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Valeros hacks at the woman with his longsword.
Valeros take the blow on his shoulder and hacks at the demon with his sword, moving with her.
The fighter barrels past Slyph, trying to move to block any escape. "What the hell are you doing, Slyph! She tried to take over my mind!" He turns and hacks at the woman.
Valeros is stunned for a moment. He looks around the battle like he's lost. "What the hell just happened?" His eyes drop to his sword, covered in Garen's blood, then up to the succubus. "You did that to me, you demonic harlot! I will that pretty throat of yours!" -Posted with Wayfinder
Valeros frowns at Slyph easily dodging his blow, but turns to Garen and begins laughing as he swings at the dwarf.
Valeros looks at the demon version of Sarenrae and...smiles. He turns to Vermin and slams his longsword into the man's side.
Valeros follows Slyph out into the hallway. "See anything?"
"Maybe teleported she somewhere then? Was there anywhere in here we didn't look?" Valeros walks over to the altar in the middle of the room. He inspects it.
"Dammit!" Valeros swings in frustration at the empty space that held the man or woman just a moment ago. "He's gone! Or she. I'm not sure. It sounded like a woman's voice at the end. Maybe some sort of disguise." He roughly searches the bed, flipping it over almost to see if anything is left of what she pull out of it.
Valeros turns at the sounds of fighting. He sees the man in his room trying to get a bow out from under his bed. "Hey! Where'd you get that? Hey, he's got a weapon! In here!" He advances across the hallway, calling out, "Drop it!" He holds his sword, slightly confused about what's happened, but ready to strike if the man doesn't comply. Readied action if he doesn't drop his weapon:
Valeros goes to examine the room while the others determine what to do with the man.
"You're lucky. I hate to tell you this, but several of your fellow Sarenrites have been killed during their dawnwalks. We're helping to investigate why. Would you have any idea why they would do these attacks? What do you know about Shax?"
As the others are working to open the lock, Valeros tries to get the man talking. "Lex, what happened? How did you end up in the cell here? Were you attacked on the streets?"
Hearing the explosion, Valeros steps into the mist to find the fight. He moves forward until he sees the cleared area to his right. He sees the woman and steps forward to slash at her with his sword.
Valeros nods. -Posted with Wayfinder
Valeros steadies the dwarf to ensure he's ok. He inspects the door for any more traps.
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Valeros makes his way through the wight corpses and strike at the last one.
Valeros shouts, "Ambush!" He steps forward to attack one of the creatures with both his blades.
"Come on, Garen. We might need those eyes of yours." Valeros opens the door and steps inside.
Valeros waits while the others work at the lock. He goes to inspect the freshly turned graves.
Valeros flicks the entrails off the end of his sword and stoops down to pick up his shortblade. He kicks the gargoyle corpse. "So this is what's been killing the Sarenites? I wonder why? Just a grudge?" -Posted with Wayfinder
Hearing the bard's assessment, Valeros drops his non-magical shortsword and grips his longsword in two hands. He slams it down at the beast. -Posted with Wayfinder
"We dont even know if this is the right place. Even if it is, it might only be one of several lairs. I think we can't lie in wait fir a beast that may never we coming. We should go in and see whats there. If we find it we take the fight to it." -Posted with Wayfinder
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"Well, maybe we go hunting them instead of them hunting us. I like that better." Valeros shows a grim smile. "Father, can you try to spread the word for your people to stay in tomorrow? At least until we determine if there is anything at this old shrine."
"Maybe we ought to sit down with the guardsman's wife, just to talk. She might not know much, but she's bound to know some other Sarenites, maybe she can spread the word that we're interested in any abandoned shrines. You think she would meet with us?"
"Are we sure this is even the same killer? It's a very different type of kill."
Valeros begins questioning people in the crowd. He focuses on anyone who might have been nearby, perhaps opening a shop or business when the attack happened.
Valeros curses at the news of a new death. "Maybe they saw through our charade. Or maybe we're just unlucky." He shakes his head. "Let's go see this new death."
Shaking his head, Valeros says, "I don't think I can be in the street without being seen." He looks around the surrounding buildings, hoping for a place to hide out of view.
"I can stay in a nearby building. I'll get some peasant's clothes. We should give whoever is the bait a signal whistle or some other way of alerting if something is happening."
"May we speak to this brave guard? Perhaps we can prepare him for this better."
Valeros suddenly becomes more interested as they discuss a possible monster. "If it can kill as silently as that, I suspect some use of magic. A killer with Silence and Invisibility on it, perhaps?"
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Valeros watches the others, not really bothering to examine the scenes themselves. He looks around the area and watches the people, trying to see if there's a tactical reason the attack occurred at each place.
"Kasadei, has the Guard heard any of these rumors before? If it's is a demon of some sort, then that could fit in with a symbol of a demon lord. Odd that it's only killing Sarenrae followers though. Maybe it has a specific grudge against them?"
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