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<blockquote data-quote="kumagroo" data-source="post: 4865098" data-attributes="member: 83866"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">It was quite an eventful couple days. Thanks to the administrations of Oz and other healers here at the safehouse, Zane and Buron were quickly back on their feet, though Buron will be wearing his arm in a sling for awhile. On the second day of the siege, I left with Rivereye to find a former associate of his who also served as a spy in the Ragesian palace: a halfling sorcerer named Feris who may help us wrest the case from Shealis, who, Rivereye assures me, certainly must have it in her possession. The group I have joined up with, who now refer to themselves as “The Coming Storm” were to remain behind. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: white">I guess things didn’t work out quite as planned, but that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Hearing rumors that the tunnel to the Singing Chasm was nearly complete and fearing an eladrin escape, Buron begged my companions to delay Shealis by whatever means necessary. Ozric brought up a very solid idea about collapsing the tunnel, but finding it, especially given the eladrin ability to teleport outside the city walls led them to try something else. Sometime before dawn, they made their way to Gabal’s school and convinced Diogenes to let them into the complex to deal with a potentially treacherous Shealis. The plan they devised was simple: Given the growing number of anti-arcane demonstrators outside the gate, Diogenes would beg Shealis’s aid while The Coming Storm would sneak into her apartment and search for the case. A young apprentice of the school was to help them locate said case in case it was obscured by magic. To bulwark the ruse, Oz approached the gate from the inside and cried out for the rioters without to break down the gate and storm the school! He was most persuasive. Unfortunately, Diogenes and Shealis never truly got along and his ability to deceive her was over-estimated. She emerged from her quarters intent on blasting Oz into bits while the rest of the party lay in hiding. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Thinking quickly on his feet, Damner joined his fellow dwarf and Milo appeared as well, pleading to stop the violence that seemed bound to occur. Zane and Joven snuck around to the back of her quarters, hoping to use the stand-off time to accomplish their reconnaissance. They didn’t count on her solon familiar being present, however. In short, they somehow managed to pull off an alliance with Shealis and Damner calmed down the demonstrators with some ax waving and colorful threats.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">By the time I ran into them with Rivereye and Feris, they had made their way into the eladrin ghetto and, despite some objections from Larion, actually received the Ragesian plans. Within the case were some writings in the infernal language of devils as well as maps for some sort of subterranean complex, none of which was understood by anyone there. Feris, no longer needed, went his own way, and the actual case itself (minus its contents) was returned to Shealis with the thought that the eladrin could draw away the Ragesians who were looking for it. Oh, one important thing to note: Ozric spoke of an imp, in the guise of a raven, that had been following them. The Ragesians have been known to make pacts with such dark beings and I’m not surprised. Hopefully, it will be thrown off the trail.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">On day three of the siege, we learned that the Ragesians had submitted an ultimatum: allow the Inquisitors into the city or the bombardment would continue. After some consideration of our options, everyone concluded that our best hope for escaping Gate Pass lay in the hands of Councilman Erdan Menash, a sympathizer with the resistance. Knowing that our time was growing short, I worked on brewing more Cooling Draught potions. We should have enough to get through the forest with a little extra to account for any unwanted delays. While I wasn’t present for the meeting with Erdan, it would seem that his reputation as an eccentric fits. Hearing Joven’s account of some of the “weapons” he’s crafted, it’s a wonder the man hasn’t had his mind examined. Still, The Coming Storm pulled it off again with diplomacy, flattery, the sharing of their recent deeds, and some samples of Ozric’s Ancestor’s Ale. (Indeed, the brewer now has a very influential patron in Gate Pass. If the city isn’t razed to the ground by the enemy, he may have a strong following when he returns.) Erdan drafted a note to Captain Herreman of a cavalry division asking to help with our exit. Apparently, Erdan also gave Damner some other object called the Dianoem, to bring to Lyceum. As usual, the dwarf didn’t feel up for conversation when I asked him about it.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Another group of Black Horse mercenaries ambushed the group when they left, which makes me think they must have been spying on our beloved councilman. The fact that they obtained Gate Pass uniforms was troubling, but they were, shall we say, brought to justice… If I hadn’t met that rascal Rantle myself, I would have been suspicious of his sudden appearance after the fight. Apparently, Joven is to deliver a letter for him to some pyromancing tramp; I’ll be damned twice over if I’m going to ask him why he agreed or her name! A pyromancer…That’s about as subtle a school of magic as a warhammer delivered to the skull. But then again, Joven always likes them simple; he couldn’t be bothered with a real woman of sophistication…but I digress.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">In short, Herreman is a pretty good guy, for a half-orc. He’s told us that he was going to create a false pretense for The Coming Storm, disguised as Gate Pass soldiers to be allowed out of the city for some mounted scouting. Allegedly hunting down a Ragesian necromancer or some such. Turns out he was good as his word. After stumbling upon and stopping a burglary that Feris was committing at a local alchemy shop (why would a future school headmaster rob a store anyways?), we made final preparations for our departure…and the distribution of Oz’s cache of ale he had brewed for the Festival of Dreams.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Herreman’s lieutenant and his troops met us at the eastern gate. Ominously, at the same time, a single bell rang out somewhere to the west. The Inquisitors were entering as we departed. I wonder if Erdan has left the council in disgust... After getting outside, the lieutenant warned us against riding after dark, given the risk to the horses. He directed us to go two miles down the road to shelter in an abandoned watch tower. Now all that lies between us and the Fire Forest is a stretch of 30 miles or so.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: white">Will the Ragesians follow Shealis? I fear that while some will be diverted, their agents number many and we are probably not yet done with them. I have not yet confided with the others my own plan; I haven’t decided if I truly want to take my leave quite yet</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kumagroo, post: 4865098, member: 83866"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]It was quite an eventful couple days. Thanks to the administrations of Oz and other healers here at the safehouse, Zane and Buron were quickly back on their feet, though Buron will be wearing his arm in a sling for awhile. On the second day of the siege, I left with Rivereye to find a former associate of his who also served as a spy in the Ragesian palace: a halfling sorcerer named Feris who may help us wrest the case from Shealis, who, Rivereye assures me, certainly must have it in her possession. The group I have joined up with, who now refer to themselves as “The Coming Storm” were to remain behind. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=white]I guess things didn’t work out quite as planned, but that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Hearing rumors that the tunnel to the Singing Chasm was nearly complete and fearing an eladrin escape, Buron begged my companions to delay Shealis by whatever means necessary. Ozric brought up a very solid idea about collapsing the tunnel, but finding it, especially given the eladrin ability to teleport outside the city walls led them to try something else. Sometime before dawn, they made their way to Gabal’s school and convinced Diogenes to let them into the complex to deal with a potentially treacherous Shealis. The plan they devised was simple: Given the growing number of anti-arcane demonstrators outside the gate, Diogenes would beg Shealis’s aid while The Coming Storm would sneak into her apartment and search for the case. A young apprentice of the school was to help them locate said case in case it was obscured by magic. To bulwark the ruse, Oz approached the gate from the inside and cried out for the rioters without to break down the gate and storm the school! He was most persuasive. Unfortunately, Diogenes and Shealis never truly got along and his ability to deceive her was over-estimated. She emerged from her quarters intent on blasting Oz into bits while the rest of the party lay in hiding. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Thinking quickly on his feet, Damner joined his fellow dwarf and Milo appeared as well, pleading to stop the violence that seemed bound to occur. Zane and Joven snuck around to the back of her quarters, hoping to use the stand-off time to accomplish their reconnaissance. They didn’t count on her solon familiar being present, however. In short, they somehow managed to pull off an alliance with Shealis and Damner calmed down the demonstrators with some ax waving and colorful threats.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]By the time I ran into them with Rivereye and Feris, they had made their way into the eladrin ghetto and, despite some objections from Larion, actually received the Ragesian plans. Within the case were some writings in the infernal language of devils as well as maps for some sort of subterranean complex, none of which was understood by anyone there. Feris, no longer needed, went his own way, and the actual case itself (minus its contents) was returned to Shealis with the thought that the eladrin could draw away the Ragesians who were looking for it. Oh, one important thing to note: Ozric spoke of an imp, in the guise of a raven, that had been following them. The Ragesians have been known to make pacts with such dark beings and I’m not surprised. Hopefully, it will be thrown off the trail.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]On day three of the siege, we learned that the Ragesians had submitted an ultimatum: allow the Inquisitors into the city or the bombardment would continue. After some consideration of our options, everyone concluded that our best hope for escaping Gate Pass lay in the hands of Councilman Erdan Menash, a sympathizer with the resistance. Knowing that our time was growing short, I worked on brewing more Cooling Draught potions. We should have enough to get through the forest with a little extra to account for any unwanted delays. While I wasn’t present for the meeting with Erdan, it would seem that his reputation as an eccentric fits. Hearing Joven’s account of some of the “weapons” he’s crafted, it’s a wonder the man hasn’t had his mind examined. Still, The Coming Storm pulled it off again with diplomacy, flattery, the sharing of their recent deeds, and some samples of Ozric’s Ancestor’s Ale. (Indeed, the brewer now has a very influential patron in Gate Pass. If the city isn’t razed to the ground by the enemy, he may have a strong following when he returns.) Erdan drafted a note to Captain Herreman of a cavalry division asking to help with our exit. Apparently, Erdan also gave Damner some other object called the Dianoem, to bring to Lyceum. As usual, the dwarf didn’t feel up for conversation when I asked him about it.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Another group of Black Horse mercenaries ambushed the group when they left, which makes me think they must have been spying on our beloved councilman. The fact that they obtained Gate Pass uniforms was troubling, but they were, shall we say, brought to justice… If I hadn’t met that rascal Rantle myself, I would have been suspicious of his sudden appearance after the fight. Apparently, Joven is to deliver a letter for him to some pyromancing tramp; I’ll be damned twice over if I’m going to ask him why he agreed or her name! A pyromancer…That’s about as subtle a school of magic as a warhammer delivered to the skull. But then again, Joven always likes them simple; he couldn’t be bothered with a real woman of sophistication…but I digress.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]In short, Herreman is a pretty good guy, for a half-orc. He’s told us that he was going to create a false pretense for The Coming Storm, disguised as Gate Pass soldiers to be allowed out of the city for some mounted scouting. Allegedly hunting down a Ragesian necromancer or some such. Turns out he was good as his word. After stumbling upon and stopping a burglary that Feris was committing at a local alchemy shop (why would a future school headmaster rob a store anyways?), we made final preparations for our departure…and the distribution of Oz’s cache of ale he had brewed for the Festival of Dreams.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Herreman’s lieutenant and his troops met us at the eastern gate. Ominously, at the same time, a single bell rang out somewhere to the west. The Inquisitors were entering as we departed. I wonder if Erdan has left the council in disgust... After getting outside, the lieutenant warned us against riding after dark, given the risk to the horses. He directed us to go two miles down the road to shelter in an abandoned watch tower. Now all that lies between us and the Fire Forest is a stretch of 30 miles or so.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white]Will the Ragesians follow Shealis? I fear that while some will be diverted, their agents number many and we are probably not yet done with them. I have not yet confided with the others my own plan; I haven’t decided if I truly want to take my leave quite yet[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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