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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7123321" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/cJK6AIy.png[/align]For a moment, Ajan has a sorrowful look in his mismatched eyes. Had Akilah been raised among House Bakr beneath the desert skies, or even among her elven kin, she would have known the answer to her handmaiden's question. &quot;My house is the smallest of those that will attend the Gathering of the Seven Great Tribes this year at the Desert Mosque. But there are two tribes who are not welcome there: the Ghost Warriors and the House of Uqad. Many a ruler would like to know where these raiders 'hold court', but they are like the winds, rarely staying in the same place for long.&quot;He ponders withholding what he next knows, but concludes rightfully that eventually his cousin would have the truth out. &quot;There is a legend I've heard...more fiction than truth...that one can divine the way to the House of Uqad by following the patterns of great vultures taking flight. The same legend says that a white camel will be born among the herds of my house with the power to remove scales from the eyes of the aged and restore mobility to the maimed.&quot; He pours a cup of licorice and mint tea for himself and for Amina. &quot;We celebrate the birth of white camels, but the only thing they seem to cure is a bit of sunburn with their dung or a hangover with their piss.&quot;&quot;Pardon my frankness,&quot; he bows in apology, &quot;I forget I'm in the presence of the devout.&quot; He looks up, evaluating Amina with his mismatched eyes.[/SECTION][GM]Ajan is suspicious about Amina's inquiry. Make a DC 13 Deception check to keep him in the dark.[/GM]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7123321, member: 20323"] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/cJK6AIy.png[/align]For a moment, Ajan has a sorrowful look in his mismatched eyes. Had Akilah been raised among House Bakr beneath the desert skies, or even among her elven kin, she would have known the answer to her handmaiden's question. [b]"My house is the smallest of those that will attend the Gathering of the Seven Great Tribes this year at the Desert Mosque. But there are two tribes who are not welcome there: the Ghost Warriors and the House of Uqad. Many a ruler would like to know where these raiders 'hold court', but they are like the winds, rarely staying in the same place for long."[/b] He ponders withholding what he next knows, but concludes rightfully that eventually his cousin would have the truth out. [b]"There is a legend I've heard...more fiction than truth...that one can divine the way to the House of Uqad by following the patterns of great vultures taking flight. The same legend says that a white camel will be born among the herds of my house with the power to remove scales from the eyes of the aged and restore mobility to the maimed."[/b] He pours a cup of licorice and mint tea for himself and for Amina. [b]"We celebrate the birth of white camels, but the only thing they seem to cure is a bit of sunburn with their dung or a hangover with their piss."[/b] [b]"Pardon my frankness,"[/b] he bows in apology, [b]"I forget I'm in the presence of the devout."[/b] He looks up, evaluating Amina with his mismatched eyes.[/SECTION] [GM]Ajan is suspicious about Amina's inquiry. Make a DC 13 Deception check to keep him in the dark.[/GM] [/QUOTE]

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