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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7010678" data-attributes="member: 20323">[GM]Btw, if you guys want to split the party at any time, I have no problems running that. In this case, while Akilah & "Amina" would go with Derafsh to Rawun's Well, Kaniel, Najiyah, and Salahuddin could...<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Have a little R&R at the Palace getting acquainted with one another (i.e. PC-to-PC roleplaying).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Speak with NPCs at the Palace, such as the brother and sister sea mages (Ihsan and Nireen al-Bahr-Izdiham), or members of Sheikh Ali's court (like his rawuna Dulcet Riqqiyah or his son Afzal who is honorary commander of the cavalry).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Investigate the 3rd merchant who was robbed by the raiders: Hamsar the Swift, who operates funerary caravans.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Handle any purchases or caravan preparations you want to make in the markets.</li> </ol>Just let me know the direction you all decide on?Also, here is a quick recap of clues about the raiders since I thought you could use one:[SECTION]The Clues Thus far... Sheikh Ali noted the raiders-in-black have attacked Sinna Oasis and Hakim Oasis (both SW of Tajar), the western caravan route to Akota (who deal in rare woods & slaves), and the village of Turab (SE of Tajar) in an especially bloody attack that left two acolytes of Hakiyah dead and a qadi (judge) mutilated. The raiders take everything they can and are merciless killers. He pointed out 3 merchants who'd run across the raiders: Jina the Bold (antiquities dealer), Suelasta the Magnificent (monster keeper), and Hamsar the Swift (funeral expert).Jina the Bold revealed the raiders stole 60,000 gp worth of antiquities from her caravans, including clay urns (sometimes associated with earth elemental binding) bearing inscriptions of old elven rituals predating the Loregiver dealing with akashta bariyat (“shield creature” in Elven). She also complained that she was having lots of competition for sites holding antiquities with House Uqab (League of the Vulture), though that may be unrelated to the raiders.Of particular interest was <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?508133-Al-Qadim-Moving-Through-the-Flame/page5&p=6975245&viewfull=1#post6975245" target="_blank">Jina's description of the raiders</a>..."The raiders were tall, either the most robust of men, jann, or some other tall race. They wore dark black abas (robes) and kaftans (tunics) and wielded scimitars and bows. They raided my caravan near Hakim Oasis before we reached Qaybar. It was a trap, for they lay in wait for us throughout the oasis, or so it seemed, emerging silently as if from the date palms and pools of water itself. They did not have strength of numbers, but they struck hard and fast. My men claimed that the raiders were as strong as ogres and seemed to glow from underneath their abas (robes), and we sustained many losses before we routed them. Thereupon, they fled into the desert twilight in every which direction, their tracks swallowed by the wind."Suelasta the Magnificent reported dealing with House Asad (Children of the Lion), specifically with Sheikh Najib's son Nabil, and after leaving Jamal Oasis his caravan was attacked by the raiders. The raiders stole a pack of leucrotta, several cages of cockatrices, and a wagon enchanted with darkness holding a young roper. Salahuddin was aware that a mage might find uses for cockatrice feathers and roper "glue".Not sure if you've shared all these clues in-character, however.[/SECTION][/GM]</blockquote>

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