Heroes, Inc. : Rasheman

[kirinke]

"You never let me have any fun," Dyria replied to Naverone, pouting and half joking. "These are Thayans. They're worse than the people of Calimshan when it comes to slavery. If we're not going to kill them for their various crimes, at least keep them out of my sight." she added, clenching her fists as she looked at the surrendered soldiers.

"And you do not know their story, nor if they have committed any crimes at all. By their laws or by ours. Remember, that the Thayans use slaves as shock troops. Do not judge them for things that they may have or may not have done. And it could simply be that they do not know any better." Naverone admonished. And as a matter of fact, we are wolfheads as well, declared so by Waterdeep and their allies. Even if it is an unjust declaration, we are as much criminals as they are.

 

[DM_Matt]

Murdoch nods at Tim' statement. He then contacts Naverone "we have prisoners, and we need to get them out of here, or risk the wrath of Oberon. Can Maggie and the Mythal device teleport all of them, or do we need to bring the ship in?"

He hears Oberon again "There are no slaves among them. They did however enslave the spirits of the land and the people of this city. Make an example of them. The Rashemi will execute them once they are handed over anyway."

Murdoch gets flashes of the evils these people have committed while in Mulsantir and earlier. The torture, the murder, the oppression. Timrin gets the same visions. Both find that they can actually hone in on individuals and see their crimes. Murdoch also sees Kayla screaming in pain as Devan cuts the thorns out of her. Timrin sees Maggie moaning in her sleep.

 

[kirinke]

"That is the Rashemi's right Lord Oberone, not ours, for these have not done us any wrong." Naverone said, resolutely. "We cannot take the law, even your law into our own hands. Murder is murder, even if we take the task to the wicked. And if we murder them, take their lives as they surrender, we will make ourselves no better than they." Naverone admonished, knowing full well he was speaking out to one who could crush him if the fey so chose, but he knew in his heart that killing these men was wrong. "Look at my crimes, look at what I have done before I was judged and sentenced by the hosts of heaven. My past deeds were even more foul than the ones they have committed against the spirits of the land and the people. If such as I can change, could they not as well?"

The redeemed demon's voice was eldrich with humility, tinged with shame from the past that he could not undo and resolute.

Naverone is correct. When you step on the path of Vengeance, make two funeral pyres. One for yourself and one for the ones you love most. For the only ones you will take will be yourself and your loved ones and not the enemy you seek. Alethia's mental voice sang out. "We are not murderers, or executioners. Nor are you my lord Oberone. Do this deed or force your followers to commit this and the path you step on will lead you away from the light and into the moonless night of the unseelie courts."

ooc:
They're exalted. They gotta walk the walk and talk the talk and be willin to do both. See page 7 through 11 of Exalted deeds.

Oh, the rest can hear this too.

 

[frostrune]

He hears Oberon again "There are no slaves among them. They did however enslave the spirits of the land and the people of this city. Make an example of them. The Rashemi will execute them once they are handed over anyway."

Murdoch gets flashes of the evils these people have committed while in Mulsantir and earlier. The torture, the murder, the oppression. Timrin gets the same visions. Both find that they can actually hone in on individuals and see their crimes. Murdoch also sees Kayla screaming in pain as Devan cuts the thorns out of her. Timrin sees Maggie moaning in her sleep.

Timrin closes his silver eyes in hopes of shutting out the rapidly shifting and heinous images to no avail. He does not hear the voice that Murdock does and therefore is confused by their meaning. As the images pass, he looks around at his remaing companions to judge by the expressions on their face if they had the same experience.


OOC: By DM_Matt's write-up I interpret him meaning that Murdock is the only one who 'hears' the words of Oberon. This might null Alethia/Naverone's response as they would be unaware in my interpretation.

Also, not to get graffic, but when you say 'Maggie moaning in her sleep' is this in a sense that she is in pain or sick or 'other' kinds of moaning? Yes, I am a male. And yes, my mind is in the gutter

 

[DM_Matt]

Timrin closes his silver eyes in hopes of shutting out the rapidly shifting and heinous images to no avail. He does not hear the voice that Murdock does and therefore is confused by their meaning. As the images pass, he looks around at his remaing companions to judge by the expressions on their face if they had the same experience.


OOC: By DM_Matt's write-up I interpret him meaning that Murdock is the only one who 'hears' the words of Oberon. This might null Alethia/Naverone's response as they would be unaware in my interpretation.

Also, not to get graffic, but when you say 'Maggie moaning in her sleep' is this in a sense that she is in pain or sick or 'other' kinds of moaning? Yes, I am a male. And yes, my mind is in the gutter

Uh, no, not that kind. Did not cross my mind. Pain.

 

[DM_Matt]

ooc:
They're exalted. They gotta walk the walk and talk the talk and be willin to do both. See page 7 through 11 of Exalted deeds.

Because everyone knows I'm a huge fan of RP restrictions....

 

[kirinke]

ooc
He might be 'hearing' the echo of his words in Murdoch's mind. Remember, Murdoch is likely pondering them. Naverone is also not stupid and can rather guess what Oberone said through Murdoch and Timrin's mental reaction.

 

[Steve Gorak]

He hears Oberon again "There are no slaves among them. They did however enslave the spirits of the land and the people of this city. Make an example of them. The Rashemi will execute them once they are handed over anyway."

Murdoch gets flashes of the evils these people have committed while in Mulsantir and earlier. The torture, the murder, the oppression. Timrin gets the same visions. Both find that they can actually hone in on individuals and see their crimes. Murdoch also sees Kayla screaming in pain as Devan cuts the thorns out of her. Timrin sees Maggie moaning in her sleep.

Murdoch turns to Timrin and say with resolve (telepathically): "Tim, Oberon sent us visions of what these prisoners did. We are at war, and we have divine confirmation of the atrocities these beasts commited. The law of war supports their execution, and aboveall, there are no innocents amongst them.
There is no legal, nor moral reason not to proceed."

Murdoch will blast them.
[sblock=dm_matt]
Murdoch will keep an eye on Tim. If he tries to intervene, Murdoch will use a his rod of quicken to flee the scene to get farther away, and proceed with blasting the prisoners.[/sblock]

 

[frostrune]

Murdoch turns to Timrin and say with resolve (telepathically): "Tim, Oberon sent us visions of what these prisoners did. We are at war, and we have divine confirmation of the atrocities these beasts commited. The law of war supports their execution, and aboveall, there are no innocents amongst them.
There is no legal, nor moral reason not to proceed."

Murdoch will blast them.

Recognition flashes in Timrin's eyes and his body moves even as he shouts, "NO!!!! DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!"

He lunges to grapple the warlock as chaos errupts at the top of the stairs

OOC: +24 melee touch, provokes AO; successful AO negates; if touch succeeds, opposed grapple checks; Timrin is grapple +24.

Well done Steve! This should be fun.

DM_Matt[sblock] Timrin is horrified by Murdock's thoughts but he will not try to harm him, only restrain him.

If Murdock succeeds, this may cause a huge rift in the company. Very cool from a story perspective, possibly difficult for continued gameplay. Paladins are a pain in the @ss. I think his adamant opposition to this is totally in-character. If Murdock does succeed it is unlikely Timrin will be able to reconcile with him. We may have to go our separate ways. I'm totally cool with that if you are. I/Timrin can either drop from the story or, if you're willing, we continue the plot with two separate groups. I think PbEM lends itself to this split group better than sitting around a table. Still, it will probably be more work on your part.

Please let me know how you would like to handle it. I'm cool either way.[/sblock]

 

[Hawkeye]

Shando leaps into attack Murdoch (he and Sarah did come back down remember and are standing there), full flurry, non lethal damage to stop his attack.

Hawkeye