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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3599100" data-attributes="member: 3448">Yeah.  It's funny-- I didn't like it when I first encountered it, and I still don't have PCs in games I run do it, but it does produce some interesting effects.---Shortly after Kit reported back on her efforts to develop a rumor network, the page of the day poked his head into the Council chamber.  “Excuse me, your eminent grace, but the young drow is still in the hallway, groveling.”Alistair sighed.  “Tell him to inform his mistress that we will receive her… let’s see, we don’t want to slight her, but we don’t want to lose face by seeming too available… we will receive her late this afternoon.”The Council welcomed the Matron Mother in one of the formal throne rooms.  Dame Brionna supervised her arrival, noting that she was a drowan woman of striking appearance and evident age, a very unusual characteristic among the drow.  Even before Dame Brionna could ask them to, the Matron Mother and her four guards, all female, began disarming themselves.  The process was long and involved as they removed both the obvious weapons and a remarkable series of concealed blades.  The Matron Mother herself had by far the largest number of weapons.  When she was finally ready, Dame Brionna gestured for her to enter the throne room and the Matron Mother calmly walked in, followed by a chest that walked under its own power and her clearly very nervous guards.Alistair and Kit were talking quietly as the Matron Mother entered.  She walked forward, stopped ten paces away from the throne, and genuflected, remaining prone and silent until acknowledged.  Alistair noted the distance with interest, as it was a longer, more respectful distance than he would have expected from a drowan leader.  He continued talking quietly with Kit, apparently ignoring the presence of the Matron Mother.  She appeared to be treating him the way she would treat another Supreme Matron Mother of one of the 38 drowan great houses, and Alistair judged that the best response would be to behave as the leader of a drow house would when receiving an equal.After a few minutes, Alistair turned to face the Matron Mother.  With a carefully uninterested tone, he said, “Yes?  You wished to impose on our time?”The drow matriarch smoothly rose to her feet and then bowed from the waist as she spoke.  “Thank you for the boon of this audience.  I am the Supreme Matron Mother of my House.  I wished to convey the deepest gratitude of my House.  You saved my House’s honor by revealing our error to us.”Alistair waved a hand dismissively.  “We pursued our own goals.  It served our purpose to inform you of how you had erred.”“Nonetheless, you have our gratitude, and we would offer some gifts as an expression of our thanks.”</blockquote>

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