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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7499506" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Interrogation time</strong></p><p></p><p>While we're still busy getting the orphans to the druid's community, we say goodbye to Gale. Auryn asks her to stay safe and to avoid getting indebted to someone who might force her to act against her beliefs. </p><p> </p><p> “I really don't want to see you become a slave to someone else, you know? Should you ever need help, just ask us. Even if we cannot guarantee you that the RHC might be able to help, we're still kin and we know people who are trustworthy”</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #008000">(Of course she was hinting at her Vekeshi contacts)</span></p><p></p><p> Auryn then turns to Asrabey and asks him whether there is some sort of resemblance between herself and Kasvarina as this is something she'd been thinking about since her encounter with the corrupted paladins in Odiem. He answers that yes, she's indeed very similar to a younger version of his wife, if you ignore the very differently colored hair and eyes. But that shouldn't trouble her too much as she is simply Kasvarina's descendant and children tend to look at least a bit like their parents. </p><p> </p><p>Auryn nods in agreement and the quietly starts musing about fate, prophecy and causality. She, again, asks herself whether fate is inevitable and what kind of power could change or cut the threads of fate. </p><p> </p><p> Before we say goodbye to Asrabey as well, we remind him that we have business to do on the morrow and that he promised to help us root out the Scoundrel's Theater. Asrabey agrees to team up against Kell, as he promised and also hints that he might wish to find Kasvarina as well. We say that we totally understand his wish and will ask the King about a team up for the expedition to the Bleak Gate. </p><p> </p><p>We then head to the Aurum to tell his majesty that we've acted according to the tribute that's been asked of him as Kelland's successor. Ekossigan is dead and his threat to Cloudwood has been dissolved. When he asks us what happened, we tell Aodhan the whole story of the curse, the mobs, the dead kid and also Ekossigan's plan. The King is very much shocked to hear that the Fey Lord planned to kill so many children and adds that this entity must have been pretty desperate to use such methods. He thanks us for thwarting Ekossigan's plan and rescuing the children, even if he mourns the loss of so many lives. </p><p> </p><p>We agree with his assessment of the situation and then remind him that Ekossigan was yet another hint at something dark going on in the Bleak Gate version of Cauldron Hill. We explain that the seal of Macbannin is getting weaker at an alarming rate and we don't know whether the Green Knight will be able to contain the dark magic on her own. King Aodhan says that he trusts Dame Jillian with his life and that he's pretty sure she'll be able to handle the situation. </p><p> </p><p> We agree that she's a powerful person, but find her a bit lacking when it comes to interacting with people in need of her help. Also, the people of the Nettles need a Mayor r someone who's able to listen to their concerns. Otherwise, we fear that the poor citizens might lose their faith in the King himself, which would be the worst that could happen given the current situation. On top of that, we need someone to make a proper evacuation plan for the coming of the “Second Darkness”. Just in case. </p><p> </p><p>King Aodhan sees wisdom in our words and he proceeds to write a letter to Dame Jillian. (“She's a bit oldschool, you know?”) We promise to bring her this letter as soon as possible, but also ask for another favor: We'd like to lend his Principal Minister for a few hours. When he asks us what we'd like to do with Lee, we explain that there is this Geas on everyone who's been involved in higher class Obscurati actions. And this Geas is keeping them from giving us the answers we need to get the upper hand in this conflict. Lee, being the most powerful and resourceful mage in all of Risur, could maybe dispel the Geas and solve a lot of problems. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #008000">(I hope Lee didn't mind that we kind of objectified him. But he's the most resourceful mage in all of Risur and he's quite handy. Even if we basically broke the Prestige rules with this request.)</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p>The king turns to Lee and ask him for his own opinion. As he doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't give it a try (and as he can also be sure that his King is in good, albeit draconic, claws), he agrees to meet us at the RHC HQ in a few hours. </p><p></p><p> So we head to Dame Jillian to bring her the king's letter and it seems as this would suffice. She agrees to work with us, but she still has important stuff to do, so we shouldn't waste too much of her precious time. We tell her about what happened with Macbannin's witchoil factory and share our fears that the other facility might be even bigger and more dangerous. We then discuss means of evacuating the people of the Nettles ( even if we all hope that we'd never have to make use of it) and she also agrees to a few “counseling hours”, even if she hopes that the King will appoint a new mayor soon. </p><p> </p><p>We then return to the RHC in the evening where Team B has been waiting for us the whole time. They tell us about their investigation at Soknik's and show us all the evidence they've collected. From the looks of it, we assume that these terrorists plan to strike against the grand opening ceremony of the Sharon Baker Station. Considering the fact that governor Stanfield will be the guest of honor, we think that this is quite the interesting target, even if they should know that a Deva can simply reincarnate and Stanfield is quite notorious for dying every now and then.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #008000">(yeah, he's basically the opposite of Carlyle in this regard. Don't know if this stems from the original, but “our” Stanfield sees death as less than a small setback and he has died numerous times during his centuries-long governorship)</span></p><p></p><p> Carlyle instantly examines the components that Team B found in the workshops and labs and is pretty surprised and then worried about the results. He analyzes Fiery Humor, Aether, Phlogiston Witchoil, bloody ambergris, strands of chronosomia and scales of Ouroboros that are infused with poison, as well as Frostburn.</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #008000">(I really had a good laugh when Tiz told us about these alchemical ingredients. Aether and Phlogiston were both theoretical entities that were popular in the 19th century, but both got ultimately disproven with the dawn of modern physics and chemistry. I thought that Chronosomia could be a pun to chromosomes and also a hint at the String Theory. Ouroboros is a mythical snake creature from ancient Greece which is eating its own tail, but it is also symbolic for a full alchemical circle. The Humor theory is another aspect that was popular, so the “fiery” one might be a sanguine.) </span></p><p><span style="color: #008000"></span></p><p> Carlyle explains that while all these ingredients are quite fascinating on their own, the dwarves' plan to make a bomb out of them does sound quite terrifying as this bomb might be powerful enough to blast a while block to dust. </p><p></p><p> Meanwhile, Auryn decodes the letter from the dwarves and finds out that there will be a ship, the Bezna, which is scheduled to arrive the next evening. As the ship is coming from Drakr and the terrorists were looking forward to this event, we decide to better not let this thing enter the harbor without a proper searching. </p><p> </p><p> She then heads to the holding cells to interrogate the dwarves. She picks the most intelligent-looking of them all and begins a conversation about philosophy and fate. She asks the dwarf whether he believes in fate and whether this fate is inevitable. The dwarf agrees to both statements and adds that the world will end in ice and that it is the prophet Grandis Komanov's goal to accelerate the coming of the icy end of the world. She then asks whether he believes that their mission will be successful as they are fated to “win” and the dwarf agrees again, saying that soon Flint will know terror it has never seen before. Auryn grins and then tries to perform a rhetorical trick: </p><p> </p><p>“So, if fate is indeed inevitable and all of your explosives are fated to explode as you wish, then surely telling us where they can be found will change nothing, right? Wouldn't it bring even more despair to know that we tried our best and were still defeated?”</p><p> </p><p> The dwarf looks at her with wide open eyes at first, then shakes his head and declares that he'll not fall for this as he has sworn to do everything he can to make sure we'll know terror. Auryn sighs and then says that she doesn't believe that bombs are a part of the world's fate and that he will soon know what it means to mess with Flint and the RHC. </p><p> </p><p>As she's been frustrated again, she decides to make another try on the less-fanatic inmate that is Hammerton. As he's been isolated all the time, the Guild lieutenant is quite happy to see that the one paying him a visit is the cute “tamer of the Beast”, so he instantly starts a conversation and asks her what she's doing. </p><p> </p><p>“Hoping to talk to people with more sanity in their brains than dwarves who tried to kill themselves with poison, I guess.” she answers and proceeds to ask him whether he made up his mind regarding his cooperation. She adds that she could order the guards to make his life a bit more comfortable, then takes a closer look at him and mutters a short incantation. </p><p> </p><p>“I see. I guess I could get you one. And then we'll talk like civilized people.”</p><p> </p><p>She then quickly disappears to fetch a bottle of wine and two glasses and offers Hammerton one of them. It seems like that guy is warming up after all and he finally agrees to help the RHC with information should we manage to keep him from being executed. Or from being thrown in a cell with the beast. Auryn replies that she'll do her best and Hammerton tells her all about the names of Kell's messengers and the location of some of the more secret hideouts of Kell. He also explains that Spinning Wheel is the logistics expert of the Guild and that it is him who's responsible for getting masses of marked crates through Stanfield canal. He doesn't know how this trick works, but these crates somehow empty themselves in the process or so. </p><p></p><p> <span style="color: #008000">(Detect desires is a great, but a bit niche spell. Unfortunately, the dwarves only desired death, destruction and the icy end of he world)</span></p><p></p><p>Auryn thanks Hammerton for this info and guesses that this might just be the path to the Bleak Gate they were looking for. Last, she asks Hammerton whether he knows anything about an attack on the Vantrys family that happened four years ago as they still didn't manage to close that case and the Kells are among the prime suspects. But either Hammerton doesn't know or the Guild is truly innocent of this incident. </p><p> </p><p>Auryn, Carlyle and Team B meet up after their investigation and plan how to proceed from there. We agree to inform Dawkins about the ship from Drakr as soon as possible so we might get a ship to intercept the Bezna. Auryn volunteers to meet with the Rear Admiral and tell him about the terrorists. </p><p> </p><p> Before she can leave the RHC, she almost bumps into Harkover Lee who came here as promised. He asks us about our work so far and we tell him all about these terrorist dwarves and their refusal to tell us anything. </p><p> </p><p> “I tried everything. From persuasion to philosophy to rhetorical tricks to charms. I'm frustrated enough to wish I'd be able to force them to spill everything”</p><p> </p><p>“You know there's a spell for that, young lady?”</p><p> </p><p>Auryn sighs again, indicating that she already knows this, but also hinting that domination isn't really her specialty. Nor her style. </p><p> </p><p>“Hm. In that case I might have a leftover scroll in my case in the Aurum. If you don't mind, then I'll give it a try tomorrow”</p><p> </p><p>Now that lightens up her mood immediately and she gives the Principal Minister a heartfelt smile, thanking him for all his effort. They then venture down to Grappa's intermediate golem workshop where said Alexander Grappa is still busy building a body for Dr. Meredith. We introduce the two men to each other and then tell Grappa that Lee might be able to remove his Geas. Grappa is instantly on board and Lee proceeds to cast some magic identification spells and then draws a lot of intricate ritual circles. He then performs spell after spell (many of which we haven't yet seen) for his ritual and it seems as if he's getting more and more strained every minute. </p><p> </p><p>After an unusually long time, Lee's ritual circle collapses completely, leaving the mightiest arcane caster in Risur both shocked and utterly clueless. When he regains his posture, the Principal Minister can only guess that the Geas itself has to be be fueled by some kind of powerful, ongoing ritual. When we ask whether a wizard of the ranks of Kasvarina could have once cast such a spell, he shakes his head, implying that only multiple mages can call forth magic of this magnitude. </p><p> </p><p> He's a bit embarrassed that he couldn't help to free Grappa, but we try to comfort Harkover Lee by saying that this Nicodemus guy alone wielded magic in a frequency that was beyond our known limits of what a mortal can do, so maybe the higher-ups of the Obscurati are all insanely powerful.</p><p> </p><p>We then talk a bit about Cauldron Hill and the dangers that could stem from there. Lee agrees that this place is really dangerous as there's always been a natural closeness to the Bleak Gate as the borders between our two planes are rather weak there. In his opinion, the witches who made the Hill their home a century ago simply utilized that fact to fuel their foul magic with Bleak Gate energy. We then talk a bit about the witches and the remnants of their magic that we found on our expedition. Lee says that while this is all very intriguing, this was also long before his time, even if it would have been terribly fascinating to study the witches' magic. </p><p></p><p> Lee then takes a peek outside, sees that it is already nighttime and bids us farewell. Once he left, Auryn looks strangely intrigued and also a bit confused.</p><p> </p><p>“I wonder why he didn't tell the truth when he was talking about the witches”</p><p> </p><p>“What do you mean?”</p><p> </p><p>“Well, I'm pretty sure Harkover Lee lied when he told us that these events happened before his time. And now I'm wondering even more about who this man truly is.”</p><p> </p><p>Carlyle takes a moment to think about the situation and then agrees with Auryn. They both agree to keep an eye on the Principal Minister, even if they are pretty sure that his longevity is not necessarily a sign of danger and that he is a trustworthy person, even if he'll surely have his secrets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7499506, member: 6816692"] [b]Interrogation time[/b] While we're still busy getting the orphans to the druid's community, we say goodbye to Gale. Auryn asks her to stay safe and to avoid getting indebted to someone who might force her to act against her beliefs. “I really don't want to see you become a slave to someone else, you know? Should you ever need help, just ask us. Even if we cannot guarantee you that the RHC might be able to help, we're still kin and we know people who are trustworthy” [COLOR=#008000](Of course she was hinting at her Vekeshi contacts)[/COLOR] Auryn then turns to Asrabey and asks him whether there is some sort of resemblance between herself and Kasvarina as this is something she'd been thinking about since her encounter with the corrupted paladins in Odiem. He answers that yes, she's indeed very similar to a younger version of his wife, if you ignore the very differently colored hair and eyes. But that shouldn't trouble her too much as she is simply Kasvarina's descendant and children tend to look at least a bit like their parents. Auryn nods in agreement and the quietly starts musing about fate, prophecy and causality. She, again, asks herself whether fate is inevitable and what kind of power could change or cut the threads of fate. Before we say goodbye to Asrabey as well, we remind him that we have business to do on the morrow and that he promised to help us root out the Scoundrel's Theater. Asrabey agrees to team up against Kell, as he promised and also hints that he might wish to find Kasvarina as well. We say that we totally understand his wish and will ask the King about a team up for the expedition to the Bleak Gate. We then head to the Aurum to tell his majesty that we've acted according to the tribute that's been asked of him as Kelland's successor. Ekossigan is dead and his threat to Cloudwood has been dissolved. When he asks us what happened, we tell Aodhan the whole story of the curse, the mobs, the dead kid and also Ekossigan's plan. The King is very much shocked to hear that the Fey Lord planned to kill so many children and adds that this entity must have been pretty desperate to use such methods. He thanks us for thwarting Ekossigan's plan and rescuing the children, even if he mourns the loss of so many lives. We agree with his assessment of the situation and then remind him that Ekossigan was yet another hint at something dark going on in the Bleak Gate version of Cauldron Hill. We explain that the seal of Macbannin is getting weaker at an alarming rate and we don't know whether the Green Knight will be able to contain the dark magic on her own. King Aodhan says that he trusts Dame Jillian with his life and that he's pretty sure she'll be able to handle the situation. We agree that she's a powerful person, but find her a bit lacking when it comes to interacting with people in need of her help. Also, the people of the Nettles need a Mayor r someone who's able to listen to their concerns. Otherwise, we fear that the poor citizens might lose their faith in the King himself, which would be the worst that could happen given the current situation. On top of that, we need someone to make a proper evacuation plan for the coming of the “Second Darkness”. Just in case. King Aodhan sees wisdom in our words and he proceeds to write a letter to Dame Jillian. (“She's a bit oldschool, you know?”) We promise to bring her this letter as soon as possible, but also ask for another favor: We'd like to lend his Principal Minister for a few hours. When he asks us what we'd like to do with Lee, we explain that there is this Geas on everyone who's been involved in higher class Obscurati actions. And this Geas is keeping them from giving us the answers we need to get the upper hand in this conflict. Lee, being the most powerful and resourceful mage in all of Risur, could maybe dispel the Geas and solve a lot of problems. [COLOR=#008000](I hope Lee didn't mind that we kind of objectified him. But he's the most resourceful mage in all of Risur and he's quite handy. Even if we basically broke the Prestige rules with this request.) [/COLOR] The king turns to Lee and ask him for his own opinion. As he doesn't see any reason why he shouldn't give it a try (and as he can also be sure that his King is in good, albeit draconic, claws), he agrees to meet us at the RHC HQ in a few hours. So we head to Dame Jillian to bring her the king's letter and it seems as this would suffice. She agrees to work with us, but she still has important stuff to do, so we shouldn't waste too much of her precious time. We tell her about what happened with Macbannin's witchoil factory and share our fears that the other facility might be even bigger and more dangerous. We then discuss means of evacuating the people of the Nettles ( even if we all hope that we'd never have to make use of it) and she also agrees to a few “counseling hours”, even if she hopes that the King will appoint a new mayor soon. We then return to the RHC in the evening where Team B has been waiting for us the whole time. They tell us about their investigation at Soknik's and show us all the evidence they've collected. From the looks of it, we assume that these terrorists plan to strike against the grand opening ceremony of the Sharon Baker Station. Considering the fact that governor Stanfield will be the guest of honor, we think that this is quite the interesting target, even if they should know that a Deva can simply reincarnate and Stanfield is quite notorious for dying every now and then. [COLOR=#008000](yeah, he's basically the opposite of Carlyle in this regard. Don't know if this stems from the original, but “our” Stanfield sees death as less than a small setback and he has died numerous times during his centuries-long governorship)[/COLOR] Carlyle instantly examines the components that Team B found in the workshops and labs and is pretty surprised and then worried about the results. He analyzes Fiery Humor, Aether, Phlogiston Witchoil, bloody ambergris, strands of chronosomia and scales of Ouroboros that are infused with poison, as well as Frostburn. [COLOR=#008000](I really had a good laugh when Tiz told us about these alchemical ingredients. Aether and Phlogiston were both theoretical entities that were popular in the 19th century, but both got ultimately disproven with the dawn of modern physics and chemistry. I thought that Chronosomia could be a pun to chromosomes and also a hint at the String Theory. Ouroboros is a mythical snake creature from ancient Greece which is eating its own tail, but it is also symbolic for a full alchemical circle. The Humor theory is another aspect that was popular, so the “fiery” one might be a sanguine.) [/COLOR] Carlyle explains that while all these ingredients are quite fascinating on their own, the dwarves' plan to make a bomb out of them does sound quite terrifying as this bomb might be powerful enough to blast a while block to dust. Meanwhile, Auryn decodes the letter from the dwarves and finds out that there will be a ship, the Bezna, which is scheduled to arrive the next evening. As the ship is coming from Drakr and the terrorists were looking forward to this event, we decide to better not let this thing enter the harbor without a proper searching. She then heads to the holding cells to interrogate the dwarves. She picks the most intelligent-looking of them all and begins a conversation about philosophy and fate. She asks the dwarf whether he believes in fate and whether this fate is inevitable. The dwarf agrees to both statements and adds that the world will end in ice and that it is the prophet Grandis Komanov's goal to accelerate the coming of the icy end of the world. She then asks whether he believes that their mission will be successful as they are fated to “win” and the dwarf agrees again, saying that soon Flint will know terror it has never seen before. Auryn grins and then tries to perform a rhetorical trick: “So, if fate is indeed inevitable and all of your explosives are fated to explode as you wish, then surely telling us where they can be found will change nothing, right? Wouldn't it bring even more despair to know that we tried our best and were still defeated?” The dwarf looks at her with wide open eyes at first, then shakes his head and declares that he'll not fall for this as he has sworn to do everything he can to make sure we'll know terror. Auryn sighs and then says that she doesn't believe that bombs are a part of the world's fate and that he will soon know what it means to mess with Flint and the RHC. As she's been frustrated again, she decides to make another try on the less-fanatic inmate that is Hammerton. As he's been isolated all the time, the Guild lieutenant is quite happy to see that the one paying him a visit is the cute “tamer of the Beast”, so he instantly starts a conversation and asks her what she's doing. “Hoping to talk to people with more sanity in their brains than dwarves who tried to kill themselves with poison, I guess.” she answers and proceeds to ask him whether he made up his mind regarding his cooperation. She adds that she could order the guards to make his life a bit more comfortable, then takes a closer look at him and mutters a short incantation. “I see. I guess I could get you one. And then we'll talk like civilized people.” She then quickly disappears to fetch a bottle of wine and two glasses and offers Hammerton one of them. It seems like that guy is warming up after all and he finally agrees to help the RHC with information should we manage to keep him from being executed. Or from being thrown in a cell with the beast. Auryn replies that she'll do her best and Hammerton tells her all about the names of Kell's messengers and the location of some of the more secret hideouts of Kell. He also explains that Spinning Wheel is the logistics expert of the Guild and that it is him who's responsible for getting masses of marked crates through Stanfield canal. He doesn't know how this trick works, but these crates somehow empty themselves in the process or so. [COLOR=#008000](Detect desires is a great, but a bit niche spell. Unfortunately, the dwarves only desired death, destruction and the icy end of he world)[/COLOR] Auryn thanks Hammerton for this info and guesses that this might just be the path to the Bleak Gate they were looking for. Last, she asks Hammerton whether he knows anything about an attack on the Vantrys family that happened four years ago as they still didn't manage to close that case and the Kells are among the prime suspects. But either Hammerton doesn't know or the Guild is truly innocent of this incident. Auryn, Carlyle and Team B meet up after their investigation and plan how to proceed from there. We agree to inform Dawkins about the ship from Drakr as soon as possible so we might get a ship to intercept the Bezna. Auryn volunteers to meet with the Rear Admiral and tell him about the terrorists. Before she can leave the RHC, she almost bumps into Harkover Lee who came here as promised. He asks us about our work so far and we tell him all about these terrorist dwarves and their refusal to tell us anything. “I tried everything. From persuasion to philosophy to rhetorical tricks to charms. I'm frustrated enough to wish I'd be able to force them to spill everything” “You know there's a spell for that, young lady?” Auryn sighs again, indicating that she already knows this, but also hinting that domination isn't really her specialty. Nor her style. “Hm. In that case I might have a leftover scroll in my case in the Aurum. If you don't mind, then I'll give it a try tomorrow” Now that lightens up her mood immediately and she gives the Principal Minister a heartfelt smile, thanking him for all his effort. They then venture down to Grappa's intermediate golem workshop where said Alexander Grappa is still busy building a body for Dr. Meredith. We introduce the two men to each other and then tell Grappa that Lee might be able to remove his Geas. Grappa is instantly on board and Lee proceeds to cast some magic identification spells and then draws a lot of intricate ritual circles. He then performs spell after spell (many of which we haven't yet seen) for his ritual and it seems as if he's getting more and more strained every minute. After an unusually long time, Lee's ritual circle collapses completely, leaving the mightiest arcane caster in Risur both shocked and utterly clueless. When he regains his posture, the Principal Minister can only guess that the Geas itself has to be be fueled by some kind of powerful, ongoing ritual. When we ask whether a wizard of the ranks of Kasvarina could have once cast such a spell, he shakes his head, implying that only multiple mages can call forth magic of this magnitude. He's a bit embarrassed that he couldn't help to free Grappa, but we try to comfort Harkover Lee by saying that this Nicodemus guy alone wielded magic in a frequency that was beyond our known limits of what a mortal can do, so maybe the higher-ups of the Obscurati are all insanely powerful. We then talk a bit about Cauldron Hill and the dangers that could stem from there. Lee agrees that this place is really dangerous as there's always been a natural closeness to the Bleak Gate as the borders between our two planes are rather weak there. In his opinion, the witches who made the Hill their home a century ago simply utilized that fact to fuel their foul magic with Bleak Gate energy. We then talk a bit about the witches and the remnants of their magic that we found on our expedition. Lee says that while this is all very intriguing, this was also long before his time, even if it would have been terribly fascinating to study the witches' magic. Lee then takes a peek outside, sees that it is already nighttime and bids us farewell. Once he left, Auryn looks strangely intrigued and also a bit confused. “I wonder why he didn't tell the truth when he was talking about the witches” “What do you mean?” “Well, I'm pretty sure Harkover Lee lied when he told us that these events happened before his time. And now I'm wondering even more about who this man truly is.” Carlyle takes a moment to think about the situation and then agrees with Auryn. They both agree to keep an eye on the Principal Minister, even if they are pretty sure that his longevity is not necessarily a sign of danger and that he is a trustworthy person, even if he'll surely have his secrets. [/QUOTE]
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