"Yes, perhaps I could use that cup of tea. Nothing like a hot beverage to make the researching go smoothly, eh?" Gellius shudders as he says that last bit.
Ioann bow his head, whether as an apology or simply so as to fall back into his normal posture is hard to tell. He keeps silent while listening to the priest and answers as soon as the father is done talking.
"No need to patronize me with long stories, father. I understand your teaching, no need to water it down." he says serioulsy.
He then chuckles and adds:
"... just wanna make sure this 'angelic woman' does not get mauled by a bear while looking for snakes. And yes, let us search for the names of these people." finishes Ioann, ready to follow them inside.
Actually, I will take some coffee if you don't mind. Terrance comments with a grin As for the research, I am a little out of my depth, and all I can do is help
Kendra goes to fetch tea and coffee.
For myself, before, thank you.
Ravel will rise to help Kendra make tea and coffee before they delve into research.
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Kendra and Ravel return with tea, coffee, and finger sandwiches after a short while.
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Ravel sips tea as she allows Narcissa to nibble on a sandwich with her.
My thanks ladies Terrance says as he takes a coffee and a sandwitch.
Once in the library, Ravel will begin to study what the Professor knew about Harrowstone and its convicts. "Research all that we can, I'm going to start with Harrowstone itself."
Research Topic: The Five Prisoners
Ioann goes throught books and scrolls in order to find anything that could be related to the subject and hands them to Ingrid for her to peruse more deeply.
Ioann goes on helping Ingrid.
Terrance after his coffee digs into the library with some trepidation.
giving ingrid a +2 on her knowledge check.
Frustrated, Ravel seems unable to find anything of importance in the tomes she peruses in the Lorrimor library. "Darlings is anyone having better luck than I am with other subjects?"
I have found little bits and pieces here and there. I showed them to Ingrid, but I cannot make heads nor tails of them.
I need another coffee, pardon me. with that, Terrance steps out of the library to get another cup of coffee.
Orin, taking some of the drink and food, decides to try his hand at academics.
However, he finds the food far too good, distracting him greatly.
"No luck over here, I'm afraid..."
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Father Charlatan (Sefick Corvin): Of the five notorious prisoners, only Father Charlatan as not technically a murderer, yet his crimes were so blasphemous that several churches demanded he be punished to the full extent of Ustalavic law. Although he claimed to be an ordained priest of any number of faiths, Father Corvin was in fact a traveling con artist who used faith as a mask and a means to bilk the faithful out of money in payment for false miracles or cures. He became known as Father Charlatan after his scheme was exposed and his Sczarni accomplices murdered a half-dozen city guards in an attempt to make good the group’s escape.
The Lopper (Vance Saetressle): When the Lopper stalked prey, he would hide in the most unlikely of places, sometimes for days upon end with only a few supplies to keep him going while he waited for the exact right moment to strike. Once his target was alone, the Lopper would emerge to savagely behead his victim with a handaxe.
The Mosswater Marauder (Ispin Onyxcudgel): Only 5 years before his hometown of Mosswater was destined to be overrun and ruined by monsters from the nearby river, Ispin Onyxcudgel was a well-liked artisan and a doting husband. When he discovered his wife’s infidelity, he flew into a jealous rage and struck her dead with his hammer, shattering her skull and his sanity with one murderous blow. Wracked with shame and guilt, Ispin became convinced that if he could rebuild his wife’s skull she would come back to life—but unfortunately, he could not find the last blade-shaped fragment from the murder site. So instead, Ispin became the Mosswater Marauder. Over the course of several weeks, the cunning dwarf stalked and murdered nearly 20 people while searching for just the right skull fragment. He was captured just before murdering the daughter of a visiting nobleman from Varno, and was carted off to Harrowstone that same night.
The Piper of Illmarsh (real name unknown): Before he snatched his victims, the Piper taunted his targets with a mournful dirge on his flute. He preferred to paralyze lone victims by dosing their meals with lich dust and then allowed his pet stirges to drink the victims dry of blood.
The Splatter Man (Hean Feramin): Professor Feramin was a celebrated scholar of Anthroponomastics (the study of personal names and their origins) at the Quartrefaux Archives in Caliphas. Yet an accidental association with a succubus twisted and warped his study, turning it into an obsession. Feramin became obsessed with the power of a name and how he could use it to terrify and control. Soon enough, his reputation was ruined, he’d lost his tenure, and he’d developed an uncontrollable obsession with an imaginary link between a person’s name and what happens to that name when the person dies. Every few days, he would secretly arrange for his victim to find a letter from her name written in blood, perhaps smeared on a wall or spelled out with carefully arranged entrails. Once he had spelled his victim’s name, he would at last come for her, killing her in a gory mess using a complex trap or series of rigged events meant to look like an accident.
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Still a little sore, and feeling slightly staby/burny, Ake focuses her mind on researching the Five Prisoners on her own.
Mostly to regain control of her temper and not lash out at her new friends.
She sips on coffee, rather daintily, the entire time, staying quiet and silent.
Cuddles bounces between the people in the library, sometimes on Ravel's head, other times scuttling around the others feet or sitting in their lap.
Reading over Ingrid's shoulder, Ioann's face contorts into a grimace of horror.
"These people were sick...." he mutters to himself before turning to father Grimburrow.
"Anyone here in town whose name starts with a V?"
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Having calmed down with some wonderful tea and downing a small bit of liquid from a vial that was stored on his arm, Gellius dives into the books in the estate.
Ioann nods to Ingrid.
"Also, Orin's name was fully written in blood. This copycat does not emulate well..."
Ioann scratches his head for a moment before he replies.
"No, not at the moment. But we don't have anything left to do here. We should go... thanks for the help father."
It is late and dark out as you head back to the Lorrimor estate. Everyone in town seems to be in sleeping except for the soft sounds of music and laughter floating across the river, likely coming from the tavern. You are able to return home without event.
Stepping over towards Ake, Orin tries not to startle the small goblin. "Find anything, Ake?"
On his way back to the Lorrimor estate, Ioann is silent. Once Ingrid and him get to the doorstep, he opens the door and gets in, leaving the task of closing the door to the paladin. After shaking some water droplets off his clothes, he walks into the library and slumps unto a chair. He then addresses Orin, clearly interrupting Ake.
"Orin, you should avoid going into your room... it might be trapped."
Whats this Terrance inquires, a trap by what ?
Orin turns to Ioann and gets a little stiff. "Trapped? How so?"
Gellius cocks an eyebrow at Ioann. "You mean to tell me that someone snuck into here and trapped Orin's room? That would be ridiculous!" Gellius starts laughing.
After a couple seconds he stops. "That would be ridiculous, right?"
Ioann stays still, in his usual "I don't care" sort of stance, but still responds to the others.
"Good question Terrance... Maybe by some mad person trying to emulate murders that happened years ago... How? don't know... it is as ridiculous has huge blood letters being written in a closed room... all I know is that someone will be setting traps for you soon."
We will have to deal with anything attempting to trap us later.
All we have been able to determine here, is the names of 5 prisoners. You ?