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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3574122" data-attributes="member: 7006">It was early in the morning when Elder Nevillom contacted Aern with the Sending spell.  And the message he received back told him everything he needed to know."Animals and creatures spied on us last night.  One of the mercenaries engaged and disappeared.  No further contact from him or them thus far."He knew right then and there that the Voice had been instructing him truly.  This action was just.  This crusade to cleanse Khorvaire once more was just.  And the Voice would thank him and bring him into the Flames when he passed on.  He roused the army early and got them on the road quickly.  One of their own had been taken.  It was time to act.When Khalia hears all of this in the command squad meeting, her first thought is "Was it Osten?"  He was a hunter after all.  She didn't put it past him to engage an enemy.  She says a small prayer for whomever it is that got taken, and then another prayer for them all.  Nevillom has gotten more strident, more fanatical each and every waking moment.  Pretty soon, she wouldn't be surprised if he started seeing boogymen behind every tree and rock.***"Any sign of Osten?"  Cerril Maise asks her men as they return from their quick scouting of the area.  A negative reply makes the shifter shake her head in frustration and murmur to herself.  "I don't know what you're doing, Osten, but I hope you didn't get yourself killed."***Last night the paladin had the monster hunter and a few others move out from the campsite to get a better grasp of how many animals were out there.  As Ari knew more about tracking his prey down than the others, he got much closer to what he was looking for, and surprised his prey.  This shock caused a bit of a reaction and a random flash of an attack in defense, and before Ari knew it, he was in combat.  Had his glove been off, others might have seen the blueish light from his Mark glow when he reached out and grabbed the elk around it's antlers and chilled it's bones.  They also might have seen him get grabbed from behind right after.  But no one was able to see it.  Especially not back at the camp.  And thus when the creatures of the night overwhelmed the monster hunter and took him away, all the Flamist knew was what they could hear.After a few seconds of tussle, they heard nothing more.And the next morning, Ari Osten was nowhere to be found.</blockquote>

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