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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7209142" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/WGHPLiw.png[/align]Hadia al-Sarraf sets the gourd of water aside, folding the linens with downcast eyes, though her demure composure falters at the mention of cleansing the oasis. &quot;Your wound is not yet fully healed, please, this is too much exertion for you now, water bearer...&quot; There is a deference in the way she speaks in Malsoor's presence, but also an urgency in the way she wrings the linens. &quot;I am sure these emissaries of the Grand Caliph are weary after travel and their trial against the hydra...&quot;[/SECTION][SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/Hztofyg.jpg[/align]Raising his hand, Malsoor's eyes seem to flash in the dim light of the oil lamp as he looks over Hadia. &quot;Rest assured,&quot; he speaks in a soothing almost sultry voice, &quot;they are fanatics. But even a fanatic's belief have an internal logic; and if they can be understood, they can be defeated. Yes, the hydra must have been summoned by the Brotherhood's raiders. They attacked in concert at night, coming from east, south, and west; it was hard to determine their true numbers, though there were at least seven or eight of the...what did Naji call them?&quot; He turns to Hadia before he remembers, &quot;Yes, Sleepwalkers. On account of their stuttering step as if walking in a waking dream.&quot;&quot;The caravanserai mistress would have me keep quiet about our traditions at Hakim Oasis,&quot; Malsoor pauses, straining his neck as if in deep reflection, &quot;for you see, I have been here for as long as the history of the Enlightened Faith. I recall the time when the elven siswa still inhabited the temples buttressing the Badu al-Kabir. I remember the rise of the burnt elves of Akota to west. I was a boy when the stories of the First Grand Caliph traveled from tribe to tribe. You have freed me...&quot; he says with arched brow, retrieving a jeweled ring from the bedstand which he'd removed during his treatment, donning it and redoing the clasps of his shirt, &quot;...from the wound of their cursed blades... and so you deserve to know that it was my presence the Brotherhood's raiders sought to cleanse. And I believe you already know why.&quot; He says with a wry smile to Lal Qalandar and Akilah even as his neck wound continues to regenerate right before your eyes.[/SECTION][GM]Akilah&nbsp; [MENTION=6814006]Thateous[/MENTION] recognizes &quot;siswa&quot; as the name for sacred warriors of her elven mother's tribe.[/GM]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7209142, member: 20323"] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/WGHPLiw.png[/align]Hadia al-Sarraf sets the gourd of water aside, folding the linens with downcast eyes, though her demure composure falters at the mention of cleansing the oasis. [b]"Your wound is not yet fully healed, please, this is too much exertion for you now, water bearer..."[/b] There is a deference in the way she speaks in Malsoor's presence, but also an urgency in the way she wrings the linens. [b]"I am sure these emissaries of the Grand Caliph are weary after travel and their trial against the hydra..."[/b][/SECTION] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/Hztofyg.jpg[/align]Raising his hand, Malsoor's eyes seem to flash in the dim light of the oil lamp as he looks over Hadia. [b]"Rest assured,"[/b] he speaks in a soothing almost sultry voice, [b]"they are fanatics. But even a fanatic's belief have an internal logic; and if they can be understood, they can be defeated. Yes, the hydra must have been summoned by the Brotherhood's raiders. They attacked in concert at night, coming from east, south, and west; it was hard to determine their true numbers, though there were at least seven or eight of the...what did Naji call them?"[/b] He turns to Hadia before he remembers, [b]"Yes, Sleepwalkers. On account of their stuttering step as if walking in a waking dream."[/b] [b]"The caravanserai mistress would have me keep quiet about our traditions at Hakim Oasis,"[/b] Malsoor pauses, straining his neck as if in deep reflection, [b]"for you see, I have been here for as long as the history of the Enlightened Faith. I recall the time when the elven [i]siswa[/i] still inhabited the temples buttressing the Badu al-Kabir. I remember the rise of the burnt elves of Akota to west. I was a boy when the stories of the First Grand Caliph traveled from tribe to tribe. You have freed me..."[/b] he says with arched brow, retrieving a jeweled ring from the bedstand which he'd removed during his treatment, donning it and redoing the clasps of his shirt, [b]"...from the wound of their cursed blades... and so you deserve to know that it was my presence the Brotherhood's raiders sought to cleanse. And I believe you already know why."[/b] He says with a wry smile to Lal Qalandar and Akilah even as his neck wound continues to regenerate right before your eyes.[/SECTION] [GM]Akilah [MENTION=6814006]Thateous[/MENTION] recognizes "[i]siswa[/i]" as the name for sacred warriors of her elven mother's tribe.[/GM] [/QUOTE]

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