House Millithor in COSQ: part 4

[Endur]

Quertus performs the ritual to summon an earth elemental and to bind it.

After consulting with Solom, Quertus enters the summoning chamber in the Inverted Tower, draws the pentagram, and chants arcane words until the stones of the floor rise into a humanoid form.

The creature of stone and earth demands diamonds for its service.

 

[Endur]

Entrance to the Commoner Level

While Tierak is talking to a crowd of vampires and goblinoids concerning the construction of the ceiling trap, she notices that a nine foot tall fiend with horns and wings and covered in red scales and wearing arcane robes is approaching her.

From the reactions of her two Bebilith companions, Tierak surmises that the fiend is not a Tanari.

The fiend speaks, "I am looking for Ki'Willis Millithor. I was told she was here."

 

[Endur]

After Kilcif wakes up the next morning, he discovers an arrow next to his fur. The arrow has a simple note held onto the arrow by a simple copper band (almost more of a pipe fitting than a ring). The note is scrawled in crude Undercommon, "One arrow is all you need."

The copper band fits onto Kilcif's finger like it was made for him.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Entrance to the Commoner Level

While Tierak is talking to a crowd of vampires and goblinoids concerning the construction of the ceiling trap, she notices that a nine foot tall fiend with horns and wings and covered in red scales and wearing arcane robes is approaching her.

From the reactions of her two Bebilith companions, Tierak surmises that the fiend is not a Tanari.

The fiend speaks, "I am looking for Ki'Willis Millithor. I was told she was here."

"Who are you, and why do you seek her?"

 

[Endur]

The fiend bows slightly and withdraws a scroll from his scroll case and hands it to Tierak. Indicating the scroll, he says:


"My credentials."


Reading the scroll, Tierak reads the following:

Be Ntw Ing
Partner
Tch, Ail, and Ing
Maladomini

 

[Endur]

As the Matron ponders her plans in her chambers, surrounded only by guards, the wraith she created from a slain member of House Morcane suddenly speaks.

"Matron, I am your only loyal servant. For I was created by you and owe everything to you and are bound by the spell you cast.

"All others have tainted loyalty.

"Those you have dominated through magic hate you utterly and will destroy you if they get the chance.

"Your daughters desire your throne. Their hatred for you and your failure to turn over the throne to a proper succession is exceeded only by their worries that one of the other daughters will seize the throne first.

"Solom is as arrogant a male drow as has ever lived. He is almost certainly behind many of the revolts, adding a little magical aid here and there, but never exposing himself directly.

"Your sons are dying quickly. The remainder are surely worried how quickly you will spend their lives.

"The vampires are not your servants and never will be. They belong to Dorina, for she is their progenitor. If she was not destroyed, if you destroyed a fake body, then the vampires are a vicious trap that will betray you when you least expect it.

"And all undead must serve the will of Kiaransalee, even your own body."

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

The fiend bows slightly and withdraws a scroll from his scroll case and hands it to Tierak. Indicating the scroll, he says:


"My credentials."


Reading the scroll, Tierak reads the following:

Be Ntw Ing
Partner
Tch, Ail, and Ing
Maladomini

"I . . . see," replies Tierak, with eyebrow arched. "Very well. You two (this to a pair of vampires). Show him to Matron Millithor."

 

[Endur]

The large fiend is escorted to the audience chamber to speak with Matron Ki'Willis.

After arriving in the audience chamber, the fiend hands a scroll to the Matron.


This cause of action comes before
The Cruel and Uncaring Court of the Underworld
Pluton
Hades

Laral, in his personal capacity and as proprietor of Laral’s of Skullport, represented by Tch, Ail, and Ing

vs.

Ki’Willis Millithor and members of House Millithor

For Theft of Property, Destruction of Property, and Infliction of Injuries, the party of the first part is seeking one million gold pieces in damages plus court costs and attorneys fees.


The scroll continues on, in much smaller print for many pages. In fact, the rest of the words on the scroll look like gibberish to you.

 

[Serpenteye]

"And all undead must serve the will of Kiaransalee, even your own body."
[/color]

"Even you, my only loyal subject? Those two claims are contradictory, while I remain an enemy of Kiaransalee."

ooc: Could Dorina really regain control over Kiernan and Laernan? (Torellan will obviously remain free-willed) The way I interpret the rules her control over them was permanently broken when we killed her vampiric form, and even if she would once again become a vampire her lineage would change and she would not be the same vampire who once enslaved them.

 

[Endur]

The Wraith smiles, "Of course, Matron, even me."

ooc: Ki'Willis is unsure regarding vampire domination. If it is only parent-child, then Torellan is safe. The wraith was clearly implying, though, that Vampiric domination could extend to grandparent to child, i.e. Torellan's grandsire is Dorina and he and his children could be affected by her.

With regards to Kiernan and Laranen, you have no idea how being brought back to life could impact vampirism. Not that this would even occur to Ki'Willis, as Ki'Willis has never met or heard of anyone brought back to life, other than myths and fables. If Dorina is still alive, in Ki'Willis frame of reference that would mean Dorina was never destroyed.