Who wants to be a Wayfinder? Part 1

[SelcSilverhand]

Taking her time, Seria is easily able to pick the lock on the chest.

Seria
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Inside the box is a string piercing several objects you immediately recognize. Shifter ears. Nearly a dozen in all. As the hairs on the back of your neck begin to rise you can feel waves of hatred and anger radiating from the object. You get the distinct feeling that the object is aware of you and absolutely loathes your very existance.
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[Mista Collins]

With a high pitched scream, Seria let's the chest fall out of her hands. As the wooden box bounces off the floor, some objects attached to a string come tumbling out. Each shaped differently, but each recognizable as shifter ears. With all the effort she can fathom, she keeps her stomach from emptying itself. "......I feel sick."

 

[Shayuri]

"Well well...trophies," Whisper muses. She leans over to peer at the ears and whispers in a strange siblant tongue.

(Detect Magic)

"Damning evidence, I'd say, at the very least. And I doubt any of us want to carry the little trinket around... What say I put it back in the box, and we turn it over to the authorities with him?"

 

[Bront]

Johan scoops up the box and closes it quickly, tucking it away in his pack. "I'll make sure it gets to the proper authorities."

He walks over to Seria and gently rubs and pats her back reasuringly, "It's over Lady Seria, and justice will be done."

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Whisper:
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The "necklace" glows with an aura from the Enchantment school of magic.
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OOC:
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I'll have the first post for Lhazaar up in the next day or so. Kinda swamped atm.
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[Shayuri]

The sorceress sucks in a startled breath as Johan grabs the thing.

"Careful!" she hisses. "It carries magic! Don't touch it with your skin. I do not know the function of it, but it most likely affects the mind. It may even have something to do with Brelloch's fate, for I doubt a paladin would have the mystic power to create such a thing."

"Be careful with it."

 

[jkason]

Midian Rightson, human druid

Midian steps back from the object, as well, remembering Brelloch's attempt to add Urrup's ear to that necklace.

"I know I've said all things are natural, but the more I see of the world, the less I'm sure how I feel about that sentiment," he says.

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Whisper
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OOC: I forgot to mention, the cloak also glows with a faint aura of Abjuration.
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[Bront]

Johan nods. "It's in the box, where it stays. I care not what it's enchanted with, the foul thing should be disposed of properly."

 

[SelcSilverhand]

With a sense of relief at a long journey finally at its end, you set foot on the docking tower of Cliffscape in the morning. From this height you can see far out onto the ocean where numerous fishing and trader boats are moving about the harbor. The tower stands at the top of a cliff which the city is built into. Far below you can see the city streets as a series of switchbacks leading from the top of the cliff down to the rocky shores.

Descending the tower you finally set foot on solid ground. After his long confinement, Talbot practically prances in eagerness to stretch his legs. Around you merchants are already calling to you to come and examine their wares, each claiming theirs is the superior product. You can see paths carved along the cliff face and also tunnels the also presumably lead down into the city.


Recap: Report Details from House Tharashk
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Reading the lengthly report, you glean the following information.
Brother Ouillie led a small expedition of hired mercenaries to an island called Tempest Isle. He reported in several times on his progress using animal messanger spells. His last reports indicated he had located a dragonshard and was going to transport it to Cliffscrape via the mercenary's ship, "Red Waters", captained by a half-orc named L'mar. The ship sailed from the eastern side of Tempest and was to pass between Tempest and Traglorn isles on its way to Cliffscrape. There were no more reports after they departed Tempest Isle. According to informants in Cliffscrape and Port Krez the ship was overtaken by pirates and presumed sunk. Unverified rumors point to Prince Mika's Cloudreavers as the pirate group responsible for the attack.
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