From below, you hear Savra's quivering voice. "We surrender! Please don't hurt us."

Gren starts at the sudden noise, and instinctively starts to say something: only to catch himself and look to the others. He keeps his words to himself now, but occasionally turns just enough as if trying to keep an ear out on the lower floor, giving away some worry out of the masked cleric. 

Yuron will look at the group, shrug and load another bolt into his hand crossbow before yelling out at them "Get your asses up here with your hands raised then!! We can discuss terms face to face" turning back to the group "they know we're here so we might as well try and reason with them."

Rey nods in agreement, standing with axe ready. He can't help but look over his poor coat, riddled with holes and tears by this point.

Nate turns to the others, "I was here to retrieve her and her alone. It looks like she has been swayed over to their side but I would like to take her alive if at all possible." 

Calling down the stairs, "If you return unarmed then no harm will come to you. I am here to return you to the Elmerald Grove. You are safe now." 

"I too am here in search of someone. A female Elf named Teresiel. Maybe this lady has seen her."

"Once she comes up we can ask and we can both complete our tasks." 

Three robed figures slowly walk up the stairs with their hands held above their heads. They seem ready to collapse from fear at any second.

If there hood of their robes are covering their faces, Gren nervously barks out for them to reveal them. But other than that, he stayed where he was towards the back of the group with a gloved hand glowing an angry red. "Wh-what?" He asks the others warily without letting his attention waver away from the figures. "S-s-should we ask if there are a-any more in t-th-the tower?" He adds in weak whispers. 

Rey nods at Gren and motions for them to enter the room off to the side.

”Who are you and how many of you are there?” He asks with a growl.

Yuron is going to mess around with his hand crossbow and accidentally shoot it into the ceiling, acting surprised he's going to load another bolt into it and scan across them with his crossbow "Sorry I'm a little nervous, I don't handle conflict well".

19 Performance

10 Deception 

Savra speaks up. "We're... innocent! It's just the three of us left." They jump as Yuron threatens further violence.

Gren flinched from Yuron act as well. Without thinking, the masked cleric rushes to put as much of his tall figure between Yuron and the trio as much as possible.  "O-o-okay! I-I think that's enough now." He chuckles nervously, and then with a sigh turns to Savra and the others. "You are the one that Sir Nate was after, I believe." He looks down to the dwarf for confirmation. "Do you know anything about Sir Rey's elf friend? A Lady Teresiel? And, uhm… Do you know what has been going on here? Truly been going on here?" 

Savra looks relieved when Gren blocks Yuron's line of sight. "We are simply a group of noble knights hoping to help out this land! I haven't seen any elves here, no. But a short while ago, some of us went out on an expedition. We were going to stop some grimy thugs from pestering this land. They had some people with them, including an elf. Most of them escaped, though." 

Whispering to Gren "I was only kidding I had no intentions of harming them but in my occupation fear always helps make them talk... sometimes a little too much." 

Peering over Gren, Yuron will holster his crossbow "What do you mean noble knights? You ambushed us from the sky.... a noble knight takes pride in fair and just combat." looking her and some of her fallen comrades up and down "You seem like nothing more than thugs and mercenaries, what kind of knights do you claim to be?"

Looking over to Rey "Shall I search them? We should probably make sure they aren't hiding any weapons."

"Self-entitled knights perhaps..." Rey mumbles, and nods to Yuron. We search them and take their weapons.

Rey finds a dagger on both of Savra's companions. They surrender them without a struggle. 

Savra says "It is true... there have been some... worrying events recently... but I assure you, our intentions are noble!"

Still a little ill at ease, Gren offered no further resistance, but kept an ear open as he began looking over the fallen knights in the area. What rites he gives are kept short and quiet, yet always accompanied by a holding a ball of fire above the fallen for a few moments. 

"That is t-to be determined." Gren says, turning his seemingly eyeless mask upon Savra and her companions. "Pretell w-what fully were your intentions? W-what did you hope to gain here by as-ss-sus-alting the local caravans like common, lightless b-brigands!" 

(@Future Do I need to roll any check to look over the bodies for anything of worth/note?)

Rolling his eyes Yuron will question "Well go on... what are your intentions? I'd really like to know how attacking us fits into the big picture."

Nate just sits quietly listening to the line of questioning ready to jump in if anything piques his interest.