"... whether they are alive or dead." the warforged continues Toxim's statement.
"Saúdos viaxeiros" the woman calls out to you in a tongue none of you know. Although it does sound vaguely elvish.
Elvish gestamation
Seeing the look of confusion on your faces the woman, starts to look a bit suspicious
"Հասկանում եք նաեւ խոսել հողը?" She calls out, in clear careful tones.
Sylvan
Toxim puts a hand on Karkalla to stop her. "This is NOT good. Let Ardanto handle it. He can charm any woman."
"Not if he and her cant understand a word there sayin ta each other." Karkalla responds listening to the woman speaks "I uh think she may have said hello?"
"Saúdos viaxeiros" the woman calls out to you in a tongue none of you know. Although it does sound vaguely elvish.
Elvish gestamation ** spoiler omitted **
Seeing the look of confusion on your faces the woman, starts to look a bit suspicious
"Հասկանում եք նաեւ խոսել հողը?" She calls out, in clear careful tones.
Sylvan ** spoiler omitted **
"Unless I'm the guy for this job."
Toxim steps forward and responds
Sylvan
Diplomacy
Finn replies in (modern) Elvish:
He adds: "Do you speak Common?"
EDIT: Apparently Finn and Toxim are saying two things at once!
The woman looks at both Finn and Toxim, Finns words seem to confuse her a bit and she looks at Toxim. "Որ շան ունեցողներին, խոսքերը փողով. Ես չեմ հասկանում, բոլորին." She says pointing to Finn.
Կարող եք զանգահարել ինձ lithira, թագուհին այս ավերակներ" She says to Toxim. You are close enough now to clearly see her and she is old, very much so, her skin dark and winkled but her eyes bright and clear. She wears a dress of dark silk of an unknown make and her head is covered by a golden Phylactery of alien design.
"Ով եք դուք, որ թափառում է իմ վեբ? Դուք չեք այդ տեղը. Ես չեմ տեսնում ձեր նման է ու տարիքի ընտրութեան. Ինչ բերում ձեզ իմ վեբ?" she asks Toxim
detect evil
Sylvan
"You may call me lithira,queen of these ruins"
"Who are you that have wandered into my web? You are not from this place. I have not see your like in an age. What brings you to my web?"
"She doesn't seem to be evil, to my senses anyway." Guard informs the group silently. "But I don't understand a word she says."
Guard is still a bit cautious, but keeps his scimitar in it's sheath and his hands away from that.
He also is keeping his eyes at the surroundings and away from the old woman.
Toxim translates a bit.
This is Lithira. She is the queen of these ruins. She asks who we are and what brings us to her web. At this point everyone needs to stay calm, bow in respect, and don't step on any spiders."
He then continues in sylvan, repeating what Finn said.
"Դուք գալիս այլուր? Դուրս է կղզու?" She says in soft tones, her eyes bright.
She leans forward "Դա հազվադեպ բան համար օտար է հակասեն իմ վեբ. Որտեղ է քո հայրենիքը? Ինչպես եք եկել է այստեղ?" she says with open curiosity
Sylvan
"It is a rare thing for outsider to come into my web. Where is your homeland? How did you come to be here?"
Daurros speaks up.
Sylvan
"Our intent was to camp here, in these ruins, only for the evening. Despite my belief that they were already inhabited, I was overruled, and I apologize for the trespass."
"Ախ Sasserine, humm ինչ ցամաքային այն է, որ?" She says, looking at the group paying much attention to Guard and karaklla
"Դուք չեք բոլորը մեկ բարի է, ու չեն նրանք, ովքեր բնակվել դեպի հարավ. Ասա ինձ այս Sasserine. Այս մարդը երկաթ, փայտ ու քար է, որը քայլում է ձեր հետ? Ես երբեք չեմ տեսել, նրա բարի ու չեն տեսել իր տեսակի մեջ երկար ժամանակ.' She beacons to yo sit
'Ես կցանկանայի լսել ձեր ճանապարհորդության, որ արդեն երկար ժամանակ է, քանի որ ես լսել եմ հողերի նկատմամբ ծովը"
The crew seems unsettled and grasp there weapons, unsettled by the woman speaking Languages they do not know.
'You are not all of one kind, and are not of those who dwell to the south.Tell me of this Sasserine. Of this man of iron, wood and stone that walks with you? I have never seen his kind and have not seen her kind in a long time."
"I would like to hear of your travels, it has been long since I have heard of lands over the sea"
"Ախ Sasserine, humm ինչ ցամաքային այն է, որ?" She says, looking at the group paying much attention to Guard and karaklla
"Դուք չեք բոլորը մեկ բարի է, ու չեն նրանք, ովքեր բնակվել դեպի հարավ. Ասա ինձ այս Sasserine. Այս մարդը երկաթ, փայտ ու քար է, որը քայլում է ձեր հետ? Ես երբեք չեմ տեսել, նրա բարի ու չեն տեսել իր տեսակի մեջ երկար ժամանակ.' She beacons to yo sit
'Ես կցանկանայի լսել ձեր ճանապարհորդության, որ արդեն երկար ժամանակ է, քանի որ ես լսել եմ հողերի նկատմամբ ծովը"
The crew seems unsettled and grasp there weapons, unsettled by the woman speaking Languages they do not know.
** spoiler omitted **
Daurros puts his palm up to the crew. "Hold, and sheathe your weapons. I do not believe she means us harm. Why don't you all go and set up camp. Please be respectful of the ruins, and try not to damage anything ... at least not any more than it already is. Toxim, Guard, perhaps you should stay; she seems very curious of Guard."
Sylvan
Daurros will begin answering the woman's questions, hopefully with Toxim's help.
Toxim will answer questions and tell tales. He'll also ask about her people and their language, which seems to share roots with elven.
Finn helps the crew set up camp in a defensible spot, if possible.
Once made aware of the old womans interest in his person, Guard looks at her, then bows courtly.
He steps a bit closer, asking "What would you like to know, Queen Lathira?"
Karkalla remains with Toxim her curiosity having got the better of her.
Toxim will use his Everwand of Comprehend Languages on Guard and Karkalla so they can follow the conversation and, with translation, add to it as well.
She listens to Toxims tells and seems not to mind the others setting up camp with in ruins. When asked about the language she responds. "Oh that was the tongue of the Olman people who now dwell in the south. Once long ago they dwelled here as well. "
She does seem fascinated with both where you are from and Guard. "You are created yes? I have heard tells of such things and legends told in stone. How did you come to be? "
"I am a fabricated being, yes. Our race is called 'Warforged', hinting on our purpose when we were first created. If you would like to know details on the process involved, you would have to ask House Kaninth though.
Still, as far as I know it, I am some degrees of special. Even after serious research I found no word of some person, being or entity to be able to shape incarnum like I am." Guard answers to the Queen, a bit of proudness showing in his gestures.
Ardanto spends more time amongst the crew than the Millennium Falcons, wanting to be close enough to aid them in danger and trusting that the others can handle them selves.
At the old woman he just mutters, "Nah, she is not my type," he is about to add more when she starts talking in a strange tongue, so he clamps his mouth shut and lets the others do the talking.
He makes himself useful and walks the perimeter of the camp, making sure he stays with in visual range of the party.
"I see" she says " I thanks you for your tales.This homeland of yours seems full of wonder, I would very much Like to visit someday. as for your journey there is little I can do to aid you. You should know the way south is dangerous. There are unnatural things that lurk in the dark places, more so now then in the past. I know that four eyes has grazed upon you and their servants seek you out. You would do well to avoid Him. If you plan to head south, take the dark mountain path that travels under the peaks. It was build long ago by the ancients. But beware the hungry birds nest near here and they are fierce near their young. May you wander the web and find your way you home again"
She says, and then she starts to change, her body starts to thicken, her arms splits many times, her head deforms and her eyes split into many eyes. And in mere moments where she sat a very large spider crawls from the throne away from the group and into the ruins.
The crew who sees her are spooked by the sight and even more uneasy within the ruins then before.
"That.. that.. that.. was freaky." Toxim mutters. He goes to help set camp and get a restless night's rest.
"You can say that.
Did that conversation have any point at all?" Guard asks no one in particular.
Once the camp is set up, he starts circling it in irregular patterns, staying just inside the light of the campfire as he moves about.
**Synopsis Given**
"The point, hopefully, is that now, they won't have us for dinner."
"Aww she wasn't that bad." Karkalla comments doing her best to find a comfortable place to settle down for the night.
"As long as Guard can assure us that he detected no ill will from her, I won't worry too much about her. There are plenty of other more mundane monsters to be afraid of. But what did she mean by 'four eyes'? You didn't press her on that point?"
"No. When she changed into a huge arachnid and left, my assumption was that the discussion had ended, so I did not press her. You are free to go back and try to find her yourself, of course."
With that, Daurros finds a place to sleep. He once again does not offer to take a watch.
"Bloody Khyber what crawled up his arse and died?" Karkalla asks out loud once she is fairly certain that Daurros is out of earshot.
Finn smiles crookedly. "I think he's just a pessimist. I can't blame him, after being attacked by giant spiders, pirates, bloodthirsty animals, undead horrors, basilisks, land goo, sea goo, seaweed, shapeshifting assassins, giant lizards and vampires. Not to mention being shipwrecked on this godsforsaken island. When I'm not cursing fate, I'm cursing Vanthus Vanderboren; he's to blame for at least half of it."
The night goes by without much trouble, a few false alarms here and there, that folks with better eyesight see nothing or just spiders, big spider but ones that seem to give the camp a great berth.
Nothing approaches from beyond the ruins, mostly likely do to the spiders the size of small dogs living within. But pass the night does and a little past Dawn finds Lithira standing some distance from you camp, a fact that makes more then a few crew uneasy. She waves you forward with a "fallow me motion"
"Wat'ch be thinking th' spider witch be a wanting?" Lilith says coming near the group
"Toxim -- go find out what she has to stay. I'm staying here with the crew for now," Finn suggests, glancing protectively at Amella.
Karkalla heads towards Lithira
Daurros sighs a bit, collects his gear, and goes towards Lithira.
Sylvan
Sense Motive on her
Toxim gathers his belongings, gives Lirith a kiss and goes off to see what Lithira wants.
"Greetings, Queen."
"and you wanted me to charm her.." Ardanto mutters as the old crone turns into a monsterous spider.
.......
"four eyes watches us?" he muses, "so a guy with spectacles, doesn't sound so dangerous."
.......
In the morning Ardanto continues to keep him self busy, feeling more and more useless in the land of the dinosaurs and spider women and big flesh eating birds.....
"Ողջունելով դուրս, հուսով եմ դուք կենդանիները առաջացրել դուք ոչ մի փորձանքի մեջ գիշեր. Եթե դուք ցանկանում են ճանապարհորդել նաեւ տակ անցուղի, գլուխը ներքեւ այս փողոցում.' She says pointing down a overgrown half buried section of the ruins
"Այն կարող է դժվար է տեսնել, բայց վերջում այդ փողոց, դու պիտի տեսնեն մոռացել հետք. Նայիր սուր եւ դուք կտեսնեք, մոռացված Մարկերներ. Նրանք նայում որպես գազանների կամ հին է, որ կառուցված ընդունումը."
With a nod and a showing gesture she says "Եթե դուք մնալ վրա հետք, ընդունումը կդնի պակաս, քան կես օր քայլել, շատ ավելի երկար, եթե դուք զարմանում են դուրս քաշել. Պակաս վտանգներից, ինչպես նաեւ, բայց նայում սոված թռչունների, նրանք, բույն, որ այնպես, ինչպես ես զգուշացրել եմ ձեզ.'
Sylvan
"It may be hard to see, but at the end of this street, you shall see a forgotten trail. Look sharp and you will see the forgotten markers. They look as beasts or the ancients that built the passage."
'If you stay upon the trail, the passage will lay less then a half day walk, much longer if you wonder off the trail. Less dangers as well, but do watch the hungry birds, they nest that way as I warned you."
"Thank you, Queen, for your hospitality and your aid." Toxim bows. "Before leaving, I do have one request. The language you were speaking before, Olman, I believe you called it. I wish to learn it. Perhaps you know of someone who could teach it to me and, perhaps help to guide us along?"
Diplomacy
She pauses at Toxims questions "Որ Olmen մարդիկ հիմնականում ապրում վրա հարավային մասը կղզի է, ոմանք դեռ ապրում է հյուսիս կամ սիրտը կղզու. Նրանք ցանկանում եք խուսափել."
Sylvan
"Thank you. If that is all, we have a long way to go and should be on our way."
Toxim will again take point, leading the group further south. He tells the others what she said (read the spoiler).
Perception
Finn passes a DC 20 Perception check even on a 1, so it shouldn't be hard to follow the markers.
You take your leave of Lithira and her ruins, making your way into the jungle and the near invisible path Finn seemed to be able to fallow with no effort. The crew was glad to be away from the ruins, even if they kept weapons ready and seemed ready to fire at any movement as you moved though the jungle.
As the mountains grow closer the area seems to be more crossed with trails of all manor of beast. The signs of the large birds are easy for Finn to see as well, both tracks and feathers. You do recall Lithira telling you of a nest near the entrance.
I'd like to go ahead a bit and try to use Wild Empathy to 'secure passage' for the group. I'll still have them give as wide a berth as possible, but I'd prefer not to have to fight hordes of mama death birds if we don't have to.
A small group might be a good thing if anyone wants to come along. A single human might seem like a rather tasty snack rather than a viable emissary to them.
Karkalla will follow Toxim.
Finn will stay behind to protect the group, but he wishes the rest of the Falcons luck with the angry birds.
With his armor clanking the attention of pretty much everything, Guard stays with the Crew and Finn as well.
Ardanto thinks of volunteering, but then clunks a few more steps in his armour and decides to stay with Finn and the crew.
As Toxim and Karkalla start heading towards the birds, the fact that Daurros fell in a few paces behind almost escapes their notice. As they walk, he speaks quietly. "You realize these are stupid, yet likely very protective nasty birds, right? Is there a reason you want to make friends, instead of fried chicken?"
Daurros also pulls out his wand of mage armor and uses a charge on himself.