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    Derham pulls himself up with the ropes, letting them go and rubbing his raw, red hands together.

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    The captain and some of the crew look around the ship to survey the damage. Many of them going into the sand to see the central point of damage. "Looks like we're stuck on land 'til we get The Ol' Woman gets some work done." The captain rubs his beard looking to be in thought. "Well, we don't got tha supplies ter repair 'er." The crewman calls back up, "S'posin' we go lookin' for some? Could find a place, and j'know how many abandoned placed around 'ere there are."
    "Aye! There ought to be, least there is fer some folk brave enough." He eyes the group with a smile.
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    "My, that seems very convenient for you. The one time you beach yourself on Shello is the one time you're harboring fiend-killing philanthropists" He says in a low voice, then looks directly up at the sky

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    "'Appens more often then yah might think, actually..." The captain says scratching his chin.

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    "Well, nothing else to do but disembark, I suppose." the diabolical Nestarion says, shrugging his large shoulders. He leaps over the side of the boat landing in the water with a splash, then strides ashore.
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    Taraliel climbed carefully onto the back of the bullthing. He nudged its sides, and it moved forward. As it did so, its hooves left the deck, rising up. It moved much more swiftly than something of its bulk should have been capable of, trotting on air.

    Taraliel called out softly to the others. "I do-hope that... everyone is prepared to-run if it be...comes necessary. If we are... attacked, then go-swiftly, and they may not... give pursuit. If it is... who I am thinking, then-we may be dealing with... necromancers. Possibly servants... of their god." He shuddered. "But I may... be-wrong. Paranoid. It does... get to-you, when you-must hide."
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    Gale gently floats over board to ashore. "It's good to be on land again. Well, kind of." He meaningfully glances at his airborn legs and snickers. Soon he sobers, though, and lands properly, pulling the hood of his robes up. No need to attract undue attention from any possible prying eyes.

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    A man in a blue robe climbs a rope down the side of the ship and onto the beach and lands on his hands and knees. "Erh..." He gets up, dusting himself off and he holds his staff at his side and walks over the group. "Heh, morning gent's. I been told by the captain to be your guide, reckon I'd do since I been here before."
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    "Odd, I've always imagined the guide to death to be more, intimidating" he smirked. He wasn't very good at humor, but he tried, and slapped the new guy on the back "Hopefully we won't be worrying about that, right?"
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    "Well met....." Nestarion says. He smiles, playfully. "May I ask the name of the man to whom I am entrusting my life?"
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    "Ah, uh, yes..." He shakes the expression of shock from his face and holds his hand out to Nestarion, "Name's Arbin, Arbin Zenith." He grins, bright-eyed despite their location.
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    Gale laughs, rather at the guide's expression than at the joke itself. "Good to meet you. I am Gale Stormdancer. Now... Sorry to be so crass, but I have to ask. What exactly makes you qualified to be our guide? You have been here before, you say?"

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    "Well, yes!" He taps his fingers on his book, "Not to mention I'm a somewhat accomplished arcanist..." He smiles. "Me an' the wife used to live here, back in the day."
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    "And what... made you-leave, Mr... Zenith? Be specific-now. What... weapons did-they-have? Spells? Monsters? Undead, now... Undead are common. Popu...lar. Were there-undead? Do you-know? Tell us... now, and it may be of-use." Taraliel looked down from his mount, up above the others. He fingered the silver half-skull he wore around his neck. His eye darted around, as though at phantoms in the mist.
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    "Well... I left here when the undead laid waste to the land..." He lowers his head and rubs the back of his neck. "Uh, left... alone." He looks back up with a phony smile, "But I am useful, I've got a few good spells to singe the dead flesh from their dead bones. Not t'mention a few beasts from beyond to summon. Even so, though, I just know a bit about the land... so... let's be off an' I can help you lot long the way."
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    Derham nods
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    Sylph waited a little before interacting with the man, his reasons for coming back were of greater importance to him than the more trivial questions which were currently being asked. Better to get them out of the way now, in order to facilitate his "quest". He knew only one thing about the things which had completely destroyed his family, the name by which they were called, as he hadn't felt it right to learn anything about them until he was ready, ready to destroy them, ready to retake all they'd taken from him. Ready for vengeance.

    So he waited his turn, waited for him to answer the questions of the people who traveled with him on the boat. As they were kind enough people, Sylph didn't interupt, and was kindly patient. Although his body languaged was somewhat twitchy, his eyes moving from the person asking the question to the man who was answering them quite a bit, making him look quite a bit hurried. Especially his constant looks at the Wastes about him, the constant reminder of what he lost emanating from the very ground he walked on. It was terrible.

    "Excuse me, but... Could you answer a question for me first?"

    Sylph said, gathering up all his willpower in order to not explode into tears, or otherwise lose control. He failed slightly, and consequently rubbed his eyes quite a bit in order to hide a few small teardrops, three of which rolled down his face and landed on the ground with a small faint splash. He paused after asking, and looked down until he had completed regaining control over his emotions.

    "I... don't expect much... but could you tell me what you know about the Cernin Guard? I'm going to kill them all after all."

    There was no hesitation, no sense of humor, he was utterly calm when he said those words. Completely assured in the truth of that statement. It mattered to him, their death and destruction, and he would implement it as best he could.
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    "Cernin Guard...? Oh, oh yes..." He taps his chin and looks up at the sky(or more accurately, at nothing) and speaks up in a kind of mumbled voice. "The official army of the territory of Cernin... on Arcnus Mortis. Lead by the emperor of Cernin, Vlaadios D'Skuur... Uh... Like to go into Shello and the coast of Tanzen to... um, kill." He looks back down and at Sylph.
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    Sylph's eyes smiled a little bit, and he let out a hard dry laugh, filling the air with his rich tenor. After a few moments he stopped, gathering himself together again, enjoying the fact that his opponents were powerful, strong, dangerous, and probably outnumbered him quite a bit. It would be a challenge, and challenges were always worth it in the end. Especially since he'd be avenging the murder of his entire clan, his entire town, in essence, the murdering of his entire life that could have been. He had no real relatives, no true family to call his own. Not that he was aware of at least.

    "Good to know. Means that when I destroy them they'll have lost something. Their empire, their power, their very existence. Pain that I've felt will be revisited upon them tenfold."

    And with that he quieted. He had no need to say anything else, although every few minutes he'd start laughing again, as though partially insane, laughing at the idea of what lay before him. Relishing it, enjoying it, wanting it. Not because he was insane, but because finally he had an image to associate with the name of the beasts which murdered his family. He would have stayed quiet, not feeling the need to say anything else had he not realized that he didn't know anything about where to find these Cernin Guard were.

    "Er... sorry to bother you again but, is there any chance to happen to know a good way to get to the Cernin Guard? I believe they're owed something by me, and I just realized I have no means to reach them."
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    He looks back after attempting to be off on the quest, "Uh, well. Um, you'd have to kill Vlaadios D'Skuur... and even then someone would just take his place. It's... not an easy task, even for the most powerful of us. Y'know? Now let's get going, we need to get supplies for the ship or we'll never get moving." He taps his staff on the ground and speaks a few words and makes gestures with his hand. Before him then stands a semi-translucent image of a chubby mare. "Come now, Stella. Good girl." He mounts it and he and his phantom steed are off on the road.
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    With only a shrug, not even a look back at the others, he chases after their guide.
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    Nestarion also hustles after the guide.

    "You seem to be quite 'in the know' as it were about this land. Tell me, have you heard any stories or rumors..facts would be best of course...about devil worshippers?"

    He grins at the guide. "I'm trying to set myself up as a god, you know. Finding followers on Tanzen was so hard to do."

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    Arbin blinks and jerks his head up a little in shock as he looks over his shoulder, "You lots are stranger 'n the captain.

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    Sylph followed behind the guide as well, his questions having been answered to his (relative) satisfaction. He was satisfied that he knew what the Cernin Guard were, and who he would have to defeat and kill. While on the other hand he wasn't particularly happy that it wouldn't be easy to track down and kill the monsters. There was of course the good reason why he wasn't particularly happy...

    And that was because he was exceptionally happy. The desire to hunt down and murder and destroy the people who had destroyed his family and relatives was a driving force in Sylphs life, and having a more directed drive did no one any harm. Save, of course, the Cernin Guard. If Sylph ever came across any (which he eventually would) those buggers would have to deal with the wrath of a more-than-a-little crazed Magus, who had more explosively dangerous spells than most Magus' twice his power.

    "So, guide, person on phantom steed-thing, whoever.

    He paused to catch the guides attention again, assuming the man wasn't fed up with his perpetual questions, if he didn't catch the man's attention he'd merely ask again in a few seconds the same question.

    "Where do you get supplies in the middle of a wasteland? And do you know if we'll meet any Cernin Guard along the way?"

    Although the last was probably a bit of a stretch, a part of Sylph was dying (figuratively) to get in a fight with someone or something. Hopefully his increasing boredom would be appeased by a tussle or fight of some sort.
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    He still looked over his shoulder after speaking to Nestarion. "Well, cap'n says there'll be abandoned town, and I know there'll be lots of 'em on Shello to take supplies from. An' I doubt we'll find any Cernin Guard 'long the way, they focus mostly on Tazen nowadays, now that Shello's all but cleaned up."

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    C-ocking an eyebrow, Nestarion says "All joking aside. Do you know of any rumors about those who worship Asmodeus and his ilk? My friends in the Benediction have summoned me to aid them in their opposition to the Baatorian's plans."
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    Gale follows the others, keenly listening - and gliding just a few inches above the ground.

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    "Not sure 'bout devil cults around this area. If there are any they'd be on the smaller islands. Most kinds of cults 'round these lands are... well... Elder God temples..." He looks a little uneven and a decade older when he says that, as if thinking of it puts a strain on him.
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    Astrus greets Arbin, and follows him and the group to their destination.
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