Jerin casts mage armor as well as detect magic when he gets within sight of the front gate. He will say little, looking to view and try to determine magical aura's whenever he has enough time.
He tells the others what he is doing and asks them to linger as beautiful sights and objects come into view within the palace, to give him an excuse to run the full detect for as long as he can....
You don't already know? You don't seem to be particularly well informed for a man in your position...
He scratches his chin as he looks at you.
"Forgive me, but we get many visitors, even these days." he smiles "Either to pass on their greatful words and tribute or even apply to be a servant. Please, follow me." he leads you down the hall, being sure to walk on the thick red carpet. You all feel treated like loyalty here. Around the corner you see a statue at the end of the same deity with the eyes all being red bloodstones looking out down the hall that you stop as Carnochan turns to a pair of doors, opening them wide and letting you all inside. "Please wait here for me to check on the master."He leaves you alone in the room where there is a large fireplace, giving a comfortable warmth. There are mable sides to the fiire place and a mantle carved into a parade of capering monkeys and tigers. A large sofa sits to the north while a few comfortable chairs sit to the south.
After five minutes a clean and handsome man enters dressed in a silk vudrani robe and is accompanied by
"Greetings, I am Glorio Arkona. I am sorry to keep you waiting and-" he stops for a moment as he turns to Carnochan "Why have you not brought our guests wine and cheese while they waited? Please, go aquire some from the storeroom and only the finest stuff for such great citizens of Korvosa." at this the man nods and shuffles out of the room immediately.
Glorio turns back to the group with a smile.
"I wanted to see someone about the emporor and I have a reward here for you." he produces a golden ring with a green bloodstone set in it. "This is a ring of evasion. I hope small item will help you all. Is there anything else I can be of service to you?" he asks as he walks over to sit in the couch with any who are sitting there, but if no one is he'll still sit there and cross his legs in a relaxed state.
You can see that the door and the elephant head have a magic aura about them, but the eye does not give off any magical aura.
You don't manage to find anything else glowing magically when you look around nor in the room you finally enter.
The doors give off a faint adjuration magic aura.
The elephant head gives off a faint illusion magic aura.
I look at the ring and cast detect magic on it.
Lord Arkona. If this emperor was a problem for you, why did you not eliminate him before he did all the damage to your city. That does not sound like good stewardship.
We are here because there is great wrong happening in this city. And as you know from recent events, this wrong starts at the very top with the would be queen.
While your reward is appreciated. We are not here for pleasantries. We eliminated the emperor, may his soul rot in the Abyss. Now we seek to find that which is causing the city to fester.
Diplomacy:
The ring is indeed magic, but you'll have to study it for sometime to gauge it's properties.
"Well dear you see, I am but one noble and my men had to protect as many of the citizens as they could. I just do not have the man power to march in there and take over, though now he is gone I am glad as the city can now slowly recover back to normal."[b/] he explains and gives Llyra a curious look when saying about seeking a way to heal the city. [b]"Well whatever it is I an do, I would be only too happy to help the heroes of Korvosa. I and the other nobles of this city want nothing more than to bring it back to the way things were and even improve things with a new king on the throne."
Glorio looks over at at Jerin and raises a eyebrow.
"My dear, your friend seems to be staring at me rarther intently. I know my presence is something to be admired, but I don't need to be admired so...intently." he says as he looks back to Jerin and cocks his head to the side, not seeming to know what Jerin is doing. "What is it you need my help with. I am willing to do whatever you want to save this city from the queen."
You manage to pick up various auras as you are concentrating on him.
His belt and boots appear to give off a moderate transmutation aura whilst his ring gives off a faint abjuration aura.
You don't manage to get what the aura is in his left hand, but you can also sense three hidden auras on his body. Each a different aura. A faint abjuration, faint illusion and a moderate transmutation aura.
You now also sense a moderate transmutation aura covering his entire body, though not his clothing.
Knowledge Arcana
Glorio looks to Curnach and gives a rueful smile.
"Yes I do have the senechal and you are correct that I also have the brilliant Vencarlo. However, the pair of them are in the Vivified Labyrinth." as he says this he raises up so that he is now standing "I apologise for this complication, but I won't retrieve either guest for you as it is far more sporting, I find, to have you retrieve them, but I can do the next best thing. I have a secret entrance to the labyrinth. There is a elephant statue made of jade standing in the guarden nearby. This beast is actually a special version of a item called a figurine of wonderous power. It stands on a stone slab near the trapdoor as there is a switch to activate it, but it will attack unless you say the password “Chamidu is blind”. This will lead you into the labyrinth below and there are different levers that rotate the four different sections. Both Vencarlo and Neolandus are down there and I am sure you will be able to save them if you are as great as I have heard."
The Vivified Labyrinth is a notorious dungeon, a place said to be used by the Arkonas to torment and test prisoners and agents alike, however no one has ever returned to announce what is down there.
While you may consider torture and imprisoning people in a deathtrap to be enjoyment. Some of us have spent a lifetime finding those who enjoy harming others and making sure that their enjoyment is very short lived. At present, I do not have my target fixed on your back despite your known involvement with criminal elements of this great city.
At present, we seek the release of two men who have spent their lives fighting for this city, and you have undoubtedly greatly benefitted from their actions by having a safe city in which to run your illicit activities. Should you agree to release them, then we can continue with our objective of freeing this city from the terror in which it is enmeshed. Should you not agree, well, lets just say that the mighty emperor and all of his troops lasted less than three minutes against us.
You say humans like your not one of us... Curnach notes. You are a blight upon this city and like the Urgothoans before you, we shall rid the city of you, one way or another. You dare to taunt us in this hour of need- you will feel the wrath of Korvosa!
Curnach immediately begins to cast a spell, clearly now on the attack.
Bahor sighs as you start your attack.
"I will put you down. I have lived far too well to have you dare attack me." he gets ready for combat with the group. "You will all be forgotten, but once I make my move I shall be the king of Korvosa!"
Round 1
Group Initiative:
Curnach Daveck: 28
Jerinthian Kos:
Krenn Whetstone:
Llyra Bjorgan:
Glorio:
Order:
Curnach Daveck
Jerinthian Kos
Glorio Arkona
Llyra Bjorgan
Krenn Whetstone
Round 1 Action
Jerin drops the detect magic and then casts a spell and then steps 5' back to I24
Jerin casts wall of Force and uses it to cover all of the walls of the interior of this room including the windows and the way out...if needed I will raise the height to get the windows and then just skip a 10' section of wall behind us (I26,27)
Both attacks from Krenn's weapon seem to bounce harmlessly off a invisable shield in front of Glorio and he laughs at the attempt.
Round 2
Order:
Curnach Daveck
Jerinthian Kos
Glorio Arkona
Llyra Bjorgan
Krenn Whetstone
As Curnach finishes his spell, a great hunting beast; a dire lion, appears from behind Glorio (GH20/21). The beast waits patiently as, with another spell, Curnach infuses the animal with even greater strength and power as its already impressive size increases further, its mass threatening to envelop Glorio as it takes up almost half of the room.
The great cat, near-pulsating with Druidic power, lashes out at Glorio with tooth and claw, although the Arkonas man's many defences thwart its initial assault. Curnach only smiles, knowing that the beast would only grow deadlier.
Bite miss
Claw 1 miss
Claw 2 miss
The first two effects are not effected, however the third one dispells and his physique seems somewhat a little deminished, though not by too much.
"Looks like I'll have to pull out all the stops." Glorio grins as his eyes change colour to yellow cat-like eyes, his hands changing into claws and his head morphing into the head of a tiger. The fingers of his free hand then bend backwards as a dark red eye appears in the flesh and glares at the group. He takes a step to the side, trying to avoid being flanked and focusing his narrowed eyes on Curnach. "Now you know my secret, it is time for you all to die."
The creature before you is a Rakshasa, a native shapeschanger that embodys everything taboo in most culstures. If they were humans these acts of cannibalism, blasphemy, and worse would mark them as criminals condemned to the cruelest of hells. Commonly known for working alone, but a pair working together for the same goal is not impossible. They do not woreship any deities, however they do know of their existance but just believe themselves as being the only objects of woreship so Rakshasa clerics are rare.
The one before you has a tiger head, but their species has a variaty of other heads including apes, jackals, vultures, elephants, mantises, lizards, rhinos, boars and many, many more. All with slight personality traits like tigers being stealthy and ravenous while a boar-headed one would be gluttonous and crude.
They have darkvision and thickened hide that only good aligned weapons or peircing weapons can bypass as well as their association with magic granting them a resistance to spells.
Knowledge(planes):
Well, we have counters for your amateur antics.
Standard Action - Cast Blessing of Fervor - everyone should read this, you can choose any of several boons, extra attack, bonus to attack & AC, metamagic modified spells, etc. I also include the Lion as a selected target. - Lasts 9 rounds.
Move Action - Move to G25.