Heroes, Inc., Day 2: Goldenight

[kirinke]

"I haven't. But honestly, from the looks of things, it has chosen you to be its bearer. It must like paladins," she told him with a grin, remembering how one of the tendrils seemed to be a bit perplexed by her.

Hell. At times, I'm perplexed by me.

 

[Hawkeye]

"Weren't we supposed to be leaving to go find the lich or something like that? Lord Zuran offered us one of his ships to complete the task? At the least we need to consult with the Council of Lords before we do anything."

Hawkeye

 

[kirinke]

Alethia sighed. This has become hopelessly muddled. Too many tangents, not enough people and precious little time. she thought glumly.

"You mean Al-Hulath. We think he's in the city. The sister sword to the one we err liberated is located somewhere near where he originated from, on an island." her eyes narrowed. "I don't like the idea of leaving the city. Not at all. But we might have too if we really need the sword. I'm hoping a commune spell might help us." she shook her head.

"What we really need to know which of the celebrities in the city were targeted and killed. My guess is some of them were on the Lords Council, not that they'd tell us." she grimanced. "We all know that the Unseelie court and the Mulhorandi patheon, at least the unsavory elements of it are involved. Perhaps this goes deeper and is a general attack on those who represent a known threat to the lords of hell." she looked at each of them. "I know, farfetched, but what else could it be?"

 

[frostrune]

"Right. We were originally going to leave to find Al-Hulath but a commune or other divination revealed him to already be in the city. Now you are saying we need to leave to find one of the other swords?"

"Wait. What do you mean the blade has chosen me?

 

[kirinke]

"It's pretty obvious. The sword went from dark to brilliantly white when we killed that fey and lots of tendrils of light seemed to swirl around it. Most of them concentrated on you. The sword also healed you and you seemed to recieve visions about it." Alethia ticked off the events of the previous nights. "I'd say that yeh, it likes you."

"As to leaving the city, I am against it." she shook her head. "It just looks like we may have to leave it in order to find this sword. I just don't like doing it." she looked grim.

"We need a commune spell in order to decide which actions will seem reasonable. Is the sword important? Should we go after it? Would be my primary questions."

 

[frostrune]

Timrin looks up at Lady Aleena and seems to stumble a bit at her affirmative nod, "Hmmm... well... I had no idea."

"What does Fin think of all this? I make no claim on any of this treasure. I didn't even help with the fight."

"How fares Lt. Kiran by the way? Has she awoken yet?"

 

[Hawkeye]

Timrin looks up at Lady Aleena and seems to stumble a bit at her affirmative nod, "Hmmm... well... I had no idea."

"What does Fin think of all this? I make no claim on any of his treasure. I didn't even help with the fight."

"How fares Lt. Kiran by the way? Has she awoken yet?"

"She has awoken, unharmed, but suitably moritified at her actions last night."

Hawkeye

 

[frostrune]

"She has awoken, unharmed, but suitably moritified at her actions last night."

"Thank Helm! Did she have any new information for us? I'm assuming she must have learned something to attract the Fey's attention."

 

[Hypersmurf]

So anyway, next thing I know I'm lying on a couch until someone bothers to take me home, and my mind wanders to the events of the day, and looking at tihngs from a, uh, different perspective I noticed something. Al-Hulath was known as a scientist, not as a rular. He had no known significant political or even financial ventures, except his pursuit of new forms of undead and a better undearstanding of how they work. Thus, it seems odd that he would be behind sometinhg like this. Then I remembered that shortly after the last that was heard of him, a city was destroyed by a "pus dragon" that spread a plague of evil bugs that exploded form people. Then I thought, bugs? Pus dragon? What if Al-Hulath WAS that pus dragon. Maybe it was a lab accident, or sabotage.

"It's all too possible," Fin sighs, "which is a shame. The chances of a thousand-year-old necromancer not being a lich are, I suspect, rather slim... which means that if Al-Hulath is the dragon we destroyed last night, he's just off somewhere reforming."

He cocks his head at Kiran. "You're well-informed on these matters - does any of this have any special significance we may be missing?" He describes the writings on the walls, the papers, and the other unusual aspects of the dragon's lair beneath the city.

The mesenger you summon returns: "Oberon sends his thanks. He hopes that you will one day visit him in his realm as our honored guests. He also says that you should keep the blade, and that in his gratitude, he will reveal where to find its sister blades: Sarkon, a little-known island in the Sakara Island Chain in the Inner Sea near Mulhorand."

"We should be honoured," Fin replies, "to take your Lord up on his invitation when circumstances permit. Please convey our deepest respects."

He steps back to allow Alethia to ask her questions, and bids the creature farewell.

Joining the conversation with the others, he nods in response to Alethia's mention of the anti-magic cells.

"I'd definitely like some guaranteed privacy before we plan further... Lady Aleena, might we avail ourselves of your hospitality a while?"

 

[kirinke]

Alethia looked thoughtful. "I know its possible to detect scrying, but is it also possible to track down the would be scryers through the spells they cast?" she asked. "I'd like to catch these guys in the act."

ooc:
now would be a good time for that job offer.......