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<blockquote data-quote="Gregor" data-source="post: 5746152" data-attributes="member: 11751"><p>********</p><p><strong>Order of the Aquiline Cross</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"What you must understand Alric, is that there are extremely limited resources here in Seaquen. Most are allocated to ensuring housing and preparing infrastructure to provide water and sanitation to reduce disease. Beyond that, the rest are needed for military reasons. Thus, were any single group granted the ability to construct a temple, the others would take affront and could not be able to construct their own in response due to insufficient materials. Ergo, either all are accommodated in one construction, or none are. I fear that the latter will lead somewhere bad as it will only be a matter of time before religious rhetoric leads to daggers in the night."</em></span></p><p></p><p>She pours herself another drink before finding a blank sheet of parchment below her journal and preparing to write upon it. <span style="color: Olive"><em>"I will give you the names and some background of each religious group. I would strongly suggest you take as many of your friends with you as possible, for this is something one person cannot complete on their own - I personally have been unable to convince them by myself. Also, it would not hurt to spend some time amongst the camps and try to learn what you can about these leaders, anything you find could potentially help you in your discussions." </em></span> She begins to scribe neat notes down on the paper while she speaks aloud to you.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"There are four groups from Ragesia, one from the Kingdom of Dassen, one from Ostalin, one from Sindaire and lastly, a group of locals from Seaquen."</em></span> She takes a draught of watered wine.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The first group are philosophers from Ragesia who worship Milil, the god of poetry, eloquence and insight. Their high priest philosopher leader is a half-orc named Gilbesh."</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The second group from Ragesia are a group of hospitallers, a knighthood committed to healing before battle who give worship to Lathander. They are not too dissimilar from my own Order of the Aquiline Cross. Their priest captain is a human and her name Sir Daedra."</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The third group from Ragesia are a grouping of half-orc and human barbarians with shamanic beliefs tied to Uthgar, the lord of barbarians. Their leader is Aela Whitebear, a hulking human woman who wears the skull and pelt of a slain polar bear."</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The fourth group from Ragesia are a cluster of druids who worship Shaundakul, the master of winds and travel. Their leader is a gnome named Feylorn."</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The fifth group comes from the Kingdom of Dassen and they are dwarves who worship their chief god Moradin, the leader of their pantheon. They are an honour bound lot and their leader is Dagmar of Basalt Reach."</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The sixth group hails from Ostalin and they are primarily mercenaries who worship Tempus, the lord of battle. Their warrior cleric leader is a human named Khalim." </em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"The seventh group came here from Sindaire and are a group of exiled human and gnomish arcanists. They curiously worship Selune, the goddess of the moon, stars and prophecy. Their leader is a human named Taelun."</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: Olive"><em>"Lastly, the eighth group are a number of locals from here in Seaquen. They worship Umberlee, the goddess of oceans, currents, waves, sea winds. Their group can be found near the ports where they have camped out to be close to the ocean. Their leader is a salty old human man named Pael Daedrick."</em></span></p><p></p><p>She fans her hand over the drying ink and hands the parchment to Alric. <span style="color: Olive"><em>"I warrant that if you are able to convince the vast majority of the groups, the others will follow for fear of being left out. I wish you luck Alric."</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gregor, post: 5746152, member: 11751"] ******** [B]Order of the Aquiline Cross[/B] [COLOR="Olive"][I]"What you must understand Alric, is that there are extremely limited resources here in Seaquen. Most are allocated to ensuring housing and preparing infrastructure to provide water and sanitation to reduce disease. Beyond that, the rest are needed for military reasons. Thus, were any single group granted the ability to construct a temple, the others would take affront and could not be able to construct their own in response due to insufficient materials. Ergo, either all are accommodated in one construction, or none are. I fear that the latter will lead somewhere bad as it will only be a matter of time before religious rhetoric leads to daggers in the night."[/I][/COLOR] She pours herself another drink before finding a blank sheet of parchment below her journal and preparing to write upon it. [COLOR="Olive"][I]"I will give you the names and some background of each religious group. I would strongly suggest you take as many of your friends with you as possible, for this is something one person cannot complete on their own - I personally have been unable to convince them by myself. Also, it would not hurt to spend some time amongst the camps and try to learn what you can about these leaders, anything you find could potentially help you in your discussions." [/I][/COLOR] She begins to scribe neat notes down on the paper while she speaks aloud to you. [COLOR="Olive"][I]"There are four groups from Ragesia, one from the Kingdom of Dassen, one from Ostalin, one from Sindaire and lastly, a group of locals from Seaquen."[/I][/COLOR] She takes a draught of watered wine. [COLOR="Olive"][I]"The first group are philosophers from Ragesia who worship Milil, the god of poetry, eloquence and insight. Their high priest philosopher leader is a half-orc named Gilbesh." "The second group from Ragesia are a group of hospitallers, a knighthood committed to healing before battle who give worship to Lathander. They are not too dissimilar from my own Order of the Aquiline Cross. Their priest captain is a human and her name Sir Daedra."[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR="Olive"][I]"The third group from Ragesia are a grouping of half-orc and human barbarians with shamanic beliefs tied to Uthgar, the lord of barbarians. Their leader is Aela Whitebear, a hulking human woman who wears the skull and pelt of a slain polar bear." "The fourth group from Ragesia are a cluster of druids who worship Shaundakul, the master of winds and travel. Their leader is a gnome named Feylorn." "The fifth group comes from the Kingdom of Dassen and they are dwarves who worship their chief god Moradin, the leader of their pantheon. They are an honour bound lot and their leader is Dagmar of Basalt Reach."[/I][/COLOR] [COLOR="Olive"][I]"The sixth group hails from Ostalin and they are primarily mercenaries who worship Tempus, the lord of battle. Their warrior cleric leader is a human named Khalim." "The seventh group came here from Sindaire and are a group of exiled human and gnomish arcanists. They curiously worship Selune, the goddess of the moon, stars and prophecy. Their leader is a human named Taelun." "Lastly, the eighth group are a number of locals from here in Seaquen. They worship Umberlee, the goddess of oceans, currents, waves, sea winds. Their group can be found near the ports where they have camped out to be close to the ocean. Their leader is a salty old human man named Pael Daedrick."[/I][/COLOR] She fans her hand over the drying ink and hands the parchment to Alric. [COLOR="Olive"][I]"I warrant that if you are able to convince the vast majority of the groups, the others will follow for fear of being left out. I wish you luck Alric."[/I][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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