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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7838972" data-attributes="member: 7015827">A Matter of Priests and RoguesWhen challenged on their return by the City Watch at the East Gate, the party explained they had lost a man in an ambush and sought the temples, so no further questions were asked. Upon arriving at the Mercenaries Guild to report the completion of their mission, Jokull stayed in the entrance area with Marik's corpse, while the others ascended to speak with Varen Malavhan. As Brok-Tul had made some comments interpreted as hostile by the clerk, two guards with swords at the ready were in place in Varen's office, which also happened to be occupied by Palla the Light, head of the guild. Palla expressed her condolences to Rahnee, mentioning that Varen had just commented on his surprise at the party's quick return, since they had just left the night before.Rahnee affirmed that the party had completed their mission, but unfortunately had been ambushed by others at Klendt's hideout. Brok-Tul took the opportunity to remove Klendt's head from a sack and place it on a table, along with a female head. Varen, face wrinkling, confirmed that the male head was Klendt's and observed that he must have died terrified, based on the expression on his dead face. Brok-Tul then said the female was the one who had killed their companion, throwing down Night Mask insignia upon the table to emphasize her affiliation. Varen showed surprise at the presence of the Masks and asked for an explanation of events. Rahnee and Brok-Tul provided a summarized version, commenting that with the Night Mask "hit gang" there, Klendt would have been dead that night regardless.Although the gems and coins Klendt had taken from the merchant were not recovered, Varen was satisfied that the party had completed the contract, so he paid their fee and also offered his condolences for Marik. Rahnee inquired whether the guild had any special arrangements with temples, with an eye toward resurrecting Marik, but Palla indicated that there were no such deals. She explained the guild was generous with its contract fees and mercenaries could spend their gold at the temple of their choice. As the party prepared to leave, Brok-Tul retrieved the head of the female Night Mask. Varen mentioned that they should return to register any new members, if needed, and that a range of contracts would now be available to the group, since they had successfully completed their first task. Descending the stairs, the party collected a shaken Jokull, who had earned the respect of the clerk with his dedication to watching over Marik’s body, and departed.There being no temple of Helm in Westgate, the party decided to try the temple of Tymora first. Upon arrival, Rahnee explained to the temple priest that her friend had met with the wrong side of the Lady's Coin and that she wished to speak with his soul. When the priest asked questions about Marik's chosen deity, Brok-Tul had an outburst, telling the priest that it did not matter and that Marik should be brought back regardless. The priest retorted that bringing back the dead was not an everyday matter, but consented to speak with Marik's soul - for the reasonable fee of 120 gold.The group headed upstairs to a private room for the ceremony. Although he was successful at reaching Marik's soul, the priest could only keep the channel open for a limited number of questions. In response to the question whether Marik wished to return to the living, the party was told by the priest "Of course I do, you idiot!" - bringing a chuckle forth from Rahnee and confirming that it was indeed Marik they were talking to. However, Marik's revelation that he was a follower of Mask shocked some and led the priest to refuse to attempt to raise him, citing temple policy. Aerikoth debated the logic of this decision with him, but the priest would not budge and Rahnee eventually called an end to things, thanking the priest for his efforts. (Is it ironic that they had no luck at the temple of Tymora in resurrecting their comrade? Or perhaps luck has less of a role to play in such things. --C)</blockquote>

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