Post by stabs felcher on Oct 14, 2006 2:46:12 GMT -5
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This episode, the druid Asira's warnings about her brother were realized as Geoffrey took a potshot at a mysterious eagle that appeared to be following the party. The bird quickly resumed its human form, explaining that the third strike against nature had earned the party a death sentence.
It was only Ralt's quick words which turned aside Ristan's murderous intentions, but Damascus' scathing insults undid the good Orc's work and the druid insisted on imprinting upon them the Mark of Justice.
Five shadowy figures dressed in concealing robes moved forth through the forest as thunderclouds gathered. Ralt and Damascus submitted to their Marks, gaining a curious druidic rune imprinted on their chests, but Geoffrey resisted.
Ristan spoke his warnings, but the Tengu stuck to his guns. When the elder finally laid his hands on Geoffrey, the spell was far less forgiving than a Mark of Justice, and the birdman fell dead in the road.
Morale was low, but it was quickly realized that with Geoffrey's death, Maltarin had been robbed of his advantage over the party. Still, it was decided that Mathaeus Hemrir, head Vampire Hunter of the Scarlet Nocturne Society, should be informed that his closest ally was in fact an enemy in disguise.
Mathaeus took the news hard, but quickly agreed that it was necessary to maintain the deception. He explained that an inert clone of himself was being stored in a ghost town to the east could serve as a corpse in order to fool Maltarin into leaving his castle where he would be more vulnerable. But before that, Mathaeus urged them that Orion Kurnous be found so that the Warlock could not gain control of the School of the Arcanical.
This episode, the druid Asira's warnings about her brother were realized as Geoffrey took a potshot at a mysterious eagle that appeared to be following the party. The bird quickly resumed its human form, explaining that the third strike against nature had earned the party a death sentence.
It was only Ralt's quick words which turned aside Ristan's murderous intentions, but Damascus' scathing insults undid the good Orc's work and the druid insisted on imprinting upon them the Mark of Justice.
Five shadowy figures dressed in concealing robes moved forth through the forest as thunderclouds gathered. Ralt and Damascus submitted to their Marks, gaining a curious druidic rune imprinted on their chests, but Geoffrey resisted.
Ristan spoke his warnings, but the Tengu stuck to his guns. When the elder finally laid his hands on Geoffrey, the spell was far less forgiving than a Mark of Justice, and the birdman fell dead in the road.
Morale was low, but it was quickly realized that with Geoffrey's death, Maltarin had been robbed of his advantage over the party. Still, it was decided that Mathaeus Hemrir, head Vampire Hunter of the Scarlet Nocturne Society, should be informed that his closest ally was in fact an enemy in disguise.
Mathaeus took the news hard, but quickly agreed that it was necessary to maintain the deception. He explained that an inert clone of himself was being stored in a ghost town to the east could serve as a corpse in order to fool Maltarin into leaving his castle where he would be more vulnerable. But before that, Mathaeus urged them that Orion Kurnous be found so that the Warlock could not gain control of the School of the Arcanical.