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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haiiro" data-source="post: 1753715" data-attributes="member: 1891">Asked for details about the location of their camp, Valic could only tell the Follies that it was to the north, mostly. He had never walked from there to Selgaunt, and without looking at a map he couldn't be any clearer than that.Using his own musical knowledge as a sort of sounding board, Cupric spent some time finding out about the process by which Valic trained his giants. He established that each creature or group of creatures was trained to respond only to a certain pitch of whistle, and that what commands they were taught varied widely. There were no universal commands, unless a particular group was specially trained to respond to them.Wanting to find out if Valic could tell them anything about the dogsbloods that ambushed them on Rauthauvyr's Road, the Follies decided they needed to show him the whistle -- which would mean removing the orc's blindfold. All of them save Jaehn moved behind the curtains that divided their room, and Jaehn used his hat of disguise to change his appearance -- into that of Garilly, the Wheel captain who stabbed Tal during the dockside battle.Once Valic's blindfold was off, it became clear that Jaehn had nailed his disguise: Valic squinted at him, and then said, "I know you. You work for Gurrom!"Ignoring the whistle that was proffered to him, Valic just wouldn't let go of this notion -- so the Follies decided to perpetuate it. Over the next few minutes, Valic established that they weren't betraying Gurrom, so all of this must have been some sort of test. Since he'd obviously failed Gurrom very badly by letting the giants escape, they were trying to find out if he was still worthy to work for him.As he told them that the whistle sounded familiar (and was definitely used to handle war-ogres), but that he couldn't remember who might have owned it, Valic appeared completely convinced that he was being tested.Satisfied that Valic had told them all that he could, Jaehn re-blindfolded the orc and Vicktor choked him into unconsciousness once again.</blockquote>

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