Not an employee, but she looks like she's friends with Gilmore. She's got a glass of wine in front of her and she's actually wearing armor that's similar to the cloak you were looking at - hence when Gilmore said a friend is testing the armor that's her. You get the sense that if someone tries to mess with Gilmore, she'll step in.
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I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Sybil would tell them she would going for greater details from the client for sure after they say they're going shopping.
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Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
Twitch as you roar, a group of pigeons flee from the rooftops as a pair of cats meow.
Demalis
At Food and Stuff you don't really find any magic items but you do find the tools and adventuring gear you need for the journey.
At Aurora's, you find the same magic items at Gilmore's, but the clerk also shows you a pair of bracers that look fancy, as well as a sash and an amulet that just came in.
Sybil
You meet with Mirt and gives you the location of Reluran's Tomb. He says the tomb once belonged to a warrior known for slaying dragons. The tomb was once guarded by three baelorns, who would ward off prospective tomb robbers, but they seem to be missing.
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I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
"So is the job exploring the tomb or seeking out these bealorns? Will there be a team on site already? Anything else I should be preapred for?" Sybil questions as she opens her notebook, writing down scrawling down "baelorns" in it.
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Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
Once back at the Manor, Meep will spend an hour attuning to the Amulet of Health. If there's more time after that, he'll start looking through the library for any books on the other planes of existence, since seeing the Amulet of the Planes at Gilmore's piqued his interest.
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Sybil
Mirt shakes his head. "No, you don't need to look for the baelorns. That information is old and they've likely moved on. There will be a team of four there who will help with the digging. There will be a small team of Harpers there - one of them is a ranger who's actually traveled through the ruins hundreds of years ago. How he's still alive I don't know. As for preparations, you'll probably see some undead, maybe some creatures. If it's like Hellgate Keep, you'll probably come across some demons."
Meep
You attune to the Amulet. As for books, you find 1 books with the following titles.
- Meep Morp Zarp ... WELCOME TO MECHANUS
- Wunch's Guide to Guarding Hades (Grey Wastes)
- You're Now In The Abyss, Here's What to Expect
- Don't Panic, You're Just in Mt. Celestia and Probably Saw A Nude Celestial
- "Arkhan, Get Me The F**** Out of Here" - Tiamat in The Nine Hells
"Undead? Can't say I haven't encounter before, I'll see if I can bring someone who can deal with them. Don't live with a cleric through. Demons? That's a bit uncommon. Why at a old ruins is a mystery I guess. Wondering, what's the pay for this? What we find or someone else paying for our services?" Sybil question while writing in her notebook as reminders.
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Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls - Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against Demogorgon Silas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of Annihilation Done
The first layer of Hades was named for the lord of the daemons (the Oinodaemon), Anthraxus the Decayed. Oinos was the land of disease with stunted and withered plants amid gray rocky terrain. The river Styx flowed through this layer and there were portals to Tarterus, Gehenna, and Concordant Opposition that looked like huge spinning metal coins, visible for miles/kilometers, often guarded by iron fortresses. Anyone walking this land or floating on the river Styx had a chance of contracting a major disease. Many of the daemons and some of the other creatures from the lower middle planes who were immune to disease made their home here.
Niflheim
Compared to Oinos, the terrain in the second layer was rougher, like foothills, with cooler temperatures, healthier vegetation including pine trees, and no disease. Everything was cloaked in dreary fog and mist, limiting vision to about a hundred feet (thirty meters). Yggdrasil's roots reached Niflheim, connecting it to Asgard in Gladsheim. The goddess Shar once maintained an abode here.
Pluton
The lowest level of Hades contained the base of Mount Olympus, a direct conduit through the Astral Plane to the plane of Arborea. The gray motif continued throughout this layer but most of the vegetation was black willow trees and dry, dying poplars.
Inhabitants
The daemons were the presumed rulers of Hades, but were actually outnumbered by the bird-like diakk and the greater powers had no trouble carving out realms for themselves. Factions of demodands carried on a low-level insurgency, sniping at the daemons but generally avoiding large-scale conflict that might attract the attention of the resident deities. Also known to inhabit all layers of Hades were achaierai, nightmares, mephits and night hags.
Most souls that arrived in Hades became larvae—sickly, human-headed worm-spirits—that were harvested by the night hags as a commodity for Lower Plane commerce.
Realms
Abbathor, the dwarven Great Master of Greed had a realm in Hades called the Glitterhell because it was lined with gold that sparkled even in the gloom.
Anthraxus the Decayed was the most powerful daemon in the Lower Planes, occupying his mighty fortress the Khin-Oin, or Wasting Tower—a twenty mile (32 km) high citadel with dungeons that went just as deep underground.
Cegilune, the goddess of the hags, kept her realm of Hagsend in Pluton.
Hades of the Greek pantheon had a realm in Pluton where the gates were guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus.
Hel from the Norse pantheon was the ruler of Niflheim where she guarded the dead.
Hecate, the Greek interloper deity of magic and the moon, had her primary realm called Aeaea in Pluton.
Jergal formed his realm, Bone Castle, in Oinos when he was the Lord of the Dead. He remained there as servant of Myrkul and Cyric, and became Seneschal of the Crystal Spire under Kelemvor.
Kalzareinad, draconic demigod of evil magic, resided in the Gray Waste before his demise during the Time of Troubles.
Kelemvor took over the realm of his predecessors in Oinos and transformed it into the Crystal Spire.
Nergal the Untheric (and Babylonian) god of the dead ruled a large part of Oinos from his circular city of seven concentric domes, Nergaltos. There he kept the prisoners Marduk brought to him.
Nidhogg, a huge, very ancient red dragon and her brood occupied (and consumed) the roots of Yggdrasil the World Ash, trying to break the conduit to Asgard. Nidhogg may be another name for Dendar the Night Serpent.
"Undead? Can't say I haven't encounter before, I'll see if I can bring someone who can deal with them. Don't live with a cleric through. Demons? That's a bit uncommon. Why at a old ruins is a mystery I guess. Wondering, what's the pay for this? What we find or someone else paying for our services?" Sybil question while writing in her notebook as reminders.
"The team will probably have a cleric on them, or a paladin," Mirt says. "The pay is 300 gold and you can keep whatever you find in the tomb. The ranger has ties to Evereska, so you might have to leave any important elvish artifacts."
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I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
The clerk points to the bracers. "These are Bracers of Defense. The amulet is Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location and the final item is a Sash of Focus. If you're knocked out, you're brought back up."
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I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Twitch 'guards' the rest of the books for Meep, while actively napping, and dreams of destroying hundreds of grinning skeletons and chasing a strange red glowing dot through the ruins.
Does she look like an employee or a patron?
Not an employee, but she looks like she's friends with Gilmore. She's got a glass of wine in front of her and she's actually wearing armor that's similar to the cloak you were looking at - hence when Gilmore said a friend is testing the armor that's her. You get the sense that if someone tries to mess with Gilmore, she'll step in.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Meep waves happily in her direction, and then says "Was that thing Sybil wanted to do today? I lose track. Do we need to go find her?"
She waves back and smiles before continuing to study her papers.
OOC: I'd think that Sybil would likely have told everyone who's going with her that she'll be at Mirt's to discuss the mission.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Sybil would tell them she would going for greater details from the client for sure after they say they're going shopping.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneDelmalis would still be checking those other two locations.
Then with shopping done, Meep would head back to the Manor to wait for Sybil, and assuming Twitch comes too, Meep will buy shawarma for both of them.
*munch, munch,munch*
*Run, Jump, Claw at the Air, Run, Jump*
" ROAR"
Meep and Twitch
Twitch as you roar, a group of pigeons flee from the rooftops as a pair of cats meow.
Demalis
At Food and Stuff you don't really find any magic items but you do find the tools and adventuring gear you need for the journey.
At Aurora's, you find the same magic items at Gilmore's, but the clerk also shows you a pair of bracers that look fancy, as well as a sash and an amulet that just came in.
Sybil
You meet with Mirt and gives you the location of Reluran's Tomb. He says the tomb once belonged to a warrior known for slaying dragons. The tomb was once guarded by three baelorns, who would ward off prospective tomb robbers, but they seem to be missing.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
"So is the job exploring the tomb or seeking out these bealorns? Will there be a team on site already? Anything else I should be preapred for?" Sybil questions as she opens her notebook, writing down scrawling down "baelorns" in it.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneOnce back at the Manor, Meep will spend an hour attuning to the Amulet of Health. If there's more time after that, he'll start looking through the library for any books on the other planes of existence, since seeing the Amulet of the Planes at Gilmore's piqued his interest.
Sybil
Mirt shakes his head. "No, you don't need to look for the baelorns. That information is old and they've likely moved on. There will be a team of four there who will help with the digging. There will be a small team of Harpers there - one of them is a ranger who's actually traveled through the ruins hundreds of years ago. How he's still alive I don't know. As for preparations, you'll probably see some undead, maybe some creatures. If it's like Hellgate Keep, you'll probably come across some demons."
Meep
You attune to the Amulet. As for books, you find 1 books with the following titles.
- Meep Morp Zarp ... WELCOME TO MECHANUS
- Wunch's Guide to Guarding Hades (Grey Wastes)
- You're Now In The Abyss, Here's What to Expect
- Don't Panic, You're Just in Mt. Celestia and Probably Saw A Nude Celestial
- "Arkhan, Get Me The F**** Out of Here" - Tiamat in The Nine Hells
- Bytopia: So You Wanted to See Gnomes Home
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Snacking on a bit of pocket bacon, Meep will start reading Wunch's guide.
"Undead? Can't say I haven't encounter before, I'll see if I can bring someone who can deal with them. Don't live with a cleric through. Demons? That's a bit uncommon. Why at a old ruins is a mystery I guess. Wondering, what's the pay for this? What we find or someone else paying for our services?" Sybil question while writing in her notebook as reminders.
Kirin - Level 15 High Elf Wizard (Evocation) - Zorg's Lost Souls- Overchannel Steel Wind Strike for the Win against DemogorgonSilas - Level 11 Human Cleric (War Domain) - Tomb of AnnihilationDoneAs you read the guide, you get some information about the realms.
Hades was a unique plane, as described by the Great Wheel cosmology model, because it not only joined to adjacent planes in the Great Wheel, it also held the foundation of Mount Olympus and the roots of Yggdrasil the World Ash. These two planar artifacts connected Hades to Olympus, in the first layer of Arborea, and Ysgard respectively, allowing travel between Hades, the Upper planes, and Alternate Prime Material Planes without going through the Astral Plane, much like the World Tree in the World Tree cosmology.
Oinos
The first layer of Hades was named for the lord of the daemons (the Oinodaemon), Anthraxus the Decayed. Oinos was the land of disease with stunted and withered plants amid gray rocky terrain. The river Styx flowed through this layer and there were portals to Tarterus, Gehenna, and Concordant Opposition that looked like huge spinning metal coins, visible for miles/kilometers, often guarded by iron fortresses. Anyone walking this land or floating on the river Styx had a chance of contracting a major disease. Many of the daemons and some of the other creatures from the lower middle planes who were immune to disease made their home here.
Niflheim
Compared to Oinos, the terrain in the second layer was rougher, like foothills, with cooler temperatures, healthier vegetation including pine trees, and no disease. Everything was cloaked in dreary fog and mist, limiting vision to about a hundred feet (thirty meters). Yggdrasil's roots reached Niflheim, connecting it to Asgard in Gladsheim. The goddess Shar once maintained an abode here.
Pluton
The lowest level of Hades contained the base of Mount Olympus, a direct conduit through the Astral Plane to the plane of Arborea. The gray motif continued throughout this layer but most of the vegetation was black willow trees and dry, dying poplars.
Inhabitants
The daemons were the presumed rulers of Hades, but were actually outnumbered by the bird-like diakk and the greater powers had no trouble carving out realms for themselves. Factions of demodands carried on a low-level insurgency, sniping at the daemons but generally avoiding large-scale conflict that might attract the attention of the resident deities. Also known to inhabit all layers of Hades were achaierai, nightmares, mephits and night hags.
Most souls that arrived in Hades became larvae—sickly, human-headed worm-spirits—that were harvested by the night hags as a commodity for Lower Plane commerce.
Realms
The author also mentions Sir Raymon Holtson and insults him at length.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
"The team will probably have a cleric on them, or a paladin," Mirt says. "The pay is 300 gold and you can keep whatever you find in the tomb. The ranger has ties to Evereska, so you might have to leave any important elvish artifacts."
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Delmalis will look over the three different items, "So what do these three do? Anything exciting?"
Demalis
The clerk points to the bracers. "These are Bracers of Defense. The amulet is Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location and the final item is a Sash of Focus. If you're knocked out, you're brought back up."
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Twitch 'guards' the rest of the books for Meep, while actively napping, and dreams of destroying hundreds of grinning skeletons and chasing a strange red glowing dot through the ruins.
Meep is taking copious notes, doing his best to become as familiar as possible with the locations mentioned in the book.