Heroes, Inc.: Aftermath

[Falkus]

After hearing the news, Dyria turned to face the others. She knew she should have killed Zarun. "Zarun has been hiding behind the law all along, and we've been respecting because we couldn't 'prove' anything. Obviously, what he expects us to do is come back and fight these charges through the legal system. I propose that we don't do this. Instead, we go back and we kill him. What we should have done at the start. We then get a reputable cleric to talk with his corpse, and hopefully, get the information to undue all the EVIL that he's done and supported."

 

[kirinke]

Alethia looks grim as Naverone relays the information. "So, it begins." she says with no real surprise. She had expected Zarun to pull something like this as they are a direct threat to his power.

Dyria, child. Think! He expects us to do exactly that, kill him or attack him without trial. That way his claims will be proven in the eyes of the populance who will turn against us. He is enormously popular remember that. The only way we can beat him is by playing those the legal system against him. Naverone warned. I've played this route myself. Don't fall for his tricks. Or it will be you who swings from the gallows and not him.

 

[Falkus]

"I've gone down this road before too. It might not be right in the eyes of the law, but when I traveled it, I saved a rather large number of people from suffering the horrors of slavery, and all I had to do was kill about a dozen merchants involved in the slave trade. My conscience is clear," Dyria replied to Naverone. "And do you really think we can beat him at his own game? He's consistently outwitted us and concealed the truth ever since we met him. I say enoughs enough. He may not be big and red and ugly, but he's just as evil as the demon I killed on the battlefield the other day. I'm not going to risks countless thousands of innocent people just because I don't have 'proof'."

"As for proving his claims when we kill him, all we have to do his keep his mouth intact when we kill him, and we can get a reputable cleric question his corpse. The only other way we'll be able to disprove what he says would be if one of us got captured by his men, and he turned out the be the gloating sort."

 

[kirinke]

And he'd have contingences for just that sort of thing dammit. Listen to me for once child. I know what games he's playing because I've played them myself back when I was on the other side. Naverone told her harshly. You go off on a killing spree and you'll do more harm than good. If it comes down to it, I will stop you child. I am not going to see you throw your life away. He's probably Raku in disguise in any case or Abarax. If you go against him without a proper demon-killing weapon, your soul's corpse will be carrion fodder before the gates of hell at day's end. and you have no doubt that he will do whatever in his power to keep Dyria from committing murder.

The only way we are going to expose him for what he is, is in the most public way we can. And that means a trial. he sounded thoughtful. We might be able to get him angry enough that whatever spell or ability he's using to disguise himself will be compromised. Hmmmmm... you can tell now that he's starting to plot. And that's a very scary thought there.....

ooc:
If you remember, Alethia does tend to go glowy whenever she goes into battle. That's partially due to Naverone being a durned strong demon and getting pissed off.

 

[frostrune]

Timrin is fuming; his brows furrowed, his eyes a stormcloud of silver fire. "Enough arguing amongst ourselves! It accomplishes nothing."

"We cannot simply kill him, Dyria. Despite all the chaos and harm he is causing we cannot prove he is doing it on purpose. He could be a dupe or simply someone who thinks he is doing the right thing. Such would not be the first travesty caused by a benevolent leader."

"Do I believe any of it? Not a word. But that still does not allow me to strike."

"The question becomes do we surrender ourselves and submit to the justice system or do we run and prove our innocence? I for one would like to speak with some trusted allies within Waterdeep before deciding."

 

[kirinke]

"I say speak with those trusted allies first. Going in without any plan would be downright foolish." Alethia stated through Naverone. "Hellfires, this is difficult, let's meet back up in Silverymoon and try to make a sane plan."

 

[frostrune]

"Upon reaching Silverymoon I suggest we contact the Paladin Texter. He is one of the few powerful citizens to openly oppose Zarun and also a paragon of righteousness and law. He may have some useful advice for us."

"We should also seek the wisdom of our Gods. I know there is a temple to Helm in Silverymoon, there certainly may be others."

OOC: I am suggesting communes or divinations with our respective gods and perhaps a scrying/message combo with Texter. Or perhaps a sending or two. We may need NPC help to cast a large quantity of these spells.

 

[Hawkeye]

"Zarun is the one who insisted we take Kayla. He is certainly lying, though we have known that he has acted dishonorably in the past. I knew we should have taken steps to secure Waterdeep before coming here."

Hawkeye

 

[frostrune]

Upon his return to Silverymoon Timrin will pay an immediate visit to the Temple of Helm to explain his situation to the High priest we met in defense of the force bridges.

He will then ask for his help in seeking divine guidance from Helm himself.

OOC: a divination or commune seeking Helm's advice as to whether we should flee from justice to prove our innocence or return to Waterdeep and face a perhaps corrupt justice system?

Can Alethia learn and cast a scry/greater scry, message combo so we can speak with Texter at a distance? Can she learn a number of sending spells that we may issue orders to our followers at a distance? I'm assuming this means we may need to wait at least one more day.

 

[Steve Gorak]

"It seems to me that Zarun is trying to distract us. The more we focus on our stronghold, the less we can fight the real threats. Indeed, we should head back to Waterdeep, but not before taking care of the Dragon-Demon. Let us bring its head to Zarun and lets see what he has to say!

Worse comes to worse, we can ask our followers to disband and keep a low profile. Zarun cannot destroy what is invisible. He can do nothing if our stronghold is empty. Our allies could keep large items, such as our mithal device, and our followers could regroup, when we need them to.

Remember our organization's notto: we are the hidden shield!"