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<blockquote data-quote="apocalypstick" data-source="post: 1061904" data-attributes="member: 12356">&quot;Well - and thank you for your kindnesses,&quot; the lass begins, &quot;my name is Leila, and until quite recently I was the second daughter of Lord Corporal Hargrave. Now I am... less... than that.&quot;The pocked-faced serving girl returns to the tables with the party's drinks, hovering about in an obvious attempt to eavesdrop, but a pointed stare from Leila drives her away.&quot;It's not a tale of any great import or interest,&quot; she continues, &quot;and I do not regret in the least my severance from the family. My name has been stricken from the registry and my identification-charm dissolved.&quot; She takes a sip of her ale, which is watery, as is Drehluk's - though not overly so. &quot;I came to the Hive to try and start my life anew, to wip my past away - this idea, it now seems, was an ill one.&quot;&quot;I have not been here but a week, and fell in with Edwin and the Irregulars; they promised that I was part of their family now, and would be as a sister to them all. Little did I know that they treat their 'sisters' as whores.&quot; Her pretty face becomes sullen, and hard as stone. &quot;I will not bore you with the details. It is enough to say that I wanted out; but it seems far easier to join with these Hiver Families than it is to break with them. Tonight was my third attempt to leave Edwin's side, and it would have succeeded as well as the first two, had you and your friends not happened upon us.&quot;&quot;And that is my tale, short and uninteresting as it is.&quot;{Alex: your Bardic Knowledge reveals nothing further about Drehluk's blade than what he has told you.}</blockquote>

[QUOTE="apocalypstick, post: 1061904, member: 12356"] "Well - and thank you for your kindnesses," the lass begins, "my name is Leila, and until quite recently I was the second daughter of Lord Corporal Hargrave. Now I am... less... than that." The pocked-faced serving girl returns to the tables with the party's drinks, hovering about in an obvious attempt to eavesdrop, but a pointed stare from Leila drives her away. "It's not a tale of any great import or interest," she continues, "and I do not regret in the least my severance from the family. My name has been stricken from the registry and my identification-charm dissolved." She takes a sip of her ale, which is watery, as is Drehluk's - though not overly so. "I came to the Hive to try and start my life anew, to wip my past away - this idea, it now seems, was an ill one." "I have not been here but a week, and fell in with Edwin and the Irregulars; they promised that I was part of their family now, and would be as a sister to them all. Little did I know that they treat their 'sisters' as whores." Her pretty face becomes sullen, and hard as stone. "I will not bore you with the details. It is enough to say that I wanted out; but it seems far easier to join with these Hiver Families than it is to break with them. Tonight was my third attempt to leave Edwin's side, and it would have succeeded as well as the first two, had you and your friends not happened upon us." "And that is my tale, short and uninteresting as it is." {Alex: your Bardic Knowledge reveals nothing further about Drehluk's blade than what he has told you.} [/QUOTE]

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