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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 885715" data-attributes="member: 5137">Greppa, I may have forgotten some of what you asked Belial; let me know, and I'll edit it in.Library FiendAs the first licks of flame touched the edges of the feather, Greppa felt the weariness of the peacebonding bracelet upon him. Perhaps, he thought to himself, now is not the best time to be talking to dangerous extraplanar entities... And as he finished the thought, Belial strode through the doors.His wings were missing, or perhaps hidden, and he wore a set of full robes much like the people of this place... In fact, they were just like the ellini girl's, and Greppa ran through the robes he'd seen on other arcanists. It was a match - and what an arcanist wore was a good thing to know, in case he had to do something unlawful with the bracelet.Merideth had not yet seen Belial. And as she gawked, mouth slightly ajar, eyes rapidly dilating, she realized what she'd been missing. He was... celestial. Perfect features, creamed coffee skin, muscles as sculpted as any marble. She just gawked as the Beauty walked, or rather stalked, to Greppa.Unnoticed by either of the heroes, Bellos was watching carefully. He was pretty sure that wasn't a servant of Allas, and Greppa had been very careful not to say his visitation was... anything, really. He kept a straight face - the other two tended to treat him like a poor substitute for Athan, but his experience had led him to believe that Athan wasn't the sharpest spear in the pile, and it was advantageous to let the other two think the same of him. So, his face remaining reasonably placid and easy-going, he began to plan how best to find out what was really going on.Greppa, meanwhile, spoke with the entity."So, there is really not much here about you.""No, as I said, I am largely forgotten. I provided you with what I could.""Which isn't much.""Yes."Greppa growled under his breath, "Okay... so, who are you working with again?""It does not matter at this time.""Right. Of course not. Look, I need some straight answers. What are you getting out of this?""The opportunity to persuade you that you are on the wrong side. If you disagree, it was still worth a try. You asked me who I was - that book tells you as much as any book can, and is a source outside of ME. Ask Allas if you must, but keep in mind her bias, as shown in that book."Greppa thought this through, then, finally, "I'm sorry to have bothered you. I seem to have wasted my time."Belial just smiled, and after some pleasantries, left. Merideth was practically on top of him the moment he was gone, gushing over his looks. Greppa just grinned, embarrassed, but could hardly disagree.Bellos, smiling next to them, read as much of the open pages on the table as he could without alerting anyone to what he was doing. Belial... celestial gold chains, looked more like black iron to me... infernal pit... Damn. He continued to listen to the gushing, but his mind was on other things.It was important that they find out what was behind the orcs. He'd spotted signs of orc warfare in the forest even here in the rotted North, so that was a BIG problem. But it was also important that the high priestess Thelanna be alerted to the activity of fiends in this issue.He sighed. Greppa grinned at him, "Something up?""I just think I've heard enough about big, beautiful men to last me to the next Olympiad. Any chance we can take the next few candlemarks to sample local beers, instead?"It was unanimous, and they took off. Bellos began mentally composing the letter for Thelanna.</blockquote>

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