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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruined" data-source="post: 132579" data-attributes="member: 113">[ Hecatomb 19th – Day 33 ]As Killian and Quinn make their way into the Exchange in the early morning, they are introduced to two cutters new to the Fiery Blades. One is a muscular human bearing no obvious faction symbols, who is introduced as Cross. He looks over both Killian and Quinn, but speaks not a word. The second is a tiefling named Kesdran, who directly greets Killian and introduces himself as a fellow member of the Doomguard. Felinca is there speaking with the two about employment. Seeing Killian and Quinn, she eagerly accepts the Crown of Flame scrolls and has them sent to Baerlon, the overall owner of the Exchange.Felinca sends Cross and Kesdran out to speak with someone called ‘the Fat Man’ regarding their contracts. They head down to the lower levels of the Exchange, but turn a different direction from where Killian trains with Gunther. They find a secured room with bars and a bolted door. An overweight human apparently in his fifties waits behind a barred window for them. He knows of their presence and hands them simple documents with their names penned in still-fresh ink. They look over the details, which include a weekly salary, plus commisions on all jobs taken for the Blades. These contracts are very similar to the ones presented to Tira, Quinn, and Killian months before. They sign and ask the Fat Man about some job specifics.Upstairs, Felinca is very relieved to have the scrolls from Mount Celestia. She advises the pair that there is a serious mission coming up that will require a good deal of the Blades’ resources. They inquire, but she is not allowed to give any details regarding the mission, merely that it will likely involve her, Gunther, and some of the other senior members. To this end, she requires the assistance of these two and Tira. Felinca says that they still have jobs that will need attending to, and she would like to include the two they just hired (Cross and Kesdran). Given Quinn and Killian’s success so far, she requests that they work with them and train them in the way of the Blades. They don’t think Tira will mind too much, so they accept and go to meet with the others.Killian and Kesdran seem to warm to one another immediately, talking about current news with their faction. Kesdran is a wizard who studies under a fire genasi that Killian knows named Scorch Ashpowder. Ashpowder is higher up in the faction than Killian, but the two of them have spoken occasionally. Cross is much more introspective than Kesdran, but he speaks with Quinn when the minotaur presses the subject. Cross is a member of the Godsmen, coming fresh from work within the forges of the Foundry. Hoping that their companion will return shortly, Quinn suggests that the group of them gather the next night for dinner, allowing them all time to rest and attend to personal matters.Back in Heart’s Faith, Tira has spent much of her time studying up on the Bow of Deland. The majority of the information deals with great heroes who have used the bow to slay fiends and foil their attempts to invade the good planes. Tira is unsure whether she likes this or not – she generally has no truck with fiends, but she has never considered herself a champion of Law and Goodness. This tome is one of the few sources of information she’s found, but she admits that the authors could easily be swayed to portray the Bow of Deland in such a light. Delving further, she finds a tale that provides useful information. It regards a young hero who quested for a time with the bow, but when in need the bowstring would snap on him. The string on the Bow had snapped for her more than once, not such an odd occurrence in general except for the short amount of time she had possessed the bow. Reading on, the tale talks of how the young hero used silvered strings and went on to decimate armies of evil without snapping a string. Tira ponders, wondering how she could get silver extruded into a string that would make for a feasible bowstring. She leaves the library, walking out to think about the matter. She walks out by the sea and ponders. The Silver Sea. Smiling, she takes out a number of extra bowstrings and soaks them in the holy waters of the sea. Once wet, she lays them out on the cobblestones and allows them to dry in the moonlit night.</blockquote>

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