Six From Gate Pass - Chapter 3: Shelter From The Storm

[fromage67]

Lars breaks his silence and says, "Sir Kiernan, I will gladly contribute on both these missions, but I have one thing I wish to have more than money. Would it be possible to set me up with an instructor of magic? I have small powers, but they seem to be growing all the time. I feel I need to control them, or else they will control me."

Upon mention of Trilith and Trilla, Lars emits a strangled squeak. "Yes. What of this Trilla? I also wish to learn more!"

 

[funkmamagoat]

Upon mention of Trilith and Trilla, Lars emits a strangled squeak. "Yes. What of this Trilla? I also wish to learn more!"

Kirio looks sharply at Lars and snaps his fingers... "Trilla! Of course, now I remember." He keeps looking at the young rogue as he speaks "I'm not quite sure where I remember this from, but trilla was the name of a very young gold dragon held hostage by Drakus Coaltongue many years ago, long before he became emperor. He was nothing but a half-orc warlord then, but he used the child as leverage to force its mother to serve him in his wars. I don't know anything about Trillith, but Trilla I am sure of!"

He continues staring a Lars as he continues "I seem to recall you saying something about visions of Dragons skulls or some such thing, or was it that young daughter of that crazy wizard just outside of the fire forest. Regardless, that strangled squeak of yours is a poor mask indeed. You know more of this than you are telling us friend Lars, and I think you ow us an explanation no?"

 

[fromage67]

Kirio looks sharply at Lars and snaps his fingers... "Trilla! Of course, now I remember." He keeps looking at the young rogue as he speaks "I'm not quite sure where I remember this from, but trilla was the name of a very young gold dragon held hostage by Drakus Coaltongue many years ago, long before he became emperor. He was nothing but a half-orc warlord then, but he used the child as leverage to force its mother to serve him in his wars. I don't know anything about Trillith, but Trilla I am sure of!"

He continues staring a Lars as he continues "I seem to recall you saying something about visions of Dragons skulls or some such thing, or was it that young daughter of that crazy wizard just outside of the fire forest. Regardless, that strangled squeak of yours is a poor mask indeed. You know more of this than you are telling us friend Lars, and I think you ow us an explanation no?"

Lars waits a moment before answering Kirio. "I don't see why I owe anything, but it's true that I have dreamed of the child of Trilla. And I want to know as much as I can. There was definitely a gold dragon in my dream."

 

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio sighs and apologizes to the young rogue "Forgive my wording Lars, they, your secrets, are yours to keep of course, and you do not owe us anything; I have a deep need to understand... well... everything, and this puzzle excites me. It would seem that these waking dream of yours are firmly tied to all that is happening around us. You wish to learn all that you can? Well surely you need assistance in your quest for knowledge no; in order for us and the Lyceum to aid you in this quest, surely we must first try and understand what is happening to you... have you dreamed of gold dragons often? Does anything... try and communicate with you through these dreams???"

 

[Adjuntive]

Alric fidgets with his sword hilt, becoming increasingly frustrated by the exchange of information between Simeon, Kirio and Lars. "Dreams and history past is a far cry from finding the path of action. I am dissappointed that this is all we can glean of our enemies' goals thus far. Though, we have tasks to focus on and I suppose that is some small comfort: I recommend settling into our new 'home' and look into provisioning for the journies ahead forthwith." Turning to Kiernan again and nodding in respect. "Master Kiernan, I find your offer of recompense quite reasonable. A further question: how far is the swamp on the south coast of the peninsula from Seaquen?"

OOC: Don't take Alric's impatience personally, it's in his character to find little value in academic things. As a player I find it fascinating

 

[fromage67]

"Kirio, they are not secrets, they are dreams."

Lars turns to Alric with a mixture of annoyance and amusement. "As Alric points out, dreams are far from a path of action. But if it's all the same to you, you big lug, I hope that the folk at the Lyceum know something about such dreams. What of it, Kiernan? Do you know anything about children of Trilla? And could I get some time with one of your sages or instructors as payment for a successful mission?"

 

[funkmamagoat]

To Lars ", Dreams, secrets, bah. You have not been very forthcoming about your "dreams" of late, hence my perception you view them as private at least if not a secret; semantics."

He turns to Alric "We have in fact learned much this morning... much indeed, and the more we know the more likely we are all to profit and stay alive. If this conversation bores you, you are free to go and organize our "provisioning", as you say. For my part, once we are done here I have a package to retrieve, and will then spend a little time trying to find out more about our egg thief..."

OOC: also in character, Kirio is a bard and so knowledge is one of his things...

 

[Gregor]

Kiernan shrugs, "There are many mysteries among us here in this world. I have studied history and the arcane for close to 75 years now and I cannot confidently say I have even scratched the surface. The reference to Trilla does seem familiar to me and my memory seems to point in the same direction as Kirio. As for what happened to Trilla or even its mother is a matter of some debate. I suppose I can have a scribe scour the libraries for more information. Simeon?"

"I agree Kiernan," says the Headmaster, "we should definitely begin our search. However, there is definitely more in this intelligence and I need to focus some time on cracking the code. Its extremely sophisticated and I may have to utilize some of my more obscure divinations or potentially contact some planar associates for advice. Long story short, this is going to take me a great deal of time."

"Alright then, lets move forward from here." Kiernan turns to the party. "It seems that most of you are on board with these missions, so I will begin to prepare your home here in the North Harbour. We will send a messenger to your Inn to inform you when it is ready, though I anticipate that it will be early tomorrow morning. You are free to come and go in the Lyceum as often as you need." He turns to Lars, "I would be glad to provide you some instruction in the arcane, that is, after all, the Lyceum's primary purpose. I don't see a spell book on your person and your talk of your magic consuming you tags you as some form of sorcerer in my mind. The training is much different for those of your style, but rest assured that we have many sorcerers here at the academy. At your leisure, seek out an instructor named Deacon Theal who teaches sorcery. You may join his classes or speak with him in private if you prefer. Also, do not worry about these services taking the place of your monetary rewards. Consider them a gift."

Simeon looks to Alric. "It seems Kiernan has already offered you your missions. Good. If you're speaking of where Dubovir Marshwalker makes his home, then you do not have far to travel. It is perhaps a few hours walk to the edge of the swamp, which you should recall from having journeyed here that way. From there its perhaps another hour or so before you reach the south coast of the peninsula. The druid makes his home in a circle of stones and trees near the beach and swamp. It is not difficult to spot."

"Well, I suppose that wraps up this meeting," says Kiernan as he stands up with Simeon, "unless you have further questions?"

 

[funkmamagoat]

OOC: 15% chance roll...

 

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio stands and makes ready to leave "I have no further questions. I have an errand to run, and then I'm going to see if I can ferret out our egg thief friend, Nathan Lowduke. If anyone wants to acompany me they are welcome to, otherwise I'll meet you at the Inn..."

[sblock="for DM or those accompanying Kirio"]
Kirio makes his way to the enchanter he hired. He is not disappointed in the work, far from it, and more than a little relieved to have his bow back (having felt rather naked without it since leaving it here). The bow was already expertly and beautifully made; a single piece of wood cut from the radius of a mature yew tree, so that the sapwood forms the back two thirds of the belly, providing the perfect amount of tension, while the remaining one third back of the bow, expertly made to be 100% heartwood, provides the perfect amount of compression. The wood is also perfectly unblemished, only one in a 1000 mature trees could have produced it. At his request, the enchanter's spells have imbued it with a light green sheen that matches the color his own spells tend to manifest, and if you look closely in the right light you can see the fine engraving of runes running along the belly of the bow. The grip has been decorated and enhanced with sharkskin, again with fine runes being visible in the small triangular scales of the skin, and died a light shade of green. "My thanks to you friend, you were not cheap, but your work is impeccable..." [/sblock]

Having retrieved his now second most prized possession, Kirio heads off to see if he can find anything out about Nathan Lowduke - who he is, where he is likely to be found, and how he came into the possession of the dragon egg...
OOC: gather information diplomacy check coming....