Against the Storm: Luskan (Summoning shaff)

[Mithreander]

Staying quiet the whole time, and watching the tip of the arrow until the eyes of the one who held the bow was distracted, then moved slightly so that she would have cover from those probing eyes. True, she may not have been able to hide while she was being watched, but it was easy enough to wait till the person was distracted and move from sight then. She was trully surprised that someone happened to be watching the EXACT spot she had appeared in, but such were the fates of life.

Know, that you are not alone in your fight. So, what can we do to earn your trust?

They odviously could do nothing to earn their trust imediately, so why try. Until they proved thenselves in a fation that the others found exceptable, they may as well just pretend not to care about the suspicion and hope that it's not acted upon.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone shrugs. "Your actions will prove things. And I will speak with Solonor tonight, and he will advise me. His words I will trust. For now, if Ubaar accepts you, I will do the same, though I will keep one eye open in my sleep...."

OOC: I assume that teleporting into a room creates some sort of disturbance or noticable effect, at least to the paranoid and magically trained. And I don't know that someone appearing in the middle of a room, no mater how stealthy they might be, can really be hidden. Especially since the shadow content isn't likely that high in there. I imagine him to be crouching down behind a chair, going "You can't see me! You can't see me!"

IC: The next time Elone readies spells, she is going to ready "Augury." Her question for Solonor will simply be "Should I trust the two newcomers to our group?"

 

[Mithreander]

OOC: We both would tend to assume thing to the advantage of our own characters. It's human nature (or at least my nature). As to the 'you can't see me' bit, that may be true... but have we actually seen what a trained child sized person can successfully hide behind? It may not take much. Regardless, I did not go against your assumption, I just voiced my characters reaction to it. No hard feelings.

 

[Thanee]

Rahja nods to Elone. Please do so, I will feel better if we have your full acceptance. In the meantime, how about you tell us what we should know about this mission? Irusyl wasn't exactly lavish with information. And if there is anything you want to know still, just ask away!

 

[dead_radish]

Elone laughs. "We know precious little ourselves. There are temples, which are the source of a great evil. There are vampiric creatures that are unlike anything under Solonor's eye. Beyond that, I know very little.

 

[Thanee]

That's not much, for sure. I can tell you a bit about those vampires. I have fought two of them in Skullport and we had a couple more on our tracks before Irusyl showed up on coincidence and the vampires fled. Initially, they've been quite powerful in combat, but there I was taken by surprise and completely unprepared. They are no real vampires, tho, as they don't seem to have the same lifeforce disrupting touch on them. Later, when I had my spells running, they didn't seem that powerful anymore on reflection. However, they work very well together as a team, having some sort of telepathic link among them. There was one, who provided the team with useful information via divination, that's how they kept up with us, altho we were using dimensional travel to get some distance between us and them. They also are capable, individually, of similar dimensional travel, and I know now, that they can cover a distance of roughly a quarter mile with one jump. What makes them really dangerous in my eyes is, that they can take victims with them, something my spells do not allow me to do.

When I clashed with them, they were with a group of humans from Longsaddle and on an operation to make a deal with some cultists, followers of the Plague Maiden, who were to get them some sort of weapon, which allows the control of plagues, in return for prisoners they could sacrifice. I was one of these, as was Ines here. There were a few other prisoners, which I had freed from their cells, but the vampires took them with them, when they fled. There was nothing we could do to hinder them, unfortunately, they were simply too quick. These creatures don't seem to suffer from dislocation disorientation at all, they appear out of nowhere and strike quickly. They also took Danilo Thalavar from Longsaddle with them, the leader of the gang that was in Skullport with those vampires, and whom I had under my spell at that time. The vampires dispelled the link later, when they ended up in a temple dedicated to Shar. Took them a few tries, however. I guess he'll be a bit angry at me now, considering, that I took his rapier with family insignias and his other stuff and also that I made him tell me so much about the happenings. The plague cultists were also, who led Irusyl there, as she was on a mission to stop them from doing the trade. The weapon, if it was there, should be in her possession by now.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone listens to the descriptions of the vampires intently, but seems to become distracted when specifics are mentioned.

"There are a number of types of these vampires - they are breeding these blights under Solonor's eyes, creating different kinds of abominations, so that anything you know about the creatures is suspect. Some are incredibly strong, some can hide exceptionally well. Likely there are many more we have not seen."

"The plague cultists are not here now - they are not our concern. Our concerns are the temples of Gond and Umberlee that are building these attack vessels. We have to disrupt them."

 

[Thanee]

Yes, those cultists are Kelemvor's concern now, at least the ones that came to the meeting.

 

[DM_Matt]

[OOC: Calling Shaff
OOC: What can I do to get Ines more to do besides sit in a cnorner and listen?]

The two sleepers seem to have awakened shortly after Rahja and Ines appeared, and one sits up at the sound of Danilo's name.

One, a human girl of about 15 or 16, seeming worn and obvously recovering from more serious injusries, looks at Rahja so intensely that her blue eyes seem to glow "You have Danilo's blade? This is good news indeed. Perhaps one day I shall get the opportunity to thrust it into his groin. I am Jaina, Irusyl's apprentice. I was taken from Skullport by those vampires to the temple of Gond where I was experimented on. I was rather recently rescued.


Fin (newcomers: he's a suave half-khazari(Tibetan) swashbucking rogue in the employ of Irusyl) speaks up: Yes, how heroic she was. But we've all lost loved ones to Storm, have we not? Danilo can wait, although I'm not so sure whether these vampires will reappear to defend the temples. These newcomers seem to offer us some useful new skills. Having been inside the temples for a long period of time, I suspect that we may be able to infiltrate them through charm magic and stealth, steal one of the best ships in the new fleet and as much extra weaponry as possible, and use whatever this new secret weapon is to destroy the temples and the other uncrewed ships..."

 

[Thanee]

Rahja reaches inside her backpack and pulls Danilo's rapier from it. She unsheathes it and looks at the blade for a moment, turning it slightly in the light and watching the sparkling reflections on the cold steel.

It's a thing of beauty, isn't it? I can really understand, how some guys get attached to their weapons, when I see such a beautifully crafted blade.

She sheathes the rapier and puts it back then.

Well, I don't want to hurt myself, I'm not trained in the use of such weaponry and it seems fairly sharp and has some powers, which I wouldn't want to try on myself.

So, you know Danilo. He can be quite a gentleman, really. Too bad, that this is not his true face, I really liked him that way. I'm quite sure, however, that he'll not show his charming manners next time we meet.

Rahja then turns to Fin. My condolences for the loss of your mother. It sounds like she was someone you could and still can be proud of. Most people would not step in and defend those who cannot. Your plan, to use charm and stealth rather than force to get this mission done, suits me well. You can count on my help, so that we can do our share of protecting those who can't fight for themselves.