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THE SIEGE HUNT
The wizard straightens his crooked hat and smooths his now-dirty robes. The raft this crew quickly put together isn't much to look at, but he knows that once he applies a touch of magick, it will serve its purpose. The towering cliffs of Siege bar their way to the land of the dwarves, but he knows a once-bustling port of entry is open anew. And that's where he intends to find the reason for these enigmatic Marks showing up here and there, most famously on the bodies of the original Paragons of the Sacrifice.
"Now then," he surveys the crew of exiles and adventurers manning the raft, their eyes eager as they mill about, nervous to brave the rock-strewn waters along the south edge of the cliffs. "Shall we away? Who's ready?"
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I'll SMITE you
I will go too Wizard.
"Count me among the ready!"
"Not so loud," he growls, "and hand me some of that ale this headache be splitting me head in twain."
Drinking good beer!
"I'm hoping we can find a way to get one of these marks, assuming they don't kill you."
don't mind me, my good man. introverted herbalist here awaiting any tasks
"Greetings, I heard there was a need for adventurers."
He rests his hands on the pommels of twin daggers hanging from his belt.
"I'm here to offer what I can."
As he nears, he overhears that a hunt is what has everyone excited.
"I'm in"
Just as you think he's finished, he makes eye contact with you, winks, and lets rip once again.
His stank washes over TheWizard, who coughs, eyes watering. He glares at the old man.
"You!" TheWizard says, with a sigh of resignation.
"Yes!" Finjinimo replies with a gleeful cackle, "ME!"
Drakythe observes the old madman climb aboard the ship and wrinkles his nose as the man tries what can only be described as a poison gas attack against the crew. Then Drak's brain seems to whisper of a man from the past...
"Oh. Well this should be interesting."
"Would yoou peopllle shtop moving...around s'much!"
"This's why I 'ave been sthuck on this bleedin' con..conti..continet so long, damn boats."
Looks over at @memelizer in the corner. "Give m' 'ome of tha' orhound you got. Come on boy I knows you 'ave 'ome...I an smell it from 'ere."
Drinking good beer!
"Well, there had to be one, I suppose. We'll find some use for him yet."
He waits for @Psycho_Mycho to finish his approach and watches him climb aboard. He waves his hand near the edge of the raft slightly and the whole thing raises a bit up over the water. The party stirs, and shifts about nervously.
"Don't worry, all. We won't need it on the way back. I wanted you to have a form you were familiar with before we headed into danger... but we won't be floating on water to the port."
With that, he encourages everyone to hold on and the raft heads away from the shore, skimming right above the water, but not actually touching it.
"Now then, I see we have an herbalist and several of those warrior-bent." He eyes @Broker's twin daggers. "And perhaps one of rogue-ish intent? And, ah-- one whose mind is far away." Finji chuckles and one of his eyes rolls out of focus.
"But what else do we have? I can see many of your are bred adventurer, but I will need to know what skills we bring into this endeavor. If you would, please educate an old mage whose powers of observation aren't what they once were (OOC: they are) on what professions we have in our midst?"
(OOC: remember, if you're reading this thread and would like to participate, feel free to jump in, it is not closed until the thread says it's closed explicitly. You can role-play in or simply say "I'm in" and we'll write you in!)
I'll SMITE you
His daggers are once again revealed to the group as he shifts against the side of the raft. He notices the group staring at the sickly glow emanating from the daggers.
"Poison." he explains. "Can't always trust a blade to do the job. This ensures my target doesn't get far. Perhaps I can work with the herbalist to devise some even nastier concoctions."
His grin is only slightly unsettling.
"The only reason I even showed up because your Chaotic hunt in the ruins proved fruitless...And you still owe me some daemon blood old man."
Drinking good beer!
Waves his hand over the blade of his axe, causing it to glow a dark sickly green.
"Oh, I am a traveling teller of tales, gatherer of knowledge, and scribe." He gestures to the bow on his back, "For more martial matters, I rely on a keen eye and steady hands."
His face tightens a bit as the effort of his will shows. That will takes the hovering raft and propels it from shore, sometimes skimming the surface of the lake as they head toward the many jagged rocks that jut from it, a reminder that when the Collapse ensued, this once-pristine lake turned to a maze of hazards.
It's not long before they round the bend of the massive cliffs and their breath is taken from them at the sight of the dwarves' Bridge, built so high above the lake that one can't even be seen upon it from their vantage.
"Two entrances to this most important of mountains, my friends. Below, the port we seek. Above, the best-guarded bridge in all of Siege. In between lies what I suspect will lead us to the answers about these... Marks that bring about such power in some and destruction in others.
When the first Others came across the Breach just South of here, an explosion of Embers engulfed this coast and the dwarven port. They collapsed the entrance early, but inside... inside their hidden halls I suspect a concentration of Embers we've not seen in the outside world.
Or I haven't, anyway, and I've seen a great deal, I'll have you know."
With that, the old man pulls down the brim of his hat and hurries the raft ahead.
I'll SMITE you
"I don' know if this is bet...ter or worse then...before."
Drinking good beer!