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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 19194" data-attributes="member: 114">On the way they are ambushed by another Mendonnan, who attempts an assassination attempt with a hand-crossbow - he strikes Auriel in the back of the neck, but she turned at just the right moment and avoided death (although the sneak attack damage hurt). Missile fire is swapped back and forth between the party and the assassin on the rooftop until Auriel changes shape into a giant eagle, flies up and grapples him, causing him to lose his balance and crash sickeningly to the ground. When the company approach the severely wounded assassin he quickly draws a knife and gives himself the coup de gras. These assassins obviously take themselves pretty seriously!They follow through their plan to throw off pursuit, and make their way back to the Bell tower, where they eventually meet up with Crail who had got tired of waiting for them and went exploring again for a short while. Auriel decides that enough is enough, and feeling the siren call of lycanthropy coursing through her blood, she transforms once more into a great bird and flies off into the night, without any explanation. Come morning, Azrin and Alkanar pray for magic, and it is granted them - and Alkanar dispels the mental befuddlement which rests upon the Baron, while receiving additional healing himself from the others. He also identifies the scimitar which Felgar had been using as one of the twelve “scimitars of suliman”, undead bane weapons forged several hundred years ago. Lysander decides to use this as his main weapon for the future.Alkanar also challenges Lysander about the displeasure Asura has with him, over the matter of the bookkeeper.  At first Lysander feels that his actions were justified, but as Alkanar warns him that he is on the brink of having Asura’s grace withdrawn from him at any time unless he makes atonement, he repents, and receives atonement from Alkanar’s hands.The Baron is quickly brought up to speed with events, and he has only misty memories of the last few weeks. Nonetheless he is determined to take control of the situation quickly, and commanding the party to escort him, he returns with them to the villa. He is quick to take control of the guards once more, who tell him about “attackers in the night” who “killed both the guards” (funny, one of the guards was left alive…), although “one of them was killed, up on the mezzanine” - the body of Ynnsfeardh is still there. Quickly the Baron summons one of his trusted wizards from a recent exile, and within short order is surrounded by glowing magical protections, to keep his mind clear and safe from control. He commands his heralds to summon the populace, and delivers a stirring speech - claiming that he had been replaced by an impostor, but that has been dealt with by these heroes - Lysander, Azrin and Crail. All charges against the temple of Asura are dropped, all militia units are to be disbanded.Later, as a personal reward, he presents the company with the deeds to Mithril Manor, one of the enclosed manor houses in the Silver Hill area that used to be owned by a notable wizard in years gone by. In addition, he mentions that their help would be valuable in tracking down and destroying any remaining fiendish creatures which had slipped through the gate into this neighbourhood - and Crail can’t help thinking of the huge Carnosaur which he nearly ran into...(Multiple character deaths coming up! Stay tuned!)</blockquote>

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