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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1156471" data-attributes="member: 990">The party never made it this far, and one of them is dead.  You can read about it <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65563" target="_blank">here</a>.  They've decided that they need to leave town in the middle of the night, and tell no one where they're headding.  They have a wand of invisibility with 12 charges, and a wand of silence with 10 charges.  They're going to use both to make sure they are neither seen nor heard.   But the orc are scouring the mountains for them, and will continue to attack.  I figure that one or more imperial scouts will make a deal with the orcs, so at some point there will be an ambush with orcs & imperials on one side, and our heroes on the other. I've decided to call him Elrandir.  He's a snow elf, and when he was a young man, he was exploring the mountains back east, and got caught in an avalanche.  A young noble witnessed it, and with his men rescued Elrandir.  Turns out this young noble was Aldred, who was the crown prince.  He became emperor and had a long and glorious reign, and is now called Strudek the Old.  As it happens, he was the great, great great grandfather of the little baby the imperials are now trying to kill.  When Elrandir hears this, he will feel honor bound to save the child's life, since he owes the family a great debt.   He's a 20th level character, fighter 10/sorcerer 10.  But since I haven't used him yet, I may rethink this.  Maybe a 20th level druid.  Maybe a 20th level sorcerer.  Dunno.  We aren't playing again until November, because my husband & I are going to Europe the week after next.  So I've got plenty of time to think about it. Anyway, Elrandir will offer to hide and care for both the baroness and the child, and will make it ok with the snow elves, who don't really have the resources to support anyone who can't hunt and gather.  The baroness is an aristocrat 3, and is actually not half bad with a rapier.  She has no skills in outdoorsy stuff, but I think she'll agree to learn.  She does have lots of coin and lots of jewelry, so she might be able to use some of it to help the snow elves by bartering with traders.</blockquote>

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