye to the king and return to Flint to report the king's orders back to Delft. Our chief inspector seems quite happy to get into action as the guild has been a thorn in his side for many years. We use the next couple of days to gather information about the Kell guild, their actual structure, manpower and enterprises. At the same time, Auryn and Carlyle do their best to reconstruct both Tantalovich's map and the lighthouse map and make sense of them. The dwarf's map contains info on all RHC HQs in Risur while the lighthouse map shows several lighthouses in Drakr and parts of Danor. We suspect that the lighthouses could be used in combination with Luc's lanterns to spread whatever effect the Obs desire with their wide-range illumination. Auryn also uses her magic to carefully tend to the imprisoned mad godhand to set his memories straight and maybe help him recover his old self. Even if she's certain that this procedure might take months. ([COLOR=#008000]In both cases: Modify memory:recall. Yay![/COLOR]) Regarding the guild, we find that they kind of exchanged a lot of higher-ups over the last year. The new lieutenants are unfortunately far more efficient and less stupid brutes than the former ones and even Kell himself is more or less simply a figurehead for their organization. Hammerton, the man we know to be one of the fake reporter's contacts, is among the new leadership and said to be especially cunning. They also must have some sort of financial genius as the guild now creates a lot more revenue which was used to buy the new weaponry. What is even worse is the fact that we can now count more members of the Kell guild than police officers in Flint. Many of the latter are currently being stationed around the Aurum to protect the upcoming peace conference, so they cannot really investigate against the guild either. We are pretty outraged that Slate didn't bother to send additional police to Flint and still expected our city to take care of the conference all on its own. Which is why we suggest Delft and the chief officer of Flint police to request more officers from other stations all over the country. In addition, the RHC shall gain permission to aid the police in dealing with the imminent threat of the ever-growing Kell guild. During these days, Auryn helps Isobel and Andrei to apply for naturalization and therefore acquire a risuri citizenship. The whole process is resolved much quicker that it would under normal circumstances and she suspects that there might have been a friendly hand speeding up the process. Isobel decides to take her mother's name as her surname (just like Auryn did) while Andrei would stick with his father's name von Recklinghausen. She also continues to work on her opera project and seeks out other Dockers for review and asks them for participation. [COLOR=#008000](I actually have a quick draft on the opera's synopsis flying around in my documents. Because of the events that happened later during adventure 5, we obviously didn't have the opportunity to premiere it yet, but it is still on the to-do list. We also talked a bit about Navras and whether there was a a chance that he'd actually be Vekesh himself. Both men simply vanished, so it is possible. Plus, Mr. Carlyle casually mentioned that he was actually present at Navras' performance of his legendary Dirge of Vekesh. Needless to say that Auryn envies him for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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