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Syonique	Cold Heart	Lead	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/07/03 2:24 PM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : None Italy trudged forward, her shoes leaving small footprints in the snow behind her. Although it was very cold, she didn't feel like falling over and going to sleep; if anything, she felt more alive than she had in a long time. Unfortunately, she didn't look it. "Die, monster!" Italy quickly throws up her Inertial Armor, barely in time to deflect a crossbow bolt flying at her face; the quarrel snaps past barely inches from her forehead. "Don't shoot!" she screams. "Please, stop! I've done nothing to you!" The large, stocky man quickly reloads his crossbow and raises it for another shot. "I swear to you, I mean you no harm!" "Derek, stop!" An equally large man with a wide, graying beard steps forward from behind the snowdrift the first man had been crouching behind. "She's not one of them, can't you see?"
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#1	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/07/03 11:57 PM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy made calming motions with her hands, wary of the man with the crossbow. Just because one arrow deflected didn't mean any more would. She addressed herself to the man who had stopped Derek, obviously the senior of the pair. "My name is Italy, I... traveled... here just recently. What is going on, what cause do you have for firing without warning?"
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#2	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 12:12 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Perhaps you should be telling us that," says the older man. "You just walked out of the Vale of Shadows looking like death chilled over, without a mark on your body." Italy looks down and realizes that while her clothes are torn and bloody, the man's right; she doesn't have a gaping hole in her chest anymore.
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#3	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 12:19 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy rubbed her skin absently through her torn and bloody shirt. The hole that was there only minutes prior to this conversation was gone, only a slight pinking of her skin to show it had ever been. She shrugged. Who was she to complain? "I have some small healing powers, just enough to keep myself alive. I don't know what happened to my friends, but they may be dead or worse." Italy slumped her shoulders. This really was bad, now that she had time to stop and think about it. Where were the rest of the party? What had happened back there in hell? She sighed, a pained look in her eyes. Then she straightened. With all logical points covered, Herkk and the others weren't here, so she had to fend for herself. If it was possible, she would travel back to Baldur's Gate and search for them there. That was far in the future, however. Currently, she had a man with a crossbow pointed at her, held at bay by another man who wasn't entirely sure she wasn't some festering midden of evil. An idea occured to her. "Torm grants some healing powers to his followers, fortunately for me."
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#4	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 12:28 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"I see. Very well, please come with me. Derek, keep an eye out for any more that may follow." The man turns and leads Italy towards the massive tree dominating the landscape. The land around the tree is green and growing, almost certainly the result of magic. "Welcome to Kuldahar, traveller. My name is Barredt, and you are?"
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#5	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 12:31 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy stared up at the huge tree, amazed that something so large could grow where it was so cold. She almost missed the man's query and answered perhaps a tad too quickly. "Thank you. They call me Italy Fen, glad to meet you, Barredt. Tell me, why is the city on such a high alert? Please don't tell me it's customary to be armed and wary while outside the city."
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#6	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 12:36 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Something's been riling up the undead from the Vale recently; we've had a number come out, but one by one so far. Still, if things aren't put to right, soon it'll be a whole horde, mark my words." Barredt leads Italy to a bar built between two of the great tree's roots. "The priest is supposed to finish the augury later tonight, to try to figure out what to do."
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#7	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 12:42 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Oh my... Undead? Is this a common problem up north? Usually, the dead don't raise themselves," with the possible exception of myself, Italy thought to herself, "so there must be some sort of source..." Italy felt a wave of embarrasment color her face as she entered the bar. Her clothes were... untidy, to say the least. She turned to her companion and said, "I would love to talk more, but" she plucked at her shirt, "I need to, ah, cleanse myself and find some decent clothing. Perhaps afterwards, over a drink, you could fill me in on the situation. I have some ability in combat, and have found myself... skillful... in staying hidden. I may be able to help your city defend itself against this encroaching danger."
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#8	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:01 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Barredt orders a pair of drinks, then offers to buy Italy some warmer clothes. "It's the least I can do after one of my men shot at you," he offers. Later that night, a pale, thin man with icy blue eyes and white hair enters the bar and orders a drink. Barret goes over and quietly questions him, then returns to Italy's table a few minutes later. "He says that you have been touched by the Icemaiden, and that you must return to the Vale before things can be set straight. I know it's a lot to ask, but please, do as he says."
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#9	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 1:09 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy blinked at the man. What was he saying? Did he mean that she- good lord. May Torm protect me. Italy felt the blood drain from her face, making her even more pale, if that was possible. "Into the Vale?" Thoughts rushed through Italy's head, swirling around, catching on each other, but unable to settle into coherent ideas. Panic swam lazily through her, making her break into a cold sweat. With an effort, she dragged logic into the swirling chaos. For one thing, she had no idea where this Vale was, and what she was supposed to do there was obviously a mystery, even to this crackpot cleric. She rested her head in her hands, fighting back despair. Thoughts of her previous party came to mind, and she looked up at the well-meaning Barredt. "I'll need a guide, and supplies, but I'll do it."
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#10	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:22 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Barredt nodded. "That's more than fair, I think." He takes her back to the merchant and purchases some warm bearhide armor, a quiver of javelins, and a few flasks of holy water for her. "And your guide... " he gestures, and Italy groans in dismay. "Italy Fen, meet Tranz." It was the priest.
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#11	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 1:25 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	This was getting better by the moment. Italy sized up the priest, doing her best to hide her blunt disdain. "A priest? I was hoping for someone who might be of use in a tight spot. I've no use for healing, I can do it myself. Unless he wants to find traps for me, I have the feeling that I'd be better off on my own." She looked at Barredt, noting his obvious experience in combat. "There is no hope of having you come with me?"
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#12	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:30 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Sorry, but no. My duty is here." Tranz looks Italy up and down with equal distaste. "Straying a bit far, are we, nightwalker? Come, we must be off." He picks up his staff and steps outside, headed for the pass where Italy had found herself.
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#13	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 1:34 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy shrugged: the hope was faint, if there at all, so she wasn't overly surprised by Barredt's lack of enthusiasm. Hell, it seemed that only this priest was anxious to go spelunking around in undead infested frozen caves. Each to his own. She followed the man outside the city, trying to gauge his experience with handling these sort of matters. The name he had called her was tugging at her, demanding that she ask. "Why do you call me Nightwalker, priest?"
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#14	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:41 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The man looks at her and smirks. "Trying to play innocent with me? Don't bother, I can sense the taint from here, and anyone with one good eye could tell just by looking at you anyway." He continues to walk down the path, his staff leaving small holes in the snow alongside his footprints.
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#15	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 1:44 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy froze in her tracks. He could sense it? What had happened to her? The priest kept going, oblivious to Italy's confusion. She hurried to catch up to him, thinking over what he had said. Well, there was nothing for it but to ask. "Look, I'm a bit confused here myself. I have no clue what I am."
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#16	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:52 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The man mutters something under his breath, something which sounds similar to Tradespeak but is distinctly different. "Come, the cave awaits," he says in a louder voice.
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#17	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 1:55 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Italy stopped. This was rediculous. "Now wait a moment, priest. I'm not going anywhere until you answer my questions. What am I, where are we going, why do I have to go and why do you need to go with me?"
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#18	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 1:58 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The man whirls around and glares at Italy. "You are a fool, we're going where Auril beckons, and we travel together because without my guidance you'd wander around aimlessly until you were killed."
Italy Fen	Re: Cold Heart	#19	[-]
Posts: 99 (03/08/03 2:01 AM) More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Fool or not, I'm more or less safe here, and I say we don't go further until questions are answered. I'm not asking a lot of you. In fact, I'm asking damn little considering I'm putting my life on the line for you, priest. So start talking or I'm turning back around and you can go save the world yourself." Italy was starting to get annoyed at the priest. She knew it wasn't the smartest thing to do, but getting betrayed again wasn't high on her list of things to do. This priest would probably not think twice about sacrificing her to this god of his.
Syonique	Re: Cold Heart	#20	[-]
Posts: 13064 (03/08/03 2:09 AM) DM More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tranz laughs coldly. "Go back, run to your warm little hut. Watch as Kuldahar falls to pieces around you, then tell me how safe you feel. I answer to no one but Auril, and cannot hear your pathetic mewling cries over her wind." The priest continues on his way, ignoring Italy.