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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2167501" data-attributes="member: 13098">OK, we will assume that Ayla is leaving immediately and that she is taking Li's Nagamaki.  For everyone else, could I get clarification on your plan?  As I recall, you were going to head out to see Dola and try to talk her into making a quick trip to Mt Ternell.  Is that correct?  If so, I assume Deigh will stop by the Temple of Pter to try to get the relic and take it with you.  You wanted to try to convince the priests to help the dragon you saved.  So far, you haven't had any communication with the dragon.  None of you is real familiar with dragon anatomy, but you would guess that many of the bones in the dragon have been broken and intentionally set badly.  That has really limited the dragon's ability to move.  It's jaws seem to barely open at all.  Anything to help the dragon is going to be a major undertaking.You planned to return to Stormhaven and make your presentation at the Academie for Academic Advancement and get your money.  Keep in mind that you will probably get a large portion of your funds in silvers.  There will be gold as well, but silvers and coppers are the common coinage.  The Academie would only seek to pay you with coppers if they were passive-aggressive angry at you.  The Academie does need names to prepare your Honorary Scholar certificates as well as to petition the powers that be to allow you access into the city.  Unless you guys have other political pull, the Academie will not be able to gain you access with weapons or anything above light armor.  Scholars don't need such things.  Recognizing that several of you probably call upon spellcraft of some sort, the Academie will be trying to gain you access without any uncomfortable prohibitive devices.  Much will depend on the mood of the guards at the city gate though.  So you will be encouraged to be on your best behavior.  Otherwise, you might be shackled with something that interferes with the flow of power around you.  The point of a presentation is to make it a social event.  Quite frankly, the Academie wants to show of the latest acquisition.  Certainly Tyrm has the social skills to recognize that this is a coup of sorts for the Academie.  Nobody else has found a copy of the Oracles.  Given that the Academie is the first with the Oracles, even if somebody else finds a copy later, it will not have the same significance.  That it took a group of seasoned adventurers to retrieve the Oracles makes the whole thing a little more tittilating for chair bonded city scholars.  Afterward, there will likely be social gatherings and that sort of thing.  The politically ambitious scholars of the Academie will be taking advantage of the gala to make new connections and strengthen old connections.  The Seekers are not required to attend any of these, so you are free to ditch all of that as soon as the presentation is over, if you choose.  Does that cover the stuff that is queueing up?  Is that the order you plan on addressing things?</blockquote>

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