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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 917662" data-attributes="member: 2885">Lord Hawklin's lackeysThe party showed but did not open their writ to the gate guard at the Hawklin estate. He allowed them into the courtyard.“Please wait here,” the man-at-arms stated. He returned to his station at the gate.Fiddle looked around the place. Lord Hawklin was obviously well off. Many fancy pieces of art and well-kept gardens were in sight. A figure in black robes strode into the courtyard.“I am Lord Hawklin,” he said. “Have you come to answer my advertisement?”“Perhaps,” Alya coyly replied handing over the writ. “A War Wizard said you may have some scrolls.”Lord Hawklin crushed a gem in his hands. “We are free to talk now away from scrying eyes and ears,” he said. “If you swear fealty to Cormyr and to keep all you hear secret…”“I am always at the Crown’s disposal,” Darian interrupted. “However, we are on our way to Tilverton. We know of your advertisement. And we have encountered the brigands. That is why we have come. We wish to purchase some scrolls.”“I have nothing for you then,” Lord Hawklin continued. “I am a representative of Her Highness, the Steel Regent Alusair.”“I believe we can help each other,” Erin took over the negotiations. “But I cannot swear fealty to a government. I owe my allegiance to my Order.”In exchange for Darian’s oath to be responsible for the acts of the Chartered Company and the oath by the others to keep the secrecy of their pact, Lord Hawklin told the party of the mission. Some brigands were raiding the area around the Stonelands. Lord Hawklin’s Captain believed a ruin was their hideout. The Purple Dragons were far too busy to handle all of the trouble in the area. But a small adventuring group should be able to handle the problem. The party was to report their findings to the Captain and Lord Hawklin.“It will takes us many days to get to the Stonelands,” Erin mentioned. “And we need to inform the rest of our company of our leaving.”“You will be traveling by magic,” Lord Hawklin smiled. “And we will send word to them.”“Oh goody,” Fiddle gleefully blurted. “Magic travel.”“You have never traveled by magic before. Have you Fiddle?” Darian asked. “You will understand.”Lord Hawklin provided a writ; a scroll with some ancient alphabet they might encounter in the ruins, probably Netherese; several arcane scrolls; a wand of healing; a Darkwood shield; a climbing kit; a potion of healing; some antitoxin; a description of the climate of the Stonelands; vials of acid; and the promise of several thousand crowns worth of gems upon completion. When the party was ready he led them to a small chamber and an archway carved on a blank wall.“In the name of the Forest Kingdom and Her Grace Alusair, I bid you open,” Lord Hawklin intoned.The archway misted over and the party looked upon a new scene. A group of Purple Dragons stood at the ready.“The Sun has not yet set on the Forest Kingdom,” a lady Dragon said.“Nor shall it so long as we hold it in the sky,” Lord Hawklin replied. “Captain, please see that my companions here get food and rest. They’ve come to clear away the brigands you reported. Their paperwork is in order.”“Whooppeeee,” Fiddle tumbled thru the portal. He landed a little disoriented on the other side. Captain Dunman looked down at him and rolled her eyes.</blockquote>

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