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<blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8112943" data-attributes="member: 7015827"><p>Further discussion was interrupted by Rahnee, lacking a drink of her own, deciding to lean over and grab Darrow's mug to take a sip from it. The dwarf’s eyes bulged as he protested, but then he relented and said he would get another round. As he got up, he slid his ale over to his companion, saying all she had to do was ask. Slipster warned of dwarf hairs in there, but Rahnee continued sipping anyway, after a suspicious glance into the mug. Aerikoth declined another drink, so Rahnee said she would take another as well. Dermot, perhaps feeling the effects, said he only wanted half an ale.</p><p></p><p>Darrow returned, precariously balancing four ale mugs, but managed to hand them out without mishap. Dermot, continuing with the theme of House Cormaeril’s history, described them as a pack of Cormyrian exiles with a gang of assassins at their back, which Rahnee confirmed was the Fire Knives. Dermot also referred to them beating up nobles after dark to strongarm electoral votes. As Slipster received the last ale, he said he would bring it outside to Juril, then walked out the tavern door.</p><p></p><p>Outside, the halfling found the Scarlet’s fighter looking rather cold and talking to Shanni. The halfling told his large companion with a wink that he’d brought him something, offering up the ale, but not one for his girlfriend. This gave some pause to Juril, who was surprised and perhaps did not take it as a joke. Shanni, however, smoothly told Slipster that she had just been getting a bit of air, not having been feeling too good and thinking it would help. Slipster invited them in, saying he didn’t think anyone would bother them. While Juril pressed the ale mug to his lips, hiding his face, Shanni asserted she didn’t think a stuffy tavern would make her feel any better. The halfling in response said he would leave the two lovebirds alone for the moment, inviting them again into the warmth when they were done.</p><p></p><p>Back inside, Slipster sat down and informed the others around the table that Juril was outside talking to his girlfriend and should be in shortly. This earned an eyebrow raise from Dermot, as conversation continued about House Cormaeril’s past. Rahnee, challenged to offer an example of something despicable done by Cormaeril, described how one of their nobles was responsible for the murders of “street ladies” and how she had disguised herself as one to trap them, nearly being killed in the process. Addressing the Scarlet’s cleric Firewine, she also offered to have a truthsaying spell cast upon her, to verify her story. In response, he said that they had offered his company much to think upon, then called for another glass of wine. <em>(As the chronicles tell it, the incident Rahnee describes involving a minor Cormaeril noble named Istvan was perhaps not so clear-cut. Dressed as a streetwalker, she lured him behind a building outside West Gate. There, her companions Brok-Tul and Jokull, posing as Fire Knives, beat and threatened the noble, in order to confirm the assassins' link with House Cormaeril. Given the sorts of things Cormaeril and the Fire Knives actually did, however, I cannot fully condemn even such an apparently underhanded and violent action. --C)</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlo-One, post: 8112943, member: 7015827"] Further discussion was interrupted by Rahnee, lacking a drink of her own, deciding to lean over and grab Darrow's mug to take a sip from it. The dwarf’s eyes bulged as he protested, but then he relented and said he would get another round. As he got up, he slid his ale over to his companion, saying all she had to do was ask. Slipster warned of dwarf hairs in there, but Rahnee continued sipping anyway, after a suspicious glance into the mug. Aerikoth declined another drink, so Rahnee said she would take another as well. Dermot, perhaps feeling the effects, said he only wanted half an ale. Darrow returned, precariously balancing four ale mugs, but managed to hand them out without mishap. Dermot, continuing with the theme of House Cormaeril’s history, described them as a pack of Cormyrian exiles with a gang of assassins at their back, which Rahnee confirmed was the Fire Knives. Dermot also referred to them beating up nobles after dark to strongarm electoral votes. As Slipster received the last ale, he said he would bring it outside to Juril, then walked out the tavern door. Outside, the halfling found the Scarlet’s fighter looking rather cold and talking to Shanni. The halfling told his large companion with a wink that he’d brought him something, offering up the ale, but not one for his girlfriend. This gave some pause to Juril, who was surprised and perhaps did not take it as a joke. Shanni, however, smoothly told Slipster that she had just been getting a bit of air, not having been feeling too good and thinking it would help. Slipster invited them in, saying he didn’t think anyone would bother them. While Juril pressed the ale mug to his lips, hiding his face, Shanni asserted she didn’t think a stuffy tavern would make her feel any better. The halfling in response said he would leave the two lovebirds alone for the moment, inviting them again into the warmth when they were done. Back inside, Slipster sat down and informed the others around the table that Juril was outside talking to his girlfriend and should be in shortly. This earned an eyebrow raise from Dermot, as conversation continued about House Cormaeril’s past. Rahnee, challenged to offer an example of something despicable done by Cormaeril, described how one of their nobles was responsible for the murders of “street ladies” and how she had disguised herself as one to trap them, nearly being killed in the process. Addressing the Scarlet’s cleric Firewine, she also offered to have a truthsaying spell cast upon her, to verify her story. In response, he said that they had offered his company much to think upon, then called for another glass of wine. [I](As the chronicles tell it, the incident Rahnee describes involving a minor Cormaeril noble named Istvan was perhaps not so clear-cut. Dressed as a streetwalker, she lured him behind a building outside West Gate. There, her companions Brok-Tul and Jokull, posing as Fire Knives, beat and threatened the noble, in order to confirm the assassins' link with House Cormaeril. Given the sorts of things Cormaeril and the Fire Knives actually did, however, I cannot fully condemn even such an apparently underhanded and violent action. --C)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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