The bard can't seem to get a read on the man. His thin brows furrow in frustration. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls forth a copper coin. He lifts it to his lips and chants into it, his blue eyes boring a hole through the man in shoddy leathers. With a quick flip of the coin, he locks eyes with the man and begins to probe his thoughts.
***OoC: drop silence spell. Magic action detect thoughts: Read Thoughts. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with the Sense Thoughts option. You learn what is most on the target’s mind right now. If the target doesn’t know any languages and isn’t telepathic, you learn nothing.***
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“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
"Hey, something is burning and it stinks! We should get out so we can burn the place down!" The Paladin then begins setting free the chickens and frogs.
This place is horrible and deserved to be destroyed.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
While the others deal with the children and the hag's accomplice, Vaelar instead starts to search through the hags' belongings, looking for anything that might identify other citizens of Barovia who were in league with them.
He picked up a scheming mind, someone not used to being talked too in the manner they were doing. His mind was full of vengeance. They had made an enemy. However he didn't want to kill an unarmed man, after all he'd kept neutral during the fight.
The stink of the place filled her nostrils with a rotten stench, how had the hags lived like this? Just to be sure they were dead she debated taking their heads and burning the Mill down to the ground. There are plenty of wooden items and a barrel of oil. She remembered that Indira wanted the soulpouches so she could set the souls free aided by her deity The Raven Queen.
As if reading her Aleryas mind Frederik called from the beam Burn he said keeping it simple. Now in the calm after the battle you can see his talons they are sheathed in steel blades and silvered. He started pulling at loose bits of wood.
Hujj carefully twined the heartstones around his legs, give to clerics, healing stone for all disease
Getting no response from the man, after a long wait Crisaryn finally just steps away. "Yes, let's burn the place down. I can't see any reason anyone would ever use this as a real mill ever again." She starts to look around, "I can certainly provide fire. How do we want to do this? Anything to save?"
Once everyone is outside and Alerya has dumped out the oil, "We have the soulpouches and heartstones. The children, chickens and frogs are safe." She nods, "Fire Away!"
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
"Your wisdom in remaining neutral has saved you. Be gone from this foul place. No more children will be lost to the hag's vile schemes." As the man leaves Illmirth follows him out. He offers the ravens some pork bits, thanking them for their aid. "Well done little friends. You were indeed ready for war!"
As the companions gathered a safe distance from the windmill Illmirth sang. His song was upbeat, celebrating their victory and the freedom of the children. His voice rises into the sky like the smoke of Old Bonegrinder, his joyful melody lifting the spirits.
When they begin to travel back to Vallaki Illmirth pulled fome rations from his pack and offered them to the children. He tried to amuse them on the ride with illusions and silly voices.
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“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
Once everyone is out of the mill, Crisaryn would use her Sorcerous Burst to start to set the wood portions of the mill on fire. Once it seems to be lit, she turns her back on the place and prepares to head back to Vallaki. Her eyes flit across the children as they travel. "What will we do with these kids back in Vallaki? Will there be a place for them there? And their families..." As she makes the comment, her thoughts return to the family that had tried to sell their child. She wondered if these had been abandoned by family or if they had truly been stolen. She wouldn't put it past the hags to have done either.
You see a ring of stones not far from the Mill, a crowd of ravens perching there and cawing. Frederik nods at Illmirth, Hilde and others, watch the burning. I fly back to Vallaki now. When you will, come and find me in the ravenloft.
Hujj huffs and sits near the children, a wing around the eldest, crooning gently, the heartstones safe in his talons. Someone comes he says.
Having collected herself, the young priestess with the blonde braided hair leads the poor children outside as the others set the old windmill on fire. She holds them both close as they watch the fires of purity cleanse this place of vicious evil. "Where do you want to go now?" She asks them quietly in a gentle tone as she wouldn't assume they would want to go back to their families considering they too might well have been traded for dream pies.
As the raven warns them of someone approaching she motions for the children to stay down and stay quiet while she stands up an looks around for any threats.
Indira appears on horseback. She takes one look at the fire and smiles, no -one to take children anymore! She looks at the children and Lorelei. Best to take the children to Father Lucien or the Burgomeister. They aren't from Vallaki by their clothes the embroidery says Barovia village. Do they have homes or were they bartered?
Vaelar quietly steps forward when Indira arrives and holds out the small pouch of gold.
"This should see to their care,"he says in his quiet, stern voice.
With the hags dealt with, the dark power that coursed through Vaelar veins has now dissipated, his features looking less monstrously haggard, though he is still exceptionally pale. He steps to the side to clean the gore and ichor from his well-worn blades.
The bard crouches low to the ground. "Children, come to me. Tell me please, where are your parents? Do you know the name of the town you lived in?" Illmirth gets down to their, trying to make them more comfortable
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“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
Crisaryn just stands and listens in silence, shaking her head. Indira had of course asked the very question that Lorelei had already tried to discern, except the raven-haired woman's approach had startled them. "Coming to see if there were any pickings now that the fighting is concluded?" she chides the woman, not quite sure why she would be here. "Or do you just follow the ravens?"
Hilde decided to follow you, she rests at the ring of stones. I myself came after you in case things had not gone well, unasked for help I know. The heartstones that Hujj has should be distributed amongst the clerics, Rhianne, Lorelei and Lucien, they cure disease and should be used with care. Here she hands one to Lorelei. I'll take the soul pouches and empty them of stolen souls at the ring of stones, with your permission? Then we can show the Burgomeister the empty skin pouches.
I'm Freek says the young boy, I'm from Barovia village, please don't force me back! My parents gave me to the hags, they didn't care as long as they were caught up in hallucinations. I'm seven almost a man, I tried to protect Myrtle from the hag who was hurting us both. I used to be cared for by Ireena when my parents were lost to the dreams. This is Myrtle, she's five.
Myrtle put her thumb back into her mouth and said nothing. She is covered in small red pinpricks as is Freek.
The young priestess with the blonde braided hair nods and smiles reassuringly to Freek and Myrtle. "You can come with us back to Vallaki, Ireena is there and I'm sure she and her brother will be able to take care of you both."She says with a calm smile.
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Illmirth
The bard can't seem to get a read on the man. His thin brows furrow in frustration. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls forth a copper coin. He lifts it to his lips and chants into it, his blue eyes boring a hole through the man in shoddy leathers. With a quick flip of the coin, he locks eyes with the man and begins to probe his thoughts.
***OoC: drop silence spell. Magic action detect thoughts: Read Thoughts. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with the Sense Thoughts option. You learn what is most on the target’s mind right now. If the target doesn’t know any languages and isn’t telepathic, you learn nothing.***
“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
Alerya
"Hey, something is burning and it stinks! We should get out so we can burn the place down!" The Paladin then begins setting free the chickens and frogs.
This place is horrible and deserved to be destroyed.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Vaelar
While the others deal with the children and the hag's accomplice, Vaelar instead starts to search through the hags' belongings, looking for anything that might identify other citizens of Barovia who were in league with them.
DM
Illmirth
He picked up a scheming mind, someone not used to being talked too in the manner they were doing. His mind was full of vengeance. They had made an enemy. However he didn't want to kill an unarmed man, after all he'd kept neutral during the fight.
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The children begin to stop sobbing and instead clutched what was left of their clothes about them, they seem able to talk now.
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Alerya
The stink of the place filled her nostrils with a rotten stench, how had the hags lived like this? Just to be sure they were dead she debated taking their heads and burning the Mill down to the ground. There are plenty of wooden items and a barrel of oil. She remembered that Indira wanted the soulpouches so she could set the souls free aided by her deity The Raven Queen.
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As if reading her Aleryas mind Frederik called from the beam Burn he said keeping it simple. Now in the calm after the battle you can see his talons they are sheathed in steel blades and silvered. He started pulling at loose bits of wood.
Hujj carefully twined the heartstones around his legs, give to clerics, healing stone for all disease
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Vaelar found a small pouch full of gold, with luck it would pay for the childrens future homes, maybe an apprenticeship in Vallaki.
Crisaryn Melkial
Getting no response from the man, after a long wait Crisaryn finally just steps away. "Yes, let's burn the place down. I can't see any reason anyone would ever use this as a real mill ever again." She starts to look around, "I can certainly provide fire. How do we want to do this? Anything to save?"
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
Alerya
Once everyone is outside and Alerya has dumped out the oil, "We have the soulpouches and heartstones. The children, chickens and frogs are safe." She nods, "Fire Away!"
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Illmirth
"Your wisdom in remaining neutral has saved you. Be gone from this foul place. No more children will be lost to the hag's vile schemes." As the man leaves Illmirth follows him out. He offers the ravens some pork bits, thanking them for their aid. "Well done little friends. You were indeed ready for war!"
As the companions gathered a safe distance from the windmill Illmirth sang. His song was upbeat, celebrating their victory and the freedom of the children. His voice rises into the sky like the smoke of Old Bonegrinder, his joyful melody lifting the spirits.
When they begin to travel back to Vallaki Illmirth pulled fome rations from his pack and offered them to the children. He tried to amuse them on the ride with illusions and silly voices.
“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
Crisaryn Melkial
Once everyone is out of the mill, Crisaryn would use her Sorcerous Burst to start to set the wood portions of the mill on fire. Once it seems to be lit, she turns her back on the place and prepares to head back to Vallaki. Her eyes flit across the children as they travel. "What will we do with these kids back in Vallaki? Will there be a place for them there? And their families..." As she makes the comment, her thoughts return to the family that had tried to sell their child. She wondered if these had been abandoned by family or if they had truly been stolen. She wouldn't put it past the hags to have done either.
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
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Frederik
You see a ring of stones not far from the Mill, a crowd of ravens perching there and cawing. Frederik nods at Illmirth, Hilde and others, watch the burning. I fly back to Vallaki now. When you will, come and find me in the ravenloft.
Hujj huffs and sits near the children, a wing around the eldest, crooning gently, the heartstones safe in his talons. Someone comes he says.
Lorelei Dawnwarden
Having collected herself, the young priestess with the blonde braided hair leads the poor children outside as the others set the old windmill on fire. She holds them both close as they watch the fires of purity cleanse this place of vicious evil. "Where do you want to go now?" She asks them quietly in a gentle tone as she wouldn't assume they would want to go back to their families considering they too might well have been traded for dream pies.
As the raven warns them of someone approaching she motions for the children to stay down and stay quiet while she stands up an looks around for any threats.
Perception: 21 + Guidance: 4
DM
Indira appears on horseback. She takes one look at the fire and smiles, no -one to take children anymore! She looks at the children and Lorelei. Best to take the children to Father Lucien or the Burgomeister. They aren't from Vallaki by their clothes the embroidery says Barovia village. Do they have homes or were they bartered?
Vaelar
Vaelar quietly steps forward when Indira arrives and holds out the small pouch of gold.
"This should see to their care," he says in his quiet, stern voice.
With the hags dealt with, the dark power that coursed through Vaelar veins has now dissipated, his features looking less monstrously haggard, though he is still exceptionally pale. He steps to the side to clean the gore and ichor from his well-worn blades.
Illmirth
The bard crouches low to the ground. "Children, come to me. Tell me please, where are your parents? Do you know the name of the town you lived in?" Illmirth gets down to their, trying to make them more comfortable
“Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
Crisaryn Melkial
Crisaryn just stands and listens in silence, shaking her head. Indira had of course asked the very question that Lorelei had already tried to discern, except the raven-haired woman's approach had startled them. "Coming to see if there were any pickings now that the fighting is concluded?" she chides the woman, not quite sure why she would be here. "Or do you just follow the ravens?"
Rabbit Sebrica, Sorcerer || Skarai, Monk || Lokilia Vaelphin, Druid || Vanizi, Warlock || Britari / Halila Talgeta / Jesa Gumovi || Neital Rhessil, Wizard
Iromae Quinaea, Cleric || Meira Dheran, Rogue || Qirynna Thadri, Wizard || Crisaryn Melkial, Sorcerer
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Indira
Hilde decided to follow you, she rests at the ring of stones. I myself came after you in case things had not gone well, unasked for help I know. The heartstones that Hujj has should be distributed amongst the clerics, Rhianne, Lorelei and Lucien, they cure disease and should be used with care. Here she hands one to Lorelei. I'll take the soul pouches and empty them of stolen souls at the ring of stones, with your permission? Then we can show the Burgomeister the empty skin pouches.
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The children
I'm Freek says the young boy, I'm from Barovia village, please don't force me back! My parents gave me to the hags, they didn't care as long as they were caught up in hallucinations. I'm seven almost a man, I tried to protect Myrtle from the hag who was hurting us both. I used to be cared for by Ireena when my parents were lost to the dreams. This is Myrtle, she's five.
Myrtle put her thumb back into her mouth and said nothing. She is covered in small red pinpricks as is Freek.
Lorelei Dawnwarden
The young priestess with the blonde braided hair nods and smiles reassuringly to Freek and Myrtle. "You can come with us back to Vallaki, Ireena is there and I'm sure she and her brother will be able to take care of you both." She says with a calm smile.