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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 7858999" data-attributes="member: 2012">Before Custodio can introduce any of them, Tuck introduces himself."Nice... to meet you," Lady Émilienne replies. She gingerly pats the dog once on the head but shows no other affection for the big canine. The lady is either put off by the dog's size or Tuck's warning.Lady Émilienne dismisses Nathaniel from the room and heads back down the stairwell to his retake his post. The young guard seems relieved. Perhaps the lady's striking beauty makes him nervous?"It turns out that strange sighting was more of an incident," she says. "And you can speak freely in front of these two men. Sergeant Raupach has informed me that he and a fellow Tower Elite encountered these 'false' guards late last night. They confronted them and his fellow guard was killed.""I tried to save Mathias. I swear I did. But there were five of them. We didn't stand a chance. I barely escaped with my life." The young guard hangs his head. You can tell he's been in a fight; his arm is in a sling and there is a deep gash across his face."Where did this happen?" Custodio asks insistently."It was along the Eastern Pathway. More than halfway between here and the Southeast Garden Tower," the young tower guard replies. "It was very late. Well past the midnight hour. It's like they appeared out of nowhere and then just attacked us. If the noise of the fight hadn't disturbed the Shardgrim, I'd have died too."Relgar's ears hear the word Shardgrim, which is a bit unnerving. Why did the youngster mention that bogyman? More of what is being said filters into his mind."Wait! You saw the Nightshard of Nyx?" Custodio asks with his eyes wide.Sergeant Raupach continues his tale. "It was very dark. I didn't truly see it. I saw mainly shadow. But I heard it come out of the Eastern Gardens, and it killed two of them and dragged another one into the foliage. For some reason, it didn't attack me. Maybe since the attackers had already forced me to the ground, it might have thought I was dead. I'm shamed to say that I ran back here after it disappeared.""It's nothing to be ashamed about, Kaleb," the grizzled old guard says. He looks at Big Tim and then Custodio. "When he arrived back here, he collapsed. He was frantic and near death. We fed him a healing potion and let him sleep until dawn. He tried to tell me what happened before he fell unconscious. I lead a patrol down the entire length of the pathway. We found where the fight took place and Mathias's body, as well as one of the dead fakes." He glances at the floor. "Both bodies are in the cellar. Word has been sent to the Caspersen Family, and they will likely have their favored son raised. I sent word to the Lord Commander but I left some of the details vague. I didn't want to cause a panic about the Shardgrim.""This is Detch Appolyon," Lady Émilienne says. "He is this tower's Arcanus. The Lord Commander sent me to find out what happened. I'm shocked to learn that the Shardgrim might be real.""The Shardgrim," Custodio whispers. "It cannot be true. That's just a myth."[OOC]Both Knowledge (nature) and Knowledge (local) will give more information about the Shardgrim, aka the Nightshard of Nyx.[/OOC]Custodio shakes his head and motions to both Tuck and Loremaster Ákos. "Since Tuck has already introduced himself, I will introduce you to Loremaster Ákos. He's a stalwart of the Temple District and a devoted follower of the Court of Trees, if I'm remembering correctly."[OOC]Ákos knows that the Court of Trees is a Fey court that exists deep in the Coldwind Forest within the boundaries of the elven kingdom known as Ravensilath. It is made up of mortal half-fey creatures, as well as centaurs, druids, forest gnomes, wood elves, and even a few good-aligned araneas. The ruler of the Court of Trees is a gray elf named Lazziar Zylydark. However, the Court doesn't rule Ravensilath. The mysterious Olven King of Sul Hinue (in the Truffatore Mountains) rules the kingdom.[/OOC]</blockquote>

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