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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Envisioner" data-source="post: 7968230" data-attributes="member: 6749263">Shel nods curtly, and the bagman relinquishes the item.  Hartleigh begins scrutinizing the runes with a jeweler's loupe, experimentally tapping the metal with a tiny hammer, and so forth; the discussion moves on around the table, and finally comes to Nevek, who is clearly the juniormost voice on the council.  "If it please the commandant, I believe these worthies would like a few of their questions answered at this point."  Frowning, the dictatorial woman gestures her grudging assent."We were on routine patrol between Ardeep and the High Forest when we got word that the Enclave's forces here in the south had engaged a hostile force and sustained heavy losses.  We're not a full military detachment, and we were among the last to arrive anyway, so we never actually saw any fighting, but since then we've been helping out with the cleanup operation.  Somehow the surviving hostiles have gone to ground - without their costumes, most of them just look like anyone else, and they clearly have some sort of intelligence network supporting their efforts to stash their materiel and disappear.  Since then we've been scouring the areas where they had done their marauding, trying to find clues that would help us figure out who exactly they are and what they're up to."The red-eyed person chimes in at this point.  "If I may, Commander; another aspect of our current mission involves making contact with an individual who matches the description of your friend here," he finishes with a gesture toward Analiese.  "I hope I do not speak out of turn, ma'am, but if you are indeed the so-called Heroine of Brasspool, then our mutual friend Mr. Harkness speaks very highly of you.  I believe there is a connection between this apparent 'dragon army' and the directive we have received from Grand Elder Hachiman, indicating that there is a matter of quite literally global importance being decided in the city of Waterdeep.  The directive calls for us to make contact with certain persons of reputable merit, and Mr. Harkness's tale of your deeds in Brasspool indicate that you could be just such an individual as we wish to employ."  The man's references to Brasspool and Harkness are instantly recognizable to Ana, as being among the more famous of her previous exploits.[ooc]I'll let you figure out what exactly you could have done in the last level or two which would have bought you the near-unconditional recommendation of an Emerald Enclave agent, albeit clearly not a particularly influential one.  It's no coincidence that the guy who apparently wanted to recruit you had to wait until his squad leader was willing to permit him to broach the subject; very clearly she doesn't share his high opinion of you, even if it's only secondhand.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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