House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen II

[Serpenteye]

Pulling Matron Ki'Willis aside (or as aside as her bodyguards will allow), Kripp will say ' To Crypts we must go,time not right,Reverend Matron,Kripp think. At Mid of Night, as surfacers reckon,He Who Swims In Darkness allow spells ,Kripp to change. Most horrible,have Kripp then, suprise for nasty Vampires...'

OoC:Referal to spell change after I 're-up' I have no idea what time it currently is, however...

ooc: What time is it? If we're close to midnight I'd be inclined to wait and rest for an hour to allow Kripp to prepare his spells. If it's a long time 'till midnight the Matron will have to go to the crypts to be refrigerated or rot.

 

[Endur]

OOC: The Surface Raiders are roughly around 7 to 8 am. The Matron, Kripp, Kilcif, and Carcelon are somewhere in the early morning (3-5 am).

 

[Thels]

Dariel moves out to scout down the hallway, stopping to inspect each door and listening to it, without actually opening any.

 

[Dalamar]

Torellan lets the human leader lump to the floor. With a frustrated "Bah!", he digs out one of his lesser curing potions and starts carefully pouring the liquid down Quertus' hatch.

 

[Seonaid]

Narcelia looks around the area briefly (without moving more than a few steps in any direction) and then studies the non-House members carefully.

 

[Endur]

Velasta speaks to Dariel, "Dariel, Velina will almost certainly be back on the ruling level, with an alibi to prove that she couldn't possibly have locked the door or left any magical traps. You need not fear to run into that Elg'Caress or any of her Quth-Maren. However, she might have left magical traps or some lesser undead in the crypts."

Torellan's potion of healing healed Quertus for 8 points of real damage and 2 points of subdual damage. Quertus is coughing and awake.

Velasta turns to Torellan, "Thank you for healing Quertus. He is a useful wizard, unlike his brother who rode out into the blizzard on his phantom lizard and has not been seen since."

Velasta turns to Randal Morn, "A stubborn slave. He shall have to learn what it means to submit. Still, it is not yet time for my new slave to die." Velasta casts a spell to heal Randal Morn's wounds (cure moderate: 19 points of real damage and 23 points of subdual damage) and Randal soon awakens.

Zedar has adopted a defensive position, ready with his dire flail for any threat.

Narcelia notices that the slave she selected in the temple is suffering from frost bite and the intense cold, like all the other listless humans stacked upon Quertus' floating disk.

Dariel disappears into the shadows and creeps along the ten foot wide corridor. He does not hear or see anyone other than the drow behind him.

OOC: How far is Dariel going to scout ahead? It is roughly 750 feet of winding descending tunnels to reach the chasm of Szith Morcane.

 

[Seonaid]

Narcelia raises an eyebrow and speaks to Quertus a bit sardonically. "I trust you are feeling better." She then turns and looks at the slaves. "Someone should heal them so they do not die before they can start serving. I would, but all of my healing magics are left below," she lies smoothly, since she does not have any at all.

 

[Endur]

In a dark place of faded glories.

The banners of the hall are weathered and falling to pieces. The furniture is crumbling and rusty. Even the rats have abandoned this place.

Only skeletons remain of those who once ruled here.

A dozen skeletons recline around a round table in the center of the hall. Rusty goblets set before them, as if in a parody of a feast.

One of the skeletons moves its jaw and begins to speak. "Mighty Talos has struck the Dale lands. A terrible blizzard to ruin their celebration of the Feast of the Moon."

A second skeleton responds, "Great Talos seeks the destruction of all. The Dales have avoided his fury many times, through the intervention of Mystara. Her Chosen constantly seek to prevent the Fury of Talos from being sated upon the Dales."

A third skeleton speaks fervantly, "The Stormlord must not be Denied. The Dales must fear the coming of the Destroyer!"

The first skeleton continues, "Perhaps the true fury of the destroyer will be visited upon the Dale Lands soon. My divinations reveal that great destruction may be wrecked upon the Dales soon. The Chosen of Kiaransalee, Irae T'sarran, has seized the Drow city of Maerimydra and is planning to unleash an undead horde upon the Dales on Midwinter Eve."

The second skeleton responds, "Irae may be the Chosen of Kiaransalee, but the Chosen of Mystara are more powerful, and several of Mystara's Chosen live within the Dales. Can Irae truly hope to prevail against the Sage of Shadowdale? His spells will end her threat. Even the least of the Chosen of Mystara is likely to wield arcane spells granted by Mystara that can destroy Irae."

The third skeleton speaks, "The Circle of Rust and the Worm are the most powerful arcane worshippers of the Destroyer. Yet as Talos is to Destruction, Mystara is to Magic. Even we would have difficulties facing the Servants of Mystara in a war of spells."

A fourth skeleton, that has been quiet all this time, speaks up: "The Mighty One could defeat the Sage of Shadowdale. The heel of his boot has destroyed artifacts. His legend gave birth to the Greatest of the Gods."

All twelve of the skeletons nod, almost ritualisticly, after this statement.

The second speaker responds, "The Mighty One is more powerful than any of the Chosen of Mystara. And, yet, the chosen of Mystara are tricky. Guile has defeated Power in the past, particularly when they are forewarned. If we send the Mighty One to assist Irae in destroying the Dale Lands, we should make sure that the Mighty One is held in reserve, a secret weapon to defeat the Chosen of Mystara when they least expect it."

The first speaker pronounces, "So shall it be. The Dales must be destroyed!"

 

[Xael]

Quertus coughs up for a while, and rubs his rather sore throat. He grumbles something affirmative to Narcelia, and turns to Torellan. Pointing his finger at him, he grumbles: "We're even.", and digs up a potion from his bag.

And drinks it.

He then gets up and gives Morn a quick glance. "That", he says in common. "Was totally unnecessary, my dear friend. But we'll talk about that later."

OOC: Drinking potion of Cure Light Wounds.

 

[Endur]

After Quertus drinks a potion from his pack, the soreness in his neck goes away (heals 6 points of actual damage and 7 points of subdual damage).

Randal Morn responds to Quertus by glaring at him.

Zedar and Velasta respond to Narcelia's question regarding healing magics, and say they don't have any healing magics.