Rystil Arden
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"Summoned fiendish beasts then...that sounds like the cult I heard about that was destroyed back before I was even born. Oh, dear--I hope you didn't have to fight any Fiendish Dire Tigers!"
Kiss of Darkness: Part 1--A Hint of Shadow
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Nonlethal Force
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Rhaka smiles. "Nothing so big, thank Lurue. And nothing so violent, thank Eldath. Only creatures that my Kinjon could protect me from."
Rystil Arden
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"Then Kinjon must be a mighty warrior for a badger. If I remember, the summoning spells start with badgers and get progressively nastier."
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Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler/Wizard
“Yes, that seems to be the way of things,” Baeleth agrees with a wry smile. “Well, since Rhaka’s started before Valerie’s rescue, I guess I’d better start there too. Having made my way to Thresk, I finally tracked down an accomplished dueling maestro, only to arrive at his house and find the door ajar and him missing... without his blade. Thinking the worst, as there were obvious signs of forced entry and someone carrying a heavy burden towards the docks, I decided to head in that general direction in case I could rescue the maestro. As I was looking through the alleys, near the docks, I heard a woman scream, and raced around to aid her. That’s where I found Valerie, Rhaka, and Verra in conflict with the fiendish animals Rhaka described.”
“Yes, that seems to be the way of things,” Baeleth agrees with a wry smile. “Well, since Rhaka’s started before Valerie’s rescue, I guess I’d better start there too. Having made my way to Thresk, I finally tracked down an accomplished dueling maestro, only to arrive at his house and find the door ajar and him missing... without his blade. Thinking the worst, as there were obvious signs of forced entry and someone carrying a heavy burden towards the docks, I decided to head in that general direction in case I could rescue the maestro. As I was looking through the alleys, near the docks, I heard a woman scream, and raced around to aid her. That’s where I found Valerie, Rhaka, and Verra in conflict with the fiendish animals Rhaka described.”
Rystil Arden
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"I had taken a boat to Thresk...I had a vision that someone was in trouble, and Valerie was being attacked," Verra explains.
"I wasn't actually there," Dhistan adds, "But I'm going to guess that if there was anyone tied up at that point, nature girl played twenty questions with them instead of untying them."
"Hmm?"
"Nothing...someone should probably get to the useful part where you read the letter about killing everybody on the coronation or whatever."
"What!?"
"I wasn't actually there," Dhistan adds, "But I'm going to guess that if there was anyone tied up at that point, nature girl played twenty questions with them instead of untying them."
"Hmm?"
"Nothing...someone should probably get to the useful part where you read the letter about killing everybody on the coronation or whatever."
"What!?"
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Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler/Wizard
“Yes, well we were going to try breaking that information a little more gently, but it seems Dhistan has jumped straight to the end... so there’s little point sugar-coating it now,” Baeleth remarks, giving Dhistan a disapproving look. “What Dhistan says though, is true Elenia. We found a letter, written in Abyssal, when we rescued him, which revealed some group is plotting revenge, and intends to strike at the coronation and... to quote the letter, which seems rather melodramatic... spell their doom!”
“Yes, well we were going to try breaking that information a little more gently, but it seems Dhistan has jumped straight to the end... so there’s little point sugar-coating it now,” Baeleth remarks, giving Dhistan a disapproving look. “What Dhistan says though, is true Elenia. We found a letter, written in Abyssal, when we rescued him, which revealed some group is plotting revenge, and intends to strike at the coronation and... to quote the letter, which seems rather melodramatic... spell their doom!”
Rystil Arden
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"That's weird...that cult was totally destroyed a long time ago with the loss of their leader. It must just be one or two old members left with delusions of grandeur, at most...Still, we'll have to have a bit more security at the coronation, but we have plenty of time before that anyway...Hmm..." Elenia thinks.
"I don't know if you know this, but the sentiment that the cult was completely vanquished and is a thing of the past is rather strong. Even with this letter, if someone tried to claim the cult was coming back, no one would listen...perhaps it is just a case of believing what they want to believe, I don't know. So what I'll have to do is claim that it was a mundane assassination threat, if you can call such a thing mundane. Meanwhile, maybe you guys can get some incontrovertible evidence or a better idea of what they're doing? Is there more to this story that we skipped that could help?"
"I don't know if you know this, but the sentiment that the cult was completely vanquished and is a thing of the past is rather strong. Even with this letter, if someone tried to claim the cult was coming back, no one would listen...perhaps it is just a case of believing what they want to believe, I don't know. So what I'll have to do is claim that it was a mundane assassination threat, if you can call such a thing mundane. Meanwhile, maybe you guys can get some incontrovertible evidence or a better idea of what they're doing? Is there more to this story that we skipped that could help?"
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Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler/Wizard
“Well, the conjurer was kidnapping people and sacrificing them, but he may have taken some for another purpose or even for something they possessed. Sadly that’s mostly speculation, as we found no physical evidence of that... though Verra’s visions seem to point to something like that happening...” Baeleth offers, before listing all the people they discovered missing in Thresk, in case they mean something to her.
“Well, the conjurer was kidnapping people and sacrificing them, but he may have taken some for another purpose or even for something they possessed. Sadly that’s mostly speculation, as we found no physical evidence of that... though Verra’s visions seem to point to something like that happening...” Baeleth offers, before listing all the people they discovered missing in Thresk, in case they mean something to her.
Rystil Arden
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"I see...odd, I don't really see any connection except the two moon priestesses."
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