The Four Lands - The Great North
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Jaroth
Turning to Bertrand, Jaroth says, "I am well aware that what we have seen thus far would not condemn the boy for any crime. And I did not suggest to the contrary. Consider this. We do not know the motives of the captain. And we have great reason to suspect the boy. Under these circumstances blindly following protocol would be at the very least foolhardy and at the most deadly."
He leans in and whispers gravely. "I've felt the auras protecting that boy. They are both powerful and necromantic. Two are already dead. Need more die while we bumble around this ship following duty and protocol?"
Jaroth looks to Finnian for some support.
Turning to Bertrand, Jaroth says, "I am well aware that what we have seen thus far would not condemn the boy for any crime. And I did not suggest to the contrary. Consider this. We do not know the motives of the captain. And we have great reason to suspect the boy. Under these circumstances blindly following protocol would be at the very least foolhardy and at the most deadly."
He leans in and whispers gravely. "I've felt the auras protecting that boy. They are both powerful and necromantic. Two are already dead. Need more die while we bumble around this ship following duty and protocol?"
Jaroth looks to Finnian for some support.
Rath Lorien
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Anniston weighs in, "If the captain is involved then it does make things tricky. But if he is involved then it is probably indirectly. I think if we approach this diplomatically, he may take this opportunity to extract himself."
"I advise we should take the direct approach and give him a chance."
"I advise we should take the direct approach and give him a chance."
Dracomeander
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Finnian notes Jaroth's plea while weighing the arguments of both views.
"I believe we should keep our appointment with the Captain. It will give us more of a chance to determine just why the Captain feels guilty.
"If we determine the Captain is involved, then we can promote Vadric's claim to put this vessel under ecclesiastical control until we can reach a friendly port.
"If the Captain is feeling guilty just because he is the final authority on a vessel where these things are occurring, then we could gain significant assistance in our continuing investigation.
"Either way, the crew will be a hindrance to our investigation until we meet with the Captain and gets his approval to continue or provide proof that the Captain was complicit in endangering this vessel.
"Shall we head to the Captain's cabin now?"
"I believe we should keep our appointment with the Captain. It will give us more of a chance to determine just why the Captain feels guilty.
"If we determine the Captain is involved, then we can promote Vadric's claim to put this vessel under ecclesiastical control until we can reach a friendly port.
"If the Captain is feeling guilty just because he is the final authority on a vessel where these things are occurring, then we could gain significant assistance in our continuing investigation.
"Either way, the crew will be a hindrance to our investigation until we meet with the Captain and gets his approval to continue or provide proof that the Captain was complicit in endangering this vessel.
"Shall we head to the Captain's cabin now?"
J. Alexander
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Sailing North - Captain's Cabin
The party arrives at the Captain's cabin just a little past 11pm. There are two marines standing at the door with shortswords and boarding pikes. Seeing the party approach one of the guards opens the door and says something. He then closes the door and after the party's arrivial opens it after a brief pause again and announces the party's arrival. The party is then ushered into the Captain's day cabin and finds the Captain sitting at the head of a long tabel. There are refreshments on the table mainly of cheese and whole fruit. The Captain stands and invites the party to sit down at the table with a wave of his hand...taking his seat he then addess the party "Things have certainly gotten exciting since you gentlemen came on as passangers......pray tell me your tale before i make some very hard decesions"
The party arrives at the Captain's cabin just a little past 11pm. There are two marines standing at the door with shortswords and boarding pikes. Seeing the party approach one of the guards opens the door and says something. He then closes the door and after the party's arrivial opens it after a brief pause again and announces the party's arrival. The party is then ushered into the Captain's day cabin and finds the Captain sitting at the head of a long tabel. There are refreshments on the table mainly of cheese and whole fruit. The Captain stands and invites the party to sit down at the table with a wave of his hand...taking his seat he then addess the party "Things have certainly gotten exciting since you gentlemen came on as passangers......pray tell me your tale before i make some very hard decesions"
Rath Lorien
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After a short pause to collect his thoughts, Anniston steps forward with a short bow.
"With your permission, Captain, and by the leave of my companions, I will address these events."
"First, allow me to introduce myself and my companions. I am Anniston Van Aalorn, a champion of the Light and a knight-brother in the Order of the Defenders of the Faith. On this voyage I am traveling as a pilgrim and I am on a quest for enlightenment. This gentleman is Vadric Elarion, a priest and knight-in-arms in good standing with the Church of the Light. This is Finnian Douglas, a gentleman traveler from the south and a faithful follower of the Light. This is Bertrand Brookmead, a landowner and raiser of horses from the borderlands who is traveling with his entourage."
"Finally, I introduce Jaroth Urkas, who is known to me to be an arcane spellcaster who has sworn to me and to this company upon his honor to have received his gift from the Light. In this mater I have no reason to doubt his word and by his lack of wizard's books I would judge to have every reason to believe that he is a man true to his word. Furthermore, I have witnessed that Jaroth has not used his Light-given gift in an impulsive or indescreet manner, but only insofar as it is necessary to further the path of Light."
"I will now turn to the matter of the unfortunate and startling events of this night."
"After we saw the results of the murderer on the deck of this ship, my companions and I sought to do what we could to aid the apprehension of the killer. We had no immediate information that would suggest a suspect. If we had any information that would suggest a suspect we would have brought it to your attention at that time."
"We did, however, detect signs that led us to believe that the killer might have fled into the lower deck and this is the direction we went. Once below decks we were led almost immediately to the cabin of the passenger who at that time had the form of some sort of beast. This beast-man was entirely out of its sane mind and attacked us with feral intensity. Never the less, we took pitty on the creature and did subdue it with what tools we had available to us without killing it."
"Of course we have not done a complete investigation, but it is my conclusion that this beast-man did kill the sailor on the upper deck."
"Unfortunately our night was only thus to become more interesting. As we were securing the beast we heard noises in the next cabin from which we discerned clues that suggested more danger was afoot. It is, in hind-sight, quite fortunate that we followed up on this concern because had we not, this evening might have turned out much differently."
"When we confronted the men in the next room we discovered that they were part of some conspiracy to visit harm upon another of the passengers on this ship. While attempting to ascertain the nature of this conspiracy, the men attacked us. During this attack, they did attempt to summon a demon from the nether realms."
"I know that this does sound fantastic, but I assure you it is true beyond a shadow of a doubt. With the magical power at their disposal, the priest Vadirc and Jaroth were able to drive the beast away and keep it from entering our world. If not for the quick action of Jaroth and Vadric I am certain that the beast would have succeeded in entering our world, with dire consequences."
"But our encounter with the abysal realm was not yet finished. Not a moment had we finished with this demon but we heard yet another scream from down in the hold. Upon investigation we discovered that another demon had been summoned there. Once again, it is a blessing of the Light that Vadric was able to summon the power of the Light and he was able to turn the beast and drive it away from the ship."
"However, well before we drove the second demon from the ship, Jaroth became aware that some infernal power was summoning a great storm that would have overpowered the ship and caused it to be lost. In spite of his weakened condition, he went onto the deck and through his additional sacrifice, was able to protect us from the storm and keep it a bay until we below could finish the demon in the lower hold."
"Now that you have heard these events I hope that you understand how important it is to continue this investigation. What started as a murder has turned beyond any reason into a conspiracy to summon demons! We have yet to discover the one responsible for the summoning and until we find him, we will all of us continue to be in great danger."
"On this ship your word is law. It is as it should be. I beg you to act quickly to save your crew, the passengers under your charge, and your ship."
"With your permission, Captain, and by the leave of my companions, I will address these events."
"First, allow me to introduce myself and my companions. I am Anniston Van Aalorn, a champion of the Light and a knight-brother in the Order of the Defenders of the Faith. On this voyage I am traveling as a pilgrim and I am on a quest for enlightenment. This gentleman is Vadric Elarion, a priest and knight-in-arms in good standing with the Church of the Light. This is Finnian Douglas, a gentleman traveler from the south and a faithful follower of the Light. This is Bertrand Brookmead, a landowner and raiser of horses from the borderlands who is traveling with his entourage."
"Finally, I introduce Jaroth Urkas, who is known to me to be an arcane spellcaster who has sworn to me and to this company upon his honor to have received his gift from the Light. In this mater I have no reason to doubt his word and by his lack of wizard's books I would judge to have every reason to believe that he is a man true to his word. Furthermore, I have witnessed that Jaroth has not used his Light-given gift in an impulsive or indescreet manner, but only insofar as it is necessary to further the path of Light."
"I will now turn to the matter of the unfortunate and startling events of this night."
"After we saw the results of the murderer on the deck of this ship, my companions and I sought to do what we could to aid the apprehension of the killer. We had no immediate information that would suggest a suspect. If we had any information that would suggest a suspect we would have brought it to your attention at that time."
"We did, however, detect signs that led us to believe that the killer might have fled into the lower deck and this is the direction we went. Once below decks we were led almost immediately to the cabin of the passenger who at that time had the form of some sort of beast. This beast-man was entirely out of its sane mind and attacked us with feral intensity. Never the less, we took pitty on the creature and did subdue it with what tools we had available to us without killing it."
"Of course we have not done a complete investigation, but it is my conclusion that this beast-man did kill the sailor on the upper deck."
"Unfortunately our night was only thus to become more interesting. As we were securing the beast we heard noises in the next cabin from which we discerned clues that suggested more danger was afoot. It is, in hind-sight, quite fortunate that we followed up on this concern because had we not, this evening might have turned out much differently."
"When we confronted the men in the next room we discovered that they were part of some conspiracy to visit harm upon another of the passengers on this ship. While attempting to ascertain the nature of this conspiracy, the men attacked us. During this attack, they did attempt to summon a demon from the nether realms."
"I know that this does sound fantastic, but I assure you it is true beyond a shadow of a doubt. With the magical power at their disposal, the priest Vadirc and Jaroth were able to drive the beast away and keep it from entering our world. If not for the quick action of Jaroth and Vadric I am certain that the beast would have succeeded in entering our world, with dire consequences."
"But our encounter with the abysal realm was not yet finished. Not a moment had we finished with this demon but we heard yet another scream from down in the hold. Upon investigation we discovered that another demon had been summoned there. Once again, it is a blessing of the Light that Vadric was able to summon the power of the Light and he was able to turn the beast and drive it away from the ship."
"However, well before we drove the second demon from the ship, Jaroth became aware that some infernal power was summoning a great storm that would have overpowered the ship and caused it to be lost. In spite of his weakened condition, he went onto the deck and through his additional sacrifice, was able to protect us from the storm and keep it a bay until we below could finish the demon in the lower hold."
"Now that you have heard these events I hope that you understand how important it is to continue this investigation. What started as a murder has turned beyond any reason into a conspiracy to summon demons! We have yet to discover the one responsible for the summoning and until we find him, we will all of us continue to be in great danger."
"On this ship your word is law. It is as it should be. I beg you to act quickly to save your crew, the passengers under your charge, and your ship."
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