To Catch a Crimelord, or Down the Rabbit Hole (garyh judging)

[renau1g]

k’ul ahau Nuun Yax Ain wrings his beard anxiously as he listens to your compelling arguments. The dwarf leader looks to you, his appraising eyes hanging on each member of the party as he studies you for any falsehoods.

“I have given the matter much thought and believe you are right. The sacrifice tariff would impose too great a hardship on our neighbors, and might be leadin' ta ruin as the pint-sized lass mentioned. I will have High Priest Avonathemon annul it. Thank you for your words on this matter. I have to take care of some business now, please wait for my aide to escort you out, he is just attending to some important business and will be here shortly” the leader says, stands up and walks out of the chamber.

After he's gone you are waiting for the aide to come, a few minutes pass, you hear a voice cry out "The high priest has taken the edict! He’s going to invoke it on the stones in Relkingham! Ahhhhh!” The cry trails away into a gurgle. This sound is accompanied by the creak of eight portcullises closing, sealing off the antechambers from the rest of the palace. The sound of the aide's voice came from the southwest, the chamber you were waiting in.

 

[dimsdale]

"By Crom's beard! What is going on here?" Kruk instinctively reaches for his axe and jumps to the front, placing himself in a battle stance between the room that the noises come from and the rest of his party.

 

[industrygothica]

Carolina draws her crossbow and begins to scan the area for threats. If there are any, with luck she'll be able to pick some off before they close in.

 

[Lord Sessadore]

Raiyek, too, immediately scans the area for threats as he readies his shield. The elf moves towards the noises at Kruk's side.

 

[Oni]

So much for no ill intent, she sighed.

Lily jumped up and followed a few paces behind Raiyek as he want to investigate the disturbance.

 

[renau1g]

The stairs lead back down to the landing through which the aide escorted you on your way to see k’ul ahau Nuun Yax Ain. The portcullis, which was raised before, is now lowered. A pool of blood spreads into the antechamber from under the portcullis.

The aide’s body lies on the ground face-up. The aide’s left eye has been crudely plucked out of his face, leaving a bleeding, gaping hole. He is loosing blood fast, but coughs and looks at you through his one eye, moving his head up slightly to see you. "Hur..*cough*hurry, come *cough* closer" he says weakly. The dwarf appears to be labouring to breath.

 

[Tinwe]

Grim growls "Looks like this particular dwarf weren't lord of this particular hall of stone. Shame, with as pretty as it is."

He draws both blades and looks about for concealment. "Like to be fighting another of those shadow beasts here soon".

 

[Lord Sessadore]

[sblock=OOC]Quick question: which side of the portcullis is the dwarven aide on? If he's on the other side, would it be possible to reach through the portcullis to touch him?

Also, sorry about being MIA here the past couple days. Someone needs to add a couple hours to the day >.>[/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

[sblock=ooc]
He's on other side, he's out of reach, about 15' away[/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

[sblock=ooc]
Map of current location.

1 is throne room,
2a is your current location
2b is where the aide is[/sblock]