Zal'Kazzir's Adventures with Lady Ahimia

KEVIN

It's unfortunate that we couldn't have (or have had) a more dialogue conversation with this. Afterall, it's a ROLE

-playing game, not a Q&A session to decipher a riddle. This should essentially be "pillow talk". And while I'm not

saying I wanna whisper sweet nothings into your ear, it is something that's VERY important to understanding more of

the situation and character.

I will do my best to reply to these prior to game.

I will try and respond IN-CHARACTER as best I can, to give you the sound of her side of the coin. The thing is

without any prompting from your side, it makes it hard to "react" to when that's how it would have been.

I'm NOT scolding you for not having time. So don't feel bad about it or anything. I'm just mentioning this because

I'm looking to not continue this method in the future.

I will answer in-line below... as I have time today. Keep checking back every few hours.

ZAL'KAZZIR's Questions to Lady Ahimia

The following is Divided into three sections:

Zal'Kazzir

My dear, *addressing Lady Ahimia* you are ravishing *kissing Ahimia passionately, dark eyes sparkling, looking both highly satisfied, and slightly awed by the statuesque woman beside him*

[Path-Walkers can tell if others are path-walkers, right? Is Ahimia a path-walker?]

How did a *kiss* beautiful *kiss* powerful *kiss* woman like you end up stuck in a place like this? You should be in a palace *kiss* not in a tower *kiss* in a bog *kiss* with an elf, *kiss* neglected, and worse yet underutilized. And why ever were you left behind? By choice, I hope, but if not at your pleasure, *deep, long, passionate kiss* I am baffled.

[waiting for a reply, but if she takes the questions as rhetorical, Zal will continue]

Which begs the question, my dear; *long kiss, coupled with a lingering caress* The motives of the Vile perplex me; he violates lord Izrador's sacred symbol; is he arrogant, mad or something more interesting?

Lady Ahimia

"Lover... I cannot hope to beg a parcel of the mind of the Vile. The elf-kin, I heard, found his way from the forest over a century ago and took to the ways of our people. I give him account for taste, but his lack of luster defies my Sarcosan blood. If he once had heart in matters of our ancestory he has long since lost it. The only thing he holds is the rattle-wind texts of the Sahi star knowledges. And for his spot on the pew come Shadow Hour, his prayer go unheard because he chooses not to pray with the Devout. He has only once in my time within the Nail sat aside we Legates during sermon or choir. Suman tells me he had requested the prayer tomes on occassions of the moon shifts regularly - so perhaps it is there for which he speaks to the Shadow in the North - atop this jagged thorn of obsidian... The symbol of the Vile? That is a bastardization that he allowed his orc legions to devise, giving them a prouder place at the hand of the Lord, he called it. Giving them authority in owning their faith. This he holds sway over some even more so than Lord Sunulael. I know the truth of it though, he is of elf-kind. He knows the need to outweigh his heritage in the eyes of the pig-men. Suman once told us the the thing was first stylized by the orc sometime in the space when the Vile delved under the Spine of the World. He theorized that it could have meaning to the things under the mountain, if not the men of stone themselves. A ruin of sorts..."

Zal'Kazzir

*With lust-distracted half-interest* It must've worked if the Orcs disfigured and mutilated themselves so in his service; I can scarce imagine how the profaning of Izrador's sacred mark could build such fanaticism in them, and to an elf of all things...

*Thoughtfully, with another soft kiss* Or perhaps their loyalty is to someone else? *kiss* Vrolk seems to have no shortness of shadowy patrons and would-be masters... *kiss* I had always thought of the Vile as Lord Sunalel's creature, as much as any elf is ever true, but recently I have heard tell of another elf-traitor, a porcelain-skinned arch-magus and rival, despite his lack of faith, to Lord Sunalael. Does the Vile hold any true alliegence? Or are his loyalties as fickle as his faith? And what of this other Elf? The pawns upstairs seem to think that someone has hidden Vrolk's treasured eye from him; the act of a potential master to insure his loyalty, perhaps? Or something else?

Lady Ahimia

[Waiting for reply]

Zal'Kazzir

*Softly, more interested, but eyes still roving over Ahimia* Do you know what he trying to accomplish with this ritual of his? It's terribly curious; why are these bumbling pathwalkers so important to his plans? We have seen their 'competence' *chuckling, sarcastically* and I cannot fathom why they are of any particular value.

It is especially puzzling *running his fingers lightly down Ahimia's spine* that he would put any faith in them at all; certainly he must have a back-up plan in case they fail to arrive on time, or are waylaid en route. How does Vrolk expect them to reach him on time? Has he some sort of transportation planned, perhaps that we might use? Or is there some other way we can travel quickly, should the need arise?

[Again, possible response here, or at the end of the section]

*Quizzicly, still caressing Ahimia* I am especially confused as to why the vile left so many items for them to find; there seemed to be too many things of both personal and tangible value to leave to the tender mercies of such barbarians, especially his library and his personal notes. It is quite puzzling... did he curse them, are they marked so that he can track them, or is he arming and equipping them for some other reason?

Master Suman *looking suddenly furious in memory of his murdered teacher; but regaining composure, seemingly with great effort* told me that many had left with Vrolk for his ritual, and that three were to be 'initiated', but he never had the chance to explain what they were to be initiated into; do you know?

[Possible response here]

*Looking more serious, with smoldering, seething anger* I am sorry to have dampened our pleasure with the memory of the foul treachery that cost wise master Suman his life. He was like a second father to me *looking away, hands clenched*

*Turning back, ink-black eyes blazing* I must honor his memory!

I will avenge his murder, and I will continue his work. If you will help me, I will do all I can to do justice for him. I will need to gather some of his notes and papers from his room, and I will also need to collect a few of the things the pawns have left upstairs, but after we do that, we can pursue the Sarcosans and find the spy. If we can't find him, we can intercept him at Vrolk's ritual site; the Shadow's Shame the pawns killed said as much before he attacked them.

2. Observations

• What symbol does Lady Ahimia wear? The Izrador standard symbol or the Vrolk Modified one? [I assume the standard one]
• Do they seem to be devout or cabal? Suman seemed to be Cabal, as he referenced a Cabal Spy as one of 'the true',

which seems an unusual epthet to apply to an enemy, however Ahimia referred the the Legates in the spire as 'the Devout' but I don't know if that is a factional title or a

• From smalltalk and observation, what can I tell of Ahimia's personality? [Sense Motive Check]

3. Actions/Goals

• Gather Suman's papers (writing samples) stamps, inks, wax, seals, etc.
  • [A]': anything of vital importance that you want to list or ASK if he would have? Also are you

hiding this from Lady Ahimia? Or are you? If so/not how will you go about it?

• Gather my items from the lab, if possible; Especially the books.
  • [A]': as above, HOW/when will you do this? If you make it is there anything of vital importance

that you want to list or ASK for? Also are you hiding this from Lady Ahimia? Or are you? If so/not how will you

go about it?

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