[sblock=Durzo]On studying Goble's open, round countenance you cannot discern anything about his expression or manner that hints at falsehood. His words are genuine.
Anyone you walk past pays you little attention, you surmise they take you for a lowly guardsman or mercenary. There are no light sources on this street, as such. Light from windows in houses lining the street is the only source of illumination apart from Teth's conjured light.
Scouting ahead, you note that one side-street is particularly dark - experience would tell you it is a fine place for an ambush. The skittering of something across roof slates draws your eye to a house on the very corner of the road you are to take to Candour's house but nothing appears silhouetted by the moon.[/sblock]
Teth's warren-fire casts a dull circle of light around himself, Helicraters and the bonewitch but throws nearby shadows into stark relief. Light from windows scythes across the cobbled street, dim but allowing you to see clearly for ten or so feet ahead.
Candour shuffles along between the two of you, holding her hood and cloak close about her.
"Your friend dances through the shadows better than a Claw" rasps Candour, jerking her head in the direction of Durzo who is now hard to see in the dim light. Indeed, neither Teth nor Helicraters can make out the form of their comrade ahead.
The undead witch turns her head towards Helicraters, reaching out a hand towards his armour but not touching it.
"She must have been so angry with you, child" she murmurs, half to herself then adds in an urgent tone "A warren has opened here tonight, somewhere nearby...it carries the breath of ash..I do not know it..."
[sblock=Helicraters]Where Candour's hand hovers, your armour will tingle slightly. There is no pain and nothing untoward happens but you have the impression that the witch has garnered some information from it....who knows with mages?[/sblock]
[sblock=Teth]Your own knowledge of the Warrens does not indicate a particular one that fits the witch's odd description, but a ripple of power flows across your 'magical' senses and you also sense that a warren has opened nearby but you cannot tell the 'flavour' of it. Because of this uncertainty, the best you can do is determine that it is either near to you and a powerful unveling (i.e. someone entering this world through a warren), or further afield in the city and of lesser power (i.e. another mage doing something similar to yourself - does that make sense?).[/sblock]
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FYI For everyone: I'm going to tell you this because you would all either know, have heard of it or one of you would have known and told the others. The Claw are the Malazan Empire's assassins. They are adept at poison-craft, magery and more orthodox approaches to assasination and should be considered particularly dangerous. Empress Laseen created the Claw as part of the assertion of her power when she took the throne of the Empire. Just something to bear in mind!
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