" I 'll let Master Lock tell you about our predicament. I have little info except for rumors. Happy to see that the Grey is recruiting prime soldiers" he says to Shandalar, smiling proudly.
The inside of the castle is imposing and full of training soldiers. You don't see much griffons but you can smell them. The soldier leads you toward the southern part of the castle and into a very large building. Inside are several griffons in large cubicles. They laze around but take note of newcomers. Some open their beaks wide when they see you.
Further in a large man stands before a cubicle. He is pacing and lost in thoughts. He has grey short hair and a neatly trimmed beard. Behind him are two very large griffons. One with silver feathers and a white coat and the other almost all onyx black but for a diamond-shaped white patch on its forehead. They are very agitated and the black one has been chained to the wall. The other one is clearly weak and is lounging in hay.
When the older man sees you coming he turns and smiles largely but the smile doesn't reach his concerned eyes.
For those who might have already met him for some reason feel free to invent stories.
Shandalar salutes and then smiles as he approaches Master Lock with his arm stretched out to shake his hand.
"Master Lock, been a while. How are things? They haven't stopped eating again have they? I remember when there was that stomach illness they all got at the same time and stopped eating for days. That was an awful! So what's going on that we can help with?"
Shandalar takes second to look around to see if he can spot any telltale signs of things out of the ordinary.
[OOC: He'd probably refer to my char as Shan as most of his old friends in the military shortened his name to that to help in combat]
Crash will make his way to a corner and observe from there. This is so far out of his wheel house that he is keen to observe this military order and their griffon mounts
"Good to see you Shan. Happy to have some help and have one of our own looking into this."
Shandalar you realize that you have rarely seen a bound griffon in this castle and during your time with the Griffons.
The military order here is very much based like the Guards. The difference is that riders are few, there are about a 50 in total and that many of the aspiring soldier are numerous.
Most riders have trained a lot and have been vying for the position for a long time. The griffons décide who their riders are so becoming a griffon rider is not all skills. Griffons are said to be very sensitive to emotions.
Most of the soldier are here to help the griffons and the riders and many are waiting for a new griffon to come to maturity.
As soon as they are in front of the griffons Kriz had remained silent in awe. Then she realizes that one of them is sick, and the other sackle. And she inmediatly feels sad for both of them.
Ignoring that Shandalar hasn't introduced them properly she takes a step towards the ill one.
"Oh poor thing.. is she sick? Can I help? perhaps a song will make you feel better, yes? and even make you "she says towards the other one " feel better too. Are you angry because she is sick?"She had taken a few steps closer to the griffons and she already has her violin on her hands. She turns towards Lock and Shan
[OOC: Who's all here? I thought there were 6 of us but I'm only counting 5 that have responded in the thread so far.]
Shandalar takes a minute to introduce the rest of the crew to Master Lock. He looks at Kriz and Joetaro and then back at Master Lock.
"I'm sure it's more than just healing these poor griffons need otherwise that would have already been taken care of. Please Master Lock, tell us what's going on and what we can do about it. We're at your service."
Shandalar walks over to the griffons and using the knowledge from his training in the riders to inspects them closer to see if there is anything obviously out of the ordinary.
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Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Master Lock nods at Shan and stops both Kriz and Joetaro from entering.
"We tried our best. There is nothing you can do but I appreciate the sentiment. It s natural that she is week. She just gave birth to 3 young." he points to the black one. That her mate.
The creature glares at you and is ready to pounce.
"I called you because someone stole the young ones."
Shan gasps audibly and turns and looks back at Master Lock.
"The thought had crossed my mind that that's what happened, but I didn't think anyone was heartless enough to do it! Whoever did this will pay!"
Shan walks over to Master Lock and places a hand on his shoulder in sympathy.
"This is devastating news indeed. Do you have any clues as to who did this, when it was done, and perhaps why? I promise we'll find them and bring them back."
There's an angry gleam in Shan's eyes as he says this.
"One of the soldier didn't come today. I ll take you to my office and give you the location. One of the reason I called on the Grey is because it seems that some of our men are involved."
Shan looks flabbergasted at the mere notion that one of the riders could be involved in such a heinous crime. His look then changes to one of extreme anger and determination.
"There's going to be hell to pay for those riders if it does turn out they're involved..."
Shan follows Master Lock back to his office.
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Nephrakas - Tiefling Warlock, Pact of the Chain - Lords of the Sword Coast (Princes of The Apocalypse - Roll20)
Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
"But... " she points at them as both Lock and Shan walks past all of them towards the office " What about..."she sighs and looks towards both magneficient beasts.
"I'll be back ok?" she says to them in elven and waits until the rest of the team leaves the room to go the last one.
Xana moves next to Shandalar and mutters, “I’m not sure they were riders. Even someone who doesn’t know much about this place can see that there’s a lot of people here that aren’t. Jealousy could be just as much of a motive as greed.”
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Ellara Nightflower: level 1 blood hunter, Curse of Strahd
Crash follows along behind. How does imprinting work with griffons? I know some animals will imprint on the first thing they see are griffons similar? If so we could arrive too late to make a difference
Once you are in Lock's office he sit behind a large desk.There is also a large map of Waterdeep and the surroundings on the south wall.
"Sorry. There aren't any seats here. I m not usually in here to be honest."
"The man who didn't come to work today is called Seth Radcroft. He has a small house in the dock wards." He gives you the exact address.
"He was one of the griffons caretaker doing manual labor and keeping the pen clean. He was never going to be a rider but for what I gathered he didn't mind."
"We need to get the young ones soon because," he looks to Crash," as your friend here said there is the matter of inprinting. It doesn't happen overnight because they are born blind and stay that way for at least 3 days."
"I ll let you decide on the actions needed to be taken and if you need to talk to someone here at the castle came to me."
"We will find him of course but... why did you said that it coul dbe a inside job? do you have proof that Mister Radcroft was attacked? And why anyone would want to do that? and... " Kriz hesitates but she finally asks " What did happen to that silvered griffon up there? and why the other one was shackled? I've noticed that he was the only one... can we help with that?"
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Xana spends a lot of time looking up at the building and keeping an eye on the sky, a faint smile on her face at the sight of the griffons in flight.
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The soldier salutes and leads you all inside.
" I 'll let Master Lock tell you about our predicament. I have little info except for rumors. Happy to see that the Grey is recruiting prime soldiers" he says to Shandalar, smiling proudly.
The inside of the castle is imposing and full of training soldiers. You don't see much griffons but you can smell them. The soldier leads you toward the southern part of the castle and into a very large building. Inside are several griffons in large cubicles. They laze around but take note of newcomers. Some open their beaks wide when they see you.
Further in a large man stands before a cubicle. He is pacing and lost in thoughts. He has grey short hair and a neatly trimmed beard. Behind him are two very large griffons. One with silver feathers and a white coat and the other almost all onyx black but for a diamond-shaped white patch on its forehead. They are very agitated and the black one has been chained to the wall. The other one is clearly weak and is lounging in hay.
When the older man sees you coming he turns and smiles largely but the smile doesn't reach his concerned eyes.
For those who might have already met him for some reason feel free to invent stories.
Shandalar salutes and then smiles as he approaches Master Lock with his arm stretched out to shake his hand.
"Master Lock, been a while. How are things? They haven't stopped eating again have they? I remember when there was that stomach illness they all got at the same time and stopped eating for days. That was an awful! So what's going on that we can help with?"
Shandalar takes second to look around to see if he can spot any telltale signs of things out of the ordinary.
[OOC: He'd probably refer to my char as Shan as most of his old friends in the military shortened his name to that to help in combat]
Nephrakas - Tiefling Warlock, Pact of the Chain - Lords of the Sword Coast (Princes of The Apocalypse - Roll20)
Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Brathan - Human Paladin - Descent into Avernus
Crash will make his way to a corner and observe from there. This is so far out of his wheel house that he is keen to observe this military order and their griffon mounts
"Good to see you Shan. Happy to have some help and have one of our own looking into this."
Shandalar you realize that you have rarely seen a bound griffon in this castle and during your time with the Griffons.
The military order here is very much based like the Guards. The difference is that riders are few, there are about a 50 in total and that many of the aspiring soldier are numerous.
Most riders have trained a lot and have been vying for the position for a long time. The griffons décide who their riders are so becoming a griffon rider is not all skills. Griffons are said to be very sensitive to emotions.
Most of the soldier are here to help the griffons and the riders and many are waiting for a new griffon to come to maturity.
Joetaro is going observe the griffons while he waits for more details about the mission. "Sweet Selune, these griffons are sure beautiful."
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
As soon as they are in front of the griffons Kriz had remained silent in awe. Then she realizes that one of them is sick, and the other sackle. And she inmediatly feels sad for both of them.
Ignoring that Shandalar hasn't introduced them properly she takes a step towards the ill one.
"Oh poor thing.. is she sick? Can I help? perhaps a song will make you feel better, yes? and even make you " she says towards the other one " feel better too. Are you angry because she is sick?" She had taken a few steps closer to the griffons and she already has her violin on her hands. She turns towards Lock and Shan
"May I?"
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Joetaro walks over to the sick griffon. "I am sorry old friend. I can heal you with Selune's blessing if that is alright?"
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
[OOC: Who's all here? I thought there were 6 of us but I'm only counting 5 that have responded in the thread so far.]
Shandalar takes a minute to introduce the rest of the crew to Master Lock. He looks at Kriz and Joetaro and then back at Master Lock.
"I'm sure it's more than just healing these poor griffons need otherwise that would have already been taken care of. Please Master Lock, tell us what's going on and what we can do about it. We're at your service."
Shandalar walks over to the griffons and using the knowledge from his training in the riders to inspects them closer to see if there is anything obviously out of the ordinary.
Nephrakas - Tiefling Warlock, Pact of the Chain - Lords of the Sword Coast (Princes of The Apocalypse - Roll20)
Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Brathan - Human Paladin - Descent into Avernus
Master Lock nods at Shan and stops both Kriz and Joetaro from entering.
"We tried our best. There is nothing you can do but I appreciate the sentiment. It s natural that she is week. She just gave birth to 3 young." he points to the black one. That her mate.
The creature glares at you and is ready to pounce.
"I called you because someone stole the young ones."
Shan gasps audibly and turns and looks back at Master Lock.
"The thought had crossed my mind that that's what happened, but I didn't think anyone was heartless enough to do it! Whoever did this will pay!"
Shan walks over to Master Lock and places a hand on his shoulder in sympathy.
"This is devastating news indeed. Do you have any clues as to who did this, when it was done, and perhaps why? I promise we'll find them and bring them back."
There's an angry gleam in Shan's eyes as he says this.
Nephrakas - Tiefling Warlock, Pact of the Chain - Lords of the Sword Coast (Princes of The Apocalypse - Roll20)
Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Brathan - Human Paladin - Descent into Avernus
Crash listens eagerly, pondering to himself about hard hard a griffon would be to ride compared to his horse....
Master Lock looks at everyone.
"One of the soldier didn't come today. I ll take you to my office and give you the location. One of the reason I called on the Grey is because it seems that some of our men are involved."
Shan looks flabbergasted at the mere notion that one of the riders could be involved in such a heinous crime. His look then changes to one of extreme anger and determination.
"There's going to be hell to pay for those riders if it does turn out they're involved..."
Shan follows Master Lock back to his office.
Nephrakas - Tiefling Warlock, Pact of the Chain - Lords of the Sword Coast (Princes of The Apocalypse - Roll20)
Zanibrak - Human Fighter Battlemaster, Crossbow Expert - (Tomb of Annhilation - Roll20)
Ender Dundragon - Human Artificer, Battle Smith - Rise of Tiamat (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Cyrus Dundragon - Custom Lineage, Twilight Cleric - Dungeon of the Mad Mage (Discord using Avrae - PbP)
Brathan - Human Paladin - Descent into Avernus
Kriz stands and looks back to the griffons
"But... " she points at them as both Lock and Shan walks past all of them towards the office " What about..." she sighs and looks towards both magneficient beasts.
"I'll be back ok?" she says to them in elven and waits until the rest of the team leaves the room to go the last one.
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Joetaro finishes praying to Selune for the griffons safety and leaves the room.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Xana moves next to Shandalar and mutters, “I’m not sure they were riders. Even someone who doesn’t know much about this place can see that there’s a lot of people here that aren’t. Jealousy could be just as much of a motive as greed.”
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Ellara Nightflower: level 1 blood hunter, Curse of Strahd
Crash follows along behind. How does imprinting work with griffons? I know some animals will imprint on the first thing they see are griffons similar? If so we could arrive too late to make a difference
Once you are in Lock's office he sit behind a large desk.There is also a large map of Waterdeep and the surroundings on the south wall.
"Sorry. There aren't any seats here. I m not usually in here to be honest."
"The man who didn't come to work today is called Seth Radcroft. He has a small house in the dock wards." He gives you the exact address.
"He was one of the griffons caretaker doing manual labor and keeping the pen clean. He was never going to be a rider but for what I gathered he didn't mind."
"We need to get the young ones soon because," he looks to Crash," as your friend here said there is the matter of inprinting. It doesn't happen overnight because they are born blind and stay that way for at least 3 days."
"I ll let you decide on the actions needed to be taken and if you need to talk to someone here at the castle came to me."
"We will find him of course but... why did you said that it coul dbe a inside job? do you have proof that Mister Radcroft was attacked? And why anyone would want to do that? and... " Kriz hesitates but she finally asks " What did happen to that silvered griffon up there? and why the other one was shackled? I've noticed that he was the only one... can we help with that?"
PbP Character: A few ;)