The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter V

[kirinke]

Teleri rakes back her hair, feeling frustrated as hell. This is perplexing.
She thought absently to StormArmour. Well, let's find the others and see what's going on.

She perused the weapons, looking at nothing in particular. Before we leave, I'm going to check with the Mellorn scouts. Perhaps this 'Kayris' is a spirit or wood-nymph who likes to play pranks.

She moved from stall to stall, chatting with other merchants and Mellorn scouts, sometimes asking about a strange woman seen in the same general vacinity of a rune-marked post.

Did she seem real to you? I mean, you're a spirit. Can you sense undead or other supernatural creatures? I'm not trying to be silly or anything.

ooc: Teleri is going to sell her MW longsword and her regular short sword which will probly fetch around 325g.

 

[Majin]

The elf accepts 315 gold for the breastplate. When given Calenthang's old chain the smith looks at it thoughtfully for a few moments, and not seeing anything in the damage his expert skills could not easily fix, counts out 82 gold and 5 silver, passing it to Calenthang.

Teleri is able to sell her weapons for 96 gold, 2 silver, and 5 copper.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang hands the coinage to Ayden with out even considering it.

 

[Verbatim]

ooc: Since no one seems to have objected to the selling of the items I posted in the ooc thread, I am going to work selling them into the IC thread. Hopefully, no one had any sudden last needs of them...

IC:

As Ayden saw that the merchant was willing to take on goods, as well as sell them, Ayden reached into the bag at his waist and pulled out the suit of studded leather armor that had been stored inside.

"While it seems that you deal mainly in armors of steel, perhaps you could take this off of our hands as well?"

<insert merchant answer>

After moving on from the elvish merchant, Ayden sought out a bladesmith and took the small masterwork kama from within the bag. As he presented the weapon to the merchant, Ayden told the tale of woe behind the weapon, hinting that perhaps the merchant could sell it as a weapon of mystery to one who was looking to own something with a past, without the need to experience the danger for himself.

<insert merchant reply/gp offer>

Shaking hands with the bladesmith, Ayden smiled and hoped that Calenthang would humor for one last task before they sought out food and beverages for themselves.

"Forgive me Calenthang, but it has been many years since I have had the chance to have an honest session of trading with any merchant. While I know the good people in Orchard Meadows would never seek to cheat us, here in this festival wars are being fought, but instead of sword and shield, their weapons of choice are coins and words."

Ayden paused for a moment as his father's words escaped his lips, wondering why as a younger man he had never understood what that phrase had truly meant, but know saw the hidden meaning so clearly.

~You continue to open my eyes to the world around me Uncle, thank you...~

Ayden spotted the last merchant he was looking for across from a food vendor and thought that perhaps Tymora was granting a rare smile on them both and walked quickly towards it.

Pulling the axe shaped medallion from the depths of the bag, Ayden placed it in front of the jeweler and as he had done with the weaponsmith, began to tell the story behind the necklace, allowing a small bit of artistic embellishing to flavor the story. Ayden told the tale of the Broken Axe clan, painting them as both heroes and victims, and told the merchant that if he liked the necklace to seek out Orchard Meadows and the Broken Axe clan, as he would not be disappointed at the work he received from either people.

<insert reply/gp amount>

His errands completed, Ayden looked over to his companion and apologized once more for the length of time it took for him to sell the simple necklace.

"Finder's embrace and acceptance is offered to all the lizardfolk races who will listen to his message and accept him as their patron. While I am but a simple priest, I feel that it is my duty to help further that cause as best I can. If that merchant does travel to Orchard Meadows and sees the Broken Axe clan living in peace with its neighbors, perhaps he will not be so fast to judge them as nothing more than soulless killers and mindless monsters.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri finds Ayden and Calenthang wandering through the fairgrounds. She grins at both men. "Nice armor," she complements Calenthang, admiring the intricent leaf-filigree.

She sobers. "Well I found Master Shoban," she tells them bluntly. "It appears that 'Kayris' was never his apprentice and he never heard of her. I believe that he was telling me the truth. Perhaps she was a wood-spirit playing a prank on us. I don't know." she grins lopsidedly. "It wouldn't be the strangest thing that has happened to us lately,"

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang laughs at Ayden's continual humility and his wise quote.
"You need not apologize to me, revered Ayden," he says still laughing.
When Ayden explains his actions to Calenthang again, the elven warrior offers a knowing smile and accepting nod. When Teleri joins up with them, Calenthang offers a raised hand in greeting.
"I thank you doubly, friend Teleri," he says in response to her compliment, and listens intently to her reciting of her visit with Master Shoban.
"If Kayris was not of mortal flesh and blood, the possibilities of what she might be are dangerously endless," he says with brows furrowed in consternation.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri shrugged. "Perhaps. But if she had meant any real harm, she had plenty of chances to do so before she disappeared. Not all spirits are like that wraith." she grinned again. "I suggest we talk with the Mellorn scouts at least and see if those sightings are fairly common,"

 

[hippocrachus]

"My concern is what that marker was," he says. "If the scouts will even talk to us, I believe we should ask them of the stone."
The first wood elf the group comes across, Calenthang will hail them, and continue doing so until one seems responsive.

 

[kirinke]

Teleri glances at Ayden. "Perhaps the woman and the marker are related?"

 

[Manzanita]

Drogo

"Agreed. We passed that stone marker entirely too fast. As for our 'wood spirit,' I suspect we'll meet her again..."