Legends of Tyrrus

Baldomar crushed the Thug's skull like one would crush a walnut. The hammer was the craftsmanship of a certain blacksmith he had in this small little village in the middle of nowhere. The other thugs died as they were supposed to and as the crossbowman tried to run from the fight but Russell killed them. The Pyromancer tried to crawl away but Baldomar wasn't having any of that, walking after him, letting the pyromancer slowly crawl away from the victorious group. Not making an aweful lot of speed, not in a haste to kill the Pyromancer. "Go on, you can get away, I'm sure of it." The barbarian said as he kept on walking, after the Pyromancer "Just kidding." He finally said as he turned the Pyromancer on his back, placed his left foot on the chest and then brought down the hammer on the skull of the pyromancer, crushing it. With that out of the way the Barbarian started to pilfer through the pockets of the dead to see if there was anything useful when Aston asked if anyone had any medical skills "I know some medicine. Give me a moment." The Barbarian said as he was trying to go from corpse to corpse as he tried to find anything useful.

 

Arthur beamed at Aston, glad he had managed to help his new friend. Looking over at the two wounded he made his way over to them, trying not to glare at Badun as he passed by. "Right you two, lets sit you down somewhere quiet so I can see what we're dealing with. A bit of TLC and you'll be back to your old selves in no time."

 

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Darklight Disturbance
Arak'Un
Conrad hefted the totem and Rayyad lead them out of the caves the way back was long but they'd already solved all the puzzles and they were uninterrupted. They eventually reached the light of central Arak'Un, but Rayyad was nervous. "So... uh... your friends are around here somewhere right? Heh... do I look okay? I want to leave a good first impression" Rayyad asked them as they approached his house. They suddenly turned a corner and there everyone was "Gah!" Rayyad hid behind the corner, his head peeking out staring at the group with apprehension "Is... is that them?"

 

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Tessa was musing to herself on the way back when Rayyad began to speak. Just as she opened her mouth to respond to him, he was behind her, hiding around the corner. She turned, smiling gently as she took Rayyad's hand in her own. "Come on. They're nice. We got you." She reassured him, gently tugging on his hand.

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Kara, bored with waiting, had sprung up from the bench and began to pace, her eyes focused on the ground as she thought about the ten different ways to pick locks that she didn't know. That was when she heard voices, or rather a strange voice. Then a quiet, familiar one. "Tessa!" Kara had never been so relieved to see someone she barely knew as she ran towards the girl, weariness and stress forgotten. "And Conrad. Hey Wolfie." She smiled up at the man, winking at him before turning back to Tessa. "Oh? Who's this?" She bent over, peering at Rayyad with one eye open, then the other. "A new friend?" He seemed shy, his demeanor comparable to that of a child.

"Are you the scary person they're talking about in town? We thought you might have kidnapped our friends." She looked at Tessa, who's cheeks flushed, and grinned. "He's cute." She told the other girl with a conspiratorial wink, then jumped forward and wrapped her arms around Tessa, looping one arm around Conrad, ignoring the giant burden he carried. "I'm glad you both are okay." She told him quietly, before letting go only to grab Rayyad and hug him too. "Thank you for not letting them get themselves killed." She said, grinning. "Come on, let's get you introduced to the others."

 

Conrad hauled the totem through the caves all the way back to Rayyad's house, he wanted to ditch the thing outside, when he saw a familiar face get out of the house. Kara seemed rather happy to see them both safe and sound. He caught the wink she gave him and returned the smile. "Good to see you too, Kitty." Conrad said "That's Rayyad, he's an alright bloke." He was blindsided by Kara hugging both him and Tessa and nearly dropped the Totem on someone's feet. Conrad thought for a moment picking his words carefully. "Well, initially it was a kidnapping... however as soon as we were here our bonds were removed and the explanation our friend gave us, was reasonable, we decided to help him out with a little problem of his. We pulled each other through the challenges and he ain't a bad guy honestly. He made a mistake, we all do that." Conrad said answering both Kara and Laurentinus' questions, the latter of which just joined them too. "We have been digging up, this thing right here." Conrad said as he jerked his head, nearly hitting it on the totem that was still on his shoulder, then it hit him, he was still carrying the damn thing. He unceremoniously dropped the thing on the stone floor, of course making sure no one's toes would be underneath it. "Say Laurentinus what have you been up to then?" The ex-soldier asked.​

 

Alice's pov:



She did not know what Kara's issue was but it was clear she had one with her. She been nothing but nice to the girl. Just look at where that got her. She looked over to Laurentinus. She would have to find some water for his arm or they might have to cut it off. Then they could call him ro-bo arm. Nah, that would not do. What was clear was the man was hurting and in pain. Kara asked some question, but really it was time to find some water. She walked of looking for water. This was a cave so it should not be that hard to find some. For the most part caves had water everywhere. She could use her magic to gather water but really she did not want to do that unless she had to. She had left before Conrad, Tessa and Rayyad showed up. First she looked at the rocks near by for water, while wet it was not enough. She soon made her way into the strange house looking for water there. She was unable to wind water in the house. She took a glass fr the hose thinking it might be useful. She left the house not finding any water. She continued to look around dfinding a well dhe filled up her water bottle then got a glass of water for Laurentinus. She turned around from the well only to see Conrad, Tessa and the spider that took them. What was going on? She made her way over to Laurentinus gently putting the water on his arm. She looked at Lumen and said "that is the spider that took Conrad and Tessa." Really she did not know if the healing water would work she was not all that good at this type of thing. part of her wondered if the man was an accident magnet or something.



Kevin's pov:



He sat up as Garrett thought Arthur heal them or something. He looked at the man. "Thanks" He looked over to Baldomar killing a man. He was not sure what the man was doing. A dead man can not talk, he thought. If you are going to kill someone you get the information first then you kill them. Well it now looked like they were not going to get any information. It looked like everyone was ok so that was good. he stood up and looked around.

 

Lumen was the next person to hear voice in the distance, so when he saw Kara and Laurentinus get up and walked towards said voices, his gaze followed in the direction they were walking in. Upon seeing that it Conrad and Tessa that had arrived, he got up from where he was sitting and walked over to them. That was when he noticed the spider and the other guy who were there too. He wasn't all to concerned with the guy whoever, for the spider had most of his attention. Given was had recently happened involving spiders, he was a bit cautious to be around this one. Hearing what Alice said to him didn't help with his caution at all, but so far it didn't look as hostile as the other ones did. "So who's that?" Lumen asked, motioning to the guy Kara had gone and hugged.

 

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Darklight Disturbance
Arak'Un:
Rayyad was overwhelmed, so many people all talking to him and about him. Rayyad followed Tessa without a struggled and just stared dumbfounded for a moment. He blushed as the complete stranger hugged him and mumbled.
"Uh... heh... hi. I'm Rayyad. Rayyad Khayrat. This is kinda my home I guess" he said by way of introduction "Oh! You've been bitten! Did they attack you? Gods I'm sorry I must not have been paying attention, are you very hurt?" Rayyad suddenly blurted to the man who was called "Laurentinus" according to Conrad "Sorry" he mumbled "Uh... where's Shadowweaver?"

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Big Game Hunting
Fordington, Wizard's District:
Jayna listened calmy as the strangers spoke and put down her dissection tools. The man in the armour seemed to be either drunk or stupid but the druid was clearly more intelligent. She nodded as he explained
"Yes, yes, I've noticed the same things. Though I haven't heard of this "Winter Man" before, he sounds dangerous. Frost magic is clearly at play here" She surmised "Hmm. I think I left some of my trinkets out in the town. They should be gathering information about the resonancies of natural magic in the nearby area. I'll be right back, stay here" the eccentric wizard left the library and headed out into the ruined town.

DM Message
You three are left in the library, there are bookshelves all around with various books, the table in the middle with the dead drake sprawled across it, and there may be more stuff among the rubble of the ruined library.

 

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Bryce watched as the strange woman left. Ignoring Sanderson's sideburns for now, he crept forward, eyeing the body on the table. Up until now, he hadn't noticed it for some reason, but now he couldn't seem to take his eyes off of it. It wasn't the same fascination he held with fruit; that passion held joy and wonderful taste, and the fulfillment of a life long desire sated every time he tasted the tangy flesh of....he frowned. What had he been searching for all this time?

The smell of death brought him back to what he had been doing. "Are we sure its dead?" He asked, jabbing the body with two fingers, hard enough that it rocked gently on the table. He jumped back with the movement, half expecting the beast to come back to life.

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Tessa remained near Rayyad, remembering how overwhelming it had been when she had first met all these people. Hopefully he could hold it together, although to his credit the hermit was doing quite well. She frowned at the mention of the spider bite, remembering exactly what her experience had entailed. She would have asked Laurentinus about it, but Rayyad had already burst into questions about his spider.

She was content to remain quiet for now, watchful and waiting, though she did step a little more in front of Rayyad at Alice's words, just in case they were indicative of the girl's intention to attack her friend. It hardly mattered to her how they had gotten here, or what Rayyad's intentions had been. He did what he had to, and she would now, in protecting her smallish pack.

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Kara rubbed the back of her neck, frowning. "Shady started screaming when we went into the house. A voice was echoing around the caverns, talking nonsense, to me anyway. Shady's eyes were...doing something weird. Changing color. Ren tried to touch him, and Shady bit Ren and took off..." she paused, pointing towards the direction the spider had scuttled. "That way. Speaking of taking off...." She looked around, teeth worrying her lower lip.

"Where's that stupid soldier guy and Shyra? Shouldn't they have arrived by now too? Assuming all caves lead to this place, since Lumen and Alice seem to have made it, and we made it, and Tessa and Conrad..." she drifted off, crossing her arms over her chest. "Shit." She said finally. "If we don't have Shyra, how in the hell are we going to get back home? I think she has the only map."

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So despite being the one who'd kidnapped Conrad and Tessa seemed to be a pretty okay guy and that was just because Conrand had said so. He didn't appear to be a bad person based off the concern he had shown for Laurentinus's injury. "Shadowweaver?" This was something else that someone was going to have to explain to him. Fortunatately Kara did, kinda sorta. Right now as for the time being he just assumed that Shadowweaver was a pet of his and as for Shyra and her compaion, Lumen shrugged before saying. "Maybe she got lost?"

 

With the doctor ever so,.. uh, gallantly jumping to protect him, Badun didn't see the point of risking his own health in the fight just passed. He also was beginning to wonder whether he had been wrong about the monetary value in this endeavor, however he was not completely lacking in patience and figured it was merely a matter of time. Badun needed to start making allies, something he currently wasn't doing. He approached the large man, Baldomar, he'd seen him in action and knew he was a ruthless killer, but he seemed manipulable enough. "Good fighting back there my friend, I understand you're familiar with our compatriot, Kellan. What sort of a man is he?"[DOUBLEPOST=1461101436][/DOUBLEPOST]

Lyra had gone with Ulrich and Sebastian, to go and fend off the Drake infestation, that's what she was here for in the first place. They had decided to fend off the fire drakes at the armory, a wise decision as it would allow them to arm further troops. Fire was Lyra's element, she would have no issues dealing with it. She was less confident about Sebastian and Ulrich though, she didn't know them at all and figured it was high time she became acquainted.
"Ulrich, may I ask how you came to acquire that arm? It's really quite remarkable" She said, knowing that the subject might be a matter of contention she readied herself to respond politely if she had in fact pushed upon an uncomfortable subject.

 

Aston placed his hands on his hips and watched as everyone milled about, doing their own thing. Baldomar didn't seem to have a shred of mercy to him, although he wasn't much inclined to spare the man himself. He was sure that the pyromancer was the one who knocked out Anthea, which was hardly pleasant. He saw Anthea talking to Roric and she offered him a place in the Adventurer's Society.
"We're glad to have you on board Roric. You seem like a man who can handle himself, and I'd wager that Sanderson will be happy to have another face around." He patted the Ranger on the shoulder and walked towards the steps up to Fogwarden Keep itself. "Alright, good work patching everyone up. We'd best get inside after Kellan before the damn fool gets himself killed."

OoC: I don't like the idea of having to rush people but at the moment, I think we're probably a little behind so we need to get a move on XD





Aedan nodded in agreement with the Wizard Iceroth's conclusion on Frost Magic being involved, but he could have figured that out himself. What did intrigue him was that she mention devices for measuring magical resonances. He wasn't aware that such technology existed, and he struggled to think of what she was going to get out of it. He watched her leave and by the time that she had gone, Bryce was already poking the dead drake and Aedan rolled his eyes and put his hand on Bryce's shoulder.
"Relax Bryce, it's definitely dead." He said reassuringly. He couldn't feel anything coming from the Drake like he had the last one. If it was alive, then he would be able to talk to it. That, and he could see that it wasn't actually breathing like living things should. "Trust me, I'm a doctor. It's not breathing. Leave it alone now, don't touch it's body." He squeezed his shoulder paternally and walked over to look at the books. Perhaps there would be something interesting here, although he wasn't entirely sure what he was looking for. Just... Something. He wanted to look busy. Maybe then Bryce wouldn't try to touch him weirdly or whatever it was he did. ​

 

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Bryce felt Aedan's hand on his shoulder, but his focus remained on the drake. He would not let any harm come to the Citrus God, not when they had so much at stake. It wasn't until Aedan spoke that Bryce turned wide eyes to the druid, who had already squeezed his shoulder and turned away. "A.....doctor?" Bryce whispered with awe, his knees shaking. Of course, with the god being in human form he had nearly forgotten that Aedan was in fact, omniscient. He walked towards Aedan, then fell to his knees, pressing his forehead against the floor in supplication.

"Forgive me, Citrus God. I have erred in not trusting your holy words. Please forgive me." He muttered against the cold floor, palms flat on eithr side of his face.

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Tessa sensed the irritation in Laurentinus' voice and turned to face him, struggling to keep an eye on Alice at the same time. "It's been me, Rayyad, and Conrad. No one else." If she would have had hackles, they would have been raised. "Is there a problem?" She asked through gritted teeth, her hand resting on her staff. She wasn't completely sure why, but she felt vastly uneasy about being here with the others. Perhaps it was that there were too many people. Perhaps she was displacing her own unease at first being introduced to the group into this situation.

Nevertheless, she couldn't shake the feeling, and kept herself standing close to Rayyad, ready to jump to his defense. Although....what did he need defending from?

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Kara blinked at Tessa's sudden leap to aggression. "Hey, Doe Eyes, calm down. Ren isn't going to do anything to Spidey, is he?" She turned her gaze to Ren, narrowing her eyes to emphasize her words. "And neither is Alice." She was tempted to flip the girl off, but instead paid her no mind, it was better that way. "We just all need to get along here. So what's with the statue?" She decided a change of subject was in order, though she surreptitiously moved closer to Tessa, just in case interference was necessary.

 

Aedan turned slowly as he heard footsteps moving towards him. He wanted a little bit of warning before Bryce jumped him. The opposite happened. There was the loud noise of a body collapsing on to the floor and he turned sharply, concerned about what it was. He saw Bryce on the ground, pressing his face intently into the floor and rubbing his face weirdly. What holy words...?
"Get up Bryce! Goodness, you'll hurt yourself throwing yourself at the floor like that!" He exclaimed worriedly, knowing that the other man's mental health was nowhere near where it should be. He offered him a hand to stand with, although he was getting the impression that part of Bryce's behaviour was triggered by physical contact. He almost took his hand away after that occurred to him, but kept it there just in case he actually needed help. "You need to be careful with yourself. You already got hurt badly by that terrible Night Knight and you didn't get any sleep! You're going to cause yourself some serious harm if you keep this up!" He wasn't shouting, but his voice was loud as he explained his concern for him. Bryce had issues, but he wasn't a bad person and he was quite amiable compared to some of the other characters around (Mostly that Ulrich person).
"Come help me look at these books. See if there's anything interesting." He returned to the bookshelf, flipping through the assorted tomes. Now, hopefully, Bryce wouldn't be able to find a way to hurt himself. He was only looking at books on a shelf and he doubted that though his sanity was questionable, his ability to not harm anyone while doing a basic task was not. ​

 

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Bryce would have most happily responded to Aedan's words, and even helped him look for...whatever Aedan was looking for. But, as Aedan has previously mentioned, Bryce had gotten no sleep the night before. And now that the soldier found himself off his feet, in a somewhat comfortable position, (or at least more comfortable then standing), he had promptly passed out and was dreaming sweet dreams of sweet rolls and passion fruits and oranges.