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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 1108306" data-attributes="member: 100">Kazyrd, your raptor steed is saddled up.  Kazyrd scartches the ground impatiently, puts his nose in your hair and snorts, excited to be leaving.  A breast plate over some chainmail are on to keep you safe, all covered with a cloak.  A silver-worked spider holds your hair from your face.  Only the strongest Drow Magic will survive the sun's touch and so of all of the magick available to your Clan, only your family's Matriarchal Daggers will go with you.  A sword is on your hip, made of Dwarven steel, taken in a raid centuries ago.   Orroz, your family's Quaggoth servant is standing on the other side of the stall, keeping a safe distance from the raptor's claws.  He seems ready.  He is tireless, often running beside you while you've taken your rides in the past.  Orroz seems excited, almost as if he can tell this isn't just another run through the Underdark. An Imperial Slave, wearing the Empress's colors approaches respectfully with a silver tray.  On the tray is a note, tied with a red ribbon.  He offers it to you silently, pale skin seeming almost transluscent from a lifetime of underground servitude.  When you take the note, he leaves, quiet and respectful as a breeze. The note is written in a flourish of handwriting, like a dance across the paper: "Child, Good luck in the above.  I hope you are received well.  Perhaps the short-lived races have forgotten the ill-will between our peoples that has raged in past eras. Your task is a tremendous one.  I offer you anyone in the city, any one vassal of mine you wish to bring with you.  Show them this writ, with my seal and they will know it is the will of the Empress.  Choose wisely, an old veteran might be a good choice but they could die of sun shock once they get to the surface. Someone just a bit older than you might want the glory for themselves and attempt to wrest leadership of the ambassadorship from you. Someone younger might be an impediment. Consider this your first test, the first of many to come. Ever and ever, Empress Marique of House Karrisloddeth"</blockquote>

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