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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 6152597" data-attributes="member: 75065">"No one asked you to do anything! Most annoying amongst the creatures that leaves an itching bite! Grr... Stick your nose in will you? Well then we shall see how you fare against the witch's curse! You will accompany these brave heroes and do as they bid! And THAT is an ORDER!" Ragnar turns a rather purple shade of green as he vents his anger upon the diminutive winged man. Uma interrupts, her voice calm and smooth, like a blade cutting through cake. "We will care for your companion and mend what has been broken. Do not fear. It will be as though it never happened. I will look after her myself. As for the Fountain of All Heal, do this thing, defeat the Hag and her Devil, and you shall be allowed to drink from the fountain yourself! This will grant you any boon you might wish for. Normally drinking the fountain binds a soul to this island until their death, but I believe I can bend the laws of that certain curse in your favour."Treebeard nods gravely. "Yes, an appropriate reward indeed to drink from the Fountain.""Speaking of rewards"continues Ragnar, somewhat calmer now, "Basal ... you have been bested I believe. You will reward our new friends appropriately. "Basal turns greener. "But I gave the girl my..." A single look from the Fey Leader cuts off his protest. Scowling he pulls a cut of the finest silk from his pocket and tosses it to Rain. In her hands it changes colour, and soon she realises it is a magical cape of some sort, its colour changing to suit her taste. Ragnar continues to glare at him. With a huff Basal takes a healing potion from his pouch and hands it to Wat. Ragnar smiles at last.[GM] Rain receives Cape of the Mountebank +1Wat receives a Healing Potion[/GM]"You should understand" continues Uma, "That Soryth can yet gain power over the island. If she and Kalbon absorb the souls in their entirety, they will gain mastery over the isle and the Fountain All Heal. Such an ocurrence would spell disaster of cosmic proportions." Ragnar continues "The Palace of Spires, where the Hag now resides, is a demiplane. The Summer Fey, the Green Fey, and creatures native to this isle cannot enter it. My Mosquito is not of this place and so should be free of the curse ... or maybe not. To gain entry, you will have to navigate the palace's bramble maze to its center, and then use the keys you have gathered on the sundial.""Experience has shown that Soryth has influence over some of the island's natives. It's very likely she has even more power over those within the Palace of Spires. Do not hesitate to dispatch any evil fey she commands but I beg you spare any charmed creatures within the palace." Ragnar scoffs at Uma's plea. "War is war," he bellows. "If something stands in your way, cut it down and carry on. More is at stake than a few meaningless lives. When you defeat Soryth, the curse must end, and the way will be open to us once more."Uma scowls at Ragnar ... if looks could kill... but says nothing more. "We will know when the curse is lifted and we will come to you as quickly as possible. From there we will take you to the Fountain of All Heal.""You are brave to undertake this quest," Ragnar says. "Your chances of survival against Soryth are slim.""Yet you are this island's last hope," Uma says. "If only we possessed something that once belonged to the hag, even a token, we could use it against her.""No such luck, witch," says Ragnar.</blockquote>

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