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The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter IV


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Auras of all types shine before Andreas and Ayden's eyes.

OoC
{
Leather Armor - Transmution
Warhammer - Transmutation & Necromancy
Composite Longbow - Transmutation
Pendant - Conjuration
Sword - Strangely unreadable
}

Teleri picks up the sword and immediately feels like she is frozen in time. Thoughts flood through her mind with such speed she can't pick out any of them specifically. An emotion runs through her, utter disappointment, and then, a voice runs through her mind! "Yeargh! What a terrible choice! I'll never live this down," the voice grumbles, clearly female, and dwarven.

Teleri, startled at the unwanted intrusion of her mind tries to drop the blade, but her body won't respond. "Don't ye bother trying that girl. No matter how much I detest choosing ye, now that me know, I will not let such a dishonor tarnish me existence!"

The elven priestess, obviously confused by these words can't help but wonder in her mind as to what the voice means. "Well just look at ye girl! Ye're weak! Ye don't even know what ta do wit yer life! When I saved ye're life from that naga by warning ye of her attack back there. Thought I sensed somethin' special about ye, but now, that ye have held me... ye God's whatta curse."

More confusion wracks Teleri's mind as the sword sighs then continues, "Welp, best ta make the best of a bad situation me father always said. Don't worry girl, I know what ye're thinkin', I'm not to take over your body or nothin', at least not the way ye're thinkin'. I cannah live with the knowledge that such unworthy hands touched me, so I'm gonna shape ye up girl! Ye'll be worthy of holding me before I'm done wit ye!"

OoC: I believe this deserves an explanation, lol. Just to inform everyone about this unique situation, and to aid your roleplaying to come on the subject, Kirinke asked that she be given a sword that will grow with her over time, so she wouldn't have to worry about getting new magic weapon upgrades in the future, and this will be my answer to it. ;) At the moment all she knows of the sword is that it's magical. It does not think her worthy to even know of it's other powers yet, let alone utilize them, so my plan is to let it start manifesting powers as her character grows in level and is able to slowly start overcoming it's ego. I see a lot of oppurtunity for having some major fun with this, and hopefully you guys will too. :)
 
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As Finder blessed Ayden's eyes with the ability to see all magic in the area, he was surprised to see how much was amassed in one area.

~Truly Applebottom could have considered this the treasure of a kingdom. I will have to speak to him as well after we return to town, there is much I would like to know, and I believe he knows far more than he has told those in this town...~

"Finder has shown me that all the items present in the room carry at least one enchantment upon them. I do not know how much more the bag will hold, but I think the safest course of action is to place them inside it until we can get them identified."

Looking at his companions as he spoke, Ayden saw that Teleri had a distant look in her eyes, as if she seemed to be in deep thought.

~She must be giving thanks to her goddess for granting her safe passage thus far, something I should do as soon as I can...~

Seeing the piles of scattered coins around them, Ayden let out a low whistle and spoke once more to his companions.

"While I do not know how many coins there are here, perhaps there will be enough to purchase some scrolls of identification from Dagger Falls while I go speak to Tyrinth about the eggs. Perhaps one of the locals would like to make a few easy coins by taking a day trip into the city for us?"

While he waited for the others to speak, Ayden crossed the chamber and slowly lowered the skeleton down, preparing for the grisly task of stripping the enchanted armor off of it.
 

"Perhaps friend Wizzop will be pleased to purchase what we do not keep from us," he says, eyeing the jewel-encrusted hammer in particular.

(OOC: Assuming nobody wants it...)
 

Great, a sword possessed by the spirit of a female dwarf. A sarcastic, female dwarf. She looked at the blade in her hands. The gods choose who to bonds with who sword, or whomever you call yourself. And I'm still young, at least by elven standards. I don't know much about dwarves, anyway. AND I'M NOT WEAK! she growled silently at the blade and thought a bit. Well, since I don't know much about them except they like mining, perhaps you could teach me. she replied. My teachers said never pass up learning, as long as the ones who are teaching aren't evil. she finished.

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LOL yup, I did ask, not perhaps an intelligent sword... But I'm gonna have some fun with this now.... Heh. Teleri is gonna have someone to mentally gripe at among otherthings.
 
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"Not just any sarcastic dwarven female, girl. Princess Dror Stormarmour, daughter of King Bolgrim Stormarmour. I fought by me father's side for years protecting our kingdom, and when I met an honorable death in battle, me father had a blade crafted in me honor, and had me soul imbued into it. The very blade ye're now holding, girl, and I will NOT have ye dishonor it or me memory as me kingdom's greatest treasure!"

"Mining,"
the sword scoffs. "O'er a century old and thats all ye claim to know of us dwarves? Ye need to get yer head outta the clouds girl."
 

Teleri grins miscieviously at the sword. And I bet most dwarves think that all elves do is 'frolic' about, sing and dance their lives away, she looked more serious. Do you know what's going on? Why Tyrinth is amassing so much treasure? Any information would be better than what we have now. Which is little to nothing. There is alot of innocent lives at stake. she said, mentally showing the sword all she knew about the situation as it stood.

And what name can I call you by? The others are going to worry if they find out about you being inside the sword. she told the blade. They already are fair worried about me anyway, she thought glumly. Can you teach me how to throw off a domination spell? I have a feeling I might need the knowledge in the future. The next wizard or sorcerer who tries that might not be as nice as Naamani,
 
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"I wonder if the naga knew all of this was magical," Chastity muses. "How involved was Applebottom anyway?" She shrugs then and goes to sort through the coins. "We must do something with all of this treasure. It does no one any good sitting here. Will all of it transport in your bag, Ayden?"
 

Ayden had managed to unfasten the leather armor from the skeleton when Chasity inquired about the manner in which they would carry the goods out.

"While I do not know the exact amount the bag will hold, I do not see any harm in trying."

Working with the paladin, Ayden tried to gather the coins and the gear and place them all within the bag.
 

OoC: 1,645 gp & 2,600 sp as Verbatim said, just confirming that, and everything fits in the bag nicely. ;)

"I told ye girl, me name is Princess Dror Stormarmour, get the wax outta yer ears! The others have a right to worry about ye, ye're a lost cause wi'out me girl."

"Ye're certainly a pretentious lot thats fer sure. Teach me this, teach me that! I'm not yer durned crystal ball girl. Me purpose is not ta make yer sad excuse fer a life so far, an even easier cakewalk then it's been!"
 

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