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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 528851" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 59, “Allies and Information“, September 27, 1018, 6:45 P.M. </p><p></p><p>Serita reminds the party she has boots of speed, and is handed the ring of invisibility as the others get into the bags of holding. She picks up the bags and runs back to the tower where they first entered the castle from, along the route that they already know. She arrives at the door, removing Lannon from the bag of holding so that he can unlock the lock. They enter the forge room, and empty the bags. They debate staying in this room, but decide to head higher, to put more distance between themselves and the rest of the castle than the single door. They bypass the strategy room, not wanting to activate the light globes with their voices. They decide to stop in the third level storage room.</p><p></p><p>The party waits for close to half an hour, discussing what they know of Barthrock’s team, and of how dissatisfied he had been of the way Morgarth had treated his team back on the island. They decide that “They must have stayed on, figuring that Morgarth wouldn’t really let them just leave, and have been waiting for a way out.” They hear sound from the staircase below. The half-dwarf Barthrock and his dwarven fighter join them. Barthrock begins the conversation by introducing his companion as Tokrah, and complimenting the group on arriving at the castle undetected. He apologies for taking so long to arrive saying “I had to stop to check your handiwork.” The group immediately picks up on this reference to the two bodies. </p><p></p><p>He reiterates what the monk had said about Morgarth using the mirrors of the castle to monitor what is going on but that Morgarth’s druid advisor Spring lived in this tower, and removed all of the mirrors from this tower for privacy, being the only one that Morgarth allowed this privilege. “How does he do that?” asks Cassie. “I don’t know” answers Barthrock. “Probably just some trick, done with mirrors,” is Lono’s comment. “Your monk indicated that you were expecting us?” Cassie states. Barthrock answers “Yes, we knew you were coming, we just thought it would take a few more months”. “We’re good,” says Mojo. Serita then asks “Did Morgarth know we were coming?” “No, just my team,” the half-dwarf replies, “and we’ve kept it that way.” “How did you know?” asks Serita. Barthrock answers “This castle was once owned by a high-level druid mage named Li-Tak. He was apparently able to predict the future, and he told his daughters of your coming here.” </p><p></p><p>“His daughters are here? Now?” asks Cassie. “Yes,” Barthrock replies “Li-Tak kept…what is the term for a group of concubines?” “A harem,” Lono immediately interjects. “Right, Well Li-Tak had genetically designed his harem of human-animal to provide him with male offspring, who he then used as his castle guards. Although the vast majority of children born were male, occasionally in a large litter there would also be female offspring as well. He allowed these girls to be raised until they reached puberty, then put them into a state of a deep sleep.” A player whose daughter has just become a teenager, interjects “Gee, can I get a copy of that spell.” The DM's wife, who has seven younger siblings, adds “Makes a lot of sense to me.”</p><p></p><p>Barthrock explains that “He put them into this deep sleep because it would have been inappropriate for them to mate with their father or brothers, so he decided that they would be kept asleep until he had a successor, and they would them become the successor’s harem. Unfortunately Li-Tak outlived all three of his apprentices who he had trained to succeed him. Before putting his final daughter to sleep he instructed her to be weary and careful of the people who would wake them up, to keep this information secret until they met someone from this region, and to wait until a group whose name translates as Silver Moon comes to rescue them. Morgarth woke these girls three years ago, and has been using them as servants ever since. We did not know any of this until after we returned here from your island. Our monk is originally from near here, so was able to speak to the girls, and they told him their story. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, after we got back to this castle there was a dispute as to which team won the competition on your island”. Serita interrupts “Yeah, we know. He sent you out on a tie-breaker to kill the Hobgoblin King.” Barthrock smiles, and says “Ah, so that is how you got here so quickly. You’ve been speaking to Hendry.” Narg interjects “Don’t worry, He’s next on our hit list.” Cassie yells out “Hey, I like the Hendrys.” “That makes one of us,” Aradyn mutters. </p><p></p><p>Barthrock continues “Before going out on the tie-breaker, as additional incentive Morgarth offered the winning team these girls, to do with as they wished. My team was appalled at that idea of these innocent girls being molested, so we made sure that we won, to protect them from the lecherous degenerates on the other team. We have been guarding these girls ever since, with my Monk, L, guarding them during the day and Chandra, the female member of my team, guarding them at night. We also have made sure that when they are performing duties around the castle, primarily cooking, cleaning, and collecting dishes, they always stay together in groups for their own safety.”</p><p></p><p>“So Li-Tak said that we would come to rescue them?” asks Aradyn. “Yes,” answers Barthrock, “He told them that you would take them to a far away land, where a group of brave and courageous men would wish to marry them and provide them with safe and happy lives. Cassie says “Well, we told our ship’s crew that we would help to find them wives. Looks like we’ve now accomplished that without even trying.” </p><p></p><p>“Exactly how many girls are there?” asks Narg. Barthrock answers “Forty-two”, which gets quite a reaction out of most present (in part, because they recognize this as the answer to the secret of the universe). Barthrock adds “They were told that you would bring them to a place where they and their offspring would be accepted for who they are, as nowhere else on this continent would they have been accepted. While they can transform into humanoid-animals, being half-human, they cannot become full animals, so would not have been accepted by the creatures living outside of the castle perimeter. Beyond the barrier they would have been captured and treated as slaves. They also could not go to Li-Tak’s original homeland, as hybrid races are unwanted there.” Cassie comments “Yeah, we noticed. But if they were put to sleep when they reached puberty, they’d now only know be what? Around twelve or thirteen?” “No,” he answers “Due to their being part animal most are aging at a rate faster than humans. I’d say that nearly all of them are now human equivalent of sixteen to twenty years of age, and rather lovely too.” Lono comments “Sounds good to me,” earning him some dirty looks. </p><p></p><p> “That’s all well and good, but we came here to clean Morgarth’s clock,” says Narg. “What can you tell us about where he is now?.” Barthrock explains that his team just escorted Morgarth over to the tower of his apprentice Ashemmi, who he trains every evening. He says that that Morgarth seldom leaves the “Mages Wing” of the castle, the section with the library and two towers above it. “And your team guards him?” asks Narg. “Only when he decides to travel outside of his own tower,” answers Barthrock, adding “We will be going back to escort him back to his own tower three hour from now” </p><p></p><p>“And he’s unguarded while in his own tower?” Mojo asks. “Hardly,” answers Barthrock. “He also has with him three purple flesh golems.” “Ragnors,” Narg interjects, “We've fought them before. Those we can handle.” Barthrock continues “More importantly, while in his own tower he is protected by a being called Notrathar.” “What is a Notrathar?” asks Cassie. “A powerful devil bodyguard, a Pit Fiend, summoned up from Hell” the half-dwarf answers. “So, Morgarth made a deal with the Devil?” comments Narg. Barthrock answers “That is an understatement. He refers to the Prince of Hell as his Liege.” This causes some uneasiness among the party. </p><p></p><p>[DM’s note: When Lannon saw Barthrock’s team earlier, the four of them were heading into the library to go escort Morgarth. The female member of the team had gone up the stairs to relieve the monk guarding the daughters of Li-Tak. Barthrock’s team was waiting for the monk to rejoin them before going up to get Morgarth, so if the party had killed the monk it would have only been a short time before Barthrock’s group went looking for him. Similarly, if the party had taken out the monk and then entered the library, they would have had to then fight Barthrock’s team waiting there, which would have immediately alerted Morgarth to their presence in the castle, as well as either delaying or eliminating this team as potential allies.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 528851, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 59, “Allies and Information“, September 27, 1018, 6:45 P.M. Serita reminds the party she has boots of speed, and is handed the ring of invisibility as the others get into the bags of holding. She picks up the bags and runs back to the tower where they first entered the castle from, along the route that they already know. She arrives at the door, removing Lannon from the bag of holding so that he can unlock the lock. They enter the forge room, and empty the bags. They debate staying in this room, but decide to head higher, to put more distance between themselves and the rest of the castle than the single door. They bypass the strategy room, not wanting to activate the light globes with their voices. They decide to stop in the third level storage room. The party waits for close to half an hour, discussing what they know of Barthrock’s team, and of how dissatisfied he had been of the way Morgarth had treated his team back on the island. They decide that “They must have stayed on, figuring that Morgarth wouldn’t really let them just leave, and have been waiting for a way out.” They hear sound from the staircase below. The half-dwarf Barthrock and his dwarven fighter join them. Barthrock begins the conversation by introducing his companion as Tokrah, and complimenting the group on arriving at the castle undetected. He apologies for taking so long to arrive saying “I had to stop to check your handiwork.” The group immediately picks up on this reference to the two bodies. He reiterates what the monk had said about Morgarth using the mirrors of the castle to monitor what is going on but that Morgarth’s druid advisor Spring lived in this tower, and removed all of the mirrors from this tower for privacy, being the only one that Morgarth allowed this privilege. “How does he do that?” asks Cassie. “I don’t know” answers Barthrock. “Probably just some trick, done with mirrors,” is Lono’s comment. “Your monk indicated that you were expecting us?” Cassie states. Barthrock answers “Yes, we knew you were coming, we just thought it would take a few more months”. “We’re good,” says Mojo. Serita then asks “Did Morgarth know we were coming?” “No, just my team,” the half-dwarf replies, “and we’ve kept it that way.” “How did you know?” asks Serita. Barthrock answers “This castle was once owned by a high-level druid mage named Li-Tak. He was apparently able to predict the future, and he told his daughters of your coming here.” “His daughters are here? Now?” asks Cassie. “Yes,” Barthrock replies “Li-Tak kept…what is the term for a group of concubines?” “A harem,” Lono immediately interjects. “Right, Well Li-Tak had genetically designed his harem of human-animal to provide him with male offspring, who he then used as his castle guards. Although the vast majority of children born were male, occasionally in a large litter there would also be female offspring as well. He allowed these girls to be raised until they reached puberty, then put them into a state of a deep sleep.” A player whose daughter has just become a teenager, interjects “Gee, can I get a copy of that spell.” The DM's wife, who has seven younger siblings, adds “Makes a lot of sense to me.” Barthrock explains that “He put them into this deep sleep because it would have been inappropriate for them to mate with their father or brothers, so he decided that they would be kept asleep until he had a successor, and they would them become the successor’s harem. Unfortunately Li-Tak outlived all three of his apprentices who he had trained to succeed him. Before putting his final daughter to sleep he instructed her to be weary and careful of the people who would wake them up, to keep this information secret until they met someone from this region, and to wait until a group whose name translates as Silver Moon comes to rescue them. Morgarth woke these girls three years ago, and has been using them as servants ever since. We did not know any of this until after we returned here from your island. Our monk is originally from near here, so was able to speak to the girls, and they told him their story. Anyway, after we got back to this castle there was a dispute as to which team won the competition on your island”. Serita interrupts “Yeah, we know. He sent you out on a tie-breaker to kill the Hobgoblin King.” Barthrock smiles, and says “Ah, so that is how you got here so quickly. You’ve been speaking to Hendry.” Narg interjects “Don’t worry, He’s next on our hit list.” Cassie yells out “Hey, I like the Hendrys.” “That makes one of us,” Aradyn mutters. Barthrock continues “Before going out on the tie-breaker, as additional incentive Morgarth offered the winning team these girls, to do with as they wished. My team was appalled at that idea of these innocent girls being molested, so we made sure that we won, to protect them from the lecherous degenerates on the other team. We have been guarding these girls ever since, with my Monk, L, guarding them during the day and Chandra, the female member of my team, guarding them at night. We also have made sure that when they are performing duties around the castle, primarily cooking, cleaning, and collecting dishes, they always stay together in groups for their own safety.” “So Li-Tak said that we would come to rescue them?” asks Aradyn. “Yes,” answers Barthrock, “He told them that you would take them to a far away land, where a group of brave and courageous men would wish to marry them and provide them with safe and happy lives. Cassie says “Well, we told our ship’s crew that we would help to find them wives. Looks like we’ve now accomplished that without even trying.” “Exactly how many girls are there?” asks Narg. Barthrock answers “Forty-two”, which gets quite a reaction out of most present (in part, because they recognize this as the answer to the secret of the universe). Barthrock adds “They were told that you would bring them to a place where they and their offspring would be accepted for who they are, as nowhere else on this continent would they have been accepted. While they can transform into humanoid-animals, being half-human, they cannot become full animals, so would not have been accepted by the creatures living outside of the castle perimeter. Beyond the barrier they would have been captured and treated as slaves. They also could not go to Li-Tak’s original homeland, as hybrid races are unwanted there.” Cassie comments “Yeah, we noticed. But if they were put to sleep when they reached puberty, they’d now only know be what? Around twelve or thirteen?” “No,” he answers “Due to their being part animal most are aging at a rate faster than humans. I’d say that nearly all of them are now human equivalent of sixteen to twenty years of age, and rather lovely too.” Lono comments “Sounds good to me,” earning him some dirty looks. “That’s all well and good, but we came here to clean Morgarth’s clock,” says Narg. “What can you tell us about where he is now?.” Barthrock explains that his team just escorted Morgarth over to the tower of his apprentice Ashemmi, who he trains every evening. He says that that Morgarth seldom leaves the “Mages Wing” of the castle, the section with the library and two towers above it. “And your team guards him?” asks Narg. “Only when he decides to travel outside of his own tower,” answers Barthrock, adding “We will be going back to escort him back to his own tower three hour from now” “And he’s unguarded while in his own tower?” Mojo asks. “Hardly,” answers Barthrock. “He also has with him three purple flesh golems.” “Ragnors,” Narg interjects, “We've fought them before. Those we can handle.” Barthrock continues “More importantly, while in his own tower he is protected by a being called Notrathar.” “What is a Notrathar?” asks Cassie. “A powerful devil bodyguard, a Pit Fiend, summoned up from Hell” the half-dwarf answers. “So, Morgarth made a deal with the Devil?” comments Narg. Barthrock answers “That is an understatement. He refers to the Prince of Hell as his Liege.” This causes some uneasiness among the party. [DM’s note: When Lannon saw Barthrock’s team earlier, the four of them were heading into the library to go escort Morgarth. The female member of the team had gone up the stairs to relieve the monk guarding the daughters of Li-Tak. Barthrock’s team was waiting for the monk to rejoin them before going up to get Morgarth, so if the party had killed the monk it would have only been a short time before Barthrock’s group went looking for him. Similarly, if the party had taken out the monk and then entered the library, they would have had to then fight Barthrock’s team waiting there, which would have immediately alerted Morgarth to their presence in the castle, as well as either delaying or eliminating this team as potential allies.] [/QUOTE]
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