Stalker just stood there letting the magic wash over him, if you looked at him his eyes were closed as he held lightly onto Katrina's shoulder opposite Kevros.
He seems to be moving rather sluggishly, he looks at Krazok as he begins to rage and makes a simple 'Whatever' look and begins to walk away lazily. He picks up a flower and admires it standing still for several minutes, then begins to slowly walk again.
Tristan drops the rock when it burns him.
"Damn thats hot. Didn't expect that. What kind of dumb rock is this." He then leaves it as he meets Larina's gaze with a smile. He looks to the others.
"We will return soon enough before we are ready to leave."
He sneaks off with his lover to satisfy her lust and feeling of her new power. He needed little more than a word from her as he had fallen for her and her fiery passion and will. Her outer beauty was just a bonus.
Responding with a bit of temper Krazok plays off Sota's words, "Don't worry Sprite I was not going to hurt king!" Unfortunetly the temper sticks as he responds to Kevros, "You can have Greenwatch, after all mine was destroyed, my people killed!!" He roars and groans in pain, stumbling a few steps but Selena is there to help him, providing Slayer to his free hand and new energy overcomes him and he shakes as if a shiver went up his back, "Thank you Selena. Come I need to kill something!"
Later . . .
She finds a strange metal box and raises it above her head, "I found a strange gold box, it has five sides. Should I put it with the coins or with the magical items?"
Quince says a prayer and concentrates on the strange box.
Quince feels at the lamp. Interesting. I wonder if he can arrange a wagon home.
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Sota stares at the dragon man as he walks away.
He frowns and crosses his arms. "Dragons are mean and think they're better than everyone. One tried to eat me in the feywild once. Tried. He thought he could play with me like a cat with a mouse first. I shot him in the eye and ran. Jerks. Jerks jerks jerks. I thought cause Krack-Slot was fighting the big dragon he was nice. I guess jerks fight other jerks too. Big meanie. Imma prank him soooo hard." He nods to Kevros as the other offended party and grins. "How much bear poop can you carry? He has to take his armor off sometime."
Quince loots to Sota, and responds,
Quince notices Katrina wander off an earnestness to her. He notes Tristan make himself scarce. Sulvani is in the lamp and Bearik in his tent. He walks over to Kevros standing near his shoulder looking past him and away from others off in the distance he asks quietely, "I am trying to be gracious. But wisdom gnaws at me to be shrewd as well. We'd be fools not to watch our dragon friend, right? So far we have done well trusting those we have met."
Kevros is stunned at the situation with Krazok and frowns, and then runs to catch up with Katrina, when she deflects him, he whispers back in Celestial ...
"Yes my love, please find the answers you seek ... safely."
Then Kevros sprints ahead just before Krazok and Seleana leave, and stands before Krazok unarmed, and speaks in a calming tone, "Krazok, Great Pack Leader and Champion of the Stolen Lands and Brevoy, I meant no disrespect and please forgive my ... our ... rough edges, the evil and the corruption in these lands have made us on edge. My station is the defense of these lands and the people within. I know you are a good soul and why I made no aggressive movements against you. But yes, you are correct, we are being insensitive of what has happened to you and your pack. Besides what we can not do contractually and personally in regards to the Greenwatch, is there something we can do for you?"
Kev returns to where the Quince and the books are, he looks to Sota and Quince, "You did your best Duke but all of us were being insensitive to his past. These lands have put us on edge and we need to watch that in future diplomacy. Hopefully, my bit of diplomacy helped our insensitivity and he will come around especially if we make good choices. Maybe Krazok will let go of the past and maybe become a valuable ally in the future when we need him most. Perhaps, we can restore him to his King status outside of the Greenwatch?"
Kev shakes his head and smirks at Tristan with the burning rock, "You need help with the rock Tristan? Need some healing? You know, if it grows larger, one of us can maybe tame the canine and ride him?"
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"Insensitive? He said he's king. There's only one king. I mean...unless you know...but Emperor Quintley has a queen he loves her and I think Crack-Butt likes girls...But he said he's king and he's not and I made a promise..." He looks to the others, seeming a bit unsure now in the face of Keveros's reprimand, clearly seeking reassurance he took the right actions.
He lets out a 'hmph' and crosses his arms. "Mister Warden Tristan can probably carry more bear poop than you anyway. Trying to make me...tell me...I...I promised!" The sprite frowns, then darts off in the directuon of Larina and Tristan. He returns a few moments later.
"Ugh. Is that all you people do with your free time?"
A glint of metal catches Kev's eye and finds a leaf key for the leaf book, "Ah here is the key for the leaf book for whom ever is the lucky winner?
Kev shakes his head to Sota with a smile to put the sprite at ease, "We were not being insensitive in regards of the King and the Greenwatch, we were being insensitive of his family. And cheer up, I am not scolding you but we all could have handled it better diplomatically. Lessons learned."
"Fine. I'll apologize to him. But if he's mean again it's bear poop all over the inside of his armor." He pouts and flutters slowly to Krazok and gives a little blink of his colors to identify he's approaching.
"Mister dragon man...um...sir..." He flutters close enough to be heard but out of reach and stops when his body language adjusts to show space invasion. "Mister Warden Kevros says...well he's right but he said it and I thought it too but...well...I'm sorry. Sir." He grabs a random blade of grass and twists it in his hands like it were a towel and he had to busy his fingers somehow. "I wouldn't be too happy if my friends died either. I didn't mean to be mean. It's just...I made a promise, mister dragon man. You know we fairies don't promise things...we can't promise something and not mean it. I mean yeah I could find a loophole in what I said, if I didn't mean it, but I did. An' you said you're king and kings fight kings and I can't, sir, I just can't let you hurt him, mister dragon man. I can't. You understand don't you? I made a promise. Haven't you made promises? I didn't mean to be mean to you. I swear."
As the stone glows the thing is a curiosity. As it continues to grow it becomes more concerning.
Quince approaches Kevros again, "You are right he has cause for grief. Though I doubt he would suffer us speak to his people as he has spoke to you. I wonder if even our empathy we are judged weak by this one." He looks off north remembering home. "Some leaders push buttons to gauge response. No mind." He looks back, "Am I wrong to question motive?"
"I do not think questioning his motive was wrong and he could be a problem if he can not let go of the past and/or if our diplomatic effort to correct our insensitivity failed which I do not think it did but time will tell ... "
Kev changes his speech to Celestial ...
Quince nods to Kev.
The five sided gold box Svetlanna found is magical.
Krazok did not appear hurt, .
Quince you sense that there is a spell involved with the growing rock, you think it is a summoning stone. A higher spellcraft check would reveal more.
Kevros is stunned at the situation with Krazok and frowns, and then runs to catch up with Katrina, when she deflects him, he whispers back in Celestial ...
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Then Kevros sprints ahead just before Krazok and Seleana leave, and stands before Krazok unarmed, and speaks in a calming tone, "Krazok, Great Pack Leader and Champion of the Stolen Lands and Brevoy, I meant no disrespect and please forgive my ... our ... rough edges, the evil and the corruption in these lands have made us on edge. My station is the defense of these lands and the people within. I know you are a good soul and why I made no aggressive movements against you. But yes, you are correct, we are being insensitive of what has happened to you and your pack. Besides what we can not do contractually and personally in regards to the Greenwatch, is there something we can do for you?"
He growls out, physically and mentally holding himself back, ”For now, get out of my way.”
She looks at Sota and wags her finger at him... obviously she heard what you said and understood. She does little else then following Krazok.
"Fine. I'll apologize to him. But if he's mean again it's bear poop all over the inside of his armor." He pouts and flutters slowly to Krazok and gives a little blink of his colors to identify he's approaching.
"Mister dragon man...um...sir..." He flutters close enough to be heard but out of reach and stops when his body language adjusts to show space invasion. "Mister Warden Kevros says...well he's right but he said it and I thought it too but...well...I'm sorry. Sir." He grabs a random blade of grass and twists it in his hands like it were a towel and he had to busy his fingers somehow. "I wouldn't be too happy if my friends died either. I didn't mean to be mean. It's just...I made a promise, mister dragon man. You know we fairies don't promise things...we can't promise something and not mean it. I mean yeah I could find a loophole in what I said, if I didn't mean it, but I did. An' you said you're king and kings fight kings and I can't, sir, I just can't let you hurt him, mister dragon man. I can't. You understand don't you? I made a promise. Haven't you made promises? I didn't mean to be mean to you. I swear."
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You find the dragonkin covered in blood again literally tearing a dear into pieces. Solemnly he responds, ”I understand, I likely understand better than the others. Selena is a fey as well. I also had many fey friends but they are gone as well. I was not there to protect them when the darkness came. Maybe I can for these Stolenlands. I forgive you Sota. Just promise no bear or other animal poop!” The last sentence said with a lighter heart, showing Sota he does forgive.
Kevros steps aside, "As you wish Great Champion Krazok."
... LATER
Kev looks at Quince, "Well Duke, I am not going to let another member of Krazok's pack or family die. Please excuse me?"
Kev looks for Jorne and Axebeak and presents himself to them speaking in Common and Terran , "I was rude to your King and now I will pay respect. I will stay with you to protect you until his return so he will not lose any more of his people and/or pack and you can rest more easily."
The little sprite nods solemnly at the great warrior. He tilts his head at the gore all over him and waggles his fingers, implying magic. "Wow. Your ears are good. Gonna have to be careful. Hehehe. Okay. No poo. No blood either. I can clean you if you want." Provided Krazok agrees, he throws a prestidigitation cantrip at him to clean the blood and gore from the former regent.
He flutters back to the others, and his eyes pop at the enlarged rock. He casts detect magic and starts to float around it, observing it, but not quite touching.
"Wait, wait, Emper-King-Glorious-Grand-Ruler, As Self-Appointed Grand Vizier of The Greenwatch, and of course, magical expert of all things magical, I have to point out - this blue flickering thingy here. Yes. Yes....that's definitely a blue flickering thingy. Do you see it, Oh-Great-Boss-Dukenstein Quintellatus? Yes...that thing's blue. And flickery. Ooooh, yes. That, in fact, would be my expert opinion."
Kev continues to speak to Jorne and Axebeak, "Where would you like to rest?
Kevros steps aside, "As you wish Great Champion Krazok."
... LATER
Kev looks at Quince, "Well Duke, I am not going to let another member of Krazok's pack or family die. Please excuse me?"
Kev looks for Jorne and Axebeak and presents himself to them speaking in Common and Terran , "I was rude to your King and now I will pay respect. I will stay with you to protect you until his return so he will not lose any more of his people and/or pack and you can rest more easily."
Jorne looks at Kevros with a quizzical look then realizes you are speaking to/with him, "Sure... if you want." Then looks at the Axebeak and then at the elf and then back to the big bird. Still a bit unsure he does his best to broach the subject, "You do know you are trying to talk to Axebeak right? I have never known it to speak." The Axebeak makes a high pitched screech but gives no indications it understands you are talking to it.
Still lying in the makeshift nest of bedrolls and blankets, he looks up at Kevros a bit confused at the most recent question. If pressed he answers with a silent chuckle, "Here in my bed..."
The little sprite nods solemnly at the great warrior. He tilts his head at the gore all over him and waggles his fingers, implying magic. "Wow. Your ears are good. Gonna have to be careful. Hehehe. Okay. No poo. No blood either. I can clean you if you want." Provided Krazok agrees, he throws a prestidigitation cantrip at him to clean the blood and gore from the former regent.
"Do as you want." He growls out but once it is done he says, "nifty. Thanks."
Krazok and Selena follow the sprite back to the group. He checks in on Bearik and then begins looking around a bit nervously, he rushes over to Kevros with emergency in his voice he quickly asks, "Where is Katrina!?!"
The hour ends with Tristan and Larina just in eye sight of the camp. Krazok getting really close to Kevros in an excited manner that might just have the sensitive sprite shoot him. The stone is now the size of a small volkswagon... approaching 'Large' size. It cracks open more and you can hear a howl from within as the canine continues to bite at the hole it made....
Stalker is no where to be seen.
She looks and sniffs around quickly and begins running back the way they just came from.
Kev nods to Jorne, "Axebeak may not know what I am saying but he can sense that I am being friendly just like horses."
Kev looks at the bed and chuckles too, "Staying here at your camp is fine too."
Kev stands guard while Jorne and Axebeak rest or as much as an Axebeak will rest.
Upon Krazok's return, Kev reacts to Krazok's nervousness, "Isn't she with you?! She angrily told me she needed answers so I thought she went you?!"
Kev looks for Stalker, "Where is stalker, maybe he followed her?!"
Then he looks at Selena and then at Krazok, "Can Selena track her or them?! If so, I'll go with you!"
Quince finds Stalker, "So I am looking at this dragon thing. You think its too late to skin it. With things as crazy as they were when we left the first time my mind was elsewhere. But perhaps skinning it or harvesting some scales might be worthwhile. From there I can see if we have means to carry the skull. Might go good on the mantle."
"I have an idea to find her!"
Sota darts straight up...hundreds of feet at the flying equivalent of a full sprint...and let's his keen eyes search in every direction for the missing woman from his high vantage.
Your friends below Sota look like bugs, looking around you can make out the topagraphy but that is it.
Selena is obviouly well on the hunt, she leads Kevros, Krazok and anyone else interested in the task to an elk which looks at you on the ground are five freshly dug holes and you can see a sapling coming out of each one. She looks and sniffs some more but shakes her head before slowly saying, ”Her trail ends here.”
Looking closely at the elk Kevros would notice his engagement ring for Katrina on one of the horns.
Krazok steps forward and puts forth his hand touching a golden green tear, then he is gone too. The symbol of a infinity sign of a dragon eating its own tail appears and then gone like Krazok.
She comes walking from over the rise in her hooded fur coat. She lifts her head and the hood falls, her Elven features seem more defined and she walks towards the three of them with a smile on her face.
Selena hisses towards Katrina and whispers, ”We are downwind from that, it is not your Katrina! We need to leave now, she smells of undeath!” With that she runs away towards camp, fleeing and quickly leaping down onto all fours.
Quince finds Stalker walking aimbly, his horse is gently nuzzling him. Once Quince is done talkling he slowly looks up at you, no sign of recognition goes over his face. He walks closer to you and touches a few shiney things on you.
At the rubbing he smoke begins to slowly come out but it just hangs around the lamp and you hear him say, ”What is it? I was sleeping... the burning stone is summoning a fire creature. *Yawn* It will be imprinting on whoever helps the thing out and/or who activated it.”
Kev sees the ring, "That is the ring I was planning to make for Katrina for our engagement!"
Kevros goes and picks up the ring thinking it is a sign from Erastil and pockets it since he has nothing else to go on to think otherwise.
Kevros is taken back at Krazok, "WOAH! Where did Krazok go?!"
Kevros mind is drawn to Katrina when she appears ...
Kevros takes in the smell towards Katrina but smells nothing since he does not have the powers of scent or the wind is not blowing in his direction, "NO! It can't be?!" ... in response to Selena's assessment.
Kevros keeps his bow in a non-threatening ready and casts Detect Undead in Katrina's direction speaking in
"Great Erastil, hear my prayer, reveal the dead who walk to me."
Tristan wonders back toward the others playing and embracing Larina as they do.
"We ready to start packing up? He looks around.
"Where are Kevros and Katrina, they sneak off as well?"
"What is it?
"I am sorry Sulvani, I was at a loss for what the rock did and was being cautious."
"Tristan." Quince points at the stone. "You have apparently summoned a fierce creature. It imprints on whoever helps it free of the stone. . . . looks like your gonna be a mother."
Tristan glances over at the rock as Quince speaks.
"Shit! I didn't. What? A fire creature? Perhaps a gift from Ragathiel. Something to cleans things with the fire of vengeance. I will monitor it."
Tristan approaches the now large stone and sits and waits to see what happens.
"Looks like a dog or some kind."
Kevros as your spell washes over you, you feel the presence of undead auras in your 60 foot cone aimed at Katrina. As she continues to walk towards you, now 30 feet away, you sense 3 undead auras and Katrina is the strongest one.
Sota can see Selena running back towards the group in round 1.
Krazok is missing, Kevros and Selena do not know where. Last everyone saw he was leaving with Selena and Kevros. Selena is now running back to the group at full speed.
Larina, Tristan, Jorne, Axebeak, Svetlanna, Bearik, and Saren are at camp. Tristan sits next to the fire stone which the canine has been tearing at the wall, sniffing through the hole and every round the hole doubles in size. The fire stone is 'large' in size. You can easily fit your fist through the hole in round 1, then your head in round 2, the fire dog pushes its own head through in round 3 trying to burst out weakening the walls and it will be out next round for sure.
Quince speaks with Stalker, far enough away that they cannot hear or see the camp, or even know there is a threat.
Round 3
Selena runs in on all fours into camp and shouts, "Kevros is in danger! Undead approach him, one looks like Katrina but it is not her. Take arms and follow me!" She then disappears as if a shadow and appears 60 feet towards Kevros and from the air begins to run towards Kevros again dropping to the ground.
Round 1
He looses interest and lightly touches your face with two fingers before starting to slowly walk again.
Sota has been hovering for a few minutes and taking a 20 he eventually sees Katrina...
So Sota returns to the group 3 rounds later, getting to start at ground level at Round 2.
Sota pops his wings and sets them to rapid-fire at the last second, hovering over the ground like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible - yeah, that close, and then backflips while twisting in a way that would make an olympic gymnast jealous and grins, but looks around confused....and annoyed that he didn't have a proper audience for his badassery.
"I found Kat guys! There she..." Seeing the looks of abject horror, the confusion on everyone's face, he raises an eyebrow. "Wait, what's going on? Undead? No, that's her!" The little sprite, having no real knowledge of undead beyond the basic skeleton and zombie variety seems extremely confused.
"Is it true Warden Kev?!"
Quince looks at Stalker with a puzzled look. Ahh never known him to be a face toucher.
Huh.
"Seriously um I had a couple questions."