Six Nights to Yearsend (Ptolus Group B)

[Deuce Traveler]

The sergeant blushes in embarrassment and begins to fidget. "Family heirloom," he says as he turns red. As you continue to stare he says instead, "Hey, I helped defeat those killers and won it from them. Now, I know it's supposed to go into evidence, but let me tell you that it was a hard fought battle and I earned every right to this."

Glau and others continue to stare disbelievingly and the Watchman sighs and says, "Alright, they simple surrendered. They were daft though, bubbling about on how they were framed despite being covered in blood and at the scene. Can you believe it? So we took their weapons from them and they allowed us to manacle them, or all but one did. We dropped them off in Ptolus Prison and good riddance! Some of the boys and I thought we'd help ourselves to some souvenirs..." The man looks really nervous now as he is unsure of your response.

 

[Ilium]

Kantris quirks an eyebrow at the story. "Oh, I see. I misread things," he says flatly. "Maybe it was our killers that were under the enchantment I detected. We should go talk to them."

 

[ethandrew]

"He says one of them got away, which means at least one of them was of mind to run. Why would the others stay and this one go?" Bobbaros muses to himself. He stares hard at the town guards, hard working sort, prone to bribery and easy to turn a blind eye, much to the favor of the roguish chimp at some points. What did it bother him whether these guards took the murderer's weapons, granted it is currently evidence. He shrugs it off, "My search didn't uncover anything out of the obvious. What you see 'ere is what you get."

 

[Tychus]

Glau considers the watchman for a moment, then claps him on the shoulder. "Well, you're no murderer then. Now this one that got away... what'd he look like?"

After listening to the description, Glau turns to the rest of the group. "Are we done here? There's another murder scene yet, Kantris wants to question the prisoners, and I'd like to follow up on these markings," Glau gestures towards the cross. "Where to first? Or shall we part ways?"

 

[Lorthanoth]

Verosh smashes his fist into his palm in his by-now-familiar gesture of impatience, "We should split up, Glau! That way we can cover ground quicker. Skrymer should go with you Glau; his nose will be helpful. I'll go with Kantris and get those murdering dogs to tell us what we need to know!" he growls quickly.

"Bobbaros; will you come with us or go with them?" he asks his simian friend. It does not occur to the litorian that anyone will gainsay his hasty plan.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

The 25th of Yearsend Month, 7:52 AM

The sergeant looks relieved and answers, "He was a tall man with dark hair, wearing chain, and carried a bow. I hear he has green eyes, but that was only because House Vladaam has put 50,000 thrones on this renegade's head and had additional information."

The party thanks the sergeant and leaves, but as they take to the streets they hear a town crier giving the news of the day to an angry, muttering crowd. "...and the Council of Twelve is looking into the demands that the murderers of the Knights of the Golden Cross should be executed immediately. Unfortunately, this will have to wait as four of the murderer's have escaped, one earlier and three from Ptolus Prison. The heroic actions of Warden Odsen led to the slaying of two of the villians: Percival de Cluney of now suspect House de Cluney and the Tagret Artalen. Currently, Kareus d’Leonne has 50,000 thrones on his head. He is described as a tall bowman with dark hair and green eyes. The other three escapees are expected to soon also have prices on their heads. They are Luna Requiem, a tall blond elf of beauty and the tattoo of a moon and cloud on her back, Kaeso Drionus a black-haired and muscular ex-soldier from Tarsis, and Morty Price, a strange man with dark hair and glasses. All should be considered extremely dangerous, wanted dead before alive, and..."

The man continues, asking for civilians to beware and men and women that love danger to be on the prowl.

 

[bedford]

"Let's go to the prison to see if we can track them from there"

 

[Lorthanoth]

"Ha!" bellows Verosh "So these are the 'innocent' victims of an enchantment? They are obviously guilty, why else would they run? We will find them and get the name and whereabouts of their master from their evil hides!"

 

[Tychus]

Glau stumps along beside the group, apparently lost in thought. Head down, stroking his beard, Glau slowly falls off the pace. "Wait!" he exclaims suddenly, stopping in the middle of the street. "House Vladaam!"

Glau's voice carries easily over the noise of the morning traffic, but he is oblivious to those passing by. "Why would House Vladaam offer a reward? And such a princely sum! They're no friends of the Knights. And how would they have more information about this... d'Leonne fellow than the Watch?" Glau nods vigorously. "Vladaam have a stake in this, I'm sure of it."

 

[Lorthanoth]

Verosh turns to his friend and exclaims, "Those demon-lovers! What is going on here? Why can't things be simple?" He grimaces.