Eyes Of The Lich Queen

[stonegod]

Jango, seeing the captive unconscious, put back his wand to his belt. As Ari asks his question to teh priest, the young sorcerer walks to Donovan. "Your actions have spoken enough for you. It is not that that will change my mind about you. I trust you just as I trust my sister, or any other of the group." as he tells that, last sentence, he looks quickly at everyone with a warm smiles, but his eyes stop a bit longer on Ari, just as he wanted to make sure he would understand the full meaning of this sentence.

Ari nods slightly at Jango's words, but continues. Nevertheless, such a mark speaks of power awoken, and its best to master it before it masters you. He turns away, and attends to the prisoner with Rogan.

 

[drothgery]

Donovan, still clearly baffled by what's just occured, says "I felt the call of the Flame, of course, but nothing like this. Khalia, have you ever known the Flame to gift a worshipper this way?". The priest is silent, then, intent on re-armoring and searching his mind for some cause to the strange development.

"Dragonmarks, whether aberrant or true, are a force of wholely different nature than the power of the Flame that we channel with our spells. One that I understand very little of. I fear Master Ostin is correct of the implications, though I know of at least a few with aberrant marks that served the Flame with great distinction." She said.

 

[jkason]

Brother Donovan, warpriestly human cleric

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Your actions have spoken enough for you. It is not that that will change my mind about you. I trust you just as I trust my sister, or any other of the group." as he tells that, last sentence, he looks quickly at everyone with a warm smiles, but his eyes stop a bit longer on Ari, just as he wanted to make sure he would understand the full meaning of this sentence. "Come on, put back your armor, we still have some answers to get from that captive and a dragon is waiting for us."

"I appreciate the support," he says, seeming to relax a bit. Well, until:

Ari nods slightly at Jango's words, but continues. Nevertheless, such a mark speaks of power awoken, and its best to master it before it masters you. He turns away, and attends to the prisoner with Rogan.

"Jango's difficulties were from another creature, weren't they?" the templar says, fingers starting to fumble with the straps of his armor. "Not the mark. Marks aren't ... they don't think, do they?"

 

[jkason]

Brother Donovan, warpriestly human cleric

"Dragonmarks, whether aberrant or true, are a force of wholely different nature than the power of the Flame that we channel with our spells. One that I understand very little of. I fear Master Ostin is correct of the implications, though I know of at least a few with aberrant marks that served the Flame with great distinction." She said.

"Then, Flame willing, I'll be one of those," Donovan returns, though it's unclear how confident he is of this fact at the moment.

 

[stonegod]

"Not the mark. Marks aren't ... they don't think, do they?"

Ari pauses a moment before answer. No, but... power can change people. And considering the tales of their source... Khyber may be one of the Progenitor Dragons, but not a very kind one in the tales.

 

[DEFCON 1]

The spontaneous appearance of the dragonmark leaves everyone amazed and perplexed... no one moreso than Brother Donovan. Looking at the mark one last time... a maroon pattern in and around the other tattoos on his body... he then pulls his shirt back over his head and begins suiting up again.

Leaving their would-be thief unconscious of the side of the road, the seven friends take the last bit of the journey quickly... all of the group anxious to reach Newthrone and get into a hot bath or a cool mug of ale. The half-mile comes quickly and the party enters the city. The question now being... where exactly are they supposed to meet Sur'Kil? Rogan suggests that perhaps the Daggerspell Guardian office might make the most sense as he is a Guardian in his Valenar elf disguise, although Donovan and Aern think that perhaps if the silver dragon needed more study on what was going on that he might sequester himself at the temple to the Silver Flame... as they have a very good-sized library.

As the group stands right inside the gates of Newthrone, their next path is up to them. Go immediately in search of Sur'Kil, or go their seperate ways to unpack and clean up before meeting again?

 

[Velmont]

Jango nods to Donovan. "You are right, what happen to me wasn't the fault of my mark. I feared to be excluded because of my mark, but it could have been the same if I would have been an infirm. I was lacking self-confident and the Daelkyr used that to manipulate me. It lured me to free him from his prison, and it is there my problems have started and you've seen the result. Some members of your order died because of my weakness.

The mark is just a tool, just like a bow. In the hand of an hunter, it can provide food to someone. in the hand of a soldier, it can protect a city. In the hand of an assassin, it can kill a good man.

And Ari is right, like any tools, it gives more power to the person who have it, and it is not anyone that is wise enough to handle powers."

I wasn't myself... I hope I am now. thinks Jango.

 

[Velmont]

As the group reach Newthrone, Jango looks at the city. "Rogan, Ari, I suggest you both go see for the Guardian and see if Sur'kil is with them and get some news of Skargash.

Aern, Donovan, Khalia, you might want to go back to your order and see if Sur'kil hasn't tried to get access to your library.

During that time, me and Jina, we might take a look for seller for the goods we have gathered and convert it into gold or gems, so we can more easily use it to buy equiepment for the coming events."

 

[stonegod]

Ari nods. "That will work, though we need to follow on with this 'ir'Matellan', find out all we can about her." He looks to Rogan. "Let's go."

 

[Velmont]

"True, and I would rather follow that lead all together. I don't want to see some of us fall into a trap. I found that too easy to beat the bandits, it might be with a purpose. For now, let's find Sur'kil and then, that 'ir'Matellan"