CH. 06 - Castle Naerytar

[Igordragonian]

Zakkoth try to look worried.
"Something seems to be going on. Bad omens."

[Daos]

(OOC:  Need a deception check from Eliana.)

[Matt4]

Chantilly "Cinnamon" Sweettooth

HP: 33/43 - AC: 17 - Perception: 17 - Insight: 11 - Inspiration: No

"Yessss..." - Chantilly says, almost hissing, enjoying the chance of playing a character, before continuing with a raspy voice. - "And clear as well are the wallsssss... Give us other ordersss, I'm here to pleaaaase..." - she says, cackling.

OOC Actions

I just hope to terrify/unsettle him enough to distract him lol

[HorizonsDream]

7xZCrz6i1d20+7 Deception Roll

OOC: Ohhh...ouch. 1d20+7

[Daos]

The cultist, who has dedicated himself to an evil and dead god, has likely seen and heard far worse than a half-gnome acting kind of creepy.  He ignores her entirely, and focuses on Eliana.  "We were just coming up stairs when we heard the crow.  If you were already up here, that means you saw what happened," he reasons.  "Or...you are responsible," he adds in afterthought.  "Remain where you are.  Borngrey will be here soon.  He will clear this matter up."

[Bunny Commando]

Henry - HP: 44\44 - Conditions: None - Active Effects: None

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Henry sighs when Eliana can't persuade these cultists to let them pass and shakes his head to the guard that ordered them to wait for Borngrey "No." the squire says back "If you won't move, I'll make you move." that said, he draws his sword and advances to engage the cultists and hopefully dispatch them before Borngrey shows up. He aims at the one who seems to hold command of this group, the intent is to leave the enemies without a leader and so crush their morale.

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{Spoiler}Well, I guess Initiative.
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And Henry triest to attack the cultist that seems in charge here.
Attack 1d20+7 Damage 1d8+6
Attack 1d20+7 Damage 1d8+6

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[HorizonsDream]

Eliana sees the flash of steel from Henry's sword, and she quickly moves in to stop him. "No," she says softly but urgently. Even if she knew that they didn't buy her lie, the cultists weren't being aggressive towards them.

[Bunny Commando]

Henry - HP: 44\44 - Conditions: None - Active Effects: None

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Henry is about to unleash a storm of steel at the unfortunate cultist in charge here, but Eliana interferes and asks him to stop. Henry does seem confused, but at the end of the day Eliana is still the closest thing to a commanding officer he has, so stops from most probably cutting the cultist in half; still, he throws a puzzled look at Eliana clearly not understanding what she wants to do now "...do you want to wait for Borngrey?"

[HorizonsDream]

Eliana nods to Henry to confirm his question. She would go into more detail, but there was a whole room full of cultists right now, so it wasn't the best time to to explain things. She just knew that she didn't want to have a room full of dead bodies which would alert the whole of the castle that they were there.

[Daos]

The party stands and waits for a couple of minutes, before a cultist returns and is followed by a Silvanesti and three Jarak-sinn that seem to be guarding him.  The Silvanesti has long, blonde hair and blue eyes, but his face has several scars across it, like something raked its claws at his face, and one of his eyes is hidden behind a black eyepatch.  He likely would be quite handsome, otherwise.  He looks over the party, and the cultists, and frowns.  "What is the meaning of this?" he demands.

The cultist who spoke to the party earlier speaks up again now.  "We're trying to find out, sir.  We heard noise up here, and came to check it out.  Your bird was gone, and your door was open.  Then we found this group," he gestures to the party, "up in the observatory.  They claim they were looking for the culprit."

Borngrey turns to the party, narrowing his good eye, as if trying to place their faces.  "If you followed the culprit up to the observatory, where are they now?" he asks.

[HorizonsDream]

"We came across the same scene that they did," Eliana explains. "The bird was gone, your door was open, and no one was in here. There was only a few places as to where a culprit could have gone, either the observatory or out the door they came in. We figured we would check the observatory just to make sure we covered everything. I suppose it is possible they scaled down the wall into the camps below, but I would think those down there would have noticed someone scaling down the wall. It is far more likely that they ran out the door before anyone showed up."

[Daos]

"Not possible, sir, we heard the bird squawking while we were coming up the stairs, so if they were already here, they would have had to seen the culprit.  And if the culprit ran downstairs, they would have run right into us," the cultist says.

Borngrey turns back to the party.  "What were you doing up here in the first place?"

[Matt4]

Chantilly "Cinnamon" Sweettooth

HP: 33/43 - AC: 17 - Perception: 17 - Insight: 11 - Inspiration: No

"We were searching for you, Master Borngrey..." - Chantilly interjects. - "We brought you news from the Roadhouse... Informationssss... About a murder..."

[Daos]

"I only come up here to sleep, half-breed," Borngrey says, unable to hide his contempt.  "What news?  And who gave you permission to go to the roadhouse?"

[Matt4]

Chantilly "Cinnamon" Sweettooth

HP: 33/43 - AC: 17 - Perception: 17 - Insight: 11 - Inspiration: No

"No! No! It wasn't usssss!" - Chantilly squeaks, shaking her head vigorously. - "The lizard men. They told us about Bog Luck's fall... And of the assassin.... A young boy, oh so young, that killed him! Murdered him! Slaughtered him! In the name of the Dragon Twins!"