Pathfinders of Pelligrew's Pinnace [IC 01]

[sblock=Yikes!]Sorry to hear that, Malcolm! Glad to hear you're on the mend, though. And solid food is a good thing - I should know, as I eat far more than my fair share of it :lol:[/sblock]
 
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Lerissa

His boots tied together and tossed over a shoulder Leaf looks at the ladder leading into the sewer.

"Well at least when we come up the water here in the Puddles will wash my feet," he says indifferently.

"Why do human cities always have such places as these?" he asks going down the ladder first.

[sblock=OOC] climb down on the defensive if possible and light a torch after reaching the bottom. [/sblock]

Curious about the big man's aversion to wet feet, Lerissa walks with Leaf for a bit after the group descends and when the opportunity presents itself, she'll tactfully inquire.
 


Leaf keeping an eye out for any trouble says to Lerissa in an almost whisper, "Oh I don't mind my feet getting wet I like the water. I'm just not use to sloshing around in wet boots or dry ones for that matter. Where I'm from there is little need and you could go barefooted without any problems. Here in these cities you have to watch for all kinds of things on the ground. Nails, glass, and other things people discard without thinking."

He keeps alert to what is going on around him and trys not to inhale the sewer smell to deeply.
 

[sblock=OOC]Thanks, HM![/sblock]

Yargos leads you through the Siphons (the dangerously flooded sewers beneath the streets of the Puddles district) for almost an hour before pulling up sharply before a rusted iron portal.

"OK, this is it - Grandmaster Torch's place. Please be careful; this is the only way I know to find Nessian and get the codebook. He's got powerful friends and bodyguards, so I wouldn't start any trouble down here."
 

Lerissa

Lerissa listens to Leaf tell of his home, sensing he misses it already. "So what brings you to this place? Your home sounds like a very nice place, why did you leave?"

When they arrive at the portal Lerissa speaks before she even realizes. "Who in their right mind would live here? ". Ina voice barely more than a whisper, "Trouble... Seems to find me wherever I roam, but I have been pretty good at snuffing it out thus far... Why would this place be any different?"
 

During the hour long march through the Siphonds, Leaf let's the others into a little of his story.

From Bio on OP:

"Leaf is the only name I can remember being called. My people lived in the northern reaches of Avistan, where the weather can kill you as easily as the wolves. The clans were mostly all warriors, whose feats where know far and wide and men trembled when the sight of are warbands came. I grew up learning the ways of my people it was a life of survival. You fought the weather, you fought the beasts, and you fought the men who sought to take from you.

All the young boys of my village first learned on the river. If we provided for ourselves we would then be assigned to a great ship and go on coastal raids. We were taught how to mend nets, catch and clean fish, and most importantly, we were “gutters”. On the river if you cut a boat free of it’s mooring you were said to have “helped gut it”, because it would then float downriver where everything in it would be taken or gutted out.

Sometimes the men who owned those ships would come looking for us; they would come in numbers and under arms. Another thing taught to all us young boys was how to fight. We fought mock fights two or three times a day, we fought with the other riverfolk almost as much. And when we weren’t fighting the older men were were boasting about past fights and battles the had been part of. It was during one of these “battles” that I lost my family and clan."

He goes silent and then before he can continue you reach your destination. He puts away his trident so it rest in the holder across his back.
 

Abraxis remains quiet as the troop trudges through the Siphons. He remains alert, looking for any signs of potential danger. He uses the gifts of his celestial blood often, peering into dark corners and crevices where light doesn't easily fall.

As they reach the indicate portal, the aasimar readies his glaive and steps up behind Leif. "Ready when you are," he says.


OOC: Sorry for my silence as well guys. Real life continues to get in the way.
 


Grandmaster Torch

Nothing untoward - at least nothing more untoward than being in a flooded sewer under a flooded city district - catches Lerissa's practiced eye. Just the sound of water dripping and the five of you breathing.

Yargos knocks on the portal. The sound echoes down the long sewer tunnels, and after a moment the sound of metal on metal accompanies the turning of the handle and the door swings ponderously outward. Cool mist puffs out around you, and the silhouette of a massive half-orc beckons you through.

A gaunt man, pleasant of demeanor but bearing horrible burn scars over his entire face and body, lounges in a shallow pool of water. Your greeter joins another half-orc bodyguard standing alertly beside the pool. Two servants are in constant motion, either laving the cool water over any portion of Torch's body that leaves the pool or holding a skin of some drink for him to partake.

His voice is a rich baritone - very pleasant and somewhat disconcerting coming from the ruin of his face. "Lady, gentlemen . . . may I have the honor of your names?"
 

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