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Anything concerning Morthar that I have forgotten?
Morthar would probably go for the Dawn Council and the Witchwardens as factions to ally with... The Chelish brotherhood is something that Morthar doesn't like as while he may be LE Morthar isn't a racial supremacist... Morthar recognizes that if he, a lowly slave to start off with could gain the power of Hell then anyone else probably could to no matter their race... Plus Morthar wants to rule the City, he doesn't want to answer to Cheliax who he suspects the Chelish Brotherhood answers to...
Oh Morthar doesn't just want to rule Sasserine, he desires an Empire... But an empire needs a capitol. Anything specific that troubles you etc? Morthar would be naturally Chelexian and his religion would be none... Why pray for power that you already have?
Here is Morthar my Invoker character, tell me what you think of him...
Morthar sees the threat for what it is almost immediately, he flenses his whip in a manner designed to distract his foes... Intimidate(demoralize) As Morthar slams the whip down around him to distract his foes he speaks, any of you who can take aim at that blasted witch they have! Aim for the head!
Morthar swings his whip expertly at the ulfen behind him, he deliberately leaves an opening in his defenses... As he does this Morthar orders his zombie to attack the other ulfen who had moved in behind him... attack
Morthar commands the zombie to attack the ulfen next to him...
Attack Morthar speaks in the Infernal Tongue and commands his newly acquired "pet" to reverse the situation at the Woolery entrance/exit...
Morthar calmly moves into position and aims his precisely at one of the ulfen surrounding Kalistrine (). As it traveled Morthar makes the whip curl around the ulfen's neck and he speaks in Infernal, the language of dominion and tyranny. Infernal:
In my name slay your former brethren!
as Morthar directs his new Ulfen puppet he commands the zombie to position itself between two of the barbarians().
As Morthar shuffles to the right of the Ulfen he speaks. Don't shoot at the zombie, I will go in to support our clawed friend in a moment...
Speaking in the infernal tongue Morthar commands the zombie to arise...
Damn it, it will take a while for the drunks to get out of the house... I'll have something "suitable" waiting for them. Morthar begins speaking in infernal, his incantation is brutal and droning almost like a commander berating his troops...
Morthar withdraws and cracks the whip, as he does this he aims deliberately for the feet and allows his more infernal aspects to take hold... move action to withdraw 15 feet, standard action to demoralize via intimidate intimidate
Morthar cracks his whip at one of the Ulfen and speaks in the harsh Tongue of Hell...
Another solution is available now that I consider it, if one of our number were to make a racket somewhere nearby the enemy would be distracted and pursue that noise. If we position it right we can slaughter them all at range and I have more then a few ways of keeping a foe busy instead of closing in on us.
Init Morthar speaks in a barely perceptible whisper... My allies follow my lead if you will, see the ones who slumber? If we can kill them all quickly then the rest will be easy enough to sort out. Do not give me any nonsense about that being dishonorable, honor is a luxury only rich fools can afford.
Morthar positions himself near Kalistrine, he is ready to turn any foe into a willing slave...
I suppose we could do what you suggest, personally though I prefer to clean up any loose ends from a job simply so that they don't come back to bite me when I least expect them... Call me paranoid but you don't grow to be an old diabolist if you aren't a cautious being.
This Ulfen sounds like trouble, I think we should take him out simply as protection from retaliation. If we grab the sword and the guide it is likely Asvig will try to take them back, if he is not alive to do this however in the resulting infighting for dominance his organization will be little to no threat to us. Cut the snake's head off and we could save ourselves much trouble down the road, furthermore even if he surrenders I suspect he will try to pull something. The dead don't do that and a good priest or necromancer can force the information we need from the dead easy enough.
What worries me is hauling him off, it may be simpler and more efficient to simply kill him without the notice of his compatriots. Once that is done behead the corpse and bring it to a local temple of Pharasama and offer a nice sum of gold to pad their coffers. While if we have to haul the bastard off for private interrogation in a less dangerous setting we will likely have to haul at least two hundred pounds of Ulfen... I don't know about you but I don't want to drag a large Ulfen around in the snow, the tracks would be obvious.
Morthar spoke in the tongue of Hell briefly and a series of hellish runes seemed to flair up around him briefly and then fade... One question of note enters my mind, if we find the guide, get him out and see a chance to ambush Asvig do we risk taking the man alive or do we kill him and see what a priest can get out of his corpse?
First scan the area for more of these traps... Running straight into an abjurers ward got more then a few treasure seekers killed at Korvosa's Breaching festival...
These creatures are filled to the brim with the energy of entropy and decay, if I were to hazard a guess I would say they were daemons of some kind. Daemons are creatures of suffering, their four lords be the horsemen of the end of days.
No it was not keyed for men, I have seen intelligent traps like this in Korvosa's hall of abjuration... Yet those traps were the works of master abjurers, not ulfen who would kill themselves if they tried to cast a simple spell... Morthar reflexively summons his whip of hellfire and searches his mind for what these guardians could be... knowledge (planes)
Morthar follows warily...
Snarling, Morthar replies to the Ulfen with his own insult... And "real" ulfen men don't use longbows, indeed I wonder if you are indeed Ulfen... Did some Taldorian blood somehow make it into your bloodline? as he speaks Morthar begins the rite of summoning, he reaches into hell for it's most miserable denizen...
You want to fight, so be it... All of you withdraw to thirty five paces, I can summon a creature near the posts that will trigger them without us being near them if they happen to be nastier customers...
My dear elf you still think of me in human terms when the fact of the matter is I will be living far longer then most... I can afford to be patient, I can afford to gather power slowly but inevitably. When I make my final play in the game of diabolist's chess I will have my checkmate, I will know eternal victory.
I wouldn't try to go in there via stealth, my red cloak stands out and more to the point the majority of my career as a mercenary has been spent with one order. Kill all targets, retrieving objects from isolated farms turned into makeshift fortress's is a new one.
Another option exists that while risky could potentially work, from a long range off one could burn the farm down via fire arrows. Even if this doesn't kill Asvig it will ruin his base of operations, forcing him to retreat to an area which is less defendable... Like the frozen tundra we are standing upon, out in the open we can skewer them like pin cushions. Furthermore we don't actually need Asvig alive, spells to speak with the dead are easy to acquire. We don't have to even buy a scroll for it, the priests of pharasama for a small donation will allow you to speak with the dead. This is typically used for grieving families and the like but a few lawman, bounty hunters and others of their ilk have also used their services.
Your lands will not remain that way for eternity, the ulfen society can produce great individuals White Estrid being the greatest of them by far. Yet Ulfen society will never be great in of itself, it puts the short term above the long term. This Cheliax has not done, a chelexian thinks with the foresight of the truly great. We may lose Sargava, we may lose Varisia yet we are still the most powerful nation in the entire Inner sea region. As for weak southerners have you ever met the hellknights young fool? They are a product of diabolism and look at what they are capable of.
Morthar actively laughs at the ulfen's suggestion... My boy bravery is what fools use to justify their own actions, let us remember something about your own people... There has never been and never will be an Ulfen empire, this is because the Ulfen despite every virtue they possess can never pull together into a coherent force. As one Ulfen contingent will always run off to chase glory, they will die and leave the rest weakened. Yet Cheliax has had multiple empires and as one will note a Chelexian is disciplined, they will not break, they will not run, they will not jeopardize the whole for the sake of glory. Yes you did save my neck Shalelu, although in the grand scheme of things you should be thanking me for what I did a that battle. If Mazog had killed us all envision what would have happened to every little village and town in the immediate area... The ends justified the means, would you have honestly wanted all your friends to have been killed by Mazog and Sandpoint to have been torched?
Wondered how long it would take you to recognize the man who saved your neck from the orc shaman Mazog... Remember that it was by my power that Mazog's own sons tore their father limb from limb. As for my caution let us remember the fact that House Thrune became the masters of Cheliax and by extension much of the inner sea not by brazen idiocy but by careful planning... No nation ever lost a war by being over prepared for it, the same applies here. Instead of striking at Asvig's armor to no effect we should find the chinks in that armor and open them up with poisoned daggers...
The options we have aren't that great, but one option does enter my mind for spying upon the farm without being detected... In the chelexian navy captains would use a long, tube like device called a spyglass to make out approaching ships and so forth on the horizon. I am not sure that the ulfen would possess a "spyglass" but due to their seaborne nature they might possess an equivalent of some sort...
perception I hear the partying as well, do not just assume conjured guardians however... Conjuration can be used to manipulate energy as well as summon creatures from the planes.
Magically spying on the farm isn't an option, but perhaps finding and interrogating an underling of this Asvig could reveal the information I need... Morthar proceeds back to the Jade Quarter to find his employer.
I am quite certain that you aren't the only man who can get me what I want, it's your loss... as he turned around and walked off he spoke in a voice that seems to have been wrenched from hell's own heart... Understand something merchant, your unwillingness to sell the scroll does not concern me. However should you attempt to interfere in the affairs of myself, my employer or her employees by reporting "suspicious" activity to either the guard or the underworld you will suffer the lash... As Morthar spoke these words a whip of hellfire appears in his right hand, it disappeared just as quickly as it had arrived... intimidate to keep the merchant quiet ()
Two weeks time for one of the most commonly used spells by wizards in scroll form? Something isn't right. I believe that you can find said scroll merchant in far faster time frame then you have originally proposed... I can sweeten the deal if you can acquire the scroll in say a three days. diplomacy
perception Morthar grimaces at his inability to find a magic shop in the Jade Quarter... He heads over to bone, if a black market for magic exists in Kalsgard it will be in bone... gather information (bone) on black market magic
Morthar shrugs and speaks.If you desire to cast the spell so be it, however we must first find it. Best to start in the Jade Quarter, the folk of the east have a habit of embracing magic and mysticism... Gather Information on local magic shops in the Jade Quarter
Better that I do it, my power is simply more suited for this task... The magic I use is derived from a source of power that has taught me to dominate and control, this will neither be the last nor the first magic that I have forced to do as I bid...
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