Six From Gate Pass - Chapter 2: The Indomitable Fire Forest of Innenotdar

[funkmamagoat]

Kirio stands, looks back at his companions and frowns "That thing Arnir offended was a hellhound, you know, from Baator: the Nine Circles of Hell, lovely creatures."

Referring to the bone on the ground "It's message is to the point, I can only assume they mean the intelligence from ragesia... Torrent... Why are there inhabitants of the nine hells looking for that case?"

 

[Adjuntive]

Alric regards the bone and the message scrawled upon it and bristles as he considers it.

"Devils?! I like not the thought of dealing with them. Though rushing in swords held high may be foolish. A parley may be in order but I think we should prepare to bare our steel upon them."

 

[Gregor]

Torrent looks a bit stunned and then shakes her head: "I have no clue why a devil would be interested in this stuff. We don't even know what is written on the intelligence we stole."

She then ponders for a moment and looks at Arnir. "Wait, I seem to recall that Arnir and Shealis could make out the language but it was in a code of some sort. It was written in Infernal though wasn't it? Devils speak Infernal. By Istishia's depths! This is not good. What should we do?"

 

[The Bashar]

Hrimr confused at whats going on. Hellhounds, Devils, and the planes? What is happening in this forest.

"Well I for one do not wish to consort with Devils. I am sure they will be as merciful as the Inquisitor. But I think you have the right of it. The Empire has made a deal with the Devils. I say we press on and be on guard for any tricks or traps that could await us."

 

[digimattic]

Arnir puts up his hands "Steady on now! Let's not dismiss this so quickly. Devils are clearly evil, however they are lawful creatures. There may be a way to get what we want here while escaping with our bodies and souls intact. I'm not suggesting we leave the case- that may be the only thing keeping us alive at the moment, but let's take that bone with us."

 

[Adjuntive]

Arnir puts up his hands "Steady on now! Let's not dismiss this so quickly. Devils are clearly evil, however they are lawful creatures. There may be a way to get what we want here while escaping with our bodies and souls intact. I'm not suggesting we leave the case- that may be the only thing keeping us alive at the moment, but let's take that bone with us."

Alric grinds his teeth at this then looks down at the slime and ash covered bone with a slight grimace. "Feel free to pick that up if you wish. Just stay downwind from me... My vote is with you, let us parley with the devils to find out what we're up against and their part in all this. Though I expect dealing with them will be dangerous and have consequences. Let us prepare to battle them since that's likely what it will come to."

 

[Gregor]

[sblock="for Arnir"]As Kirio mentioned, Devils hail from the outer plane known as Baator, or more commonly called the Nine Circles of Hell. Devils are both lawful and evil. In short, they are masters of corruption and despoilers of purity who seek to destroy all things good and drag mortal souls back with them to the depths of Hell, usually as a result of a nefarious contract. Devils live according to strict hierarchies in Hell and the weak ultimately serve the most powerful of their kind. Asmodeus is the strongest of any and he rules all of Hell from his citadel of Malsheem in the 9th Circle known as Nessus.

Devils are immune to both fire and poison and have resistances against cold and acid. They are also most easily harmed by silver weapons and weapons that have been blessed or aligned as "good"[/sblock]

Torrent looks at Arnir and raises an eyebrow: "Well we definitely can't leave the case, but I don't feel comfortable making a deal with any creature from Hell. If you want to try your hand at negotiating, that's fine but we're not giving up the intelligence and if push comes to shove, I'm with Alric. We slay them. Let's keep moving."

She turns to keep walking down the road.

 

[funkmamagoat]

"I'm with Arnir, we should take the bone, let me just have a look here though..., don't trust that pooch as far as I could spit him..."

OOC: cast detect magic on the bone...

 

[digimattic]

"Well Alric, if it's a fight you're looking for, keep that silver sword on the ready. It will most easily harm devils. They're immune to fire and poison, and can resist cold and acid. Torrent, is your weapon aligned? Can you bless them?

Know this, I'm not suggesting that we walk arms open towards them. They are truly evil and want nothing more than to suck our souls down to the nine circles....What I am saying is that they are not mindless beasts of rage like a demon and will likely try and forge a contract with us which will ensnare us, but if we let Kirio here do the talking, I'm sure we can negotiate something fair."

 

[Gregor]

[sblock="for Kirio"]Kirio, the bone does not register as magical.[/sblock]