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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 914664" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 54, “The Item Hearing”, July 12th, 1019, 8:00 A.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>The army delivers five caskets, to house the bodies of the construction workers Peter and Eldorian, ship crewmember Richard, and the two assassins. The caskets are brought out to the barn, where the wyvern is instructed to make sure that nobody disturbs them. Lord Kindor arrives and is briefed on the attack. He agrees to get word out that the auctioneer Hiroshi has been assassinated. Kindor mentions needing to find a hearing judge to replace Hiroshi. Mojo interjects “I’ll do it. I’m impartial.” “Yeah, he hates everyone equally” Narg comments. Mojo says “Hold on, if we were the ones who decided that Hiroshi is dead can’t we claim the points?” “We’re not in the ILA” Timothy comments. Mojo replies “Okay, new plan. We join the ILA and then kill all the targets.” Kindor interjects “I don’t think Melito would approve of that plan.” “Oh, just ignore Mojo,” Serita adds. Kindor says he will get a High Priest of the Greek Pantheon as the third judge. </p><p></p><p>Kindor says “There was also an attack last night against the head of the Llyr family.” A player comments “Lear? Must have been one of his wayward daughters.” Several players groan, and the first one replies “Hey, you have to admit. The jokes are bad but at least they’re high brow.” Kindor says that the Llyr Family and owners of the Sleeping Raven Inn were able to successfully deal with the attackers.</p><p></p><p>The auction guests arrive for the hearing between the hours of 1 and 2 P.M. Everyone who was present at the bidder’s dinner is in attendance except for the King and Queen. Also present are the Pharaoh from Ul Bakak and his party, who create quite a commotion by arriving on a summoned 75-foot long giant scorpion as a mount. A squadron of Jawlt Army troops do their best to keep anyone and everyone away from the deadly beast, which the Pharaoh’s priests appear to be controlling. Inside the building the Pharaoh’s chair is placed atop the table, to conform with their law of nobody being elevated higher. To comply with this the panel of judges sits to the side of the stage rather than upon it. </p><p></p><p>The ownership status of each item is reviewed in ascending order of the minimum bid values. Nobody challenges the ownership of the Hammer of Bold Edgar. The halfling Abu Bin Sala speaks of the puzzle box, actually affirming that it has no designated owner, magically teleporting from one possessor to the next. Many more items go unchallenged, those being the Blood Stone, Sage’s Stone, Stone of Tiaga, Lady Natasha’s Egg, Lavendar Mary’s Dress, the Cloudlands Pendant, and Finder’s Stone Prototype.</p><p></p><p>The dwarves of High Forge challenge the ownership of the Axe of Drundarr. The Highforge King explains how the axe was created for King Drundarr, the last King of Mountaingate and first King of Highforge. He tells how it belonged to his father, and was lost some 225 years ago in a mountain climbing accident. He says that they had searched for it, but never found it, and up until this day still believed it was buried on the mountain. The panel deliberates about this, and makes a diplomatically stated ruling that basically comes out to ‘finders keepers losers weepers’. The Highforge dwarves also make challenges regarding the Stone of Kuvuzd and Moradin’s Maul, both of which had once been used in their Kingdom, but their case for these is even weaker as both items were owned by a land that none of these dwarves are actually from. The panel rules in Kindor’s favor on both of these as well.</p><p></p><p>Young Prince Taran makes an appeal for the Ring of Fortune, telling about how it was taken from his great uncle following an assassination 60 years earlier. The Prince is challenged to present evidence in any way linking whichever of Kindor’s predecessors assembled this collection to the assassination, and the Prince is unable to do so. The panels says that they will take his claim under advisement, and if the Prince has any further evidence prior to the auction the case can be reopened, but as of right now there is nothing to say Kindor is not the legitimate present owner of the item.</p><p></p><p>Silvanost claims the Fire Ring of Gaeldor belongs to them, as they have two of the other rings in the five ring set. King Elufin states that Gaeldor was his father and the ring should be returned to his family. The Brondani group protests, pointing out that they also own one of the rings in the set. Silvanost’s case is not helped by them then claiming that the Brandani ring was stolen. The Elvan Engwahilien Family Elder from Brondani explains how his Uncle had made the five rings for King Gaeldor, and that the Sight Ring of Gaeldor was given back to the Uncle when the elvan King left the planet. The elf states that he was willed the ring by his Uncle. Silvanost states that the will was invalid, since their Kingdom does not officially recognize Brondani and its citizens. </p><p></p><p>The panel of judges points out that they are to rule on the auction items, not personal possessions of the auction guests. In the case of the Fire Ring, history shows that King Gaeldor had given it as a gift to the human King of Allor, and it remained in Allor until 300 years ago, when it disappeared. Therefore, neither of these elves has a valid claim for the item. Both elf groups are clearly unhappy about this ruling. Serita whispers to Kharole “If you think that was bad, wait until the Stone of Llyr comes up, which the Mengale elves also claim is theirs.”</p><p></p><p>The next item presented is the Sphinx statue (shown below). One of the priests from Ul Bakak steps forward to look at the item. The priest declares (through his translator) that the item before them is not the true sphinx, and does not house their deity. All twelve members of the Pharaoh’s party begin to get ready to leave. The Silver Moon Adventurers whisper among themselves about what to do. Both Narg and Mojo are just as happy to see these potential troublemakers go, however Serita is unwilling to let the potential buyer of one of the most expensive items walk out. She tells her companions “There might be consequences if they later find out we sold the real item.”</p><p></p><p>As the servants and guards begin to lift the chair the Pharaoh is sitting on Serita says “Wait. The items that you see before you right now are visual representations of the actual items, which have been safeguarded until the actual auction. It is the real items that you will be bidding on tomorrow.” The Ul Bakak group resumes their seats, and Timothy notices that Baron Te’Col of Tiaga also looks pleased to hear this information. The High Priest of Ukko chairing the panel invites the Egyptian priest to state his claim for the item. </p><p></p><p>The Priest tells a tale of a war between the gods of many pantheons. He says that during this war the body of one of their gods was shattered, and its individual pieces scattered across the vast reaches of time and space. One of these pieces came to rest in their Kingdom, over 5,000 years ago. It was stolen from its resting place in the temple to the gods approximately a century ago. It’s location in Jawlt became known to the priests some ten weeks earlier, as that was exactly when the god war took place. “That’s it, it makes sense now” Vincenzo states, reminding the others that that was when he was with a team which found itself on another world in the midst of a god war <em>(Module #105, “The 20th Year Anniversary Module”, Game #5)</em>. “The rest of us have been trying to forget about that” Mojo states. Then chair of the panel says that they will hold off on a ruling at this time, as a later witness may have something relevant to add to this discussion.”</p><p></p><p>The last item to be brought up is the Stone of Llyr. As expected, all three elvan groups make claims to it. The panel hears the long and sordid history of the stone. Nobody claims to have actually seen the stone since the time it was lost some 2,600 years earlier, but claim that given their long lifetimes that amount of time should not matter. Mengale claims that it should be given to them, as they are the only true followers of their elvan god and his wishes. </p><p></p><p>The panel takes a considerable amount of time discussing this, and makes the following ruling: “None of your groups dispute that this is an Elvan Artifact given to you by your gods, and it would therefore be inappropriate for us as a human community to claim it as ours. However, we do not see that any of your groups has a stronger claim than the other. If all three of your elvan Kingdoms can negotiate an agreement to share the stone prior to the auction, it will be given to you. If you are unable to reach an agreement by then we will limit the bidding on this item to only your three groups and nobody else.” </p><p></p><p>This ruling silences all of the elvan groups. It is clear that they are all unhappy, and wish to protest, however none have the audacity to state that offer of having the stone be freely given to them is unfair. Kindor whispers to Serita “Brilliant. These people have hated each other for millennia, there’s no way they will come to terms by tomorrow. I’ll still get to sell it, and they would have been the only three bidders anyway!”</p><p></p><p>Kindor announces “There is one more person to testify. I recognize Namfoodle, Lord Chamberlain of Kalephornyah, The gnome stands up on the table he is sitting on and tells everyone assembled about a contest that took place approximately sixty to eighty years ago. Three noblemen had gotten together and as an intellectual exercise came up with a list of twenty famous magical jewels and gems that the whereabouts were unknown. One of these nobles was a follower of Aphrodite, and the goddess was consulted to confirm that none of these items were currently in the possession of their rightful owners. Each noble then named an acquisitionist to find these items, and the world wide scavenger hunt was started. Namfoodle states that he worked for the noble Lord Appledor of Kyramus, and that he managed to find the majority of the items. They were then stolen from him by a gnome named Wister Wobblewick, who was working for Lord George of Jawlt, which is how the collection came to be in the Lordholder’s Castle.</p><p></p><p>The High Priest of Ukko asks Namfoodle “Regarding the sphinx, when do either you or one of the other acquisitions obtain it?” The gnome replies “I found it 78 years ago, in the possession of a half-elf rogue name Laran Springstar.” The panel rules that Kindor therefore is declared the statue’s current owner, as his predecessor Lord George did not take it from the Egyptian temple. The hearing is concluded. </p><p></p><p>Serita tells Kindor “Nice of that gnome to testify about the scavenger hunt.” Kindor replies “Yes, that clears up any question of ownership. Wobblewick had offered to give the same testimony in exchange for one of the items. Namfoodle then offered to do it for free as vengeance against his long-time rival.” </p><p></p><p>After all of the guest depart the door to the room that the rhinoceros was in opens, and out walks a five-year old oriental boy in clothes that are way too big for him. The party all deduce that Hiroshi has consumed an Elixir of Youthfulness that they had given to him the prior year, to prolong his lifespan to one more equal to that of his dwarven wife. Serita says “You realize that you’ll now have to explain this to her.” Hiro answers “Su-Ming will understand. She’d rather have me in this form then dead, and now we don’t have to worry about any assassins finding me.” Serita suggests that maybe he should go stay with the girls serving as waitresses, who are over at the Twin Gods Church. Mojo interjects “Are you trying to torture the guy? He’s stuck in a body that won’t be able to have sex for another decade, and you want to surround him with beautiful young girls?”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 914664, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 54, “The Item Hearing”, July 12th, 1019, 8:00 A.M.[/B] The army delivers five caskets, to house the bodies of the construction workers Peter and Eldorian, ship crewmember Richard, and the two assassins. The caskets are brought out to the barn, where the wyvern is instructed to make sure that nobody disturbs them. Lord Kindor arrives and is briefed on the attack. He agrees to get word out that the auctioneer Hiroshi has been assassinated. Kindor mentions needing to find a hearing judge to replace Hiroshi. Mojo interjects “I’ll do it. I’m impartial.” “Yeah, he hates everyone equally” Narg comments. Mojo says “Hold on, if we were the ones who decided that Hiroshi is dead can’t we claim the points?” “We’re not in the ILA” Timothy comments. Mojo replies “Okay, new plan. We join the ILA and then kill all the targets.” Kindor interjects “I don’t think Melito would approve of that plan.” “Oh, just ignore Mojo,” Serita adds. Kindor says he will get a High Priest of the Greek Pantheon as the third judge. Kindor says “There was also an attack last night against the head of the Llyr family.” A player comments “Lear? Must have been one of his wayward daughters.” Several players groan, and the first one replies “Hey, you have to admit. The jokes are bad but at least they’re high brow.” Kindor says that the Llyr Family and owners of the Sleeping Raven Inn were able to successfully deal with the attackers. The auction guests arrive for the hearing between the hours of 1 and 2 P.M. Everyone who was present at the bidder’s dinner is in attendance except for the King and Queen. Also present are the Pharaoh from Ul Bakak and his party, who create quite a commotion by arriving on a summoned 75-foot long giant scorpion as a mount. A squadron of Jawlt Army troops do their best to keep anyone and everyone away from the deadly beast, which the Pharaoh’s priests appear to be controlling. Inside the building the Pharaoh’s chair is placed atop the table, to conform with their law of nobody being elevated higher. To comply with this the panel of judges sits to the side of the stage rather than upon it. The ownership status of each item is reviewed in ascending order of the minimum bid values. Nobody challenges the ownership of the Hammer of Bold Edgar. The halfling Abu Bin Sala speaks of the puzzle box, actually affirming that it has no designated owner, magically teleporting from one possessor to the next. Many more items go unchallenged, those being the Blood Stone, Sage’s Stone, Stone of Tiaga, Lady Natasha’s Egg, Lavendar Mary’s Dress, the Cloudlands Pendant, and Finder’s Stone Prototype. The dwarves of High Forge challenge the ownership of the Axe of Drundarr. The Highforge King explains how the axe was created for King Drundarr, the last King of Mountaingate and first King of Highforge. He tells how it belonged to his father, and was lost some 225 years ago in a mountain climbing accident. He says that they had searched for it, but never found it, and up until this day still believed it was buried on the mountain. The panel deliberates about this, and makes a diplomatically stated ruling that basically comes out to ‘finders keepers losers weepers’. The Highforge dwarves also make challenges regarding the Stone of Kuvuzd and Moradin’s Maul, both of which had once been used in their Kingdom, but their case for these is even weaker as both items were owned by a land that none of these dwarves are actually from. The panel rules in Kindor’s favor on both of these as well. Young Prince Taran makes an appeal for the Ring of Fortune, telling about how it was taken from his great uncle following an assassination 60 years earlier. The Prince is challenged to present evidence in any way linking whichever of Kindor’s predecessors assembled this collection to the assassination, and the Prince is unable to do so. The panels says that they will take his claim under advisement, and if the Prince has any further evidence prior to the auction the case can be reopened, but as of right now there is nothing to say Kindor is not the legitimate present owner of the item. Silvanost claims the Fire Ring of Gaeldor belongs to them, as they have two of the other rings in the five ring set. King Elufin states that Gaeldor was his father and the ring should be returned to his family. The Brondani group protests, pointing out that they also own one of the rings in the set. Silvanost’s case is not helped by them then claiming that the Brandani ring was stolen. The Elvan Engwahilien Family Elder from Brondani explains how his Uncle had made the five rings for King Gaeldor, and that the Sight Ring of Gaeldor was given back to the Uncle when the elvan King left the planet. The elf states that he was willed the ring by his Uncle. Silvanost states that the will was invalid, since their Kingdom does not officially recognize Brondani and its citizens. The panel of judges points out that they are to rule on the auction items, not personal possessions of the auction guests. In the case of the Fire Ring, history shows that King Gaeldor had given it as a gift to the human King of Allor, and it remained in Allor until 300 years ago, when it disappeared. Therefore, neither of these elves has a valid claim for the item. Both elf groups are clearly unhappy about this ruling. Serita whispers to Kharole “If you think that was bad, wait until the Stone of Llyr comes up, which the Mengale elves also claim is theirs.” The next item presented is the Sphinx statue (shown below). One of the priests from Ul Bakak steps forward to look at the item. The priest declares (through his translator) that the item before them is not the true sphinx, and does not house their deity. All twelve members of the Pharaoh’s party begin to get ready to leave. The Silver Moon Adventurers whisper among themselves about what to do. Both Narg and Mojo are just as happy to see these potential troublemakers go, however Serita is unwilling to let the potential buyer of one of the most expensive items walk out. She tells her companions “There might be consequences if they later find out we sold the real item.” As the servants and guards begin to lift the chair the Pharaoh is sitting on Serita says “Wait. The items that you see before you right now are visual representations of the actual items, which have been safeguarded until the actual auction. It is the real items that you will be bidding on tomorrow.” The Ul Bakak group resumes their seats, and Timothy notices that Baron Te’Col of Tiaga also looks pleased to hear this information. The High Priest of Ukko chairing the panel invites the Egyptian priest to state his claim for the item. The Priest tells a tale of a war between the gods of many pantheons. He says that during this war the body of one of their gods was shattered, and its individual pieces scattered across the vast reaches of time and space. One of these pieces came to rest in their Kingdom, over 5,000 years ago. It was stolen from its resting place in the temple to the gods approximately a century ago. It’s location in Jawlt became known to the priests some ten weeks earlier, as that was exactly when the god war took place. “That’s it, it makes sense now” Vincenzo states, reminding the others that that was when he was with a team which found itself on another world in the midst of a god war [I](Module #105, “The 20th Year Anniversary Module”, Game #5)[/I]. “The rest of us have been trying to forget about that” Mojo states. Then chair of the panel says that they will hold off on a ruling at this time, as a later witness may have something relevant to add to this discussion.” The last item to be brought up is the Stone of Llyr. As expected, all three elvan groups make claims to it. The panel hears the long and sordid history of the stone. Nobody claims to have actually seen the stone since the time it was lost some 2,600 years earlier, but claim that given their long lifetimes that amount of time should not matter. Mengale claims that it should be given to them, as they are the only true followers of their elvan god and his wishes. The panel takes a considerable amount of time discussing this, and makes the following ruling: “None of your groups dispute that this is an Elvan Artifact given to you by your gods, and it would therefore be inappropriate for us as a human community to claim it as ours. However, we do not see that any of your groups has a stronger claim than the other. If all three of your elvan Kingdoms can negotiate an agreement to share the stone prior to the auction, it will be given to you. If you are unable to reach an agreement by then we will limit the bidding on this item to only your three groups and nobody else.” This ruling silences all of the elvan groups. It is clear that they are all unhappy, and wish to protest, however none have the audacity to state that offer of having the stone be freely given to them is unfair. Kindor whispers to Serita “Brilliant. These people have hated each other for millennia, there’s no way they will come to terms by tomorrow. I’ll still get to sell it, and they would have been the only three bidders anyway!” Kindor announces “There is one more person to testify. I recognize Namfoodle, Lord Chamberlain of Kalephornyah, The gnome stands up on the table he is sitting on and tells everyone assembled about a contest that took place approximately sixty to eighty years ago. Three noblemen had gotten together and as an intellectual exercise came up with a list of twenty famous magical jewels and gems that the whereabouts were unknown. One of these nobles was a follower of Aphrodite, and the goddess was consulted to confirm that none of these items were currently in the possession of their rightful owners. Each noble then named an acquisitionist to find these items, and the world wide scavenger hunt was started. Namfoodle states that he worked for the noble Lord Appledor of Kyramus, and that he managed to find the majority of the items. They were then stolen from him by a gnome named Wister Wobblewick, who was working for Lord George of Jawlt, which is how the collection came to be in the Lordholder’s Castle. The High Priest of Ukko asks Namfoodle “Regarding the sphinx, when do either you or one of the other acquisitions obtain it?” The gnome replies “I found it 78 years ago, in the possession of a half-elf rogue name Laran Springstar.” The panel rules that Kindor therefore is declared the statue’s current owner, as his predecessor Lord George did not take it from the Egyptian temple. The hearing is concluded. Serita tells Kindor “Nice of that gnome to testify about the scavenger hunt.” Kindor replies “Yes, that clears up any question of ownership. Wobblewick had offered to give the same testimony in exchange for one of the items. Namfoodle then offered to do it for free as vengeance against his long-time rival.” After all of the guest depart the door to the room that the rhinoceros was in opens, and out walks a five-year old oriental boy in clothes that are way too big for him. The party all deduce that Hiroshi has consumed an Elixir of Youthfulness that they had given to him the prior year, to prolong his lifespan to one more equal to that of his dwarven wife. Serita says “You realize that you’ll now have to explain this to her.” Hiro answers “Su-Ming will understand. She’d rather have me in this form then dead, and now we don’t have to worry about any assassins finding me.” Serita suggests that maybe he should go stay with the girls serving as waitresses, who are over at the Twin Gods Church. Mojo interjects “Are you trying to torture the guy? He’s stuck in a body that won’t be able to have sex for another decade, and you want to surround him with beautiful young girls?” [/QUOTE]
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