[Adventure] Kingmaker (DM:renau1g; judge: garyh)

[Shayuri]

Ezmerelda slides her sword back home. If Faustus didn't annoy him to battle, then battle wasn't happening.

"Ezmerelda. Swashbuckler, scalawag and buccaneer," she introduced herself with a sweeping bow. "Born of wind and sea, I claim no clan nor family name...I am my own, myself and none other's. Right now I'm playing nanny for this forlorn bunch as they trot to and fro, picking fights for a local lord."

 

[Leif]

Faustus Tiefling Avenger of Lauto

Nonplussed, Faustus looks down at himself momentarily to make sure he's still as fearsome-looking as he thought that he was, and then he says, "So you know our Ezmerelda, I see, but perhaps just by reputation, attitude, and demeanor before now? Well met then, um, 'friend,' I'm called Faustus Prince of the Nether Reaches and Consort to Lolth. No really, I swear!" He looks over at the others and just shrugs helplessly, pointing to is temple and nodding towards Razam.

 

[Scotley]

The small dark woman answers coolly and simply, "Mari Champanel." She leans causally on her spear.

 

[FourMonos]

"I claim no clan nor family name...I am my own, myself and none other's. Right now I'm playing nanny for this forlorn bunch as they trot to and fro, picking fights for a local lord."

"So you know our Ezmerelda, I see?

Razam spreads his arms wide, "Well met, my friends! No, I don't know this pretty lass personally... All the genasi are my family! Madam Ezmerelda, you have done a marvelous job keeping them in one piece." He glances at Faustus, "Some moreso than others..."

He bursts into laughter again at his joke, thunder rumbling behind his voice.

He then notices the stretcher behind the crew, "Oye! What is this! Who is the giant on his back? Did you capture an ogre?"

 

[HandofMystra]

OOC: I Missed my opportunity to say, "Tut, tut it looks like rain"

The robed half-elf, speaks a word and gestures to make a firehawk

OOC: If the fierhawk must attack something it attacks an insect

			Just to show that we are on an elemental footing, I brought my hawk. I am Elurin, but again where did you come from?

 

[JoeNotCharles]

Somewhere off the coast, a ship lies at anchor. The sailors, brave men though they be, refuse to set foot on this strange new land. Instead, they work the ropes and pulleys to lower a boat overboard. When it hits the water, it's cut loose and the captain hurries to raise the sails and be off. Not a man there even watches to see the fate of their strange passenger, so great is their superstitious dread.

The small boat arrows toward shore, propelled by strong arms pulling the oars. For a moment it rocks dangerously in the swell, for it is surprisingly top heavy: there is a tree planted in the middle of the boat. The actual passenger is invisible. Perhaps he is sitting with his back to the tree, concealed by the branches? No - when the boat at last grounds itself on the beach, the oars drop from the tree's grasping limbs, and it shifts itself up and over the side.

Ironheart places his roots solidly on the new land and turns slowly around, surveying it with distaste.

 

[FourMonos]

...but again where did you come from? [/say]

Razam scratches his big wild beard.

"Well, I'm not quite sure how I got here, except to say that something powerful must be affecting this area."

He takes on a thoughtful pose, his hand on his chin, "Let me start by saying that from my village, my brother helped me portal into the Elemental Chaos. That maelstrom of elemental energy is the home of djinn and efreet and elementals alike. Within the chaos, there are nodes, almost like islands, where communities have developed. A lot of genasi still live there. I've been visiting these communities to try and learn more about the ancient tempests. While I was with some dour Earthsoul genasi..."

He pauses and looks at Faustus, "Not a sense of humor in the lot of them."

"...Something pulled at the arcane substance of the Elemental Chaos, not far from where I was. I went to investigate and was pulled through an accidental portal into the Feywild. I was just there for a moment when another portal deposited me here. I'm not sure how it happened."

He looks back and forth between the company, "None of you open portals, do you?"

 

[HandofMystra]

The firehawk fades as the druid chimes in:

			I have spent some time in Feywild.

OOC: I, persoanlly, do not have any knowledge of the Feywild. I was just using it for backstory. Can anyone point me to a source for this campaigns Feywild?

 

[Leif]

Faustus Tiefling Avenger of Lauto

His keen senses registering Razam's thinly veiled insult, Faustus's eyes narrow as he again takes the measure of the man, and then, gradually, a broad, toothy (fangy?) smile leaks out across his face in admiration. "You're alright, Razam. I think we're going to work well together."

 

[FourMonos]

Razam grins at Faustus's comment.

"But friends! What of your fallen comrade? You were transporting him, yes? Is there a healer nearby?"

[sblock=ooc] Just trying to get us to town to meet up with Shay and JNC [/sblock]