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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1409336" data-attributes="member: 9255">STRIKEFORCE: MORITURISEGMENT 041“Blood in the Water”“You found them easily enough I trust.”“Yes my lord.”“You fought and slew them I trust.”“We fought them my lord.”“Did you consume their flesh?  Is their blood in the water?”“No my lord.”“…….yet you return?”The wet human dressed in nothing but a cloth skirt with a component filled belt bows before his lord within a sea cave.  Sahuagin warriors bow to the same lord nearby forming a semi circle.  The lord is dressed in a cloak with red, white and grew trim.  Shark teeth on strings line the cloak marking him as a worshipper of the Shark-god.  The very creature the Sahuagin worship and believe in.  They feel the Jaws of  Sorrow is the avatar of said shark god and the human lord to be favored by him.  As much as they fear and respect him, they would be angered if they knew the undead creature was his creation and tool, not their avatar.“They are…mighty my lord.  One carries a powerful weapon that speaks to our minds and kills in one swing.  Another has a weapon unlike any I have seen before that rips holes into one’s flesh from a short distance.  Another can make fog strong enough to force us below the surface.  Another has a shield that is a device of the devil.  They are not human my lord.”“There you are correct.  They are flesh,” turning to the Sahuagin, “and we eat flesh!”  A murderous gleam shines over the black emotionless eyes of the sea devils.  They begin to chant together- “Flesh, flesh, flesh…”“They wish to destroy the avatar of the shark-god.  They wish to take his magic.  They wish to starve us.” Pausing for effect, “They wish to starve YOU.”“I will destroy them my lord.”“Go and do not return until their flesh has been consumed.”  He waves his strong arms to dispel the mage from his sight.  The Sahuagin wait a moment.“If he fails again- he is flesh and flesh is to be consumed.”The creatures hiss in an evil equilivant to laughter then leave him.He turns and goes deeper into the sea cave.  He enters a secret passage.  Here he removes his robes and replaces them with the clothes he wears when he goes to council meetings.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  == =  == =  = == = = =  == =  == = = = = = =  = = =The inky waters part once more.  This time the gaunt man in red and black robes and leather peers at a woman moving on the rooftops of a noble’s home overlooking the bay where the heroes were.  The moon is nearly full and covered by the thick clouds of Ravenloft.  She stops and peers upward to the scrying.“What?”“Well done Jarella.  You sensed me.  I want a progress report.”“The ring has gone missing.  Neither the Champions nor I have it.  The Champions seem content to seek out a creature that endangers the town which allows me to search all the better for it.”“Hmmmm…do they suspect anything?”“They are unaware of me and thus of you.  They are talented however.  Each is truly a champion.  None are to be taken lightly, even the rogue.”“Yes, well I have plans for them.  Soon they will feel my wraith but first…. I need to awake our lord.”“YOUR lord will be awaken I am sure.”“Do not push me Jarella.  You are a feared assassin throughout the planes but do not think that can protect you if I become displeased with you or you betray my trust.”“The mirror always has at least two images”Silence as she looks to the slight shimmer in the sky she can see there.  “Get me the ring.  That is all.”The shimmer moves away and she returns to her work.  She has to visit a certain cultist tonight.  A member of the shark cult whom she feels may know something.</blockquote>

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