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2017-11-27, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox exhaled with relief.
"Whew, I thought you were going to attack me. Wait, stranger? Or do you mean that as an..." Phlox's smile flickered away and then back. "Black Rose, you hurt me! You don't remember? I've met you on three occasions! Velduvian brought me to meet you once, we drank wine together. We met again in Glorypine, where I served you food. And finally, we spoke briefly after your friend was captured under my subordinate's watch. Don't you recognize m-- Oh, right, all fey look the same to you humans, don't we? Silly."
Phlox crossed her arms. "Well, I remember you, Black Rose. And you, Ciaran. The Unseelie Queen wants your head, you know. She told me to find you, and I did. She didn't tell me to do anything after I found you, so I didn't. And now I have stolen control of that monster's sway over our people."
"Want to meet my dog? Kiba!" Phlox whistled low, and a wolf bounded down the hallway. His appearance flickered back and forth as his location seemed to shift around a bit. The red cloak on his back fluttering slightly.
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2017-11-27, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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”...”
Her grip relaxed slightly as she tried to recall events. The first time that was mentioned Cordelia was Velduvian’s guest, Where she was offered what must have been rivers full of wine. Not enough for him to get what he wanted, of course.
The second time... to be honest there were plenty of occasions where Cordelia was entertained in the Glorypine.
The third...
”...”
No. She simply didn’t recall.
She looked in Ailde’s direction. “Do you know her?”
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2017-11-27, 06:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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An answer of absolute devotion. Ailde expected no less from the loyal knight...
Who was then grappled from behind by an unseen assailant, struggling briefly before the attacker released their hold. Ailde whirled around ready to unleash a maelstrom of arcane energy, before they revealed themselves to be an ally. Sort of.
Ailde was centuries old. He had seen kings rise to power with bloody fists, and witnessed empires burn to the ground. He had been to all corners of the world, and even beyond it. There was little he was afraid of.
Except one. The Queen of Air and Darkness. Even after so many years, she still had such a good on him.
Ailde's face turned white and his staff dropped to the ground with a clatter, conjuring an abstract mix of shadows over all surfaces. When he spoke, it was quiet and deathly serious.
"How much does she know about my current location?"
He ignored Cordelia's query for now. It would do do her no good if the Queen's agents descended upon them.
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2017-11-27, 06:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox could barely hold back her laughter. Her bare toes curled, and he made a face of almost painful joy. She trembled. She couldn't hold it in.
She fell backwards in a cascade of laughter. Her eyes watered as her butt hit the ground, her sword clattering against the stone. "Oh my dear Queen, your face! Your face!!"
Phlox wiped her eyes and stood back up, sniffing sharply. She picked her sword back up and sheathed it. "She doesn't know, in fact she thinks you're somewhere else. If I don't report back in two years, she'll come here, but we'll see how the next two years go. For now she suspects you're hiding somewhere else; another scout got a false tip from someone."
Phlox looked intentionally guilty playing innocent. "What are you doing out here, anyway, Ciaran?"Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-27 at 07:05 PM.
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2017-11-27, 07:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-27, 07:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox sniffed again. "Who? Oh, Ciaran? Going by a fake name now? No wonder! You changed your actual name, and that's why the divinations aren't working! Ha. Clever, clever Cia-- Aidle. What is this Gauntlet of War anyway?"
Phlox glanced at Cordelia, but she was focused on Aidle.
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2017-11-27, 07:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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“I know not of it’s true power. I only know of what legend speaks of it... a weapon fit for a true conqueror. There has been no battle too great, no campaign too large in scope, for whoever wore it.
”Such a weapon should not rest in the hand of some mercenary construct in the Wastes. I will claim it in Ashourina’s name.”Very busy these days and so posting will be sparse.
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2017-11-27, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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For a single fleeting moment, Ailde had an overwhelming urge to strangle the insolent fey. Only two things were stopping him from completing the deed.
One, she was a being of unknown power who had managed to restrain Cordelia as a joke, at least temporarily. For all he knew, she could eviscerate him with a whistle.
Two, she was serving the Queen of Air and Darkness, at least only in name. If he killed her, Mab would end him, if she was feeling particularly merciful that day.
Ailde picked up his staff, focusing on dustinf it off while he regained his composure.
"How amusing. I don't recall catching your name though, maiden." Something the hunter had said had just caught up to him.
"By the monster, I assume you mean Velduvian? What exactly do you plan on doing with them?"
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2017-11-27, 07:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox's eyes darted to Cordelia and she dipped her head as if to placate her response. "OK. Sounds like fun."
She looked back to Aidle. "Since we are insisting to use the common tongue, you can call me Phlox."
With a gesture, a flower appeared in her hand; those who knew much about such things would recognize it as a member of the phlox family. It was dark purple, and it burst into similarly dark purple flames and vanished. She gestured again and another flower appeared. "Shouldn't I call you Aida? Aidle is a rather poor name for a fey."
She offered the flower to Aidle, but it was clearly an illusion, and not a real flower.
At the mention of her much despised enemy's name, she dropped the illusion and snarled. Sensing his master's anger, Kiba crouched low and snarled as well. "Velduvian is an abomination, surely you know. Forcing fey to adhere to strict laws? The fey follow the law of whatever whim has caught them, obeying only the terrifying power of a queen. Surely something even this human can understand; queens who are to be feared are to be obeyed. Isn't that right Black Rose? What I am going to do with him is destroy him and undo every piece of work he has ever done. I'll kill every child he sired, every rule he made up, every friend that holds him true. I will wipe his memory from existence. He is a monster that does not deserve to be remembered in song."Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-27 at 07:42 PM.
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2017-11-27, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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“You conspire so openly. Perhaps you think I am deaf?”
Cordelia glared. “King Velduvian has done great things by Ashourina’s will. We have fought side by side in battle. He has saved my life on two occasions.
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2017-11-27, 08:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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As much as he wanted Velduvian dead, the self-styled Fey King was technically in the service of Ashourina. To move against him would be to move against the Queen.
"While I have no reason to doubt your...noble intentions concerning the fate of our people, Velduvian is a trusted ally of the Queen.
It would be our duty to defend him, should any harm come to him."
"Unless you have any reason to doubt Velduvian's loyalty to Ashourina, we cannot be allies."
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2017-11-27, 08:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox clicked her tongue at Cordelia. "Maybe you are deaf. I said people who hold him true, not people he holds dear. The difference is subtle, but huge. You won't hold him true for much longer; I know where your loyalties lie, and I know where his do and they are not the same. You understand what it means to serve under a terrifying queen, he only knows how to make others submit to his will. He chafes under the queen, he plots, he connives, he moves his pieces around the board. Pieces like me."
Phlox tapped herself. "But I know who to fear, the Queen. Always the Queen. Back home, here, anywhere I go, the Queen is to be feared and obeyed and only she. Velduvian killed his queen once and he will try to do it again."
Phlox shot Aidle a wink. "I know handsome is rarely also intelligent, but who knew you would be here? And why would they send an assassin to meet with you? Aida. Silly headed Aida. Silly headed, handsome Aida. Twice now I have been ordered to find you, and once I was ordered to kill you. But I'm not going to kill you, because I only kill for my Queen. Or for fun. Or because I'm bored. Or if the thing is ugly. Or it has something I want. Or... OK. Well, I don't want to kill you and since no Queen ordered it, I won't."
"You, on the other hand," Phlox said point at Cordelia, "I really don't want to kill. You're scary, beautiful and merciless. Just my type. And you understand to never betray your Queen."
Phlox looked at Aidle pointedly. "Unlike some men."
"So, if you want, we can fight to the death and you can serve a traitor king's will and not your Queen's will." Phlox said with a mocking tone. "Silly Aida. Scary Black Rose. How blind mortals and men can be. As if Velduvian would ever truly submit to another. Silly, silly."
Phlox giggled. "Come on, let's go get that glove. I won't mention how slow-witted you two are to Ashourina, if you don't drop any hints to that monster that I chose our Queen over him."
In Sylvan she adds, "Mab will know if I die, so I know that I have your loyalty, even if you don't want to give it. And that makes us friends."
Phlox giggled again and moved beside them.
Phlox takes the dodge action.Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-27 at 08:45 PM.
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2017-11-27, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cordelia did not trust Phlox. But what she said about Velduvian was disturbing. It couldn’t be true.
...could it?
”...Once I have the Gauntlet we will see about this. I will need more than the words of someone I know nothing about.”
Sheathing her sword she coldly walked past Phlox, proceeding through the tunnel.Very busy these days and so posting will be sparse.
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2017-11-27, 09:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ailde casted another illumination spell on Cordelia's sword, turning back to Phlox. Smart, strong and knew just how to get under Cordelia's skin. If it wasn't for her association with the Unseelie Queen, he was sure they'd get along like air and Darkness.
"I'm not walking away right now, so you've aroused my curiosities at the very least. You claim to be subverting Mab's orders to find me, but you clearly hold her in high regard. Suppose Velduvian's a traitor. Suppose we kill him. What happens then? Do you drag me back to her, in iron chains? She does not suffer failure lightly."
Even though Cordelia was probably out of earshot, he made sure to speak in Sylvan. One wrong word around the Black Rose and heads could roll.
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2017-11-27, 11:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I have 11 daughters and 11 sons. Now you know something about me, so you can trust me. Besides, why would I lie? There would be no comedic effect to it. Mortals are so funny, never knowing the right time to play a trick and the right time to tell the truth." Phlox said to Cordelia.
"Anyway, let's go get your toy." She said, following behind the lady knight.
Turning around to walk backwards, she eyed Ailde up and down. Putting a mischievous hand over her face to hide her grin she cackled.
"I didn't fail, silly. I was told to find you. I found you. She never said to catch you. If she wanted me to bring you back, or tell you I had found her, she should have said so. I always do what I'm told by my Queen. To the letter. Besides, if we kill Velduvian, and then tell her all about it, maybe she'll only kill you once. You can come back once, right?"
"Although if the idea of me dragging you in iron chains is appealing, I'd be more than happy to oblige you. We don't even have to wait until Velduvian dies for that." She said in Sylvan.
Switching back to common she added, "I don't think now is the time to proposition me, Aida, though it really is a good place for it. Chains and all. It would fit the atmosphere."
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2017-11-27, 11:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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That was interesting. Ailde had spent his entire life growing up among the fey, but had never met someone as...unique as Phlox.
"Very well. Business before...more business."
Ailde gave a short of derision, but said no more about Phlox's advances. Cordelia had more than her fair share of skeletons in that particular closet. Besides, he was six hundred, not six.
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2017-11-27, 11:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Phlox gave him an amused nod. "I know all about what sort of business you do, Grand Inquisitor. I don't think I want to play business with you, I've got secrets I don't want to tell you just yet, and you're much too likely to ask just the right way."
"Black Rose, are we almost there? I wonder what I can learn about this gauntlet..."
OOC: Casting Legend Lore. It has a 10 minute cast time though. I suppose she knew she was coming here, so maybe she cast it before.Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-27 at 11:43 PM.
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2017-11-28, 12:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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Cordelia sighed. She wasn’t one to easily make friends. The same could be said here, but Phlox seemed persistent nonetheless.
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2017-11-28, 01:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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The corridor opens into a cavern, your light fading into the darkness beyond. The floor is rough stone and appears to drop away about 20 feet to either side of you, though it seems to continue on ahead.
A dim reddish light glimmers in the darkness beyond. The eerie silence of the cavern is suddenly broken by a sonorous voice that echoes off the cavern walls.
"Intruders. There are only two explanations for your presence. Either you are here to hire the Iron Legion, or you are here to die. And I don't see any chests of gold with you."
Spoiler: OOCThe voice comes from outside the range of your light spell, probably around 80-100 feet away. The dim reddish light is about the same distance, and about 20-30 feet higher up than you.
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2017-11-28, 07:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-28, 07:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Black Rose! You should have said something about there being a third explanation! Something like, 'Seems like you don't know about option three, why don't you let your subordinates back there explain it to you.'" Phlox spoke the line in a deeper, colder voice that resembled Cordelia's, but was noticably fake.
"No, but seriously, can you give us that Gauntlet?" Phlox asked.Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-28 at 12:05 PM.
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2017-11-28, 08:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-28, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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"So serious. Honestly. How drab."
Knowing that such talk rarely ended with peace, Phlox drew her longsword and shield, and changed her mental focus to that of the chameleon.
She started humming to herself as well, balancing on the balls of her feet, eagerly awaiting the impeding violence.Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-28 at 10:33 AM.
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2017-11-28, 11:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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You hear the sound of many weapons being drawn in the darkness.
"Kill them."
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2017-11-28, 11:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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The Archwizard Aldik Adath
Aldik's face contorts, his nose and brows scrunching up for just a moment as his frustration builds
"We will not be able to continue with this plan. The powers toy with us, as there is now no way to complete such a task. If it were possible, the methods by which to complete such personality revisions would need to be rediscovered."
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The way this was done in 3.5e is no longer possible in 5e =\
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2017-11-28, 12:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lucius was stopped dead in his tracks.
“...what...”
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2017-11-28, 01:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Archwizard Aldik Adath
"The rules have changed, Lucius. What was once possible, is now not. Magic cannot currently solve this issue for us. The only way to move forward with this plan is to brainwash and retrain them in the conventional manner. This will take months, not days. The scale has changed as well. What tools I had, I no longer have the ability to wield to their full effect. I must continue to study these changes, and alter my methodologies. A setback to be sure, but only a temporary one."Currently Playing:
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2017-11-28, 04:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-11-29, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Throwing her weight forward, Phlox ran to the edge of the ledge. Seeing water, so caught herself and cast a spell. Before dashing towards the source of the voice, Phlox tossed her longsword into the water to deceive the unseen enemies.
Spoiler: MechanicsBonus action: dash and move diagonally to the edge of the ledge.
Action: cast Greater Invisibility.
Non-Action: drop my sword into the water.
Free Object Interaction Action: Draw my rapier.
Move Action: Move along the edge silently; trying to stealthy as I go.
24 Stealth to go undetected along the edge of the ledge.
Kiba blinked and looked over at Cordelia. Likely much to her surprise the wolf whispered to her. "I'll follow your lead."
Spoiler: MechanicsReady to follow Cordelia.Last edited by darklink_shadow; 2017-11-29 at 07:28 PM.
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2017-11-29, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Archwizard Aldik Adath
Aldik stops for a moment, breathing in deeply and flushing his emotional imbalance with his exhale
"Yes, this is still a viable plan. We will need to keep the imprisoned traitors for a longer term than planned, but otherwise your input is under consideration."
Aldik takes his staff from the nook carved for it in the stone chair, and stands to face Lucius' skeletal visage
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