Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7179968" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/hwLpNWG.jpg[/align]Perking his ear to Husam's voice behind him on the narrow ascending steps, Usqual listens. He listens to the half-orc as much as to the night wind. "Of course, in such civilized company, I would not wish to besmirch the honor of the caravanserai mistress," Usqual replies with a touch of irony to his voice, eyes squinting near the edges as if he were smiling under his veil. With not even a word, Usqual pushes himself from the edge of the sandstone escarpment and is born aloft on unseen winds, soon alighting alongside Salahuddin, his valet, and Harun."If you'll allow me," the tall pale-haired janni places a hand over his chest before slipping by you and whistling two soft notes. One of the songbirds nestled into the escarpment face replies in kind, fluttering down to beat its wings in front of Usqual as if it recognizes him before entering the cave. After a moment, a boy of 12 or 13 with a short bow and sunken eyes steps out of the shadows..."Ah Na'im, these travelers mean you no harm. Na'im is quite gifted with the bow. There are youth among my people who would envy such skill." Usqual affectionately places a hand on the boy's shoulder. "Apprise your mother that we will be having guests?"[/SECTION][GM]Google art search is failing me for art representing a suitable family (Arabian/Persian mother and sons), so we'll just have to use our imaginations.[/GM]Scrunching his brow, the rough-and-tumble Na'im surveys the well-dressed Harun and Salahuddin, clearly wondering what nobility is doing at Hakim Oasis, but his eyes go wide upon seeing the towering Sinjin. "Is he a genie too? How- how- how many of you are there?" As the rest of you – Husam, Akilah, Amina, and Lal Qalandar – reach the top of the stairs, the boy's eyes go wider still at the mamluk tattoos, clerical vestments, and giant axes.Gathering his wits, Na'im picks up a small bronze lantern to guide you into the sandstone caves. The floors are well-worn from the passage of visitors to the primitive caravanserai. Along the base of the walls is a smooth groove cut into the sandstone, about half-an-inch-wide, some three inches above the floor. Otherwise, the walls bear minimal signs of human influence save where small alcoves were dug out to serve as repositories for lanterns or trade goods.</blockquote>

Verification