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Don't Forget to Gather Info! Combat Map - Korvosa | Corruption +2; Crime +0; Economy +4; Law +5; Lore +4; Society +0; Danger +10

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Don't Forget to Gather Info! Combat Map - Korvosa | Corruption +2; Crime +0; Economy +4; Law +5; Lore +4; Society +0; Danger +10

4712 AR Korvosa, Varisia

The Heights, The Acadamae, the Dungeons

Toff Ornelos tapped his foot idly, leaning against the pillar, and examined the dirt in his fingernails. Vanya, crouched within the binding circle, grumbled unhappily, and the erinyes stared at the assembled robed humanoids.

The young human man was pushed forward from the group by two elder wizards, and Toff waved him forward, towards Kazzroug. Toff intoned in a monotone towards the young man, not looking up "Mister Shaldriv, you showed promise when we offered you one of the coveted seats at our distinguished acadamae." Toff looked up, "promise which you seem to have squandered... You were caught trying to summon a..." he looked at the slate in his hand, rifling with a sheaf of papers, "fury, to 'make you good with the ladies'." The papers fell back into a neat pile, bound with a metal clip to the wooden board. Toff removed his spectacles, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Shaldriv, it is one thing to try to summon a devil for your own gain. We have all tried to do such a thing. It is a rite of passage." He returned the spectacles to the bridge of his nose. "You made two mistakes, the first is trying to summon a Fury" He gestured towards Vanya, who rolled her eyes in his direction, "for reasons that will soon become obvious. The second mistake was to incorrectly draw the binding circle, in multiple locations. Greed, lust, these are to be expected, and we understand but incompetence will not be tolerated, Master Shaldriv." Toff's voice raised slightly when he adds this. He waves his hand slightly, and Vanya stood up with a wry smile on her face, and stepped through the edge of the binding circle, the light of the circle flickering and fading.

Shaldriv swallowed hard, and stared at the erinyes, backing away slightly, but quickly summoning a few minor protective wards. Vanya drew a wicked-looking bow with flaming arrows as if from the air itself, and aimed an arrow at Shaldriv. Shaldriv shouted, "headmaster, I can..." but was silenced, as three arrows pierced his heart, throat, and left eye, nearly simultaneously. Gurgling, he slumped to the ground, clutching feebly at arrows embedded in his body. Vanya turned to Toff, and blew him a kiss, mockingly, and suddenly disappeared in a puff of sulphuric gas. Toff waved at some of the impers to clean up the corpse, who scurried forward to drag Shaldriv for disposal. Toff adds, "perhaps Master Shaldriv will be of more value to this school as an example, than as a student." He dismissed the other students, and slowly walked back to his office.

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