Temple:
Squire Novice Adara, your grace. the red-haired girl says. She has a good energy about her, a good nature and a strength that exude from her; in time you can see she'd make a good paladin(!). As the thought comes to mind, she chimes in I should say, sir, I only helped because I didn't see you. We're taught to respect higher order members, and I failed to be mindful of my surroundings, as the novice acolytes were.
The other novices scramble to help the one novice pick up the objects.
The one who dropped the items has an intelligent look in his eyes, a scholarly type; he looks at Hedron in the eye and mutters thanks. Clearly he gets the joke, but as a Novice is loathe to "giggle" in front of Xanfire or the others. (though, you may suspect, if he had a few in him...)
The Grand Templar arrives, but as Xanfire kneels he stoops and motions for him to get to his feet. No, I think for once we can skip ceremony. After all, Xanfire, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for what you've done for the faith! If you hadn't turned down this position, or that of the High Priest, that is. What can I do for you, my teacher?
He is a large-bodied man, and exudes experience and confidence compared to the novices; he has seen much adventure and battle, for certain, having been offered the position of Grand Templar, the defender of the Temple and one who trains Paladins and Clerics in the art of war. Still, even he looks upon Xanfire with respect and even a little reverence for his better's achievements.
The Unblinking Eye:
The way there is into the slums of Absalom, around several allies and back routes. While there are gangs of ruffians lurking about ruined areas of the city, they don't move against such obviously superior foes. Still, the walk is a bit of a hike, through streets and even through rubble areas.
Absalom has recently had massive quakes that ruined parts of the city. Whole neighbourhoods leveled, and to date they have not been thoroughly rebuilt. Some of them have simply devolved into slums, though with amazing bits of surviving architecture.
The Unblinking Eye chapter house is a fantastic example of a building that survived, virtually untouched, but having been cut off from the rest of the city by slums or ruins, is a bit out of the way. Possibly the rebuilding efforts didn't go near it because it just looks creepy, and the tenants have some influence on those around them.
The front door of the house is built into the side of a large block of buildings. One end of this block is rubble, the other end houses a lot of people: there are laundry lines going between the buildings all along this alleyway. There are black-hooded ruffians sitting on steps or loitering about below the lines of laundry.
The front door you meant to go to is actually an archway with a tiny glass orb set into it designed to look like an eye. As your party approaches, the eye moves to look at you.
Beyond the archway is a long corridor open to the sky, which turns severely right (90*) at the end. The entrance to the house is around that corner.
What do you do?
And you make a fantastic Xmas/Taxfest elf, btw.[/sblock]
