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The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VI


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As the hag lept through the portal, Ayden quickly hummed the notes to his healing spell and placed his hands on Calenthang allowing Finder's magic to heal his wounds.

As Sarlis invoked the Morninglord's blessing as well, Ayden turned and drew the slender wand of healing and placed it on Teleri's arm and after allowing it to heal her as well, Ayden turned and spoke to all of them in the room.

"I owe all of you an apology for my actions, as I allowed the creature to twist me into nothing more than a puppet. I am truly sorry my friends."
 

"Bah!" Calenthang yells in reply to Ayden uproariously, his magical strength and returned life-force putting him in a humor not unlike a happy drunken dwarf. He then looks down at the sword in his hand suspiciously.
"My thanks, friend Teleri," he says to the priestess as he returns the blade to its rightful wielder tentatively.
"We do not blame you for allowing us this opportunity to rid the forest of evil," he says, addressing Ayden once more with more composure.

(OOC: DING! :D )
 

Teleri stood up, swaying slightly as the healing took effect, restoring her strength and health. "Don't blame yourself. The creature did the same to me too." she grimaced.

"As soon as we're topside, I'm definantly going to look into ways to try to fight those charm spells. Any kind of advantage would be better than simply caving into whatever your opponent wants." She said, looking at Calenthang, who handed the sword back to her.

"I see you two managed to cut that thing a new smile after all," she said with a grin, taking the sword back, cleaning it and slipping it into her sword-sheath. "Thanks," her grin faded as she looked at the portal. "We need to tell the Mellorn about this. Maybe they have a priest or magic-user strong enough to close this down."

ooc:
Whoot! level up!
pity we didn't get to kill the hag.
 
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As his friends dismissed his apology as unnecessary, Ayden still felt shame and anger at himself for allowing it to happen. As Teleri mentioned finding a talisman to help protect her, Ayden could understand the priestess' worry.

~It hasn't been easy on her thus far...~

Looking around at the room and slowly putting all the pieces together in his head, Ayden slid the wand back into his cloak pocket and began examining the room further.

"This has all of the architecture of a temple of some sort, but to whom I do not know. However, unless this was merely used as an exit cell, there has to be more to this place. Shall we press on and seek to find out all we can, or do you all wish to return to the surface and speak to the elves?"
 

"Yea, I wouldn't let it bother you too much," Broddy says as he walks over to investigate the portal closer. "None of us saw through her disguse until she let us..." He puts his hand next to the portal, making sure not to actually touch it.

"My, my, this is fascinating. I wonder if it is really connected to the plane of Hades and if its truely only one way... Do you think those obelisks are connected to her... possibly warded as to keep her confined down here... I wonder how long she has been down here, its surprising that the elves haven't tried to destroy her, perhaps they tried and couldn't do it... That would explain why they didn't want to talk about it... Although if she had a portal why wouldn't she use it, unless of course it is one way and she didn't want to go back. I would have to assume this plane is much more pleasant then Hades, or it is possible that she was cast out for some reason. Either way it would be safe to reason that she has been here for some time and more then likely has quite the treasure horde."

Broddy will continue to mutter to himself as he searches the area


ooc: Is the level gain immediate or do we have to train? Oh and be on the look out for an email
 
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Drogo

"This is disturbing. We have not beaten this creature. Broddy. Do you know about her kind? What can she do to us in our sleep?"

"In any case, let's keep investigating down here. No point turning around now. We're still fairly strong, and we need to clear this place out before she can return and organize."

Drogo then lays a hand on Ayden's shoulder (or arm, perhaps). "Don't blame yourself, but at the same time, it is important to remember your own vunerablilties. Do not assume your perceptions are always correct."
 

Ayden looked down at the druid and nodded his head in thanks.

"Aye Master Drogo, it seems that the Wyvernspur curse does run through these veins. I truly wanted to believe my Uncle had given me a sign, and in that weakness her magic took hold."
 

Calenthang agrees with the sprightly Drogo's take on continuing to explore if there is anything left to explore. The longer they remain underground, the more evil that can be undermined and uprooted.
 

Teleri smiled at Ayden. "My friend, your uncle did give you a sign as concrete as any visitation. His songs run through you to aid others, his call is in your heart and voice. What other signs of approval do you need?" she asked quietly.

"If he was displeased with you, he would let you know. As he has not, I suspect that he is at the very least satisfied." she said.
 

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