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Master Thorn turns his gaze from Ignis to Acuwizard and Hades Senior...
"The tower; it is not finished yet," he says with a rueful voice.
"This is not good; perhaps we should adjourn to somewhere more comfortable? A tavern, perhaps?"
Naturally, you've all heard of Master Thorn's Tavern.
Being that you are all feeling a bit hungry and standing on the grass by a half-finished tower is somewhat dull, you happily accept his offer.
Soon he has you inside his tavern and is at the main counter serving you snacks.
At this time Acuwizard, Meshidawg and Ignis are sitting on stools by the counter as he serves you all cups of hot tea or some fresh cider. He also puts out a plate of hot, fresh bread and a clay plate with a large amount of butter on it, and finally another small plate with some nuts to eat.
Meanwhile, you can see that Poisodin Junior, Brozo and Cede are at another table planning some grand strategy and that Ashley is sitting at table by herself.
"I hope you enjoy the snacks," he says with a polite tone, but you can hear him muttering how it seems that every time he meets Heroes that they always have to have a snack before they start their adventure, though - naturally - he doesn't say that out loud...
"Once the tower is built I would think you should prepare it for a large attack. I have a feeling that enemies are only waiting for their attack so it could be finished and then taken over, but we shall see."
As he says that you notice that two figures have entered the room; one of them is an Aquatic creature and it seems he is traveling with some sort of sailor.
They quickly move to sit down at a new table.
Master Thorn looks up.
"Ah - more arrivals! But who are they? Does anyone know?" he asks the group.
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I think I might have to get ride of my piazo account
Master Thorn picks up a piece of bread and munches on it.
"Do you have any idea why your companions are so quiet?" he asks Ignis thoughtfully, then takes a sip of some hot tea.
"Also, those two over there seem pretty quite... Only a few days ago we had some other lads come in and they started a fight in my tavern. Hopefully that doesn't happen today, but we shall see," he adds, then takes another sip of the tea.
“As a matter of fact, I was just about to go over there to see what they are up to.”
“As a matter of fact, I was just about to go over there to see what they are up to.”
"Oh really?" he asks as he takes another drink.
"Well, I am surprised your friends don't talk to them..." he says, then looks at your friends thoughtfully and shrugs.
Suddenly another person enters the tavern and Master Thorn's eyes widen.
"Well, you could talk to the sailors, I suppose, but something tell's me that the new customer might be more your... cup of tea?" he says, then lifts his cup of tea up as someone in the tavern groans at his terrible pun.
However, you turn and see that he is right, another customer has entered.
You are not sure what she does, but you can see pouches and scrolls on her which make you think she knows some magic. Also, she has a curved dagger on her right hip, and a curved sword on her left hip, and a whip dangling from her belt.
What is most surprising is her companion. At first you thought she is traveling with a cat, but after looking more carefully, you can see it is a tiger cub!
She sits down to at O:18 so she is close to the counter to order some food, though for now she seems like she is merely relaxing.
Master Thorn looks at her curiously.
"I wonder where she found a tiger cub?" he says to you, then looks at you.
"Of course, the best thing to do is probably to ask her, but I'll leave that to you," he says, giving you a smile.
“I am Ignis,”says the mage, a ball of fire ready in her hand Incase of attack.“What brings you to this tavern?”
“I am Ignis,”says the mage, a ball of fire ready in her hand Incase of attack.“What brings you to this tavern?”
The woman looks up at Ignis with surprise, seeing the fire in Ignis’s hand.
”Greetings, my name is Razia,” she says slowly, watching the fire in Ignis’s hand cautiously.
”Do you always start conversations with magical fire?” she asks with raised eyebrow.
She turns to her tiger cub who is giving little growls at the fire.
”Easy, Pratap,” Razia says to her little tiger cub ”I am sure this lady does not plan on attacking us… After all, you are far too fierce,” she says as she rubs the cub behind his ears.
You are not sure if the woman is being sincere about the tiger cub being fierce; he’s so small he seems more cute then fierce.
Meanwhile, the tiger cub growls at you again even as Razia begins to pet him. Soon his tiny growls turn to happy purrs and it’s clear he is now convinced that he has singlehandedly saved the day…
Razia smiles at the cub a moment then looks at up Ignis.
”Well, now that you know who we are, would you like to sit down?” she says gesturing the seat besides her.
”I should say that I have traveled a long way and I am in no mood for combat. Instead, I would like to learn something of this new kingdom I have been hearing about, for tales of your adventures have traveled all the way across the sea to my homeland and I am eager to learn more.”
”You have said your name, but what do you do? What can you tell me about yourself, if you do not mind me asking?”
”I apologize for being so forward, but I like to learn. And besides, I would like to know more about the people here for I have need of some companions for an adventure I am thinking about trying, but I do not know many people in your land.”
The tiger cub growls and Razia rolls her eyes at him and then smiles at Ignis.
”I apologize again – I should have said that we do not know many people here,” she amends and the tiger cub goes back to purring, clearly happy that he is being included.
Ignis lets the flame die out and grins. She sits down next to Razia.
No, I do not usually start conversations with fire. I saw your weapons and was afraid you might attack. You seem like you would be a worthy opponent. And what adventure? I am a Hero, and I have many allies. If I cannot come with you, I am sure I will know someone who can.”
Ignis looks at Pratap and scratches him behind the ears.
“Where did you find you tiger cub?”she asks, with a smile on her face.
No, I do not usually start conversations with fire. I saw your weapons and was afraid you might attack. You seem like you would be a worthy opponent. And what adventure? I am a Hero, and I have many allies. If I cannot come with you, I am sure I will know someone who can.”
Razia smiles back, but Pratap looks a bit miffed and Razia notices this.
"Well, my weapons are not nearly as powerful as my mighty companion," she says with a nod at Pratap, who looks pleased now that everyone knows he is clearly the greatest, though you can tell that Razia is probably humoring her cub because it makes him happy.
Of course, you also know that most tiger cubs are not so smart - at least, not smart enough to understand everything people are saying and want to be included in the conversation.
"As for adventures, I had heard that the tavern of Master Thorn was located near a place where a wizard made a small volcano come from the ground, but this volcano came from a buried artifact."
She glances at the counter to see if others were interested, then turns back to Ignis.
"Well, I wondered - if the artifact was buried in some sort of underground structure, could there be other structures buried near to this place? After all, over time there is flooding, landslides and other such things - perhaps there may be some other ruins connected to that buried artifact that we may find and explore?"
"It may be that folk found those ruins and are living there now, but then again, it may also be that they have not been fully explored for years... Who knows what secrets we may find there?" she adds, clearly excited about the possibility.
Ignis looks at Pratap and scratches him behind the ears.
“Where did you find you tiger cub?”she asks, with a smile on her face.
Pratap looks shocked you would dare to touch him; but when you begin to scratch his ears his shock turns into happy purrs...
"Ah! He was in my homeland, for I come from across the sea. I heard of your tales and adventures there, for you and your companions are well known in my homeland after your work in the arena."
"I wanted to visit this land and see you for myself, but it took time to find a ship with a captain who was willing to sail across the sea."
She nods at the man by the table.
"That man there is captain; the other creature is an Aquan creature - some of them are very dangerous, of course, but you can be allies with them if you are good to them."
"The captain did not wish to sail here, but the Aquan creature convinced the captain that your allies can be friendly, for it seems your friend Ben has a good reputation with Aquan creatures..."
"In any case, they sailed me here. Their crew is visiting the ship, but before I came into the tavern I wanted to ask some of the people about the tower you have been building."
"I must say; it seems to be very impressive!"
Then she shakes her head, clearly distracted from her point.
"At this time I would like to find only a small group of trusty individuals - I can do some magic and some healing, but a Wizard would be good, and some others that could fight would also be good - and possibly a healer. But I should think no more than four or five of us in total would be needed... And they must be more skilled than most, for my heart warns me that a mission into ancient ruins could be far too challenging for those who are not very skilled..." she adds.
"Do you know anyone you would recommend? Also, do you have any other questions for me?" she asks.
"Of course, I would be able to accompany you. I know of two healers. One is a level seven doom, and the other is a level ten nature. I also know of a level 10 barbarian. Would he be good?"
"Of course, I would be able to accompany you. I know of two healers. One is a level seven doom, and the other is a level ten nature. I also know of a level 10 barbarian. Would he be good?"
Ravia thinks a moment.
"The barbarian sounds like a worthy ally to fight - but I do not know about the Doom Healer," she muses while Pratap gives a little huff at the idea of traveling with a Doom Healer.
"Still, if the ruins are uninhabited then it may be there could be things found there such as skeletons who are lurking about - a Doom Healer could be useful," she adds.
"The best plan, I think, is to find those who are interested and then we must ask some questions to prepare ourselves," she adds.
Pratap seems to agree with this plan, much to everyone's relief.
Master Thorn glances from the other sitting at the counter and doing nothing but continuing to eat their snacks.
He clears his throat and calls out to Ignis and Ravia.
"You know, if you cannot find one of these fine fellows to join you then you might consider trying to search smaller areas."
"For example, there was an old guard post built into mountainside which was designed to station to troops to warn the city of approaching enemies. It is fairly small compared to a ruined city, but I would think that if all you could find was one or two people to travel with then the guard house is big enough to be challenging but not too challenging." he muses.
"If you would like, I could tell you where the guard house to the city was, I know the general location, but that's up to you - if you cannot find at least one or two others to come with you, then I would think the two of you should be able to handle it... perhaps," he adds.
"What do you think?"
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Ignis calls out to Master Thorn. "Thanks, but I think we should search here first, out of potential danger."
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Ignis calls out to Master Thorn. "Thanks, but I think we should search here first, out of potential danger."
He shrugs.
"Well, it was just a suggestion," he says.
He then looks around at the tavern.
"Who are all these people and what are they doing here?" he says to himself as he strokes his chin thoughtfully.
"Well, I'm sure they'll introduce themselves to me soon, no doubt" he adds, then waits for the new visitors to introduce themselves and explain what they're doing here, and what their plans are.
"Hello my name is Cede, I was the nature healer Ignis was talking about earlier," Cede said politely.
Ravia turns from the table and studies Cede thoughtfully.
"Ah! So, do you think you would like to join me and Lady Ignis on a quest, then?" she asks him, curious to know his answer.
Pratap sniffs at Cede and gives a strange, mewling grunt.
"You're right, noble Pratap - he does smell like eagle; but I think he wants to be friends, not a snack," she says as she pets him while Pratap gives a little harumph and then goes back to snacking.
"Not that anyone asks my opinion - but I feel that everyone in this room would be doing so many great things if it weren't for having snack all the time," Master Thorn grumbles from his place at the counter.
Meshidawg walks up to the table with Ravia "I also know of allies such as..."
Meshidawg walks up to the table with Ravia "I also know of allies such as..."
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Ravia looks up at Meshidawg.
"So many allies... yet would they be able to come with the Lady Ignis and myself on a quest?"
"If they cannot, perhaps you could come; and, perhaps, someone skilled in healing? If you know of such a person, this would help out tremendously for I fear that our mission - while it may lead to fine rewards - may also be very dangerous."
"Do you know of a hero can heal, and will you be willing to come with me and the Lady Ignis?" she asks politely.
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Ravia looks at Brozo.
"Hello, Brozo..." she says to him.
"I am not an expert, but your gear seems to suggest you are a fire wizard. Is that correct?" she asks him.
Meshidawg walks up to the table with Ravia "I also know of allies such as..."
** spoiler omitted **Ravia looks up at Meshidawg.
"So many allies... yet would they be able to come with the Lady Ignis and myself on a quest?"
"If they cannot, perhaps you could come; and, perhaps, someone skilled in healing? If you know of such a person, this would help out tremendously for I fear that our mission - while it may lead to fine rewards - may also be very dangerous."
"Do you know of a hero can heal, and will you be willing to come with me and the Lady Ignis?" she asks politely.
"Yes and yes, I will be coming with you and Lady Ignis for your 'dangerous mission' and I do know of 2 very powerful healers... If you need a doom healer or a nature healer..." Meshidawg says mysteriously.
Ignis smiles and rolls her eyes.
“The healers he is talking about are the ones I told you about earlier. Remember, the level 7 doom and level 10 nature? Their names are Vybhav and Ayaan. You said that you wanted a healer, though... A doom healer can’t actually heal.”
Ravia looks between Meshidawg and Ignis.
"Pardon me... do you two know each other?" she asks you both curiously.
"Also, I should say that as an Explorer I am very interested in tales... How did you both start adventuring and what led you to take up your Staff or your Sword and become heroes?" she asks, curious to learn more of your stories before setting out.
“Yes,”says Ignis, answering Razia’s first question, We have been allies for about three years now. A man named Joseph Urban asked us to join his band of heroes, and we have been working with him ever since. I have always liked to play around with magic, so I decided to start studying it. Fire seemed interesting, and powerful, so I decided to do that. There was a time, though, when I considered doing water, and I had a hard time determining which one to do.”
“I also know Meshidawgs’s story, but I will let him tell you all about that.”
"Just telling you, a god was involved." Meshidawg shows his enchanted sword.
"Since we know the king of the sea, and we have a water wizard who can speak the language of water, the Aquan creature shouldn't be a problem." Meshidawg confirmed confidently.
Ignis laughs at Meshidawg’s statement
“Last time you told it, there two gods involved. Or were you just exaggerating your heroism?”
Ignis laughs at Meshidawg’s statement
“Last time you told it, there two gods involved. Or were you just exaggerating your heroism?”
Ravia looks surprised at this and glances at Meshidawg to see what he might have to say next.
Pratap suddenly glances up at the door of the tavern, his fur bristling for some reason, but you don't know why...
Ravia tries her Observation Check -
Ravia suddenly leaps up from her chair.
"Do you hear that?" she cries out "I can hear shouting, horns, and what sounds like marching... I think this tavern may be under attack. We must do something!" she says.
Ravia turns to the others and looks at them -
"What you are you waiting for? Come on!" she cries, then rushes for the door.