"That's a good idea. Tink, it looks like we're going to rely heavily on your magic for this operation." Lynn tells.
As everyone is entering the war tent, Iko call's his friends to the side. His face betraying his emotions.
"Friends. I am afraid this is where my journey ends. I will not be joining you further on this crusade. I..." He pauses for a moment and then once his thoughts are collected he continues.
"My abilities are of no use here. I must take my leave. But I wish to give you the best of luck, and this..."
He holds out his hand towards Lynn. Opening his palms to reveal an ornate dagger that returns and Terendelev's scale.
"This will be of more use to the rest of you than for me."
Once he hands it over he gives everyone a short bow.
"May Irori be with you all."
Lynn accepts the items and stands there befuddled, waiting for Iko be taken away by a deity or something, but nothing of this kind happpens. "Well, thank you, I guess." she finally manages to reply, while thousand thoughts run through her mind.
No use? You are valued! If it has to do with the past combat, I did poorly as well. Not every battle will be a glorious triumph.
"Ah Don, you are a great warrior. This was is made for those like you. My heart is not in this battle. I will miss you all and spread word of your battle for our world."
Iko leaves as every sees him walking back to the east alone.
After an hour and some more planning a Bright light it noted to the east but it is coming from warehouse district.
Did you open the spoiler? You got high enough
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Feeling somewhat sick to his stomach Azrael reports what he has seen to the group. Last night I was restless and unable to sleep. Stepping quietly from my tent I noted Nurah slinking through the camp. He slipped away away towards the bridge and sent a series of signals i towards the Citadel with a hooded lantern. I fear we have been betrayed.
"So we are delaying our plans to interrogate someone first." Lynn tells. "Don, would you get her here to discuss the fine tuning of the army tactics?"
A betrayal! We need to have her tried by the army commanders here. Don leaves with Azreal to find Nurah.
"You shall ask her to come under false pretense. I don't want you ta start a fight with her in the camp." Lynn tells Don. Maybe I should have sent someone less hot-headed.
Don stomps up to Nurah wherever she is. Nurah, we are going to have a meeting about tomorrow's battle and would like you to join us at our tent for some last minute plans.
Nurah looks around as Don finds her in what would look like a hiding spot, she smiles "Of course, I don't know what I can offer as I am just the chronicler of this journey but I can help if I can." Nurah follows Don to the command tent with everyone there.
"Thank you for joining us." Lynn tells. Turning to the whole group she tells "We had planned to make a surprise attack with a small group to secure the bridge to the warehouse."
"That plan got spoiled, as someone from the camp went straight to the enemies to inform them about that. Now we need a new plan and an additional plan on how to get the traitor and what to do with this unfaithful person."
"Suggestions?" Lynn asks, even though anyone knows it is Nurah, to see how she reacts.
Don plants himself in the doorway.
Nurah does not detect as evil
"Why not just march across your army?" Nurah asks
"Because that was already a bad idea yesterday, when the enemy wasn't informed about us, as Irabeth told." Lynn replies.
Don grips his hammer a little tighter.
"So what do you want to do then?" everyone inquires
"Okay then. Cards on the table. You were seen giving light signals to the enemy last night." Lynn confronts Nurah.
"I was watching for anyone coming across the bridge but the stupid clover on the lantern kept falling down and I couldn't get it to stay up." Nurah says calmly and cooly.
"If you say so. Just wait here." Lynn leaves Nurah with the others and goes to thoroughly search Nurah's tent.
Don keeps watch with Azrael
Lynn trudes over to the tent that is Nurah's, after spending a lot of time going through the tent Lynn comes up almost empty handed, a trace of a dark black liquid stains an empty pack that looks like it was extra.
This is Shadow blood the same drug that was found in Aron's tent a few nights ago
As Lynn is heading back to the main tent 2 guards come up with a man between them.
"Ma'am we found this man on the eastern side of the ruins, says he escaped from the warehouse district"
Before heading to the main Tent, Lynn visits the Alchemist guy, Azrael brought along to have him look at the bag.
Othirubo looks at the substance on the pack. "IT is the demons blood drug that you found before, who's pack is this? Who's ever pack this is must have been the one to bring it to camp." The alchemist replies.
"Thank you. I'll tell you later, once we resolved the issue with the owner." Lynn tells and walks back to the main tent.
As the guards face her she tells "Keep him company and give him some food and water if he likes. I'll come back to you later. We have some pressing issues right now."
Moving on to the tent she enters and puts the bag on the table. "Sorry, that it took me that long."
"We have now Azrael, who has seen you giving light signals. And I'm sure he is able to tell some lamp malfunction from giving signals. And in your tent I found this bag which contains remains of Shadow Blood. The drug we found with Aron, while he told he had no idea where it came from."
"So tell me, Nurah, are you insisting on your version of events? Or are you going to come clean?"
"Don't grab me like that, some paladin you are. Maybe I should go out and tell those outside how you are roughing me up trying to get me to confess to a broken lantern." Nurah keeps a calm face.
"Or maybe you should be put under arrest. Tink, can you come up with something to make sure she doesn't use her magic to get away or manipulate the guards?" Lynn suggests.
Heavy locked gauntlets?
"The only way to properly prevent her from casting would be to keep her unconscious. Cutting off her finger's and tongue would prevent a large portion of casting but their are ways around that." Tink does not say this with malice, but more as an intellectual response to an intellectual question.
"I have an idea to try get some information though."
"Dawnflower, we fear one of our own has been corrupted and this has gravely endangered our cause, and the lives of those under our command. We beseech you to send us a guide to help us navigate this situation. Help us to redeem this troubled soul, and bring her back into the light."
A hound archon appears before you, the aura around it is a deep red the colour of the final sunset.
"Greetings mortal, what is your payment in turn for your requested aid?" The Archon's voice booms around the tent, the aura from the creature is bright enough that everyone has to squint a bit to see.
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"Don't grab me like that, some paladin you are. Maybe I should go out and tell those outside how you are roughing me up trying to get me to confess to a broken lantern." Nurah keeps a calm face.
I am sorry Nurah, but we are beyond your needing to confess. I saw what I saw. You have done great harm to those you called friends. I cannot let that continue. I do not care what you say to others. My actions are between me and my god. He will know the truth of things. Turning to Don he asks Don, can you disarm her. make sure you get any spell components.
Don rips off her arms. Takes away her equipment.
A hound archon appears before you, the aura around it is a deep red the colour of the final sunset.
"Greetings mortal, what is your payment in turn for your requested aid?" The Archon's voice booms around the tent, the aura from the creature is bright enough that everyone has to squint a bit to see.
"I fear that at this point, we have little to offer in the material. However we offer our services in redeeming those that have been turned away from the light of the dawn, we offer our services in pushing the demons back into the world wound, and we offer the potential of this soul to be saved. We also offer a temple reclaimed and to be restored to it's former glory, pending our campaign here. "
Nurah remains silent as the celestial being is present and Don is presently disarming her.
The Hound Archon spends what seems like forever before it answers you, "I find these terms acceptable, how and when do you plan to dedicate the temple to the Dawn Flower? What is it that you ask of me?"