[IC] Halfling Quest - Rooting Around

[ender_wiggin]

"Yes," says Ringly. "I do remember something of the sort. Although I don't see the relevance in our current situation. Unless, of the course, you've determined the boar to be extraplanar. I don't recall Aevarius Str'en saying anything about wild boars."

Just go with the flow. People are looking at you. Inside, Ringly's heart started beating faster.

 

[Ferrix]

Wellsly looks sideways at Jerran and then snaps his attention back to Ringly, "close enough to that, I was sure you would have recognized it's features, did you not get a good look at it?" He smiles at Ringly, "come around this side and take a better look," he gestures for Ringly to come to his side of the table.

As Ringly circles around he can get a better look at the creature; the ruddy skin and reddish fur seem relatively normal to him, although he's never gotten a close look at a boar before, however, the two bone ridges which run along the creatures forehead and it's twisting tusks remind him of the brief time Wellsly lectured to him about extraplanar creatures from the Nine Hells. Even still the illusions Wellsly had used to show him the devils that inhabited those realms creep into his nightmares.

Knowledge: Arcana check 18
Ringly: [sblock]Basically you've determined it's a Fiendish creature of some sort, probably relating to the Nine Hells. How it became one you don't know.[/sblock]

 

[Boddynock]

Although still puzzled, one glance around the rest of the group is enough to show Alton that he's not alone in that. However, with Jerran's sarcasm still biting, he bides his time, prepared to wait for Ringly or Wellsly or someone to explain what is going on.

 

[ender_wiggin]

"I recognize the fiendish taint that seems to have afflicted the creature," says Ringly. The carcass isn't a pleasant thing to look at, but for some reason the wizard isn't too badly affected by it.

"What I'm curious to know, however, is how the taint got there. Does anyone know of any possible source for contamination from the Nine Hells? From my knowledge, fiendish traits do not develop spontaneously. It had to come from somewhere, and unless someone has a quick explanation for it, I'd be pretty badly worried, because that would mean there's an unwelcome, unnatural demonic presence in the area."

 

[Evilhalfling]

Fiendish? huh. Eddie seizes the moment and pokes the the boar with a stick ! So um, fiends. What does that mean? is it something it is or somthin it became? Or... Is somebody messing with he waves his hand to indicate the very fabric of time space, the borders of reality itself. Stuff?

 

[Tarlonniel]

Kiylea's mouth hangs open for a minute. "Are you saying there might be fiends in the Lady's woods?! We've gotta' get rid of them before they dirty anything else! We gotta' track this thing back to its lair!" She seems ready to dash off immediately.

 

[Boddynock]

Alton, too, is taken aback at Ringly's words. "A demonic presence? Kiylea's right - we must purge this filth from the Lady's realm." While not quite ready to dash off straight away, he too is suddenly on the alert, and keen to act.

"How could such a phenomenon come to be? Will we be facing an actual demon - or are there demon-worshippers who have somehow unlocked the foulness of Hell? Who knows about such things? Father, can you teach us?"

"One thing is certain - if we do take this on we must be better prepared than we were last night! It's likely that beasts like this one will be the least of our opponents." There is no indication that Alton has any doubt that he, for one, will be undertaking this quest.

 

[hafrogman]

Jerran holds up his hands and backs away from his suddenly zealous companions.

"Whoah. . . now hold on a minute. Just some by-product of this creature was very nearly too much for us. . . and now you want to go and kill the source? Are you nuts? I didn't sign on for this. . . I was asked to run a small errand, not get killed. And I really don't want to see any of you get yourselves killed either."

 

[Slippshade]

Bubbles is stunned at Ringly's matter of fact tone about fiends and Hells.

Before she knows it half of her friends are ready to run off and kill or get killed by whatever had a hand in creating this thing and the other half are either protesting any involvement or like Bubbles are just too stunned to talk.

"Alton, Kiylea...Jerran does have a point. You are reacting instead of thinking. To run off willy nilly thinking we can just find and defeat whatever (she throws her hands in the air and waves them at nothing) this thing is...is crazy. That being said yes we have to do something, but lets figure out how and what exactly we are up against.
Bubbles turns to Ringly. "Is there anything else you can tells us about this?" She points at the boar. "Or do you have anymore reference material that we should look at first."
She then turns to Mero..."Or is this something you even want us to be involved in?"

 

[Tarlonniel]

"I do want to find out what we're up against. That's why I want to track it. I'm no good at reading books, but I can read the forest." Kiylea glances up at the sun. "We can't wait too long or the trail will get hard to follow."