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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 3856888" data-attributes="member: 5868"><p>Just past midnight, the rag-tag group of adventurers congregated in the dark outside of the Skinned Man, waiting for Cheftan. The ragged man soon appeared, motioning with urgency for them to follow without speaking a word. They followed him through Shadowshores narrow alleyways, winding their way down close to the docks without seeing a soul. Eventually, they reached a run-down landing at which was tied a small but serviceable boat. Cheftan motioned them aboard, and he quickly poled them out into the harbor.</p><p></p><p>The headed for Parrot Island, a roughly half-mile long wooded hump of rock that jutted out of Sasserine harbor just off of Shadowshore. Thalas knew little about it, other than that it was uninhabited except for massive numbers of tropical birds. <em>Arjan should enjoy this place.</em></p><p></p><p>Cheftan moored the boat at a small cove, and motioned them to follow up a long, winding path that led to the summit of the island. There, on the edge of a clearing, he rolled back brush to reveal a stone trapdoor, which he quickly opened. The yawning black maw had a rope dangling into it, but nothing could be seen in the pitch darkness below despite the nearly full moon.</p><p></p><p>"You're sure this is the place?" Athal asked.</p><p></p><p>"Yes," Cheftan whispered. "Hurry, down the rope! This is where Vanthus has been going."</p><p></p><p>Athal shrugged and grabbed the line, lowering himself down. Thalas followed, swiftly reaching the bottom where he quickly lit a torch to have a look around. He and Athal stood in a ten-foot diameter chamber, with an arched brick passageway leading away to the west. Nothing could be seen within the torchlight.</p><p></p><p>"All clear," Athal called to the party thirty feet above. Korlick was quickly lower down, followed by Arjan, and then a whispered argument broke out up top.</p><p></p><p>"I'll be last down," Morderas insisted.</p><p></p><p>"No, no," Cheftan responded, "I know how to close the door. Quickly, we must be down. I will follow. Down the rope!"</p><p></p><p>Quinn, who has just climbed to the bottom following Kyrsith, nocked an arrow and pointed upward. "Perhaps we're about to be betrayed."</p><p></p><p>Something in Cheftan's tone had obviously convinced Morderas, as the half-drow came speeding down the rope. There was a sudden cry from up above, and Cheftan arrived as well -- falling uncontrolled to land in a heap on the floor. His throat had been cut from ear to ear. The rope, cut, snaked down to land beside him.</p><p></p><p>A dark shape leaned over the trap door. "You found me, thugs! Say hello to Penkus for me!" Quinn's arrow sped by the man's head just before the trap door was heaved to and snapped shut, blocking out the moonlight.</p><p></p><p>"Guess that was Vanthus," Thalas mused. "We were a bit to obvious in asking after him. Now there's only one way to go." He pointed down the dark tunnel that led away from the deep pit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 3856888, member: 5868"] Just past midnight, the rag-tag group of adventurers congregated in the dark outside of the Skinned Man, waiting for Cheftan. The ragged man soon appeared, motioning with urgency for them to follow without speaking a word. They followed him through Shadowshores narrow alleyways, winding their way down close to the docks without seeing a soul. Eventually, they reached a run-down landing at which was tied a small but serviceable boat. Cheftan motioned them aboard, and he quickly poled them out into the harbor. The headed for Parrot Island, a roughly half-mile long wooded hump of rock that jutted out of Sasserine harbor just off of Shadowshore. Thalas knew little about it, other than that it was uninhabited except for massive numbers of tropical birds. [i]Arjan should enjoy this place.[/i] Cheftan moored the boat at a small cove, and motioned them to follow up a long, winding path that led to the summit of the island. There, on the edge of a clearing, he rolled back brush to reveal a stone trapdoor, which he quickly opened. The yawning black maw had a rope dangling into it, but nothing could be seen in the pitch darkness below despite the nearly full moon. "You're sure this is the place?" Athal asked. "Yes," Cheftan whispered. "Hurry, down the rope! This is where Vanthus has been going." Athal shrugged and grabbed the line, lowering himself down. Thalas followed, swiftly reaching the bottom where he quickly lit a torch to have a look around. He and Athal stood in a ten-foot diameter chamber, with an arched brick passageway leading away to the west. Nothing could be seen within the torchlight. "All clear," Athal called to the party thirty feet above. Korlick was quickly lower down, followed by Arjan, and then a whispered argument broke out up top. "I'll be last down," Morderas insisted. "No, no," Cheftan responded, "I know how to close the door. Quickly, we must be down. I will follow. Down the rope!" Quinn, who has just climbed to the bottom following Kyrsith, nocked an arrow and pointed upward. "Perhaps we're about to be betrayed." Something in Cheftan's tone had obviously convinced Morderas, as the half-drow came speeding down the rope. There was a sudden cry from up above, and Cheftan arrived as well -- falling uncontrolled to land in a heap on the floor. His throat had been cut from ear to ear. The rope, cut, snaked down to land beside him. A dark shape leaned over the trap door. "You found me, thugs! Say hello to Penkus for me!" Quinn's arrow sped by the man's head just before the trap door was heaved to and snapped shut, blocking out the moonlight. "Guess that was Vanthus," Thalas mused. "We were a bit to obvious in asking after him. Now there's only one way to go." He pointed down the dark tunnel that led away from the deep pit. [/QUOTE]
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