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"Yintarah, Sir Manfred, Lord Orlan (for so you are now); I will accompany you, but not all the way. My part in this tale is done, and my time as your guardian is over, child of flame. Sir Manfred must now be your path warden; I sense that you will learn much from one another."
"You understand less than you think. But I cannot blame you." Kamris says simply. He turns to Yin and places a hand on her shoulder. He turns and addresses Manfred then Orlan. "She is my charge. She was entrusted to my care and guidance. It is a thing not easy to render into the Common tongue. I am her guide, and I must shoulder the burden for her actions. It is guilt that has cast its shadow over me."
Kamris takes the spear from Rellios with respect. "I thank you." he says simply. Upon hearing Manfred's bold request to the new king, he comes to the side of the hedge-knight. "Why are you doing this?" he asks grimly of the warrior.
"I thought to have garnered some information from them, as they were much intent on me. I suspected that they may have been after any form of elf-kin, so I needed to know if there was treachery afoot. And there was."
"Half-Elf." Kamris says with a note of correction. "You will note that my eyes betray my human heritage. Or perhaps you will not." He shrugs.
Kamris rolls his eyes, "This is ludicrous. You see that I am still fully armed."
Perception (sound) (1d20+10=26) Kamris picks up on the confusion and dissension of the soldiers. "Do not throw away your lives over the mistake of your fellows," he says to the other guards, "We have no wish for bloodshed, we respect the authority of your lord. I assure you, the combined might of this band will overwhelm you if your greed wins out over your sense."
Kamris half-smiles (an unusual sight) "KING Klnydak speaks great sense. I would report back that all is well here."
"My dagger is still sheathed," Kamris says calmly. "Yours is not. Come now, cease this deception."
"I believe you have the wrong man." Kamris says "Either way, Rellios is not going with you without explanation."
Kamris spins, moving beside the man separated from his fellows and attempts to grab him. "His goal?" You may ask. A combination bargaining chip and an opportunity to explain that he isn't Rellios.
Kamris looks at the thrown dagger with a raised eyebrow. "I expected as much." he says calmly.
Kamris agrees, but remains ready for treachery.
Kamris follows the soldiers and approaches the two men who have been looking at him, saying, "You wish to talk to me?"
Kamris continues to regard the soldiers coolly.
Kamris follows Klyndak, regarding the men with an impassive stare.
Before leaving, Kamris grabs a silver crossbow bolt and stabs the blood-drinker through the heart.
As a parting gesture,before they leave, Kamris fires a bolt into the coffin, and watches the flames burn. "Rot in hell."
Kamris turns to the others, "Well then we had best be about it. How can we make sure it stays dead?"
Kamris regards the scene grimly and looks at his fellows, having reloaded the crossbow. "Now there is an end." he says before going closer to the coffin.
Upon arriving in the disgusting chamber, Kamris fires at the shadowy beast.
Kamris nods with approval at his allies' attack and follows Rellios down.
Kamris shakes his head. He could never have believed there was someone as melodramatic as Manfred was. And now they have joined forces...
Kamris accompanies his full-blooded fellow, crossbow loaded and ready.
Kamris takes the offered bolts and if does he notice the new monarch holding back on some silver and magical ones, he declines to raise the matter to Klyndak. After all, this crossbow supposedly fires.. 'fire' after all....
Kamris raises his eyebrows at Orlan's suggestion. "It were best I find somewhere hidden from which to attack from surprise. I should go with Klyndak's band as the ambush group. Although this may raise his suspicions, he has proven himself to be arrogant. He may assume I have expired of my wounds." he replies.
Kamris thanks Rellios and hefts the crossbow. He's not planning on getting close to the blood-drinker again...
"May I?" Kamris offers to take the crossbow.
Shoanti
Spoiler:
"And this surprises you? It is because we care for you that your actions distressed us. I am angry, yes, because we have spoken many times, you and I, about your powers and how they could be used for evil. I am upset because you tried to run from your deed rather than confront it. Now, come, we have much to do. This blood-drinker is our foe, and I thank you for saving my life. We are bound together, we two, and now we are bound to the fate of this new king." After what, for him, is a speech of unprecendented length, he holds out his hand to the young mage.
Earlier... before the meal... in reply to Rellios. Elven Spoiler:
"As you say, I am of the Shoanti by upbringing and by my mother's clan. The girl has been given into my care; the exact term is untranslateable from Shoanti. I am perhaps her guardian, and she my ward."
He surveys the group "Indeed, things have taken a remarkable turn. And now it seems our fates our bound to the throne of the Spires." Kamris goes to Yin, and says in Shoanti: Spoiler:
"You cannot aid us by sulking like a child who has lost her spinning top. You must atone for what you have done; albeit he was a creature of evil, he was still our prisoner. You are under my care, but also you must understand that here there is no tribal council to wrap round your finger to excuse your actions." At the meal later, his eyebrows raise in surprise at the frequent oaths and declarations. Although Manfred's wasn't that much of a surprise... Sometimes I think the most intelligent member of the group was that horse of his...
The hlaf-elf concentrates on the dwarf's reply. His expression does not give away his surprise at finding someone whose speech is even more difficult to interpret than Orlan's.
Kamris regards the new king with a withering stare. "Would this be before or after said 'small, thin' person descends into the unknown?" he asks dryly.
"My thanks." Kamris says to the half-orc.
The half-elf looks quizzically at the conversation between on the one hand a stone chair, the new dwarf and his illustrious (if non-swimming) leader. He notices Yin in the corner but is too angry still to talk to her.
Kamris looks at Rellios as if to say "Is he often like this?" and replies to Hru, "Indeed, as you can perhaps see, I suffered some injuries in our last encounter with the vampire."
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