if you recall from his background, he couldn't whip himself into the frenzy other berserkers could (because he's lawful) but he learned to tap into a different sort of fury that sprang like magic from some mystic source deep inside him...
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He's known to have a feud with the Iron Lord, but its more idealogical than anything. The Iron Lord is the hand of the god of law and knowledge, and one of the most feared swordsmen known.
"МожетКамень Сторож благосклонно на вас , брат ." Auric says to Baldek.
As he speaks he raises his fingertips to his forehead then lowers his hand, palm up, in front of him, in a motion that any familiar with dwarven priests have likely seen before.
"The way you handle that axe, I take it you are a warrior of some type as well? How is it that a dwarven warrior finds himself on the eve of battle without any armor?" His question has no sign of mockery... it seems not only earnest but even concerned.
The sheriff suddenly stretches, and looks around at everyone. I'd suggest some rest before this all goes down tonight. I'm gonna be hidden behind the barricade at the road - I'm pretty sure I can take one down pretty quick, iffn' I get the jump on 'em.
With that, he heads for the door.
I got the youngbloods on duty now, but the old hands'll be takin' over later.
Aya casts Detect Magic and looks at Sakuro for any unusual auras.
Alyra, do you sense anything?
Reiko leans in close as well.
Indeed. Something just happened to me. I could hear every heartbeat in this building for a few moments, like a wave crashing over me. It has subsided, but something is not normal. Aya, can you detect anything? How long have you had that feeling Sakuro?
Alyra concentrates for a few seconds, then -
Something there - like a - ghost? AAAH! BLINDING! What IS it?
Alyra looks suddenly horrified.
Aya continue concentrating.
At the mention of ghosts and ethereal spies Auric slowly rises from his chair and adjusts his belt and scabbards. "Can you pinpoint it... Can you tell if it's a threat?"
Sakuro. I detect a very strange necromantic aura about you. It seems to fade in and out - when it becomes clear for a moment, the intensity is almost blinding! It's overpowering necromancy - something beyond anything I have studied or even imagined. Though I can't understand the specific spells involved, something seems to be peering through an ethereal rift. It's very powerful, but somehow incredibly limited. The spells are very powerful, very strange, and layered. I truly do not understand.
Aya continues looking at Sakuro. I am your friend, Sakuro. I certainly mean you no harm. I just seek to understand and help you, if I can and if you will let me ... us. We are your friends.
Reiko remains silent during this exchange, feeling quite useless as his training never went into these kinds of magics.
Perhaps, after we deal with the ogres, we can go to Wild Roc. There we could consult with my mentor and maybe he can figure this out. Wa'cha think?
Auric fixes his gaze on Sakuro... "Be calm," he says reassuringly, "I may be able to tell if the presence is malevolent..."
Antonion comes back into the common room, after washing his hands.
He stops, taking in the tension in the room.
"So... what's going on?" He asked cautiously.
Listening at the discussion and the various things mentioned she would finally pipe up.
"Do you have that book on you? If so may we see it. That may be the source of this magic."
She would cast her own detect magic as she thought back through the tales in the archives about what could have such a thing. Or create such a thing.
"Something evil definitely was here," Auric says working his gaze around the room and studying something imperceptible to everyone else, "but it is gone now..."
Just for the off chance that whatever they are feeling could possibly be related to his past and what is going on now, Reiko casts his own detect magic to see if he knows what's going on.
Aya returns to the task of scroll scribing.
Reiko sighs in resignation when the boy, and the book, arrives. Then he speaks.
Quite a few of you know that whatever foul magic we found at the farmhouse is linked to my past, and the person I was then. And while I still haven't regained all of those memories, being exposed to it brought some back, enough to know that I once wielded this evil power, and was banished from my homeland because of it, my memories and personality erased. If this book, and this watcher, are linked to that magic, then perhaps if I examine it, I will remember whatever this is... Because I can tell... I used to know.
He looks up at the people, awaiting their judgement for his sins, and whether or not they want to let him see the book.
Nia'Nikta looks at Reiko in curiosity but doesn't say anything about the book. They hadn't even seen it if the boy still had it.
"Before we continue, why don't we see if he truly still has the book." She was curious also if he indeed had it. After all, the aura/emanation had left. Maybe that meant the book was being taken away or just faded for now.
Looking to her Cousin.
"Your cousin says you have a book in your possession. One that she has examined. Do you still have that book with you?"
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He steps over to the door, and closes it - looks over at Sakuro, then everyone else - then pulls off his satchel, and drops it on the table. He unbuttons the flap, then steps back.
The thing really creeps me out, especially since I saw Sakuro's reaction to it. She's young, but she knows ten times more about magic than I ever will. She turned white as a sheet.
He looks back at the satchel again
Look at it if you want, I guess. If she thinks so...I don't know why I took it. I usually just take stupid stuff. You know, just to show I did it. That I can. Then I figured I'd sell it - talked to a guy about selling it it the 'Roost. Now, I don't. know. This thing is freaky.
He goes to the far end of the table and sits - as far as possible from his satchel.
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Ok - when Sakuro pulls the book out - things have changed.
Will roll everyone, please. Bravery bonuses apply.
There, in the center of the front of the book (where the 'crease' was, previously) is an.eye. It is NOT dessicated, but is traced with red, all around it. It is likely a HUMAN eye.
It looks at Sakuro first, then swivels to the others, one at a time. Other details are lost as everyone stands in shock for a few moments.
The book is covered in a strange leather, with lumps and wrinkles.
Int rolls, anyone?