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Message: <blockquote data-quote="unleashed" data-source="post: 2680397" data-attributes="member: 31408">Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric“Thank you Braachus, yes I can certainly explain everything,” Keryth says bowing his head to the two priests again, this time inclining his head more deeply, before turning to his companions to explain what has been discussed in their absence.OOC: I assume everyone read it as we went, but just in case it’s all relisted in the spoiler below.Discussion with Heironeous priests about quest.[SBLOCK]Entering the room Pwent and Keryth see two clerics of obviously high religious order. The higher ranking of the two is human in appearance while the other cleric is dwarven. They both stand as Keryth enters the room, but they do not bow. The human speaks, "Heironeous greets you, dragon-priest. You wear your faith proudly, that is something to be respected. I am Braachus, cheif priest of this temple. My associate is Dhorgrad, my second. How may we be of your service this day?"Keryth bows his head to both priests before answering their query, “A pleasure to meet two so high in Heironeous’ favour, your attendance on this matter honours me. I am Keryth and these are two of my companions Destiny and Thibbledorf Pwent, we also have two Bous with us though they are on another task at the moment, reacquiring an item stolen from one of them when we were all robbed the other evening. Now to the matter at hand...I and my companions were hoping to be of some assistance to you, if you would be interested in our aid, in finding out what has happened to your uncommunicative temple. The acolyte which just led us here informed us of that much yesterday, but knew no more. So if you do wish our aid in this task we would be most appreciative of some specifics, most importantly where the temple may be found and who we should be looking for.”The high priest replies in a very business-like tone. "Ah, the temple in Foothills*, then. Yes, we have been extremely discouraged by reports coming out of that villiage. It is believed that the government of that tiny town has become corrupted from the mayor down. As far as how the people themselves are, we cannot be sure. The last report we had was that the head priest of that temple was encountering resistance to his daily proclamations for the greatness of Heironeous. The wealthy in the town were especially adjitated by his daily messages. He asked for assistance from nearby temples, but no assistance came. He then asked for assistance from any temple of Heironeous in the land, and a few responded. All the priests who have been sent there to investigate have not been heard from since. If you are willing to undertake a quest, I could manage to collect what funds we can gather and provide for your travel. We are a small town ourselves with minimal resources. But my priests can provide holy water, food, and perhaps even a few scrolls if that would be needed."*Foothills:Foothills is a very small suburb of Dullstown - in the northern most extreme of the kingdom of Barghast. While Foothills is only a meager 500 people in population, Dullstown is the 2nd largest city in the regency under the control of Regent Colvert. “Well any assistance you could provide for the quest would be appreciated, however we would not claim it until we were ready to pursue the problem with our full attention. How far from Theropa is Dullstown anyway? For if it is a fair distance it is not something we will be able to pursue immediately as we first must handle a local problem, hopefully it will finish with the creature we seek to confront, but you can never be sure in these matters...”The dwarven second smiles briefly and adds, "Dullstown is many days into the north. Foothills is a few hours journey beyond that. I mean not to sound overshadowed in negativity, but if you are planning on pursuing this matter I would recommend that you take care of the business that you have here and say your goodbyes. Even if you are successful, you will be gone many long days."Braachus nods in agreement. "If you need a few days, that will only help us to help you prepare for this journey. I do not mean to presume your acceptance, but if you give us a minimum of two days to help you prepare, we may provide a few potions and scrolls if you would like. As a cleric, I am sure you are aware of what my priests of the temple may do. At any time you may make a request - I will determine if it is possible."Keryth considers the words of both priests before replying, “Well before undertaking such a long journey I would need to discuss it with the rest of our group...they shouldn’t be too far behind actually, so we may be able to give you a definitive decision shortly. Currently I’m inclined for the time being to leave the task unaccepted until we return and find ourselves with ample time to pursue your quest, as I would hate to give my word that we will assume the task you have presented us with, only to find I cannot keep it immediately.”Pausing for several moments to gauge their reaction, Keryth then explains his reasoning. “To put your minds at ease that it’s not the length of the quest or that we find it unworthy, I will detail the task that occupies our thoughts and time currently. We are at the moment in pursuit of a goblin that paid to have us robbed, and we’ve heard that the robbery may have been associated with some form of prophecy so you’ll understand why I’d currently rather not commit our services to any long journeys until that is resolved.”Knowing that the preparations may be a moot point, he decides to discuss that eventuality as well just in case. “As for the preparations, well I’m sure we could use at least a few days rest after our business with the goblin and its minions before moving on...assuming that task we currently pursue doesn’t lead us to a greater problem. So I would imagine any preparations could begin when we return from our goblin hunt.”[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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