Lord Ramor's page

"Nothing comes to my mind, no. Almost all the records of the citadel are most likely in the citadel itself, and the last heroes ventured down there, they made no mention of an orb of power. Now, I would certainly not be surprised if such a thing was down there. The place is ancient and was home to many great powers, both good and evil, over the centuries. If you would like, you may have access to our town library. Then you may peruse the history books yourselves. The librarian, a crotchety old man named Aaron, is very wise, despite his lack of proper attitude."

With a grimace at the Drow, Ramor motions for four guards to come in an lead the drow to the dungeons. They give it a swift bash over the head to make sure it is unconscious, and then apply steel chain to his legs and hands before leading him away.

"We shall... take excellent care of him. The prisons of Oakhurst are equal to none. He will live out the rest of his pitiful life being tortured by generations of my kin. This crime will serve as a beacon warning all other would-be-invaders that we are not to be trifled with."

The Lord gasps in surprise as you enter his chamber:

"Oh, dear gods above, its true! A live drow standing before my eyes... how did you manage to capture him? What are the drow doing here? Oh dear me..."

He looks grievously puzzled and sits silently more a moments:

"I don't suppose you found the missing shipments? You weren't gone too long, did you get a chance to explore the citadel much? *sigh* I suppose I owe you lot the compensation I promised.

He motions to his herald who disappears into a back room, and comes back a short while with a bag containing 1800 gold pieces.

"Thank you for bringing this to our attention, the town shall immediately be put on watch. I don't suppose I could entice you all to venture back, and see what all you can find out about this drow problem? I can offer you each a bag containing the same amount if you can find us a solution."

"no... No drow have ever been known here...

He pauses a moment, thinking to himself, and then smiles.

"I feel foolish saying this... But there is this story my father used to tell me as a boy. About the heroes who came and destroyed the Druid Belak. The story went that an ancient citadel had fallen deep into the earth. So deep that it fell amidst the Underdark itself... Perhaps you could begin your search there, at the ruins of the citadel?.. No that's foolish! I apologize."

this is strange... It is improbable! No way could these old stories be related to this... It must be some band of scoundrels again... But still...

He looks at the Shoanti and beams:

"well that sure is the spirit. I do not know about any dark elves or any other worrisome activity, so I do not know what help I can give beyond promise of more than adequate compensation should you actually end up finding anything. As I said, I believe this all to most likely be a simple over reaction, but my dreams guide me to believe otherwise. Refardless, it would seem priperty had been stolen, and we would certaibly compensate you for the return of the mithral... I hope no trouble befalls you, and any caution is for naught. Is there anything else I can do for you, or shall you be on your way?"

The mayor squints at you.

"dear me, you must be from out of town. Do you know how easy it is to aquire a stack of drow quarrels? Not to disgrace my towns name, but you could find anything you wanted here. Anyone could have done this. I can not, and will not, risk my reputation on inconclusive happenstance."

Lord Ramor listens to Roland's speech, and then calmly answers:

"good sir, there has been peace in land land since before I was born. Do you truley come here telling me *laugh* dark elves are about to attack us here? Even if they did, do you not think we could defend ourselves?...

His face then grows dark

"but... I must say, this news terrifies me. Not a week ago, I had the most forbidding dream. The constellation of the spider queen blinked out of the sky and the oceans welled up and engulfed all varisia. In light of this, I feel it would be in our best interest to have someone investigate the matter, if only I would let me rest easy. If you can come back with more proof of this supposed drow problem, I will compensate each of you generously."