"I need to catch some fish to trade for wine at the Blue Water Inn. I was here for a week and couldn't catch anything, so I snatched up the girl and planned on tossing her in. Those Vistani are lucky, the lake would've rewarded me if I sacrificed one to it." As he speaks, you can clearly smell the alcohol on his breath.
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Hadrian's anger is palpable. He simply stares at the man, seething. "Ismark," he asks, eyes unmoving from the drunkard's face, "What is the penalty for kidnapping and attempted murder here?"
"Death. Is that not the penalty for kidnapping and murder everywhere? But I think that we should take this child back to her home, so that her family will know that she is safe and that the man who attempted to slay their daughter has been stopped."
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Fae gives the girl a hug. "Hey, you're okay. It's okay." She turns a glare on the man that dwarfs even the one she leveled at Elyse at the church. "How dare you! She's a little girl!"
Hadrian will haul the man back to face justice, assuming the others are willing to take the girl back to the Vistani. He will bind his hands to his neck securely with rope, so the man won't be able to easily escape.
The little girl stands up once she is unbound. "Thank you for saving me. My name is Arabelle, daughter of Luvash. My people live in a small encampment outside of Vallaki and my father would surely reward you all for successfully returning me to him."
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"That was very eloquent, Arabelle. Is there anything we can do for you?" Phanuel keeps his distance, letting Fae soothe the child. He imagines the last thing she wants is another man approaching.
"Very well. I will lead you to my father's village. It is not far from here."
Arabelle takes you down the path and true to her word, it does not take you long to arrive at the destination. The woods part to reveal an expansive clearing: a small, grass-covered hill with low houses built into its sides. Fog obscures the details, but you can see that these buildings feature elegantly carved woodwork and have decorative lanterns hanging from their sculpted eaves. Atop the hill, above the fog, is a ring of barrel-topped wagons that surround a large tent with a column of smoke pouring out through a hole in the top. The tent is brightly lit from within. Even at this distance, you can smell the odors of wine and horses that emanate from this central area.
Arabelle casually passes by the houses at the bottom of the hill. "Those are just the dusk elves. My father's people live up here." She leads you up to the top of the hill, near the tent and the wagons. Piled outside the wagon are several empty casks of wine. From inside the tent comes the crack of a whip followed by the howls of a young man. Three sputtering campfires fill the tent with smoke, and through the haze you see six Vistani passed out in various places on the dead grass. A barely conscious and shirtless teenager hugs the central tent pole, his wrists bound with rope and his back streaked with blood. An older, larger man in studded leather armor lashes the young man with a horsewhip, causing him to scream again. Standing in the bigger man’s shadow is a third man also clad in studded leather. “Easy, brother,” he says to the whip-wielding brute. “I think Alexei has learned his lesson.”
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"Yes. That one." Arabelle points to the man in studded leather that has finished flogging the younger man. "Father! I have returned!" She runs towards him and gives him a hug. "Arabelle, my sweet! Where were you?" "A drunk man kidnapped me in the hopes that Lake Zarovich would give him some fish. But those adventurers rescued me." She says, pointing towards the five of you.
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As the flogger has finished, Enilais is already moving towards the young man who was being whipped and is starting to take him off the pole. As he does he quietly, but very enthusastically tells him, "Don't worry. I'll save you from this. Enialis is here and will make it all better."
Phanuel looks from Arabelle's father to the young man, "Is he being punished? What did he do?" He's careful to keep his tone from being inflammatory. The father was just striping someone and probably doesn't need a reason to do it again, returned daughter or no.
Hadrian moves swiftly, going to grab the fisherman, hefting him by the collar. "What is the meaning of this?" He snarls into the man's face.
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Enialis, quickly picks up the girls, unties and ungags her.
Elyse follows Hadrian and turns around to scan the area to see if anyone else is paying attention or thinking of making a move.
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"I need to catch some fish to trade for wine at the Blue Water Inn. I was here for a week and couldn't catch anything, so I snatched up the girl and planned on tossing her in. Those Vistani are lucky, the lake would've rewarded me if I sacrificed one to it." As he speaks, you can clearly smell the alcohol on his breath.
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Hadrian's anger is palpable. He simply stares at the man, seething. "Ismark," he asks, eyes unmoving from the drunkard's face, "What is the penalty for kidnapping and attempted murder here?"
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"Death. Is that not the penalty for kidnapping and murder everywhere? But I think that we should take this child back to her home, so that her family will know that she is safe and that the man who attempted to slay their daughter has been stopped."
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Fae gives the girl a hug. "Hey, you're okay. It's okay." She turns a glare on the man that dwarfs even the one she leveled at Elyse at the church. "How dare you! She's a little girl!"
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Hadrian will haul the man back to face justice, assuming the others are willing to take the girl back to the Vistani. He will bind his hands to his neck securely with rope, so the man won't be able to easily escape.
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The little girl stands up once she is unbound. "Thank you for saving me. My name is Arabelle, daughter of Luvash. My people live in a small encampment outside of Vallaki and my father would surely reward you all for successfully returning me to him."
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"That was very eloquent, Arabelle. Is there anything we can do for you?" Phanuel keeps his distance, letting Fae soothe the child. He imagines the last thing she wants is another man approaching.
Insight on the eloquent small child: 18
She's really eloquent. Her dad must be a noble or something.
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"Well we are traveling there now!" Enialis replies enthusastically. "You can travel with us!"
"Very well. I will lead you to my father's village. It is not far from here."
Arabelle takes you down the path and true to her word, it does not take you long to arrive at the destination. The woods part to reveal an expansive clearing: a small, grass-covered hill with low houses built into its sides. Fog obscures the details, but you can see that these buildings feature elegantly carved woodwork and have decorative lanterns hanging from their sculpted eaves. Atop the hill, above the fog, is a ring of barrel-topped wagons that surround a large tent with a column of smoke pouring out through a hole in the top. The tent is brightly lit from within. Even at this distance, you can smell the odors of wine and horses that emanate from this central area.
Arabelle casually passes by the houses at the bottom of the hill. "Those are just the dusk elves. My father's people live up here." She leads you up to the top of the hill, near the tent and the wagons. Piled outside the wagon are several empty casks of wine. From inside the tent comes the crack of a whip followed by the howls of a young man. Three sputtering campfires fill the tent with smoke, and through the haze you see six Vistani passed out in various places on the dead grass. A barely conscious and shirtless teenager hugs the central tent pole, his wrists bound with rope and his back streaked with blood. An older, larger man in studded leather armor lashes the young man with a horsewhip, causing him to scream again. Standing in the bigger man’s shadow is a third man also clad in studded leather. “Easy, brother,” he says to the whip-wielding brute. “I think Alexei has learned his lesson.”
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Phanuel quirks an eyebrow at the scene and looks to Arabelle, "Is one of these men your father? Do you know them?"
(Are they all Vistani?)
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"Yes. That one." Arabelle points to the man in studded leather that has finished flogging the younger man. "Father! I have returned!" She runs towards him and gives him a hug. "Arabelle, my sweet! Where were you?" "A drunk man kidnapped me in the hopes that Lake Zarovich would give him some fish. But those adventurers rescued me." She says, pointing towards the five of you.
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As the flogger has finished, Enilais is already moving towards the young man who was being whipped and is starting to take him off the pole. As he does he quietly, but very enthusastically tells him, "Don't worry. I'll save you from this. Enialis is here and will make it all better."
As you approach, the young man cries out. "Stop! I don't need or want your help. I can take this."
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"What? Why would you want to be injured like this?" Enialis says, clearly confused.
Fae frowns, clearly confused by what's going on.
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Phanuel looks from Arabelle's father to the young man, "Is he being punished? What did he do?" He's careful to keep his tone from being inflammatory. The father was just striping someone and probably doesn't need a reason to do it again, returned daughter or no.