Heroica RPG - Quest #136: The Sorcerer's Stone

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The Rescue Party

THE CHECKERED CROSSING

"Halt!" The Star Elf calls out as he chases Bain.

Heroes turn! Make your move!

Round 1

Heroes: H1 to H2

Star Elves: A2 to B4

Round 2

Heroes: H4 to E1

Star Elves: A6 to C4

Round 3

Heroes: H3 to G2

Star Elves: A8 to C8

Round 4

Heroes: H2 to H4

Star Elves: A5 to B5

Round 5

Heroes: H6 to D2

Star Elves: A7 to C6

Round 6

Heroes: G2 to C6

Star Elves: C8 to C6

Round 7

Heroes: D2 to B4

Star Elves: B5 to A6

Round 8

Heroes: H4 to C4

Star Elves: C6 to C4

Round 9

Heroes: E1 to E6

Star Elves: A6 to B5

Round 10

Heroes: E6 to C4

Star Elves: B5 to C4

Round 11

Heroes: B4 to E7

Star Elves: C4 to D5

"Baltarok? Isn't that the home of the greenskins? Thanks for saving us and we are in your debt but why are we going there?"

The hooded rider gives Mhinak a dead stare,

"To safety of course. Spesialia is no land for variety, unlike Baltarok. There you can get a ride back to wherever you came from."

"We're not your ordinary adventurers," Kiray tells the riders. "There's quite a bit going on here. I've never been to Baltarok, actually though I believe I've come into contact with one from there before. My name is Kiray. What's yours?"

Both the riders pull the reins of the pegasus and circles around the sky,

"Then you might want to explain your purpose of coming to Spesialia."

"Do not be rude, Hisime. These innocent travellers do not know what they are talking about or what trouble they have gotten themselves into." Turning to the Heroes, "I am Narie."

"Forgive me." Hisime bows.

Bobby allows his companions to do the talking, instead offering his hand to the attractive woman sitting in front of him. "Yo, pleasure to meet you, and thanks for the save. My name is Bobby Bucks Jr." Bobby omits his nickname, certain this is a prestigious lady. "You're fire, you know that?"

Hisime ignores Bobby's hand, but stares at his hair instead,

"Hisime." Turning to Narie, "This human here does fit the description of the ones we might be looking for, plus the dwarf and a girl. But there are only three, plus their pet. I thought there were seven with no pets. How shall we approach this?"

Narie nods, and turns to the party,

"I only want to help, if there are more of you left, I would like to know."

"Pardon me for being rude. My name is Mhinak, if there are to be introductions. So who are you beautiful women exactly?

Hisime simply turns to Narie, expecting her to give an answer.

"We are the White Assassins, also known as The Creed. There are twelve of us, that have sworn to serve none other than Her Royal Highness, The Queen of Spesialia. Our true identities are irrelevant, and are our names are only a way to differentiate between us, much like how one would differentiate between seasons from each other. Spesialia is not necessary a safe place to travel in due to the heavy presence of soldiers that seek to protect this land, but nevertheless, there are always innocent travellers, mostly from Baltarok, that are either killed or captured for trespassing or for crimes that they did not commit. Part of what we do, is to escort these innocent travellers to safety, although there are also much that we do that we are not allowed to reveal to anyone. That is who we are, and I believe you have not answered Hisime's question as to why are you here in Spesialia."

[Yzalirk]

Mhinak responds to the hooded figure.

"Did I overhear that your name is Hisime? That's a pretty name. I thought the tribes in Baltarok sacrifice outsiders to please Tarok. But I'll take your word for it that it's safe."

Mhinak then turns to the other figure.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Narie. Considering that you did save our lives, yes, there are four more of us still on Spesialia. Three of them are from Heroica just like us. The fourth one is Elnath and he's the reason we went to Spesialia, to return an artifact of some sort. I ended speaking to the Guardians of Krimwood and I offered to help them recover the Brown Nekrastone which gives them life. So if you're with this so-called Creed or White Assassins, does that mean you'll kill us now?"

[CMP]

Germ moves to G5.

[Zepher]

Bobby's head aches from yet more information. He's having trouble keeping all the factions straight. They work for the queen, which is... the elves, which these elves just saved them from those elves and the guardians are friends with the elves but the were snakes are the villains who are working with the pale skinned people who own the stones so probably should be the good guys and Bain was okay apparently and the guardians were going to execute her which is not dope and they'd been hired to get the stone back to the elves but why was that again and why was that one guy named after a coffee drink...?

Bobby focuses his attention on confirming his suspicious that Hisime smells good and also paying close attention to how the two women responded to the dwarf on the whole killing situation.

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The Rescue Party

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The Tracking Party

"Did I overhear that your name is Hisime? That's a pretty name. I thought the tribes in Baltarok sacrifice outsiders to please Tarok. But I'll take your word for it that it's safe."

"Hisime it is, but name is nothing more than a shell for us followers of the Creed to fill in. If outsiders are overflowing into our Spesialian borders, either they are fleeing or they felt that Spesialian elves must be as welcoming as our greenskin neighbours. But I believe the latter is more likely."

Mhinak then turns to the other figure.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Narie. Considering that you did save our lives, yes, there are four more of us still on Spesialia. Three of them are from Heroica just like us. The fourth one is Elnath and he's the reason we went to Spesialia, to return an artifact of some sort. I ended speaking to the Guardians of Krimwood and I offered to help them recover the Brown Nekrastone which gives them life. So if you're with this so-called Creed or White Assassins, does that mean you'll kill us now?"

"Hm... the numbers sound about right. But you cannot lie to me, dwarf. Does Lyrion and Hung Lannister ring a bell to you? Your clay and stone friends have told us everything about why you are here, about the Seal and Blue Nekrastone." Narie nods at Mhinak, "But they are safe with us. We could not save the other lady with them, Latte has taken her custody, unfortunately." Narie sighs, "My dear Latte, he does seem to paint a bad picture of us, star elves, killing and torturing at first sight. Latte is good at what he does, I cannot deny, but we are more than just taking lives, and that is entirely not-related to why we are looking for you. We have been tasked, simply, by the Queen to escort you and your companions to the Capital to return the said items. Now tell me, dwarf traveller, where are your other companions are located, we would appreciate your cooperation in this."

"Why have you decided to help the Guardians to retrieve the Brown Nekrastone? What are your motives? I do not believe you are related to them in any way."

Bobby focuses his attention on confirming his suspicious that Hisime smells good and also paying close attention to how the two women responded to the dwarf on the whole killing situation.

As Bobby gets closer to Hisime, he notices that her body becomes stiff for a second before turning around. With a slight blush on her cheek under the moonlight, Bobby could see her eyes scanning his face and overalls, whilst maintaining a serious look on her face,

"You do look and behave differently from the others, Mister. You are a stand out, have you noticed? Where do you hail from?"

[Yzalirk]

Mhinak responds to Hisime.

"You're right, I have no relation to the Guardians and some may deem it foolish to have offered to help them. The Guardians want independence more than anything but you Star Elves simply won't let them have it. I know deep down inside, you know helping Krimwood is for the greater good. If you help them, you have allies but more importantly, friends. You should also make amends with your Fenarian cousins. Sure, they don't look much like you guys anymore but they are related to you by blood."

Then he turns to Narie.

"Yes, they do, and why was Polly taken?!" Mhinak sighs. "Elnath has the Brown Nekrastone, yes. The others, Miderun, Germ, Na'im, and Elnath are together... at least when we last saw them. We need to go back and get them right now, then we can speak with your queen. I also swore to help the Guardians so I will do that one way or another and bring equality to your Star Elf cousins. Besides, why shun them anyway?"

[KotZ]

"I have not been here long," Kiray jumps in, "but from what I've seen, there's a whole host of factions who have no idea what is going on with the others. Differing versions of events, differing motives, it's a lot to take in. One thing I would like to know is why should we trust you. I don't trust Oswain at all, and the creatures of the forest, aside from maybe Inki don't hold much trust either. What makes you people different?"

[Zepher]

Now it's Bobby's turn to blush. "Oh, I'm from around a poor part of Eubric, you dig? Or like, I guess, more a working class place know what I'm saying, we're not poor like my mom and dad both work jobs and you know... not like assassins to a queen or anything that tight though... and you know we gotta help the guardians, it ain't cool that the forest is dying, you know what I'm saying, like, the forest didn't do anything and there are critters who need it, dig?" Bobby scratches the back of his head anxiously. "And, yo, if we could like bust out Polly that'd probably be dope she's a pretty aight chick. Um... good heart, you know?"

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The Rescue Party

THE CHECKERED CROSSING

Round 1

Heroes: H1 to H2

Star Elves: A2 to B4

Round 2

Heroes: H4 to E1

Star Elves: A6 to C4

Round 3

Heroes: H3 to G2

Star Elves: A8 to C8

Round 4

Heroes: H2 to H4

Star Elves: A5 to B5

Round 5

Heroes: H6 to D2

Star Elves: A7 to C6

Round 6

Heroes: G2 to C6

Star Elves: C8 to C6

Round 7

Heroes: D2 to B4

Star Elves: B5 to A6

Round 8

Heroes: H4 to C4

Star Elves: C6 to C4

Round 9

Heroes: E1 to E6

Star Elves: A6 to B5

Round 10

Heroes: E6 to C4

Star Elves: B5 to C4

Round 11

Heroes: B4 to E7

Star Elves: C4 to D5

Round 12

Heroes: H7 to G5

Star Elves: D5 to E6

Germ patiently waits at the back as he observes the movements across the wasteland and makes finally makes his well calculated move. As the last remaining Star Elf charges towards Bain, Germ stealthily sneaks up to the Star Elf's side and punctures his lungs with his dagger. The Star Elf collapses to the ground, desperately gasps for breath. Bain jams her foot onto the Star Elf's shield against his throat. That is the end of the last Star Elf. As Bain, Elnath, Germ, Miderun and Naîm dust themselves off, they realised that they have become more experienced in dealing with Patrols in the dark.

"Appreciate your save, Germ. And Miderun," Bain puts her arm over Miderun's shoulder, "I could certainly learn a bit or two from you. From the way you set yourself up, I can see that you possess that predator instinct, not everyone has that in them. Perhaps we could have a spar or two next time, Orc." Turning to the rest of the party, "Everybody alright?"

"I suggest we bury them. One. I do not want any trouble if the Star Elves find out about this. Two. I do not want any trouble of any sort." Piling the corpses into a heap. "Or maybe I could just burn them to destroy all evidence. Er-hem. Stand back everyone." Hand holding Germ's Ruby, Elnath sets the corpses on fire.

Elnath then checks his pouch for the Seal and the Blue Nekrastone, making sure they are still with him.

"Shall we head to Val--?" Before Bain could continue, the party is interrupted by something...

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The Tracking Party:

The Pegasuses begin to fly back West,

Mhinak responds to Hisime.

"You're right, I have no relation to the Guardians and some may deem it foolish to have offered to help them. The Guardians want independence more than anything but you Star Elves simply won't let them have it. I know deep down inside, you know helping Krimwood is for the greater good. If you help them, you have allies but more importantly, friends. You should also make amends with your Fenarian cousins. Sure, they don't look much like you guys anymore but they are related to you by blood."

Hisime notices the badge on Mhinak,

"The Guardians and us have been allies for as long as we know it. We are friends with whoever The Guardians are friends with, and they are wiser than many of the us combined. If they can trust you, they must have seen something in you, that you might not even know yourself. I will not stop you from helping them to retrieve the Brown Nekrastone from thieves, but bear in mind it will not be easy." Hisime's voice hardens at the mention of Fenari, "Cousins? What do outsiders like you know?" Hisime glances at Narie to check on her response and turns away, clearly indicating her reluctance to comment on the topic of Fenarians. Narie remains quiet.

Then he turns to Narie.

"Yes, they do, and why was Polly taken?!" Mhinak sighs. "Elnath has the BrownBlue Nekrastone, yes. The others, Miderun, Germ, Na'im, and Elnath are together... at least when we last saw them. We need to go back and get them right now, then we can speak with your queen. I also swore to help the Guardians so I will do that one way or another and bring equality to your Star Elf cousins. Besides, why shun them anyway?"

I suppose you meant Blue, instead of Brown.

"Your companions sailed too close to the shore up North, and were intercepted by the Patrols. Hisime and I watched from the sky as your female companion resisted strongly against the Patrols, putting her life on the line to protect the two helpless brothers. She was eventually overwhelmed by droves of Patrols that kept coming and had her pinned down and captured. Lyrion and Hung were thrown overboard and the Patrols took your ship. When the brothers eventually made it to the shore, we offered them help to the nearest port in Baltarok. They misunderstood our intentions and sold your secret mission out in exchange for their lives. Fortunately it was us, not anyone else. They are currently safe in the Capital city of Valsatra. But I am afraid our ride could not accommodate that many, in addition, the Queen is not someone you could see as and when you desire."

"I have not been here long," Kiray jumps in, "but from what I've seen, there's a whole host of factions who have no idea what is going on with the others. Differing versions of events, differing motives, it's a lot to take in. One thing I would like to know is why should we trust you. I don't trust Oswain at all, and the creatures of the forest, aside from maybe Inki don't hold much trust either. What makes you people different?"

"Our history runs way back a few thousand years, there is definitely a lot to take in. But since you are here to return the Seal and the Blue Nekrastone, there is only one simple task that you need to do here." Narie's voice turns serious, "Find your companions, and in four days time, meet Hisime and I at the eastern entrance to the ruin city of Valasabhad, the city nearest to Baltarok and the Iron Isthmus. Do not entertain anyone else other than us. That should be simple enough.... Heroes."

Now it's Bobby's turn to blush. "Oh, I'm from around a poor part of Eubric, you dig? Or like, I guess, more a working class place know what I'm saying, we're not poor like my mom and dad both work jobs and you know... not like assassins to a queen or anything that tight though... and you know we gotta help the guardians, it ain't cool that the forest is dying, you know what I'm saying, like, the forest didn't do anything and there are critters who need it, dig?" Bobby scratches the back of his head anxiously. "And, yo, if we could like bust out Polly that'd probably be dope she's a pretty aight chick. Um... good heart, you know?"

"You sure talk strange, but Eubric is somewhere that I have heard of, home of the organisation, Heroica. That is also the place where our people go and never return." Hissime's lowers her voice at the mention of rescuing Polly, "Your human friend, she is probably locked up in the prison located in Valhullu. And I have never seen anyone walk out of that place alive once they are in Latte's Oswain's playground."

"I will just pretend that you never said that last sentence." Narie interrupts, "If you cherish your life, find your companions, and whether you find the Brown Nekrastone or not, be at Valasabhad in four days time. If not, do not blame us for not warning you, the next time we descend from the sky on your party, it will not be a friendly one."

Inki begins to sniff the air and looks around anxiously as the pegasuses reach the south of Krimwood forest,

<Master Mhinak, there is smoke ahead! And I can smell familiar scents!>

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As the pegasuses begin their slow descend gracefully, the Heroes could see Elnath and the others gathered around in the middle of the wasteland,

Before Bain could finish her sentence, she cocks her head at the interruption and pulls out her Sange, crouches down, ready to pounce,

"The Creed?! Get ready!" Hisses Bain, not pleased with the sight of the pegasuses. As Bain takes a closer look at the riders and calls out to Kiray, Bobby and Mhinak, "What the farnsworth! Narie (June) Alphieth?! I will take care of this!"

Narie and Hisime keep their distance and as the Heroes dismount the pegasuses,

"We are not here to fight, Fenarian." Narie calls out.

Hisime pulls her pegasus infront of Narie and reaches for her daggers.

"Stand down, Fenarian." Hisime calls out.

"..." Bain narrows her eyes, ready to launch at Narie and Hisime any moment now.

The Party:

Miderun (CallMePie), The Woman Who Killed Sean Cole *Party Leader*

18 year old Female Orc Barbarian

Level 14.5 *Attacks cause Enamored*

Power: 26 (13+13)

Power Bonus: 6 (3 in back row)

Defense: 0

Health: 21/21 (8+13)

Gold: 388

Equipment: Oculoid Claw (WP: 13, 1/6 chance of dealing the infected-effect, causing an enemy to lose health equal to 1/3 of their level rounded down at the end of each round, club), Seductive Perfume (Holder deals the enamored-effect, accessory, suitable for women), Lesser Orc Gauntlets: +6 power on the front row, +3 on the back, handwear, suitable only to orcs)

Inventory: Bonaparte Cutlass (WP: 9, doubled if the user has reputation among the Bonapartes), Club(WP:5, Club), Serstyral (WP: 3, axe), War Axe (WP: 9, suitable for suitable for barbarians, alchemists, beast warriors, infiltrators, regulators and winged warriors.), Lucustoid Axe (WP: 3), Wicked Javelin (WP: 7, 1/6 chance of dealing the slowed-effect, throwing weapon), Tricorne (SP: 3, headwear, suitable for anyone), Opal, Amethyst, Phoenix Essence, 4x Potions, Remedy, Grand Potion, Smoke Bomb, High Heels (Power +1; suitable for women.), 7 Venoms, Loincloth of the Ancient (SP: 3, Absorbs Earth, footwear), Mermaid Scale (Increase SP by 1 for the duration of one battle; consumable)

Kiray Nastayo (KingoftheZempk), A Hero Who Is Actually Worth Something *Deputy Party Leader*

24 year old Female Human Black Knight

Level 17.5 *Immune to Blinded, Doomed, Blessed, Light, Darkness* *Deals Bleeding +2, Double damage to Holy and Demonic Foes*

Power Bonus: 6

Defense: 29

Health: 35/35 (10+16+9)

Gold: 207

Equipment: Smith’s Katana (WP:10, Darkness elemental, Deals Bleeding +2), Never Blessed Helmet (SP: 8, Immunity to Blinded, Doomed and Blessed, Wearer deals double damage to Holy Enemies, suitable to Knights, Barbarians, Regulators, and Skirmishers), Orcish Barbed Shield (SP: 11), Never Blessed Armor (SP: 10, Immune to Darkness, Light, and Blessed, Wearer deals double damage to Demons, suitable to Knights, Barbarians, Regulators, and Skirmishers)

Inventory:

Weapons and Shields: Sanctified Rito Longsword (WP:6, doubled against Flying enemies; longsword), Sword of Fire and Light (WP: 7, Fire-Light Elemental, Greatsword, Two Fanged Orcish Shield (SP: 7, Immune to Darkness, Shield Bash Replaces Meditate)

Artifacts: , Snug Armor (SP: 5, Cannot be De-Equipped, Suitable to all classes that use shields, body wear), Fishy Scale Mail (SP: 6, wearer absorbs water-elemental damage as health, immune to Fire; suitable for knights, dragoons, skirmishers, and regulators, body wear)

Gems: Diamond, Emerald

Consumables: 3 Potion, Banana (Restores full health when eaten), Nostrum, Ambrosia, Mead, Smelling Salts, Mediocre Pongcanis Brew (Encouraged + Enraged), Smoke Bomb, 2 Bone, Soma, Ambrosia, Mead, Everlasting Venom (Adds the poisoned by 10-effect to one weapon permanently), Dragon Scale, 3 Fire Bomb, 4 Venom, Tako Sushi (Restores 10 health; consumable), Noxious Venom

Tools: Bedroll, Shovel

Bobby "Young" Bucks Jr. (Zepher)

19 year old Male Human Rogue

Level 12 *Immune to Earth, Darkness, Cursed**Attacks cause Enamored*

Power: 22 (12+10)

Defense: 3

Health: 19/19 (11+7+1*)

Gold: 339

Equipment: Hue and Saturation whip (WP:10; causes Enamored), Nondescript Cape (SP: 3; protects from Cursed effect; suitable for rogues; backwear), Nice Boots (SP: 1, Footwear: Immune to Earth and Darkness

Inventory: Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; suitable to rogues; footwear.), Fine-tuned Flute (WP:15, user is nimble; instrument), Dagger (WP:5, Dagger), Throwing Knife (WP: 3), Mugger's Mask (Head-wear, wearer cannot have gold stolen from them), Raw Horsehide, 4x Potion, 2x Grand Potion, Grand Tonic, Health Core, 2x Remedy, Phoenix Essence, Mead, Shovel, Pickaxe, Tako Sushi Plate (Restores 10 health to each member of the party), Sapphire, Pixie Dust

The Demon Germ (Samuraiturtle)

??? years old Male Half Demon Rogue

Level 10.5 *Immune to Darkness*

Power: 15 (10+5)

Defense: 1

Health: 14/16 (7+9)

Ether: 0

Gold: 128

Equipped: Sanctified Rito Gypsy Dart (WP:5, doubled against Flying enemies; throwing weapon), Shadow Cloak (SP:1, immune to Darkness; backwear, suitable for anyone)

Inventory:

Weapons: Wrench (WP:3, decreases the target’s level by 1; throwing weapon), Throwing Knife (WP:3), Shuriken (WP:5)

Gear / Armor: Red Shield (SP: 8)

Gems / Scrolls: -

Consumables: 2 Potion, Level-Up Mushroom, Phoenix Essence, Floral Bomb, Bone, Deadly Venom, 3 Remedy, Venom, Noxious Venom

Tools: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass

Others: Gold Ring (worth 15 gold, or can be given to someone else to make them Enamored with the giver)

Decmon Cards: Will-o'-Wisp (Fiery 1) ; Carrion Squirrel (Dark 1) ; Glow Worm (Luminous 1)

Na'im Thamir (Enceladus)

2,314 year old Male Fenarian Cleric

Level 7

Power: 10 (7+3)

Health: 15/15 (9+6)

Ether: 11/16 (6+5+5)

Gold: 15

Equipment: Lucerna Beautus (WP: 3, Staff), Badge of the Smokemaster (Max. Ether +5; User can spend 5 ether in each battle to make the whole party flee; suitable to classes with ether; accessory)

Inventory: Scroll of Sealing (Enables casting the sealed-effect to the target, making them unable to use a special skill for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Potion, Remedy, Smoke Bomb, 2 Phoenix Essence, Bedroll, 2 Bone, 4 Tonic, Shovel, Scroll of Blindness (Enables casting the blinded-effect to the target, making them unable to use a physical attack for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether; Loaned from Germ), Tako Sushi (Restores 10 health; consumable), Opal, Pixie Dust

Mhinak (Goliath)

40 Year Old Male Dwarf Ranger

Level 6 *Aligned with The Guardians*

Power: 14 (6+8)

Health: 10/11 (6+5)

Gold: 255

Equipment: Red Handcannon (WP: 8), Insignia of The Guardians (Grants the Diplomacy job trait, suitable for Mhinak only; accessory)

Inventory: Wooden Hand Cannon (WP: 3), Potion, Smoke Bomb, Phoenix Essence, Bone, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, and Telescope [Left Eye], Merman Stylish Gel (Deals Enamoured effect to female gender; consumable), Flameproof Armor (SP:1, no longer flameproof; bodywear, suitable for anyone; Loaned from Kiray)

Elnath Van Cleef, The Prospector *Takes suggestions from party*

99 years old male Human Sorcerer

Level 21 *Doubles the amount of gold stolen*

Power: 31 (21+10)

Defence: 5

Health: 31/31 (7+20+4)

Ether: 7/21 (+21)

Gold: 1000

Equipment: Golden Staff (WP: 10; staff), Cloak of the Silk Road (SP:5, doubles the amount of gold stolen, backwear)

Inventory: Shadir Oswain's Noble Seal (Quest item), Nekrastone (Blue variant, Quest item), 2 Phoenix essence, 2 Grand tonic, 2 Grand potion, Telescope, Magnifying glass, Scroll of Arc Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Ruby (Loaned from Germ)

Bain Ga *Controlled by QM, opens to suggestions*

1937 years old female Fenarian Assassin

Level 16.5 *1/2 chance of assassination*

Power: 18 (2+16)

Health: 27/27 (7+15++5)

Gold: 0

Equipment: Sange (WP:2 Infused with the power of the Red Nekrastone, additional 1/3 chance of assassination; dagger)

Inventory: Sack (random assortment of rations and consumables), Pouch (Bain's private stash)

Inki The Panther Warrior *Takes suggestions from Mhinak*

1 Year Old Panther Cub

Level 5

Health: 25/25

Rolls:

1-3: Deals Damage 3x level

4-6: Nothing Happens

Note: Inki does not take damage from free hits and does not level up.

[samurai-turtle]

"Appreciate your save, Germ. And Miderun," Bain puts her arm over Miderun's shoulder, "I could certainly learn a bit or two from you. From the way you set yourself up, I can see that you possess that predator instinct, not everyone has that in them. Perhaps we could have a spar or two next time, Orc." Turning to the rest of the party, "Everybody alright?"

"I suggest we bury them. One. I do not want any trouble if the Star Elves find out about this. Two. I do not want any trouble of any sort." Piling the corpses into a heap. "Or maybe I could just burn them to destroy all evidence. Er-hem. Stand back everyone." Hand holding Germ's Ruby, Elnath sets the corpses on fire.

I guess we could, once this is over, I probably could use the practice.

Hold on a second. As he checks the "Elves" for anything of use or value. Then pulls out his shovel, but seen Elnath was ready to burn them and just decided to let him do it.

Wonders what the heck these two want (Narie & Hisime).

Edited August 6, 2015 by samuraiturtle

[KotZ]

Kiray dismounts the pegasus, eager to stretch her legs on solid ground. Not wanting to mince words, she spoke immediately to Miderun. "We found Oswain. He's powerful, and he has some strong people with him. These elves aren't going to go down without a fight."

She pulls out her shovel and digs.

[Yzalirk]

OoC: Thanks for the correction!

"Hisime, I've heard that long ago there was a group of Star Elf separatists who had different ideas than the regular Star Elves. They clashed and the separatists were driven underground to live for ever. They eventually evolved and became the Fenarians. They are related and you guys should make amends and be proud of them. Dwarves have a similar tale with the Dark Dwarves but they are mainly sadistic raiders so it's hard to get through to them. Fenarians can at least be reasoned with. I also trust that you'll help find the Brown Nekrastone since I don't trust Latte Oswain if he possesses it."

Mhinak turns to the heroes and Elnath.

"Finally we are all back together. We ran into Latte Oswain and it was crazy. I was just about ready to shoot his head off but we got saved which is equally as good. You guys seem to be alright so that's good."

He then notices Bain trying to start a fight.

"Knock it off, Bain. They saved us, they're friendly. I can't say the same for Latte Oswain though. Just keep your cool, please." Mhinak says trying to sound as serious as possible.

[Enceladus]

"Ah, the things people will do for love!" Na'im grumbles as he gets to his feet after the battel ih the star elf patrol "I hope your fiancee is worth all this toil and pain Bain-and I am intruiged to know what we get at the end of all this" Na'im say his voice dripping with unpleasentlness "Do we have far left to go to the ruined city?" Na'im asks shooting Bain a furitive glance. But he seems more shaken than angry and shortly turns away from the party to stare across the plains thinking hard about his strange dream, untill he is interrupted by the arrival of a flock of pegasi...

Before Bain could finish her sentence, she cocks her head at the interruption and pulls out her Sange, crouches down, ready to pounce,

"The Creed?! Get ready!" Hisses Bain, not pleased with the sight of the pegasuses. As Bain takes a closer look at the riders and calls out to Kiray, Bobby and Mhinak, "What the farnsworth! Narie (June) Alphieth?! I will take care of this!"

Narie and Hisime keep their distance and as the Heroes dismount the pegasuses,

"We are not here to fight, Fenarian." Narie calls out.

Hisime pulls her pegasus infront of Narie and reaches for her daggers.

"Stand down, Fenarian." Hisime calls out.

"..." Bain narrows her eyes, ready to launch at Narie and Hisime any moment now.

"I couldn't agree more Bain my dear" says Na'im in a smooth drawl "So tell me master Mihnak, what have these star elves said that makes you think they are trustworthy? What honeyed words have they fed you? Friendly they may be to you perhaps, but I have yet to find a being in this land, who can see beyond differences in race and creed-I'll sooner join the ranks of the accursed wolfgang than accept the hospitality of a star elf-much less the creed! Do you have any idea of the atrocities they have commited?! We told stories about them to scare our young in the dark days!" Na'im draws closer to Bain in a gesture of solidarity

OOC: Ok so I'm back now guys! I'll try to make up for my inactivity recently, in the coming weeks, and having just finished reading up on the quest, it's looking really interesting...

[Yzalirk]

"Na'im, they saved us. And the most ironic part about it is that they saved us from Latte Oswain. These Star Elves are not only beautiful but friendly. If they wanted us dead, they could have easily flew away, killed us, or pushed us off the Pegasus. They also are allies of the Guardians so that's a relief. I know you have a crush on Bain and all but come on, at least be open minded with the elves." Mhinak gives Na'im a friendly elbow nudge.

[Zepher]

Bobby hops off the horse and grins. "Aight, you ladies got it!" He beams upon seeing the rest of his party. "Yo! Dope to see you all! Can't wait to catch up a bit once we're chilling later." He eyes the Creed a little anxiously. "Bain, just chill, yo. These ladies are sweet A.F. They saved our megablocks when we got into shiz with Latte."

[CMP]

Germ patiently waits at the back as he observes the movements across the wasteland and makes finally makes his well calculated move. As the last remaining Star Elf charges towards Bain, Germ stealthily sneaks up to the Star Elf's side and punctures his lungs with his dagger. The Star Elf collapses to the ground, desperately gasps for breath. Bain jams her foot onto the Star Elf's shield against his throat. That is the end of the last Star Elf. As Bain, Elnath, Germ, Miderun and Naîm dust themselves off, they realised that they have become more experienced in dealing with Patrols in the dark.

"Appreciate your save, Germ. And Miderun," Bain puts her arm over Miderun's shoulder, "I could certainly learn a bit or two from you. From the way you set yourself up, I can see that you possess that predator instinct, not everyone has that in them. Perhaps we could have a spar or two next time, Orc." Turning to the rest of the party, "Everybody alright?"

Miderun stands, brushing the dirt off of herself.

"I used to spend a lot of time hunting, guess it came in handy here. I'll have to take you up on that once we're done here."

Before Bain could finish her sentence, she cocks her head at the interruption and pulls out her Sange, crouches down, ready to pounce,

"The Creed?! Get ready!" Hisses Bain, not pleased with the sight of the pegasuses. As Bain takes a closer look at the riders and calls out to Kiray, Bobby and Mhinak, "What the farnsworth! Narie (June) Alphieth?! I will take care of this!"

Narie and Hisime keep their distance and as the Heroes dismount the pegasuses,

"We are not here to fight, Fenarian." Narie calls out.

Hisime pulls her pegasus infront of Narie and reaches for her daggers.

"Stand down, Fenarian." Hisime calls out.

"..." Bain narrows her eyes, ready to launch at Narie and Hisime any moment now.

Miderun frowns up at the mounted Star Elves, crossing her arms.

"Don't bother with them Bain. We have things to do, and fighting these people isn't one of them. Now, what do you want?"

Kiray dismounts the pegasus, eager to stretch her legs on solid ground. Not wanting to mince words, she spoke immediately to Miderun. "We found Oswain. He's powerful, and he has some strong people with him. These elves aren't going to go down without a fight."

"Oswain? That Latte guy Bain mentioned?" Miderun frowned, looking the black knight up and down. "You guys have been in battle...are you telling me Mhinak's little 'save the forest' plea didn't work out? Il nazarazh rok, what a travesty..," stated Miderun flatly, in a rare display of sarcasm. "So you ran into the person we're supposed to be delivering this seal and magic rock to, and he tried to KILL you?"

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[Yzalirk]

"Hey! I'll have you know that Oswain is an extremist. He couldn't wrap is puny little mind around us wanting to help. If anything, he wants to get that stone himself because he says it's his duty. I think that's a bunch of malarkey. I think he's going to follow in his brother's footsteps with the Brown Nekrastone. you know, Shadir Oswain."

[KotZ]

"Oswain? That Latte guy Bain mentioned?" Miderun frowned, looking the black knight up and down. "You guys have been in battle...are you telling me Mhinak's little 'save the forest' plea didn't work out? Il nazarazh rok, what a travesty..," stated Miderun flatly, in a rare display of sarcasm. "So you ran into the person we're supposed to be delivering this seal and magic rock to, and he tried to KILL you?"

"Yeah, he pretty much did. We probably could have tried to reason with him a little more, but that's kind of difficult when he's sending his army after you." Kiray shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe Elnath can convince him next time we see him, I'm sure we'll see Oswain again." Kiray idly pushed a loose strand of hair back before continuing. "You're more than welcome to talk to him and convince him, but like Mhinak said, he doesn't seem like he's up to any good."

[CMP]

"Yeah, he pretty much did. We probably could have tried to reason with him a little more, but that's kind of difficult when he's sending his army after you." Kiray shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe Elnath can convince him next time we see him, I'm sure we'll see Oswain again." Kiray idly pushed a loose strand of hair back before continuing. "You're more than welcome to talk to him and convince him, but like Mhinak said, he doesn't seem like he's up to any good."

"Then I still don't see any reason to be helping the Star Elves. So far the most of them have been attempting to kill us. Two friendly ones on flying horses don't make up for that, meanwhile the one Fenarian we've run into has been fighting at our side the whole time..."

[Zepher]

"Yo, Mide, chill." Bobby's voice has got a little edge to it. "Like I said, let's just all like catch up later, yo, when we're just best buds hanging out around a camp fire, you dig?" He darts his eyes at the elves, hoping his friend might catch his drift. "These are cool customers, don't worry. We're going to meet them in like four days, yo, so let's just let them bounce and stop bothering their time."

[KotZ]

"Then I still don't see any reason to be helping the Star Elves. So far the most of them have been attempting to kill us. Two friendly ones on flying horses don't make up for that, meanwhile the one Fenarian we've run into has been fighting at our side the whole time..."

"Let's try to keep level heads here," Kiray raised her hands out in front of her. "These two knew who we were running from and didn't turn us over to Oswain and brought us to you. Maybe the other Star Elves aren't the best, but right now these two are somewhat helpful. I don't like most of the people we've met here as well. Everyone in this area of the world is pretty shady."

[CMP]

"Yo, Mide, chill." Bobby's voice has got a little edge to it. "Like I said, let's just all like catch up later, yo, when we're just best buds hanging out around a camp fire, you dig?" He darts his eyes at the elves, hoping his friend might catch his drift. "These are cool customers, don't worry. We're going to meet them in like four days, yo, so let's just let them bounce and stop bothering their time."

"Meet them?" grumbled Miderun, shooting an annoyed, sideways look at Bobby.

"Let's try to keep level heads here," Kiray raised her hands out in front of her. "These two knew who we were running from and didn't turn us over to Oswain and brought us to you. Maybe the other Star Elves aren't the best, but right now these two are somewhat helpful. I don't like most of the people we've met here as well. Everyone in this area of the world is pretty shady."

"I know. This is ridiculous. If these people were orcs we wouldn't be wasting time 'making deals' and 'offering trades', and doing all this...talking. We'd fight our enemies and go home. Somehow we all have different ideas of who our enemies are..."

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[KotZ]

"I know. This is ridiculous. If these people were orcs we wouldn't be wasting time 'making deals' and 'offering trades', and doing all this...talking. We'd fight our enemies and go home. Somehow we all have different ideas of who our enemies are..."

"I'm starting to agree. Last few times I tried to be diplomatic it didn't go over too well. Seems like most problems can only be solved with a good blade."

[Yzalirk]

"Maybe you guys are right. I'm willing to give these elves one last chance and if they screw us over, then I'm done talking. I just know I want to pry off Oswain's armor and take it as trophy. Perhaps I'll acquire the skill to wear that amazing armor. I say we speak to the queen and if we don't like what she has to offer, I guess we're on our own."

Mhinak sighs then turns to Bain.

"I know you're not expecting me to say this but I do believe I have misjudged you. Still, I want to bring back the Brown Nekrastone to the Guardians since I still feel they should be the rightful owners of it. No hard feelings?"

[samurai-turtle]

We're going to meet them in like four days,

We are? And what would happen if don't meet them in four days?

I don't like most of the people we've met here as well. Everyone in this area of the world is pretty shady."

I am the least "shady" person here. Almost sounding disappointed about it.

"I know. This is ridiculous. If these people were orcs we wouldn't be wasting time 'making deals' and 'offering trades', and doing all this...talking.

Sound like a bunch of dam slimy politicians. And I usually get the urge to just gut them.

I just know I want to pry off Oswain's armor and take it as trophy.

The guy does sounds like a "BEEP".