Shards of Memory--Act I: The Boundless Void

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

*Zaeryn picks up both items as he detects the magic within them, before studying them further to get the auras as listed above.*

“Well, the hat’s a little ostentatious for my taste, but both it and this sword are magical, and contain more than a little magic.”

 

[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Female Larakese Martial Artist

*Once her work was done, Yuriko cleaned her sword on some remnants of cloth . . . after a quick flick of the blade to remove most of what was on it. She resheathed her blade and began to search the room for clues as to what happened here.*

"It seems the captain and some priest retreated to this location . . . but were woefully unsuccessful in defending themselves," Yuriko commented.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Yuriko's search reveals clues that support her theory. Many of the bodies in the circle bear slashes and bludgeoned portions that seem like matches for the captain's sword and the priest's mace.*

 

[Bront]

Kirkesh cleans any ugly goop off his blade before sheathing it. "A little ripe, wouldn't you say?"

He heads over to look at the priest and captain. "Poor things, definately not the way to go."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*There isn't any goop on the blade. In fact, the undead didn't spill a drop of blood. If anything, their bodies seemed fairly hollow. Even the desiccated heart that Kirkesh had shot out of the first undead he killed does not leak blood or ichor.*

 

[Festy_Dog]

*Diedrik sheathes his weapon and adjusts his glasses.*

"Interesting encounter that was," he says as he follows the others now, "So the injuries to the rest of the crew were inflicted by the captain and the priest? Makes you wonder what happened to the mysterious cargo, and what it was. I guess once we secure what we can use down here we should best take our leave just in case the cargo is still around somewhere."

*Diedrick picks his way between the now decapitated corpses over to where the priest's remains had originally lay, and crouches down to retrieve the holy symbol in order to take a closer look.*

"Is anyone injured?" he asks off-hand.

[sblock=Yuriko]Yuriko would have probably noticed a couple of things during the fight. Despite Diedrik's weapon being of Rowaini design it appears to be balanced like a katana, and his fighting style possesses heavy Larakese influence, mixed in with a lot of what is assumably Rowaini techniques.[/sblock]

[sblock=ooc]Rystil, thanks for the reminder. I'll fix that. [/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Diedrik doesn't have Knowledge: Religion, though if he did he would get a low DC for being Rowaini himself)

*Diedrik recognises the holy symbol as Rowaini-made, and it was crafted to honour the angels, though he never did pay much attention to which was which in the holy inscriptions and such.*

 

[unleashed]

Zaeryn T'Erilan, Male Altanian Arcanist

"It seems the captain and some priest retreated to this location . . . but were woefully unsuccessful in defending themselves," Yuriko commented.

“Well they were definitely unsuccessful in defending themselves from something, but apparently not from them,” Zaeryn says, waving a hand at the circle of corpses that previously surrounded their attackers, “as they didn’t have a mark on them before attacking us. So I can only guess they fell to magic or some other affliction which leaves no mark.”

"...Makes you wonder what happened to the mysterious cargo, and what it was. I guess once we secure what we can use down here we should best take our leave just in case the cargo is still around somewhere."

“Indeed it does, Diedrick, indeed it does. It also makes you wonder whether it was the cargo itself which caused this, or intruders looking for it...” Zaeryn muses.

"Is anyone injured?" he asks off-hand.

“No, I don’t think they managed to strike anyone, Diedrik, so I guess we won’t have to test your healing skills quite yet.”

 

[Keia]

Yotsu Yuriko, Female Larakese Martial Artist

"From the wounds on these other bodies," Yuriko commented, "it does seem that the captain and priest fought off the other . . . things."

 

[Festy_Dog]

Diedrik looks a little embarassed.

"Very true, I should have considered a lack of object potentially meaning someone else actively took it from the confines of the ship," he says a little sheepishly, "Kirkesh, are you a religious man?"

The troubadour holds forth the holy symbol, "Never took much interest myself, but perhaps you could enlighten me?"