Birthright: The Worm's Supper, Chapter Four

[RocEter]

The searchers, the Bard.

"I think I will pass on the trouble, for now at least." The Bard says.

"Not one for moving rocks, that sort of work is best suited for menfolk." She says. "I can play a lovely tune on my flute though, if you like."

[ewancummins]

The searchers, the Bard.

"I think I will pass on the trouble, for now at least." The Bard says.

"Not one for moving rocks, that sort of work is best suited for menfolk." She says. "I can play a lovely tune on my flute though, if you like."

Sir Boarhort says,

"Of course! This is work for men, not a lady. And music, hmmm. Music helps men work. Like a rower's chant."

[RocEter]

The searchers, the Bard.

"I think I will pass on the trouble, for now at least." The Bard says.

"Not one for moving rocks, that sort of work is best suited for menfolk." She says. "I can play a lovely tune on my flute though, if you like."

Sir Boarhort says,

"Of course! This is work for men, not a lady. And music, hmmm. Music helps men work. Like a rower's chant."

The Bard nods her head in agreement, with a half smile on her face. She pulls her flute free from her bag.

"I don't know any songs for working, but I do recall a song from my childhood before my time in the wode." She says.

The Bard begins to play the song. Her mask of cheerfulness slips to one of sorrow and loss as she plays. The song itself isn't a sad tune though.

[Varrus the Ethical]

Searchers

Roald taps Reece on the shoulder. "You keep a lookout while we work. You see anything weird, you put a bolt in it and then raise the alarm."

He then turns to the cave-in and cracks his knuckles. "And here I thought my manual labor days were over with."

[ewancummins]

CAER HAES


Termelan examines the pewter statuette.

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The minstrel sees something familiar in this piece of grotesque art: an obese manlike thing with ram horns and bat wings. But where has he seen such an image? Does the creature depicted have a name? Is it some fanciful beast or a real entity? Termelan concentrates as he was taught in the academy, focusing for a minute on each salient feature of the statuette.
He closes his eyes and blanks his thoughts. An old, half forgotten memory comes to him. He sees a dreamlike image of a huge stone face topped by horns, with a gaping mouth. The opening resembles a cave. Robed figures enter the mouth , carrying a bloated corpse on a litter.
And the the image vanishes. He tries, but he can't bring up any other strong or clear associations.

[ewancummins]

THE SEARCHERS

Clearing the hole proves difficult and time consuming.More rocks show beneath every successive layer pulled away.And as the men grow wearied, they drop or kick stones back in by accident.
The job takes all morning and well into the afternoon, but the bruised and sweaty men at last can sit down around a ten foot deep hole, three feet wide, that opens into a deeper passage underground. The lower passage stops after a few yards, sealed with a green bronze hatchway covered in runes.

[alhoon]

Termelan returns the statuette with a frown of distaste. He describes what he remembers, the half-forgotten memory he picked up, of the cave mouth, of the robbed figures.
He seems concerned but not surprised. "I believe the Crone is affiliated with a fiendish cult. Those not born with power to do True Magic seek other ways to attain it. The undead horrors, the poison, the creeping, burrowing maggots... while I'm not familiar with this cult I am not in the least surprised by their methods.
I'm afraid this statuette is a strong indication, if not proof, that the hoodies are not a band of vagabonds and nationalists out to make trouble but part of a scheme of something deeper and more sinister whether they know it or not. "

[Varrus the Ethical]

THE SEARCHERS

Clearing the hole proves difficult and time consuming.More rocks show beneath every successive layer pulled away.And as the men grow wearied, they drop or kick stones back in by accident.
The job takes all morning and well into the afternoon, but the bruised and sweaty men at last can sit down around a ten foot deep hole, three feet wide, that opens into a deeper passage underground. The lower passage stops after a few yards, sealed with a green bronze hatchway covered in runes.

Searchers

Roald falls back on his haunches. "Seriously?!"

He stands up and lights a torch. He thrusts the torch through the hole to get a look at the runes

[VAN]

Filbert frowns and shows the stauette to Princess Adelle.

"Have you ever seen or heard something about this? And what cam we do against fiends,if there is any around of course. Maybe we should pay a visit to the elf we captured with the Crone. What do you think?"

[ewancummins]

CAER HAES

Priestess Idele examines the statuette.

"It certainly looks ugly. Let me think..."

[ewancummins]

CAER HAES

Priestess Idele examines the statuette.

"It certainly looks ugly. Let me think..."

After a moment of silence, she says,
" I believe that the minstrel is right, and that this statuette represents one of the Powers of Darkness "
She makes a sign with her holy symbol.
The priestess sets the hideous idol on the table.
" I must report this to my superiors. Right now. Excuse me while I send a message. I will be back before all the others get here, I hope."

[kintire]

Safana quietly enters the room, still looking a little pale. She seats herself at the back of the room, quietly as if trying not to disturb the meeting.

Her eyes flick to the statue and she examines it carefully

[RocEter]

THE SEARCHERS

Clearing the hole proves difficult and time consuming.More rocks show beneath every successive layer pulled away.And as the men grow wearied, they drop or kick stones back in by accident.
The job takes all morning and well into the afternoon, but the bruised and sweaty men at last can sit down around a ten foot deep hole, three feet wide, that opens into a deeper passage underground. The lower passage stops after a few yards, sealed with a green bronze hatchway covered in runes.

Searchers

Roald falls back on his haunches. "Seriously?!"

He stands up and lights a torch. He thrusts the torch through the hole to get a look at the runes

Searchers

The Bard will also join Roald in examining the dwarf runes.

[alhoon]

Termelan tenses when Safana enters. He avoids looking at her directly and doesn't address her unless she speaks to him in which case he's polite, laconic, respectful and looks at her shoes and not her face. He certainly reacts to her differently than his jovial, friendly manner less than a week ago.

[Brock Marsh Runoff]

SEARCHERS

Renn wipes sweat from his brow, and looks down at the hatchway. "So not a beast's lair then, maybe not because of Red Rack, but because it's used by someone else, perhaps?" He peers into the torchlit hatchway to get a better look.