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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Verbatim" data-source="post: 2654626" data-attributes="member: 15549">As Priestess Urikas effectively placed his parole in the hands of the dwarven Cudgel, Zeric fought to control the rage which threatened to boil over once more. Biting back his words, Zeric looked down at his feet for a moment before raising his eyes and locking them on the acting high priestess. When he spoke, his words were flat and as cold as ice."You sent me down as a weapon Priestess and before I left I told you that I would not return until the guilty had been punished. While you and the others may not approve of who you think I am, know that a deal has been made between myself and Cuthbert. When Cuthbert guided the strike which brought the slaver down, I swore on my life that I would be his weapon of justice. I will do as you command and follow Althron's lead until you, or he, tell me otherwise. My blood and my life are the church's..."Looking towards the door for a moment, Zeric continued speaking."Orpheus and I do not see eye to eye on anything, and even when we both acknowledge this fact, we still have nearly drawn steel against the other. I do not know if it is the fact that we are perhaps two sides of the same spear, or if I am truly the only one at fault. Whatever the case may be, I will hold my tongue around him as long as we are traveling together. Alinis is as a leaf to the wind, it changes and moves her before she is aware of that fact. While she has skill with the bow, it is her mind that needs sharpening and  hopefully, she will learn that the city is not as honest as the wilderness. Elayas' hands and thoughts are those of a scribe and if he and I exchanged more than a handful of words, I can't recall it, but his mastery of languages was invaluable to the group when we first encountered the skulks who were the "legs" of Kazmojen.You know more about Althron than I do Priestess, but his judgement is solid, even when it involves tasks that are less than pleasant to say the least. He will have to be their drive if none of the others are willing to be it.However, the one I truly worry about is Raven. I have seen the fire in her blood and while she can move as quietly as a panther hunting its prey, when the bloodfire takes her, she is more feral in battle than anyone I have seen." Turning back to look at the priestess, Zeric's voice sounded tired and weary."I tell you these things so you will have a measure of those who will help you if the worst comes to pass. I tell you this so you will know their strengths and their weaknesses, and to allow you to see them as more than what you see me as, a dangerous tool who is too valuable to be lost, yet too dangerous to be trusted."Walking towards the door, Zeric did not care that he had not been officially dismissed; he did not care that Priestess' Urikas' eyes bored into his broad back."I will come when summoned Priestess, my blood and life for the church I give..."</blockquote>

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