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Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« on: April 26, 2014, 07:59:43 PM »

"Going East" is a common saying in Brendor to indicate insanity and foolhardy ventures.  Whether by fate or coincidence, the land grows progressively more forlorn in this direction.  As one leaves the traditional holdings of the Faithful Kings of the west, the well-patrolled lands give way to ghost-haunted halfling villas and the Alsid River manned by "heretical" goddess-worshipers.  Past that are the elf-claimed reaches of the Torith Forest, and the mad city of Vornheim.  The phrase still holds true in these lands, for the eastern end of Torith has been claimed by the Blighters, while south of that is an infestation of fungal growths spreading across the land.

As the sole civilization with walled gates and a veritable library, Vornheim is the headquarters of many Brendorian-based adventurers.  In fact, it's probably the only city in the realm which more or less tolerates elves, magic-users, and stranger folk, provided that they have the good sense to keep their affairs out of sight, out of mind.


It is Fall, and people hurry across the city's many bridge-spires back to their homes and residences.  The Library of Zorlac, overlooking much of eastern Vornheim, is nearly empty save for its staffers and a pair of adventurers; an androgynous swordmaster and an elf, preoccupied with some text or another.  An elderly man, thickly bearded and clad for winter, ventures into their room, letter in hand.

"My apologies for the interruption, ladies," he began, "but I bear a message from Lord Ascarious of the Glove.  He wishes to inquire into potential business opportunities.  This is a great honor, for my Lord's standards in hired help is second to none."

As the leader of the city's militia, Lord Ascarious was a known and feared name in Vornheim.  Even long-time aristocrats and city residents had no idea what he looked like, for the man was rarely seen outside his signature baroque black armor.  It is rumored that his skill with a blade is the greatest among Vornheim's nobles, as every upstart who challenged him to a duel fell in one blow.


The letter was indeed exactly of the sort, bearing the stamped wax mark of the Ascarious royal family (the head of a crow):

To Madams Alex and Kana,

These coins have many more friends, should you choose to meet with me at my estate.  I am in need of hired swords to help me regarding sensitive matters.  If you show this letter to the guards in front of my estate, they'll let you in so that we may discuss specifics regarding your duties.

Signed,

Lord Ascarious IV, of the Glove


"Visiting hours at the library are drawing to a close," a librarian said.  "I suggest you finish your business elsewhere."  He looked to Alex and Kana.  "Do not worry, the books of your research shall remain reserved until you come again, or if a week passes with no word."

The librarian bore a single shining lantern which Kana could identify as a light spell.  Magic was regarded as a dark art, even in Vornheim, but the value of tomes and the risk of fires made it so that Zorlac forbid open flames inside the building.  As long as he shared his knowledge within reason, nobody except foreign zealots complained of this arrangement.

"Well, you know where to go from here," the messenger said.  "Good evening."  And without a further word he headed out into the chill air of Vornheim's bridge-spires.


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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, 04:48:39 PM »
Why are we here?

Who are we?

Where are we supposed to go?

Those were the questions that were always floating inside Kana's head. And by "we", she meant  "elves". Lucky humans, dwarves, and hobbits with their simple existences. All they were expected to do was to be born, build something, breed and die. They didn't have to worry about any greater purpose, they didn't have a destiny calling for them from beyond time and space. Well, most of them. Some humans had the potential of reaching some measure of enlightment, if an elf would help them.

That was one of the reasons Kana had been hanging around Alex for the last years. She had that potential. An healthy curiosity for the unknown. A strong, healthy body to advance that curiosity. Perhaps someday, they could become equals...

But for now, they were simple fellow researchers. Their main topic of interest, the Fair Folk. Even elves knew little about them, altough they had been the ones that created the massive monoliths that were central to elven society nowadays. Yet there were clues about them scattered all over the world. Sometimes in dangerous dungeons forgotten by time. Sometimes in dusty libraries, hiding among written lies. Alex and Kana searched both togheter whenever they had the chance. For whatever scraps of information that had been produced by the crusading zealots and cultist worshipers of old, when the Fair Folk still walked this world. It was a worthwhile quest for life. A quest Kana was pretty happy of sharing with Alex.

Still, this quest needed funds. They could write books, try to work as scholars, hire others to take the risks. But that was slow. And boring. So they often worked as mercenaries. Sellswords. Adventurers did sound better. This provided material support, reputation, and being in the front of events.

Putting down the book she was reading, Kana turns to her research companion, and speaks in a melodious voice:

So Alex, we didn't have any specific plans for tonight anyway, did we? What do you say of accepting the invitation of this Lord Ascarious? If nothing else, I'm sure there should be free drinks involved in this discussion. I've heard his wine cellar is quite well stocked.




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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2014, 09:07:54 PM »
The blonde gladly pulled away from the dusty tomes; research was not their speciality. Recovering items, chasing down origins--all the active, exciting parts of adventuring academia? They could get behind that. Now, this dull, tedious poring over old books for glimpses of hidden knowledge? That was better left to the elf. Though there was no getting out of having to contribute, without someone more versed in such things... well, the swordsman's contribution would amount to nothing.

"Indeed? Far be it from me to pass up the chance of free drink; especially after so long spent having to think."
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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2014, 01:40:31 AM »
The estate of Lord Ascarious dominated the East Exarch's Quarter.  Unlike many other cities, the "noble's quarter" was split into two opposite ends of Vornheim.  Centuries of rulers both mortal and otherwise created a confusing array of titles and royal houses, most of whom had little interest in cooperation, which still continue to this day.  Most inhabitants of Vornheim care little for the specifics, and many in power are more than fine with that.  Ascarious' manor was decidedly alien, its towers a patchwork assortment of spiral shapes of unknowingly ancient materials and stone-wrought residences.  The expansive front yard had no lush grass or trimmed hedges of green, but transparent fractal cubes whose contents almost seemed to move within in the dim light of night.

A butler of indeterminate age and all-black threads let Alex and Kana into the building proper.  The place was unlike many noble houes in West Brendor, or at least what the common imagination portrayed.  Runes of unknown languages twisted and twined around columns in patterns before crisscrossing around the floor.  "Watch for the lit ones," the butler cautioned as he leaped away from a sudden bright surge passing through the words.  "They can give a nasty jolt if you're not careful!"

Finally they came face to face with Lord Ascarious, standing proud and tall in the grand hall.  Fully clad in his signature armor even amid the company of fellow high society, he stood unmoved by the requests and suggestions of the barons and counts in his presence.



"It is good to see you, Lady Kana and Lady Alex," he said.  "Forgive my apologies, but my servants could not ascertain your surnames in their recollection of your deeds.  That does not mark any less respect for you."

He turned to the rest of the nobles.  "Our meeting is now over.  We will continue our negotiations at noon on the morrow."  The attendant lords and ladies seemed surprised at their dismissal, and one of them (a mustached gentlemen carrying a weighty tome) stared daggers into the eyes of the newcomers.


"Don't mind them," Lord Ascarious said once they left.  "The possession of money and land can make one think the world listens at their beck and call.  Down to business, I need your help in scouting an expedition into a series of caves southeast of here, on the Torith Forest's boundary.  Normally I'd send my own guards, but their expertise is in Vornheim, and the forest traditionally lies in elven lands.  The border lies at the end of the furthest tree, as your kind know," he says as his helmet turns slightly towards Kana, "but most are loathe to test that."

"Archibald."

The butler produced a worn journal.

"This is the personal diary of a huntsman who traditionally lived in the environs.  He, and others of his village of Redstall, long complained of people, things, living underground, but no soldiers nor knights could find evidence of mines or caves.  Entreaties to the elves met with nothing, claiming to be preoccupied with the Blighter threat, as they call it, to focus on western affairs.  But these later entries indicate more disjointed writings, of eyes in the ground and hungry mouths below and other ramblings of a madman, shortly before his corpse was found in a newly-formed collapse not too distant from the village.  It is then that my hirelings found positive evidence of a system of caverns below Torith, but nobody dared go inside."

Lord Ascarious paused for a moment, the room full of silence, waiting for an answer.

"And that is where you come in."

"I will pay you twenty-five silver pieces each if you explore the caverns and report back to me on any significant findings, fifty if you map it to the extent of my satisfaction."

He approached Kana and Alex until he was but arm's length from the both of them.  "And should you find any evidence of deliberate threat to the villagers of Redstall or the city of Vornheim, I'll pay you a hundred silver, each, if you report to me before anyone else.  Whether it's human tampering or actual monsters matters not, we cannot let this go unchallenged.  My house, more than anybody in East Brendor, has the power to repel large-scale attacks.  The other nobles care only for their own holdings, and will claw at each other as the world burns."  He turned to Kana.  "Think on that, elf, if the tales of these Blighters are as true as I've heard."


Archibald provided Alex and Kana with the hunter's journal and a small map of roads and landmarks of the land between Vornheim and the northwest Torith Forest.  Lord Ascarious entertained any questions the two of them had before declaring the meeting over and having his guards escort them off his estate.  Travel to Redstall would be trivial, about a day on foot judging by the map.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2014, 08:33:11 AM »
Kana chuckles at the annoyed barons and other petty nobles forced away by her and Alex's presence. Perhaps if they were willing to face danger head on instead of hiding in the city, they would curry better favor with this great Lord.

Ah, yes, the Blighter threat. Something that Kana usually prefers not to think about. Spreading impurity wherever they appeared, their apparently limitless numbers. If it was up to her, Kana would organize a full blown crusade to cleanse their filthy presence of this world of them for good. Alas, the wall faction had somehow prevailed. How idiotic. A temporary solution at best. Just delaying the real danger. But at least it provided some time for Kana to advance her research. Perhaps some day she may find a definitive solution in the wisdom left by the Fair Folk. Or the true source of the Bligher's power. Either would be nice. And those caverns sounded like a nice place to search for clues.

Focusing on the present moment, Kana makes a small bow towards their host and replies in her melodious voice:
You've provided me more than good enough incentives to accept this request of yours, and I believe my colleague Alex will have no reasons to refuse such a fair job offer.  Just one question on my part before we leave, Lord Ascarious.

This corpse where your hirelings found the diary on, could they tell the cause and time of its death?


It was a bit annoying they hadn't been offered anything to drink, but on the other hand, it would probably be a bit rude to ask for wine when their host clearly couldn't participate. Heavy armor was so impratical for enjoying the simple pleasures of life. Well, Lord Ascarious probably had to be in a constant lookout for assassins and backstabbers.

After the answer had been given, Kana would make another small bow and start following their new map towards  Redstall.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2014, 08:43:38 AM »
Alex smirked at the annoyed barons, 'subtly' putting her hand on the sword. Not that it was all needed, or in fact a good idea to antagonise the nobility, but the brief look of apprehension on their face was priceless. And what were they going to do, hunt down every blonde in the city? Like that was going to be a good idea.

The Blighter thing was, once again, not the swordsman's speciality: very few things were. They weren't a scholar, and weren't terribly concerned with the world at large; they were a peasant from a family of no repute (hence the lack of a name) and unless she somehow got to the point huge threats were in her sphere of influence? Not a chance that they'd put the time in to learn it.

"How complete would you like  the map to be? I need to know how much we must see."
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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2014, 06:42:37 PM »
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This corpse where your hirelings found the diary on, could they tell the cause and time of its death?

"From my reports he was found dead with multiple cuts and broken bones.  Most likely the result of the drop and accompanying falling rocks.  We know nothing more than that, I'm not willing to risk sending out what few physicians Vornheim has into such danger."

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"How complete would you like  the map to be? I need to know how much we must see."

"Enough to be of use to any soldiers or scouts, to help us get a better overview of the extent of the tunnels.  There's a difference between a small cave system which ends quickly versus a sprawling series of tunnels."




Redstall, the Torith Forest Border


The travel to the settlement itself was uneventful.  Snow covered the ground in patches, melted away by the morning sun to reveal the road south.  By high noon the climate was a chilly autumn day and far more tolerable, as though East Brendorians needed any less incentive to travel by night in these dangerous lands.

Redstall was only partially on the forest border, built around the edge of a small lake whose river went further into the woods.  The tall, imposing trees provided so much shade that more than a few homes, all two-story and no more or less, already lit their outdoor lanterns.  A small gathering of people in the local cemetery (no more than a series of  tombstones on raised patches of dirt) helped transport a coffin to an open grave.  Priests clad in dark sung mournful melodies in memory of the departed's life and his accomplishments.  There were no signs of a lord's manor, mayor's residence, or other large building suited for a community leader; this hamlet of perhaps fifty souls was truly a village of peasants.

Several children noticed the arrival of Alex and Kana, two boys and a girl around ages 8-10.  "Mommy, Mommy, there are strangers in town!" one of them shouted as they went running away.

"You've arrived at a bad time, folks," an old man in robes said.  "One of our own has died, in one of those caves he's always talked about.  If you're not here representing one of Vornheim's Lords or Ladies, then you should leave as soon as you finished whatever business you have here."

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2014, 05:01:43 AM »
What a cozy settlement,  whitout any complicated politics or power struggles. Kana keeps her spears and shield on her back for now, her hands on the backpack handles, smiling all the time.

Greetings good man. We've been sent here in the behalf of the great Lord Ascarious, who tasked us with exploring those new caves, so we may find any unknown dangers that may be lurking inside. Any of you who willingly offers us help on this job shall be fairly rewarded once we can confirm their findings.


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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2014, 05:08:08 AM »
Strange village, this. Peasants? But all their homes were two floors high? What, exactly, was going on here that meant just making them wider on the ground wouldn't work? It would certainly be less effort to build and maintain than this lot.

"If it makes a difference in the end, I'm going to be taking the lead," Alex stated, shrugging and tapping the sword for indication what that meant, "If you don't? One less mouth to feed."

"Something must scare you: these houses? Floors: two?"

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2014, 12:25:28 AM »
"The people are in mourning, and have little desire to explore the place responsible for this death," the old man said.  "Sadly I can provide nothing else but the entrance to the cave when you're ready.  My name is Alhorst, by the way."

The rest of the villagers were less than talkative, citing the need for attending to the departed's family or some other excuse.  Truth be told, quite a lot of folk were unnerved by Kana's seemingly happy demeanor, which was at odds with the somber tone of the place.  Mentioning the name of Lord Ascarious did little but provide pointed gestures to the newly-formed entrance.  "You'll find what you seek over there," they said.  "Just find what you need and leave us be."

"I'm afraid that Vornheim is not well-received by all residents," Alhorst said.  "Although they provide protection, rumors of the place's... reputation makes people doubt the sincerity."  He then leads Alex and Kana to the outskirts of the village, where the collapsed section of ground opens into a dark crevice.  There are numerous footholds and outcroppings that one could make their way down, even without a rope, although a heavily-encumbered person might have some difficulty.

At the end of the two adventurers' descent  was a wooden oak door, built into the side of cave wall.  Engraved in its frame was the sigil of an eight-pointed star with a smoky spiral in the center.  The doorway opened into a massive chamber, with a huge gorge in the center.  The pit dominated the room, with narrow passageways circling it around the walls.  Various passageways shrouded in darkness were interspersed around the room.



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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2014, 08:24:24 AM »
Thanking Alhorst for his guidance, Kana first uses her rope to tie a connection between her waist and Alex, since the floor may not be as stable as it looks, in particular with those pits around. She then straps up her shield in one arm, and with the other retrieves her 10 feet pole from her backpack and starts carefully poking around the floor and wall of each room, searching for any hidden secrets.

Alex, that sigil door looks suspicious... I say we first check the other, unmarked rooms, and leave that door for last. What do you think?


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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2014, 08:29:45 AM »
Alex was somewhat more... pragmatic, or at least concerned about the possibility of being attacked. Plus she didn't have any long pole to poke around with, and would thus probably just cause herself grievous injury if she tried to search anything. Still, she made a few half-hearted pokes with her sword before sheathing it and readying an arrow in case anything nasty showed up on its own.

"It might possibly be a tomb? I get a feeling of creeping doom."

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2014, 10:33:56 AM »
Alex and Kana found nothing unusual in the main area.  The bridges spanning the gap seemed sturdy enough to hold the both of them.  As they ventured around the northern end (doorway to area 3) they saw a set of oak doors, this time with no marking or sigil.  The sound of howling wind was audible by the time they searched the northeastern section, coming from the narrow passage (the 4-way hallway to the right of room 4).  Otherwise they did not see anything else of immediate notice.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2014, 08:24:58 AM »
You hear that wind, Alex? It means there's another opening to the outside from that direction. But first we should check the closer rooms. Don't want to leave anything behind that may then jump at us from behind.

Kana pokes the new unmarked oak door with her pole and tries to push it open. If they aren't locked, she'll poke around the room inside.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2014, 12:59:28 AM »
The room opens up to a large rectangular chamber.  Stone engravings of faces cover the walls, which red lights emanating from their eye holes.  The eerie sound of low moans and whispers permeates the chamber.

"Stay away."

"Help us."

"The seal is broken."

"Why are they here?"

The voices are many and sound like they belong to people of all ages, men and women, quiet and loud.

The other features of the room include a passageway to the right which leads to a miniature shrine with the statue of a goat-headed humanoid clutching two long-melted candles in its hands; and a black stone table in the center of the room proper with a book.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2014, 07:31:50 AM »
Alex seemed to be getting increasingly paranoid about the possibility this was a tomb, as dead thing seemed like they'd be rather hard to kill. Thus, she kept going between aiming at the goat, and aiming at the door, and then looking around the rest of the room.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2014, 08:47:34 AM »
Well, this was clearly a magic book if Kana had ever seen one. Shame she didn't have prepared Read Magic today. Something to study next morning.

Carefully putting the book in her backpack, wrapped inside her spare winter clothes, Kana clears her throat and speaks to the room walls:

Greetings oh spirits of old. I'm Kana the scholar, here to research this place. If you are by chance bound by any ancient curse, me and my colleague Alex will be glad to help free you so you can move on to the proper afterlife. You just need to tell us all that you remember about this place.


If no coherent answer was produced, Kana would exit this room and go check the next door in the direction the wind was blowing.

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #17 on: May 08, 2014, 09:14:06 PM »
The voices soon become a chorus, although a few voices dominated the conversation and roared clearly above the others.

"The sorcerer!"

"Our keeper!"

"He holds the key of the gnarled root!"

"Find him in the pit of the eye!"

After these words were spoken the voices died down, until there was not even a whisper remaining among them.



Alex and Kana ventured to the next door, at the end of a hallway flanked by torches long-burnt (room 4).  The doors were unlocked, and opened into what appeared to be a cozy living room more at place in a cottage.  The floors and walls were of manufactured wood, but the ceiling was still cavern stone.  A bearskin rug laid out before a rocking chair and waist-high table with a drinking glass and bottle of wine.  The shadow of a figure sitting in the chair could be made out in the flickering flames, thumbing through the pages of a book.  A hoarse, throaty moan came from the entity, which stood up and turned towards the visitors.

The figure was a human-like...thing.  It's arms and legs were too long, and ended in overgrown yellow nails.  Its eyes were a dull yellow glowing in the darkness, and its posture stooped until it was nearly hunched over.  It was clad in dirty black rags which made its true form indiscernible.  It could just as easily be a sickly thin creature as a mighty monster.  With a bone-rattling shout it moves towards Alex and Kana, ready for battle!

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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
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Re: Chapter 1: By Darkness, By Blade [IC Thread]
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2014, 09:38:19 AM »
Alex fired... and missed horribly. Not seeing much use in continuing to use the bow, she dropped the thing so as to actually put the shield strapped to her arm to better use.

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