Corath
Jolly pours himself another cup of tea as he considers his next words.
"I've told you as much as I care to about your history which, in truth, is as much as I know. There are other things I must attend to, and, of course, things for you to attend to as well. Momentous things are happening. Of greater significance than even the Shadow War. You will play an important role in these things. But, in the meantime, your former companions need you. As I recall, you made a vow to protect one of them. That, and my beloved niece, Norali, is with them."
Jolly is about to pour a second cup, apparently for Corath, then thinks better of it, shaking his head in amusement. "Well, what are you waiting for. Get going. Lots of ground to cover and little enough time for it. Oh, before you go..."
He pulls a slender pole, a staff of sorts, though sized for a halfling, from a nearby wardrobe, "Give this to the alchemist, if you would please. Utterly useless to him as a weapon, I'm afraid...well, unless he happens to know the reduce person spell, but he should find it useful nonetheless. Well, useful in regards to you at least. He'll know what to do with it." He smiles and winks at Corath as he hands it over. "Tell him to save the last ten charges until you're ready for them."
Jolly abruptly turns and sips at his tea while looking through a small diary entitled, Sun and Shadows Triumph Over Darkness. "Off with you then."
[sblock=What Corath learned from Jolly]Corath was one of the orginal nimblewright's created in Thay to act as icognito bodyguards to Enchanter's Circle spies in Azgund. The nimblewright's were specifically designed to "outduel the duelists." Corath was assigned to guard a Thayvian of the Enchanter's Circle who had insinuated himself into the court of Lady Dawn de Guare just prior to the Shadow War, working his way up to become her seneschal. The ruse was finally revealed when the spy and Corath were ordered to assassinate Aluan Velestri and Damaera Silverbrook at their second wedding ceremony. The nimblewright that Corath was toppled a guard tower on top of most of the participants (the spy had overseen the building of the guard tower and had it constructed so as to topple when a specific stone was removed). Corath was buried and ceased functioning. Jolly explained that he infused her with new life, though how he did that was something he chose not to reveal. The elemental spirit that had originally animated her was replaced with something more...an independent, free-willed spirit. As to who that spirit is, Jolly was cryptic, saying only that it is, "Corath, isn't that all that matters?"[/sblock]
