Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Final Chapter)

Barok snorts when reading the section about Kyle Radnal, "heh, poor fool." Then his expression becomes grimmer. "If the imperial army's healers could do nothing to cure the disease I don't see who could. The fairies and the fey would probably prefer the doom of humanity above risking themselves, the orcs would be worse than useless and who else do we have? Kel? Silas? No, I don't bloody think so." He throws the diary aside in disgust.
"And I don't think we can save anyone. Not this time, and not that way. The only one alive in this town is that madman, and only he knows the cure.

I'm not sure we can beat this, but maybe we can join it?"
 
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Nephtys said:
I'm not sure we can beat this, but maybe we can join it?"[/COLOR]

"Join it? Are you mad? You didn't see Nefius. Festios 'touched' him. Did weird things to his skin, made part of it like bark, marked him as faithful. I don't think you could fake it. Nefius said that the devouted are infected as well, but get stronger from the sickness. So if you faked your devotion, you'd still be exposed, but you'd be found out once you started getting sick. I agree that Nefius may know how to stop it, but he's not going to tell us. There is still some doubt in his mind, Oberius was a big part of his life. But I think Festios has too great a hold on him."
 

"I can make him tell us, and there will be no bluffing involved." Barok's expression grows cruel, but there's fear in his eyes. "Anyone can be broken, even he. And if I can't break him maybe there's a spell that can.
But if you go to the Empire, to help the people who damned us I will not go with you. They are not worth saving."
 

Nephtys said:
"I can make him tell us, and there will be no bluffing involved." Barok's expression grows cruel, but there's fear in his eyes. "Anyone can be broken, even he. And if I can't break him maybe there's a spell that can.
But if you go to the Empire, to help the people who damned us I will not go with you. They are not worth saving."

"If you think you can break Nefius, before his minions break you, by all means go ahead. But we are going to Tallione to save it, but to save Dorinthia. Because if we don't save Tallione Dorinthia will falls as well."
 

Fenris said:
"If you think you can break Nefius, before his minions break you, by all means go ahead. But we are going to Tallione to save it, but to save Dorinthia. Because if we don't save Tallione Dorinthia will falls as well."


"Look around you. Dorinthia has already fallen. The people of New Dorinth are too few to survive on their own. With the nation dead they have no future but to be enslaved by the elves, or the orcs or the Tallione, and that is no future. Our people are doomed no matter what we do. They will die, we will die, but I sure as hell won't die fighting for the Empire."
 

Nephtys said:

"Look around you. Dorinthia has already fallen. The people of New Dorinth are too few to survive on their own. With the nation dead they have no future but to be enslaved by the elves, or the orcs or the Tallione, and that is no future. Our people are doomed no matter what we do. They will die, we will die, but I sure as hell won't die fighting for the Empire."

"You're not fighting for the Empire Barok, you're fighting for all humanity. If we don't fight this thing where it's strongest, it will destroy all the humans, and maybe the elves and gnomes as well. You weren't there to see Nefius.

But how do you want to fight this then, give in? Join it as you say? Surrender to the embrace of Festios? Or merely hide in a bottle, hide away until the plague reaches you. I renounced my position. I am not a Dorinthian, Captain, noble or peasant, I have no claim over you and will not order you anywhere. I will not order anyone anymore. I believe the best route is to head to Tallione as Caramip suggested. I wish to still hear what Silas has to say. You have yet to offer a suggestion, merely prophecies of doom."
 

Fenris said:
"You're not fighting for the Empire Barok, you're fighting for all humanity. If we don't fight this thing where it's strongest, it will destroy all the humans, and maybe the elves and gnomes as well. You weren't there to see Nefius.

But how do you want to fight this then, give in? Join it as you say? Surrender to the embrace of Festios? Or merely hide in a bottle, hide away until the plague reaches you. I renounced my position. I am not a Dorinthian, Captain, noble or peasant, I have no claim over you and will not order you anywhere. I will not order anyone anymore. I believe the best route is to head to Tallione as Caramip suggested. I wish to still hear what Silas has to say. You have yet to offer a suggestion, merely prophecies of doom."

"And kneeling before the Emperor, killing his enemies at his command, will just make the plague disappear? Is that your suggestion? Much bloody good that will do. Much bloody good it did us serving the elves or the fairy queen, or those damn eye-poking little buggers.

What makes you think this can be fought at all? If the other Gods won't fight it how could we? Maybe all we can do is give in, so that humanity can live on.
It's not what I want, but if there's no other way that's what we will have to do. We can adapt, that's what humans do."
 


OOC: I take it that the party will still be together for the remainder of the night? Where does everyone plan to do and go next? Barok back to New Dorinth? Dartis, Silas, and Caramip to Tallione with the bard showing the way?
 


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