Vengeance in Mornonas

[DarkMaster]

Jasper turns towards the wizards not knowing whether it's a good or bad sign. "Nothing, He doesn't seems to be around the area".

He turns towards Solomon

"I can't locate his wedding ban and I never saw him remove it"

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Around the Temple

Xavier casually starts questioning a few people on the street (Gather Info 19+7). He slowly learns through asking question to various people that indeed there was a fight yesterday and that two people were killed in front of the church, another men dark as the night and agile as cat was able to escape the law and his probably still running loose within the city walls.

Some of the reports are not all aligned but he can filter out the odd one from what seems to be the concencus.

One things that surprised him is the mention of the old priest of Heireionous that seems to be present in almost all the people reports. When questioned more on the priest they say he has been around for many years. He is the last defender of Heireionous faith in the city. They also beleive he was somehow granted a gift by Heireionous in the last few years as he went from a taciturn and more introverted priest to an extremely vocal and convincing preacher. He also doesn't seems to be interested in gathering followers anymore, he didn't hold any mass ever since his transformation.

They say the Old men convinced the crowd and the guard that these men were attacking the temple and killed a few selected follower inside. When questioned in more detail most people seems to wonder who those followers are as no one seems to be allowed to enter the temple. A few people says that in the last few days they saw Mergovian milician enter and leaving the temple. One even mention the name of Prumen milician, he used to live here and is positive about the insigna they wore on their armor.

As the sun is slowly starting to falls on Mornonas a citizen redirects Xavier to an old follower of Heireionous. The men lives nearby the temple. He never accepted the Baron decision to transform the area into an industrial center an never sold his house.

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Jath heads to see Goriro, the animal trainer. He walks through the caravan and access the center. Goriro has installed his temporary fence in the center of the caravan. All the horses, cow, goat and other birds

Goriro is working on feeding the animals when Jath appears. "Good day Jath, how is your mother today?

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon Kreel

Again, Solomon lays his hand on Jasper's shoulder. "He is probably still alive. Joe was not unaware of the danger he had put himself in by supporting us. I suspect he is now in hiding. In any case, there is nothing more for us here now. He and Karn can take care of themselves. Come. Let us retreat to shelter for the night & plan our next actions. Come."

Solomon suggests returning to the Inn he and Dai have found.

 

[doghead]

Xavier Roces, human male Servant of Hieroneous.

As the sun is slowly starting to falls on Mornonas a citizen redirects Xavier to an old follower of Heireionous. The men lives nearby the temple. He never accepted the Baron decision to transform the area into an industrial center an never sold his house.

Xavier mulls over the information he has gained. Its fairly vague, but pieces fit in place. The lack of interest in attracting followers would make sense if they were using the church as cover for something else. And the definately were not using for the worship of Hieroneous. At least not officially. And the presense of some of the militia from Pruman (Pruman, things keep coming back to Pruman), that fitted with the story Master Conrad told him. The 'man as dark as the devil' Xavier had seen with his own eyes, one of Master Conrad's companions. So there were reasonably good reasons to believe that there was a fight yesterday, and several of Master Conrad's companions were killed by those using the church.

There seemed to be a consenses on the fact that the 'priest' had convinced the guard and the crowd that the two who were killed had attacked the temple. But at this point, people became confused and vague, as if what they accepted as having had happened couldn't be matched with what they remembered when considered closely. Some mentioned that the three men had surrendered their arms, but then couldn't explain why they were killed. Others said they had attacked the church, but later mentioned the men calling for the town guard.

It wasn't much to go on. Certainly not enough to prove anything. But enough to suggest that there was more to find out if he wanted to find the truth of the matter. Xavier decides to pay a visit to the old follower of Hieroneous. Given the man's dedication, Xavier ought to do so anyway, and is glad to have been given this opportunity to repay the man a little for his faith.

 

[Kangaxx]

Jasper Conrad

Again, Solomon lays his hand on Jasper's shoulder. "He is probably still alive. Joe was not unaware of the danger he had put himself in by supporting us. I suspect he is now in hiding. In any case, there is nothing more for us here now. He and Karn can take care of themselves. Come. Let us retreat to shelter for the night & plan our next actions. Come."

Solomon suggests returning to the Inn he and Dai have found.

"You're right, they are probably just hiding out somewhere." Jasper doesn't look convinced. "We should see if there's anything clues or anything useful in the basement before we go. It's probably going to be ruined next time rain comes if vandals don't clean it out first." He turns back towards the house with frown and a sigh.

 

[DarkMaster]

OOC The basement is sealed magically so you shouldn't have to worry about the elements. Clever thief on the other hand could probably get in.

Jasper approaches the sealed basement door. He touches the right sequence of magical rune encarved in the door, the magical representation of secured shelter, Jasper uncle always been lazy, so he used something pretty straightforward. Jasper finishes the sequence, understanding it but lacking the mental rigor and practice to cast it.

The door slides open on Joe's personal library and laboratory. At quick glance everything seems untouched and unarmed. The sun from outside and the continual light stones inside provides more than enough light to see inside.

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon Kreel

Solomon gasps at Jasper's success. "Well done. You are a wizard of consequence. Let's have a look inside. But can you close it again after we leave? Perhaps we should stay here instead of the inn."

 

[Kangaxx]

Jasper Conrad

Jasper smiles slightly at Solomon's compliment. "I don't think staying here would be wise. They're already familiar with the location, and someone else with arcane training may be able to break in as easily as I did." Truly feeling like a thief, Jasper stepped into the lab to have a look around.

 

[silentspace]

Oculus helps search the lab, taking his time. He tells Jraq and Trolm to keep guard.

 

[DarkMaster]

The two soldiers stay outsides, waiting for the wizards and the two warriors to finish their search of the library and laboratory.

The group climbs back the stairs in the sober but impressive in size library. A large confortable Chair near a small coffee table are located in the center on a nice wooden floor. The wall are covered with books covering a large spectrum of topics.

(search T20, I assume an hour of search Jasper 20 +4 +6 for being helped by 3 others DC30)

Most of the books are mundane covering various topics but nothing seems exceptional. As Oculus is searching through the books, Jasper notices an extremely faint ray of light coming behind a book Oculus just moved, as if there was light coming from behind the books. He approaches and by inspecting the area carefully he discerns a very subtile mark in the wooden library. That part of the library seems to be some kind of door to whatever can be find behind.

Looking around Jasper notice that the other didn't notice it yet.

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Following the directions given by the people in the street Xavier heads towards the house of the old faithfull. Xavier knocks at the door gently. An old men opens the door. The old man, is rather tall and slim. His white hair are extremely thin on the top of his head. At first glance the men must be around 75-80 years old but seems pretty healthy for his age.

His dark black eyes looks at Xavier for a few seconds his visage crisped, like he was almost angry. As he recognises the young men insigna his face relaxes, and what Xavier assumes his a smile light up his face.

"Welcome, Holy warrior, It's been so long I didn't see a real follower of Heireionous. Lately they all seems to have evil aura."

He pauses and looks at Xavier, almost as if he was hopping some kind of answer.

 

[doghead]

Xavier Roces, human male Servant of Hieroneous

"Welcome, Holy warrior, It's been so long I didn't see a real follower of Heireionous. Lately they all seems to have evil aura."

Xavier greets the old man with blessing appropriate for one of the faith, and a warm smile. He wonders if the old man's comment about seeing auras was ment literally or not.

"It warms my heart to find that the faith is still held strongly in Mornomas.

"But I am not surprised by your words. I have been hearing strange, and troubling, tales. Can we talk?"

If the man agrees, Xavier will ask him more about events around the church. Xavier will keep his questions open so as not to lead the man along his own lines of thought. Xavier treats the man with the respect due to one who has demonstrated his commitment to the faith through adversity.