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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 1163866" data-attributes="member: 83">Sextus speaks...Greetings All,Here is the first story write-up sent in by Steve, who plays Sextus...Drop the linen and start the grinning, I've actually had time to do a write up. Please note that recent experiences have left Sextus in a dark mood, and the following write up indicates that. Additionally, all criticism is "in character" only, not an attack on any player.Sextus 9-22-02So it is written, so it shall be told....By now, I'm not sure what stank worse – the sewers through which we had been wading for eternity, or our own unwashed bodies. I for one was sick of Oar, sick of the sewers, sick of the Reds and the Greens and the Blues and the Pinks and everyone one else in this Osirin-be-damned stinkhole. My sole desire in this world was to rescue Drusilla and go, and let the Shadow take the place.So here was our plan – accompanied by Valeria and four thugs from the Reds, we would use a spell to tunnel into the remaining stronghold of the Shadowblades. There, we would slay thousands, rescue fair Drusilla, beard Mathrax in his den and emerge smelling like roses (not like Rose does) to the cheering of the grateful crowds. None of us were surprised when our plans fell apart from the very beginning.Instead of tunneling into the middle of the Shadowblade complex - allowing us to cut their forces in half and stack the odds in our favor – we emerged in a dead end room, a jail it appeared. Confronted by three guards, Rowan impaled one through the eye with a shot of his bow, causing the second to surrender and the third to flee for his life. His flight was short lived, as Rose chased him down and split him in twain.Our next encounter with guards was similarly one sided, as we overwhelmed those who confronted us. I was horrified to see Cragin smash in the head of a guard who had surrendered. <<Player Note: Sextus was not there when Cragin saved the guy, so I don't know that that happened.>> Twice now, I had seen Cragin slay a defenseless foe, and combined with his later zealous desire to maim and dismember our captive, I was beginning to have serious doubts about our new found companion. Perhaps it was true, that the Dwarves had fallen into the sway of the Shadow. If not, wouldn't Osirin – in his aspect as Morandin – have saved them from extinction? I wish Lew were here to answer my questions.The melee strung out down a hallway, into a mess hall, up some steps and over a concealed pit. Mathrax appeared briefly, and a quick succession of Web Spell, Counter Spell, Web Spell occurred between him and Valeria. Cragin again displayed his callousness – or perhaps practicality – by firing the Web spell while Valeria and her thugs were still ensnared, causing them to be briefly engulfed in flame. The fighter that we derisively called "Ranseur Boy" also showed up, and managed to push both Rowan and Rose into the concealed pit. All looked lost until Quintus recklessly leapt the pit and grappled Ranseur Boy, giving Rowan and Rose time to get out of the pit.After that, it was all clean up, so to speak. The enemy ran – including Ranseur Boy – and we discovered Mathrax trapped in Drusilla's grasp, a dagger at his throat. While we attempted to sort out that mess, Rose set fire to Mathrax's library, destroying quite possibly the greatest treasure trove of arcane knowledge we had ever seen. My brother – caught up in the passion of revenge – didn't even blink. As the fire spread, Rose, Cragin and Quintus stood and heatedly debated the finer points of maiming and crippling our captive – whether to shatter his hands or sever them, whether or not to cut off his feet. My companion's thirst for dismemberment and torture frankly disgusts me, but I've had more than one look at the dark side that my brother normally keeps hidden from view. With Lew gone, I fear that we have lost our moral compass.We left the Shadowblades lair without searching Mathrax's study, without finding his spell books, without even attempting to gather treasure. We fear that our captive may be an imposter, that Drusilla may be enspelled or an imposter also. I no longer care. I just want out of these damn sewers. Ahead, I smell the ocean. Perhaps we will finally be clean once again.Hope you liked it!~ Old One</blockquote>

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