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The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VI
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OOC: Sorry about the semi-disappearing act but life has been hectic of late but don't worry everyone's favorite talkative gnome is still around.
IC: Broddy watches the conversation between Ayden and the hag with mild curiosity, more interested if this hag was the same as the other that they had encountered. Of course Ayden's rather abrupt manner was interesting too, maybe he has something against plants that move on their own accord.
"Humans are so weird, always in such a hurry." He thought to his familiar, giving it a little piece of food
During the two hour trip Broddy fills everyone in what he knows about will-o-wisps (roll:12) as well as other various tidbits of information that come to his mind.
IC: Broddy watches the conversation between Ayden and the hag with mild curiosity, more interested if this hag was the same as the other that they had encountered. Of course Ayden's rather abrupt manner was interesting too, maybe he has something against plants that move on their own accord.
"Humans are so weird, always in such a hurry." He thought to his familiar, giving it a little piece of food
During the two hour trip Broddy fills everyone in what he knows about will-o-wisps (roll:12) as well as other various tidbits of information that come to his mind.
Teleri listens to Broddy intently, knowing that she might need the knowledge later. She has learned by now that Broddy will talk without any prompting and wouldn't understand if told to be still. In any case, his information is indeed useful. Her own knowledge of wisps are sketchy at best, gleaned from overhearing horror stories told by old huntsmen in her far gone childhood.
When they see the dead body, she stops short and nods at Dunstand. "You're the expert here." she leans closer, without touching the body, looking at it. To her eyes, the body is well decayed, so much so that she has trouble identifying the race of the corpse.
"That hag said this temple was called the Temple of the Tempest," she pondered. "Which god could that be? There are many weather deities." she looked around and raised her eyes to the sky. "No offense meant," she said out loud in case anyone is listening.
She turned her attention back to the corpse and said a prayer, final services for the dead.
OOC:
What does the place look like on the inside of where they are? Are there any sculptures, carvings, engravings that might hint at who this temple was dedicated to? Also, changed the post to reflect that she might not know what race the body came from.
When they see the dead body, she stops short and nods at Dunstand. "You're the expert here." she leans closer, without touching the body, looking at it. To her eyes, the body is well decayed, so much so that she has trouble identifying the race of the corpse.
"That hag said this temple was called the Temple of the Tempest," she pondered. "Which god could that be? There are many weather deities." she looked around and raised her eyes to the sky. "No offense meant," she said out loud in case anyone is listening.
She turned her attention back to the corpse and said a prayer, final services for the dead.
OOC:
What does the place look like on the inside of where they are? Are there any sculptures, carvings, engravings that might hint at who this temple was dedicated to? Also, changed the post to reflect that she might not know what race the body came from.
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Manzanita
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"Death is a natural part of life." Drogo says casually, turning his attention away from the corpse.
"The hag says Will-o-wisps killed Chasity. I'm dubious. Come Rex, let's check this place out."
Rex and Drogo will scout around looking for signs of recent activity in the form of footprints and whatnot. Search +1; survival +12
"The hag says Will-o-wisps killed Chasity. I'm dubious. Come Rex, let's check this place out."
Rex and Drogo will scout around looking for signs of recent activity in the form of footprints and whatnot. Search +1; survival +12
OOC:[sblock] My bad as well Manz for not backtracking a little bit further in the post before writing up Ayden's part on that. I promise to get back to old form notebook keeping like I did when we first started out...
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Keeping quiet and to himself for most of the ride, Ayden listened to Broddy and the others discuss what they knew of the will-o-wisps, but the young priest recognized that his thoughts were truly elsewhere.
Watching Drogo scout ahead of them, Ayden knew that the hag might be telling them a portion of the truth, but any spawn of Moander could not be trusted to tell them the entire truth.
~What do we truly know Uncle...what is being hidden from us? The Ilmatari said that a creature is holding Chasisty soul in torment, her mount spoke of an undead creature killing her, and the dark spawn's daughter spoke of the wisps being the death of her. Perhaps the wisps act as a guardian, or an alarm for the true darkness in the temple.~
Rubbing his temples in frustration, as well as to alleve the headache that was starting to set in, Ayden barely noticed the debris from the temple until they were truly riding among it. Looking around the area, Ayden sought out any markings in the stones that might give a clue as to who used to use the temple as a home before his attention was drawn to the others inspecting a body on the ground.
~While I lack the ability to summon the spirit back, perhaps it body can still give us some information.~
Dismounting, Ayden approached the body while the others spread out and began to examine it carefully. While the elements had battered the body greatly already, he still hoped to be able to see some sign of what caused the elf's death.
OOC2:[sblock] Knowledge Religion check +7, Heal check on corpse for examining purposes +12 (taking 10 also since it seems we are all in examine mode)[/sblock]
[/sblock]Keeping quiet and to himself for most of the ride, Ayden listened to Broddy and the others discuss what they knew of the will-o-wisps, but the young priest recognized that his thoughts were truly elsewhere.
Watching Drogo scout ahead of them, Ayden knew that the hag might be telling them a portion of the truth, but any spawn of Moander could not be trusted to tell them the entire truth.
~What do we truly know Uncle...what is being hidden from us? The Ilmatari said that a creature is holding Chasisty soul in torment, her mount spoke of an undead creature killing her, and the dark spawn's daughter spoke of the wisps being the death of her. Perhaps the wisps act as a guardian, or an alarm for the true darkness in the temple.~
Rubbing his temples in frustration, as well as to alleve the headache that was starting to set in, Ayden barely noticed the debris from the temple until they were truly riding among it. Looking around the area, Ayden sought out any markings in the stones that might give a clue as to who used to use the temple as a home before his attention was drawn to the others inspecting a body on the ground.
~While I lack the ability to summon the spirit back, perhaps it body can still give us some information.~
Dismounting, Ayden approached the body while the others spread out and began to examine it carefully. While the elements had battered the body greatly already, he still hoped to be able to see some sign of what caused the elf's death.
OOC2:[sblock] Knowledge Religion check +7, Heal check on corpse for examining purposes +12 (taking 10 also since it seems we are all in examine mode)[/sblock]
Majin
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OoC: Broddy knows enough about Will-o-wisps to inform the party on what they look like, their basic attacks, and their general disposition towards others.
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Examining the body up close, Ayden can not tell much in the way the person died, but he believes evidence can be seen of scorch marks in various places of the body.
Looking around at the ruins and moving further, it is evident that the great edifice that once stood here is now but a jumbled ruin surrounding you. The tall splinters of hewn rock form countless nooks and crannies large enough to conceal various lurking beasts. Emanating from within one of these crannies, near the ground, is a dim yellow light.
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Examining the body up close, Ayden can not tell much in the way the person died, but he believes evidence can be seen of scorch marks in various places of the body.
Looking around at the ruins and moving further, it is evident that the great edifice that once stood here is now but a jumbled ruin surrounding you. The tall splinters of hewn rock form countless nooks and crannies large enough to conceal various lurking beasts. Emanating from within one of these crannies, near the ground, is a dim yellow light.
hippocrachus
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As the others continue to examine the body, Calenthang notices light from under one of the broken columns. He walks over to it warily, and beforing stooping to do his own detective work, he calls for the others.
"Friend Broddy, perhaps you will want to see this..."
"Friend Broddy, perhaps you will want to see this..."
Velmont said:
Dusting his hands off against his pants, Ayden turned to Sielwoodan.
"While I do not know how long he has been out here, I do know that whatever killed him burned him all the way to the bone. However they are clean and precise burns as the scorching is localized to the specific spots. While I have heard of spells that can do that as well, I have never seen one used in person so I do not know what manner of skill the caster would have to possess to use it. What I do know is that we must be wary, lest one of us share this one's fate."
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