Here's Jon's character. I went with Brawler in the end, and he likes to hit things with a hammer.
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"I am content with my current equipment, so I will meet you at the Inn," Shalluk replied simply. Other than eating a meal and resting he was ready to head for the mill.
"We shall leave the matter in your hands, but feel free to summon us if you need additional information of aid in destroying the building." With that done, and a note containing there inn address and names passed over, Shalluk looked at the others. "I suppose we must try investigating the mill once more. Shall we set off now, or wait until night?" If they decided to wait perhaps they could get more information...
Poke ze GM.
"I believe it to be in two parts," Shalluk said slowly. "Firstly, there is some kind of toxic, magical mold in the lower reaches. Something that a group named the Brotherhood...harvests. There was also a murder, dark experiments..." The bowman shrugged helplessly. There was a lot wrong with the place.
Shalluk sighed, but internally for a change, as he had no wish to offend either the priestess or there Paladin ally. This whole thing had...not gone well, since it essentially led them back to the sawmill. Which Rixa could not enter in a circumspect fashion without deffinitive proof of wrong doing. Which was most likely held within the Sawmill. "Thank you for the aid. I think we shall have to visit the...'lord' and his wife again, to see if they have more information." Although it was likely by this point that they had already run. He nodded to the Priestess after a moment. "Another matter to consider, if you have more time? As I mentioned we disocvered a house, so corrupted by evil that it would not allow itself to be burned. Do you know of anything that might help cleanse the area?"
Shalluk sighed. Somehow he wasn't shocked. "There were the mutterings of a mad man in the Asylum, that the Skinsaw Man was coming. It was at the same time we received information about the Misgivings." Which they would need help purging, of course. "Which was why we are here, initially. The house known as Misgivings is cursed and corrupted a point that is pure evil, and able to resist such measures as fire." "If the judge is corrupt, then we'll need to look into his dealings more deeply." Maybe they could follow him and see where this led. Still, it felt like they were missing something.
Shalluk sighed and remembered a time when this would have seemed odd to him.
Making sure that the letter simply included the problems that Sandpoint had been experiencing, a believe that there was a connection within the city and a need to talk to the judge, and their inn so he could contact them, Shalluk left the judge's place of work. "Perhaps we can get more guidance on the vision," Shalluk suggested.
Yeah, honestly, I'm really lost as to what we're doing now. It's obvious the sawmill is what we need to do, but we can't do that without evidence. I'm pretty sure this guy isn't going to help us.
Shalluk looked to the others. "Who has the best penmenship?"
Shalluk pulled his compatriots to one side. "We can either trust both these clerks and the justice with what we suspect," he murmured to the others, "Or we can see if we can track down one of there groups this evening."
Shalluk raised an eyebrow under his hood. It certainly wasn't much fun being treated as a simple nuisance after having been somewhat...accepted by Sandpoint. "We are, of course, happy to wait on his convenience."
Shalluk was as reticent as ever to get involved with legal matters, and hung back.
In an hour or so, Shalluk came back and reported. "No one seems to speak ill of him, which is rare among the powerful. It seems likely he'll treat us fairly if we wish to speak with him."
But no one's suggesting he abuses his position and power?
Shalluk is looking for what the city thinks of the man. Is he liked, or feared?
It seemed like the first thing to do was to find out more about this judge, and where he was. "I'd like to know more before we approach this man. I will try and find out what we can. I shall meet you both back here once you've finished your breakfast."
Shalluk considered, and glanced at the others. "We do have some other business, potentially, with the gentleman." They were here dealing with the aftermath of a serial killer, after all.
Well, it was as good a place to start as any, Shalluk agreed. With a little luck the tavern keeper would have enough knowledge of the local area to narrow down the search significantly, since none of them did well in libraries.
"If we wish to research this dream then we will need a library, or something similar, to look up the things within it." Shalluk looked at the others. "I am...not gifted...with books."
"That is...not entirely unexpected." Shalluk looked at the Paladin for a moment. "Do you feel this dream had a special significance?"
Pausing in his meal, Shalluk considered thoughtfully. "I'm afraid my religious knowledge is limited - do any of those symbols have some significance?"
Rested and restored, Shalluk went down to breakfast, to muse on what else might be done.
"It seems much wiser for us all to return to town," Shalluk mused.
Shalluk returned to Rixa once more. "I'm afraid there are people working in the underground area. There were robes and what seemed to be weapons, but no real evidence of wrong-doing, and so we may need to check out the town for there patrol."
Shalluk nodded as he looked around, taking a quick scan of the room before backing out. "Thank you for your help."
Although not thrilled with the idea, Shalluk nodded and headed to the basement entrance, hoping to achieve entry.
"I assumed that they mean 'dopplegangers' in a less literal sense, but yes, actual dopplegangers could be the answer for that household. They also mentioned that they were going to be patrolling the city, and that there was a subbasement. If you don't feel it's enough to investigate here, perhaps we could try finding one of there patrols?" Shalluk was fairly certain there was something in the lower areas, but didn't wish to risk them being divided any longer.
Undermill, huh? Well, there was little more they could do up here without running into people. They'd confirmed the dopplegangers, too. Waiting until the noise was gone, Shalluk snuck back out and headed down to find Rixa. Hopefully the news would be enough to allow her to join them.
Looking at Zelani for a moment, Shalluk sighed and attempted to locate a suitable location to hide, while flipping up the hood of his cloak to make absoloutely sure he wasn't identified if spotted.
Shalluk avoided sighing in frustration. He was on the verge of giving up with the building, as he wasn't even certain that they had done something wrong given they only had the word of those two impostors, and Rixa couldn't join them without some kind of evidence of wrongdoing. He wasn't willing to enter an occupied area, or lure what he had to assume was an innocent man out to ambush him. Instead, he tried one of the other doors that wasn't occupied as far as his sense could tell.
Shalluk rubbed his eyes - he wasn't used to using them this much - and headed for the door with the life sign. The fact it was so heavily reinforced meant it was either a prisoner or someone very important. Not opening it, he tried to work out which it was.
Shalluk frowned. He didn't dare enter the other door, yet, and so backed out of the room and headed up to the next floor.
Moving as quietly as he could, Shalluk tried the Eastern door.
Shalluk frowned beneath his hood. They needed evidence of wrong doing before they could bring Rixa in - and before they could confront anyone in this place. Since his magic hadn't detected anyone above he continued up the stairs, moving quietly.
Shalluk moved up the stairs, once again using his magic to hunt for any problems.
Making sure his crossbows were loaded with blunded bolts, Shalluk examined the area before moving to the wagons. He moved slowly, using his abilities to scan the area carefully before advancing.
Unhappy with the idea of simply tinkering until the door popped open Shalluk tried one last time to open the door more quickly.
"Nothing is broken, and we have not entered," Shalluk replied after a moments consideration. It was true enough. He moved to look around the building and see if there was another entrance - a loading bay perhaps.
Shalluk looked at the lock in confusion. Who needed to guard a mill this badly? Moving over to Rixa, he murmured, "The lock is...extremely good. I think we might need to look for an alternative entry point, or it will take some time to open."
Clicking his tongue in annoyance and suspicion - who put such a lock on a mill? - Shalluk attempted to pop it himself.
Shalluk had no real objection to entering the building - he'd done worse things for less reason - and doubted that Zelani would mind, so he turned to Rixa to see if she had an issue with this. Of course, they could also try knocking...
Shalluk followed along, keeping his eyes open.
Shalluk eyed the building warily and used his powers to scan the area. If it was anyway related to these Brothers it might be another site like mansion. "Rixa, is this building as evil as the last?" he asked.
Shalluk nodded, ready to go.
Although he doubted that was the full story - he suspect these Brothers would choose innocent, simple people to do their tasks when someone quick with a knife was available - Shall had no reason to not believe them.
"And what can you tell us of the people who gave you this...position." |