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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7888981" data-attributes="member: 7015827">Marise and SeriawanLater that night, Rahnee and Veran returned to Queron’s house. Shortly after they arrived, Aerikoth excused himself and went upstairs to turn in for the night, while Rahnee, Veran, and Brok-Tul had a private conference in the dining room before going to bed. Jokull for his part had still not returned.The four companions – Rahnee, Veran, Brok-Tul and Aerikoth – rose early the next morning on Hammer 7 and had breakfast. Queron’s servant Bustable passed Rahnee a small object, saying that Janatha wished Jandrico Swift to have it. Rahnee thanked him, then she and the others gathered their equipment and departed the house.Instead of heading for Trader’s Road immediately, however, Rahnee and Veran led Brok-Tul and Aerikoth to a small house in the Bayside district of Teziir. Climbing the stairs to the upper floor, they were greeted by Jokull and Marise, the woman they had rescued from the bandit gang. It was revealed that the previous night, while “out for a walk,” Rahnee, Jokull, and Veran had found and entered the house, where Seriawan was staying, and encountered Marise there. When the companions found her, she and a summoned dire wolf had been interrogating a frightened Seriawan. After a tense exchange of words between the two parties, Jokull had remained behind with Marise to ensure that Seriawan, who was put in his room for the night, did not leave before the others arrived.Marise appeared less than pleased to see Brok-Tul, for it turned out that she was the one who had fled when he and the others had first found the secret underground shrine to the dead goddess of illusion, Leira, in the Hidden House in Westgate. Nevertheless, she listened as Brok-Tul explained their interest in the Hidden House and how they had been foiled in their attempt to purchase it. Marise, looking thoughtful, said that spending the night in conversation with Jokull had changed her outlook and that she now knew that her faith in Leira had been a vain hope. Marise had been seeking revenge against the Thayans, for what they had done to her family, and had turned to the worship of Leira in desperation. From her talk with Jokull, she understood that the others also opposed a Thayan presence in Westgate, so she offered to make an alliance and to meet with them when they returned to the city.Rahnee meanwhile had attempted to fill in some of the details for Aerikoth, explaining who Marise was and that Seriawan had actually purchased the Hidden House on behalf of Rancel, a gnome in Westgate they had previously encountered. Aerikoth at this point interjected his opposition to any agreement with Marise until he fully understood the situation. After some back-and-forth amongst the companions, Jokull turned to Marise and told her to leave a message for Helm’s Shadows at the Gatereach Inn in Westgate, informing them how to contact her. With that, Marise took her leave, commenting that the companions apparently had business to attend to amongst themselves, giving Aerikoth a cool glance as she departed.</blockquote>

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