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<blockquote data-quote="zakael19" data-source="post: 9303051" data-attributes="member: 7044099"><p><em>Valak stands a moment, watching the boy and his sister take comfort in each other's company as the corpses of the cultists still about them. His blood boils - literally - as he attempts to fight off the leader's parting gift. He ignores the panicked cries of the remaining cultists as beneath his notice, perhaps the one he seeks will start to reconsider their ways once news a hunter has arrived reaches them.</em></p><p></p><p>5 damage. Saving throw: r3, fail. </p><p>HP: 33.</p><p>5 damage. Saving throw: r13, success and effect ends.</p><p>HP: 27</p><p>Short rest, spend (2) healing surges.</p><p>Valak final: 61 HP, 5/9 Surges.</p><p></p><p><em>As the demonic effect purges under the radiance of the consecrated shrine, Valak slowly breathes in a centering exercise, restoring some of his depleted vitality. Hearing hesitant pained steps approaching and noticing his flock gathering close under the corner of his eye, he turns to face the mother and her child who are the sole survivors of his unholy assault. Resourceful children, Carys and Osian have already rounded up some bandages from the packs of the fallen, perhaps spare clothing, perhaps purpose made travel kit. Valak steps forward to take charge of the injured teenage boy the mother is slowly supporting back towards the remains of her kin, starting to bandage her as he gently draws forth the tale of what transpired prior to his arrival here.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><em>She keeps her head averted from the bodies that Carys and Osian are methodically rummaging through (if cultists) or gently laying out (the two travelers), answering him in a halting voice:</em></em></p><p><em>"Oh, it was terrible - they came upon us as we were beseeching the gods for a safe and swift journey, and next thing I know my poor <em>her voice hitches, silent sobs wracking her shoulders before she can continue</em> Elsten and our neighbor down the way were struck down by their cruel blades. Their leader demanded to see Ralis's back, something about 'seeking the master's chosen afflicted, he who is his salvation but also doom'."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Valak looks up at her sharply for a moment, not that she notices in her grief and shock. Could it be? He must finish ministering to this injured one and then seek the God's guidance. At such a shrine, sanctified in defense of the innocent, the god's presence must be close. He gives the poor women an absent pat on the shoulder and a muttered blessing of hope for her and her son that they find safety and care with family, and the children gravely hand over the wealth they found on the cultist minions - perhaps the memory of Valak's charity already resonating in their young hearts.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The priest is already kneeling at the shrine, eyes closed in prayer as he seeks a sign - and it is granted. A vision of a ritual that can use Osian's mark as a conduit to this unknown master - blasting them with divine power through any occult defenses and rendering them something an Avenger on their own, their only allies a pair of stalwart children, can potentially manage.</em></p><p>_______________________________</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, at this point Osian has to be the key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zakael19, post: 9303051, member: 7044099"] [I]Valak stands a moment, watching the boy and his sister take comfort in each other's company as the corpses of the cultists still about them. His blood boils - literally - as he attempts to fight off the leader's parting gift. He ignores the panicked cries of the remaining cultists as beneath his notice, perhaps the one he seeks will start to reconsider their ways once news a hunter has arrived reaches them.[/I] 5 damage. Saving throw: r3, fail. HP: 33. 5 damage. Saving throw: r13, success and effect ends. HP: 27 Short rest, spend (2) healing surges. Valak final: 61 HP, 5/9 Surges. [I]As the demonic effect purges under the radiance of the consecrated shrine, Valak slowly breathes in a centering exercise, restoring some of his depleted vitality. Hearing hesitant pained steps approaching and noticing his flock gathering close under the corner of his eye, he turns to face the mother and her child who are the sole survivors of his unholy assault. Resourceful children, Carys and Osian have already rounded up some bandages from the packs of the fallen, perhaps spare clothing, perhaps purpose made travel kit. Valak steps forward to take charge of the injured teenage boy the mother is slowly supporting back towards the remains of her kin, starting to bandage her as he gently draws forth the tale of what transpired prior to his arrival here. [I]She keeps her head averted from the bodies that Carys and Osian are methodically rummaging through (if cultists) or gently laying out (the two travelers), answering him in a halting voice:[/I] "Oh, it was terrible - they came upon us as we were beseeching the gods for a safe and swift journey, and next thing I know my poor [I]her voice hitches, silent sobs wracking her shoulders before she can continue[/I] Elsten and our neighbor down the way were struck down by their cruel blades. Their leader demanded to see Ralis's back, something about 'seeking the master's chosen afflicted, he who is his salvation but also doom'." Valak looks up at her sharply for a moment, not that she notices in her grief and shock. Could it be? He must finish ministering to this injured one and then seek the God's guidance. At such a shrine, sanctified in defense of the innocent, the god's presence must be close. He gives the poor women an absent pat on the shoulder and a muttered blessing of hope for her and her son that they find safety and care with family, and the children gravely hand over the wealth they found on the cultist minions - perhaps the memory of Valak's charity already resonating in their young hearts. The priest is already kneeling at the shrine, eyes closed in prayer as he seeks a sign - and it is granted. A vision of a ritual that can use Osian's mark as a conduit to this unknown master - blasting them with divine power through any occult defenses and rendering them something an Avenger on their own, their only allies a pair of stalwart children, can potentially manage.[/I] _______________________________ Yeah, at this point Osian has to be the key. [/QUOTE]
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