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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwistedMindInc" data-source="post: 3012415" data-attributes="member: 39574">"It was in fact goblins. The Purple Dragons returned in time to drive them off, but not quickly enough to prevent the damage they had all ready done." Now that the group had gathered behind Jargen, he leads them inside the manor and down a corridor. Pausing only a moment to peer inside the quarters, "M'lady, your guests have arrived." Jargen then moves inside, admitting you enterance. Workmen repairLAdy Kestrel's manor in Arabel, and the hammering forces her to raise her voice as she speaks with you in her sitting room.  Shafts of light spill into the room through cracks in the boards that cover broken windows, cutting through the shadows.       Lady Kestrel wears the black garb of a woman in mourning and the dark circles under her eyes show that she is still dealing with her grief. She does her best to appear strong. "Cormyr faces dire times. Many have taken the death of good King Azoun as an opportunity to wreak havoc on our forest kingdom, to seize power, or to address grievances or feuds of past. To make matters worse here, those who work for me and myself are becoming targets of the Freedom Warriors, a group of renegades intent on ending the Cormyrean royal line completely. That is why I have decided to call upon you. All is not lost for Cormyr. I recently recieved word from a long-time friend of my late husband that he has a lead on the location of the lair of the dragon that killed our king. I would like you to go to Eveningstar to meet with Gurrand Rannar, my husband's old friend, and acquire the map he possesses. He awaits your arrival at the Welcoming Hand Inn. I will give you my signet ring so that he knows you are my agents. After meeting with Gurrand, I would like you to follow the map to the dragon's lair and secure whatever treasure you find on my behald as a noble of our fair land."          She reaches to the floor beside her and retrieves two carefully folded, plain-looking bags. "These are two bags of holding that my husband kept from his days as an adventurer. These should make it easier for you to transport the treasure you will retrieve from the lair. They are yours to keep, as part of your payment for helping me in this matter. You are also welcome to keep twenty-five percent of any treasure you find, but I would request that you bring back the rest for Cormyr. I need only twenty-five percent to hire additional guards for my caravans and to help rebuild Arabel. The rest I intend to donate to our regent and infant king, to aid Cormyr in its time of need. Please do hurry. Cormyr has need ot stout hearts and strong convictions now. Do whatever you can to help bring justice and peaces back to our land."          She slips a jeweled golden ring off her hand and hands it to Brother Odis. It features her family crest (a sword, point-down, with a snake wrapped around the blade). It clearly is the signet ring she referred to.</blockquote>

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