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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4012343" data-attributes="member: 8530">Chapter 19, "Sanctuary, Time Out, and the return of Narg" July 15th, 1005: The group reappearing in the Cathedral of Ukko in the Jawltorn Inner City (about a mile northwest of the Lordholder's Castle), which is currently unoccupied. Serita grabs the Sceptre away from Lysdashi, and uses it to fetch her dog, who she had left back at the castle. Doing this causes her to collapse into unconsciousness. The others decide that she has the right idea, and each fall asleep on the church pews, since it is still dark outside. While the High Priest Augusta is setting up the Cathedral for morning services he stumbles upon the party. They take out the Holy Sword Isaiah, and ask for sanctuary. He is pleased that they have brought him of his religion’s greatest artifacts, and angered when hearing that Kohlorahdooh had been hiding it. Augusta leads them to his private chambers, rooms beneath the Cathedral, and tell them that they can stay there. The group sleeps for the rest of the day. July 16th, 1005: Augusta, and his Paladin neice Lady Jolene meet with the party. They tell them that the official word is that an assassination attempt was made at the King, and that he is wounded. Bly has assumed that the culprits have left the city. The navy has set sail for the Lordholding’s south border, and the army has marched off to the northern and eastern borders, to prevent the assassins from escaping. Fewer than a hundred soldiers have been left within the city. The group decides that since the military is searching the countryside it would probably be best to actually remain in the city for a few days. Since the military is also looking for a group they decide that they would be better off by spliting up. They decide to spend the next five days getting their apprenticeships for the next levels and just laying low. Klaaze connects the final two pieces to the Rod, and can finally release it from his grasp. They decide to not experiment with it, and leave it with Augusta to protect for the next several days. Natasha sets off to find a thief not affiliated with the Kohlorahdooh Thieves Guild. She finds a man named Curthalt, a con man posing as a silversmith. Tao heads over to the Monastery of Isaac again, where he apprentices under a man named Fineathel. Kharole receives training from a flashy magician named Ambermon, who is the leader of the Apparitionist's Guild. Phuddi, Klaaze and Hherrmyie head to the Fighter's guild, entering separately. Hherrmyie meets up with an expert swordsman by the name of Norburt. Klaaze is trained by a human woman named Goldenlac. Phuddi is apprenticed by a man named Hydel, the self-proclaimed "Hero of Havendwell". He trains Phuddi with the Longbow. At the end of the apprenticeship Hydel invites Phuddi to accompany him on a quest against some Fire Giants in the Northern Hills, to which Phuddi gracefully declines. Lysdashi and Mark travel together to the Ranger Knight's Hold, a small private club on the far side of town. Mark is apprenticed by a ranger named Hlmford, and Lysdashi is apprenticed by an elvan ranger named Biolwig-Greurnstein. Serita travels to the Druid camp north of the city, charming her way past the town guards. She is apprenticed by the camp leader, Glaukirk. While there she also talks to her druid friend, Arkelle, who is returning from a visit from the Copper Dragon. Since that is the language used in a letter from Toronas found on Annie's body, she has Arkelle translate. The note tells of the group's primary mission, and asks Annie to send periodic messages back to Toronas, telling of the group's progress. He also authorizes the "Assassin Annie" to kill anyone, in or out of the group, who interferes with the mission. It then gives her a list of twelve people for her to assassinate if the opportunities present themself. Serita gets a written translation of this to bring back with her. July 17th, 1005: Apprinceships continue. July 18th, 1005: The pooka Monty and Narg reappear in the Castle to the room where they left on the 14th. "That's funny," says Monty, "I could have sworn this was when we left them. Wait here, I'll go find them," and Monty disappears. Narg spends about an hour in the room, then goes off to look for the party on his own, being careful to avoid any guards. By evening Monty still hasn't returned. Narg sleeps in a closet inside of a large octagonal room filled with tropheys. July 19th, 1005: Narg gets up and starts to look around. He witnesses the arrival of two elvan magicians, one a very old male the other a middle-aged female, who teleport into the large octagonal room. The two are immediately attacked by two dozen orc and goblin guards, who are rapidly slain by magic missiles, an ice storm, and a lightning bolt from the female. Narg is impressed at how quickly and decisively the female elf did that. The male elf tells her, “That was not necessary.” She replies “I know, but they angered me by their attack on you Father.” A group of human guards arrive. The leader, an army Captain, recognizes the elves. Ignoring the bodies of the dead soliders, this Captain introduces himself as Kindor, the Captain of the Guard, and calmly states "This visit was unexpected Lord Aldorn." The older elf, apparently Lord Aldorn, ruler of the adjacent Lordholding, says " I am here to investigate why Kohlorahdooh Naval ships are docked off the coast of my Lordholding's town of Correllear.” The Captain tells of the assassination attempt four days earlier, on the 15th. "Great!" mutters Narg to himself, "In five days the group could have gone anywhere. When I get my hands of that stupid penguin I'll kill him!" Narg decides to make a bold move, and casually walks out into the room, joining the Captain and the two elvan magicians. He starts talking to the three of them, doing it in such a way that the soldier assume he came with the elves, and the elves think he came with the soldier, so nobody questions who he is. Kindor explains that the Naval leader Bly is currently returning to the city and expected back within the hour. He says that Bly is Kohlorahdooh's second-in-command and will answer all of Lord Aldorn's questions. The two elves and Narg are led to guest quarters elsewhere in the castle. Shortly after they are shown their quarters Monty returns to Narg, telling him "I found them," and pops Narg over to the Cathedral. [DM’s Note #30: This brief interlude would later prove to become rather important, as it is Narg’s first meeting with both Kindor and Aldorn, both of who would become prominent NPC’s in future modules. It will be several years later until Kindor will finally realizes exactly who it was that he was speaking to this day, at which point he will be extremely impressed by the chutzpah that Narg during this time.] July 20th, 1005: Upon completion of each apprenticeship, each character heads back to the Cathedral to wait for the others. All of the characters are now 4th level, except Tao, Narg, and Lysdashi who are 3rd. By evening, all of the characters except for Tao are back from their apprenticeships. Augusta says that the milirary are still out at the border, and that the Kohlorahdooh Navy landed occupation forces in the Thenossian town of Grammel. Soldiers from Gelorynth have been called out to reinforce the troops at both the border and in Grammel. The group decides that if few troops are now actually at Gelorynth, then that is where they should go. They tell Augusta that they will leave in the morning.</blockquote>

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