House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen II

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Matron Ki'Willis, Narcelia, Carcelon, and Quertus know the following about the Goddess Kiaransalee.

A chaotic evil drow goddess, she is rumored to be a mortal that ascended to a divine being by slaying and re-animating the entire population of another plane. Her titles include: The White Banshee, the Lady of the Dead, the Revenancer, and the Vengeful Banshee. Her divine portfolios included Revenge and Undead. Her worshippers tend to form secret cults within dark elf communities.

Quertus also knows that in recent years, Kiaransalee has been quite active in attempting to seize power from other deities in the Abyss. She slew the Demon Lord Orcus in the Abyss and claimed his control over the undead for her own. Orcus was resurrected through the efforts of his followers and the two divine beings are at war (although Kiaransalee is definitely more powerful than the Demon Lord Orcus).
 

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"The holy symbol of Kiransalee. A severed hand of a drow. It is the height of fashion in Szith Morcane."

Edit: Kiernan says this while offering the hand to Torellan, but his eyes are on Matron Ki'Willis to watch how she reacts.

Ki'Willis smiles, I've found that the hands of my slaves are generally more useful attached to their wrists. Mutilation is a rather inefficient method of punishment, though the symbolism is... interesting, to say the least.
 

What? Are these people insane? This is no way to prove the survivability of one's house! I'm not gonna let anyone force me to wear that 'symbol', let alone let my hands be used as symbols! Going here was a bad move.

Dariel's eyes flash around nervously, taking a peek at the food as well. Totally at unease with the scene, he keeps his hands to his blades, trying to keep an eye on the entire situation.
 

Narcelia, Elder Daughter, Clr 11

Narcelia avoids a physical reaction, but one of her snake's heads rears a little and hisses faintly when the male cuts off the other's hand. When she sees the effect of the blood, her lip curls slightly in disgust and she moves forward a step, to stand beside and just behind the Matron, a proper show of subservience and also a better position in case of a betrayal of some sort.

She has not, and does not, eat or drink what has been offered to the party.
 
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In the end, Torrellan decides to hand the hand back to Kiernan.
"I think I'll just have to suck it up and pass this trend. I like to have a unique touch to my style anyway..."
The flamboyant secondboy then strolls back to stand among the others in a properly respectful place in relation to those of higher station among his House. Of course, that doesn't stop him from making sure he looks at least as good as Matron Mother. He adjusts his hat to a proper angle and makes sure the folds of his piwafwi are in the right places.

And makes sure that all of the 10 daggers he has placed on his person are easily accessible.
 

A look of disappointment crosses Kiernan's face when the amulet is returned. He glances at the faces of the PCs to see if anyone else is interested in the amulet.

The one-handed servant is still shrieking. Another drow commoner has bandaged the wound and cauterized it with a flaming torch to reduce the chance of the servant bleeding to death. The servants are so subdued and obedient that Matron Ki'Willis realizes that all of the servants are "dominated."

Unless someone else expresses an interest in it, Kiernan will hang the bloody amulet around the neck of the one-handed servant. The servant will scream and start running away from the portal.

With a laugh, Kiernan will lead the now-refreshed party towards the main canyon of Szith Morcane.

The tunnel opens up at the top of a gorge. In the darkness far below, you can hear the sound of the underground river that dug out the gorge. A great web fills the gorge. Directly above you, you see what appears to be a chute leading up towards the surface.

Dariel spots a gargantuan spider lurking in the web. The spider is pitch black except for its red glowing eyes. It reminds Dariel not of a natural spider, but of one of the spider-creatures that the Priestesses summon from the Abyss.

A guard steps out of the shadows, bows towards Kiernan, and hand signals that the servant fell over the cliff, but there was no splash. The guard's livery is a white tabard with leering black skulls.

Matron Ki'Willis, Quertus, and Narcelia remember that the livery of House Morcane was a black tabard with a silver spiderweb insignia. Looking at Kiernan's clothing, you can see where the silver spiderweb insignia in honor of Lolth had been torn from his clothing.
 
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Kilcif: Bugbear/Male (Barbarian/Ranger/Rogue)

Kilcif, not liking what he is seeing and hearing will keep his distance from the new drow… He’ll move closer the Matron but will try to place himself where he can go on the offensive if need be.

OOC: Kilcif too will avoid the food and drink…
 

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The members of House Millithor levitate down the Web filled canyon. After descending three hundred feet, Kiernan stops before the sheer face and pushes his hand through the solid wall. ”Follow me.” Kiernan Morcane moves right through the wall.

Passing through the wall, the members of House Millithor find themselves in a guard room defended by five drow guards wearing uniforms of a white tabard covered by skulls. There are three exits from the room, one to the left, one to the right, and one upwards through a web filled chute. Matron Ki’Willis remembers that the web-filled chute leads to a Shrine to Lolth, the other two exits lead to the administrative offices and quarters for L’Tarranen del Egluth.

Quertus recognized the magical effect that the members of House Millithor passed through as a combination of several spell effects: Mordenkainen’s Private Sanctum, Forbiddance, and Unhallow.

The guards insist upon watching their animals, including Dariel’s Cavvekan, Carcelon’s unicorn, and Marckarius’s riding lizard. There is some confusion amongst the guards as to whether Kilcif qualifies as an animal, but Kiernan permits Kilcif to continue with the members of House Millithor. The guards make no objection to the Wraith Spiders traveling wiht the party, and the guards do not appear to be startled by the presence of wraith spiders.

Kiernan leads the party through another guard post where five more drow guards are stationed. Ahead are a pair of double doors leading deeper into the complex and in the distance another guard post can be seen that is manned by several drow guards.

Kiernan walks up to a pair of large double doors. Two more guards in the white tabard uniforms open the doors. Kiernan leads the members of House Millithor into what is obviously an audience hall, forty feet deep and sixty feet wide. Enormous, lurid tapestries featuring grisly deaths and walking corpses line most of the walls of this large room.

A female drow elf sits upon the large throne facing the double doors. Other nobles stand around in the room. Everyone watches the members of House Millithor enter.

Kiernan leads the party towards the elf sitting on the throne. A bodyguard wearing a black Mithral Breastplate, a face concealing helm, and carrying a two headed flail stands beside the throne.

A group of four male drow wizards (one of them obviously a Lich) stands on your right watching your entrance. Matron Ki’Willis and Quertus recognize one of the wizards: Solom Ned’razak, the archmage of L’Terranen del Egluth and the mentor of Quertus’s older brother Eilos. Eilos is not present in the group of wizards.

On the left side are two drow males who look very similar to Kiernan (brothers or cousins) and are also obviously infected with vampirism. There are also three closely related drow females (sisters or cousins), one of whom appears to be a vampire. All five drow nobles on the left are wearing holy symbols of Kiaransalee, although you are not certain that the male drow are members of the same family as the female drow.

Kiernan does a full obeisance before the figure on the throne and calls out in a voice that fills the room, ”Mother, I have brought Matron Ki’Willis of Qu’ellar Millithor and other nobles and servants of her house.” .

The eerie, impassive woman upon the throne does not immediately react to the presence of the members of House Millithor. Matron Ki'Willis does not see the scheming Matron of House Morcane that she remembered, instead she sees a female drow with no skin or fat, just muscles over the skeleton. Blood oozes down upon the throne, hissing as it scorches the cloth seat.

Kiernan’s Mother shifts her gaze towards the members of House Millithor. Dariel reacts in shock and cowers to the back of the group. The skinless drow female stares at the members of House Millithor.

Matron Ki’Willis can sense the negative energy in this room and suspects that the drow woman on the throne is also undead.
 
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Narcelia ignores the male when he offers the hand around the party. Now in addition to her disgust, she begins to feel curious about the new drow and their worship of Kiransalee. I wonder what purpose they serve in Lolth's order. She permits the other gods to survive for some reason. Or, she contemplates with a flash of heretical thought, could it really be true that the Spider Queen is weak? She levitates easily through the canyon as she thinks.

To herself, she mocks the impressive showiness of the stone wall entrance, but her feelings are stopped abruptly when the party enters the room. There are too many, we will all die. Her thoughts buzz around her mind in fear for a moment. Her face is a mask of blank shock until she controls herself. They would have killed us by now, and the Matron surely will talk us out of any situation. She does not make obeisance to the other Matron, and looks to Ki’Willis for guidance and support. Narcelia's snake heads are strangely muted, hanging almost limply.
 

Kilcif: Bugbear/Male (Barbarian/Ranger/Rogue)

Kilcif studies the chamber and its occupants, both his potently allies and his potently enemies, with a cold expression and even a well collected mind. He had been in similar situations before though as he thinks about it maybe not one as direr, but he finds himself strangely feeling more confident about this encounter than he did with the wraith they encountered upon the strange plane they always seem to travel on. His thoughts are a mix of things as he waits and sees how the two sides will act, Maybe I should have asked for more, but I guess it doesn’t matter as I still wouldn’t have had any way to spend it. At least it’s real dirt we stand on and I don’t need to depend upon the rest of them for my survival… Though they will need to cause a diversion for me…

As his beady red eyes travels over his companions he notices the rather subdued nature of the Narcelia, or at least that’s what he thinks her name is as he had never really tried to learn any of them other than the Matron's. Easy lady this is no time to show weakness and showing weakness is going to get us killed…

Kilcif shifts his weight in her direction hoping that it will help her demeanor while his mind drifts back to his plan… Though I doubt their diversion will give me enough time to scale up and out of here… I wonder if any of my companions can fly…

Disgusted at his thoughts and his dependents upon his companions he turns his attention to the two groups and steadies his hand for combat while anger starts to build deep within him.
 
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