Audi wakes up with a scream
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So here is the situation. everyone is up, a downed hell knight and two sleeping ones on the wagon, two sleepers in front of it, at least one bleeding hell knight.
Audi wakes up with a scream and stumbles to his feet. "Thought I was headed to the great ale house in the sky there. Thanks for getting me back on my feet. We'd better take care of these Hellknights and get out of here." If it is obvious which Hellknight is still bleeding Audi will use his other move action to go to him. "Tie up those sleeping ones and get them off the wagon!"
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Tramtris hurried torwards the wagon quickly pulling the unconcious hellknights from the wagon and taking their weapons from them (in case they woke up. Once he had them out of the way of the wagon he would begin to hurry to the ones in front to pull them out of the paths as well (also taking their weapons.)
"Hippa do you know how to steer a wagon?"
He asked as he tugged at the unconcious bodies.
So I made a post yesterday that did not post.
You all get away to a safe area on the outskirts of town, tram has lost his xbow and hippa her dagger. The carriage is locked and a mans voice inside is calling out to be released
"No profit, two bloodied outfits and two near death experiences, plus a compromising my personal beliefs all in one week. I am not liking my current volunteer status. Something has got to change. YES! We know you are in there. Are you in pain? Mortally wounded? No? Then be silent."
Hippa following the prompts of direction, secures the carriage. She tends to the worst of them with heal checks and one last casting of CLW.
Then she walks away in disgust mumbling something about cleaning up, new clothes, her cat and job security at the apothecary.
"That was a close call. Let's hope we got the right carriage." Auði winks at the rest of the group, then gets out a set of tools. "Let me see if I can get the captive out of here." He digs around in the lock for a moment, hoping to trigger a satisfying click.
yes I have been beaten...a lot. Did you get the key from the cleric?
The lock does not open audi
Auði spends a little more time working at the lock. "If any of you found a key that would make this a lot easier."
Audi slowly realizes that he actually cannot pick the lock
That lock is beyond me. We're going to need to break through the door." Auði puts his tools away and pulls out his club, bashing it against the side of the carriage.
Lol
It takes time but eventually the others get ibto it and the carriage is pretty much destroyed but he is free. In your destruction you find a cache of gear as well
"We'd better start thinking more if we are going to stay ahead of the hellknights. Are you Arael? We're here for you."
Auði grabs the gear and tries to make sure the prisoner is on the up and up.
He seems honest
thank you for saving me. I am Arael and I am afraid you have me at a disadvantage. You are?
As he speaks he goes through the loot and collects things. Then he presents a holy symbol and channels energy
"Thank you sir. I'm Auði Jaw-Jacker and I was the proprietor of the Jaw-Jacker brewery till a bunch of thugs and Wiscrani bureaucrats took it away from me. Love the theater too...course in Westcrown, who doesn't? Heard from Janivan that you're trying to improve the place, but needed rescuing. So here we are."
I went back to the book, it was actually just an average lock so you opened it not destroyed it! If you want to keep the carriage that is a possibility!
In addition to Arael's gear, there is a letter, that requests, for the third time, assistance in dealing with the problem posed by the "Bastards ofErebus."
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The Bastards of Erebus? That sounds familiar perhaps, I wonder."
The young noble began as he paced back and forth waiting for the others to return. Well one other in particular to return. He racked his mind for what that could mean.
"You fought well Brannock, I am sorry I had to make up a name on the spot, I just with hellknights concious and the intent to not kill them felt uncomfortable using names. Wouldnt want anything somehow traced back to you."
He added as he paced. He did glance at the cairraige again shaking his head slightly.
"Perhaps next time we should stick closer together, I am sorry you were wounded miss Hippa, Audi."
Local.
No clue!
Hippa returns refreshed. Her clothes mostly clean, hair still damp and pulled back tightly into three frenchbraids merging to one. In better spirits yet grumbling"Note to self: pack extra clothes. Also I wish to understand how the self-proclaimed non-violent one of the group is consistently the first one cut down?" Catching her breath and realizing she is using her outside voice she silences herself and watches the pacing Tramtris.
"Don't look at me. I am still considered an outsider to some. No one talks to me unless a baby is birthing or they need a blossom of foxglove harvested at midnight."
Again I thank you for your assistance...but who are you?
"Hippa, I'm sorry about what happened today. I feel horrible and wish I could have been closer to help more quickly. It's clear we're not clever tacticians and we need to be more careful in our plans to avoid repeat occurrences."
For clues about the Bastards:
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Tramtris frowned at the man they had just rescued. They had mentioned Janivan a few times, perhaps he was being paranoid, but things were just not adding up.
"We are associates of your friend Janivan, She asked us to make sure you didn't end up on the business end of a gibbet, Now its a matter of making sure we have escaped clean and rendezvous with the others. If you will notice the wounds you healed from my friends there, it was a dangerous task."
He said to the man, hoping it stopped his questioning for the moment, He didn't really have answers to yet. He really wasn't sure what the aims of the group even really were. She had mentioned making the streets safer, which he was okay with, She had even mentioned the possible overthrowing of the house Thrune, also not a huge problem in his eyes, but aside from rhetoric what were they?
He certainly had a reason to stick around though. The more he thought about that rich jewelers daughter Tarvi the more he wanted to think about her. His love from the academy was gone, far away in Egorian, and he knew his mother well enough to know she would be busy trying to find some match for him somewhere, the idea of having little to know choice didn't sit well with him. She had to think the same way didn't she?
He idly paced and then frowned when he realized he had left his crossbow behind. The look of disappointment on his face was obvious. They would have to do better next time. It was that simple.
A friend of Janivan? I do not know you. But if you are honest or deceitful I suppose a death with you is better than the Hellknights. Where to now.
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Brannock shares the information with the group regarding the Bastards of Erebus.
To Arael- "Do not talk of death, man! We have rescued you at Janivan's request. Our goals for the city would appear to be similar. We are moving you to a safer place than this. Your rescue is but the first in a series of battles to reclaim Westcrown."
Arael smiles at Brannock, and before too long Janivan and the others return, the cheering goes on for a while.
Janivan wraps Arael in a hug and speaks
Well done, if you could return the horses then we can all meet back at the safe house...we will talk more then!
She makes to leave.
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Tramtris' heart was up in his throat for a moment as Janivan's group returned until he saw Miss Tarvi safe and sound then he relaxed. He was careful to not glance her way too often. Indeed though the return to the safe house would be best. He wondered if he might find a small regard gift on the way there though, something small to let the maid know he was thinking of her. . . Those Bastards though, they almost sounded problematic. Gangs roughing up any part of the city only made the hellknights that much more ... aggresive in rooting out dissadents and others, perhaps if they had time, they might see about getting the theives run out.
Sadly Brannock misses it.
Our heroes head back to return the horses and see an attractive blond man shouting at the groom.
Where are my horses! You moron! I certainly was right in my thought that you and your stable were a bunch of fools, you can't even get this right! Idiots!
Actually a local check but I will let you keep the roll
This is a local opera singer and actor with a growing reputation for talent and egotism. His name is Thesing Umbero Ulvaud
As another groom takes the horses from our heroes Thesing turns
I see you gave them the horses I need just to upset me! You must want my masterpiece to fail!
Hippa says nothing, acknowledging the tantrum with only a briefly raised eyebrow.
Her thoughts are elsewhere and he is of no importance to her. Then she spots her cat, Suki, stalking and watching the barn swallows swoop in and around the stalls. Suki twitches an dismissive ear towards the raised voices yet remains focused.
She realizes that her fetish-laden boarspear is too obvious and she'll start pulling necessary foci for spell casting to place upon her person, leaving the others as decoration.
Actually hippa that is later this is actually an encounter though u are welcome to leave if you like
Hippa continues to ignore the ranting tallfolk as she walks by with the groom and horses. She watches the how these horses are treated and makes small talk with the young stablehands. You can tell a lot about the stable by the prep and maintenance of their horses. She'll make some gentle inquires to the groom as what masterpiece blondie was referring to as she offers to assist with the rubdown.
The groom that got chewed out confides to hippa that he has some new opera opening and he needs live horses to complete his masterpiece. Just as he is about to tell more te man shouts
How dare you talk behind my back! Don't you know who I am!?
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"Do you know who I am Thesing Umbero Ulvaud? If not allow me to introduce myself. I am Tramtris Arvanxi, of the Arvanxi line, This masterpeice of yours could probably use perhaps a noble's backing. Instead of yelling at this poor wretch barely fit to work in the stables you could explain it to me."
He began with a little name dropping and hinted promises. If he contnued to be a nuisance, Tramtris wouldnt hesistate to try more...aggreisve means to calm him down.
if you were a noble worth knowing I would know you.
Had to roll better than that