[PFS_Aerondor] 02-15 Shades of Ice Part 1 (Written in Blood) Tier 1-2 PbP GameDay 3 (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Believing he actually did land a killing blow on that goblin in the dark, Grigori strikes a heroic pose with his saber raised up and his foot on a dead goblin's head in Jazmine's light. Entirely ignoring the jester, he then flourishes his free hand in a sweeping gesture as he bows to Jazmine, "Thank you my dear for that burst of light! It shines forth so brilliantly, almost as does your angelic gaze. I could not have done it vwithout you."

The priest then nods in agreement with the dwarf. He then says to Jazmine, motioning for her to come closer, "Stay close, my dear. More danger lurks within these vwalls."

Upstairs the group finds a central hallway with half a dozen smaller armory rooms off it.

One of the doors is open, and beyond it there is an open window.

The pathfinder team quickly moves to the window and spies a small group of people in the yard below. Two match the descriptions of Runa nd Hjort that they have heard.

Usefuly the scenario provides a map of the top story in which no action takes place, but not of the appropriate courtyard. So we are sticking with the current map, but remember the interior is one floor up, and the courtyard is ten feet down. There is a single window that the team is clustered around.

Hanud (luck of the draw) is next to the window.

A small, frozen yard stands between rickety fences to the east
of the armory. Target dummies, both for melee and archery
training, stand at the far eastern end of the icy field.

As he sees you, Hjort starts to yell and froth. "You'll get yours!". The scholarly man nearby takes out a scroll and reads it.

Status, bold may post
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements)
Jazmine
..Giggles fatigued.
Hjort
Hanud
Gyuri
Runa
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak 3 damage, fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius
Zimti (endure elements)
Lazar

Seeing the foolish pose Gregory stuck, Jazmine quickly turns her light away from him to look at the rest of the room. Annoying, but amusing..... Jazmine thinks. As they get to the window, Jazmine looks out and sees the predicament. "Here! Tie this rope off and we will just go through the window!" Jazmine says as she pulls her rope out of her bag. "I will stay here and give you covering fire with my bow. Quickly now..."

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Juniper lowers a rope, and Grigori delays a bit - probably praying.

Hjort continues to call insults up at the group. "And their souls shall arm me and strengthen my arm. I will paint their names in your blood."

Status, bold may post
Hjort Holding a ready action.
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) (delaying)
Hanud
Gyuri
Runa
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak 3 damage, fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius
Zimti (endure elements)
Lazar
Jazmine
..Giggles fatigued.

If this slows down too much, I'll average the baddies initiative and we'll go back to blocks, which seems to work well.

There's a "bad guy" directly below Hanud, can he see that guy?

If so:

If not:

Round 1

Grigori is about to suggest they simply take the stairs and come around to the yard through the open gate when Hanud climbs out the window. Shrugging, he hastens to mutter a brief prayer for Pharasma's blessing and touches Hanud's shoulder before he exits.

The foppish priest then, with a kiss blown to Jazmine as if she would be concerned for his welfare in bravely going down into battle, follows suit to the window and climbs down after the dwarf.

Cast guidance on Hanud (+1 next attack roll, skill check, or save). Then move to window, climb out and down rope.
Climb: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17

Grigori seizes the chance to offer a last blessing to Hanud. Hanud then jumps out the window. If he had managed to land on the man below, it would have been painful, but he fails and lands in a mess at the mans feet instead.

Grigori follows him down at a slightly more sedate pace.

As he nears the ground Hjort charges towards him, swinging his axe!
attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Luckily Hjort has only a small axe, although now Grigori looks, there is also a large dagger in the frothing mans off hand...

The man at the bottom of the rope ignores the prone Hanud and tries to finish taking out Grigori.
attack1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
attack2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

The mans kick does more damage than the barbarians axe!

Runa calls out "Smite my foes lord Asmodeus"

Everyone, will save DC 13, or suffer from Bane (-1 to hit)

The space at the bottom of the window is now rather crowded. If you jump out, you can clear some extra distance. That would mean an Athletics check.

Status, bold may post
Ozak fatigued. (DC13 will required)
..Azak 3 damage, fatigued. (endure elements) (DC13 will required)
Darius (DC13 will required)
Zimti (endure elements) (DC13 will required)
Jazmine (DC13 will required)
..Giggles fatigued. (DC13 will required)
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) 11 damage. (DC13 will required)
Hanud prone (DC13 will required)
Lazar (delaying to act with his allies and speed up the combat)
Hjort
Gyuri
Runa

will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 very much baned

Darius looks out the window and seeing the jumble below thinks against going down. Instead he blows a kiss towards Hjort. Charm spell dc 14 will
"Yoohooo dear Hjort! That woman Runa has been playing you all along, we just found some proof of it. Perhaps you wish to converse with her about it using your axe?"
diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

WILL: 1d20 ⇒ 17

"No! Smite MY foes! Wouldn't that be ever so much nicer?" as the wee man pulls out a concoction and drugs himself with it, in an effort to make himself that much smarter.

Cognatogen. -2 STR +4 INT.

Feeling super smart now, the wayang heads over to the window and peeks out, careful to keep himself in cover.

Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Giggles Will save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Jazmine feels the ugly tendrils of the Bane spell wrap around her, but Giggles manages to shake it off and jump out of the window, trying to shred the enemy under the window.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

And falls like a stone after catching a claw on the window sill. Jazmine will draw her bow and start off by taking aim at Runa.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 1 = 11

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Round 2

I knew the vwindow vwas not a good idea. The things I do for love...

The priest, impressed with himself for successfully climbing down the rope at least, scoffs at the infernal damnation, "Pfft! Your so-called 'god' has no power over a servant of the Lady, Bringer of Death." He then draws and slices away at Hjort to demonstrate his goddess' role, making a but feeble swing in the air.

Sighing, Uy! Darius and his talk of limpness... I vwill never hear the end of it now... Speaking of whom...

"Uy! Darius, boy! Enough yammering, get down here already! Vwe could use your murderous psychosis right about now!"

Per GM request:
Will vs DC 13: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Draw scimitar, 5 ft. step, and attack Hjort (fatigue):
Attack (scimitar): 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 1 = 7
Damage: 1d6 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 - 1 = 1

Will Ozak: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Will Azak: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

"I'm not jumping out of any second story window. Lets go Azak" With that both dwarves disappear down stairs.

We both double move downstairs and out to get by the courtyard door.

I forgot an attack for giggles Upon thud ding into the ground, Giggles gets up, and lunges after the nearest enemy Talon 1 Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 Talon 2 Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Bite Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Talon 1 Damage: 1d6 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 2 = 4
Bite Attack: 1d4 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 2 = 4

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The dwarf twins head down the internal stairs.I moved you back a little to reflect the actual internal layout of the building at the top and bottom, you can move as normal from now.

Darius calls out to the raging northman in his most convincing voice.
willDC14: 1d20 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 5 = 21 The northman doesn't look convinced.

Zimti, knowing there is no good time not to have a drink, mixes a quick one and downs it. Man he feels good right now. Lets hope his aim is good too.

Jazmine can take an action, the only material affect of the bane spell is -1 to hit and -1 on saves vs fear. See later, I'm assuming her action is to "push" giggles into doing the jump out of the window.

Giggles jumps out of the window
damge: 1d6 ⇒ 2 and lands prone on the ground.
Standing up is a move action, which provokes an AOO, Giggles won't be able to get an attack in this round. Jumping out of a window is definitely a 'push' action, which should really have had a handle animal skill roll associated with it. For the sake of keeping the action flowing, we'll assume she did this and succeeded.
AOO Hjort: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 4 = 27
AOO Gyuri: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 2 + 4 = 23
damage Hjort: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
damage Gyuri: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Giggles is sorely wounded, but on his feet and ready to Party.

Grigori make space under the window, but his own attack is weak.

Hanud is up, then Team Evil (tm). Unless Gyuri has combat reflexes, Hanud will be able to stand without providing an AOO

Status, bold may post
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak 3 damage, fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius Bane,
Zimti (endure elements)
Jazmine Bane
..Giggles fatigued. 13 damage
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) 11 damage.
Hanud prone (DC13 will required)
Lazar (delaying to act with his allies and speed up the combat)
Hjort
Gyuri
Runa

Yay Bane is an Enchantment!

Will: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 27

Hanud takes a full defense as he stands up, grinning and holding his axe and shield in a defensive posture.

"That was fun. Yer going to fall down yerself soon. I won't make it fun."

Darius, I moved you a little, as to do the charm, you really should have had line of sight on Hjort, which you didn't. You still don't but it is closer.

The scholar, seeing the doughty Hanud get to his feet, twiddles his fingers and a dart of magic force flies out into the dwarf.
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Hjort tries to beat the already wounded Grigori into the ground.
axe attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
dagger attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
He feints with the axe, and then drives his dagger deep into the priest.
damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Gyuri, the man at the bottom of the rope, ignores the wounded Giggles and the newly risen Hanud to try and help Hjort finish off Grigori.
attack1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
attack2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
His eagerness however leads to clumsy blows, which Grigori fends off.

Runa calls again on her diabolic patron "Smite them my Lord
channel: 1d6 ⇒ 5 <-excludes her companions.
Okay, 2 damage on Will DC 15 save, 5 on a fail; Ozak, Azak and Juniper are out of the effect

Things start to look dodgy for the pathfinder team, all damaged, many tired and the enemy not yet scratched! Time to change that. Lets hope Zimti's aim is better, not that he can have too many bombs left, surely.

The party is up!
Status, bold may post
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak 3 damage, fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius Bane, 2 damage, Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Zimti (endure elements) 2 damage, Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Jazmine Bane
..Giggles fatigued. 15 damage; Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) 17 damage. Will DC 15 to avoid another 3.
Hanud 7 damage, Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Lazar
Hjort
Gyuri
Runa

Round 3

Though axe, and dagger, demonic wrath, and winter chill have bloodied and tired the Pharasmin priest, Grigori still stands. Truly he is a diehard man.

Standing confidently, and seeing his comrades' lack of success in harming a hair on their enemies (yet!), the priest now casts a gaze of intensity towards Hjort. He holds up his own holy symbol with his free hand, and prays to the Lady of Graves for healing.

Then, with a smirk on his face, he asks Hjort, "You know you cannot vwin this. You vwill lose... just like the village of the Blood Ram tribe lost, heh heh heh." Grigori, grinning at Hjort through the pain of being stabbed, slashed, smitten, and frozen, looks for a response in his enemy's eyes.

Channel (heal) all within 30 ft, then 5 ft. step:
HP everyone heals: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Per GM Request:
Will vs DC 15: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Sense Motive on Hjort re. the village:
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Ha ha! Really need to put ranks in this at least...

sorry if I didn't had line of sight. But then I shouldn't be hit by the channel right?

will: 1d20 ⇒ 16

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Exactly, I figured there had been an extra window put in, I should have put in the first floor map as well, this will teach me to be lazy. :-)

So yes or no on the charm and dmg? Otherwise Darius would have started to sing his beautiful song. Not that it mattered much.

Where is this window exactly? I had thought it'd between me and Jazmine, judging by where all the courtyard people ended up. Guessing the lonesome guy is the creepy dark scholar. The cutie blonde is the one Runa of the making Zimti roll WILL saves. The redhead and the blond brutes, then, are Hjort and Gyuri? Which is which?

WILL: 1d20 ⇒ 7

"Hey, stop calling for help from your god, and fight like a girl!" Zimti shouts out the window. The shout is followed by a bomb, lobbed in the general direction as the shout.

At the blond girl in the upper left. PBS in effect. Cognatogen in effect. So +3 direct (+7 total), +2 splash damages (7 total)

Bomb!: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 Splash 7

Zimti then moves away from the window to avoid the blasted Runa's cursing.

Where is this window, exactly? Is it where Zimti was standing? (I just moved him 5' north for now. Will reposition once I figure out where the window is exactly.

Jazmine leans out of the window with he bow again. Take out the spell casters or the blasted fighters?????..... screw it I will have to trust that the fighters can handle themselves She then aims at Runa and her damned enchanting. Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 2 - 1 = 16
+2 hight bonus, -1 bane
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

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Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Hanud Grunts and tries to hide his injuries by attacking the man next to him furiously.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

"Get their spellcasters. They're the biggest threat!"

Is the scholar the one in the corner to the left of Hanud? If so, he'll take the 5' step I indicated. I do not want to be stuck with spellcasters firing magic missiles with impunity.

Current Status:
HP 3/13

Ahem! I just healed at least most of you 3 hp. Hanud is at 6, Jazmine at full, Zimti at 9, ...

Ooh, I got the order reversed. That was sweet. Zimti is still mad at that cute girl in the back. Thanks.

Rolling poorly on initiative has its perks, lol. Edit: No actually, all the damage was done on Runa's turn, so... bad init has no advantage after all. :)

Ozak moves up trying to get around the enemy. Azak Moves and swipes the guy in the corner.

Azak Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 - 1 = 16 Damage: 1d6 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 - 1 = 3

I'll wait for the gm's response before writing Darius'action

Darius will start his battle song and starts to climb down the rope.

Don't forget your bonus hp's from +1 con mod

For the map, I've added colour boxes to help distinguish people. The only names you know though are Hjort and Runa.

For windows, assume the people in the tiled room have windows looking out. So the windows are on the bottom two squares looking out over the courtyard

Ozak and Azak continue to race through the house, the faster Azak managing to land a blow of the scholar before the man even realises the dwarf is there.

Darius starts to sing yet another irritating song. Man that is getting on everyones nerves. He then climbs down the rope to the ground.

Zimti throws a bomb, hitting Runa, and splashing Hjort.
reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13 Both yell in pain.

Jazmine dashes to a window and fires at Runa.
I moved you to a window The arrow hits and the foul priestess falls over, her eyes rolling back in her head.

Grigori, seeing his team in trouble, calls on his patron to not yet accept their souls. Everyone heals 3, including baddies

Hanud tries to swipe the man in front of him, but misses.

The scholar tries to back away from Azak, and cast a spell..
concentration: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6, but hte Eldion stays in his face, and he can't get the spell off.

Hjort follows up Grigori, determined to fell the priest.
attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
This time he feints with the dagger, and the real blow is from the axe.
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
The priest falls like a chopped tree.

Gyuri, faced with four targets..
target, clockwise from Giggles: 1d4 ⇒ 4 tries to free up Lazar.
attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

But the blows are weak.
Ozak, can you put Azaks stats in your bar if you are posting for him from Ozak, so I can check AC etc..

Status, bold may post
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius Bane,
Zimti (endure elements) 2 damage,
Jazmine Bane
..Giggles fatigued. 12 damage; Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) 23 damage, dying
Hanud 7 damage
Lazar (yellow)
Hjort(red) 4 damage
Gyuri (green)
Runa(black) 13 damage, unconscious, stable.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Hanud attempts to strike at Gyuri, finding the warrior a bit more difficult to strike than he had hoped.

Hanud is at 7/13 HP... somewhat better. Thank you Grigori!

Azak Steps over and unleashes on the scholar.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 1 = 8 Damage: 1d6 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 1 = 5
Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 - 1 = 16 Damage: 1d6 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 - 1 = 4

Ozak round the corner putting magic into his blade and swing at the other guy.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 1 = 18 Damage: 1d8 + 3 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 - 1 + 1 = 8

Round 4

The foppish priest, taking yet another axe slash, refuses to give Hjort the satisfaction of a grunt. Feeling everything going dark, he slows his descent to the ground with dignity... vain to the last.

Stabilize check (if nobody gets to him before his turn):
Con check vs DC 10: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Zimti mumbles to himself as he watches the commotion down below. "Poor Grigori. I will miss him..." Zimti watches the floor below, looking for an opportunity to strike.

Zimti readies an action to throw a bomb at the first enemy to step into a square with no Zimti allies around him.

"I guess Grigori's age finally caught up to him, he's falling asleep already!" Darius laughs as he swings his greatsword at the guy in front of him.

attack: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 - 1 = 17
dmg: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 5) + 6 = 13

If he is still up, otherwise move and attack Runa

Watching the amourus priest go down, Jazmine starts swearing. If I have to heal him, he's never going to leave me alone... damn... Jazmine swings out of the window and climbs down the rope to Grigsby and casts Cure Light Wounds. CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

In the meantime, Giggles tries to eviscerate the man that felt her such painful blows. Talon 1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Talon 2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Talon 1 Dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Talon 2 Dmg: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Bite Dmg: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Darius are you singing? If you are he automatically accepts the rage song and the temp health. If he hadnt already.

aye I am

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Grigori does not open his eyes at Jazmine's touch, but he appears to be having... let's just say, a pleasant dream.

Sorry Jazmine, couldn't resist lol. Also, you might want to Cast Defensively to avoid an AoO from Hjort...

Ozak hits the guy who tries to hit him. Ozak is a wee bit more successful than the unarmed man, and belts him hard. Meanwhile his twin continues to harry the scholar, scoring another light wound on him.

Darius unleashes a massive blow against the man in front of him, knocking the man to the ground and all but cutting off his head.

Zimti gets tired of waiting for someone to step out from melee and drops a bomb into the middle of the courtyard.
bomb vs ac5: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
A satisfing boom! goes off, showering the bad guys with bits of burning stuff.
reflex hjort: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
reflex lazar: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Giggles steps forward and totally unloads on the burning and raging Hjort. Entrails Everywhere.

Seeing the barbarian is nolonger risk, Jazmine steps up to stabilise Grigori. Hanud takes the oportunity to advancing on the solitary scholar.

Lazar, realising he is surrounded and and without any backup holds up his hands in surrender.

Wow, and there was me thinking Team Evil had you on the ropes. Well, hopefully you thought they did anyway.

Status, bold
Ozak fatigued.
..Azak fatigued. (endure elements)
Darius Bane,
Zimti (endure elements) 2 damage,
Jazmine Bane
..Giggles fatigued. 12 damage; Will DC15 to avoid a further 3
Grigori fatigued. (endure elements) 21 damage, dying
Hanud 30 damage
Lazar (yellow) 9 damage
Hjort(red) 9 damage,
Gyuri (green) 21 damage
Runa(black) 13 damage, unconscious, stable.

Seeing the last of the enemy surrender, Jazmine goes ahead and gives Grigori the last of her spells
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

She then walks over to the surviving member of the group and eyes him up and down.. "Talk fast and we may let you live. What happened here, and why if the name of the gods was that man after us??"

"Was that it?! That was awfully boring... Even the old man fell asleep! Hi hi hi!"

Zimti watches the tide turn on a copper, and lets out an involuntary WHOOP at the sound of the enemies surrendering. He quickly races down to join the group, patting his comrades on the back. "That was amazing! I thought they had the advantage for a moment there."

The shadowy figure joins Jazmine and pats her on the shoulder. "We make a good team, don't you think?" And before Giggles can jump him, the wee man pulls out a stick, nicely chewed from the dinosaur's prior play. "Want to play fetch?"

With a sly grin at the waking Grigori, Zimti flashes a smile at Jazmine and leaves the rest of the party to the interrogations as he goes to play with Giggles.

Jazmine turns at Zimtis arrival and grins at him. "That we do!" Then returns her glare to the prisoner

"Yes mistress," Grigori blurts out as he returns to consciousness with a smile. Seeing Jazmine frowning at him, "Ah my dear! I had a most vwonderful dream... may I share it vwith you?" Memory of the battle returning to him, he grows more stern, "Ah but let us return to the business at hand first."

To Darius, "Indeed, I thought that vwas vwhat you were doing up there, vwhile I vwas actually doing something productive." Spotting the bloody greatsword, "I see you have actually done something useful, however. Perhaps there is some hope for you yet, boy." The priest seems to indicate disbelief in his last statement, given the tone in which he speaks it.

Approaching the last man standing, the priest adds to Jazmine's query, "Yes, tell us vwhat happened at the Blood Ram tribe village to turn Hjort mad against our prestigious organization vwith such vengeance?"

To Zimti, he smirks at Jazmine while puffing up his chest like a ridiculous peacock, "I had, no doubt. Not with an elvish goddess amidst our ranks!" Announcing this last bit loudly, his arm extends towards Jazmine, as if he were an over-the-top actor on stage presenting his leading lady to an audience.

Then noticing some holes in his attire from axe and blade, the priest remarks more softly to himself, "Uy. This vwill take a few mendings..."

Lazar turns out to be very talkative.

"Hjort... he's insane." the scholar looks at the dead barbarian. "That is, well, he was insane. His village was wiped out by pathfinders. Then he met up with Runa here in Trollheim, and they recruited Gyuri and myself.."

A quick search of the other unconscious bodies turns up some interesting information. Especially on Runa.

It seems Runa may have been a little more than she appeared. Going over coded documents, you eventaully work out that she is a member of the Shadow Lodge. Based up in Whitethone, she arranged for the sacking of Hjorts village in the search for an ancient Linnorm artifact. Disgusing the dead as pathfinders with some captured wayfinders she met up with Hjort and turned his revenge against the pathfinders.

In the meantime Skagni, the scholar you seek, has been sent to Whitethone as 'a potentially valuable slave.'.

It sounds like the job is only half done. That hefty chest is going to have to do some more travelling...

i was right with the charm lol

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