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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Donuts" data-source="post: 7795787" data-attributes="member: 6999815"><p><strong>Session 4 Part 2:</strong></p><p></p><p>The next morning they all decide to go back to Avendar. They need to find out more about these gods, translate the books they had found, and find out who the woman was who kept sending elementals after them. They leave that morning.</p><p></p><p>They reach the city without incident. Morgan, Marq, Figorna and Ryll go to see Funewhite while Vanal says he needs to go shopping.</p><p></p><p>Funewhite's caretaker is not happy to see the large group, and tells them only one person could come in. The rest wait in the library while Ryll goes in. She comes back out ten minutes later looking overjoyed and embarrassed.</p><p></p><p>"Um….it turns out I can read these" she said. </p><p></p><p>The others look a bit irritated. They had just traveled for days in order to get the books translated.</p><p></p><p>She grabs the chain around her neck and pulls it up so they can see the holy symbol. "Your mentor thinks that the books are written so that only a priest of the faith can read them. I haven't tried since we picked them up."</p><p></p><p>"You are a priest of a god you know almost nothing about?" Mel didn't need to add that he thought that this is a really bad idea. </p><p></p><p>Ryll doesn't seem to mind. She holds up the books and says "I guess Ill have to read these then." </p><p></p><p>The group decides to split up for a bit. Marq and Figorna leave, she needs to check in with her employer, and he wants to visit a friend who had an herb shop nearby. </p><p></p><p>Mel stays to talk to Funewhite for a bit. While Ryll waits for him she sits down in the library to start to read</p><p></p><p>Mel comes out about half an hour later carrying a stack of thin books. He shows them to Ryll. "He loaned me some of his spell books." </p><p></p><p>She looked up, surprised that he sounds so sad, in the past he has been giddy whenever he finds new spells.</p><p></p><p>"He can't cast them anymore." He sits down at a desk and begins the laborious process of reading and copy spells into his own book. She sat down in a recliner nearby and continued to read.</p><p></p><p>Neither one says another word the rest of the day. </p><p></p><p><strong>[Interlude]</strong></p><p></p><p>Half an hour after they all split up, a shabbily dressed nondescript middle-aged Dwarf walks into the servants entrance of one of the most elegant inns in town. He takes the back stairwell used by the maids, walks up to a room and opens the door using a room key. </p><p></p><p>10 minutes later an elegantly dressed elderly dwarf walks into the same room. He closes the door, takes off his coat and sits down at the table across from the working class dwarf.</p><p></p><p>"Your disguise is impressive your high.." the old man says before the other dwarf cuts him off with a frown.</p><p></p><p>"oh yes, quite right....So what can I do for you" </p><p></p><p>"First, look into local assassins, I need to know about a human woman, a spellcaster that uses a lot of summons. Be discrete."</p><p></p><p>The old dwarf looks offended but kept his mouth shut. They discuss the woman a bit, then arrange for a dead drop where the information could be retrieved in a few days. With their business concluded the middle aged man gets to his feet.</p><p></p><p>"Can I pass along a message to your father? " the old dwarf asked hopefully.</p><p></p><p>The other dwarf doesn’t reply and walks out of the room.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>[/Interlude]</strong></p><p></p><p>That night they all meet back up again and discuss their plans. Mel wants to stay another few days to copy spells.</p><p></p><p>Ryll is happy with that, she doesn’t know how long it would take to read her books, but thinks it could take days, and Funewhite has offered her the use of his library as a quiet place to read for as long as she wants.</p><p></p><p>Figorna announces she had taken a leave of absence from her job. They want her to lead a caravan but she wants to adventure more than she wants the job. </p><p></p><p>Vanal tells them he has been looking into the woman that keeps attacking them with elementals and hopes to know something within a few days.</p><p></p><p>They can’t really agree on a plan after that, but hunting down the woman is at the top of the list. After that they think it would be a good idea to travel to dwarven lands. Ryll thinks she may never completely understand the books they found in Liote’s temple, but she has read enough to suspect that Liote’s fate is tied up with the fate of the dwarven goddess Helgei. </p><p></p><p>Her theory is that if Liote has re-awakened, at least a little, then maybe Helgei has too. And if Helgei doesn’t awaken, then Liote may not be able to recover any further. </p><p></p><p>Three days later they get back together again. Mel is finished copying spells, Funewhite was a scholar that dabbled in magic and it hadn't taken Mel long to copy everything his mentor could cast.</p><p></p><p>Vanal has been very busy. He reports that the woman who has been attacking them might be an assassin for hire who works under the name Legion and is quite expensive. She is much older than what Ryll described but was likely in disguise when she attacked them. He has a lead on her, she is rumored to live in a large manor house about an hour outside of town, and that he thinks he knows which one. </p><p></p><p>He tells them he discovered all this through a dwarven friend of his family who has underworld contacts, and asked them not to mention that connection to anyone.</p><p></p><p>Then he tells them he spent the day working at the woman's house. He says he got a job as a laborer helping the estate gardener building a decorative stone wall. From talking to the gardener he learned that she has been out of town for a while but is due back in two days. </p><p></p><p>Their plans immediately shift towards ambushing her. The next day Vanal leads them out to the estate. They stop about a quarter mile away and Vanal goes off into the woods for a moment, telling them he needs to put on his disguise. A few minutes later a middle aged dwarf comes out of the woods carrying Vanal's armor and weapons, hands them to Mel and laughs at the shocked expressions on their faces. He heads on to the house by himself.</p><p></p><p>They wait in the woods most of the morning. Ryll creeps close enough to see the manor house and waits for Vanal's signal, which would be that he set his lunch pail on the wall in the back. Around noon she sees it. Mel makes all of them invisible, and they slip into the back yard. </p><p></p><p>Vanal had given them the layout of the house and told them at the signal they should head to a back door to the cellar, which the gardener used for storage. </p><p></p><p>The party quickly make their way into the cellar and settle in to wait. A few hours later a carriage arrives, the woman is home. About half an hour later Vanal comes down to the cellar and tells them the woman would be out in a few minutes to see the progress on her garden construction. Mel makes Marq and Figorna invisible, and they move into position while Ryll and Mel wait in the cellar. </p><p></p><p>The fight is anticlimactic. She comes outside alone and Mel is waiting, concentrating on detect magic. She looks like she is about 40, and radiates a good bit of powerful magic. He ducks back in and cast silence on a crossbow bolt, which Ryll shoots her with.</p><p></p><p>As soon as he sees the arrow Marq stares at her, Vanal tackles her, and Figorna grabs the gardener. They drag them both behind the wall and Mel casts an illusion of her standing there talking to the gardener. </p><p></p><p>Marq stares at her again to curse her with misfortune and casts a spell which puts her to sleep. After they tie her up and gag her they carry her away into the woods. Once they are fully there Mel drops the illusion and they make their escape.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Donuts, post: 7795787, member: 6999815"] [B]Session 4 Part 2:[/B] The next morning they all decide to go back to Avendar. They need to find out more about these gods, translate the books they had found, and find out who the woman was who kept sending elementals after them. They leave that morning. They reach the city without incident. Morgan, Marq, Figorna and Ryll go to see Funewhite while Vanal says he needs to go shopping. Funewhite's caretaker is not happy to see the large group, and tells them only one person could come in. The rest wait in the library while Ryll goes in. She comes back out ten minutes later looking overjoyed and embarrassed. "Um….it turns out I can read these" she said. The others look a bit irritated. They had just traveled for days in order to get the books translated. She grabs the chain around her neck and pulls it up so they can see the holy symbol. "Your mentor thinks that the books are written so that only a priest of the faith can read them. I haven't tried since we picked them up." "You are a priest of a god you know almost nothing about?" Mel didn't need to add that he thought that this is a really bad idea. Ryll doesn't seem to mind. She holds up the books and says "I guess Ill have to read these then." The group decides to split up for a bit. Marq and Figorna leave, she needs to check in with her employer, and he wants to visit a friend who had an herb shop nearby. Mel stays to talk to Funewhite for a bit. While Ryll waits for him she sits down in the library to start to read Mel comes out about half an hour later carrying a stack of thin books. He shows them to Ryll. "He loaned me some of his spell books." She looked up, surprised that he sounds so sad, in the past he has been giddy whenever he finds new spells. "He can't cast them anymore." He sits down at a desk and begins the laborious process of reading and copy spells into his own book. She sat down in a recliner nearby and continued to read. Neither one says another word the rest of the day. [B][Interlude][/B] Half an hour after they all split up, a shabbily dressed nondescript middle-aged Dwarf walks into the servants entrance of one of the most elegant inns in town. He takes the back stairwell used by the maids, walks up to a room and opens the door using a room key. 10 minutes later an elegantly dressed elderly dwarf walks into the same room. He closes the door, takes off his coat and sits down at the table across from the working class dwarf. "Your disguise is impressive your high.." the old man says before the other dwarf cuts him off with a frown. "oh yes, quite right....So what can I do for you" "First, look into local assassins, I need to know about a human woman, a spellcaster that uses a lot of summons. Be discrete." The old dwarf looks offended but kept his mouth shut. They discuss the woman a bit, then arrange for a dead drop where the information could be retrieved in a few days. With their business concluded the middle aged man gets to his feet. "Can I pass along a message to your father? " the old dwarf asked hopefully. The other dwarf doesn’t reply and walks out of the room. [B] [/Interlude][/B] That night they all meet back up again and discuss their plans. Mel wants to stay another few days to copy spells. Ryll is happy with that, she doesn’t know how long it would take to read her books, but thinks it could take days, and Funewhite has offered her the use of his library as a quiet place to read for as long as she wants. Figorna announces she had taken a leave of absence from her job. They want her to lead a caravan but she wants to adventure more than she wants the job. Vanal tells them he has been looking into the woman that keeps attacking them with elementals and hopes to know something within a few days. They can’t really agree on a plan after that, but hunting down the woman is at the top of the list. After that they think it would be a good idea to travel to dwarven lands. Ryll thinks she may never completely understand the books they found in Liote’s temple, but she has read enough to suspect that Liote’s fate is tied up with the fate of the dwarven goddess Helgei. Her theory is that if Liote has re-awakened, at least a little, then maybe Helgei has too. And if Helgei doesn’t awaken, then Liote may not be able to recover any further. Three days later they get back together again. Mel is finished copying spells, Funewhite was a scholar that dabbled in magic and it hadn't taken Mel long to copy everything his mentor could cast. Vanal has been very busy. He reports that the woman who has been attacking them might be an assassin for hire who works under the name Legion and is quite expensive. She is much older than what Ryll described but was likely in disguise when she attacked them. He has a lead on her, she is rumored to live in a large manor house about an hour outside of town, and that he thinks he knows which one. He tells them he discovered all this through a dwarven friend of his family who has underworld contacts, and asked them not to mention that connection to anyone. Then he tells them he spent the day working at the woman's house. He says he got a job as a laborer helping the estate gardener building a decorative stone wall. From talking to the gardener he learned that she has been out of town for a while but is due back in two days. Their plans immediately shift towards ambushing her. The next day Vanal leads them out to the estate. They stop about a quarter mile away and Vanal goes off into the woods for a moment, telling them he needs to put on his disguise. A few minutes later a middle aged dwarf comes out of the woods carrying Vanal's armor and weapons, hands them to Mel and laughs at the shocked expressions on their faces. He heads on to the house by himself. They wait in the woods most of the morning. Ryll creeps close enough to see the manor house and waits for Vanal's signal, which would be that he set his lunch pail on the wall in the back. Around noon she sees it. Mel makes all of them invisible, and they slip into the back yard. Vanal had given them the layout of the house and told them at the signal they should head to a back door to the cellar, which the gardener used for storage. The party quickly make their way into the cellar and settle in to wait. A few hours later a carriage arrives, the woman is home. About half an hour later Vanal comes down to the cellar and tells them the woman would be out in a few minutes to see the progress on her garden construction. Mel makes Marq and Figorna invisible, and they move into position while Ryll and Mel wait in the cellar. The fight is anticlimactic. She comes outside alone and Mel is waiting, concentrating on detect magic. She looks like she is about 40, and radiates a good bit of powerful magic. He ducks back in and cast silence on a crossbow bolt, which Ryll shoots her with. As soon as he sees the arrow Marq stares at her, Vanal tackles her, and Figorna grabs the gardener. They drag them both behind the wall and Mel casts an illusion of her standing there talking to the gardener. Marq stares at her again to curse her with misfortune and casts a spell which puts her to sleep. After they tie her up and gag her they carry her away into the woods. Once they are fully there Mel drops the illusion and they make their escape. [/QUOTE]
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