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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 6980150" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>Sarith responds to Erevan <strong>"That I haven't betrayed you is simply because there has been no reason to. Our fates are tied together for now. We are evil bastards. All of us. Or at least the ones that retain the favor or the Queen of Spiders. You would do well to remember that." "If you are going to Neverlight Grove we will part company once we get close because I am going to Gracklestugh to find and kill Buppido. I don't know what time I have left but that is my aim." </strong></p><p></p><p>When you ask about your cousin he says very matter of factly <strong>"If he was not captured with you then he is dead."</strong> Seeing the hope fade from Erevan's eyes he adds <strong>"There is always the chance that he escaped. Hope has kept you and your friends alive this long. So maybe..."</strong>. </p><p></p><p>-------------------------------</p><p></p><p>You arrive in a small camp situated among the oddly shaped boulders between the shore of the lake and the sloping cavern wall. Tents make of some sort of skin are scattered among the rocks. Several kuo-toa sentries mill about. In the center is a larger tent near a sort of plaza and simple shrine. Smaller rocks have been cleared away and piled up for makeshift seating. A small pool is in the center in front of the larger tent. It is filled with the carcasses of many small water creatures (fish and various crustaceans) in a reeking mess. There are many shells and even a few coins and bits of shiny metal or rock. It is evidently for offerings of some sort.</p><p></p><p>You are beckoned to sit among the rocks and offered water and "food" (various bits of raw fish and other water creatures...there are no fires and nothing is cooked...you begin to understand why Slubloodop has no smoke from fires common to surface settlements...no one here cooks anything and they probably don't forge metal). </p><p></p><p>Ploopploopeen (Archpriest of Blibdoolpoolp) -from here on "Ploop" - sits down with you. Although he is definitely one of the smaller variety or kuo-toa he is fat. Very very fat and has trouble maneuvering to sit. His "monitors" (which is what Shuushar refers to the muscular unarmed larger variety) stand behind him glaring at you (or staring...or just watching...you are never sure what to make of kuo-toa expressions...for all you know they could be smiling at you). </p><p></p><p>He exchanges some polite small talk with Shuushar and attempts to exchange it with you (you can reveal whatever you want of your ordeal up to this point) after which he explains to you that he foresaw your coming. He was driven out of the village by his daughter, Bloppblippodd - from here on "Blopp". She and her followers have taken to worshiping Leemooggoogoon, the Deep Father and have been sacrificing any and all humanoids they can to him then scattering them as "chum" into the lake. Something is devouring the carcasses, but he knows not what. Blopp has backed up her claims with a great increase in magical powers which has made her followers all the more fervent. To avoid violence, Ploop and his followers left the village proper but lingered among the rocks awaiting your arrival.</p><p></p><p>He tells you that he will aid you as he can and you are welcome to take your rest and resupply here with food and water. Once you are rested he would like to speak to you again as he has a favor to ask of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 6980150, member: 413"] Sarith responds to Erevan [B]"That I haven't betrayed you is simply because there has been no reason to. Our fates are tied together for now. We are evil bastards. All of us. Or at least the ones that retain the favor or the Queen of Spiders. You would do well to remember that." "If you are going to Neverlight Grove we will part company once we get close because I am going to Gracklestugh to find and kill Buppido. I don't know what time I have left but that is my aim." [/B] When you ask about your cousin he says very matter of factly [B]"If he was not captured with you then he is dead."[/B] Seeing the hope fade from Erevan's eyes he adds [B]"There is always the chance that he escaped. Hope has kept you and your friends alive this long. So maybe..."[/B]. ------------------------------- You arrive in a small camp situated among the oddly shaped boulders between the shore of the lake and the sloping cavern wall. Tents make of some sort of skin are scattered among the rocks. Several kuo-toa sentries mill about. In the center is a larger tent near a sort of plaza and simple shrine. Smaller rocks have been cleared away and piled up for makeshift seating. A small pool is in the center in front of the larger tent. It is filled with the carcasses of many small water creatures (fish and various crustaceans) in a reeking mess. There are many shells and even a few coins and bits of shiny metal or rock. It is evidently for offerings of some sort. You are beckoned to sit among the rocks and offered water and "food" (various bits of raw fish and other water creatures...there are no fires and nothing is cooked...you begin to understand why Slubloodop has no smoke from fires common to surface settlements...no one here cooks anything and they probably don't forge metal). Ploopploopeen (Archpriest of Blibdoolpoolp) -from here on "Ploop" - sits down with you. Although he is definitely one of the smaller variety or kuo-toa he is fat. Very very fat and has trouble maneuvering to sit. His "monitors" (which is what Shuushar refers to the muscular unarmed larger variety) stand behind him glaring at you (or staring...or just watching...you are never sure what to make of kuo-toa expressions...for all you know they could be smiling at you). He exchanges some polite small talk with Shuushar and attempts to exchange it with you (you can reveal whatever you want of your ordeal up to this point) after which he explains to you that he foresaw your coming. He was driven out of the village by his daughter, Bloppblippodd - from here on "Blopp". She and her followers have taken to worshiping Leemooggoogoon, the Deep Father and have been sacrificing any and all humanoids they can to him then scattering them as "chum" into the lake. Something is devouring the carcasses, but he knows not what. Blopp has backed up her claims with a great increase in magical powers which has made her followers all the more fervent. To avoid violence, Ploop and his followers left the village proper but lingered among the rocks awaiting your arrival. He tells you that he will aid you as he can and you are welcome to take your rest and resupply here with food and water. Once you are rested he would like to speak to you again as he has a favor to ask of you. [/QUOTE]
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