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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 3276182" data-attributes="member: 12118">[imager]http://users.gmpexpress.net/adkohler/game/Davreya_120.jpg[/imager]Davreya enters Khale’s slowly, dragging a heavy parcel along behind him.  He looks around for a few moments, then spots tall Kull from across the room.  Davreya waves casually as he makes his way over to the barkeep.  After chatting with him for a few moments, Davreya heads over to the group with a double armload of drinks, his parcel awkwardly tucked under one elbow.  "Sorry I'm late," Davreya says, with a smile that tries to be charming but falls just short.  "I met up with a travelling merchant on my way here from Bluffside and I agreed to escort him to Blackston...it took a bit longer than I anticipated.  But he gave me an excellent deal on these," Davreya says, excitedly gesturing towards his heavy parcel, which turns out to be a large wrapped bundle of books.  "I got this one for you, Kull."  Davreya passes the half-orc a slim leatherbound volume.  "It's a Common language translation of 'The Mind's Axe', a famous treatise on strategy written by the Dwarven general Thorak Soranath.  I already have it in the original Dwarven, but this is a pretty good translation.  I think you'll like it."Davreya passes the drinks around (giving Peja and Doorgath two tankards each--dwarves need extra ale).  "So, care to fill me in?  Judging by the commotion outside--windows shuttered, dozens of guardsmen bearing torches--I'd say you've already run into some sort of trouble, eh?"Davreya listens carefully to the group's accounting of recent events, interrupting occasionally to clarify a point or two.  "So Payvin told you the mist came from across the river?  Hmm...I wonder what's over there?  Swampland?"Once he's all caught up, Davreya leans back in his chair and takes a long slow drink.  "I've heard of Petre, of course.  Ariornvuraurix is probably right.  If his specialty is vermin, I don't see him shedding much light on this situation.   But Ahren...that's a new name to me.  I'd be interested in tracking him down, maybe taking a look at his library..."  Davreya's voice trails off, then he coughs and brings his attention back to the table.  "We can go looking for him right now, if you'd like.  He might grumble a bit at being woken up, but I'd suspect that flesh-eating monsters rampaging through town might be a valid enough reason for depriving an old sage of a half-hour's worth of beauty sleep."  Davreya grins, obviously pleased at his own wit."Oh, it suddenly occured to me I might have read something about this 'Devourer'...  Let me a moment to rustle through my memories and see if I can recall what that was..."[SBLOCK=OOC]Bardic Knowledge roll to know something about the name 'The Devourer': <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=821207" target="_blank">(1d20+14=27)</a>[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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