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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mleibrock" data-source="post: 6333703" data-attributes="member: 29548">The night passes quickly and as soon as you lay your heads on the bedrolls, you are asleep.  You wake late in the morning, partly due to the safehouse's outside windows being boarded up and the rest probably due to your exhausting journey through the sewers.You wake and wash up, feeling much better, all at full HP, after traversing through that nasty, muck filled sewer.  As each of you makes your way into the main room, you see a table with fruit and bread and even some juices.  You notice still many eyes are on you and you can actually feel the anticipation building.  However, even though you feel all eyes are on you, no one engages you in conversation.  You see a few of the others look to Janiven eagerly and you get the sneaky suspicion that she has told them to leave you be until you are finished eating.After Dru finishes his last berry (he was the last to arise and arrive to the table - Speedy!), Janiven, positions herself behind you and breaks the silence."Children of Westcrown, these five"...  One of the other "rebels" in the room interrupts her, "Who says we are called that?  We have not agreed on that name!  I much prefer 'The Knights of Westcrown' or 'The Scions of Aroden'.  We are freedom fighters and need a strong name"Another offers up his opinion, "I like 'Children of Westcrown', or maybe 'Guardians of Chliax'.    We need a name that is gentler and more subtle in its attempt to win the hearts of the citizens."Janiven raises her voice to regain control of the conversation.  "My friends in the fight!!!  We can table naming our group for another time.  But now I want to introduce you all to these five who have shed blood for our cause."  She introduces each of you and urges you to rise as she speaks your name and tells of what you accomplished in the sewers below.  As the tales of your fallen foes go on, you begin to see true awe in their eyes.  Once she is finished with your introductions, she begins to introduce those others in the room.Amaya - a female Tian human - She is extremely beautiful but dressed very plainly.Armolos - a male Chelish human - He is incredibly muscular but walks with a slight limp.Fiosa - a female halfling - A house servantGorvio - a male Chelish human - Mostly nondescript except for his vibrant amber eyesLarko - a male Garundi human -  He is dressed in a dockworkers clothes, just nods as he is introduced.Mathalen - a female Chelis human - A thin, wiry woman.Rizzardo - a male Varisian human - A decent looking guy who seems to look at Janiven a lot and a bit too long at a time.Sclavo - a male Garundi human - a short, older man with large glassesTarvi - a female Chelish human - an attractive woman who seems to dress better than the rest of the groupVitti - a male Chelish human - he seems a strange eccentric man who dyes his hair greenYakopulio - a female gnome - from what you remember from last night, Yakopulio was the most noisy and irreverent of the group.There are a few others milling around in the background and you get the feeling they are family members or possibly friends of these.Janiven looks back to your group.  "This is our group of... well, as you heard, we have not decided on a name yet, but we are united in our goal of expelling the fear that intrudes on every part of our lives here.  We should not have to live with it and we are willing to do something about it.  We love our city of Westcrown and want better for ourselves and our neighbors.  Fear should not be an expected part of life, and yet each night brings fear to our doorsteps. Yes, Westcrown has been safe from war and famine for nearly seventy years, and yes, our businesses has prospered—but this safety and prosperity has been bought in the coinage of fear and prayers to Hell. Other lands live free from tyranny. Other cities do not fear the night. Other governments do not cede the streets to monsters of the infernal shadows. Westcrown was once such a place, and she wants to be such a place again. Westcrown is not only her buildings and canals and docks and history—she is also her people. Westcrown is our friends and neighbors, our mothers and fathers, our siblings and cousins, our sons and daughters! With but a small group of supporters and dedicated brothers and sisters, we can earn the trust and admiration of those people. A Westcrown free of these shadowy beasts that stalk our streets is one step closer to a Westcrown free of the devil that is the Thrice-Damned House of Thrune!”Janiven pauses as the others break out in applause.  She continues, "I have scouted you out as individuals who might also feel the same way.  Each of you has suffered, whether you realize it or not.  I'm giving you an opportunity to help us make this...OUR city, right again.  Will you join us?"</blockquote>

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