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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8579250" data-attributes="member: 2012">"It is their souls that need to be saved," Nicholaus nods glumly. "I would not have you break the Law of Life and Death, but when gods interfere in the ways of mortals, those laws become murky. The shadow creature might not be a god but he called on... that Sword God, I will not say his name. It is an affront to nature and the cycle of life.""A priest of Hades might intervene on our behalf but that would mean travelling to Belporte or Helt to beseech one of the Lord of the Dead's temples. Belporte is closer, I think, but from here it would overland through mainly trackless wilderness. There might be some old trails that could speed up the journey. Helt is to the south through the Wasting Shores.""We need to catch our other escaped prisoner," Aureus notes. "He's fled into the desert southwest of here." She sighs. "But we have to rest first.""For him to brave that desert seems foolish," Nicholaus says. "I've heard it is deadly. Full of evil things that stalk the night... some of them unliving." The man gathers together the few survivors left after Maur has healed them. "As for resting, there is a place closer to Fort Symas that could provide us shelter. A small fellow runs a roadside inn in some of the higher hills at the foot of those mountains," the grizzled farmhand points to the west. "We had wanted to stop there for the night, but we just couldn't make it that far.""How far is this inn?" Aureus asks."Another 10 to 15 miles," Nicholaus rubs his chin as he helps bandage wounds and gather up what is left of the dead villagers meager possessions. "I've never been there myself, but my father told me about it. It is the only place between Carnell and the fort where you can stop to get a bed and some food."Caerth has heard of this structure. It is called the Hillwall Inn and is run by someone Aeron once referred to as 'Old Mazz'. The half-orc druid has never visited the inn himself, but he knows it is there. Aeron called it an old rundown building with more dust than water, but Mazz is good host, although the old dwarf-kin is older than anyone else his mentor has ever met before."We must build a cairn for the dead," Nicholaus says. "But it might be safer to do it there rather than here. Besides, the Pillar of Songs is considered important to travelers and death should not cling to it.""Do we have time?" Aureus wonders aloud. "We can't let Eike get away.""Vok did brag that Eike would stand and face us," Aries says. The man has finally picked himself up off he ground. He is limping and his shoulder looks dislocated. The man looks terrible.Aureus looks at Phar and then towards Aries. "What did Vok mean about your secret?"Aries sighs. "I will tell you. I owe you that much, but I need to rest and heal first. My ability to cast healing magic is... limited." He glances towards Caerth. "If there is someplace nearby that is safer than this, we should go there. If something else comes out of the night, it will go very badly for us.""I'll go check the horses," Aureus offers. "I think some of them bolted. I hope Lady is okay."</blockquote>

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