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<blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8959879" data-attributes="member: 7015827"><p>By mid-morning on Tarsakh 5, Dermot, Rosten and Lloria had finished a rousing breakfast at the Gatereach, having made their way back there along with Darrow and Njord in the early morning hours without suffering any incidents. The inn’s proprietor Jandrico Swift informed them that the two dwarves had risen early and, impatient to head to Darrow’s clanhome, taken the first available caravan heading west on Traders Road. The three later-rising adventurers were nonetheless satisfied with their lot and set out on foot by late morning, humming a variety of traveling tunes, although Lloria wondered about getting horses at some point.</p><p></p><p>Despite a brief but bloody encounter with a group of worgs along the way, they made good time to Reddansyr and arrived at the Giant’s Folly inn late in the evening. Darrow joined them at the inn shortly before midnight, having broken off from the caravan, which Njord had decided to stay with until Teziir. Ian Gryphonhawk, the inn’s owner, was just as glad to him as he had been to see Dermot and be introduced to his two other companions. The dwarf naturally bought a round of drinks as soon as he got there; per Ian their room was free for the night, as thanks for the party’s previous rescue of his son Killian.</p><p></p><p>The morning of Tarsakh 6, the four adventurers went to the common room looking somewhat disturbed and asked Ian if he had seen Aerikoth. As if on cue, the wizard came through the inn’s door and was pointed out by the proprietor. Dermot, pale-faced, asked if they could speak somewhere private and they headed upstairs to their room.</p><p></p><p>Aerikoth declared he was pleased to see all of them there - except for Njord it would seem – and that you they all managed to depart Westgate without issue. Dermot said that was not quite the case and looked to the others when Aerikoth queried the reason. Darrow spoke up and said they all had the same dream last night, which Lloria qualified as less a dream and more a message from a certain deity they seem to have angered with their raid. Rosten, looking even more haggard than normal, described it as darkness, then the appearance of a figure who said they had to atone for their destruction of the altar. It also said that the one who fled with a piece of "holy darkness" had already been marked, and they would be marked too if they did not repent.</p><p></p><p>The wizard simply stated this was intriguing, prompting Rosten to excitedly point out that the marked one had to be Aerikoth - who in response said that would be an accurate statement. Dermot expressed his concern, wondering if anything happened after they split up, but the wizard declared himself fine and said it had been rectified, although amazingly he too shared such a dream. Rosten was incredulous that Aerikoth was not cursed, magicked or even afraid, the hin being scared of attracting the attention of a god of darkness.</p><p></p><p>Aerikoth assured the hin and his other companions that he did not believe he was any of those things. The wizard explained that the morning after he had departed their company, he noticed there was a mark upon his chest and hypothesized it had something to do with the cloak, as it was the dark symbol of Shar. And then he had a similar dream to all of them, it would seem, telling him that he should atone or the darkness would consume him. While Rosten continued to listen closely to the mage’s tale, Lloria, after offering to begin preparations to assist Aerikoth, opened the door and peeked out briefly before closing it, to ensure no one was listening from the hallway.</p><p></p><p>The wizard continued, stating he that morning prepared what spells he knew to rid himself of the mark, which was now gone. He hypothesized that possession of the cloak was perhaps the catalyst to being marked, which would not be a problem in the future, as they were to deliver it to The Vulture. Aerikoth mentioned he spent the previous day uncovering the powers of the Cloak of Darkness, which he termed significant for anyone that used shadows and darkness. The wizard then asked if his companions had any other concerns.</p><p></p><p>Rosten piped up first, questioning if Aerikoth was sure it was possessing the cloak that caused the mark – in his companion’s dreams, the figure who appeared said it was the one that <em>stole </em>the cloak that was marked, not just the one who carried it. Dermot Kenner seconded this, the ranger noting that if it was just the wizard dreaming, he would not worry, but it had been all of them. Aerikoth acknowledged that if the dream were to be believed – noting that there were many ways to interpret it - he was the one that took the cloak from the altar before Lloria destroyed it.</p><p></p><p>After the others at Aerikoth’s urging had confirmed none bore a similar mark on their chests, which caused his companions some relief, they talked about their next moves. The wizard seemed unhurried, saying he felt fully in control and would be fine with delivering the cloak at the end of five days’ time per The Vulture’s message, while Rosten and Lloria were keener on getting rid of it sooner. After some back-and-forth, at Dermot’s suggestion they decided to head for Teziir, with Aerikoth observing they could deal with anything amiss if it arose later. (<em>The wizard seems remarkably unconcerned about such a dramatic turn of events, especially with him being the most personally affected. He has desmonstrated a cold and calculating nature previously in these chronicles, so perhaps this reaction is not so out of character. Yet there must be more to this curse, than simply a warning and one night's disturbance of sleep. --C</em>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlo-One, post: 8959879, member: 7015827"] By mid-morning on Tarsakh 5, Dermot, Rosten and Lloria had finished a rousing breakfast at the Gatereach, having made their way back there along with Darrow and Njord in the early morning hours without suffering any incidents. The inn’s proprietor Jandrico Swift informed them that the two dwarves had risen early and, impatient to head to Darrow’s clanhome, taken the first available caravan heading west on Traders Road. The three later-rising adventurers were nonetheless satisfied with their lot and set out on foot by late morning, humming a variety of traveling tunes, although Lloria wondered about getting horses at some point. Despite a brief but bloody encounter with a group of worgs along the way, they made good time to Reddansyr and arrived at the Giant’s Folly inn late in the evening. Darrow joined them at the inn shortly before midnight, having broken off from the caravan, which Njord had decided to stay with until Teziir. Ian Gryphonhawk, the inn’s owner, was just as glad to him as he had been to see Dermot and be introduced to his two other companions. The dwarf naturally bought a round of drinks as soon as he got there; per Ian their room was free for the night, as thanks for the party’s previous rescue of his son Killian. The morning of Tarsakh 6, the four adventurers went to the common room looking somewhat disturbed and asked Ian if he had seen Aerikoth. As if on cue, the wizard came through the inn’s door and was pointed out by the proprietor. Dermot, pale-faced, asked if they could speak somewhere private and they headed upstairs to their room. Aerikoth declared he was pleased to see all of them there - except for Njord it would seem – and that you they all managed to depart Westgate without issue. Dermot said that was not quite the case and looked to the others when Aerikoth queried the reason. Darrow spoke up and said they all had the same dream last night, which Lloria qualified as less a dream and more a message from a certain deity they seem to have angered with their raid. Rosten, looking even more haggard than normal, described it as darkness, then the appearance of a figure who said they had to atone for their destruction of the altar. It also said that the one who fled with a piece of "holy darkness" had already been marked, and they would be marked too if they did not repent. The wizard simply stated this was intriguing, prompting Rosten to excitedly point out that the marked one had to be Aerikoth - who in response said that would be an accurate statement. Dermot expressed his concern, wondering if anything happened after they split up, but the wizard declared himself fine and said it had been rectified, although amazingly he too shared such a dream. Rosten was incredulous that Aerikoth was not cursed, magicked or even afraid, the hin being scared of attracting the attention of a god of darkness. Aerikoth assured the hin and his other companions that he did not believe he was any of those things. The wizard explained that the morning after he had departed their company, he noticed there was a mark upon his chest and hypothesized it had something to do with the cloak, as it was the dark symbol of Shar. And then he had a similar dream to all of them, it would seem, telling him that he should atone or the darkness would consume him. While Rosten continued to listen closely to the mage’s tale, Lloria, after offering to begin preparations to assist Aerikoth, opened the door and peeked out briefly before closing it, to ensure no one was listening from the hallway. The wizard continued, stating he that morning prepared what spells he knew to rid himself of the mark, which was now gone. He hypothesized that possession of the cloak was perhaps the catalyst to being marked, which would not be a problem in the future, as they were to deliver it to The Vulture. Aerikoth mentioned he spent the previous day uncovering the powers of the Cloak of Darkness, which he termed significant for anyone that used shadows and darkness. The wizard then asked if his companions had any other concerns. Rosten piped up first, questioning if Aerikoth was sure it was possessing the cloak that caused the mark – in his companion’s dreams, the figure who appeared said it was the one that [I]stole [/I]the cloak that was marked, not just the one who carried it. Dermot Kenner seconded this, the ranger noting that if it was just the wizard dreaming, he would not worry, but it had been all of them. Aerikoth acknowledged that if the dream were to be believed – noting that there were many ways to interpret it - he was the one that took the cloak from the altar before Lloria destroyed it. After the others at Aerikoth’s urging had confirmed none bore a similar mark on their chests, which caused his companions some relief, they talked about their next moves. The wizard seemed unhurried, saying he felt fully in control and would be fine with delivering the cloak at the end of five days’ time per The Vulture’s message, while Rosten and Lloria were keener on getting rid of it sooner. After some back-and-forth, at Dermot’s suggestion they decided to head for Teziir, with Aerikoth observing they could deal with anything amiss if it arose later. ([I]The wizard seems remarkably unconcerned about such a dramatic turn of events, especially with him being the most personally affected. He has desmonstrated a cold and calculating nature previously in these chronicles, so perhaps this reaction is not so out of character. Yet there must be more to this curse, than simply a warning and one night's disturbance of sleep. --C[/I]) [/QUOTE]
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