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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 5246201" data-attributes="member: 13966">Squire Liiros Tivaniel of the Aquilline Cross"Yes, the upper level of the tower seems like a suitable spot to rest.  Once we've rested, we should try checking the village indicated on the map, and see if the journal's writer hid something there.  Assuming we can even enter the village.......there's no telling if the flames cover it as well, until we get there.  Then we should check the mouth of the river, as suggested.  We might find help, information, or the hidden item there.  It may indeed be useful to our efforts.  But we cannot afford to waste too much time here.  Our mission is important, and there is no telling how well Gate Pass will do after a few weeks or months of occupation by the Ragessian Scourge.  Worse, the barbarous heathens may have the audacity to march on Shahalesti next," Liiros replies.He checks the closet to make sure nothing's hiding there, then starts removing his armor and weapons to place on the floor next to him, placing his pack and quiver there first.  Then his bow and the strange old sword recovered from the festival site near Gate Pass, followed by his own sword and other weapons.The white and red tabard bearing the Order's cross is first of his garments to be removed, and then neatly folded.  Followed by his ornate elven helm, adorned with three fluted steel horns tipped with colorful feathers, revealing the silvery crescent-moon tattoo upon his forehead, a permanent sign of his devotion to Corellon Larethian.  The noble cast to his face is normally hidden by the war-helm, and his long black hair is tousled and matted with sweat from the arduous trek through the Fire Forest.He glances at Arshen, then changes his mind and asks Torrent to help him remove the heavy armor.  Arshen seems to disdain armor and weapons, and is likely of equal rank to Liiros in the Aquilline Cross, so the elf figures it would be inappropriate to ask the man's help.  With Torrent's help, he gets the numerous clasps and straps and layers of his banded mail undone and the plates removed, piling the various armor pieces next to his tabard and helm.Once his armor has been removed, Liiros thanks Torrent and discards the padding worn under his armor, leaving just his normal clothes: common elven traveling garments, brown trousers and a forest-green tunic, belying his minor noble bloodline.  The exposed arms of his tunic show his lightly-muscled forearms, biceps, and triceps, and he's a bit less slender than the average elf, not as willowy, but neither is he as broad as a human or half-elf.  His face is tanned slightly more than the rest of his skin now, by the searing heat of the Fire Forest.  After stretching, he retrieves his bedroll and lays it out on the floor by his gear, right next to his bow, quiver, shield, and shieathed sword.  Then he takes out a brown cloak from his pack and uses it to wipe sweat from his face, hands, arms, and feet, before stowing it again."Well, Torrent, how long do you think the trek to our destination will be, for the mission?  And do you know anything else about the Fire Forest or what happened here, that might be of use in our current predicament?  I can't recall anything much from my own studies or childhood stories, but I've never been much of a scholar," Liiros asks after sitting down, digging out a trail ration and a waterskin from his pack for a light meal.  Oh, how he wished for more water to quench his thirst on this miserable leg of the trip.......maybe they could find a way down to the riverbanks and refill their waterskins later?[sblock=important ooc]As a bit of advance notice, I'll be out of town for a few weeks soon, leaving on the 23rd of July or someday near that.  Visiting relatives and friends back in Michigan, and probably won't have much Internet access while visiting them, so my posting may be sporadic or absent until early or mid-August when my family and I get back to Arizona.If pneumatik is back online before then, just NPC Liiros as needed.  Pretty straightforward, aside from the occasional fanatical rant or attempt at mirth (which has been all too scant so far, unfortunately, since the trip has put Liiros through too many indignities and discomforts and frustrations for his poor elven pride).  He's adamantly loyal to Shahalesti and elvenkind in general, but not to the extremes of those elven spies we met earlier (he cares about the freedom and wellbeing of non-elves).  Fanatical in devotion to Corellon, and in his hatred of all things that threaten elves, Shahalesti, or Corellon's holy sites/relics.In battle, he will preferentially try to protect Lytha before anyone else, due to her elven heritage, but will otherwise charge in whenever it seems like interception is better than holding his position, move around to flank opportunistically when close to an ally in melee, get in enemies' faces with his Iron Guard's Glare to keep them from attacking his allies very effectively, use Martial Spirit whenever the other stance isn't a priority, and just generally try to use his maneuvers as much as possible.  He'll readily get in harm's way rather than let allies get injured, since he can recover a bit with Martial Spirit, Crusader's Strike, and Vital Recovery, and has solid defensive benefits from Steely Resolve, Furious Counterstrike, Zealous Surge, and Stone Bones.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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