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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2854383" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 2245/13/06“The Plot Thickens”Everyone but Fighter boards the airship Cedious’ Ride.  Cedious has hired a few more crewmembers to replace those killed when in the Mournlands and on the Plane of Battles.  The trip will take at least six days to complete one way.  They will stop at a port run by House Lyrandar that acts as a halfway point for the trip.They have packed winter clothes and equipment as best as they could figure.  Cedious shares with the group something he saw when leaving.  A lean warforged with a raven was watching them leave from a nearby rooftop.  Normally this wouldn’t bother him except for the incident with Smash.  Could this have been the second assassin sent with Smash, this SN-12?  They will never know.It takes a few days to pass over Aundair and over the coastline towards the icy waters where they are going.  They stop at the island base.  It is a very small snow covered island.  There is a tower here for airships and a deep-water port for ships.  The stay over will be two hours so the group disembarks to look around.Cedious gets a drink and listens to the various conversations that are taking place.  He hears one waitress speaking to a bar tender about the amount of ships going north.  He orders a drink from this waitress and gets her talking about the ships.  She hesitates for only a moment as she collects the gold piece tip for the single silver piece drink.  One week ago a ship with a House Cannith flag flew to the north.  “A week ago!” exclaims Cedious.  And several days ago TWO ships went north.  They had many soldier types dressed in green. “The Emerald Claw has TWO ships!” Cedious groans out loud.  They are behind and outmanned.  He finishes his drink and runs off to warn everyone.Meanwhile, Talon and Ippikak are approached by a dwarf dressed in fine clothes holding a recent copy of the Korranberg Chronicle.  “It is amazing what people will pay others just to know a thing or two about CREATION.” He says without looking at them.  “I know I would handsomely for knowledge of CREATION and even any SCHEMAS about it.” And with that he wanders to the bar and puts his paper on the counter next to him.Something they have yet to share with the others involved a warforged that came to them.  He was looking for information on the schema.  He hinted that he worked for a well off person that would contact them again.  That person appears to be a dwarf.The two of them sit down next to the dwarf and order a drink.  Once the tender has been paid and moves away the dwarf speaks again.“Have you thought about it?”“Maybe we know something.” Says Talon as he sips his watered down drink.“I know you know something.  What will you share with me?”“We are looking for clues now to a piece.” Adds Ippikak looking at the paper.  There is something within the paper hidden.“You seek the sixth and final piece.  I want that and the two you have.  I can pay any price you want.”“Can you?” asks Talon thinking that is a lot of money indeed.“I have deep pockets.  Maybe the deepest on Khorvaire.  I will be in contact.  In this paper is something that if you need me for anything you can contact me.  Just touch this stone and I’ll come.”  He lifts his hand that was on the counter and a blue stone appears.  “Just hold it and think about me.”  The dwarf gets up and wanders away.  The gem and bulky paper are left behind.   Ippikak and Talon watch him disappear before looking into the goods left behind.  Talon opens the paper and finds two Bracers.  One has six blue gems on it and a space for one more. Ippikak eyes it and yes- it will fit.  “What now?”They both look in the direction the dwarf went and wonder silently.  Should they betray the group that have only recently allowed them to join them?</blockquote>

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