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Post by Diocles on Dec 13, 2020 11:14:36 GMT
Cian, you hear a familiar voice calling for help. You look over the side of the ship, and running along the bank of the Clearlow as he dodges arrows from the city wall is Jevunlok, our druid friend! "Help, help! Don't leave me here!"
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 13, 2020 11:18:01 GMT
"Who is that?" I ask, looking out. "Your Highness! Help!"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Dec 14, 2020 18:20:21 GMT
"Your Highness, please, I would ask that you bring him aboard! He is a Druid who has traveled north to the city whom I met in the marketplace not two days ago."
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Post by Diocles on Dec 14, 2020 23:35:34 GMT
"You know this man?" the prince asks you. "Very well." He gives the captain a nod, and the captain sets his men to work to bring Jevunlok aboard. Wet and trembling, yet smiling with extreme relief, the druid at last stands on the deck of the ship and thanks everyone for saving him.
"And Cian, you are here! What a relief and a delight!"
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 15, 2020 0:10:39 GMT
I look from Jevunlok to my cousin. Have they been seeing each other?
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Dec 15, 2020 15:29:39 GMT
"Everyone, this is Jevunlok, a druid from Vadalia. We kept one another company exploring the city the day before the festival." Turning to Jevunlock, "What has befallen you since we parted?" Taking in his appearance and state I reconsider. "My apologies, perhaps you need to recover for awhile. Your Highness, might we be able to provide Jevunlok with a quiet space and some refreshment?"
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Post by Diocles on Dec 16, 2020 1:16:43 GMT
The captain provides the druid with what he needs, and in time you are all seated with Jevunlok amid massive coils of rope in the prow of the ship. "When things went bad, I could hardly believe it," Jevunlok said, "but when the squads of zombies started roaming the streets killing everyone, I confess I went into a kind of shock. I almost got killed, but I remembered Abrexa's gifts and made a vine to grow over the wall. That's how I escaped."
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2020 2:30:40 GMT
"You will have need of remembering the goddess' gifts in time to come," I say solemnly. "But I am pleased that you have escaped. His Highness the Prince has saved us all from gruesome death ... and worse than death."
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Post by Diocles on Dec 16, 2020 2:39:57 GMT
Jevunlok turns his attention fully to you and shivers. "What do you mean, 'worse than death'?"
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Dec 16, 2020 2:43:48 GMT
“Jevunlok, do you have any light to shed on this situation? Any word from Abrexa?” I sigh. “We were there when it began. The High Priest of Nistaron” I play nervously with the ring “didn’t seem to know what was happening and then he was killed when one of his priests transformed into one of those monsters.”
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2020 5:53:41 GMT
"I got the impression that the monster was already there," I say. "Planted in the place of a priest. But that is what I meant by worse than death." I look seriously at Jevunlok. "To be denied the rest of Alaxton's halls and forced to walk this world without Abrexa's life..."
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Post by Diocles on Dec 16, 2020 8:46:51 GMT
(Cian, are you letting everyone see you playing with the ring?)
Jevunlok clasps his hands together. He is clearly still frightened, though he knows he is safe aboard the ship. "Undead will thrive if the sun never comes back up, and we will all die." He weeps. "And all Abrexa's flora will perish!"
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2020 10:28:51 GMT
(Let me know if I notice Cian messing with the ring!)
"Jevunlok, we who love beauty and the light must not let that happen!" My mind is busy, and I wish to discuss magical questions with Jevunlok when I can.
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Post by Sir Roland Desprez on Dec 16, 2020 10:34:13 GMT
I’m not hiding the ring. Just kind of absentmindedly playing with it.
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Post by Storyteller on Dec 16, 2020 12:35:28 GMT
(Is there a roll I need to make to notice the ring? Because if I see it, Cousin Cian is in for a scolding! )
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