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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stonegod" data-source="post: 3516678" data-attributes="member: 36973">Urik nods, a returns a small bow to the Lady paladin. He accompanies her to were the others are gathered, pointedly ignoring Ismarks looks of disdain. "Good to hear! I have confidence those that overwatch will find you true."Meanwhile, in the Tavern, Janis pursues her questions and tends the people in her own way.Mary lives on the outskirts of town, in the north. As for the 'Devil Strahd', the mood turns immediately more subdued. Its takes some prompting to get even this response, in a hushed whisper: "He was the last lord of the Castle, my Lady, he who done those vile things to put the curse on this place. We pay for it still. Hearts touched by darkness here are filled with his curse, and those that fight it draw its gaze. He may be gone, but his ill will lingers."Outside, the remnants of the Six, Ashlyn, and Urik gather. Ismark listens idly to their discussion, occasionally shaking his head and muttering softly at the groups madness: "His foolishness has infected you all," obviously meaning Urik. The knight ignores the burgomaster's son.Urik frowns. "Strangers are a very rare sight in our warm lands. The mists of a way of keeping folk out... and in."An odd look comes over Ismarks face a moment, then adds, "Ah... uh, those are just Andrzej's boys. Very large lads, and very protective of their family." The last is said as he rubs his check absently.Urik cocks his head to the side. "Were not all the dead tied to that monster? The others died with it, so perhaps our attack drove the others mad?"Ismark gives Urik a scathing look, but restrains any comment. Instead, the son of the burgomaster states. "It was my father's by right, and it kept the town safe. It kept this town safe until it was taken." Ismark shoots another dark look at the knight. "You would not have had anything to with that, would you?" Urik glowers but says nothing.Ismark sniffs. "Mary's mad, plain and simple. The land it what it is, and some cannot accept it. She broke, plain and simple. I may have never seen her girl, but I doubt she is the monstrosity."The two say nothing at Jarrith's rebuttal, though Ismark religously crosses his chest with the 'v' sign everytime the name Strahd is spoken. A dark name indeed.Ismark claps and barks, "Finally. You may all seek your deaths, but still you have done our town a great service, and will not nay-say your desires. But let us see to my sister!"As Ismark gathers his coat about him to lead the way, Urik pulls Ashlyn aside a moment. "I will leave you in the incompetent hands of our burgomaster's seed. My battle is neverending, and I must call for another raven guardian. Fare well, and we shall meet again  if the land does not kill us both first! Hah, hah!" With that, the knight withdraws into the mists.</blockquote>

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