silentspace
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Aye, Kinden says, taking the dwarf's hand, the corners of his mouth twitching up slightly in a hidden smile, truly, it is good to meet one such as ye.
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The Emperor of Solmaria
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Mithreander
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The man's eyes forrow in anger as he turns towards the innkeeper and Incantus. "Where did you get this group of snivelling mercinaries?! They will be of no help! Bah, I will do this on my own with no help from the likes of you! I had though all of you come for the good of the empire, not the good of yourselves!" He points to the bard. "Begone! The back door is still open. Leave that way, for trully I tell you this. I have no need for you. You have forsaken this land and all those in it!" He then turns his fingers to the Elf in the corner (Kinden) "And you my mercenarian friend, I will help where I can, as I have already stated, but to demamd payment for this? Have you no pride! Bah, this is useless! Go! All of you that wish to be here for selfish perposes or monitary gain, be gone!" He turns to the bouncers at the door. "Unbar it and let these craven mercenaries out of here!"
Incantus, with an accent of his distance land says "That may be folley, Hitorum. The guards..."
"I care nothing about the guards! Send them out!" Hitorum once more yells.
The three halforcs at the center table stand and one of them says to Hitorum "I told you that an attempt to bring in any others would be folly. Now our plot has been comprimised! I know that I am but an orckin, but I do know about tactics and people. Maybe next time you will heed my warning!"
Hitorum just nods to the halforc in responce to his repremand.
The three humans just seem to be watching the whole thing with expressionless eyes.
Incantus, with an accent of his distance land says "That may be folley, Hitorum. The guards..."
"I care nothing about the guards! Send them out!" Hitorum once more yells.
The three halforcs at the center table stand and one of them says to Hitorum "I told you that an attempt to bring in any others would be folly. Now our plot has been comprimised! I know that I am but an orckin, but I do know about tactics and people. Maybe next time you will heed my warning!"
Hitorum just nods to the halforc in responce to his repremand.
The three humans just seem to be watching the whole thing with expressionless eyes.
silentspace
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Kinden
Hmm, Kinden thinks. This Hitorum Felswarth is quick to anger. A wise adviser would have recognized a chance to negotiate with a counter offer, instead of making vague statements about "help". Perhaps he is not who he says he is, or he was dismissed from his role as advisor for good reason! It does seem, though, that this Incantus, and even that half-orc have some sense in them.
If the amulet gives any indication at all that Felswarth's intentions are good, Kinden says
Master Felswarth, I have not asked for payment as a mercenary would. I have only asked for that which would help us on our task. Paying the head tax on us non-humans would allow us to move freely through Faunt and the empire. Weapons, equipment, and fast horses would speed us on our way. And, it would be a token of your trustworthiness. Surely you can see that having Incantus point his crossbow at us, and your guards blocking the doors from the inside, keeping us in, and not guarding the doors from the outside, keeping others out, as you claim, is very suspicious, especially so in times such as this.
If the amulet gives an indication that Felswarth's intentions are not good, Kinden will walk out the door, gesturing for the female human, the shadowy elf, and the dwarf to follow him. Clearly, this is not a rebellion.
If the amulet gives no indication at all, Kinden waits to see what the others will do.
Hmm, Kinden thinks. This Hitorum Felswarth is quick to anger. A wise adviser would have recognized a chance to negotiate with a counter offer, instead of making vague statements about "help". Perhaps he is not who he says he is, or he was dismissed from his role as advisor for good reason! It does seem, though, that this Incantus, and even that half-orc have some sense in them.
If the amulet gives any indication at all that Felswarth's intentions are good, Kinden says
Master Felswarth, I have not asked for payment as a mercenary would. I have only asked for that which would help us on our task. Paying the head tax on us non-humans would allow us to move freely through Faunt and the empire. Weapons, equipment, and fast horses would speed us on our way. And, it would be a token of your trustworthiness. Surely you can see that having Incantus point his crossbow at us, and your guards blocking the doors from the inside, keeping us in, and not guarding the doors from the outside, keeping others out, as you claim, is very suspicious, especially so in times such as this.
If the amulet gives an indication that Felswarth's intentions are not good, Kinden will walk out the door, gesturing for the female human, the shadowy elf, and the dwarf to follow him. Clearly, this is not a rebellion.
If the amulet gives no indication at all, Kinden waits to see what the others will do.
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Lichtenhart
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"Wait a moment!"
Dar throws away his cloak, revealing his dwarven figure, and the sun mark on a forehead knitted with anger.
"As I said before, nobody's leaving. Now you" he turns to Hitorum "would better give us some more explanations, because it's not clear what you wanted to do tonight. You asked for help in a mission you can't do alone, and it looks like you can't do it even with the help of these illustrious orc-kins you seem to have already engaged. Some kindly persons offer their help, suggesting, as you said you were open to suggestions, that the mission would have more chances of success if they had a better equipment, or if they wouldn't have to hide like rabbits from the guards, and you go all picky and haughty like that!? Well, I don't know you, and I asked nothing of you; I offered my help because it sounded the right thing to do, but if you don't want to do a disservice to YOUR Emperor, may he live forever, you'd better swallow some of your pride, listen to your friend" he points at Incantus "and state more clearly what you'd like us to do and the kind of 'help' you think we'll need."
He stays in front of him, with folded arms, waiting for answers.
Dar throws away his cloak, revealing his dwarven figure, and the sun mark on a forehead knitted with anger.
"As I said before, nobody's leaving. Now you" he turns to Hitorum "would better give us some more explanations, because it's not clear what you wanted to do tonight. You asked for help in a mission you can't do alone, and it looks like you can't do it even with the help of these illustrious orc-kins you seem to have already engaged. Some kindly persons offer their help, suggesting, as you said you were open to suggestions, that the mission would have more chances of success if they had a better equipment, or if they wouldn't have to hide like rabbits from the guards, and you go all picky and haughty like that!? Well, I don't know you, and I asked nothing of you; I offered my help because it sounded the right thing to do, but if you don't want to do a disservice to YOUR Emperor, may he live forever, you'd better swallow some of your pride, listen to your friend" he points at Incantus "and state more clearly what you'd like us to do and the kind of 'help' you think we'll need."
He stays in front of him, with folded arms, waiting for answers.
Mithreander
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Hitorum just shakes his head "I do not need to prove myself to you! If you knew anything of what is trully happening here, then you would now me!" He turns to Incantus and says "Tell the Old Emperor's Elites that we have a job for them. They can go to the oracle, those paladins have little love for them from the other enforcers now. Ready the army. Say that you are pulling it in closer to the capital for the capitals protection from the many tribes of humanoids that may rebel against the new laws. We will strike if we here word that the Emporer is doing this intentionally and is not being manipulated." He turns to the the half-orcs and says "Ready your tribes. I except your leaders terms. You'll have to have them march soon. I will continue to place as many ristrictions on the new laws as I can, influence where I may. I know that the last laws are bad, but just remember what would have happened if I had not had them changed. Now go." He turns back to the others and looks confused "You're still here?"
Majin
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"Of course we are still here. If you hadn't noticed, some of us had agreed to your little quest without asking for payment. But..." Shadowleaf looks at the Dwarf, squinting at the large sun on his forehead. "The Dwarf has a point." he continues. "How can any logical person expect us to go about completing this mission for you if half of us are to be hunted at every turn simply because of our race??" As he says this he throws his hood back revealing long locks of shiny silver hair and cold gray eyes.
"You bring us oppressed races together and ask us to help you, a human, yet you don't have the empathy to sympathize with our situation?" The Elf moves out from behind the table and starts approaching Hitorum with a condescending sneer upon his lips. He stops a few feet in front of him, eyeing his bodyguard and then focuses his cold stare on the mage himself. "I told you I did not trust you. Such uncooperativeness on your part is not helping your case. I want my freedom back in this city! As do every non-human in this room. We cannot hope to do this successfully and safely without some form of help from you! Look at yourself, reduced to scheming with tribes of Orc-kin to do your dirty work."
Shadowleaf drops his gaze a moment, staring at his feet while seething with barely contained rage. Looking back up at Hitorum he continues once more. "If you want this done so badly, why do you continue to refuse to extend the help to us that we require to get the job done? Is it because this is a trick as I suspect? Paying our head tax would defeat the purpose of setting us up for some kind of trap? If you want any chance of us trusting you any further or helping you in the future, I suggest you reconsider." Shadowleaf crosses his arms glaring at Felswarth, waiting for a reply.
"You bring us oppressed races together and ask us to help you, a human, yet you don't have the empathy to sympathize with our situation?" The Elf moves out from behind the table and starts approaching Hitorum with a condescending sneer upon his lips. He stops a few feet in front of him, eyeing his bodyguard and then focuses his cold stare on the mage himself. "I told you I did not trust you. Such uncooperativeness on your part is not helping your case. I want my freedom back in this city! As do every non-human in this room. We cannot hope to do this successfully and safely without some form of help from you! Look at yourself, reduced to scheming with tribes of Orc-kin to do your dirty work."
Shadowleaf drops his gaze a moment, staring at his feet while seething with barely contained rage. Looking back up at Hitorum he continues once more. "If you want this done so badly, why do you continue to refuse to extend the help to us that we require to get the job done? Is it because this is a trick as I suspect? Paying our head tax would defeat the purpose of setting us up for some kind of trap? If you want any chance of us trusting you any further or helping you in the future, I suggest you reconsider." Shadowleaf crosses his arms glaring at Felswarth, waiting for a reply.
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hippocrachus
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Xanthas looks to the dwarf and elf with silver hair and considers their words "The good Sirs have the right of it. I question your sincerity, Councilor." He then goes to stand beside the dwarf. "I will not go anywhere until I am satisfied, and if you think his little twig-thrower," he points to the general, "or your fiendish magic will frighten me any, you are gravely mistaken."
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Lichtenhart
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Darhaan is utterly shocked hearing Hitorum's words.
"I thought you were being unreasonable with us, but now I wonder if you're sane. You're allowing armed orc tribes near your capital, and you expect to simply dismiss them should you find out you don't need them?!"
"I thought you were being unreasonable with us, but now I wonder if you're sane. You're allowing armed orc tribes near your capital, and you expect to simply dismiss them should you find out you don't need them?!"
silentspace
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Truly, that Hitorum was either insane, under so much stress that he wasn't thinking clearly, or this was all an elaborate bluff. At this point though, Kinden didn't really care, as he watched the dwarf, the human warrior, and the shadowy elf boldly reveal themselves and step up to confront the man, speaking words that let Kinden know, at last, that they were his friends. Aye, he liked this lot more and more. If he could join with brave souls such as this, he knew they could accomplish great things together. Kinden stands up and joins the three. Casually resting his hand on the pommel of his sword, he looks Felswarth, then Incantus, in the eye. Turning back to Felswarth
So, which shall it be? Will you act civilized and deal with us straightly, or will you continue to threaten and insult us? But do not command us as if we were the soft court flatterers you are used to dealing with. I for one, am not used to being treated in this way, and I suspect my comrades here are not either.
And consider this: You have revealed yourself as a wizard, a traitor and usurper to the throne. You are the only one here who can be arrested. As a wizard, your punishment will be to lose your hands and tongue, and be sold into slavery. And who knows what punishments our dear emperor, may he live forever, will mete out to you for your treason. There are ways to detect lies, my friend, and you are the only one here who has spoken treasonously of our dear emperor, may he live forever!
So, which shall it be? Will you act civilized and deal with us straightly, or will you continue to threaten and insult us? But do not command us as if we were the soft court flatterers you are used to dealing with. I for one, am not used to being treated in this way, and I suspect my comrades here are not either.
And consider this: You have revealed yourself as a wizard, a traitor and usurper to the throne. You are the only one here who can be arrested. As a wizard, your punishment will be to lose your hands and tongue, and be sold into slavery. And who knows what punishments our dear emperor, may he live forever, will mete out to you for your treason. There are ways to detect lies, my friend, and you are the only one here who has spoken treasonously of our dear emperor, may he live forever!
