[KAUAI]The Rod of Seven Parts: Of Hexes and Gems

[Voadam]

Maelicent deftly darts beneath the party's table, taking up his usual position in the concealing shadows there. Assuming that none of his allies noticed his entrance, the Gudwulf warrior will prod Voadam's huge ankle with the but of his unstrung bow shaft to get his attention.

Voadam glances down. "Maelicent. How goes things at the Cockatrice?" Voadam will take the scroll back from Gamad. "What are the exact spells on the two scrolls?"

 

[Ambrus]

Crouching beneath the table, Maelicent pulls a human-sized dagger out of his russet coat and offers it to the distracted giant-kin. The oversized blade is encrusted with dried blood. "Yer friend, Lewit, he's dead. Was gutted out by tha Keep this mornin. He stumbled inta tha stables a short while ago with tha dagger. He said they were commin... I tried ta patch im up, but he bled ta death right quick. I gone told the straw-haired couple. They said they'd take care o tha body. Done kicked me out and told me ta not come back fer a bit." The Gudwulf warrior, uncertain of how the human might react to the dire news, clutches his longbow tightly in his iron-clad left hand, ready to react at the first sight of a threatening move.

 

[Voadam]

"Father Claw's rotten Heart!" Voadam curses. "It has begun. We have two options. Immediately search for the next piece and stay one step ahead of our adversaries letting none know where we head off to, or ferret these killers out and slay them then proceed at our own pace knowing one set of knives is not pointed at our backs from the shadows." Voadam glances at the knife, trying to see if it has any clues as to its previous owner. "Human sized or thereabouts. I wish I still could call upon loresight, it would reveal the prior owner given time, but that power is lost to me and there is no help for it now. Maelicent did he identify his killers? How many were after him? Did he even say they were men?"

 

[Mista Collins]

"It is always best to be more aggressive on the field of battle when your enemy's don't know your next move." Chev says to Voadam. "Going after Lewit's killers is the obvious course of action. They will expect it. Plus if things are as bad as you make them seem or this wand as important as it is rumored, plenty of others will be after it. Killing a small group of those who seek it will not stop the others from coming after you also.

"I say we search for this other piece. If this item has the power you claim, I do not want to see it fall into the hands of those whom will do evil with it. It will serve better good if we have it. I was brought here to be apart of this battle and I feel this is what we should do."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Gamad

I didn't wish for him to die.
Gamad mutters under his breath and looks disturbed when he thinks about the wand.
We are being hunted, we need to leave and searching the next segment will be a good next phase.
He lowers the spirit into this throat with a long swig and continues.
It's a charming spell, Voadam, a simple mind affecting trick.
He stands up
The other spells are from my field of mastering, Trasmutation.

 

[Ambrus]

The Gudwulf warrior let's his guard down a little seeing as how the giant-kin didn't seem to bear him any ill will for bringing them the bad news. "Naw. He didn say nothin about em, just tha they was commin up by tha keep. Then he fell down an died."

 

[Voadam]

"I say we search for this other piece. If this item has the power you claim, I do not want to see it fall into the hands of those whom will do evil with it. It will serve better good if we have it. I was brought here to be apart of this battle and I feel this is what we should do."

"Individually the pieces are only capable of minor magicks, whole it was to be a weapon of power in the war of Law against Chaos. The first wand can heal. The second can reputedly interdict time around a subject making their actions sluggish. Combined they may offer more powers. In any case we do not want it to be claimed by fiends."

 

[Voadam]

The Gudwulf warrior let's his guard down a little seeing as how the giant-kin didn't seem to bear him any ill will for bringing them the bad news. "Naw. He didn say nothin about em, just tha they was commin up by tha keep. Then he fell down an died."

"Abyssal hellfire. A dead end then. I know some spellcasters can scry a person using a personal item such as this dagger. I have not presently the ability though. If none of you do as well then I agree we should dive into the dark abyss and make a play for the second segment, much as I want more lore about what is going on. We'll need to move quickly, I need to obtain a backpack to carry my new spellbook, but otherwise I'm ready to go. Anybody else need anything? Remember, not a word to any about what we are up to. The ones who killed Lewitt were likely mortal men, cultists in the city."

 

[SlagMortar]

Brakkus

"That is grim news. He was full of courage to have made it back so far with such grevious wounds. May he carry that courage to fight his battles in the next life. I itch to test these murders to see if they die with more honor than they kill, but I am certain the best way to find them is to find the next segment. It appears we are in agreement. Let's be about it then."

 

[CanadienneBacon]

The dagger presented by Maelicent is plain. Devoid of any decoration on the length of the blade or special wrapping, stone, or insignia on its pommel, the sharp edge of the blade's cold steel is covered with flaking bits of crusty wine-hued blood.

A quick trip to Heward's Haversacks down in the Rivermark a bit later, and Voadam has the backpack he wants for his spellbook at a price of 2 gold crowns.

Is Brakkus riding or stabling Chop Liver?