Heroes, Inc.: Aftermath

[kirinke]

The Deciever says "You need not bother with your constant surveilance, Naverone. I have reported the Rakshasa threat as I felt necessary, and will not likely remain here much longer."

Alethia's mouth twitched into a semblance of a smile. "You may not be able to hide for much longer, not if Cronos has his way in any case." she said tiredly. "Forgive us, these past few days have been sheerest hell," she said. "And we are jumping at shadows."

Even shadows can harbor assasins and the undead, Naverone quipped, unfazed by the Deciever's statement.

 

[Hawkeye]

"Of course, brother. These are trying times. How may I provide clarity today?"

"I am worried that this war may be costing me my soul. I should be taking care of those that can defend themselves. I should be feeding the hungry, ministering to the sick. Instead I find myself in the middle of political intrigue with the wealthy and powerful of the city of Waterdeep and Faerun.I can't stop, for fear that it may cost more lives in the long, but I can't wonder what damage is it doing to me and if what I am doing is truly part of Ilamter's plans for me"

Hawkeye

Hawkeye

 

[DM_Matt]

"I am worried that this war may be costing me my soul. I should be taking care of those that can defend themselves. I should be feeding the hungry, ministering to the sick. Instead I find myself in the middle of political intrigue with the wealthy and powerful of the city of Waterdeep and Faerun.I can't stop, for fear that it may cost more lives in the long, but I can't wonder what damage is it doing to me and if what I am doing is truly part of Ilamter's plans for me"

Hawkeye

Hawkeye

"In fighting this fight, you take suffering upon yourself in hopes that the innocent will not be made to suffer. That is the essense of what we do. Only you can defeat Cronos, and in doing so you will prevent more suffering than a you could in a lifetime of handing out food. It is, however, wise to always rexamine yourself and question your actions."

 

[DM_Matt]

Timrin gently reaches out a hand to touch her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Maggie. So, so sorry."

He sits with her quietly letting her grief play out.

She slows her sobbing and says "Tell me more. Tell me everything. And tell me what we are going to do about this."

 

[Hawkeye]

"In fighting this fight, you take suffering upon yourself in hopes that the innocent will not be made to suffer. That is the essense of what we do. Only you can defeat Cronos, and in doing so you will prevent more suffering than a you could in a lifetime of handing out food. It is, however, wise to always rexamine yourself and question your actions."

"There is truth and wisdom in your words brother. Still, I think when this is all done, I may retire to the temple for some period of time. Speaking of the temple, how is this one proceeding?

Hawkeye

 

[Falkus]

I'm not sure what to do, so Dyria will just hang around the headquarters unless somebody needs her help.

 

[kirinke]

Alethia goes to pray and rest.

 

[frostrune]

She slows her sobbing and says "Tell me more. Tell me everything. And tell me what we are going to do about this."

He smiles a bit at this. "That's some of the spunk I was hoping for," he thinks.

He pats her hand then begins speaking again, "We're not giving up yet. We are fairly confident the Ogre leading the northern army is the 'Master of War' and he is the only one of the twice-damned that has revealed himself on the field of battle. We will soon be taking the fight to him hoping to at least take out one threat."

"Alethia has also bargained with Selune and Mystra and they have granted us a duplicate gem similar to the one we trapped the Namer with. The Gods have loaded it with a nasty surprise for whomever seeks to set 'him' free. We are hoping to bait a trap, possibly letting the enemy 'capture' this item in hope of it making it's way back to Chronos."

"Texter has risen as the only real opposition to Aiden taking power. We are currently petitioning some of the other nobles in hopes of securing new benefactors willing to support us in our continued fight."

"Lastly, Aiden has requested a meeting with us on the morrow. We need to come up with some plan as to how we are going to deal with that before we sit down with that viper."

"Forgive me. I accuse without proof. Something about him just seems wrong to me," he smirks.

 

[kirinke]

Sitting cross-legged on the bed in her room, Alethia closes her eyes, drawing some measure of spiritual strength from the prayers and meditation she had just finished.

"What's happening to us Naverone? We are changing, each of us, in ways that I cannot fathom. The future is so uncertain, for us, for Toril. So many lives depend on our actions, what we do. How do we proceed?" she asked him

I don't have answers lass. My questions are your questions, for I am far more used to being the cause of the destruction rather than the cure. I could give you a 100 different ways to destroy a city and I can anticipate to a certain extent on what our enemies may try, but these.... Entitites are far beyond even me and I suspect that they are far beyond even most demon princes and the lords of hell themselves. The best I can do is advise the lords of Waterdeep and the Hidden Shield on what I would do if I had the Twice Damned demons resources at my disposal.

Alethia leaned back, looking upwards. "So what would they do? The army in the north is obviously a feint. And they are also fomenting trouble and war between the various nations. When the fighting is done and the nations are at their weakest, then they will swoop in with little or no trouble, taking what they wish, correct?"

Yes. And with our attention diverted elsewhere they will attack. That is one of the main reason why I opposed the party. It was too convenient.

"Somebody leaked the information. Someone who knew of our security and the route we were taking?" Alethia proposed out loud and her eyes narrowed.

 

[DM_Matt]

"There is truth and wisdom in your words brother. Still, I think when this is all done, I may retire to the temple for some period of time. Speaking of the temple, how is this one proceeding?

Hawkeye

"Its going well. Its largely built and our men are quite content to operate from tents in the mean time. Operations will be moving into the permanent building over the course of th enext couple weeks."