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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1312366" data-attributes="member: 14316">Dunathar studies Brenin carefully, searching for clues of deception or concealment…Brenin replies to Dunathar, “Anything you find in the keep would be yours, of course.  Information is what we seek.”To Manzanita, he replies “I don’t know if the rulers of Linace ascended to the heavens.  It is not something I had considered…”  Brenin pauses, looking at you almost apologetically.  No one had sensed it before, but Dunathar and Devan begin to feel that Brenin is… what?  Not lying exactly.  Perhaps withholding something?  They both notice Alana as she looks pointedly away from Brenin, looking like she has a bad taste in her mouth.“In a way, this group of mercenaries indirectly helped Shillen become the kingdom it is today.  They accomplished many great things, clearing the land of giants and even dragons.  They are said to have explored the entire world, both above and below.  They’re said to have gone to the moons Urm and Yong, and even to other planes of existence.  They were said to be powerful, yes, but nothing more than mercenaries.  They did nothing with their power but accumulate personal wealth.  They were known as Redbeard’s Band.”Redbeard’s Band.  Bert remembers a legend of them destroying a tribe of hundreds of sahuagin making incursions up the Tand River, terrorizing the population.  Manzanita remembers they stopped a mysterious and powerful race of lizardmen, who were rising up from deep beneath the depths of the earth.  The name rings a bell with Rowyn.  Redbeard’s Band.  She knows she has heard that before.  Yes!  There was a song by an elder elven bard in the Severin Forest about Redbeard’s Band.  Rowyn was just a child, but she can picture the grey-haired bard, strumming his mandolin and singing.  It was coming back to her.  If she concentrates for a while, she thinks she’ll be able to recall quite a bit about Redbeard's band.“I have a separate assignment for Etherial, Alan, and Aronai, if you agree to it.  I would like to move you south and east of here, to investigate rumors of graverobbing and necromancy.  We are heading near there in the morning, perhaps you can accompany us.”  Etherial, Alan and Aronai agree.“Are there any more questions?  If you accept this mission, we will go to Warden Ricsten and introduce you to him.  He said he may be able to equip you for the task.”</blockquote>

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