Von steps back from the mad lady, then cast a spell to try and force her to drop her weapon.
First the AOO then normal attacks.
Power attack
AOO
Von-Dai puts additional distance between himself and the woman and again casts a spell on her weapon, this time coating it in slippery grease.
Zeltyieli swings his scarf at the figure, trying to strike it down.
for
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Zel that's a threat, try to confirm
Von-Dai humphs, dismissing his grease spell. "Well, that certainly wasn't pleasant. I don't appreciate being stabbed. Are we questioning her, or letting her die?"
Zeltyieli says, "I can stabilize her and we can ask questions.. Though I think I'd feel better if she were bound."
"Yeah, best to tie her up before we wake her. "
He gets out some rope and ties them up as soundly as possible, and not in a nice way- hogtie most likely. We're not here to make friends.
Zeltyieli casts Stabilize as the others bind her, then begins to look at her wounds.
"What exactly was your mission?"
"And before you answer, consider there's many different ways to die. Some are more pleasant than others. " he adds while cracking his whip.
Von-Dai casts a spell, seeking any magical auras upon her.
Zeltyieli shakes his head, "Of course that's what they're doing --- and claiming a Runelord's power as their right." He takes a moment, then says, "Is there anything more you can tell us, or you not important enough to get any details?"
Continuing to concentrate on his spell, Von-Dai nevertheless snorts. "Claiming you have the right to any Runelord's power is foolhardiness, at best. Furthermore, I have yet to see you or any of the Grey Maidens here demonstrate anything close to the necessary magical understanding to be capable of wielding a fraction of Sorshen's power. You meddle in forces that are beyond you, and you are fortunate that you and your sisters have not destroyed yourselves in your search."
"Yeah, my brother told me about Runelords, and they are bad news. Thinking you can trifle with them or even just their memories is not a good idea. I understand some of them still are out there sleeping after all these centuries. I mean poke the bear is one thing, but poke the Tarrasque? That's just idiotic. "
"But I get you're trying to be vague. I don't need vague, I need to know where this is happening. You will tell me, or you won't be happy. "
"Ok, well do you have some particular item you're talking about?"
Zeltyieli blinks, "Sorry, what? Sorshen appeared to you? All of you?"
A contemplative look appears on Von-Dai's face as he considers the Maiden's words. If Sorshen had somehow returned, this entire endeavor was likely to end with their mental enslavement, death, or possibly both. Not a particularly pleasant fate, to be sure. He did not doubt she was powerful enough to survive Earthfall - likely all the Runelords were - but perhaps she could be negotiated with. He didn't think she could be trusted in such a negotiation, however.
Aloud, he asked, "What is the trial? Why do you wish to bring her power back to Korvosa?"
Von-Dai listened. He had heard rumors that Queen Ileosa had been deposed. Of course, he had also heard that she had nearly destroyed the city. These Grey Maidens must have been some of her followers. "So much conflicting information out of Korvosa these days. Rumors of a terrible plague and such. It's hard to know what's true and what's false. Tell me, did Sorshen say how her soul was bound to the Lady of Light?"
Zeltyieli watches quietly, waiting.
Marcus just glares at the prisoner, not having any better lines of questioning.
"Can you tell us where Sorshen can be found? We have some experience dealing with similar magics of the mind, and may be able to help her break it."
Zeltyeli resists the urge to ask the flood of questions in his mind, What kind of magic can warp the mind of a runelord? Is it something about her nature and the magic that she's absorbed?
"OK, up we go. "
Then he gags her.
While Marcus gags the woman, Von-Dai goes to look over the documents and maps she was looking at.
Zeltyieli says, "It must be one of the clone bodies or something. I mean, there's no way we can handle a runelord."
"Yeah, an actual rune lord would chew us up and spit us out. "
Von-Dai replies, "I doubt it to be one of the Clone bodies, unless someone died and somehow put their soul into the body itself. I suspect that, based on the description of her behavior, this person is wielding the Shard of Lust. I do not think Sorshen would be so foolish as to do so without properly preparing it, first, and her Enchantment magic is such that she would have no need of it, anyway. You are right that I do not think it Sorshen herself, but that does not mean we should not be prepared. Zeltyieli, do you have any spells to help protect the mind? If we can prevent one or two of us from being controlled by her, it would be most beneficial."
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"You must be the mighty Runelord Sorshen, then. May I ask what happened to your previous supplicant?"
Zeltyieli blinks, the surprise preventing Sorshen's unspoken promises from landing, even as he takes in her tone. He opens his mouth to speak, but finds himself unsure of what to say, closing it with an almost audible click when Von-Dai responds instead, relief clear on his face.
"Yeah, they don't look so healthy. "
"I think he means the body here. " and he will try to close to whip range without giving off a threat.