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The butler motions for the heroes to follow him, and quietly he leads them to the nursery on the upper floor. To their surprise, they don't notice anyone else on their way up. The heroes enter the room. "Well, you must be the heroes I sent for. A yeti, never met one of you before, nice to meet you." "Sorry for being rude, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Morgan Ziegfried. I'm sure you all have nice names. Anyways I'm the daughter of Altair and Beth Ziegfried, perhaps you met them before. The only reason why you are in here is because they are out - otherwise they would've known that my ridicolous brother has disappeared. Actually - pretty much all my family has been gone for the last couple days on some important meeting of some sort, somewhere outside of the city. There's almost no one here, its most fun this way." She giggles quietly and pets her kitten Fireball. "But anyways they'll be back soon enough, so that doesn't leave us much time to find my brother Merlyn. The night they left we had an argument about shapeshifting, and after dinner he disappeared. When I was in bed I heard a croak of a frog, but I didn't realize until the next morning that he was gone. Ugh... it'll be awful if he's not back by the time my parents are back." She groans but then she adds with a sneer, "The family has already been traumatized enough with the loss of my bratty cousin Bluto... so yeah my brother really needs to be found quickly..." "So, any questions, heroes? Or are you ready to go out and find my silly brother?"

Thanks! But I must give the credit to Sandy - he designed it for me and I do admit that he outdid himself (and my quest is 57, not 58 )

The butler nods enthusiastically and grins, showing his pointy teeth.

"Nuhhh... Nuhhh luhhhddd... Morrrrrrghannn eeeenn nuuurrrsheereehh... " The butler is obviously trying his best to be comprehensible.

Leaving the comfort of the hall, the five chosen heroes headed for the Ziegfried Manor in the early morning, for a seemingly simple mission. Those five heroes were: The Party: Alexander Vandangant (Wedge09) Level 10 Ranger Power: 15 Defense: 2 Health: 17/17 Gold: 28 Equipment: Fauxthril Crossbow (WP: 5, darkness-elemental), Chevalier of Charis Armor (Artifact, bodywear, maximum health +2, SP: 2) Inventory: Bedroll, Shovel, Potion, 2 Venoms, Smoke Bomb, Dirt Bomb, 2 Ice Bombs, Holy Bomb, Fire Bomb, First Aid Kit (Consumable) Lord Lawrence Boomingham (Zepher) Level 21 Paladin *Immune to Fragile* Power: 35 Defense: 12 Health: 43/43 Ether: 21/21 Gold: 5 (Owe 50 to Docken, 79 to Arthur) Equipment: Scupperer (Great Sword, WP: 10, Darkness- Fire- Elemental, causes Bleeding Effect for 5 Damage until remedied or healed to full health) Round Metal Shield (SP: 7), Counterstrike Gloves (On Free Hits, Deals damage to enemy equal to Boomingham's level), Heavy Armor (SP: 5, Immunity to Fragile), Tome of Affluence (Generates 10 Gold if equipped for the entirety of a battle, accessory) Inventory: Frozen Saber (Great Sword, WP: 9, Light- Ice- Elemental, stunned effect), Bedroll, 4 Bones, 5 Meads, Nostrum, Mulled Wine, Fire Brandy (Encouraged, Immunity to Ice), Emerald Lamp of Summoning, Marksman's Monocle, Scroll of Recklessness (Encouraged and Fragile for rest of battle, 5 ether, 50/50 chance), Garnet, 2 Potions, 1 Grand Potion, Military Grade Fire Bomb, Hood of Belthazar Bluehood (+4 to Power, -6 to Ether) Nagure (Costy) *Party Leader!* Level 14 Barbarian *Immune to Ice* *Counterstriking* Power: 28 Defense: 12 Health: 21/21 Gold: 304 Equipment: Stone Hammer (WP: 14, Earth-elemental, suitable for barbarians, clerics and alchemists), Yeti Fur Coat ((Artefact) - SP:12, immunity to ice; suitable for yetis only; bodywear), Counterstrike Gloves ((Artefact)After the wearer is struck by a Free Hit, he counters with strength equal to his Level; handwear) Inventory: Ruby, Pickaxe, Axe of the Croise(WP: 10), Helmet (SP:1), Phoenix Essence x2, Mead x2, Potion x2, Remedy, Smoke Bomb x2 Sorrow (Endgame) Level 17.5 Assassin Power: 37 Defense: 1 Health: 28/28 Gold: 656 Equipment: Steel fan (WP:20, Ice-elemental), Sticky Gloves, Armor of the Croise Inventory: Longsword (WP: 5), Bedroll, Tonic, Venom, Phoenix Essence x3, Archer's Hat (Artifact, headwear, Power +1, suitable for Rangers and their Advanced Classes), Ether Core, Mead x10, Smelling Salts x10, Nostrum x10 Thalion Dwinlas (-obelix-) Level 13 Mage Power: 18 Defense: 1 Health: 17/17 Ether: 17/17 Gold: 110 Equipment: Scepter of Divine Afinity (WP: 5, has a 1/6 chance to deal the "Cursed" effect on successful spells, and a 1/6 chance to deal the "Blessed" effect on successful healing), Cloack of Espionage (Artefact, backwear, Allows the wearer to examine enemy stats before a battle), Leather Cap (SP:1) Inventory: Ruby (Fire), Opal (Ice), Health Core, Grand Tonic, Remedy, Dirt Bomb, Smoke Bomb, Bedroll, 3 Potions ~~~ The five heroes arrive to the Ziegfried Manor. They find that the peculiar butler, Schuester, is waiting for them outside of the front door. He puts a gloved finger up to his mouth as if he was indicating that they should be quiet. "Ssshheeroossshhh... ghhhooo quiiiethleeeh thoo nurssheereeehh. Morrrrghannn eeeshh weeethenggh foooorr yoooohhh." How will the party respond? OOC: Hey guys! Welcome to the quest Please check that your stats are fine!

OK. Mazel Tov, slacker

"Thank you, Master Nihai..." Benji bows courteously. "May the force be with you." "What the crap am I talking about!? This is what happens when we start talking instead of fighting. Onwards with the battle, friends!"

"Well this might sound silly to you, but I think that somehow my destiny has already been set by my ancestors. My father is a human, my mother and elf. I and my siblings have been graced with the beauty and strength of the elves, but at the same time burdened with the foolishness and mortality of the humans. All my life I have been wavering from one side of the spectrum to the other. You might have noticed this from my behavior as a hero. Once I'm a warden, then I switch to assassin, and then I return to become a warden yet again. As soon as I get back to the hall I'll probably consider training to be an assassin again. I think that because I am half-elf half-human, it has caused my destiny to also be split... What will I become!? "

What's funny is that only two of the chosen heroes was an advanced class

"I'd... Rather not talk about my dreams. The only one that has been fulfilled was becoming a hero in Heroica, but to be honest with ya, it hasn't been easy..." Benji laughs. "Running around with a shield isn't as fun as it sounds. Yeah, sure, it's fun for Bart with his near-invincible shield, but for me it's still not that easy. This shield isn't top-of-the-line you know. Personally I am getting stressed out by all this animal killing. I've never been an exterminator, and I personally enjoy killing people more than animals... Wow that sounded dark " "Do you believe in pre-determined destiny, Thormanil?"

Benji fails to find amusement in the Raider's statement. He pretends to laugh. "Ha. Ha. Ha. Yeah that's real funny alright." "Anyways friend, how is life? I see that your choice of occupation is certainly profitable Once I was an assassin. Oh, those were the days. Reaping in gold and shooting down my enemies at the same time... it was awesome. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure why I left that job... this warden stuff is nice, but its too stuffy carrying this shield around everywhere."

Glad to have you along! I wanted to include heroes from different "generations". I think I succeeded. I think there are heroes from at least three "generations" coming on Quest 57.

A z-mail pops up and posts itself on the Quest Board. Written on it, is: Quest #57: Green and Gone Participants: Alexander Vandangant - Level 10 Ranger (Wedge09) Lord Lawrence Boomingham - Level 21 Paladin (Zepher) Nagure - Level 14 Barbarian (Costy) *Party Leader!* Sorrow - Level 15 Assassin (Endgame) Thalion Dwinlas - Level 13 Mage (-obelix-) The note requests that the party will arrive at the Ziegfried Manor within 24 hours.

"A necromancer of some sorts, do you mean? I didn't know that pork roasts could be sugary treats "

Benji blankly stares as Thormanil laughs at his own joke. "What the heck is a culilimonancer supposed to be?"

"Sounds good, Docken." Benji attacks the vicious mandragora A from the back row. Battle Order: Docken Carvenhall Unthor Nihai Emorith

Are you suggesting that CMP is delaying things to give me a taste of my own medicine!? You dastardly fiend, CMP! That'll be hard if we're sitting on the bodies of dead ewoks all day

Actually I'd also love to join in on your quest, but the unlimited quest has first priority. We just have a few battles left planned, so if the QM could get us rolling faster it's possible that we could get out soon... Unfortunately I don't think we'll get back in 10 days...

Well it's going to be a short quest... So 3 months maybe Seriously though, I'm thinking maybe 1-1.5 months. Seriously!

"Ok boys! Time for loot divison!" Althior - 2 tonics, potion Bart - 2 smoke bombs Benji - wooden shield, potion Thormanil - wooden shield, smoke bomb Xander - Phoenix essence, potion With a grin, Benji leads the party to the Weeping Woods.

I believe that what Doc said is correct.

Current Quest #57 Sign-ups: (sign-ups end in 24 hours!) 1. Thalion Dwinlas - Level 13 Mage (-obelix-) 2. Sorrow - Level 15 Assassin (Endgame) 3. Nagure - Level 14 Barbarian (Costy) 4. Nessa Anárion - Level 8 Ranger (herJJ) 5. Stigveladi Kötturin - Level 7 Mage (PsyKater) 6. "Sarge" Jon Mcency - Level 10.5 Rogue (Skyrimguy) 7. Monk Pretzel - Level 15 Cleric (Palathadric) 8. Lord Lawrence Boomingham - Level 21 Paladin (Zepher) 9. Alexander Vandangant - Level 10 Ranger (Wedge09) 10. Erdathcath Madilinas - Level 19.5 Druid (The_Customizer)

Benji attacks Bugbear Defender A from the back row. Same battle order!

Can someone answer me? How would immunity to a positive effect make sense?