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Message: <blockquote data-quote="biorph" data-source="post: 1117025" data-attributes="member: 10426">An Interesting TurnAs they parted for the night Alya gave Darian her share of the gold they had recieved for selling the axe.  The two hundred and fifty gold was half way there to what Darain had asked to cover the time and effort he was going to have to put in to make her cloak.  She'd have to owe him the rest until she got more.The next day after several more baths to get any remaining smell out she went with Calrom to see this insane elf at the Temple of Gond.  They arrived at the temple.  Alya asked about Sully, but apparently she had just missed the gnome again, she wondered if he was having...a good time.  As she and Calrom were  led into the room where the man was kept "Be careful" warned the priest, "He can get violent at times, I don't know what seeing you will do to him.""This is so strange." said Alya "I don't even know this man."  The priest shrugged noncommittally and opened the door.As they walked in the man sitting on the floor seemed to look through them. "Hello," said Calrom "How are you today?""The birds, the birds, I don't hear them sing anymore." began the man "All dead just like my porridge.  The darkness inside my mind, I'm not right in there.  Will you play jax with me, I'm up to fivesies. La La La." Finished the man and clapped his hands.Alya bent down "Hello sir, you've been asking to see me."At once the man's voice took on a tone of urgency he grabbed Alya and started shouting "THE KEY! THE KEY! YOU MUST FIND THE KEY, IT LIES DEEP BENEATH VLADAAM! Do you think my nails are pretty, I chew them myself.  I had a puppy once, he used to smell like cookies." As the man returned to his lunacy Alya was unable to rouse more from him that made any sense."Well" said Alya slightly sardonically "I guess we know for sure who has the key to the Banes."................................................................................................................................................Later that Night Alya went alone to The Flagon Held High to meet with Nicolon, Darain was had sent word that he would be busy crafting, and Alya was worried that Calrom might have some weird moral objection like he did with taking Kesherack's stuff back in the tomb.'Of course if we had listened to him' thought Alya 'There might have been at least one less dead halfling.'As she entered she say a young man with curly blonde hair who waved her over.  She remembered seeing him in the bar the night before.  "Can I...help...you sir?" she asked demurely"Are you Miss Alya?" the man asked in a low voice while playing with his hair"Indeed" she replied quietly "you were sent by Filani?""Yes, she told me you wanted to meet with me?" He replied."Indeed I did, tell me, what do you know of House Vladaam?" she asked"Yes, she told me you'd ask about that." he said "I was doing some uh...work...there when I was caught by the guards and thrown in their dungeon.  They kept me there for a good long time until I was able to escape, I'd love to see them taken down a couple of notches.""Really..."said Alya, she liked him more already "Did you ever encounter a mummified hand in your time there? Possibly magic?""No." Said Nicolon "Not personally, but if they have one I know where to find it.  They've got a huge vault underneath the house where they store all the items they collect that have magic.""Interesting," she replied "Is there anything else?" "The house is always fully guarded, the guards never come into town when they go off duty, but stay at a barracks on the property.  Also I know for a fact they work with the Zhentarim, but of this last one I have no proof other than my word." he said.  "Interesting." She replied "My friends have some work we need to do, but we are very...interested...in this information.  We'll contact you probably sometime next week and we can discuss this further...more privately.""I am at your service milady." he said and with a toss of his golden curls downed his ale and walked out.'Well well well' thought Alya 'This certainly is INTERESTING, I wonder what the others will say when I tell them.'</blockquote>

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