pneumatik's WotBS 2 - The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

[Thanee]

Lytha

“This place is weird,” Lytha comments as she follows the others inside.

“I'm sorry, but I simply do not know. I have never seen something quite like this.”

 

[Rhun]

Hollister moves closer to the bodies as well, going to one knee to examine them closer. He too is wary of the flames, and does not come into contact with them. He strokes his goatee with his hand as he ponders the strangeness of the situation. Adar the Ferret pokes his head out of the wizard's pack, chittering quietly.

OOC: Again, not sure which knowledge skill out might help with determining what is going on or who these people might be:

- Knowledge (Local) +05 (2 ranks, + 3 int)
- Knowledge (Arcana) +09 (6 ranks, + 3 int)
- Knowledge (The Planes) +05 (2 ranks, +3 int)
- KNowledge (History) +04 (1 rank, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +04 (1 rank, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Geography) +05 (2 ranks, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Nature) +05 (2 ranks, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Religion) +04 (1 rank, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Nobility) +04 (1 rank, +3 int)
- Knowledge (Architecture) +04 (1 rank, +3 int)
- Spellcraft +11 (6 ranks, + 3 int, +2 feat)


[sblock=HolyMan]I'm doing well, just been so, so busy in real life. I haven't tried the Folger's Black Silk, but I may have to on your recommendation. I've been drinking some organic blend from the local whole foods store...it is pretty good, but a little on the expenisve side.[/sblock]

 

[HolyMan]

Shaylir watches from the stairs looking out and up at the blue sky caught in an orange hue by the eternal burning forest. Then back again as the others examine the two elves.

"So let's put this in perspective," she says folding one arm across her stomach and rests the elbow of the other atop of it with her hand near her mouth. (thinker postion )

"Someone who can wield good magic opened the magical door. And someone evil then robbed this shrine? And what would have fit into the glass box? I mean what do you think was takin?" Shaylir starts to pull one of her red curls to her mouth. A sure sign she is wondering if this evil person is still about and she is nervous.

[sblock=Rhun] Bold and Smooth my friend. Bold and Smooth. [/sblock]

 

[pneumatik]

The party examines the two bodies closely. The flames from them are like those of the fire forest around you: the bodies burn yet are not consumed. From the palpable heat they create you believe that despite Indomitability's Boon the flames could still burn you. Except for Hollister, that is, whose new ring may protect him even from open flames.

The Shahalesti soldier appears unnaturally preserved, even when compared to everything else burning in the forest. Even under close examination it looks like he could just be deeply asleep. Well, just deeply asleep and on fire.

It's obvious what killed the priest. Looking at the claw wounds they look like they were caused by humanoid-sized hands.

There's nothing left in the broken glass case.

[sblock=OOC]From reading the journal it's clear that Bhurisrava is male.[/sblock]

 

[Arkhandus]

"I think the priest and soldier came in here to protect whatever was in the glass case, a magic item or relic of some importance probably, but then a man-sized beast followed them in and pounced, slaying the priest......perhaps it was a summoned monster, and its summoner used another magical spell to restrain the soldier while they stole the relic and escaped. I can't really deduce more than that, I'm no scholar or constable." Liiros replies, after examining the bodies and stepping back. "I don't think we'll find anything else down here, so let's examine the rest of the village before leaving."

 

[Rhun]

OOC: Is the soldier actually breathing? Like can we see the rise and fall of his chest?

 

[pneumatik]

Looking very carefully, Hollister sees that the guard's chest is very gradually moving up and down. If he's breathing it's slower than any natural creature, even hibernating ones.

 

[Antithetist]

Arshen peers at the broken display case with a deep frown. "This bodes rather ill, doth it not? What if the contents of this case were precisely the hidden... thing... that we are busying ourselves searching for?"

He gives a shrug, acquiescing readily to Liiros's suggestion that they move on. "I suppose the only way to be sure of that is to finish our search of the village."

 

[Rhun]

Trusting to Indomitabilitiy's boon, the protection granted by the ring and his own affinity for fire, Hollister reaches out to touch the soldier's body...shaking him to see if he can be roused from his coma.

 

[HolyMan]

Shaylir watches from the corner near the stairs, Fritz entwined in her legs watching the flames. She stands there a worried look on her face and a feeling of hopelessness.

"I can help. I want to help, I mean." she says as the rest of the group examine the bodies. "Just.. just let me know what to do."