RL:O - Chapter VII: Ravenheart, Part I

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RL:O - Chapter VII: Ravenheart, Part I

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"I had a dream, which was not all a dream.
The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars
Did wander darkling in the eternal space,
Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth
Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;
Morn came and went--and came, and brought no day,
And men forgot their passions in the dread
Of this their desolation..."
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Rafe: SUMMER IN THE YEAR OF WILD MAGIC
Jarg: yes
kintire: we're headed for Marsember
kintire: to warn them about a slight Vampire problem...
Rafe: The party has followed a bizarre crusade of children vampires to the city of Marsember in Cormyr.
VAN: yes bcz an army of vampires (?)
VAN: was heading there
Rafe: Along the crusade's trail, they find nothing but destruction.
Rafe: Among them is Harkon Lukas, a teenage wolfwere.
Jarg: Janser Sunstar is in our way too
Jarg: Jander*
VAN: eh
VAN: he is dead
Jarg: or was heh
kintire: isn't he dead?
Rafe: In Marsember wait their companions Sergej von Zarovich and his fiance Tatyana, who, as far as they can tell, has been infected with a strange of vampirism...
VAN: Jarg destroyed him
Rafe: Jander is dead as a bone, but his thralls are not, out of soem strange reason.
VAN: Tatyana is ok now?
Rafe: You have followed the trail for seven days now, as you come to rest in a small wood half a day's ride of MArsember's harbour...
Rafe: Anything special to talk with the NPCs, HArkon or Sasha?
kintire: okay, we're almost there. do we actually have a plan?
VAN: ehmm why is Harkon with us?
Jarg: Not really. Hey didn;t wer run into Jarryd last time?
kintire: only i think that an entire army of vampires could prove a problem...
VAN: of course not!
Jarg: with no priest that could be a problem unless Raf plsy Moorkroft as an npc
VAN: and I think Moorkroft said that maybe they can move in daylight too
kintire: Moorkroft can handle some Vampires. But any priests power has its limit!
Rafe: That would be the point... Sasha has never been to Marsember; Harkon has not at all recovered from his last transformation's side effects. (Can't eat cooked meals, cannot speak well.)
Jarg: true
VAN: we wanted to find a mage
VAN: to cast sending to Elminister
kintire: how many of these things ARE there?
Rafe: The vampires are in the thousands... How come they don't get burned by the sun...
VAN: maybe they are mosferatu
Jarg: that's f***ed up
Rafe: If anyone ever mentions to call Elminster again, I'll make something terrible happen.
VAN: nosferatu
Rafe: That guy... Still having nightmares of him doing the Simbul...
VAN: Jarg told that to Ino
Rafe:
Jarg: LMAO!
kintire: okay, maybe that's the answer. we can't beat thousands of vampires, but if we can find out what's keeping them from burning up in the sun, and reverse it, they'll all die
VAN: lol
Jarg: the Simbul is hot hey he did Mysatra yannp
Jarg: Mystra yanno
VAN: yes but what if they are nosfeartu?
Rafe: NOTE: Maybe you want to change your writing colours.
kintire: blees you
Jarg: test
VAN: or we can do a ritual
VAN: to destroy themm
Rafe: So, you sit in the forest, more or less despaired...
Jarg: possibly
kintire: maybe if we can isolate one and dispel magic it... see if it burns...
VAN: I'll stick to black
VAN: or very much holy water
Jarg: that's a good idea Shana
VAN: dispel magic on undead?
kintire: remove the thing that's protecting it from the sun
Jarg: though they probably have a good resistance to magic being vampires
kintire: its got to be magic of some sort, right?
VAN: I agree
Jarg: [OOC : JArg just thinks that, it doesn't mean it's true]
VAN: Jander could be in daylight right?
kintire: I am quite good at punching through that sort of thing...
Rafe: Harkon looks concerned. "So we are to hunt a vampire? - Should we not free our friends first?"
kintire: he was proably using the same trick. They're his prgeny, after all
VAN: exactly
VAN: who done Jander vampire?
Rafe: Moorkroft also raises an eyebrow on his blue-ing face.
Jarg: "Who exactly, Harkon?"
VAN: maybe there lies the reason
Rafe: "I must rescue HER."
kintire: I don't think we have to choose between those options. If we head to aid our friends, I'm confident a Vampire will happen along
Jarg: "Er Ezra?"
BroccoliRage Has entered the room
VAN: we all want that Jamethon
BroccoliRage: (is it a problem if I just spectate?)
kintire: *Shana looks poiltely concerned* yes indeed!
Rafe: Sasha seems sceptical as well. "Should we really waste any more time? - I mean, we can't possibly fight an army of vampires alone, and help is not likely to come."
VAN: so we need many garlics
VAN: they can help
Jarg: Jarg thinks a minute "Ok I think Shana's idea has merit. Let me be in frontt in case one does happen along, I'm sturdier than you are."
VAN: "I can make u fly:"
Rafe: Hey Broc, be our guest, my friend!
VAN: "or polymorph u"
kintire: hopefully SOME help will arrive. I mean, isolated villages is one thing, but this is MARSEMBER
kintire: It'll have a garrison, for a start
Jarg: Is there a Temple of Lathander in Marsember?
VAN: "a cleric is waht we need"
VAN: "many clerics actually"
VAN: "and tones of holly water"
Rafe: Sasha still doesn't look happy. "The people will fight, but how will it turn out..:"
Jarg: "There must be some strong magic afoot if the Vampires are capable to walk around in broad daylight."
VAN: "hope we can defeat them before they reach the city"
kintire: much better if we can work out a way to remove their protection from the sun
Jarg: yes very true Shana
VAN: "yes"
VAN: "or fight them during the night"
Jarg: "What if we make it into MArsember before they do"?
Jarg: warn them
VAN: "we don't know if they can walk the night"
VAN: "maybe they are vulnerable"
kintire: oh i think they'll have heard by now
Jarg: Jander could walk the night so we presume they can too
kintire: still the sooner we can get there the better
Jarg: sitting jhere isnt heloing us
Rafe: Moorkroft stands up and begins to walk around.
Jarg: helping*
VAN: "agree"
Jarg: "Moorkroft, any ideas?"
VAN: "we can try to find someone who can control them"
Rafe: "I wonder... Was it that they were vampires, meaning undead, or are those children mutations, like the ones we saw back in the other world, at the farm and in that hellish place called..: Staunton... Wasn't it.."
VAN: "i know that are spells that control undead"
Jarg: "That would be probably an evil person
VAN: "what?"
Rafe: *You realize I hold back because I want you to come to an idea yourselves..."
VAN: "tell us more plz"
kintire: hmmm. That WOULD explain how they work in daylight
Rafe: - Moorkroft: "Like VAMPYRES, you know, those blod-drinking tribes that lived in Barovia's mountains..."
VAN: "and they are pretty vulnerable to our spells!"
Rafe: "Why are they all children, and why where no adults harmed or transformed?"
Jarg: I wasn't really there long enough to know about these but if you say so I agree with you. I've never heard of Barovia sorry
VAN: "maybe bcz they are pure"
Jarg: Because of Arlington?
VAN: "the children are pure and they don't have strong wiil"
kintire: thats a problem though, because for all the power of vampires they have serious weaknesses: mortal mutations will be less powerful, but there won't be an easy way to beat them either
BroccoliRage: (may I join, Rafe?)
Rafe: Sure, Broc! - Are you familar with Harkon Lukas from Ravenloft?
Rafe: - You can play him, but as a teenager, with an NG alignment!
VAN: "and they don't have their weakness"
BroccoliRage: (I can learn anything quickly. 1e or 2e game?)
VAN: "we should know what we gonna fight"
BroccoliRage: (Sorry for the delay everyone)
Rafe: Hehe, d20 game, but I base it on DoD, so we can use his stats from there.
Rafe: I am never happy with 2e, but I can make it work.
BroccoliRage: (oh, I don't have a d20 character made up. I can sit this out if it's more convenient)
Rafe: Come on, play!
BroccoliRage: (sorry for the nterruption, i'll be quiet and polite now)
Rafe: NOOOO! Come on Broc! I command thee!
BroccoliRage: ummm, okay, but all I ahve for Ravenloft are 2e characters
BroccoliRage: okay
Rafe:
BroccoliRage: I have a plain human fighter named Ted Slow, stats are all average, I'll PM him to you after the game.
BroccoliRage: level 1
BroccoliRage: 9 HP
Mudguard: (Better cut out here, getting a bit late. Very cool scenario and lively action!)
Mudguard: (Cya later
BroccoliRage: AC 6
Rafe: Glad you liked it, CU.
BroccoliRage: oka let's continue, apologize again for interrupting
Rafe: On the fireside, Sasha shakes her fist in impatience.
Mudguard Has exited the room
BroccoliRage: (insert me whenever you wish, O DM)
Rafe: "We aren't getting anywhere!" - "Maybe we should indeed just catch such a creature, and try."
VAN: "they are thousands Sasha!"
Jarg: "Its better than sitting around and doing nothing."
VAN: "we need a plan!"
Rafe: (Broc, if you have standard werewolf/wolfwere stats from any edition, please use them. Apart from that, you are a stoned little boy, sitting next to the charas. Start as you see it fit.)
VAN: " we can go and discuss while we walking"
BroccoliRage: (fair enough)
kintire: well, I don't suppose they all stick together all the time
VAN: "if they are an army they do"
kintire: lets head into marsember keeping our eyes open and pick one off as opportunity arises
VAN: "but we can try go invisible"
VAN: "and spy them"
Rafe: Moorkroft grunts like a pig: "We must rescue her first. And Sergej. And Gondegal! - We cannot let them die there. I... KNOW...the city will fall before midnight... Let's hurry!"
Jarg: yes but if they are undead its not invisibility to undead
VAN: "undead cannot see invisible"
VAN: "only if they have life sense"
Rafe: So, leave the scene?
kintire: *looks nervously at Moorkroft* y..yes. Lets...hurry
BroccoliRage: "Go away, headless monkey, I don't like your eyes!" ::the boy speaks sudenly, and falls silent again and stares off into space::
VAN: "ok lets go"
Rafe: *MAybe you want to give a short explanation to Broc as well?"
VAN: "are you ok""
Rafe: LOL... Stoned indeed...
kintire: yes. If nothing else, Moorkroft and Haakon are creeping me out so much that an army of vampires seems minor...
VAN: Says Inovidil to the boy
Jarg: heh
BroccoliRage: "Yes, gingerbread man with your gumdrop head, I am....what are we doing again?"
VAN: so?
kintire: Heading to Marsember
BroccoliRage: "Right then, let's go"
BroccoliRage: (that's all I need, really)
Jarg: 'We're going after your friends in Marsember. Ok let's get the show on the road"
Rafe: You rest first, or wlak through the night?
Jarg: Haste is in order
Jarg: Not the spell
VAN: how far away is Marsember?
Rafe: Half a day's ride. One day on foot.
Jarg: we have horses I presume?
kintire: since nutjo... Morrkroft seems convinced that the city will fall at midnight, we might want to hustle slong. We'll get some horses
VAN: we don't have horses I think
Rafe: You can ride on Harkon's back when he transform into dire wolf, though...
Rafe: :-D
VAN: again?
VAN: BTW where are his wolves?
BroccoliRage: "what if we're all this dram some guy is having, that local barony is making him have....whoah."
Rafe: Sec please...
kintire: ... I'm sure we can get some horses from somewhere
Jarg: Jarg looks at Harkon. "Can you transform into a wolf so one of us can ride you?
Rafe: IRRC, the wolf pack has left you at the burning city in Hermit's wood...
VAN: 2 people can ride Harkon
BroccoliRage: "Sure, why not..."
VAN: Ino can fly
BroccoliRage: ::::BAMF, I'm a wolf:::
Jarg: Jarg reluctantly hops on
Jarg: "Sure beats riding an underdark lizard I suppose
BroccoliRage: "Ruff, I could rearry go for some bacon right now, ruff::
VAN: Inovidil casts fly on herself
VAN: "I can get Shana"
BroccoliRage: "Oohla, we ride!"
kintire: thanks!
VAN:
Rafe:
VAN: so Sasha goes with Jarg
VAN: on Harkon
Rafe: So, you ride through the night on the monstrous wolf (Jarg cries from fear, again.) Over you in the sky, Inovidil...
BroccoliRage Has exited the room
Rafe: Huh, Broc?
BroccoliRage Has entered the room
Rafe: The night is quiet and warm, no fires can be seen over the land as you stride on...
Rafe: After a two hour ride, you come across an old farm house - you can see warm candle light from the second level of the house...
VAN: "hey guys! maybe we can get horse from there"
BroccoliRage Has exited the room
kintire: I'll take a look
Rafe: Ideas?!
Jarg: "Yes or pay them for the u se of their horse
Rafe: Shana dismounts and approaches the nearest window...
kintire: well, do they have a stable?
combatmedic Has entered the room
VAN: "ok"
Rafe: She hears the quiet breathing of children there.
Jarg: ewan!
VAN: Ewannnnnnnnnn
Rafe: YEAH!!!
Rafe: Now we go!!!
Rafe: Ewan - they know part of our secret!
kintire: hiya
combatmedic: OOC Very sorry- turkey coma plus helping my wife clean uop made me late [we had HUGE duinner party last nite]
Rafe: - The stable: Two cows, one old horse. A snorting pig.
Jarg: Okay Illstop snorting
combatmedic: OOC Have field trip to mosque later, but wanted to drop by for a bit
kintire: hmm... not very promising
Rafe: Oh, forgot it at all: Happy thanksgiving you yanks and canucks!
combatmedic: thanks
VAN: the old horse can help...sort of...
Rafe: Can I say yanks and canucks, or is this an offense?!
Jarg: my thanksgiving was in October !
VAN: Happy Thanksgiving
Jarg: thats fine by me
kintire: yes, happy Thanksgiving!
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combatmedic: what's the scene?
kintire: We are making for marsember. You are blue.
combatmedic: oh....
combatmedic: hehehe
VAN: and we are in a farm
VAN: wanting to get a horse
kintire: we are trying to score some horses, but it doesn't look good
combatmedic: ''I'm just a bit chilly, that is all. No one need worry about me. I feel fine.''
Jarg: let's move on then?
kintire: *Shana glances at him* riiight
kintire: well, maybe we should warn them?
VAN: "so we can get the old horse"
VAN: "yes"
kintire: that old thing will just slow us down. Its probably a plowhorse anyway
VAN: "so we keep going as we did?"
VAN: "flying and riding Harkon?"
combatmedic: ''Yes. We must reach the city. My Lady needs me.''
kintire: well, we better warn these people about the trouble
kintire: *knocks on the door*
Rafe: Harkon can only transform once each night. Maybe you want to hide him?
Rafe: Wonder that the animals are not going insane because of him...
kintire: oh, yes... good point
Jarg: yes I'll stay with him
VAN: "Harkon can u wait us here please?"
VAN: Jamethon is with us or with Jarg nad Harkon?
Rafe: HArkon nods his big head and walks off to a nearby tree... Not the most subtle form of hiding, but better than nothing...
Jarg: He's knocking at the door
Rafe: Shana knocks at the door; after a long while, and old man opens. He's unarmed.
combatmedic: Jamethon is with Inovidil and the others
kintire: Good evening sir! Sorry to wake you so late, but there's trouble abroad, and we wnated to warn you
Rafe: "How can I assist you, mylady? Are part of that exotic dancers' company that passed here a week ago... You forgot some of your clothing in our kitchen..."
combatmedic: Jamethon smiles at the man- presenting quite a specatcle with his red eyes and blue skin
Rafe:
Rafe: The man shrieks, but after a second, regains his posture...#
Jarg: OOC LOL @ Raf!
kintire: *blinks* err... not...exactly...
kintire: *glances round* ah...oh.. err.. don't mind him... Water genasi blood. [Bluff roll: 27]
VAN: OOC: nice one
Rafe: Shana: http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content ... Sonja3.jpg
Rafe: I approve this message.
kintire: I don't have a sword
Rafe: The old man nods, obviously still somewhat afraid. "I am sure there is a cure for this..."
Jarg: OOC if that is Shana please excuse me while Jarg picks up his tongue
combatmedic: ''Tell me, have you seen a large number of children about- strnage children?''
Rafe: CHA 18, what can one do?
kintire: OOC: Cha 19...
kintire: 19 now. level 8
VAN: we get a level?
combatmedic: [strangely, Jmatehon seems unmoved by such beauty- perhaps he reagrds Shana as more like a sister]
combatmedic: [Jamethon]
Jarg: [OOC kintire has been playing longer probably is a level higher]
kintire: anyway, yes, stange children.. or creatures that would look like that
Rafe: - Yeah.
Rafe: Optimus Prime: Our medical officer: Ratchet. Ratchet: [sniffing] The boy's pheromone levels suggest he wants to mate with the female.
Rafe: :-P
VAN: lol
Rafe: - The man obviously doesn't know what you are talkign about...
Jarg: OOC : Megan FOx is babeliciious
Rafe: "My grandchildren are with us today, while their parents head to the city to buy a new cow." - He smiles. "It has been a good year."
combatmedic: ''The city?''
VAN: "no we are talking about other children"
Jarg: "Did your grandchildren arrive today?"
kintire: yes, well, I'm afraid there's trouble about: big trouble
Jarg: guys my spidersense is tingling
Rafe: "No, two days ago, with their parents. - Marsember, of course."
combatmedic: ''So we are close- might it not be best to press on. We must reach her.''
kintire: some sort of raid from the north: creatures that look like children but... aren't.
VAN: Inovidil speaks in low voice "we will Jamethon!"
VAN: "yes have you seen anything like that sir?"
kintire: you might want to hide...or at least put out the light
Jarg: "I think we should move on, guys. Thank you for you time, sir"
Rafe: The man rubbs his eyes. "Is this a dream? - Are you flying, Miss?"
kintire: we're headed to Marsember...
VAN: oopss...
VAN: "ehmm no, it's just a spell"
VAN: Inovidil goes down
VAN: "see all good"
combatmedic: ''Yes, take refuge. Atrm your self with fire, prayers, and sharpened stakes. ''
kintire: please, really, this is serious
VAN: "don't let anyone enter your house"
VAN: "even if they beg you!"
Jarg: "We've warned him, let's move on."
combatmedic: ''The creatures are no longer human beings. They are night-things- blood drinkers.''
Rafe: The old man looks frightened now... "Oh... Okay... Whatever you say, strangers..."
combatmedic: Jonathon truns and begins to walk in the direction of Marsember
Rafe: As you take your leave, the man closes the door. You hear a lock turn...
combatmedic: [turns]
VAN: Inovidil gets Shana and flies again
combatmedic: Jon approaches Harkon
VAN: "lets move on"
combatmedic: ''It is time. ''
kintire: [official Shana pic - http://www.isauras.com/renderings/renderings.html?id=93 ]
Rafe: Harkon cowers down, so Moorkroft can get on his back...
Jarg: Jarg is following and jumps uip on Harkon
Jarg: [OOC : kintire is that from a book?]
combatmedic: Jon climbs on
Rafe: - Yeah! That's the one originally on your charsheet!
Rafe: Did you make it yourself?
kintire: [hell no! it was made by a web artist called isaura Simon. i couldn't do anything like that ]
Jarg: So we're all moving on then.....
Rafe: Ah, okay. Well, could be that you are an artist, like Casey.
Rafe:
kintire: indeed... making for Marsember, and destiny...
Jarg: OOC : Casey is BBDQ?
VAN: yes
combatmedic: ''Don't worry boy- with such a fine voice as yours, you've the makings of a true bard. Song will lure folk to you- especially the women. It is a pity I cannot sing or dance well- my talents are with blade and bullet.''
combatmedic: [Jon tells Harkon this as the move away, in a conversational tone]
Rafe: The next morning... You arrive at the valley of bell flowers, that leads to the city gate...
Jarg: Jarg just grits his teeth "Let's just get there. Riding a wolf is disgusting."
Rafe: Everything looks normal... You can see peasants enter and leave the gates like on any other day...
Rafe: Harkon will transform back as you get in sight of the watchtowers, btw.
VAN: Inovidil gets down
Rafe: ?
VAN: she doesn't fly
kintire: well, we'd better head in
VAN: agree
Rafe: Without any incident, you enter the city.
Jarg: Jarg agrees wit Shana
kintire: I imagine we will be making a beeline for Tatyana
Rafe: ...So, where to?
VAN: Inovidil looks around if everything is ok
Jarg: "Let's look for a temple of Lathander as well....."
combatmedic Has exited the room
VAN: "I agree lets warn them first"
VAN: "it's more important"
Rafe: At the palace, the guards greet you friendlily, and you can hear Gondegal, as he sings to a small group of street children...
Rafe: Ewan had to go already... Moorkroft an NPC again now...
kintire: lets warn the guy in charge... he'll see to the rest
VAN: ok
VAN: the children look normal/
Jarg: ok but we need to find a temple of LAthander they are skilled against undead usually no?
VAN: ?
VAN: "Lathander or Pelor"
Rafe: The baron of Marsember, Sergej cousin, sits on his throne, talking to his secretaries about financial transactions and taxes to the king in Arabel...
VAN: "Pelor is better against undead I think"
Rafe: Wanna talk to him first...
kintire: yes, but the city's ruler will know all about that. He'll probably have a plan and everything. And they'll listen to him
VAN: Inovidil coughes and stares Sergei
VAN: "Sir, we have to talk to you! it's very important!"
kintire: [OOC Pelor is greyhawk... ]
Rafe: Sergej#s not there...
VAN: "no is FR
Jarg: "Let's let Shna talk to the king she's the best public speaker amongst us "
VAN: sure
Rafe: Yeah, and Pelor is Greyhawk!!! For the Free City, warriors of the Flanaess!
VAN: really? I always play him in FR.
VAN: no t important now tho
Rafe:
kintire: *I'll step forward and try to catch the Baron's eye*
Rafe: 3e abonation!!!
Rafe: :-)
Rafe: - The baron on his throne registers you newcomers...
Rafe: "Youn are late, my trusted friends! What held you back?"
VAN: us or Shana
Rafe: "..: You look as if you had fought!"
kintire: "Yes My Lord... we bring grave tidings. There has been an eruption of evil into your realm, and it nears the city as we speak"
Rafe: http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u36/ ... /Boobs.jpg
Rafe: Sorry if that is grose...
VAN: lmao
Rafe: The baron raises an eyebrow... "What!?"
kintire: lol
Jarg: lol
Rafe: - Suddenly you realize Moorkroft is not with you any more...
Jarg: OOC : Picturing Bender's eyes popping out of his head now]
kintire: "A large group of creatures, my Lord... they appear like children from a distance, but they drink blood. They are rampaging through the countryside
VAN: "what the..." Inovidil looks around
Jarg: Jarg looks around, doing a spot check
kintire: (maybe just as well... a blue looney would not help my credibility just now
VAN: "I think he has gone to check Tatyana" says Inovdil in low voice to Jarg
kintire: no offence Moorkroft, if you read this, fine upstanding hero, just a poor first impression right now...
Rafe: "They look like children... Chancellor, what about those groups of refugees from a wildfire that came into the city yesterday? Weren't that mostly children?"
VAN: Inovidil frowns as the baron mentions wildfire
kintire: uh oh...
Rafe: Spot Check: Nothing. A small boy, a page, watching you intensely while holding a tablet with wine...
Jarg: "Where are trhe children now?" JArg asks
VAN: "were they look like...as normal children...or...different?"
Rafe: The baron commands his chancellor to speak... "Well, sir, most of them had relatives around here, and the refugees were essentially divided and sent to their...
Rafe: families around here...
Rafe: All appeared normal to me and my men, though..."
Rafe:
VAN: "so can we find them?"
VAN: "do you know where are their families?"
kintire: "My Lord, they should be recalled and inspected by a cleric as soon as possible..."
Rafe: "I am afraid... Well, you can look into the common mens qaurters in the city, if you feel the need. But I myself ate with some of the children, and they enjoyed bread, potatoes and water, and didn't show any strange signs..."
kintire: "A cleric of Lathander, preferably. They may be under a Vampire's influence. The Vampire is destroyed, but his commands may linger"
Rafe: "Tracking them down now should be pretty impossible right now..."
kintire: what happened to those who did not have families here?
Rafe: "Of course, go and visit the temple - some children might be there as well. Lathander's always been kind to those in need..."
Jarg: "Well whoemever got them to their families must remember where they all live, sir. It's only been a aday."
kintire: *mutters* I'd guess the families came and got them
VAN: "we can go and check to the temple"
Rafe: "Well... Essentially, we gave the children some breads and water, and told them to find their own way..."
Jarg: OOC: I think we've been riding all night we may need a litlle sleep}
Rafe: - Yeah, maybe the party should rest...
VAN: better inform the temple first
kintire: Also, my Lord, the villages of [OOC List the villages... I don't recal the names] have been ravaged. Any survivors may need help
Jarg: Jarg yawns "Lets do whatVan says then find an Inn and get rooms"
kintire: OOC: ignore the siren song of the evil one! rest! in the Hour of Doom?
Rafe: The baron calls for his master-of arms: "Send patrols... Accompanied by clerics to the respective hamlets!"
VAN: we cannot rest now
Jarg: OOC Damn and I wanted a room woht Red Sonja
kintire: and we will repair at once to the Temple of Lathander and consult the clerics there
VAN: "You need to ahve some patrols with clerics here as well"
Rafe: The baron frowns. "That White Knight, the man called the Alchemist has been seen again. Maybe the dirty rebel is respoonsible for this as well..."
VAN: "maybe the shildren we are talking about haven't arrived yet"
kintire: OOC: you've been travelling with her for months
kintire: OOC: well, weeks
Jarg: OOC : Heh
kintire: The Alchemist, my Lord?
Rafe: A demagogue - he rides from village to village, and tells them that our expedition to Barovia will be doomed... I have set a price on his head, for your interest..."
Rafe: Sasha remains quiet and in your back...
Jarg: OOC : DOesnt; Sasha worship Lathander?
Rafe: Yes, she does.
kintire: ahh... a price eh? *coughs* that is, a miscreant on the loose? We will certainly investigate the matter. But, first things first
Rafe: *Test*
Rafe: Please gon on.
kintire: we must seek the counsel of the Morninglord
Jarg: Jarg has the same reaction as Shana. "YEs let's visit the Temple first."
Rafe: Harkon looks at you with a strange hunger in his eyes. "The Blue one...?"
VAN: agree
kintire: I'm not sure... I lost track of him
VAN: "he isn't with us"
Rafe: "Shall I go and look for him... I need... Flesh... To eat..."
VAN: "I guess he went to check on Tatyana"
Rafe: ?
kintire: ... okay...any particular sort of flesh? I can probably get you soom beef...or lamb...
Rafe: "That would be... delicious..."
Jarg: Jarg crinkles his nose in disgust. "Yes, go look for him while we head for the temple,"
Rafe: "Oh, and I need it... Raw..."
kintire: right... Steak Tartare it is...
kintire: [feed the hungery werewolf. Hungry werewolf = Bad]
VAN: lol
Jarg: [better the meat than us ]
kintire: [eaxACTly my reasoning]
Rafe: YOu guide Harkon into the kitchen... The cooks are obviously afraid as he begins to eat...Fifteen minutes later, there is no flesh more in the storage... He doesn't even spare the salted pork...
Rafe: *BURP* I feel fine again... Who pays the bill?
Rafe: Sec please!
Jarg: "NOw I know why I don't keep a pet!"
VAN: yes better a fish!
kintire: I spin the cooks some tale about him using special techniques to improve his fighting skills, but needing a whole lot of food afterwards...
VAN: OOC> nice save
Jarg: "Oh man he even ate the salted pork! I hope he had his fill."
Rafe: You then head to Tatyana's room.
Rafe: ?
kintire: yes.. find Moorkroft
Jarg: or the temple?
VAN: Moorkroft
Rafe: DECIDE!
kintire: Actually... the temple's more important
kintire: ;p
VAN: yes but the baron will do to it anyway
VAN: no?
VAN: he needs clerics for the patrols
Jarg: temple it is
VAN: ok
kintire: we can hope so, but we'd better check
Rafe: Then, to the temple...
Rafe: A crowded place, with many hundred beggars waiting for the daily meal...
VAN: if we split?
VAN: Sasha to temple ad we to Jamethon?
Rafe: You find many children among the beggars as well...
Rafe: ? Better decide first!
kintire: Jamethon's a big boy, he can handle himself
VAN: it's ok go
VAN: he is a blue boy!
VAN: go temple it's ok
kintire: I murmur a spell and begin examining the children carefully [Detect magic]
VAN: Ino casts mage armor
VAN: OOC> just in case...
Rafe: Nothing... You register some minor magic energies, but those might as well come from magic devices in the houses and stores aroudn you...
Rafe: Reall,y too much to tell...
Jarg: Jarg eyes the children suspiciously but keeps walking.
kintire: The problem is i don't really know what I'm looking for...
VAN: Ino do the same
VAN: the children look good?
VAN: I mean normal?
Rafe: No, they are supposedly very poor or living on the street...
Rafe: No fangs and red eyes, if you mean that...
VAN: any marks?
VAN: yes ok
Jarg: "I was thinking I'd ask about my bte at the Temple."
Jarg: bite*
VAN: "yes, we should warn them as wel"l
Rafe: None that you could see without getting unconfortably close...
VAN: "so I say to speak with a High Priest"
Rafe: You are really looking battered and extremely tired now...
kintire: We can let Sasha do the talking to the priests. They'll pay attention to a paladin
Rafe: Imprtant: Have you brought Harkon with you?
Jarg: true
VAN: no
VAN: "they can look at Jarg's bite too"
Rafe: So, he has remained home sleeping in achair...
Jarg: yes RAf
kintire: yes. I think its for the best
Rafe: So, you walk to one of the priests that attend the poor...
Rafe: "- If you want to eat, get in line!"
Rafe: @Shana: "We don't admit Hookers here!"
VAN: "we don't want to eat sir, we want to talk to a High Priest it's very important"
kintire: *I give him a glare* bah.. I thought this might happen
Rafe: Speak to the secretary upstairs at the main entrance."
Jarg: Jarg gives Shana his cloak
Rafe: Pervert.
VAN: "we will all go or only Jarg? to check also the bite"
kintire: thank you... but maybe I'd better stay outside. You two go in
Rafe: Sure?
VAN: "better be alltogether"
kintire: yes, I'm sure. Go on in
Jarg: "Ill do that after
VAN: "we have to talk to the High Priest Jarg"
Rafe: Inside: a man from Al-Quadim approaches you.
VAN: "we will be back in a min Shna"
Rafe: "My name is Tadele. I am this temple's secretary for commoner's issues. How may I assist you?"
VAN: "good morning sir, we like to talk to a High Priest if possible"
VAN: "something very serious is going to happen"
Rafe: Looks down at you. "Unless you can give me a valid reason, I see no need for his grace to meet with a commoner, even if its an elf."
VAN: Ino is human
Jarg: [thats me I think ]
VAN: "Sir, an army of blood drinker is rampaging here. Is that a good reason?"
Rafe:
Rafe: Tadele looks down at you again. "Get sober, and then best donate a coin to Lathander for lying to one of his servants."
Jarg: "Young children actually, sir. Very dangerous. They're the span of one Jander Sunstar
Jarg: spawn*
VAN: "We are serious, we have talked to the baron too."
VAN: "you can ask him if you don't believe us."
Rafe: Tadele waves for the temple's guards. "What an insolence! Michael and Dome, escort these here out."
VAN: "if you don't let us speak to a High Priest the blood of the innocents will get to your hands!"
Jarg: Jarg shows the man his bite from Jander. "Believe me now?"
VAN: "we need help to prevent a catastrophe!"
Rafe: "Sure... You're the third this week to come up with a story about the impending apocalypse... At least yours is without flying dogs and giant wolves..."
Rafe: :-P
VAN: "Let us just talk to him and let him decide if we lie or no"
Rafe: Without much further, the guards grabb you and pull you out...
Jarg: If a guard even touches me I wont allow it
Jarg: I walk out on my own
VAN: "stupid guards..."
VAN: "Shana we didn't manage talk to him"
Rafe: Outside, with Shana again. The guards remain in range, and are observing you...
kintire: I had a feeling we wouldn't when I saw the idiot out front...
Rafe: One of the guards approach as he sees Shana, and cleans his throat.
Jarg: "Maybe Sasha could help us get an audience or the Baron even"
Rafe: "Mylady, if you are who you say, maybe wash and clean yourselves, and then return. - I have heard stories. You were with the count of Barovia, no??"
VAN: Raf check this out
VAN: As long as you keep within certain boundaries, your resources are mostly unlimited,
VAN: we still have those rings?
Rafe: Sure.
VAN: u posted that to the http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/foru ... 86&start=0
VAN: so we can use them right?
Rafe: I know.
VAN: sorry we had rings
Rafe: You can.
kintire: yes... maybe you're right. We should clean up. We just thought an imminent uprising of undead in the city was urgent...
VAN: Inovidil turns and shows her ring to a gurad
VAN: can I go inside now?
Rafe: The guard pales and walks back into the temple.
Rafe: Within five minutes, you are with the high priest.
VAN: yay1
Jarg: Jarg looks at the man and snarls "I Guess its more important for us to be clean than to warn of impending doom of undead" before he turns to Shana "I guess we should go clean up, these guards are idiots"
VAN: I knew taht we were powerful!
Rafe: ?
Jarg: OOC that was suppsed to be before you typed Raf
Jarg: heh
VAN: "Good morning sir, I'm sorry if we disturb you but an army of blood drinkers ramapage here"
kintire: okay, time to brief the High priest. I'll tell him pretty much the whole story... he's a cleric he cantake it
Rafe: The man, considerably fat for his stature and age, pales and has to sit down...
kintire: lets keep the whole Hakon angle under wraps though...
Rafe: That is.... Terrible.
Jarg: "Sir, there's also another matter I'd like to discuss with you" And Jarg shows his bite to the man
Rafe: "We must do something... - Elf, you should remain here under quarantine [English?] until we have you cured. No worries, THAT would be the matter of a few days..."
VAN: "few days?"
kintire: *mutters* well you don't cure Vampirism by waving a hand...
VAN: "sure"
VAN: "So Sir what can we do? We want to help"
Rafe: "Three orm four, dependiong on how the infection has progressed... I am... Overwhlemed... I had heard of Jander... But this is..."
Jarg: He is destroyed by me well us sir
Rafe: "Oh, I have no idea! This is terrible... We need... The army... The Purple Dragons... Elminster might know..."
Rafe: The man seems totally perplexed... He breathes heavily, then gets paler...
Rafe: "Oh dear... My arm... I... str... stroke..."
VAN: OOC lets call Elminister
kintire: *coughs* maybe we should trace the children?
Rafe: The priest sinks down in his chair...
kintire: oh crap... HELP! HEALER NEEDED!
Rafe: The priests swarm into the room, and sooner or later, theey find a stretcher stable enough to carry the High Bishop...
VAN: Inovidil runs outside and yells
Rafe: You stand aside, watching...
VAN: "a healer quockly!!!"
Rafe: The Bishop is taken to the nearest healer, but you are said that it will take some time until he recovers...
Jarg: Jarg whispers to the others "Does that mean I'm still quarantined?"
Rafe: Noone but th Bishop knows about your condition...
kintire: gah!
Jarg: just peachy
Rafe: I am a mean meanie who likes to be mean...
kintire: clerics... can't live with 'em, can live without 'em...
VAN: "think you have to wait Jarg"
Jarg: "I guess so"
Jarg: "So what now?"
kintire: look we can't wait any longer. He needs healing. If that infection spreads further...
Rafe: The other priests in the temple suspend all other activities, including the feeding of the beggars, to help their bishop...
VAN: "so what we do? call another High Priest?"
Jarg: Jarg will try to catch the eye of a healer
Rafe: None of them seems to care about you any more, unless you use force...
Rafe: LG characters are great to make fun of...
kintire: ... is there another temple in the city?
VAN: "I think we should leave"
Rafe: Well, a dozen... But this is the only one of Lathander...
Jarg: lol @ Raf
kintire: I think you're right...
Jarg: "ANyone think of another temple we can go to?"
VAN: "any Good God is ok"
Rafe: There is a temple of Helm right around the corner...
Jarg: "Ok let's proceed to the first one we can find. And we can use our rings!'
kintire: GAH! no! Not Helm! Not Helm!
Jarg: Why not Helm?
kintire: ...
kintire: Oh, no reason... I'll just be, uh getting us an inn room and cleaning up. You won't need me. And, um, no need to mention my name there, right? I don't want to distract them from your condition...
Rafe: There, you are told that the only healers capable of healing vampirism are in the temple of Lathander...
Rafe: And the high priest takes a looong look at Shana... "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
Jarg: Note to self keep Shana away from temple of Helm
VAN: Inovidil glances Shana but says nothing
Rafe: I LOLed, Kintire!
kintire: [I am so not visiting the God of Police...]
VAN Has exited the room
Rafe: Vannie?!
VAN: Inovidil glances Shana but says nothing
VAN Has entered the room
VAN: sorry I was booted
kintire:
Rafe: ...So, there you stand, in a corner nextto the temple of Helm, after obtaining the info that you cannot be helped... At least the Helmers will send out patrols to look for the children...
Jarg: Jarg says nothing either. "Thanks for your advice sir, we'll leave now"
kintire: Well, i think thats the best we can do...
Jarg: Inn time?
Jarg: or tatyana?
Rafe: Inn or citadel?
VAN: "lets check on Moorkroft first"
Jarg: "I think we did all we can and could use a few hrs sleep.... doesn't matter where, Raf"
Rafe: Then you head back to the castle... Would be logical, I think.
Rafe: Moorkroft sits down in the garden next to Gondegal and Harkon, friendly chatting...
kintire: yes. Ino can check on Moorkroft, and Jarg and i can clean up and get some sleep in one convenient location!
VAN: "everything ok Jamethon?"
Rafe: You all have rooms there.
Rafe: Jamethon looks a bit frustrated and leads you away fom the others.
Jarg: OOC No her idea is better same location
Rafe: "She is sleeping. And that idiot Sergej is out on a hunting trip."
VAN: "Jamethon, they are in great danger, it's normal do that."
Rafe: Moorkroft grunts and leaves you again...
kintire:
Jarg:
VAN: "I guess we can go rest now, all seem ok"
Rafe: So, go to sleep...
Rafe: You sleep long, and do not dream...
Jarg: Pssst kintire does Shana snore LOL!
VAN: I don't think that will bother Jarg
Rafe: When you awake, it's already night... From down in the city, you see strange lights...
kintire: heh who knows?
Rafe: Wanna look? Hehe...
VAN: now Jarg knows
kintire: hmm... strange lights? what kind of strange lights?
Jarg: @ raf no I am only kidding and besides shes human Im drow ewwwwwwwwwwww
Rafe: ...?
Rafe:
VAN: ask Drizzt
kintire: actually, given we've been camping rough for the last week plus, I'm guessing everyone knows: and no she doesn't
Rafe: You head over to your balcony...
Rafe: http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w151 ... ARGETE.jpg
Rafe: ...
Jarg: Hey the city is on fire?
Rafe: The city's temples's are burning...
kintire: oh no...
Jarg: holy mystra!
Rafe: END OF THIS EPISODE...
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Re: RL:O - Chapter VII: Ravenheart, Part I

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I disavow all involvement with this game.
Delight is to him- a far, far upward, and inward delight- who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self.

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