Sly makes her way towards the door of the guest bedrooms, and keeps an eye out for anything that could help her with her magic. She doesn't spot anything in the foyer, but feels she is correct in assuming Lisa will have some items of magical value somewhere within the house, and she has twigged the potency of Lisa's hearing.

Bilyur has been blindly following the group, eyes glazed over and occasionally saying things like, "Morning! Nice day for fishing ain't it? Haha." But now his eyes clear and he holds his hands up in a holy gesture and says, "What happened? Where am I?"

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Love the Baelin reference. Now to see if Violence is a crime punishable by death...
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As the hag mentions staying Eggo Lass stops moving, desiring to put her foot down. "You seem to be assuming my client wishes to stay without confirming such a desire with him." she says. She focuses on the hag's response, curious if the blind biddy is innocently senile or more malicious in her demeanor.

Insight: max(18,15) + 1 = 19

She gestures to the owl familiars to perch nearby.

The hag simply shrugs and says 'What other option does he have? Your are all welcome to stay here with me and the others, and your stay will be made as comfortable as I can!' A twisted grin then coils up her face as she ends with 'If you think you can just find the Shadow Weave portal hidden in my abode and leave, good luck. It's been sealed away and only I can access it, so, I'd make yourselves comfortable!'

Eggo Lass focusses closely on her speech and mannerisms. They say that the eyes are the window to the soul but Eggo Lass can get a good read of her thoughts just by observing her. She gets the impression that Lisa Lilylips is telling the truth about everything, and is a very controlling person, believing that she is entirely in control of the situation. However, that does not directly translate to mal intent; she seems honest and open about allowing you all to stay, and simply sees it as her doing a favour since she truly believes there is no other option for you. You don't get the feeling that she intends to harm you, just is happy to keep you here.

Graelor will walk around the hut, casually searching the place. He will rely on his PASSIVE PERCEPTION of 18 and I rolled an active PERCEPTION check of 18.

Salamander guffaws at this. "COMFORTABLE?! You're trespassing on my property, built an illegal 'abode' onto my swamp, and now you're taking me down with you after you polluted the entire area?! ME AND MY LAWYER NEED TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER FOR A MOMENT OKAY!" He doesn't really excuse himself, just motions for Eggo Lass to follow him slightly away from the hag.

"What is up with her?!" he asks with a pout. He throws his hands in the air. "I want a divorce!" 

((they are not married I just want him yelling nonsense ahaaha))

Graelor (the red dot) looks around the foyer and finds nothing that stands out to him amongst the strange décor. He then goes to the eastern room that Lisa (the green dot) says is the dormitories, and takes a good look inside. It's a very large wooden room, with several bunkbeds against the walls, and a singular double bed with a rather large and ornate headboard. Sat on the double bed, in front of a table covered in stacks and stacks of paper is a Fire Genasi wearing a black leather apron covered in burn marks (the light blue dot). There are two other people at the back two bunks. Seated on the left bunk at the back of the room is a dragonborn in armour (the light green dot), and across from him is the tabaxi wizard you recognize from the last dungeon (the orange dot). You recall the party calling her Ivory and that they weren't fond of her. She seems to be seated with her knees tucked between her arms, rocking back and forth, her tail and ears twitching in anticipation, but before you can say anything, the Fire Genasi gets up and says 'Ah! New roommates! And so many! Welcome, welcome, come in!' His voice seems strained, but friendly nonetheless.

[Cheez, I'll PM you some details soon about how to swap over your characters and what your new character already knows soon]

[Does Bilyur see Ivory?]

[If he follows behind Graelor then yep]

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Salamander guffaws at this. "COMFORTABLE?! You're trespassing on my property, built an illegal 'abode' onto my swamp, and now you're taking me down with you after you polluted the entire area?! ME AND MY LAWYER NEED TO SPEAK WITH EACH OTHER FOR A MOMENT OKAY!" He doesn't really excuse himself, just motions for Eggo Lass to follow him slightly away from the hag.

"What is up with her?!" he asks with a pout. He throws his hands in the air. "I want a divorce!" 

((they are not married I just want him yelling nonsense ahaaha))

 Lisa has little reaction to Salamander, she simply sees him as a disgruntled guest who doesn't know what he's on about. Seeing that Graelor and Bilyur have found their way to the bedrooms, she leaves to let you settle down in peace and get used to environment and company.

The sight of this interfering twerp of a cat is enough to shake Bilyur out of his NPC flu. Glaring at Ivory he spins on his heel and hisses to Eggo and Sly, "Don't you guys have a way to Dispel Magic? This witch is trying to bar our way, I'm sure your magic is stronger though." He returns to the bedroom, glaring at Ivory. Arrogance is one of the most discouraged things at his monastery, and those showing it were usually banished or beaten. Lost in his thoughts, he sits on the bed across from Ivory. 

Lisa hears what Bilyur says and retorts with 'I don't expect it will be; the magic I have guarding the portal is far stronger than you all. Don't try and scheme against me, just enjoy your room and get comfy.' After he seats himself, Ivory looks up and says 'Oh. It's you.' She looks at her claws and says 'Don't worry, I'm not going to even try and do anything to you.' Her eyes dart to the door and she says 'Looks like we have a common enemy.' The Fire Genasi coughs at hearing this and says 'Ivory, let's watch our manners. It's ill will to be talking bad about such a gracious host.' However, as he's speaking, he points to the paper and pens on the table and glares.

The Dragonborn rises from his bed, which is way too short for him, and stretches his muscles. His 6’7” frame towers over the others. His golden scales reflect in the candle light. “More guests mean less room, Gruldrop.” The huge warrior stomps toward Graelor, making sure the new guests can hear the wooden floor boards creak and groan due to his weight, and leans forward so their faces are mere inches from each other. “Who might you be?” The Dragonborn rolls an 18 on INTIMIDATION.

Insight:(9+2[WIS]+2[PROF])13. 

Bilyur is shaken by the dragonborn's approach. The three foot tall gnome is visibly frightened by the massive frame of the dragonborn, however, he responds, "A group of adventurers trying to reach the Blood Archivist. However," He says aloud, while picking up a pen and writing on a paper, "We seem to be stopped here by our gracious host." He holds up the paper, which reads, in a neat writing, There is danger here. This witch has blocked our way forward, so there should be more of us here. Either the blockade is a recent development, or something has happened to those who came through before. 

Graelor is intimidated by the approach of the dragonborn, but sees that Bilyur is doing the talking (and writing) so lets him get on with it. He appreciates Bilyur's help, but also sees that the dragonborn is a man dedicated to his faith, like him, by the holy symbol he carries. Perhaps he isn't so bad once you get to know him.

The Dragonborn snatches the pen and paper from the gnome and crudely writes, “SHE HEARS EVERYTHING!!!” and hands it back to the gnome. The Dragonborn rises to full height again. “I am Xarkris of the Nemmonis clan”. Xarkris spots Salamander and states, “Lisa must have left a window open…she let a Swamp Rat in.”

Xarkris moves to the door, expecting the characters to get out of his way, and looks for Lisa. When he spots her, he says, “Lisa, now that you have more guests to play with, can you……” then he spots Bluey. In a loud roar, he rushes at the Orc and yells, “I’LL RIP UGLY HEAD OFF IT’S SHOULDERS!!!!!!” I roll a 9 for INTMIDATION.

Bluey is easily scared so jumps out of his skin at Xarkris running towards him, and simply cowers, saying 'Mistress Lass, please save me!' Hugh just hops off the orc's shoulders after this display of cowardice and simply wanders into the dorms, selecting a bed and sitting in it, straight backed and glass eyed. The Fire Genasi, who you work out is called Gruldrop from what Xarkris has said, fakes a laugh and says 'Come now Xarkris, let's not be so confrontational with new friends! Welcome them in and we can chat!' Meanwhile, he holds up a piece of paper reading Stop fooling about you cretin and get in here, we have bigger issues. There are a bloody bunch of people here now so we need to catch them up to speed as soon as possible. Quit horsing about, sit down, and let's explain what's going on to them. He then welcomes the party in and says 'Come, come in, seat yourselves around the table, maybe we can play cards as we introduce ourselves!', whilst gesturing to the tower of notes on the table. Graelor is annoyed that this newcomer is being so mean, but isn't going to be the one to put him in his place. He sits on the edge of his bed as Gruldrop requested and waits for the party to gather round to see what comes next. Meanwhile, Ivory is still in the corner of the room, unbothered by what's going on.

Bilyur decides that Xarkris is not as terrifying as he once thought Insight:(17+[WIS]2+[PROF]2)21. He decides the dragonborn could do with a little lesson. He sidestep the dragonborn and stick his staff between it's legs as it barrels past. [To shove prone: if Acrobatics applicable bc martial arts: (19+[DEX]3+[PROF]2) 24. If athletics: (19+[STR]1) 20.]

Salamander is so wrapped up in his neighborly dispute that it isn't until he hears 'Swamp Rat' that he goes turning. "RAT?! I AM NO RAT! I AM MORE OF A FROG THANK YOU!" He hardly notices Bilyur's return from NPCness because honestly he thought anytime was a good one for fishing. But what he does love is the scene of the dragonborn and the gnome fighting. He instigates. "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"