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Post by The Dungeon Master on Dec 27, 2007 10:11:20 GMT -5
The caster seems to be having some difficulty so he removes his armor to better his casting.
You are all eventually completely healed.
ArdFionn, Gustav and LogazNir each notice and recognize the symbols around their saviors’ necks: a sword and hammer crossed in front of a twin-tailed comet and flanked by the letters O and E; the same emblem from Kroen’s gravestone.
The tall, lean man seems to be the leader of this group. He runs a searching eye over you as your wounds are being treated.
“A good job we were tracking you, wouldn’t you say my friends? You have Jakob here to thank for our timely arrival. Otherwise who knows what could have happened.
“Since we saved your lives, I’d say you shouldn’t mind answering a few questions. If I like your answers, we’ll escort you back to Middenheim safe and sound. If not, there are plenty more Beastmen where those came from.”
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Post by louist on Dec 27, 2007 11:47:45 GMT -5
"Hopin' so, 'cause I was just gettin' started!" the dwarf responds, in a surly manner. He takes in the scene as he talks, looking over the bodies and body pieces, while gingerly probing with his hand the wound that felled him. "So why're you been followin' us, then?"
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Post by lot on Dec 27, 2007 14:59:28 GMT -5
Konrad sits sullenly on the ground, his arms and upper body resting on his knees. He picks at the shredded links of his mail, his fingers becoming stained by his own drying blood still clinging to the oiled chain. Despite being at full health for the first time in days, Konrad looks beaten. His always deep-set eyes are unusually buried in the dark shadows of his brow. Konrad looks to have aged years in the last few weeks.
"No needs for threats, brother. We are good Imperial men, like you, and we seek to banish evil and chaos, as our Lord Sigmar would want. We carry a vile artifact which we need to carry to Middenheim to be destroyed fully and completely."
Konrad looks past the lean man, staring at nothing beyond him.
"I beseech you ask no more about it. It has a corrupting effect and I imagine it would find devout men as yourself to be irresistible."
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Post by eighteez on Dec 28, 2007 8:38:39 GMT -5
Gustav, in a bit of a daze. Says nothing. Though at Konrad's mention of the artifact he shoots a glare at him.....
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Post by The Dungeon Master on Dec 28, 2007 9:31:30 GMT -5
The lean man waves his hand at LogazNir’s question. “All in good time, but for now, I’m the one asking the questions.”
“I heard that you were asking questions back in Middenheim, about one Gerhard Kroen, recently deceased. Who were you working for, and what is your interest in him?”
As Konrad speaks, the man casts a steely eye just past him.
“Where in Sigmar’s name did you get that thing?!”
For it lies on the ground, in the open. ArdFionn and Gustav notice that the blood on the ground seems to be running the wrong way; running towards the skull. The skull looks damnable…satisfied.
“Who sent you after that vile thing of Chaos? How did you know where to find it? Has it exhibited any strange magical abilities?”
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Post by eighteez on Dec 28, 2007 13:30:33 GMT -5
Gustav looks for Father Odo. Is he ok?
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Post by The Dungeon Master on Dec 30, 2007 8:06:44 GMT -5
Gustav looks for Father Odo. Is he ok? Father Odo seems fine, if not even more shaken by this most recent attack. |
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Post by The Dungeon Master on Dec 31, 2007 20:34:56 GMT -5
GM checking in
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Post by louist on Jan 1, 2008 18:31:37 GMT -5
LogazNir snatches up the skull and looks around for something to wrap it in once more.
"It don't seem to do any more than give me a bad dream o' two. Aint so tough as it could be stoppin' us from takin' it out o' its hole!"
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Post by hyarion on Jan 2, 2008 8:28:15 GMT -5
"The priests of Ulric in Middenheim have sent us to retrieve this object. The priests seem to think they are capable of destroying this artifact, and to that end, we are helping them." says Galadaeg, sheathing his sword and approaching the group. "Jakob, if we're still friendly when we get to Middenheim, your tracking skills have earned you a well deserved ale."
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Post by lot on Jan 2, 2008 8:39:47 GMT -5
Konrad looks with horror at the skull. After a moment, he looks away with a shudder.
"Father Odo here had visions of it. Helped us to track it down to eventually destroy it. It is a thing of corrupting power, capable of swaying your mind, even controlling it when it finds you weak or tired. It won't be satisfied until it destroys us all."
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Post by Candace on Jan 2, 2008 12:41:45 GMT -5
"Aye, it be a cursed thin' for sure. 'Ere now back in the bag wit it, no need for it to be castin' it's filthy gaze round 'ere.
Our thanks to you to be certain, but the sooner we can be rid of this 'ere skull the better. So if'n we could at least be talkin' and walkin'. I 'ave no doubt your fairly confident of yourselves and while I know I sure as Sigmar like a good fight, I don't think the good Father 'ere is too keen on mixin' it up again, and I'd be willin' to lay odds that the beasties would love to be gettin' their filthy paws on this 'ere trinket. So can we at least be movin and not lettin' our position be known to 'alf the forest, while ye be questioning us."
ArdFionn pauses a second and looks at the symbol around the mens necks.
"I be guessin' that that there symbol means your goup ain't so none existant as people might be lead to believe. The Ordo Fidelis if I'm not mistaken, saw that mark on a mans tomb in the city awhile before we started this little jaunty trip."
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Post by The Dungeon Master on Jan 2, 2008 13:57:52 GMT -5
The fair-haired, heavier-built man nods in acknowledgment to Galadaeg’s offer, but no emotion shows on his face.
The lean man sits back on his heels. “Very well, I feel you have answered me fully and true. We will be true to our word and escort you back to Middenheim. I am Matthias Hoffer, that fellow with the axe is Jakob Bauer and the man in mail that seems to think I will die if he is not right by my side is Ulrich Fischer.”
He turns to ArdFionn. “That is the sign of the order to which we belong. And you know the name.” He leans in very close, almost menacingly but his hands are at ease and away from his weapons, “More than that you will have to find out for yourselves.”
We can red-line the travel so if there’s anything in particular you would like to ask or say, please do so. You will not be stopping in any cities as your protectors seem to wish to avoid contact as much as possible.
We will also be ending a chapter when you reach the City of Middenheim. You each will earn 130 Experience points so please let me know where you would like to spend them.
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Post by louist on Jan 3, 2008 1:15:30 GMT -5
The dwarf gives Matthias a suspicious look at the man's final words. He says quietly, while looking around the bloodied ground, "Bah, but it's nothin' but a child's toy."
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Post by eighteez on Jan 3, 2008 8:48:04 GMT -5
Red-lining it is fine with me.
Gustav will take his remaining advance in Strength.
Saving the other 30 for later.
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