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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 9152932" data-attributes="member: 2012">"Tomorrow," Tuck says casually as they head out of the Palace and back to Stromegrove. The kobold urban ranger leads the way back. Sobla rides on Mutt, half asleep.She smiles and him and takes the gems without making a fuss. "I will make sure Timoleon and Puck get these, and, thank you for thinking on me as well." She smiles and formally introduces herself. "My name is Eririel." Falen finally focuses enough to notice that she is an elf. "I've worked here at the manor almost as long as Gerey," she adds. "While I might be older than most here in years, I'm still very young for an elf." She walks with him down the halls. "My auntie was a halfblooded. One of the sightless. Born with a magical heritage that left her blind all her life. But, she got around just find using her magic. Most humans would call it a 'sixth sense', whatever that means. Humans can be so funny, sometimes." She bows to Falen before heading back to work. "Take care of yourself, Mr. Falen. Good day."Falen and Vitus nod to each other. But, Vitus notices something else. Falen seems lost in thought. As he chats up Akos, it isn't long before the ranger, Rockhorn, enters the hall.Mutt sits in a corner chewing on a large bone while Tuck eats at the other end of the table. He takes Mutt a few morsels and the servants don't seem to mind the big dog's presence. "Careful, he's fierce," Tuck says to a lad who stops to pet the dog. The dog happily wags his tail at the young man while Tuck grins knowingly.The boy goes back to work and Mutt goes back to chewing on his breaskfast.Vitus knows that Sobla has gone back to her job, for the time being. Seen and Mr. Myles were called away to provide transport for a man who needed to head out into the valley. Vitus didn't get the man's name, but he did hear the name Aceron.Just as Rockhorn is asking his question, Custodio walks into the manor's dining hall. "The creature is a mystery," he says to Rockhorn. The man is wearing his typical armour and gear, but everything has been cleaned. He is also wearing a new tunic over his armour with a different symbol on it. "The lord commander's design for the new knights," he notes. Instead of the dark blues and reds of the Elites, the tabard is done in purples and silvers. The symbol is that of a roaring lion's head. "It seems he was planning this for some time."A servant comes to offer the new knight a plate of food, but he waves her away. "I've already eaten, but thank you.""I'm Tuck, nice to meet you Ranger Mosswood," Tuck says to Rockhorn. He then motions to the big dog in the corner. "That is Mutt."Custodio sits at the table half way between Akos and Tuck and looks at Rockhorn. "It was more than a few nights ago now," Custodio says. "Two guards were on patrol in he Gardens when they came upon several Loyalists disguising themselves as guards. A fight ensued and the two guard were overwhelmed. One of them was killed. The other barely survived." Custodio thinks back to what was told to the Exemplars. "The survivor told a large creature that came out of the densest part of the Eastern Gardens, which the Tenders keep wilder with exotic plant from beyond these lands. The creature killed the Loyalists and likely dragged them away. The survivor, Sergeant Raupach, was found later and healed. He described the creature as being animalistic but with plantlike features. Supposedly it walks on two legs and was green and shaggy.""Probably some sort of troll," Tuck adds."Yet, if it is a troll, why hasn't it been seen since?" Custodio replies. He looks at Rockhorn. "Like I said, the creature is a mystery, but it's not the priority right now.""The rats are a problem at The Rising Dawn, a bakery," Tuck tells Rockhorn. "It's something I have to look into. An old rat catching job that didn't hold up. I'd like to figure that out, but with Waldo's Loyalists on the streets, it will have to wait." The kobold's face turns grim when speaking of the Loyalists. "I've got no problem with killing Loyalists and those Rising Swords mercenaries. They are all twisted and evil. Good riddance to them""But, before the Loyalists, and thieves, and the Rising Swords, at The Dusk, we should probably take the ring Commander Oakfirst gave us to that young knight trapped down in the maze below the Gate of Scales. He's probably going to be out of food and water soon. He might already be out. Still, time for him moves a lot slower than for us. He might be okay, unless Phelix tries to kill him.""We should check on him, at least. Take him some provisions and make sure he's doing okay," Tuck suggests. He looks at Akos who has been listening but seems focused on something in front of him. A book borrowed from the Teacher's Library.The young Vanquisher cleric finally introduces himself to Rockhorn, "Custodio Vecchi, formerly of the Elites. Now, a lieutenant of Bluffside's new order of knights." He points to the lion's head symbol on his new tunic. "The Lionheads. Well, that's a temporary name. But, it is as good a name as any, for now. Once the new order is made public, it will have an officially recorded name. I am also proud to be accepted here among the Exemplars."The rest of the Exemplars arrive in Stormgrove's dining hall, one by one.</blockquote>

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