City of the Spider Queen

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

"So these are Drow..." Jyren said quietly to himself, kneeling next to the bodies and examining them cloesly. He took a few minutes simply studying the bodies, commiting to memory what they were and similar things, "Infighting perhaps? If there was a raid three days ago and these were already dead...they were not hidden, it seems. Left in the open...for someone to find them, maybe?"

 

[Dakkareth]

"Infighting perhaps? If there was a raid three days ago and these were already dead...they were not hidden, it seems. Left in the open...for someone to find them, maybe?"

Infighting doesn't seem out of character; what we should be asking ourselves would then be 'Is this related to the raids?'. And who could be supposed to find the bodies? Rashak, you know more about the drow than we do ... ?

Merion ponders for a moment and then adds: There are possibilities to question the dead, but it would mean a sizable expenditure of energy. I'm not sure, whether or not it's worth it. Should we find other lines of inquiry blocked, I will employ these divinations.

 

[silentspace]

Infighting doesn't seem out of character; what we should be asking ourselves would then be 'Is this related to the raids?'. And who could be supposed to find the bodies? Rashak, you know more about the drow than we do ... ?

Merion ponders for a moment and then adds: There are possibilities to question the dead, but it would mean a sizable expenditure of energy. I'm not sure, whether or not it's worth it. Should we find other lines of inquiry blocked, I will employ these divinations.

"Sorry Merion, I cannot say beyond the speculations we all have already made."

OOC: Is it possible to identify the crossbow bolts as drow bolts? Or see a bit of drow sleep poison?

 

[Rayex]

OOC: Is it possible to identify the crossbow bolts as drow bolts? Or see a bit of drow sleep poison?

OOC: You see that the quarrels are the ones typically used by the handcrossbows the drow like to use.

 

[silentspace]

OOC: You see that the quarrels are the ones typically used by the handcrossbows the drow like to use.

OOC: I did an internet search and found the answer to my question about tabards:

Tabard: [n] a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald

Pointing to the tabards, Rashak says "They removed the tabards, then the armor, then replaced the tabards. Why go through the trouble? It is a sign of some sort, or a warning. Perhaps by those who are enemies of the spider queen."

Rashak will remove a tabard and place it in his pack.

 

[Dakkareth]

Merion sniffs at the bolt he pried from one of the drow, shrugs and throws it aside.

Leave these empty shells here or store them somewhere else, that would be the question. I say, we simply go on and see, what else we discover.

He watches curiously as Rashak takes one of the tabards with him. There are possibilities in this, if this is no random backstabbing. And he's the expert on these creatures. Maybe I can pose a deathless inquiry to one of them tomorrow and find out. For now we should map out these tombs, though.

 

[silentspace]

Leave these empty shells here or store them somewhere else, that would be the question. I say, we simply go on and see, what else we discover.
[/i]

"I could move them if you want. Perhaps to one of the empty back rooms of the crypt we are camping in."

Rashak is otherwise ready to move on.

 

[DemonAtheist]

Hazrael kneels next to one of the Drow. He lets his eyes slowly drift over the room, trying to ignore whatever marks the other three have just made. He picks out every detail on the ground, every scuff mark, every splash of dried bl00d. He closes his eyes tightly and tries to visualize the fight as it happened five nights ago.


OOC:

Spoiler

Crazy usage of various skills and feats. Search to find footprints, Spot to find trace bl00d or scuffs, Survival and Track to follow footsteps in the room, knowledge(geography) to notice marks not in keeping with a cave/tunnel/crypt. whew!

 

[Rayex]

Day 1 - In the crypt hallway

After a few moments you rise and follow the barely visible footprints that leads back into the hill. They follow the hallway for almost fifty feet before it turns to the right, leading further into the hillside. The door almost halfway down the hallway on the left side seems undisturbed. From what you can see, there was an additional dozen or so drow present when the fight happened, and two bodies were dragged away after the fight. From the signs it seems it was a short fight, and the little group might have been suprised.

 

[silentspace]

Rashak wants to check the door. (As can be seen by his actions so far, it's his usual inclination to want to check everything.) He'll go along with the majority vote though.