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<blockquote data-quote="akira1" data-source="post: 4422471" data-attributes="member: 64437">Morcant&quot;Would you care to elaborate on that Mr Brock?&quot; &quot;Yeah&quot; He grunted,&quot;They hired me and 3 of the boys from the Mercenaries guild through Eddy 9 fingers and when we showed up they were all about getting this business over so after they briefed me and the men as to our duties we left and went and killed Morcant.&quot; &quot;Certainly there was more to it than that!&quot; I exclaimed.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;As a matter of fact there wasn't.&quot;&nbsp; he returned.&nbsp; &quot;We stuck swords in him and he died.&quot;&nbsp; he said rather bluntly.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Sighing I said, &quot;What about the break in and did he have any guards?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Yeah he had 4 goblins outside pretending to be drunk and we wiped them out in what 9 seconds. Kalanaghar surrounded two of them with faerie fire and the rest of us charged into their surprise. Then Damien picked the door to the main entrance, and we ran into a small squad of goblins that were backed up by some guy in spiked plate mail and wielding a large sword.&quot; &quot;I see, now we are getting somewhere.&nbsp; What other details do you have to offer.&quot;&nbsp; I probed. &nbsp;&quot;Well&quot; he said, &quot;I was kinda berserk during this part so I don't accurately recall what happened but I do know that Kalanaghar deafened several of the goblins with a thunderstone and he stuck that big guy in the armor to the floor with a tangleroot bag. Which was a good thing because that guy was dangerous.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;So you guys mopped up the opposition and then what?&quot;&nbsp; I said. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Went searched the warehouse and came across a group of goblins waiting in a room.&quot;&nbsp; He said.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Did you all charge in and kill them?&quot;&nbsp; I asked. &nbsp;&quot;Nope, Damien bluffed them into thinking that we worked for Morcant. They told us that something had happened in the warehouse and were waiting for their orders. Damien then said that he would find out and come back and tell them. They were happy at this and told us to be wary of the monkey in the hallway.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;A monkey in the hallway?!&quot;&nbsp; I said. &nbsp;&quot;Yeah it turned out to be a choker and after setting off a spear trap which he avoided, Damien got attacked by it.&quot; He said blandly. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot; I see&quot; I replied.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Belg #6 returned at this point and sat down two large foaming mugs of dark ale and after taking a long swig Brock continued, &quot; Earlier a single orc had escaped and ran to Morcant and when we got to the last room they were both in there, but Morcant was ready for us and he turned out to be a wizard.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;A wizard now this is interesting.&quot;&nbsp; I said. &nbsp;Belg #6 grunted and then Brock continued, &quot;Me and the boys rushed him but his magical defenses were strong enough to counter their attacks but not mine. I got him good with my sword.&quot; Brock seemed to trail off at this point. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;What happened then?&quot;&nbsp; I pressed. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Morcant put me and two of my boys to sleep.&quot;&nbsp; Brock said quickly. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Belg #6 gave Brock a long look and then began to laugh at him.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Well thats one way to stop a raging Barbarian!&quot; Belg #6 said uproariously and he began to pound the heavy wooden table with a large paw like hand.&nbsp;Wiping tears from his yellow eyes, Belg #6 said, &quot; Well Damien had used his innate clairvoyance's ability and spied the room before all of this and there was a statue in the room as well with rubies for eyes.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;A statue with ruby eyes.&quot;&nbsp; I said uncomprehending. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Yeah, Kalanaghar cast darkness on it and later on he cut the ruby eyes out and pocketed them.&quot;&nbsp; Belg #6 replied.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;So Kalanaghar and Damien charged the wizard and the remaining mercenary took on the orc that had fled earlier. Kalanaghar threw another thunderstone and deafened Morcant which caused him to lose a couple spells during this fight. He did manage to cast a cause fear spell on Kalanaghar and he killed one of the Mercenaries and singed Damien lightly with a burning hands.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Wizards are dangerous it seems.&quot;&nbsp; I said.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Yeah they are&quot; Brock chimed in. Before he killed the mercenary that was assisting Damien against the wizard, he did wake me up and at this point Kalanghar overcame his fear and emerged from the darkness spell he had cast. Then Damien and myself finished off the wizard and looted his hide out.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;What about the Goblins in that one room that you guys left behind?&quot;&nbsp; I queried. &nbsp;&quot;Damien went back and told them that their services would not be needed and they left. I actually knew a few of them from the Mercenaries Guild they are good guys, it would have been a shame to have to cut them in two.&quot; Brock said offhandedly. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With my eyes slightly widened I said, &quot; Yes, that would have been terrible.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;On the next night, Those two also broke into Paeter Amorines Manor out in Distrinct 12 with Rat and El tari. They were briefed earlier in Rats favorite hangout the Floatsom Inn. They met Old Salt the owner who has only 1 arm, leg and eye.&quot; Belg #6 said. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Why is that Belg #6 and did you accompany them on this Brock?&quot;&nbsp; I asked. &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;No&quot; Brock said.&nbsp; &quot;My contract was for Morcant only.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;The Necromancers at the College of Magic, pay good money for body parts especially the sect known as the Vivisectionists.&quot; Belg replied. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; With a disgusted look Dr Zhindzhe replied, &quot; I see.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;They met up with Rat and El' Tari went and broke into the manor and only managed to kill the Head Chef and his assistant in the process. They found the list in Morcants office and escaped out the window with his bodyguard Thetmus Amok Saluk hot on their heels.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;What was on the list?&quot;&nbsp; I asked. &nbsp;&quot;None of your business good Doctor.&quot; Belg #6 replied. &quot;But anyways that completed their night. Their performance on this was so good that Rat referred them to Brickface for potential hiring and the next day, Brickface's body guard showed up and told them that they would meet him on the 22day of Skullsflame.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;I seem to have heard a lot about Damien and Kalanaghar, what about Ivanor.&quot;&nbsp; I said.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Ohh he was around&quot; Belg #6 said. &nbsp;&quot;He seemed keen on meeting someone, anyone, so he came to the Cup and hired a hooker to have dinner with him. After he had finished his dinner earlier Claudia showed up and talked to Kalanaghar and Damien she saw Ivanor and simply stared at him before she left.&quot; Belg #6 said. &nbsp;&quot;Anyways over the next 4 days Damien and Kalanaghar visited Fendril again and then went and Visited the Hag's Eye and Vespa, Fendrils primary comeptition in District 9. She is a Night hag and had strange habits. She seemed to be an absent minded old woman unless someone were talking about children or poisons and then she was all business. Funny thing about Vespa, she has a couch in her parlor at the back of her shop that has a couch made out of baby bones and apparently it still cries when it gets sat on and she put a curse on Fendril and his brother Loch took over. Loch was a little shaky as he was an alchemist and has worked long years with mercury and other toxic substances.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Drug induced psychosis?&quot;&nbsp; I asked now with my curiosity peaked. &nbsp;&quot;No, he is crazy seeing and hearing things that no one else sees and hears and hes paranoid always flinching at sudden movements.&quot; Belg #6 confirmed. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Ivanor also went and bought some new clothes at Capers Cloaks and things and then Claudia showed up again.&quot;&nbsp; Belg #6 said. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Humphhh for someone that is supposedly being followed, she sure spent alot of time going to the Cup.&quot;&nbsp; Brock said.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Belg #6 laughed and then looked at Brock with an appraising eye and said, &quot;Maybe we should talk later Brock, I have some business opportunities that require a sharper eye for detail.&quot; &nbsp;Brock simply shrugged and Belg #6 continued, &quot;Anyway she had a Drow Wizard with her this time, Fel,Thiz, and Ivanor as well and she introduced Ivanor and Fel'Thiz to Damien and Kalanaghar. She then went on to tell them that she had a powerful backers and that she would need them to steal the evidence for her.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Claudia also began to talk about hiring them and said that she had backers powerful enough o protect them from retaliation but she would not finalize anything until she had as much information as her people could gather. She left and then Fel'thiz and the guys talked over strategy and their roles in the ensuing break in.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Interesting, so Claudia was needing something retrieved and these guys were going to do it?&quot;&nbsp; I asked.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;Well theres a twist Brock put in.&quot; He cleared his throat and began &quot;Kalanaghar and Fel'thiz talked in the drow hand language and Kalanaghar found out that Claudia was a wizard and has been in the city searching for something and has now apparently located what ever it was she was looking for.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;That's the twist?&quot; I asked. &nbsp;&quot;No,&quot; He said, The next day Brickface called them in for a meeting at his office and Ivanor kinda got swept up in all of this. Anyway, they all three got hired on in Brickfaces organization and were basically told that they would be required to do some missions but nothing that would compromise them with other legitimate organizations like the Underworld and their respective churches. They accepted.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;So they are part of the Crime Network in Rath now, how very interesting but I still do not see where this twist comes in.&quot; I said calmly. &nbsp;&quot;Well a couple days later Brickface told that he had a mission for them. They were to defend a warehouse that was going to be broken into and something was going to be stolen. Apparently this came from Brickface's boss, Mr Sleep and had a high priority.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Brickface gave them 16 of Rats gangsters and 3 Gnolls as well as money for traps to put in the warehouse to used to defend it. They also told them that there was a teleport block up and that anyone that came in would have to kick the door down literally fight their way through their minions and then face Ivanor, Kalanaghar, and Damien as well as Rat and El' tari at the center of the dungeon so to speak.&quot; Brock finished. &nbsp;I mulled this over and said, &quot;Thats backwards. Usually they are not the bosses that must be defeated at the center of the dungeon so to speak. They have minions to use against those who will be coming after whatever they are guarding...interesting.&quot; &nbsp;With a rumbling laugh Belg #6 said, &quot; Indeed, given that there is a lot of room for them to double cross Claudia or Brickface in this, it should be an interesting event to say the least.&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Well they may not do either and surprise us all.&quot; I said. &quot;Nothing is set in stone they have proven to be resourceful, if a little naive in their dealings so who knows what could actually happen.&quot; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Belg #6 and Brock shared a long knowing look and Brock said only time will tell then.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;We are a treacherous lot Dr Zhindzhe and this opportunity is almost to good to pass. Someone is going to get screwed before this plays out.&quot; Belg #6 said sagaciously. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Indeed Belg#6, but the who is still up in the air.&quot;&nbsp; I returned.********************Next the Reverse Dungeon****************</blockquote>

[QUOTE="akira1, post: 4422471, member: 64437"] [b]Morcant[/b] "Would you care to elaborate on that Mr Brock?" "Yeah" He grunted,"They hired me and 3 of the boys from the Mercenaries guild through Eddy 9 fingers and when we showed up they were all about getting this business over so after they briefed me and the men as to our duties we left and went and killed Morcant." "Certainly there was more to it than that!" I exclaimed. "As a matter of fact there wasn't." he returned. "We stuck swords in him and he died." he said rather bluntly. Sighing I said, "What about the break in and did he have any guards?" "Yeah he had 4 goblins outside pretending to be drunk and we wiped them out in what 9 seconds. Kalanaghar surrounded two of them with faerie fire and the rest of us charged into their surprise. Then Damien picked the door to the main entrance, and we ran into a small squad of goblins that were backed up by some guy in spiked plate mail and wielding a large sword." "I see, now we are getting somewhere. What other details do you have to offer." I probed. "Well" he said, "I was kinda berserk during this part so I don't accurately recall what happened but I do know that Kalanaghar deafened several of the goblins with a thunderstone and he stuck that big guy in the armor to the floor with a tangleroot bag. Which was a good thing because that guy was dangerous." "So you guys mopped up the opposition and then what?" I said. "Went searched the warehouse and came across a group of goblins waiting in a room." He said. "Did you all charge in and kill them?" I asked. "Nope, Damien bluffed them into thinking that we worked for Morcant. They told us that something had happened in the warehouse and were waiting for their orders. Damien then said that he would find out and come back and tell them. They were happy at this and told us to be wary of the monkey in the hallway." "A monkey in the hallway?!" I said. "Yeah it turned out to be a choker and after setting off a spear trap which he avoided, Damien got attacked by it." He said blandly. " I see" I replied. Belg #6 returned at this point and sat down two large foaming mugs of dark ale and after taking a long swig Brock continued, " Earlier a single orc had escaped and ran to Morcant and when we got to the last room they were both in there, but Morcant was ready for us and he turned out to be a wizard." "A wizard now this is interesting." I said. Belg #6 grunted and then Brock continued, "Me and the boys rushed him but his magical defenses were strong enough to counter their attacks but not mine. I got him good with my sword." Brock seemed to trail off at this point. "What happened then?" I pressed. "Morcant put me and two of my boys to sleep." Brock said quickly. Belg #6 gave Brock a long look and then began to laugh at him. "Well thats one way to stop a raging Barbarian!" Belg #6 said uproariously and he began to pound the heavy wooden table with a large paw like hand. Wiping tears from his yellow eyes, Belg #6 said, " Well Damien had used his innate clairvoyance's ability and spied the room before all of this and there was a statue in the room as well with rubies for eyes." "A statue with ruby eyes." I said uncomprehending. "Yeah, Kalanaghar cast darkness on it and later on he cut the ruby eyes out and pocketed them." Belg #6 replied. "So Kalanaghar and Damien charged the wizard and the remaining mercenary took on the orc that had fled earlier. Kalanaghar threw another thunderstone and deafened Morcant which caused him to lose a couple spells during this fight. He did manage to cast a cause fear spell on Kalanaghar and he killed one of the Mercenaries and singed Damien lightly with a burning hands." "Wizards are dangerous it seems." I said. "Yeah they are" Brock chimed in. Before he killed the mercenary that was assisting Damien against the wizard, he did wake me up and at this point Kalanghar overcame his fear and emerged from the darkness spell he had cast. Then Damien and myself finished off the wizard and looted his hide out." "What about the Goblins in that one room that you guys left behind?" I queried. "Damien went back and told them that their services would not be needed and they left. I actually knew a few of them from the Mercenaries Guild they are good guys, it would have been a shame to have to cut them in two." Brock said offhandedly. With my eyes slightly widened I said, " Yes, that would have been terrible." "On the next night, Those two also broke into Paeter Amorines Manor out in Distrinct 12 with Rat and El tari. They were briefed earlier in Rats favorite hangout the Floatsom Inn. They met Old Salt the owner who has only 1 arm, leg and eye." Belg #6 said. "Why is that Belg #6 and did you accompany them on this Brock?" I asked. "No" Brock said. "My contract was for Morcant only." "The Necromancers at the College of Magic, pay good money for body parts especially the sect known as the Vivisectionists." Belg replied. With a disgusted look Dr Zhindzhe replied, " I see." "They met up with Rat and El' Tari went and broke into the manor and only managed to kill the Head Chef and his assistant in the process. They found the list in Morcants office and escaped out the window with his bodyguard Thetmus Amok Saluk hot on their heels." "What was on the list?" I asked. "None of your business good Doctor." Belg #6 replied. "But anyways that completed their night. Their performance on this was so good that Rat referred them to Brickface for potential hiring and the next day, Brickface's body guard showed up and told them that they would meet him on the 22day of Skullsflame." "I seem to have heard a lot about Damien and Kalanaghar, what about Ivanor." I said. "Ohh he was around" Belg #6 said. "He seemed keen on meeting someone, anyone, so he came to the Cup and hired a hooker to have dinner with him. After he had finished his dinner earlier Claudia showed up and talked to Kalanaghar and Damien she saw Ivanor and simply stared at him before she left." Belg #6 said. "Anyways over the next 4 days Damien and Kalanaghar visited Fendril again and then went and Visited the Hag's Eye and Vespa, Fendrils primary comeptition in District 9. She is a Night hag and had strange habits. She seemed to be an absent minded old woman unless someone were talking about children or poisons and then she was all business. Funny thing about Vespa, she has a couch in her parlor at the back of her shop that has a couch made out of baby bones and apparently it still cries when it gets sat on and she put a curse on Fendril and his brother Loch took over. Loch was a little shaky as he was an alchemist and has worked long years with mercury and other toxic substances." "Drug induced psychosis?" I asked now with my curiosity peaked. "No, he is crazy seeing and hearing things that no one else sees and hears and hes paranoid always flinching at sudden movements." Belg #6 confirmed. "Ivanor also went and bought some new clothes at Capers Cloaks and things and then Claudia showed up again." Belg #6 said. "Humphhh for someone that is supposedly being followed, she sure spent alot of time going to the Cup." Brock said. "Belg #6 laughed and then looked at Brock with an appraising eye and said, "Maybe we should talk later Brock, I have some business opportunities that require a sharper eye for detail." Brock simply shrugged and Belg #6 continued, "Anyway she had a Drow Wizard with her this time, Fel,Thiz, and Ivanor as well and she introduced Ivanor and Fel'Thiz to Damien and Kalanaghar. She then went on to tell them that she had a powerful backers and that she would need them to steal the evidence for her." "Claudia also began to talk about hiring them and said that she had backers powerful enough o protect them from retaliation but she would not finalize anything until she had as much information as her people could gather. She left and then Fel'thiz and the guys talked over strategy and their roles in the ensuing break in." "Interesting, so Claudia was needing something retrieved and these guys were going to do it?" I asked. "Well theres a twist Brock put in." He cleared his throat and began "Kalanaghar and Fel'thiz talked in the drow hand language and Kalanaghar found out that Claudia was a wizard and has been in the city searching for something and has now apparently located what ever it was she was looking for." "That's the twist?" I asked. "No," He said, The next day Brickface called them in for a meeting at his office and Ivanor kinda got swept up in all of this. Anyway, they all three got hired on in Brickfaces organization and were basically told that they would be required to do some missions but nothing that would compromise them with other legitimate organizations like the Underworld and their respective churches. They accepted." "So they are part of the Crime Network in Rath now, how very interesting but I still do not see where this twist comes in." I said calmly. "Well a couple days later Brickface told that he had a mission for them. They were to defend a warehouse that was going to be broken into and something was going to be stolen. Apparently this came from Brickface's boss, Mr Sleep and had a high priority." "Brickface gave them 16 of Rats gangsters and 3 Gnolls as well as money for traps to put in the warehouse to used to defend it. They also told them that there was a teleport block up and that anyone that came in would have to kick the door down literally fight their way through their minions and then face Ivanor, Kalanaghar, and Damien as well as Rat and El' tari at the center of the dungeon so to speak." Brock finished. I mulled this over and said, "Thats backwards. Usually they are not the bosses that must be defeated at the center of the dungeon so to speak. They have minions to use against those who will be coming after whatever they are guarding...interesting." With a rumbling laugh Belg #6 said, " Indeed, given that there is a lot of room for them to double cross Claudia or Brickface in this, it should be an interesting event to say the least." "Well they may not do either and surprise us all." I said. "Nothing is set in stone they have proven to be resourceful, if a little naive in their dealings so who knows what could actually happen." Belg #6 and Brock shared a long knowing look and Brock said only time will tell then. "We are a treacherous lot Dr Zhindzhe and this opportunity is almost to good to pass. Someone is going to get screwed before this plays out." Belg #6 said sagaciously. "Indeed Belg#6, but the who is still up in the air." I returned. ********************Next the Reverse Dungeon**************** [/QUOTE]

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