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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hewligan" data-source="post: 4972096" data-attributes="member: 19688">OOC: Just lost a big post due to my useless stop-gap laptop!IC: It is hard to celebrate when one of your friends lies dead in the next room, but a couple of very fine bottles of red wine smuggled out of Ironbriar's house made a fitting toast to both Kael, and the battles fought this day.And then sleep came to wash away the aches of the day.At dawn the priests came to take the body of Kael and have him lie, annointed in oils, to await the judgement of the Gods (it is believed that if the Gods do not want the soul to be returned from their domain, they will leave a clear mark on the corpse during this time).At eleven you receive the call to attend the church, for the reincarnation shall proceed at noon. The mayor meets you there, and greets you all warmly, before realising that perhaps now is time for a sober face. With him he has several dignitaries, ceremonial guards, and some nobles whom he introduces you to and you recognise as names on your list.The ceremony is long and complicated, with readings, hymns, and then a short, but rather pointed speach from the head of the church who makes it clear that while not exactly thrilled to be called upon to raise those who live by the sword, he understands that favours can be called, and that the church is friend of the state. Points are clearly being made here, but more for the benefit of the mayor than yourselves.And then the spell is invoked.None of you have ever witnessed such a thing before. Jokad has seen only death. Jovik is from a town too poor for such luxuries. Danth from a church too small to ever have been exposed to such expensive and powerful rituals.It is an uneasy ritual. Mal seems unsettled and sits bolt upright, whining loudly throughout.But there are no flashing lights, just a chorus of human voices as the choir add some drama to the proceedings, and then it is done.The church leader steps back, nods once at you all, and states simply "he needs to rest". With that he walks over, shakes the mayor's hand, and disappears.Nobody seems certain what to do. Kael still lies motionless on the slab. Then Mal barks loudly, shattering the uneasy atmosphere, as he runs over and barks again and again at the side of the motionless Kael. The dog nudges Kael's trailing hand, before pushing his wet nose into the palm. That, at last, seems to awaken the slumbering man."Where am I?" he half croaks, his throat painfully dry, as he pulls himself upwards into a half sitting position.------Some time later, after the questions and excited chatter had finished, the mayor approached the party, followed by several men."Wolves of Sandpoint, for I found out last night you are the same group that earlier saved our trading partner, it is time for me to impart the second part of our reward upon you. We have done much work over the night, pulling in some very powerful connections, and we have corroborated your story, as well as having some very strong leads on where Ironbriar is heading. We are going to finish him. We have also found out the names of the young cultists you mentioned to me. They will be made to know that we will be watching them very closely from now on.So I thank you again, 100 times. We had a very powerful evil amongst us, and clearly there were plans to kill many of us ((he gestures at huis companions as he says this)). We do not know why, but perhaps Ironbriar will reveal more when we find him.Relax now, enjoy your time in our fine city. Our reward, which is a mix of reward from the city itself and from these fine gentlement, is awaiting you in the cart outside. My guards will deliver it safely to your base."--------OOC: Reward is 4500gp each (in gems, bars, ingots, platinum, etc.). An amazing amount of wealth the likes of which you have never seen before. It almost looks like a dragon's hoard in the cart.In addition, you have the items mentioned to identify, but let me know how you are going to identify these so that we can deduct the cost if you are paying for it.You can sell any of the identified items here for 50% value, as is normal. You may be able to buy some magical items to your liking in Magnimar, but it is not a huge city, so let me know roughly what you want and I will let you know a cost if available, or the next nearest item.Lets take care of the items and gold first, and then I will do a final post to end this adventure.....</blockquote>

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