Andrei attempts to read over Ethos's spiked shoulder.
"Our vaults it is. Clean... no... scour the items. For once more they may be used. Many of these weapons and items were once cursed. Small curses upon them still but not too bad. A wielder the black blade needs. Be troublesome it will. Leave alone that one you should." He says in his normal strange way of saying things. As you see the pseudo dragon walks around his feet with purpose.
As Andrei begins to poke his head over Ethos' shoulder the spikes begin to react to you elongating and aiming at you, persuading you to stop. Otherwise you might get poked.
After a few more moments his body relaxes and he taps a few of the tiles on the wall above the book he was writing upon which the tiles begin to glow. Then other items come from the walls items that seem to be in an ooze, or liquid of types.
"Here see what the items go through to be scoured. Ahhhh! Here, look! Ready is this one." He states and plucks a glaive from a brown bubbling substance. Then he points with the glaive at another vat, "See here, not all make it." He lifts a wire frame and nothing is within it. Going over to the central hub where the book and glowing tiles are he waves his hand over the tiles and the vats return into the walls. Then a few more tiles touched and four more items appear at the end of the room. He places the glaive upon a mount that was empty. By magic a plaque appears and written upon it is Mighty Glaive of Sacrifice. The other four items don't seem to be weapons but tools or other wondrous items:
Cloak of the Bat, which looks like folded bat wings on the pedestal. Aura moderate transmutation; DC 22.
Ring of Soul Protection, bronze braided ring, Aura strong abjuration. DC 30.
Gloves of Magical Reach, oxblood leather gloves, Aura moderate conjuration; DC 24 Spellcraft.
This taut black band, clipped with a black metal skull, is attached on the outside of a black hat, Aura faint enchantment and abjuration; DC 16 Spellcraft to be identified.
Ethos then looks at Aramyros, "Know only what the writing says, do I. Willing you are, ask the book with the pen. Hurt it will."
Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th; Weight 1 lb.; Price 8,302 gp
DESCRIPTION
This black +1 dagger has a serrated edge. It allows the wielder to use a poison effect (as the spell, save DC 14) upon a creature struck by the blade once per day. The wielder can decide to use the power after he has struck. Doing so is a free action, but the poison effect must be invoked in the same round that the dagger strikes.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Magic Arms and Armor, poison; Cost 4,302 gp
and that is it...
As Andrei begins to poke his head over Ethos' shoulder the spikes begin to react to you elongating and aiming at you, persuading you to stop. Otherwise you might get poked.
The cleric looks over the fearsome weapons..with distain. The only weapon here I can use is the dagger, and that looks evil as all get out. Forget it. Some 'benefactor', the varisian thought to himself.
Ethos nods at Lilianne's report. "Following another's teleportation is tricky. The sooner you clear the goblins the better now. These are likely at fault for summoning it. Giving souls to become demons themselves. But first a reward. Finish clearing the site and burn it." He states walking around the camp to find a stone wall behind some ivy. He slashes the ivy clearing the path and pulls out his black blade. The door opens on its own and he enters. Light glows from the tunnel.
"It did not teleport. Aramyros interrupted a spell and then it just flew away. I got a last attack in on it, but it was not enough to bring it down."
Then she burned away the rest of the goblin camp as instructed. She had a hard enough time understanding Ethos when he spoke plainly about simple things, but she could hardly grasp every other word now. Still, she thought she understood something. "This place, that stuff," she said, pointing to the goo. "It removes curses from magic items?"
Goblins will survive, breed, and be a problem over and over again if not dealt with. It is more important than finding what lies down the tunnel, and it is her mission. With her skills at perception, she knocks over tents, opens barrels, and overturns just about everything while people are down in the tunnel. At Aramyros' words, she and those searching with her will hold those goblins she finds captive and knocked unconscious.
When the deed is done, she will finally move down into the tunnels to report.
"The camp has been cleansed. Blaze is burning down the camp and filth. No more goblin threat. The remaining hidden have been found and are unconscious and bound or dead. I can interrogate them later if you wish, sir? What would you have us do next?"
Her eyes scan the room and the various items in it but mostly she keeps attention to her superior.
The goblin found in the barrel with the coins and apples would easily be knocked out.
Round 1 with Aramyos
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It gets up and attacks.
Round 2 with Aramyos
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It slices at you twice...
Round 3 with Aramyos
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AC 19, and 19 hp.
Anyone can jump into the fight if you want but Aramyos should be able to handle it on his own. This is before anyone goes down the tunnel. Ethos is walking to the wall at this moment. Aukan would watch for the first round.
"You gonna need some help with that?" He asks waiting for the aasimar to ask.
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Later in the vault he looks at all the wonderful items. He looks at each of the plaques and then once Ethos is looking at the group he asks, "So we can only take one of them?!"
Ethos nods to Blaze, and picks up his dragon and speaks clearly again, "Some curses have, no most curses can be broken down or reduced by these methods. Some need specific requirements but time and the right acid or other compound does great. Yes you each may take one of the items. The non weapon items still are very cursed but you can see if it works for you or not. Magics here make it so a cursed item won't latch onto you."
He nods to Lillianne appreciatively then answers her, ”Take an item if you want, help the others in choosing, return to camp, I will be hunting.” With that he begins to leave. Shar sticks around watching what you select.
After scaring the hell out of the goblin, Aramyros watches the little guy come at him. He easily dodges its attack and then steps back five feet, preparing to cast a spell and shouting at the Goblin:
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"Yes sir..." she replies with authority, trailing off in wonder as to what he means by hunting? Is he going after the demon? She partially wishes she could see that after the beast took a taste of her. Anger burns in her heart at the thought of it and she blinks to snap her thoughts away.
"I don't think I'd use any of these weapons, preferably. I wish there was a bow. Perhaps that is what was on this wireframe..." she smirks, disinterested in the choices before her. Ethos' common tongue confused the hell out of her, as well as the overall random strangeness of this room. Was she supposed to dip items into the goo? She didn't know, so all she could understand was that the goo rid curses from items and that perhaps the remaining non-weapon items certainly did have curses. Disinterested in items she doesn't know about she focuses elsewhere. Lilianne desires her floral wreath, as it was quite beautiful and yet cursed. Perhaps it would not melt in the goo?
"I'll be back, I am going to go to camp and return with those cursed items we found. Perhaps we can get them to work for us without hazard. Aramyros, perhaps this cloak will help you sneak better despite your armor? Dip that in the goo and see if it works for you?"
Thorn staggers and leans upon a nearby tree for support as his mind begins a rollercoaster montage of memories jumbled together. Past, Present or Future. The images juxtaposed on each other and makes no sense.
He struggles to hold himself in this maelstrom of memories but his efforts render him temporarily numb as his palms pressed hard agaisnt teh rough bark of the tree. He knew he had to hold on as each time he does he recalls something. Be it skills, long buried secrets or a glimpse into the future, the young half elf knew he had to hold on.
It seems to last an eternity but in reality it was but a few moments of intense pain that passes swiftly leaving a throbbing echo in his mind. Thorn looks up as he realizes that he remembered a few other things of his life he's picked up but unfortunately he's missed on the fact that his concentration to maintain his usual disguise had failed and his true appearance had being revealed...........................
The goblin drops both of its daggers and stops. It watches you for a reaction. Readied action.
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A flaming cold iron longsword of the golden dragon. If you get it hit by a dragon's fiery breath it turns in flaming burst.
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A harpoon of snaring. It is magical, holds a net of snaring, and has a ribbon attached to it.
With the command word of 'Hunt' in Elven. A net emerges from the harpoon.
Net of Snaring
Price 28,940 gp; Slot none; CL 11th; Weight 6 lbs.; Aura moderate conjuration and transmutation
DESCRIPTION
This +1 distance net seems lighter than expected and is slightly sticky to the touch.
Three times per day, the wielder may speak the command word and throw the net of snaring at a target. This is a ranged touch attack with a range of 40 feet. The net immediately grows by two size categories. If the attack hits, the target must succeed at a DC 25 Reflex save or become entangled. So long as the wielder retains control of the trailing rope, he may attempt or otherwise act on a grapple as a free action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. Speaking the command word again shrinks the item to normal size so long as no creature is confined within it.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Magic Arms and Armor, levitate, permanency, shrink item, web; Cost 14,470 gp
Attached to the harpoon:
Effortless Lace
REPORT AD
Price 2,500 gp; Slot none; CL 15th; Weight —; Aura strong transmutation
DESCRIPTION
This elegant silk ribbon gleams like mithral and feels like polished steel.
EFFECTS
When wrapped around the grip of a one-handed piercing or slashing melee weapon for 24 hours, the ribbon’s magic permanently merges with the weapon, reducing the attack roll penalty incurred by a wielder who is smaller than the weapon’s intended wielder by 2 (to a minimum penalty of 0).
If the weapon is wielded by a creature whose size matches that of the weapon’s intended wielder, the weapon is treated as a light melee weapon when determining whether it can be used with Weapon Finesse, as well as with any feat, spell, or special weapon ability that can be used in conjunction with light weapons.
Once an effortless lace’s abilities have been conveyed to a weapon, the ribbon must remain attached to the weapon or its effects end immediately, its magic is permanently lost, and it is reduced to worthless cloth. Effects that would dispel the magic of the weapon or cause the weapon to gain the broken condition (such as sundering) destroy the ribbon as well.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Cost 1,250 gp; Feats Craft Magic Arms and Armor; Spells shrink item
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A vicious adamantine short sword. It is still cursed with intelligence and wants to destroy all the witches of the world. If you kill a witch each month it will follow your lead. Otherwise it will fight with you for control. Its granted powers enhance the class of its weilder. Also you must bath it in a dose of holy water each week.
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A dragon fire forged great axe of execution.
This is a great axe of dragon bane. It gives you bonuses vs. dragons in combat. Also it is classified as adamantine for its hardness and hp, but not for attack.
If you critically kill a dragon with at least half its hitpoints left, it unlocks the vorpral quality. It must be bathed in the blood of dragons, their ilk, or the like once a week or it will force you on a hunt.
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Gloves of the Shortened Path
Aura moderate conjuration; CL 9th; Slot hands; Price 27,000 gp; Weight —
DESCRIPTION
Once per day on command, the wearer of these oxblood leather gloves can bend space to extend her reach to a non-adjacent square within line of sight. For the next 10 rounds, she can touch anything in that square as if it were her own square, as long as she has line of effect to the target square. She may change the targeted square as a swift action.
When using the gloves to touch, attack, or manipulate anything in the square, the wearer’s arms and hands also appear in that square, allowing creatures and effects to target her as if she were in that square. She cannot use this connection to transfer anything from her square to the target square, or vice versa. If she drops anything, it lands in her square. She can use her hands (including natural attacks from those hands, if any), hand-held objects (such as lockpicks), and melee weapons in that square as if she were there. The square is part of her threatened area, though she cannot use the gloves to provide flanking for herself. She cannot use the gloves to grapple, make ranged attacks, or make attacks that require her to move out of her actual square (such as a bull rush combat maneuver).
Interacting with the target square is distracting, and anything that threatens her in her actual square automatically flanks her.
If the wearer or her square is blocked from using teleportation or planar travel effects (such as dimensional anchor), the gloves do not function. She cannot use the gloves to target a square protected by such an effect.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Wondrous Item, teleport; Cost 8,000 gp.
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Silver scimitar is +1 and has keen on it.
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Headband, Dead Man’s
Aura faint enchantment and abjuration; CL 1st; Slot headband; Price 3,600 gp; Weight 1 lb.
DESCRIPTION
This taut black band, clipped with a black metal skull, can be attached on the outside of a hat or other head slot item or can be worn as a normal headband. The wearer gains a +2 competence bonus on Intimidate checks and increases the DC of any fear effect he creates by +1. In addition, if this headband is attached to the outside of a hat, the wearer’s hat or headgear cannot be blown off or removed by wind, water, or environmental effects, and the wearer gains a +5 circumstance bonus to his CMD against steal and sunder attempts targeting his headgear.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Wondrous Item, doom, shrink item; Cost 1,800 gp.
Curse:
Must sacrifice a lock of your hair by burning it into tar, put the tar into the bottom of a cup and fill it with strong alcohol, then drink the concoction.
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Cloak of the Bat
Aura moderate transmutation; CL 7th; Slot shoulders; Weight 1 lb.
DESCRIPTION
Fashioned of dark brown or black cloth, this cloak bestows a +5 competence bonus on Stealth checks. The wearer is also able to hang upside down from the ceiling like a bat.
By holding the edges of the garment, the wearer is able to fly as per the spell (including a +7 bonus on Fly skill checks). If he desires, the wearer can actually polymorph himself into an ordinary bat and fly accordingly (as beast shape III). All possessions worn or carried are part of the transformation. Flying, either with the cloak or in bat form, can be accomplished only in darkness (either under the night sky or in a lightless or near-lightless environment underground). Either of the flying powers is usable for up to 7 minutes at a time, but after a flight of any duration the cloak cannot bestow any flying power for a like period of time.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Craft Wondrous Item, beast shape III, fly; Cost 13,000 gp.
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crystal dagger of venom:
Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th; Weight 1 lb.; Price 8,302 gp
DESCRIPTION
This black +1 dagger has a serrated edge. It allows the wielder to use a poison effect (as the spell, save DC 14) upon a creature struck by the blade once per day. The wielder can decide to use the power after he has struck. Doing so is a free action, but the poison effect must be invoked in the same round that the dagger strikes.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Feats Craft Magic Arms and Armor, poison; Cost 4,302 gp
He looks to his greatsword, and asks, "Is is alright if we have a new friend so you don't have to do all the work? If so how about that greataxe of dragon smiting? Unless someone else wants it." He asks looks from side to side at those in the vault.
"And who are you?" She asks Thorn as she walks by seeing you in your normal form...
The goblin drops both of its daggers and stops. It watches you for a reaction. Readied action.
With Blaze now also enganging the goblin, Aramyros rages into a grapple.
Blaze stands by with her shield, ready to bash the Goblin if it gets away from Aramyros.
"And who are you?" She asks Thorn as she walks by seeing you in your normal form...
Alia's question draws Blaze's attention away from burning the camp to the newcomer. "Witchery!" she hissed through clenched white teeth as her elemental overflow roared to engulf her again, steam rising from her skin.
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"Is there some reason we should take up these items? Are they not safer here? If I hold a weapon in my hand, I cannot bring forth my flames." She did look over the headband with the skull as she considered.
From nearby finishing up with the goblin she was handling, she hears the hiss of her friend, "Calm yourself, Blaze, I knew of his illusion already. He has a reason for using such deception, and from the looks of things, he just was harmed as we all almost were."
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Aukan gets a curious look from Lilianne, "this guy always gravitates toward the item that will screw us over, or himself" "I would be opposed to you taking a cursed weapon, but you can put it into the goo and see if it gets rid of it. The last thing we need is you being mentally forced to go kill dragons, which at this time, are not our enemy. So if it doesn't get rid of the curse, then no."
After explaining what the magic items do, she shrugs in answer to Blaze.
"You can always carry a weapon in case something is resistant to your flames or you cannot use them because magic is stopping you. It is always good to have a backup, I suppose. Or you could use these gloves here to shoot around corners or through doorways if you can see through a keyhole or under it."
She would have used them herself, but their limited time of usage per day made her disinterested.
Begrudgingly she states, "I suppose I could use this harpoon for a ranged attack in lieu of a bow. It is better than throwing wooden stakes."
She will grasp it and allow it to attune to her before heading out to make her way toward the camp.
"And who are you?" She asks Thorn as she walks by seeing you in your normal form...
Her words wounds him far more then his headache but he struggles to keep it within his own heart and not his face lest he alarmed her. He would need a distraction but why.
Oh why did she say such a thing? Was he so easily forgettable despite having exchanged words a few days prior?The fair and handsome Thorn takes a step back to reorganize his thoughts and failing but..........
Alia's question draws Blaze's attention away from burning the camp to the newcomer. "Witchery!" she hissed through clenched white teeth as her elemental overflow roared to engulf her again, steam rising from her skin.
Having drawn Blaze's ire was not something he expected as the startled half elf now revealed involuntarily looks ready to bolt at her fearsome display. All thoughts were shoved as he wonders briefly if he should defend himself. Was she one of those paid by his family to claim his heart and blood? He was shocked that he didn't think that they would come for him so soon.
From nearby finishing up with the goblin she was handling, she hears the hiss of her friend, "Calm yourself, Blaze, I knew of his illusion already. He has a reason for using such deception, and from the looks of things, he just was harmed as we all almost were."
Her words were quite the balm to his scarred soul. He was ready to take his chances and bolt but for the beautiful half elf who had already known of his disguise.
"Despite the appearance, I...I still am Thorn Sliverleaf..." the voice of Thorn stutters out.
"I wear the disguise to protect myself and all of you as well. It's a small thing to sacrifice my appearance if it means I can prevent trouble from falling on everyone else...I.. I apologise. I can put it back up again if you but give me a few moments to do so." Thorn's face shows youthfulness but the creases around his eyes speaks volume on how much he valued their companionship such that he was willing to hide his true appearance behind a façade of a much older man.
Andrei's brows furrow with jealousy as the varisian finds out his beloved was actually hanging around a handsome elf in disguise. The caydenite crosses his arms in frustration.
He is unaware of the situation and lets your group deal with Thorn. He would follow Ethos to the vault. Then he stops and walks over to Pharos and Nima, welcoming them to follow him. Motioning towards Ethos and motioning with his hands a handshake. Hoping to relay 'friend' to them. As Blaze is a bit focused on the other situation of witchcraft.
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Inside the vault he looks to Blaze and nods to her in thanks as she translates for his allies. He waits and lets the others choose first. Asking them through Blaze, "Which items if any would you think would benefit your style of combat? What are you trained to do?"
The goblin resists some but as Aramyos' arms secure around his body he goes limp, dropping all resistance. In broken common it states, "You... here... for... death?"
With no one else looking to give him further trouble now that his disguise has failed, Thorn contemplates putting on his disguise once more but decides against it. He trusted them right? His heart and blood was still where they were supposed to be...........
He moves silently after a quick awkward bow and makes his way toward the underground vault instead.
Perhaps he could calm his nerves by studying the Magical Items inside?
Andrei looks fit to kill and Thorn could guess where the varisian's thoughts were heading towards. He wasn't a match for the man at all if he turned aggressive. No...the underground vault was better.
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Once at the vault, his eyes widened at the sheer amount of items inside.
"So what else is there the needs to be identified?" he ask.
"Or is there a ledger that records what these items can do or their history?" Thorn asks.
And then he realizes that the people here may not have seen him without his disguise either...a cold sweat trickles down his back.
With the new, more handsome Thorn out of sight, Andrei focuses on the cursed magical items.
"Ăye wîll noţ be chooşîng from dă măgîcăl weăponș provîded", the cleric stated for all to hear, his arms still crossed. "Moșț of dem âre beyond my căpăcîțy țo ușe, ănd țhoșe few ăye căn wîeld, şţînk of evîl!" The varisian spat on the ground to empathize his point.
Baahir would grasp the black blade and after a few moments smiles and nods to the group. Then he states "It is a good match!"
He would clap Thorn's shoulder as he is heading out and whisper in Sylvan.
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He comes back as he had left. He shakes his head to the group, walking to his familiar the dragon speaks for him, "The demon may have flown but after leaving a blood trail that was easy to find it just stopped. No it teleported. You will deal with it the next time you see it. Any other business, otherwise I will be leaving."
Sitting next to the book he announces, "Yes there is a ledger of sorts here. It is used to record the items that come and leave. You may ask it any questions with the red quill but it will hurt. A cursed item itself but very useful to keep its secrets. You see it draws your blood to work. I believe the mighty Glaive is unidentified... and the ring of souls... anything else?"
As the group takes a needed break and rest in the vault as those with ability try to identify items. Lilianne had left first, now Ethos, leaving your group... Lilianne returns in about 4 hours.
Ethos returns before her... about 10 minutes later.
Thorn breathes out a sigh of relief at Ethos's words. The pressure that had settled around his shoulders like an immense giant awaiting the signal to spring an ambush was lifted. He felt lighter.
The faerie's dragon's words though intrigued him....
Picking up the Red quill, Thorn asks a question about the glaive.
What is this Glaive? What does it do and it's powers? What powers does the Ring of Souls holds?" as a starting point........
Thorn takes 3 points of damage and tells you telepathically.
Thorn relays:
The Mighty Glaive is a magical weapon it bonds with its weilder and will enhance one of your special abilities like sneak attack or smite evil.
The Ring of Sealed Souls is a legacy item, the bearer cannot be raised as undead. Additionally, the wearer can be revived with raise dead or similar effects even if he was slain by a death effect. As you grow in power it will gain other powers and if you complete its goal you shall be protected.
Each for 1 more point of damage:
8th Level: The wearer can use hold portal at will as a spell-like ability, though he can have only one portal held by this ability at a time. Should he use the ability again while the spell is already active, the first casting is immediately dismissed.
11th Level: Weapons wielded by the wearer gain the ghost touch weapon property.
14th Level: The wearer can use guards and wards once per day as a spell-like ability.
17th Level: The wearer adds binding to his class spell list and list of spells known. The wearer can use binding once per day as a spell-like ability, but he must provide the expensive material component for the spell.
The goblin resists some but as Aramyos' arms secure around his body he goes limp, dropping all resistance. In broken common it states, "You... here... for... death?"
"Not necessarily. Everyone's got a hypothetical right to live. We'll see, if you can earn yours..." Aramyros answers with a very distant tone.
Aramyros gladly accepts the goblin's defeat and with Blaze's help they restrain the goblin using tent ropes.
Aramyros looks through the items and can't relly find one that he's prefer over his scythe. Though he weighs the scimitar thoroughly. "That cloak seems useful and creepy at the same time. Anyone wanted it? I'll take the scimitar as a secondary weapon."
Then Thorn suddenly speaks in his head and talks about the mighty glaive. Aramyros finds its powers intriguing. "I think I couls make good use of that glaive instead. So if nobody objects?"
Lilianne will walk back into the camp with the items they had found before, including the wreath, and will check on her companions at that time to make sure they are alright and finished securing prisoners/burning the camp/purging the filth.
My So called family are all demon worshippers and in league with them. They also like to play with undead friends so this with this ring at least I'll have a better chance of dealing with them. Thorn's thoughts are rapid and he makes his decision quickly.
"I'll pick the ring." he informs the others as he holds it up.
Despite having the book feed on his blood, it was truly wonderful to know all the powers of this ring.
"The glaive does nothing for me. My special ability is to throw bombs and throwing this glaive at my enemies seems redundant."
Blaze relaxed her threatening stance some once she heard Thorn's voice and Lili spoke on his behalf. But she still looked on with suspicion as she listened to his partial explanation. "How? How does hiding your true face protect us? If there are threats, you should tell, like I did! How can we be protected from what we know not?!" She was clearly still angry, but no longer hostile.
"Is there some reason we should take up these items? Are they not safer here? If I hold a weapon in my hand, I cannot bring forth my flames." She did look over the headband with the skull as she considered.
She nodded her agreement with Andrei's sentiment and was not especially eager to pick any cursed items. But the idea of the ledger intrigued her. "Can book answer any question? Or only about items here. There are mephits still imprisoned below our camp. I want to free them, but cannot find word to open ward."
When Aramyros spoke of taking two items, she shook her head. "Ethos warned to only take one. Shar, did he mean from this place?"
She guarded their goblin prisoner and began to question it while the others were gone. Surrounded by the flames of her Elemental Overflow, she held her hand near the creature's face so that it could feel the scorching heat radiating from her flesh. Even her touch could now burn.
"What did your tribe do here? Why come here? Did you summon demon? Why do this?"
She nodded her agreement with Andrei's sentiment and was not especially eager to pick any cursed items. But the idea of the ledger intrigued her. "Can book answer any question? Or only about items here. There are mephits still imprisoned below our camp. I want to free them, but cannot find word to open ward."
When Aramyros spoke of taking two items, she shook her head. "Ethos warned to only take one. Shar, did he mean from this place?"
Rather interested in the questions he responds looking at Blaze, "You could ask the ledger, it might know. Just make sure you are very specific in what you ask. It is a greedy thing. We have one in each vault and they are all connected. Yes, only take one item from and vault of ours. As I said, there will be a book that is very plain in all of our vaults."
As Blaze brings up: "Is there some reason we should take up these items? Are they not safer here? If I hold a weapon in my hand, I cannot bring forth my flames."
Shar responds with, "It is your choice, if you think it is a good fit and willing to deal with the curse then you may take it. Do you need to take one, no. The vaults are here to cleanse items of curses and be a repository for those of the Black Blades."
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She guarded their goblin prisoner and began to question it while the others were gone. Surrounded by the flames of her Elemental Overflow, she held her hand near the creature's face so that it could feel the scorching heat radiating from her flesh. Even her touch could now burn.
"What did your tribe do here? Why come here? Did you summon demon? Why do this?"
The goblin squirms in his bindings at being so close to the flames and obviously scared and begins to blurt out in goblin...
---Thorn you also take 1 point of Constitution damage.
"Oh wow, that does sound like a really nice ring!" He states in response to the information given as he continues to eye the dragon slaying axe. "Technically my sword is dragon slaying already... flying like a bat would be great!"
"If no one take the glaive, I use it!" Blaze translates for her as she strokes the shaft of the weapon as Aramyros looks unsure. She smiles at him as she does it.
Ethos had a good deal of thinking and grumbling that after a half hour he would have everyone leave the vault, retrieve his sword from the locking mechanism. Then had Baahir put his sword to reopen the vault. He left a good hour if not two before Lilianne returns with the cursed items.
The group selects and leaves with their new items or nothing after Lilianne returns. Looking upon the smoldering embers of the goblin camp you watch the vault close and decide what you want to do now.
You have an unconcious and a fearful goblin with the group, both are tied up.
"Do you want us to stick around or head back to camp?" He asks looking at the goblin camp with a sour look on his face.
"I believe we searched the camp thoroughly. There is nothing more for us to investigate." Aramyros says as he picks up the tied goblin and carries him under his arm.
A few steps later he lets out a whistle and Felice arrives, He packs the goblin on the back like you would saddlebags and then mounts his horse.
"Here Aramyros, I have one more for you."
If permitted, she will pile the unconscious goblin on the horse to its other side, and then will begin the long walk back again. If she were honest with herself, in her walk with the cursed items, she had grown quite fond of the forest they are in the presence of. She saw some rabbits hiding from her presence as she walked through the brush before, and she half hopes to see them again on the return. Instead, she sees Andrei's grumpface.
She holds off to answer Aukan with a faint smile, "Let's go back to camp. This task is done. You all fought valiantly and helped save my life. Thank you. I don't know how you all got here so fast, but I'm glad you and your lovely ladies did. They are quite the fighters, as are you. If you want, you should take the rest of the day off and relax. There is a pond at the back of the clearing if you recall. We could all do with washing off the stink of this place."
She will linger then near her lover.
Thorn had flinched from Blaze's words earlier and had fled from her. Something that might damage their relationship. He didn't like that.
As he emerges from the vault with a new ring on his finger, He bows to everyone.
"I'll give everyone an explanation to everyone on why I kept up my deception and hid my true appearance when we head back to camp. I hope it would satisfy and assuage both your curiosity and anger."
"Are you sure that is wise, Thorn? Given the sensitive nature of the information. I believe Thorn is to be trusted. If you trust me, then trust him. If you truly want to know more, perhaps an abridged version that will not bring harm to you might be better?"
She will linger then near her lover.
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"Apparently Blaze got a message from you and she called out to Ethos who was making a delivery for us. He stepped through his portal and brought us all here. Did your black blades seem to move a bit before we appeared. Supposedly he used them as loadstones." He explains what he perceived to Lilianne trying to explain how they showed up so quick.
"Oh yes, your welcome. I wouldn't call them my ladies... but I suppose..." He says and blushes a bit seeming a bit awkward at the insinuation though likely he is reading more into it. Then he clears his head and focuses on an important issue, "You know, we don't know what their skills are and hopefully we can communicate with them and find out soon." He nods agreeing with Lilianne, happily saying, "Yes, we can work on making the pool larger too! My muscles are a bit taunt from the quick action. I could use some stretches." You can see him visibly moving his body parts one at a time to see if any of them were over worked.
Walking back to camp he nods in agreement to Lilianne and Thorn. He adds in a neutral tone, "An abridged version would likely do well with highlights on what we might look out for. Like Blaze we know the witch we should watch for."
"Ah! An abridged version? Simple enough." Thorn looks relieved to be given a way out.
"I am a scion of a very powerful and influential family who are mainly representatives or go between of various evil organizations around the lands. They care for me very much and are unhappy for me being adopted by the fey. They would also very much like my heart and blood for some ritual and would stop at nothing to get it. Did I mention they're rich and influential that that they have sent several assassins and bribed several of my former acquaintances over the years?" he lays it out with as much clinical precision as a hammer.
"Hence why I wear the disguise....."
"Căn you nâme șome of țheșe evîl orgânîzâtîonş?" Andrei asked.
"Hmmm. Let's see the ones that easily comes to mind would be The Order of the Nail, Skinsaw Cult, cult of Dhalavei or the Ebon Destroyers as they call themselves, some white witches, vampire covens, Assasin guilds such as the Dark Hand, Viper Daggers, Blood of Vol, Umbral Court, multiple contacts in Razmiran and some merchant Consortiums." Thorn seems to tick them off his fingers as the names reels off his tongue. He may or may not have met some or all of them in some form or the other.
Lilianne has some idea what Aukan is talking about. His shyness about the women make her smirk. "A bit of a secret romantic hmm? They are a bit attractive. He, however, is not. Still, he rescued them. I'd give him a bit more notice if I were them." "The pool is nice as it is. I don't want to disrupt the flow from the spring, so if you are going to make it bigger, don't dig near the spring."
On the way, they would collect the hunted animal Blaze brought down. Once they have returned and are speaking of Thorn and his disguise, she will pat him on the shoulder before moving into the camp interjecting herself briefly in the conversation before leaving it completely.
"It is good to see you in your natural state once more, for however brief that may be."
While the words might seem like a flirtatious grouping if said in a sensual way, Lilianne says them in a disinterested tone, as if complimenting him less on his looks, and more on being himself. She will go help take care of the game meat and prepare it. At some point, she will move to Aramyros.
Nodding toward the goblins, she whispers, "You know their ultimate fate is death right? We were tasked to hunt them down, not make them slaves. They are a liability to the mission alive. I wish it were not so. Are we of the same mind? Interrogate. End them quick?"