In the Temple of Lathander - Shadow War
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Yah a lot of the information or writings we find are old. Really old. These are the same sorts of clues that the Shadovar themselves are following to whatever piece of power they are looking fer.
If not all of the shadow relm are at there beck and call that's a good thing. Means we git some time bought. Now, where and when should we start our search?
Lost city, Arnath, Mintas, Peltarch barrows, Ormpur, Jiyyd, Oscuran Crypts?
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With the door shut
Priest Janick
"Folks, be certain that we do not even know whether or not the letters and writings we are uncovering are left by the Shadovar themselves. I had the Paladin's recover the body of this Seminark fellow, it seems he from his possessions that he may in fact have been a scholar, or student of magic, he had various mementos of Oghma, Mystra and Azuth in his possession."
"And on the Shadar-Kai, whilst they are native to the plane of shadow, I have uncovered some writings that would lead me to believe that while creatures of the Shadow they may not in fact be in league with the Shadovar themselves."
"It appears that not all who dwell in this Plane of Darkness follow the call of the Shadovar and their leader or the Vile Mistress of the Night"
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That is a grossly suspect thing to do.
uses Detect Evil on Vlad, full bore
//May want to ignore this part as I misremembered Vlad's alignment from previous readings. Rico should already know he's evil. That doesn't actually change any of his plans though.//
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"So be it.. You lost yourself the only one who would be able to get you the knowledge that would be required to defeat them.
I will continue my efforts, i will not stop whilst they walk these lands.
Thankfully for you, i am above such petty things smirks a little, as if guessing they arnt Any information i find i shall give you one of your number. But please remember, parted we will not win.
You are foolish to refuse aid and it will be your downfall. Yet i will not force help onto you if you wish to be childish over a breeze"
with that Vladimir turns and leaves
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Priest Janick
"hmmm, do keep the door shut so we can discuss our matters without the elements joining in"
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This meeting is held in the temple for very good reason.
This being that it is impassable to evil.
The town of Norwick is not similarly warded and thus Shadovar agents might come to lurk near to here.
Be the door open they might easily hear all that is said, and make plans not only to reach whatever is our goal ahead of us, but so too launch attacks in sufficient numbers as to slay all of those heading towards that goal, that the Shadovar be unopposed.
As such, I ask that either you come inside or leave, that Shadovar agents are not given easy access to the thoughts and plans of those gathered here.
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having stopped her shutting the door before she does he states
"I will not enter the temple, for reasons that are my own, as im fairly sure all the paladins watching the door do not wish me to.
So i would ask you to stop closing the door. It is tiresome. If you do not wish my aid that is, if that is the case.. I will let you shrugs Yet to defeat the Shadovar we must work together."
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When it becomes clear that Vladimir plans on leaving the door open for a draft to waft through again, Eluriel hugs her cloak tighter as she addresses him cordially.
Please, if you wish to be part of the conversation do come inside. The day is not warm.
She shuts the door again.
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having reopened the door
"I am Of course very happy to aid in the serch. If we can find a number of strong fighters we should be able to take the bugbears with adequate force.
If we can rally the adventurers of these lands for a specific meeting time to go for this search?"
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Don't doubt for a second that I won't be there alongside everyone else in this. My goddess and my oaths demand it.
If any are willing, searching the ruins and the circle should not be too terribly time consuming. The difficulty there lies in dealing with the bugbears who live around those woods.
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Then I will play the puppet till I cut my own strings.
We need true options, good people, not arguments.
We need faith in our own actions.
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Hess speaks up
Leaking the information to us via notes seems very suspect. Lets think about this… we are now going on an errand to find this rod... the rod that they are searching for...
If I were in the Shadovar's place I would try to trick us into doing all of the difficult work in finding it, then come in and grasp it from us when we finally have.
I realize that there is no good answer here, but remember to take a step back and look at this situation from above. It could be that searching for this rod is exactly what they want us to do.
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Fadia, I understand where you're coming from, but answer this: What? What else can we do? We have good people doing research, trying to separate wheat from chaff. Many of them stand in this room. Nearly all of us have fought the Shadovar in the recent past. Cedric has come to us from afar for the task. There are no better minds for the task. But there are also no better clues.
Looking for more clues would be just as wasteful, but by that I mean that's the only thing we can do. We lack the means to simply storm the fortress of our enemy as the good folk of the Nars have done in the past. We have only what we've blessed with: Strong Hearts, Strong Friends, and a bag of clues that may spell our doom.
You do not have to come if you do not wish and may pursue another path, but I'll walk the only clear one I see before me, even if it does lead straight into an ambush.
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@e7a7580685=cardamon:
If we succeed, we'll have this vital rod. If not, we'll know the true measure of our new 'ally' against the Shadovar.
Chuckles "Do not judge me on such… There is a very high chance they are trying to confuse us. Yet if it is true it is vital, yet they are clever, perhaps it could be a trick? I do not know, i am merely sharing the information i have found."
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Eluriel arrives back just behind Fadia. Recalling now where mention of a likely suicidal search of the Lost City came from, she shuts the door behind her and with it Vladimir out.
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We're fighting them. Of course they don't want us to do that.
Fad looks around the room for a bit
Would it not behoove them to get us to chase false leads while they continue their work?
There are several places of great death in the woods. The ruins of the old temple and the old circle where the Defiler performed the sacrifice that turned him into the monster he became, the bugbear warrens where many died in the final battle of the war with him, and even long after. The elven encampment from which I come and which was purged by great and terrible evil and the Lost City are other choices, as well. Mintas Rhelgor is full of extraplanar creatures who, when last I passed that way, frequently used death magic, and it lies in the far northeastern reaches of the woods.
My point is, we could do with something more specific. There are many places of great death in the Rawlinswood, and thoroughly searching each would only give our enemies more and more time to prepare to end us. We need more evidence.
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Of course it's probably an ambush. It's always probably an ambush. But the fact that they're even willing to go to these lengths means we're up to something they do not want us to do. And it's still a better lead than we had. Either we find this rod or we find our would-be captors. And given the elusive nature of the Shadow Folk, I'm okay with either scenario.
If we succeed, we'll have this vital rod. If not, we'll know the true measure of our new 'ally' against the Shadovar. I have spoken often of how if Oscura is to change its ways for the better and without bloodshed, it must be done by Oscurans. It would be hypocritical of me not to allow Vlad the opportunity.
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Kabul, who was quietly standing on one corner of the temple, hearing about the Shadowar looking for this artifact in the forest south of Norwick, heads towards the Rawlings with enough supplies for days, searching for any leads, everywhere.
After this long search, he returns to Norwick
//if Im not mistaken, MS and hide 26, spot and search 10. They may be a bit higher.
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Eluriel nodded her sound agreement to Hammer's words.
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Hammer gives Sol a brief look, before starting to gnaw, chew and suckle on the meat, momentarily satisfied.
