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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 2419720" data-attributes="member: 2323">[PLAIN][Realms #314] An Unexpected Guest[/PLAIN]OOC- Since no one complained last time, I'll include a footnote at the end of this post as well.----------------------------There was a bard in Floxen named Thyri who was willing to Identify the magical gear they'd taken off of Sir Brin and his ilk. It cost the party a fair bit of gold and used up Thyri's entire supply of pearls, but it was worth it for the magical haul they received. Among the choice items were an enchanted longsword, shield and platemail armor taken off Sir Brin himself; and a magical mace and Ring of Blinking taken off the priest.  There was also the matter of the Ring of Communication.No one had dared put that on since leaving Miller's Pond, despite Mellona's assertion that neither it nor any of the other items were evil in and of themselves. No one wanted to chance giving away any secrets to the enemy."You all are free of any disease," the Matriarch told them after she'd performed the necessary rituals. They'd all undergone an extensive check-up -  both magical and mundane - upon returning to the Healing Hall and they felt fit and ready for action. Honored Sister Mellona was not convinced of this, however."It was a mistake for me to send you to Miller's Pond without a proper cleric," she apologized. "Both you, Faithful Daughter, and your dwarven companion radiate the aura of good that comes only from divine connection. I assumed, incorrectly, that you would be capable of destroying the undead through simple means of your faith.""Tha' be nae the dwarven way," Karak grumbled and Mellona nodded."I have little experience with dwarves," she said. "I should have asked.""Aww," Huzair said, waving her off. "We did alright without one, didn't we?""And you were forced to retreat here rather than press on to locate Shamalin and the Speckled Band for lack of healing," the Matriarch pointed out and Huzair couldn't argue the point with her. "But I had hoped to remedy that on your return journey.""That is very gracious, Sister. Some healing potions would go a long way toward-" Ledare started, but Mellona shook her head."I'm afraid that we haven't a large supply of potions on hand," she said. "I plan to send with you a Sister of Beneficence." At that Huzair elbowed Morier, waggled his eyebrows and grinned lasciviously. Fortunately neither Ledare nor Mellona noticed."Are you sure that is wise, Sister," Ledare argued. "This is dangerous business and Flor's clerics are not martially-inclined.""It will fall upon you to see no harm comes to her, Faithful Daughter," Mellona explained. "But she was called to Flor's side but recently, and she brings many talents from her life before that makes her better suited to this task than an acolyte fresh from the White Hall in Widdershin." The Matriarch motioned to the page standing ready at the door and he opened the door and ushered in a woman of great stature. With the exception of Feln, she towered over everyone else in the room. Her skin was freckled from the sun and a single thick braid of cornsilk hair hung down over her left shoulder. She wore the simple white vestments of a priestess of Flor and carried a worn staff of white ash in one strong hand."Yowza," Huzair sighed.She studied the VQS with ice blue eyes and they spread wide with shock as they fell upon the Janissary."Ledare!" the woman hissed."Hildegunna!" Ledare shot back. [1]Then, at the same time they both muttered, "White Lady, give me strength!"----------------------------[1] Hildegunna first appeared in the company of Ledare's... umm... friend, Del back in Barnacus. She helped Ledare locate Kirnoth after the elf was captured by Jermlaine. You can read about it <a href="http://home.att.net/~Tales_of_Enlightenment/tale38.html" target="_blank"> here</a>.</blockquote>

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