Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[Legildur]

Blunt grunts in amazement. "I thought we had plenty of hard evidence," he says. "Well, hard enough for me, anyway."

"But the princess has a point about a headquarters. We need someway to locate that," he says.

"Another visit to the library?" suggests Blunt.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Remember, you didn't give her any evidence at all yet--you only sent those haikus

It is pretty obvious that the library won't have their new HQ in it, but I think the block from the first library trip at least includes info about the old one)

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

"Our most concrete evidence is the letter, taken from someone we caught sacrificing priests to his dark purposes. We can at least offer her that. She might be willing to at least take extra precautions, if not yet meet with us."

 

[jkason]

(OOC: Remember, you didn't give her any evidence at all yet--you only sent those haikus

It is pretty obvious that the library won't have their new HQ in it, but I think the block from the first library trip at least includes info about the old one)

As the others seem less than enthused by Titus' suggestion, he tries another.

"The original stronghold was in Randralkh Forest," he says. "I suppose we could always poke around there. You have to figure this new cult went scrounging around the old place first, yeah?"

 

[Legildur]

As the others seem less than enthused by Titus' suggestion, he tries another.

"The original stronghold was in Randralkh Forest," he says. "I suppose we could always poke around there. You have to figure this new cult went scrounging around the old place first, yeah?"

"Makes perfect sense to me," agrees Blunt. "Let's start there. Maybe there is something about that particular site that can also be found elsewhere?"

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus nods slowly.

"I think showing her the letter's all right too," she adds, "but I still think we should hang onto it, so we shouldn't give it to her. We'd have to meet to show her though, and she already doesn't seem to want to do that..."

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

Sulannus nods slowly.

"I think showing her the letter's all right too," she adds, "but I still think we should hang onto it, so we shouldn't give it to her. We'd have to meet to show her though, and she already doesn't seem to want to do that..."

"True 'nough," Titus agrees.

((OOC: How far away is this forest from where the characters currently are, and do they know anything about it?))

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Randralkh Forest is sometimes just called 'The Misty Forest' by locals who can't be bothered with its proper name. It is indeed covered in mists, and they grow ever-deeper within the forest depths. It is a week's journey northward on the roads and traveled paths by swift horses (OOC: Read--Light Horse/Warhorse with Light Encumbrance), and though Titus and Blunt's hometown is not on the way, it is not far (a few days' detour by swift horses), so they would clearly know of the forest. Rumours tell of vicious predators within the forest that eviscerate those who seek to explore it. However, there was an official investigation about fifteen years ago to ensure that the old cult stronghold was abandoned and empty, and the result of the inquest was positive, though not all the soldiers survived the trip through the forest, and they muttered that the old place was now haunted due to all the evil that once happened there.*

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab, human ranger

*Randralkh Forest is sometimes just called 'The Misty Forest' by locals who can't be bothered with its proper name. It is indeed covered in mists, and they grow ever-deeper within the forest depths. It is a week's journey northward on the roads and traveled paths by swift horses (OOC: Read--Light Horse/Warhorse with Light Encumbrance), and though Titus and Blunt's hometown is not on the way, it is not far (a few days' detour by swift horses), so they would clearly know of the forest. Rumours tell of vicious predators within the forest that eviscerate those who seek to explore it. However, there was an official investigation about fifteen years ago to ensure that the old cult stronghold was abandoned and empty, and the result of the inquest was positive, though not all the soldiers survived the trip through the forest, and they muttered that the old place was now haunted due to all the evil that once happened there.*

Titus bites his lower lip. "Way I see it, we can try to get to and from the forest while Kel takes his class, but then we're leaving him open and us down on manpower--and since, if the crash course goes well, it's magic power, I'm not sure I want to leave it.

"If we're right about the when, then we still have about a month or so until the cult acts. Maybe that's enough time to wait out this class and head to the forest for clues? Anyone else got an angle?"

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Did I say there was only a month until the coronation? I don't remember any more, but if so, I was wrong--the coronation is actually still several months down the road)