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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RatPunk" data-source="post: 359392" data-attributes="member: 1246">Interlude: DyversThe trip to Dyvers was long and uneventful. Ten days after leaving the tiny village of Travensburg, the group could see the sprawling expanse of the free-city ahead of them, the shimmering blue vastness of the Nyr Dyv shone in the morning sun behind it. It still took them several hours to reach the city gates.They arrived at mid-day, along with just about everyone else from the surrounding countryside, it seemed. Once in the city proper, they made short work of finding the Temple of Pelor. It would have been hard to miss. The white stone building was massive. It was easily the largest building any of them had ever seen in their lives.They went in and were quickly greeted by acolytes, who politely refused to let them see the High Priest until Hugh presented the letter from Alexei Travensburg. One of the acolytes quickly snatched the letter away and hurried off down one of the many long hallways in the temple. The acolyte returned several minutes later to escort them to the High Priest’s office.They waited for another couple of minutes in the antechamber until another acolyte stepped through the door and asked them to come inside. The man behind the desk was an average looking middle aged man, with hair that was thinning on the top. He stood, excused the acolyte and offered his hand to Hugh in introduction."I’m Jean Baptiste, High Priest of Pelor here in Dyvers", he said warmly.The group looked at each other for a moment, then Hugh shook his hand and made the introductions. Jean asked them to be seated and offered them refreshments. As they waited for the acolytes to return with snacks and drinks, they got down to business. The group filled Jean in on what had happened at Travensburg and the dwarven ruin. Hugh offered him the tapestries and remaining religious items of Wee Jas "for disposal". The High Priest readily accepted them. Once the tale was done, Jean offered to make arrangements for the group to stay in town. He introduced Hugh to Beatrice Teraquin, a paladin of Mayaheine who could help him further his training in the paladin arts. He instructed Jackie to seek out Brother Lars at the Temple of St. Cuthbert. Rumblethorn he directed to the druid’s grove outside the city and told him to seek out Leafinger Twigblower, High Druid of the region.For Jeb and the dwarves, however, he was at a loss. He suggested that they try Kholar the Merchant. Kholar was a highly successful and respected businessman and was generally considered to be the highest ranking dwarf in town. He would definitely be interested in the information they had about the dwarven ruin. And he would most likely be able to buy any of the excess treasure that the group was looking to sell.As it turned out, he could do better than that. Kholar not only bought everything the party wanted to sell, but he also "knew some people" who could help Jeb learn a thing or two about the more stealthy aspects of being a "missile warrior". With the arrangements for lodging and further training taken care of, the group settled in to the temporary routine of daily life in the big city. It was almost three weeks later when they decided to meet at their favorite tavern to discuss the prospect of further adventuring.It was the week of Growfest, which meant certain religious obligations for Hugh, so he told the group he would be late. The rest of them decided to go to the tavern early to get a good table and wait on Hugh to finish up. No sooner had they walked in the door when all hell broke loose...</blockquote>

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