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As soon as JENDI sees the black-winged creatures--a horror of horrors? He refuses to call it an unkindness of whatever they are--the young warlock realizes several things. First, the blessing his Queen bestowed upon them the night before last was also a warning, a portent, a dire message. These...

PA'AVU hears the human's threatening tone and turns her head to get a better glimpse. She has been helping to remove the larger pieces of stone trapping citizens beneath them--stone from pillars toppled by the escaping crowds, and she now pauses in the act of lifting a particularly large section...

JENDI watches the murmuration of the crows, almost bewitched by the beauty of the movement. The sounds, while loud, soothes him after his long day of travel and travail. Echoes of sounds he has heard in his dreams, songs sung by and to his Duskqueen. A sharp movement next to him draws his...

TORIQ carries over some of the remaining embers of the now cleansed bonfire to light their own cooking fire a safe distance away. As she nears the site where Mylistra kneels, getting their foodstuffs ready for an evening meal, the warden notices that the witch has paused in her endeavor and is...

As MYLISTRA begins to follow the others up the slope in their attempt to escape the strange, noxious smoke, something within her seems to decide. In answer to a question that seems to echo in her bones ... possibly as consistently as her heartbeat ...<Why am I always running away?> ... the...

For a long moment, no one moves, beyond the panting breaths they all take. Then, slowly, they turn and look at one another, assessing each others' condition. Mylistra moves immediately to Toriq, having her sit, tending to her wounds, murmuring yet another of Sehanine's healing words to give her...

PA'AVU remembers "that night," the night when dozens of hounds perished as collateral damage in the dispute between the Second Nation and their former guru, the now blind tiefling, sibling to her gos'btar's consort. She does not particularly remember the words, nor does she care. What she does...

PA'AVU has been watching the stage with a mildly bored look on her face. It was certainly entertaining--at first--to see the bladeling warriors laying waste to the "civilization" of the city of Bantouk, but now the performers are just pandering. She has seen it all before, in her time as the...

Here are the Surge/Hit Point/Action Point situations for our fair heroes, both now and after the scene I will describe below (which includes a use of Mylistra's ritual, Comrades' Succor): Jendi: 4/8 Surges, 27/31 HPs, 2 APs (no change after ritual) Mylistra: 5/8 Surges, 25/29 HPs, 1 AP --> 4/8...

“Merchant,” I asked the slight man, not much larger than myself, “what troubles Pa’avu about this place? Why do we pass by here day after day, but always Pa’avu leads us back away from the arena?” The Wardenguard were far enough out of earshot that I expected he would speak freely, and he did...

Suddenly I understood the helplessness that my mother must have felt, so many, many years ago, watching her soldiers go forth to defend her throne, knowing most would die, and the case was hopeless. There were my people, and I could do nothing to defend them: only watch. As my whole body began...

Jendi looks with great misgivings at the water. He knows what Riqqi will suggests, and she, in turn, will know his reaction. He has never loved swimming, and his recent experience of nearly drowning Mylistra (at least that is the way he sees what happened in the tunnel) does nothing to reassure...

Dismayed, Mylistra stares at the mechanism. Then, she turns and whispers to NEMO, "What do you think your chances are to open a complicated lock in the dark." To her surprise, she can see a grin appear on the young rogue's face. "We have blindfolded contests all the time," he admits to her...

Even before MYLISTRA recognizes the vines attacking everyone, her skin begins to crawl with visceral memory. Bloodthorn vines! Searching for sustenance from the bodies of her companions! Last winter she and Juniper had to deal with an infestation of bloodthorn vines in their root cellar, and she...

At the distant sound of alarm bells, Nemo's entire body tenses. He quickly looks around as if to get his bearings, then nods. "Okay, everyone, follow me, and quickly! It may not be so easy for you tall folk, but there's a place I know ... just come on!" At that, Nemo disappears down an...