Brand frowns, "Not really. For a time I entertained the idea that he might be some avatar of the God himself. He seems too confident, too comfortable to be just a minor player in this. But I am sure I know him from somewhere, I just can't place it. Another option would be Negris Black, but he did seem apologetic, even fearful of you. Who is he, someone you displaced?"
Brand raises his eyebrows, his eyes going slightly wider, "Ah...I heard ... many things about him, but never met him. I guess that does mean you have displaced him, then."
"So...what have you been up to these last months? Much more than I, I would wager. Three months recuperation took it's toll on my grand plans. You still have that sword, it seems."
Brand raises his eyebrows, his eyes going slightly wider, "Ah...I heard ... many things about him, but never met him. I guess that does mean you have displaced him, then."
"So...what have you been up to these last months? Much more than I, I would wager. Three months recuperation took it's toll on my grand plans. You still have that sword, it seems."
[[Did Brand not meet Isatics? I'm confused.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I think he arrived JUST after the player of Isatics left, Isatics and Hugh were 'around'...he may have met him in the broad sense, but not in game play. Happy if dialog says , "I only met him once or twice...
I think he arrived JUST after the player of Isatics left, Isatics and Hugh were 'around'...he may have met him in the broad sense, but not in game play. Happy if dialog says , "I only met him once or twice...
[[That would be good, as that explains how he knew about Brand and his connection with Melitta and Dworkin. Anyway, that's enough for tonight. Ciao.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand raises his eyebrows, his eyes going slightly wider, "I only met him a few times, but he certainly had a reputation. I guess that means you have displaced him, then."
"So...what have you been up to these last months? Much more than I, I would wager -- three months recuperation took it's toll on my grand plans."
"I couldn't help but notice that you still have that sword." he says, with a smile.
Brand sits there in stunned silence, searching her face and waiting for her to continue.
He eventually rallies, for some reason more disturbed by this than the undeath of Nathaniel. He reaches his hand out to reassure her -- or himself -- very tentatively.
"How...how can that be? Did you succeed in ...". He pauses, and takes a breath "What were you doing?"
"I think I was making a mess of things," says Melitta, accepting Brand's hand. "I made a deal with Arion... which, in the end, doesn't seem to have work out as I had hoped."
[[As an aside: While waiting for Melitta to continue, Brand can't help but notice the shiny copper ring on one of the fingers of the hand he is holding.]]
[[But I'm afraid you will also have to wait because we're off to Andrew's for the afternoon.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ Ok. If you plan to write more from Melitta, I'll wait eagerly and impatiently ;-)... Otherwise, if you also need a reply:]]
"I can not imagine what it must be like to try to strike a deal with a God, even the supposedly benevolent Mitrans seen to like to lie..."
Then he smiles and tries to take on a lighter tone, "Things rarely seem to work out the way we expect: I arrived back here, planning to quietly and peacefully resume my search for you, and instead ended up killing a corrupt temple guard and aiding and abetting one of the undead."
"I'd finally given up on any expectation of finding you any time soon... yet, here we are. Personally, I'd count that as a win."
[[For some reason your notifications have disappeared. I had to find the end of this thread through the forums.]]
Melitta gives Brand a tight smile and then says, "Finding me might not be the smartest thing you've ever done, I seem to attract danger."
"Now, tell me about the stones. You said you didn't know they were demonic. Is that true? They wreak of the nether planes. I would be very surprised if whoever created them didn't either want them back, or want something in return for your possessing them."
[[Will answer your email about the icon shortly.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[For some reason your notifications have disappeared. I had to find the end of this thread through the forums.]]
[[ No worries...I wrote a post an deleted it, that might be relevant...I found that one can create dice roll that say things like 1da20+2+2d6+2...and it works. Kind of nice. ]]
Melitta gives Brand a tight smile and then says, "Finding me might not be the smartest thing you've ever done, I seem to attract danger."
Brand shrugs, "Danger faced alone is much harder to defeat. And there seems to be enough danger in this city to go around at the moment."
"Now, tell me about the stones. You said you didn't know they were demonic. Is that true? They wreak of the nether planes. I would be very surprised if whoever created them didn't either want them back, or want something in return for your possessing them."
Brand considers for a moment before answering, "Truly, I had no idea...but, of late, I have had reservations. Concerns. I have had strange dreams associated with their use. But for the months before that...nothing."
"Until you said what you said down stairs, I was not even sure they were linked. I was planning to search the library for...". He takes a deep breath and grimaces, "This will sound silly...there are some very disturbing eyes that pursue me in my dreams sometimes. After I use the stones."
"But with all the other things happening, and the search for you and Dworkin...it has not been something I have pursued."
He glances around the room, "My troubles seem as nothing compared to yours. What happened with Dworkin...and...I could not help but notice the empty room and the ring on your hand? Then there's this whole business of you being the Chosen One...was that the term that Jay...Isatics...used?"
[[For some reason your notifications have disappeared. I had to find the end of this thread through the forums.]]
[[ No worries...I wrote a post an deleted it, that might be relevant...I found that one can create dice roll that say things like 1da20+2+2d6+2...and it works. Kind of nice. ]]
[[Interesting to see that the post numbering takes into account the deleted post; comment #2424 is missing.]]
Melitta gives Brand a tight smile and then says, "Finding me might not be the smartest thing you've ever done, I seem to attract danger."
Brand shrugs, "Danger faced alone is much harder to defeat. And there seems to be enough danger in this city to go around at the moment."
"Now, tell me about the stones. You said you didn't know they were demonic. Is that true? They wreak of the nether planes. I would be very surprised if whoever created them didn't either want them back, or want something in return for your possessing them."
Brand considers for a moment before answering, "Truly, I had no idea...but, of late, I have had reservations. Concerns. I have had strange dreams associated with their use. But for the months before that...nothing."
"Until you said what you said down stairs, I was not even sure they were linked. I was planning to search the library for...". He takes a deep breath and grimaces, "This will sound silly...there are some very disturbing eyes that pursue me in my dreams sometimes. After I use the stones."
"But with all the other things happening, and the search for you and Dworkin...it has not been something I have pursued."
He glances around the room, "My troubles seem as nothing compared to yours. What happened with Dworkin...and...I could not help but notice the empty room and the ring on your hand? Then there's this whole business of you being the Chosen One...was that the term that Jay...Isatics...used?"
"This thing," says Melitta pulling her hand free to show the ring. "I don't think you were there, but it was found in the Set temple on the Lonely Mountain. It... sustains me now."
Then she asks a number of questions of her own, "You said before that you have just arrived back and that these dreams are recent. Where have you been? Somewhere unusual? Perhaps your visit is what caused these dreams? I can't help but think they're related, if you say they occur more regularly when you use the stones."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ I am trying to write factually correct statements here,...please correct me if this is NOT what happened ! ]]
Brand smiles, "All right; we will talk about the stones, but I still want to hear what has happened to you -- and to Dworkin. And there's still the actual reason I came here..."
"But to answer your question: New Ninevah, and the dreams only started around the time I started planning to return here. I also had one the night I arrived. Strange eyes [[ describe ]] pursuing me through a [[ describe ]] landscape, and I waken when they are nearly upon me. This seems to be the recurring pattern."
[[ Pretty sure you also said there was no astral traveling in NN, correct? ]]
[[ I am trying to write factually correct statements here,...please correct me if this is NOT what happened ! ]]
Brand smiles, "All right; we will talk about the stones, but I still want to hear what has happened to you -- and to Dworkin. And there's still the actual reason I came here..."
"But to answer your question: New Ninevah, and the dreams only started around the time I started planning to return here. I also had one the night I arrived. Strange eyes [[ describe ]] pursuing me through a [[ describe ]] landscape, and I waken when they are nearly upon me. This seems to be the recurring pattern."
[[ Pretty sure you also said there was no astral traveling in NN, correct? ]]
[[Correct.]]
"There are things I won't discuss," says Melitta. "And Blackfeather is one of them... But, I will give you fair warning. If you see him, don't tell him of our meeting—or this place—and be very wary of him."
"Now, getting back to those stones," begins Melitta. "Those dreams sound suitably horrific, and if they aren't connected with the stones, I will be very surprised. Have you ever had them properly investigated by a magus?"
Brand snorts, and smiles ruefully, "Been back a day and a half. The list: find Melitta or Dworkin...done (and now perhaps stalled, given what you said), learn more about magic and potential latent sorcery...in.progress with encouraging initial results, investigate astral travel...restarts later tonight, and...last but not least...understand recent peculiar dreams. Stalled...until now?"
"Or do you mean the stones? Wamzut investigated them briefly...he kept two of the set saying they were too dangerous. They were, I believe, related to summoning."
"I'd have them checked again," says Melitta deadpan. "Such items can sometimes have magical connections to their creators. I don't suppose you have heard if Wamzut had any problems with the ones he kept?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand frowns, "Not really. For a time I entertained the idea that he might be some avatar of the God himself. He seems too confident, too comfortable to be just a minor player in this. But I am sure I know him from somewhere, I just can't place it. Another option would be Negris Black, but he did seem apologetic, even fearful of you. Who is he, someone you displaced?"
Melitta gives a low laugh and says, "He has disguised himself well, but Jay is the man you knew in Ilbarsis as Isatics?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand raises his eyebrows, his eyes going slightly wider, "Ah...I heard ... many things about him, but never met him. I guess that does mean you have displaced him, then."
"So...what have you been up to these last months? Much more than I, I would wager. Three months recuperation took it's toll on my grand plans. You still have that sword, it seems."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[Did Brand not meet Isatics? I'm confused.]]
I think he arrived JUST after the player of Isatics left, Isatics and Hugh were 'around'...he may have met him in the broad sense, but not in game play. Happy if dialog says , "I only met him once or twice...
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ Revised response]]
Brand raises his eyebrows, his eyes going slightly wider, "I only met him a few times, but he certainly had a reputation. I guess that means you have displaced him, then."
"So...what have you been up to these last months? Much more than I, I would wager -- three months recuperation took it's toll on my grand plans."
"I couldn't help but notice that you still have that sword." he says, with a smile.
"Months," says Melitta with a resigned shrug of her shoulders. "The gods toy with us for their own amusement, Alaric. For me, it has been years."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand sits there in stunned silence, searching her face and waiting for her to continue.
He eventually rallies, for some reason more disturbed by this than the undeath of Nathaniel. He reaches his hand out to reassure her -- or himself -- very tentatively.
"How...how can that be? Did you succeed in ...". He pauses, and takes a breath "What were you doing?"
"I think I was making a mess of things," says Melitta, accepting Brand's hand. "I made a deal with Arion... which, in the end, doesn't seem to have work out as I had hoped."
[[As an aside: While waiting for Melitta to continue, Brand can't help but notice the shiny copper ring on one of the fingers of the hand he is holding.]]
[[But I'm afraid you will also have to wait because we're off to Andrew's for the afternoon.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ Ok. If you plan to write more from Melitta, I'll wait eagerly and impatiently ;-)... Otherwise, if you also need a reply:]]
"I can not imagine what it must be like to try to strike a deal with a God, even the supposedly benevolent Mitrans seen to like to lie..."
Then he smiles and tries to take on a lighter tone, "Things rarely seem to work out the way we expect: I arrived back here, planning to quietly and peacefully resume my search for you, and instead ended up killing a corrupt temple guard and aiding and abetting one of the undead."
"I'd finally given up on any expectation of finding you any time soon... yet, here we are. Personally, I'd count that as a win."
[[For some reason your notifications have disappeared. I had to find the end of this thread through the forums.]]
Melitta gives Brand a tight smile and then says, "Finding me might not be the smartest thing you've ever done, I seem to attract danger."
"Now, tell me about the stones. You said you didn't know they were demonic. Is that true? They wreak of the nether planes. I would be very surprised if whoever created them didn't either want them back, or want something in return for your possessing them."
[[Will answer your email about the icon shortly.]]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ No worries...I wrote a post an deleted it, that might be relevant...I found that one can create dice roll that say things like 1da20+2+2d6+2...and it works. Kind of nice. ]]
Brand shrugs, "Danger faced alone is much harder to defeat. And there seems to be enough danger in this city to go around at the moment."
Brand considers for a moment before answering, "Truly, I had no idea...but, of late, I have had reservations. Concerns. I have had strange dreams associated with their use. But for the months before that...nothing."
"Until you said what you said down stairs, I was not even sure they were linked. I was planning to search the library for...". He takes a deep breath and grimaces, "This will sound silly...there are some very disturbing eyes that pursue me in my dreams sometimes. After I use the stones."
"But with all the other things happening, and the search for you and Dworkin...it has not been something I have pursued."
He glances around the room, "My troubles seem as nothing compared to yours. What happened with Dworkin...and...I could not help but notice the empty room and the ring on your hand? Then there's this whole business of you being the Chosen One...was that the term that Jay...Isatics...used?"
"This thing," says Melitta pulling her hand free to show the ring. "I don't think you were there, but it was found in the Set temple on the Lonely Mountain. It... sustains me now."
Then she asks a number of questions of her own, "You said before that you have just arrived back and that these dreams are recent. Where have you been? Somewhere unusual? Perhaps your visit is what caused these dreams? I can't help but think they're related, if you say they occur more regularly when you use the stones."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[[ I am trying to write factually correct statements here,...please correct me if this is NOT what happened ! ]]
Brand smiles, "All right; we will talk about the stones, but I still want to hear what has happened to you -- and to Dworkin. And there's still the actual reason I came here..."
"But to answer your question: New Ninevah, and the dreams only started around the time I started planning to return here. I also had one the night I arrived. Strange eyes [[ describe ]] pursuing me through a [[ describe ]] landscape, and I waken when they are nearly upon me. This seems to be the recurring pattern."
[[ Pretty sure you also said there was no astral traveling in NN, correct? ]]
"There are things I won't discuss," says Melitta. "And Blackfeather is one of them... But, I will give you fair warning. If you see him, don't tell him of our meeting—or this place—and be very wary of him."
"Now, getting back to those stones," begins Melitta. "Those dreams sound suitably horrific, and if they aren't connected with the stones, I will be very surprised. Have you ever had them properly investigated by a magus?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand snorts, and smiles ruefully, "Been back a day and a half. The list: find Melitta or Dworkin...done (and now perhaps stalled, given what you said), learn more about magic and potential latent sorcery...in.progress with encouraging initial results, investigate astral travel...restarts later tonight, and...last but not least...understand recent peculiar dreams. Stalled...until now?"
"Or do you mean the stones? Wamzut investigated them briefly...he kept two of the set saying they were too dangerous. They were, I believe, related to summoning."
"I'd have them checked again," says Melitta deadpan. "Such items can sometimes have magical connections to their creators. I don't suppose you have heard if Wamzut had any problems with the ones he kept?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Brand shakes his head sadly, "I did not; and I am told Wamzut is dead; though it's hard to believe."
"Is checking them something you can do, or should I ask at the School? The latter might have difficulty with things of demonic nature."
Melitta is quiet for a moment and then she says, "Wamzut dead? How? Do you know?"
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.