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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3309781" data-attributes="member: 30035">We're back!!   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ____________________From: Caelen SiorathSharn BrelandTo my beloved Mother and Father;I regret that I'm not coming home to join in the fight against the Karrnathi. But something tells me that isn't the way to bring glory to my ancestor's name.I've been working with Caerlyn's Blade for a few weeks, as well as putting in some time at the stables. I hadn't heard from my adventuring companions much during that time. The human's in charge of his family's mansion and I think a couple of the others have actually taken rooms there. I'm not sure that's for me even if he does offer me space. I will have to look for new lodgings soon, as the Blades are heading home to join the fighting. I'll let you know as soon as I've found a new place. It won't be for some time, though. I'll be traveling to the Talenta Plains next.The human's found some ancient crypt where he hopes to get his hands on some special dragonshards. He's planning to trade them for a book. The book doesn't hold any interest for me, but the crypt is supposed to be older than the Dhakaani empire. That should provide some adventure worthy of Coriandor's name. Dalia has heard that our nemesis Caiber sent some people and they didn't all make it back. His people aren't that good, but that news still bodes well for the challenge.The artificer sent a message asking us all to meet at a restaurant called the Terrace Rose. The changeling showed up in a new guise - it's lucky we don't kill it out of hand when it does that.The human gave us more information there about our latest venture. We'll be taking the lightning rail to the Plains, but we're taking along horses for further travel. I'll be glad of an excuse to ride Flamewind outside the city.The human now has a bodyguard, a warforged called Sten. Evidently the Cannith people value the artificer highly, or so he claims. I don't know what I think of having a warforged around all the time. While we were chatting Dalia started staring off at another box on the opposite side of the restaurant, which has an amphitheatre style to accomodate performances. She said she saw something odd over there. Then the warforged announced that there were walking skeletons coming up the stairs. It started firing some kind of energy bolts out of its hands. Dalia shot off some kind of shadowy stuff that wrapped around the skeletons and held some of them in place. Kylara was closer than I was and tried to command the skeletons, but it didn't work. Kylara yelled out that they were Stillborn. I'm not sure what that means, but they were Aereni who'd made themselves up to look even more like living dead than Kylara does.I jumped up and ran to meet them but the stairway was too narrow so I leaped over the railing and ran along a balcony to get behind them. When I reached the bottom of the stairs I realized more of the Aereni were approaching, so I took a position to oppose them. They tried to surround me but I sprang up on a table to get higher ground and slashed one of them fiercely. Then a blast of energy hit me from behind, leaving me bruised.Kylara sent a Deathless soldier over to aid me, though I didn't need his help. I kept slashing at two Aereni at a time and even gave one of them a couple of good kicks to the head. They moved awfully slowly. I felt a blast of flames behind me at one point but it wasn't close enough to singe me.After I'd taken care of the four Aereni I found that there wasn't much going on behind me. Kylara and the others had been talking about a dragon outside and then something about a wizard, but I'd been too busy with my opponents to catch it all. I went onto the balcony so I could see the full interior of the Terrace Rose.The woman who'd been singing and most of the other patrons had fled. There was a creature made of earth and stone standing on the stage. Another Aereni had shown up, evidently the wizard, and Dalia was standing right next to him. I could hear Kylara chanting and then an undead troll appeared next to the earth creature. ______________________________________________________Quips & Quotes:Devo (to Kylara): "You can put your zombies in the closet."Zora: "Which zombie do you want to use today?"Devo: "Hmm, I thought I only had skeletons in my closet."Zora: "She's a pole elf?! Pole elves rock!"Hedrin: "Aw, I was hoping for a moon elf."sniffles: "Did you say make a Spot check?"Zora: "You need to make a successful Listen check to make the Spot check."sniffles: "No, I need to make a successful Short-term Memory check."Zora: "Have you seen my Spot roll? Because I'd really like to make one."DH: "You see some skeletons coming up the stairs."sniffles: "Kylara, stop inviting your friends along!"DH: "That's why Xil is always late for breakfast - he's trying to find himself in the mirror."Zora: "He couldn't find himself with a mirror and two hands."patv: "Xil has a new job: substitute in the police lineup. He's number 4."Jubilee: "My Deathless moves over here. He'll freak out the wait staff."sniffles: "Waiter, I've been waiting so long I died!"DH: "You see a cloaked figure holding a staff."Jubilee: "He must be a wizard."DH: "No, he's got a butler, and maid..."patv: "What wizard through yonder window breaks?"sniffles: "Do you need a permit to summon things?"Jubilee: "I didn't summon those undead! They were here when I got here!"</blockquote>

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