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"The Venomari... This would be the perfect time for them to strike." Verdra took the Poisoned Water from Sarge. "We shall look into this, so you go get your rest. Thank you for bringing Elessa back to us. The Sisters owe you." As the crowd dispersed, Ovelia approached the heroes. "You have done good, but now I worry about Periwinkle even more. That dumb girl has gotten herself lost in the big city, it seems. You haven't happened to see her, have you? I already asked the others earlier..."

Sarge bottled himself some Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), then he and Eric searched the surroundings. There were many broken branches and rummaged shrubbery as well as footsteps that could have been anyones, but there was also traces of something slithering in the mud, like a large snake. They couldn't follow the traces far, though, as they lacked skills in doing so. The night fell upon them as they arrived to the Temple of Danab. The sisters were just pouring out of the temple, after a long session in the Conclave. Horrified gasps and screams ran through the crowd as Sarge carried Elessa's corpse to the front doors. Revered Aunt Verdra came out to see what the commotion was about, followed by her competitors Ovelia and Ulrica. "What is the meaning of this? Is that... Sister Elessa? May the Mother take her soul to her care... What happened to her?" Party at the Holy District: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 780 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, Poisoned Water (Causes poisoned by 1 to the target; consumable), 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard, Jewelry (Worth 100 gold) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 51/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 12 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword),Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: Location: Temple of Danab, the Holy District Time: Midnight of the Fourth Day Influence: 10 Subquests:

"So you are certain there are no other means to control Scarlet Worms besides your scrolls? Well, something is driving them mad, in any case..."

Eric couldn't see any signs of injury on the beast. It had probably arrived after the murder. "Arrr... Arrrrooo..." The great beast stared at Eric with its sad, wizened eyes, but it did not seem to understand him.

Of course I have, I just thought the blue eyes were off in comparison to the others. That head belongs to Grima Wormtongue from the LotR Orthanc Set.

The Sister's throat had been slit, and it looked as though she had tried to crawl to the healing water but had barely not made it in time. Aside from the womanly clothes, all she had on were her jewelry, worth perhaps 100 gold in total when sold. Sarge's experiment managed to remove the poison, but the magical properties of the water were gone as well. It was just plain water. Party at the Kalakita Bog: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 780 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 2 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard, Jewelry (Worth 100 gold) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 51/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 12 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword),Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: Location: Fountain of Danab, Kalakita Bog Time: Evening of the Fourth Day Influence: 10 Subquests: The knight shrugged. "Sorry, all I know that it's somewhere in the slums. I'm not buddy-buddy with the black market dealers like Eagle is, after all." "You could always roughhouse some of your filthy minions into telling, couldn't you, Bear?" "The boss should be back by evening, anyway."

I don't have them intact, but sorted by pieces. I only keep the important Heroica NPCs intact.

QM Note: The demon (ie. me) is controlling your turns unless you are physically attacked. Spells and undead do not count. Your turns are independent from the demon, and must be listed on the turn order.

Almost 2000 whole minifigs, and some spare pieces... I'll make individual portraits of them, like the ones I've done for all deities. I just have to remove their faces for the sake of cohesiveness.

"The boss went to meet with his sister. You know, that sister." The Green Baboon Knight winked. "Surprised you didn't bump into him at the slums." "Didn't you listen to him? Someone might be onto us! If that drunken bastard Scorpion has tattled on us, we're all screwed!" "Aww, chillax! We're top honchos, remember? We rule this city while the old lady's organizing tea parties up at the palace. Nobody's gonna believe the loser over us. Right, buddy?" The knight nudged Boomingham jokingly.

Wow! They look so awesome I just had to build them!

It was evening again when Eric led Sarge to the fountain in the bogs he had visited with Boomingham and Rex last night. But as soon as they arrived, Eric noticed that something was off. Instead of sparkling, the water of the fountain was sickly green and stinking. It also had a red streak on it, leading to the corpse of the Sister of Danab, Elessa, that they had encountered previously. The Enki from last night was present as well, wailing sorrowfully. "Arrrrooooo...." QM Note: But you already said you'd take the gold earlier... The two knights lifted their visors and gave a meaningful glance at each other. "You can say that again, buddy." "Been out all night keeping the riff-raff in check, have you?" The two knights appeared to have fallen for Boomingham's ruse.

"'Tis a nice beard, truly. But so is that scroll. Where did you get it, and how much would you charge for it? I have an inkling someone else is using a scroll like that to control the worms."

The Cobra Priest was pleased. "You found Golden Scorpion Venom! Splendid! It is quite rare, for the Golden Scorpions are at the brink of extinction. Have to collect it while one can, eh? Here you are, gentlemen, 500 gold as promised." Djuvali handed the gold to Sarge, who promptly split it even with Eric. "You've done good, but should you find more of the venoms I'm seeking, please deliver them to me. I'll be around. Venomari's blessings to you!" Subquest "Pick Your Poison" is successful! The heroes' influence has increased! "It isss a good time to turn religiousss, sssir. There hasss been a lot of zealotsss in town lately..." Vipersace said gloomily. Vipersace's Boutique: Magic Turban (Spellpower +7, Max. Ether +7; suitable to mages, necromancers and weather mages; headwear.) Costs 210 gold. Redhawk Helmet (Power +12 if the wearer acts first in the battle order; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, infiltrators, marauders, skirmishers, regulators, vindicators and winged warriors; headwear.) Costs 240 gold. Pristine Dress (Max. Health +5; doubles all healing done to and by the wearer, including items; suitable to women only; bodywear.) Costs 200 gold. Sheik’s Robes (Power +5, wearer gains gold equal to the number of enemies after each victorious battle; suitable to men only; bodywear.) Costs 200 gold. Cloak of the Grand Vizier (SP:1 multiplied by the number of party members; backwear.) Costs 300 gold. Crystal Shoes (Transforms all elemental immunities into absorbing the element instead; footwear.) Costs 333 gold. Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Costs 150 gold. QM Note: Sorry, I mixed up Eric and Heckz, since you switched parties after that. So it is Sarge and Heckz who need to rest on Day Four, or become fatigued. "Don't pusssh it. You are famousss, but you are not the Almagesssta herssself." Both Sarge and Eric bought Prayer Beads for 150 gold each. Party at the Palace District: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened and Blessed* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 530 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent hastened effect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 3 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 51/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 262 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword),Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Artifacts: Prayer Beads (Makes the wearer permanently blessed; accessory.) Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: The Magister compared his notes to Heckz's report. "Ah, I see... So the storm did not pass over... And the wind must blowing from the... Yes, yes... Ah, thank you! You have done a great service to our Circle! This tome will let you delve deeper into what it means to be a Weather Mage. Who knows, maybe one day you will find yourself in the Circle of Tempestas." Lapis Lazuli handed Heckz a heavy, blue-covered spellbook. "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to the expert job class of Weather Mage) Subquest "Weather Report" is successful! The party's influence is increased! Party at the Docks: John 'Heckz' Brutenhal, the Ghostbuster, the Super Sleuth and the School Inspector (Cutcobra) 32 year old male human Sorcerer Level 26 1/3 *Jinxed Spells at Double Cost* *Darkness Spells Cause Weakened* *Immune to Magic for one battle* *Lucky* Power: 38 (26+12) (Spellpower: 48 (26+12+10)) Defense: 0 Health: 1/34 (5+25+4) Ether: 13/37 (5+25+1+5+1) Gold: 566 Equipment: Solemn Dagger (WP: 12, darkness-elemental dagger, 1/2 chance of causing sealed), Magician's Gloves (Spellpower +10; suitable for mages; handwear), Cloak of Blood Magic (+5 ether, attacks made with darkness magic cause weakened; suitable for mages, necromancers and chi monks; bodywear), Bad Luck Charm (Makes the sorcerer’s spells - including Razzmatazz and Sleight of Hand - cause an additional jinxed-effect, increasing their ether cost by 1; suitable for sorcerers; accessory) Inventory: Rawr (WP:9, dagger), Bone Whip (WP:9, damages undead, whip), Harlot's Outfit (SP: 2, immune to poisoned; suitable for Witches, Sorcerers and Harlots; bodywear/footwear), Buffoon's Hat (Prevents anyone from taking the wearer seriously; protects from Free Hits unless the wearer is the last hero standing; headwear), Watt's Artifact (Makes the user’s attacks and spells three times more effective against demons; accessory), Robe Of The Archmagi (SP:3, Max. Ether + 5, immune to sealed; bodywear), Opal (Ice), Garnet (Earth), Amethyst (Darkness), Aquamarine (Water), Ether Core, Demeter Bomb, Smoke Bomb, 2x Deadly Venom, Heady Perfume (Makes non-humanoid monsters avoid attacking the party unless provoked. Effect lasts for one section of the day before wearing out.), 7 Bones, Bright Polish, Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Blue Jelly, "Fifty Shades of Bley" (Grants access to Harlot), "Begone With the Winds" (Grants access to Weather Mage), Old Teddy (quest item), Flower-tailed Flying Squirrel (quest item), 2x Meat Lump (quest item), Borrowed All Scrolls QM Note: Ah, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding! I was waiting for your signal to indicate when you wanted to pose as the Crimson Bear Knight. With the visor up, anyone can see who Boomingham is. Sorry I didn't make it clear... "Well, it isn't customary for me to prattle about my clients..." Despite her words, Miss Lavender looked as if she couldn't wait to get to prattle. "But since you are on official business of the Almagesta, I do have to inform you that two of the Royal Rainbow Knights have been seeing each other in secrecy. He wears green and she wears violet, except when they are not wearing anything, if you get what I mean. Scandalous, isn't it?" It seemed Boomingham had found a witness to the misdeeds of the two knights. Location: Marigold Hotel, The Palace District Time: Midday of the Fourth Day Influence: 10 Subquests:

I don't know, actually. I just slumped similar effects next to each other, I guess.

"A mighty beard you have grown, Jimmiah, for a twenty-nine-year-old... Anyway, the Scarlet Worms we encountered attacked us through the ground, as if controlled by someone. Are you the only one who has been taming them? Or have you been taming them for someone specific? This is important, for we fear for the safety of these cities."

Results of Round One of the Labyrinth Battle: Crystal Titan hits Frozen Puppet (Frozen Puppet: 450 health-(94x2=188 dmg)=262 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Rastaban hits Frozen Puppet (Frozen Puppet: 262 health-(52x2=104 dmg=158 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Rockling Male (Blue) hits Frozen Puppet (Frozen Puppet: 158 health-(30x2=60 dmg)=98 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Rockling Male (Red) hits Frozen Puppet (Frozen Puppet: 98 health-(30x2=60 dmg)=38 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) Rockling Female hits Frozen Puppet (Frozen Puppet: 38 health-(20x2=40 dmg)=0 health; Namyrra: -1 ether) >Namyrra uses Jade Lamp of Summoning on Nerwen - (Nerwen: +51 health; Namyrra: -5 ether) >Nerwen uses Grand Tonic - (Nerwen: +15 ether) Monk Pretzel (Dual Staff) vs. Farfarello (twice) - Shield/Enhancement (Toolkit: Naptime! - Monk Pretzel: full health recovered) Monk Pretzel (Dual Staff) vs. Farfarello (twice) - Special Damage/Special Damage (Dance Macabre - Monk Pretzel: controlled) >Thormanil vs. Electrocuted Puppet - Special Damage/Special Damage (Electrified Jam - Weather changed to "electrified") >Thormanil vs. Electrocuted Puppet - Jump Hit/Dragon Aid (Thormanil: leaps into the air) >Arx vs. Electrocuted Puppet - Breath (Electrocuted Puppet: 450 health-48 dmg=402 health) Johon (Muckraker) vs. Burned Puppet - Special Damage/Damage (Johon: 47 health+1 SP-45 dmg=4 health) Namyrra unleashes the undead on one of the skeletal puppets as she focuses on healing Nerwen with Mediq's aid instead. Nerwen restores her ether for future rounds, but poor Monk Pretzel gets snatched into Farfarello's ethereal strings. "DANCE FOR ME, FAT FRIAR, DANCE! OH, WHY WON'T YOU DANCE?" One of the remaining puppets changes the atmosphere in the tunnel to electrified. Thormanil leaps towards the roof of the tunnel while Arx breathes ice onto the puppet. Johon gets severely scorched by the remaining puppet. Three enemies remain. Current Weather: Electrified (doubles lightning-damage, halves water-damage) Enemies: Farfarello, the Demon Puppeteer *Absorbs darkness* *Immune to all negative effects and sudden death* Type: Demon Level: 70 Health: 2822/2822 Special I: Dance Macabre – Farfarello ties strings onto the target, making them his puppet and using their skills against the opponents. The target cannot control their own actions during this time. The only way to release the target from the strings is to attack them physically. The demon can only control one hero at a time. If all other opponents are defeated during this time, the battle is lost. Special II: Mist – Negates elemental immunities (not absorption) from all combatants until the end of the next round. Used only if someone is affected by the Dance Macabre. Special III: Demonic Ditty – Causes 70 darkness-elemental damage to all opponents. Used only if someone is affected by the Dance Macabre (that target is not affected) and Mist is in effect. Drops: 5 Ancient Bones, Deluxe Skeleton Decoy (Can be used to absorb enemy Free Hits for up to 100 points of damage before it breaks.), Demonic Ditty (Minstrel’s Battle Song; Causes darkness-elemental damage equal to the minstrel’s level to all enemies instantly. Costs 2 ether per damaged enemy.) Note: Farfarello uses Dance Macabre as a Free Hit if no one is affected by it yet. Burned Puppet *Fire-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, stunned, sealed, blinded, confused, hexed, enamored, minimized, petrified, doomed, and sudden death* Type: Undead/Fiery Level: 45 Health: 450/450 Special I: Hot Jig – Changes current weather to “hot” (doubles fire, halves ice) Special II: Burninate – Causes 45 fire-elemental damage and bleeding-effect to all opponents. Used only during hot weather. Drops: Ruby, Bone, Shroud of Fiery Death (Makes all undead raised while wearing the shroud deal fire-elemental damage instead of darkness-elemental; suitable to necromancers only; backwear.) Electrocuted Puppet *Lightning-elemental attacks* *Immune to poisoned, bleeding, stunned, sealed, blinded, confused, hexed, enamored, minimized, petrified, doomed, and sudden death* Type: Undead/Electric Level: 45 Health: 402/450 Special I: Electrified Jam – Changes current weather to “electrified” (doubles lightning, halves water) Special II: Electrocute – Causes 45 lightning-elemental damage and confused-effect to all opponents. Used only during electrified weather. Drops: Topaz, Bone, Shroud of Electric Death (Makes all undead raised while wearing the shroud deal lightning-elemental damage instead of darkness-elemental; suitable to necromancers only; backwear.) Party: Johon, The Champion of Darkness (Bricksandparts) 26 years old male human Raider Level 33 2/4 *Natural Respite* *Permanently Lucky* *1.5 stealing multiplier* *Hide of The Bleeding* Power: 43 (33+10) Defense: 1 Health: 4/47 (32+7+7) Gold: 6962 Equipment: Muckraker (WP:+13, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Beast Warriors/Necromancers/Regulators, *Water, Wood, Earth*, Causes *Weakened*), Satchel of Awesomeness (suit: Anyone, *Permanently Lucky*), Hide of The Bleeding (suit: Anyone, +10HP +5ETH for every enemy user defeats), Sticky Gloves (suit: Rogues/Beast Warriors, 1.5 multiplier for stealing), Dog Statuette (Rover) (suit: Anyone, SP:+1) Inventory: Weapons: Old Whip (WP:+10, suit: Rogues/Artisans/Beast Warriors/Decamon Drafters/Harlots/Marauders/Necromancers, 2X damage vs. Beasts), Sword of Decay (WP:+8, suit: Barbaians/Knights/Mages, Causes *Decayed by X-3 rounds* X=dmg dealt/4, Effect does not stack), Greatsword (WP:+3, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Beast Warriors/Necromancers/Regulators), Focal Staff (WP:+5, suit: Clerics/Mages, Ability: Roll 3 at cost of 5 ether), Gladius (WP:+15, suit: Anyone, Darkness, 1/3 chance of causing *Fragile* on succesful hits), Stalker’s Mallet (WP:+8, suit: Barbarians/Knights/Harlots, 1/2 chance of causing *sealed*), Lullaby Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *asleep*), Lovelorn Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enamored*), Scaridy Wand (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *afraid*), Wand of Wrath (WP:+6, suit: Mages/Necromancers, Causes *enraged*), Shield (SP:+5, Suit: Knights/Dragoons/Regulators/Skirmishers), Qlice (WP:+8, club, Causes *Poisoned-by-4*), Luminous Bow (WP:+9, suit: Rangers/Beast Warriors/Weather Mages/Winged Warriors, 3X damage vs. Fiery/Dark, 0X damage vs. Plants/Aquatic) Artifacts: Simple Helmet (suit: Anyone, HP:+1), Pseudo's hood (suit: Anyone, Ignores Undead immunity), Quiver of Poisoning (suit: Rangers/Beast Warriors/Infiltrators/Winged Warriors, Causes *Poisoned by 1* using bows/crossbows), Blessed Amulet (suit: Anyone, *Immune to cursed*), Barbarian's Boots (suit: Barbarians/Chi Monks/Beast Warriors, *Restoration*), Counterstrike Gloves (suit: Anyone, deals damage equal to level when hit with free-hit), Sterile Gloves (Suit: Anyone, *Immune to Poisoned/Bleeding*), Bravado Boots (suit: Anyone, 1/6 chance of receiving *Lucky* at start of battle), Scarlet Hood (suit: Anyone, pwr:+4, *immune to stunned*), Steel Core (suit: Anyone, +7 power), Heavy Armour (suit: Barbarians/Knights, SP:+5, *Immune to Fragile*), Tin Helmet (suit: Anyone, *Immune to Hexed/Confused*), Brimstone Armor (SP:6, absorbs fire damage; causes fire damage equal to wearer’s defense to those that hit the wearer with normal attacks; suitable to barbarians, knights, dragoons, skirmishers, regulators and vindicators; bodywear) Spell Items: Aquamarine (2), Emerald (1), Garnet (1), Opal (1), Ruby (1), Sapphire (1), Topaz (1), Diamond (2), Amethyst (2), Scroll of Sleep (1), Scroll of Blindness (1), Scroll of Sealing (1), Scroll of Confusion (1), Scroll of Frailty (1), Scroll of Weakening (1), Scroll of Antimagic (1) Consumables: Potion (30), Grand Potion (17), Grand Tonic (1), Health Core (3), Remedy (12), Phoenix Essence (3), Mead (14), Smelling Salts (16), Nostrum (16), Ambrosia (2), Mulled Wine (1), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Venom (10), Deadly Venom (7), Smoke Bomb (1) , Fire Bomb (1), Water Bomb (4), Lightning Bomb (14), Seal Bomb, Bone (14), Skeleton Decoy (2), Trial Brew (1), Ectoplasm (1), Level-Up Mushroom (1), Grating Stone (1), Blind Fury (1), Neutralizer (1), Equilibrium Tonic (1), Oculoid Miasma (1) Tools etc.: Shovels (1), Pick-axes (2), Magic Compasses (1), Water Canteens (2), Lonely Island Magniscope (1), Blue Rose (Invasion of Luosh) (1), Fifty Shades of Bley (1), Mythril Shards (1), Silver Ore (1) Namyrra Uq (Quarryman) *Party Leader* 1337 years old female Fenarian Necromancer Level 51 1/5 *Immune to Sealed, Slowed, Bound, Confused, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth* *Gains Triple EXP* Power: 96 (51+45) Defense: 10 Health: 64/65 (5+50+5+5) Ether: 30/70 (5+50+1+5+4+5) Gold: 698 Equipment: Crystal Mace (WP: 45 (5*gems imbued); Fire-, Ice-, Wind-, Water-, Lightning-, Earth-, Wood-, Light-, and Darkness-elemental; Mace), Robe of the Archmagi (SP:3, Ether:5. immune to Sealing, Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning and Earth, bodywear), Medal of Glory (gain triple XP; accessory), Ethereal Cloak (SP:2, Max. Ether +4, backwear), Fanged Helm (SP:5, headwear), Winged Sandals (Immune to bound and slowed, footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Mythril Empyreal Staff (WP:28), Nocturne Flute (WP: 6; inflicts the Asleep effect; Instrument), Pongcanis Shield (SP: 7; Shield) Artifacts: Gold Dragon Crown (max Ether +6; immune to Stunned; suitable for anyone; Headwear), Desert Cloak (immune to Fire; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Water Canteen (Carries 3 portions of water; Accessory), Cobweb Cowl (immune to Sudden Death; suitable for anyone; Backwear), Winged Sandals (immune to Bound and Slowed; suitable for anyone; Footwear), Paper Doll (immune against Hexed, Accessory) Spell Items: Amethyst, Emerald, Topaz, Garnet, Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Aquamarine, Scroll of Blinding, Scroll of Arc Blinding, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Naamah's Hourglass (Randomly causes either Hastened or Slowed to the target at the cost of 3 Ether), Jade Lamp of Summoning (summons Mediq, restoring health equal to the level of the summoner at the cost of 5 Ether) Consumables: Potions (10), Grand Potions (4), Health Core, Tonics (9), Ether Cores (3), Remedies (12), Phoenix Essences (5), Phoenix Incenses (2), Mead (13), Smelling Salts (4), Nostrum (5), Ambrosia, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired) (2), Deadly Venom (3), Smoke Bombs (2), Holy Bomb, Water Bomb (14), Lightning Bomb (14), Dirt Bomb (3), Aeolus Bomb, Rudra Bomb, Flash Bomb, Demon Repellant (Makes the user impervious to direct attacks from demons for one battle, unless the user is the last one standing), Soul Cage (Doomed-effect to all combatants), Skeleton Decoys (2), Bones (17) Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Bedroll Undead (12) Rastaban, Level 52 Dark Undead Crystal Titan, Level 94 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Red), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Blue), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Green), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Yellow), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Male (Orange), Level 30 Dark Undead Rockling Female, Level 20 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp A, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp B, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp C, Level 21 Dark Undead Will-o'-the-Wisp D, Level 21 Dark Undead Nerwen Calmcacil (Chromeknight) 264 year old female Elven Minstrel Level 39 *Immune to sealed* *Gains Double EXP* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 51 (39+4+8) Defense: 2 (1+1) Health: 53/53 (9+38+11-5) Ether: 42/51 (5+38+4+1+3) Gold: 645 Equipment: Party Maracas (WP:4; user is hastened; instrument), Lesser Ethereal Cloak (SP:1, Max. ether +3, immune to sealed; backwear), Leather armour (SP:1; Bodywear), Medal of Valor (Double experience from battles; accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Elbereth (WP:12, ice-, wind- and light-elemental wand), Mutt's Flute (WP:10; inflicts Weakened-effect; instrument), Nocturne Flute (WP:6; causes asleep-effect; instrument), Battered wooden flute (WP:6; Darkness-elemental; instrument), Sword of the Warrior of the Light (WP: 14; Light-Elemental, Meditate becomes hits; longsword), Mourning Star (WP: 10; Fire-elemental; inflicts Fragile-effect; mace), Bent Crowbar (WP: 8; 3x damage to Mechanical enemies; hammer), Axe of the Minotaur Champion (WP: 30; user is Slowed and Immune to Hastened, cannot be equipped at the same time as a shield; axe), Shield (SP: 5) Artifacts: Elven Robes (SP:1, Max. ether +2, immune to sealed, slowed and jinxed; suitable to elves only; bodywear), Nordic Stomach Guard (SP: 3; Immunity to Ice and Water; Bodywear; Suitable for Barbarians, Regulators, and Beast Warriors), Shield of the Red Lizard (SP: 2; Immune to Blind), Seal of the Warrior Priestess (At the beginning of the battle the user has a 1/6 chance to be Transcended, a 1/6 chance to be Blessed, and a 1/6 chance to be Inspired; Accessory; Suitable for Paladins), Trickster's Mask of the Angel, Order Imperial's Assassin Cowl (Immune to Light and Darkness, Wearer is Nimble; headwear; Suitable for Assassins, Chi Monks, Infiltrators, Rogue Thieves, Paragons), Razor (user is Blessed and Immune to Bleeding, Enraged, and Encouraged; May take up any artifact slot; requires a shaved head), Helm of the Lord of Light (Immune to Light and Jinxed; headwear; Suitable for Knights), Sylvania's Cowl (Permits Animal Talk, Headwear), Counterstrike Gloves, Zap-Tap Badge (1/2 chance to make lighting-elemental counterstrike an opponent who has dealt damage to a hero, equal to the hero's level; Accessory), Spell Items: Scroll of Sleep (2), Scrolls of Blindness (2), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Weakening (2), Scroll of Frailty (2), Scroll of Confusion (2), Scroll of Lesser Fire Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to fire for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Lesser Earth Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to earth for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Scroll of Lesser Darkness Warding (Enables the user to make the target immune to darkness for the next three rounds. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), Hundred Hero Hymn (Battle Song that doubles the current and maximum health for the rest of the party for the remainder of the round. Stacks with the inspired-effect. Costs 2 ether per ally.) Consumables: Potions (10), Grand Potion (2), Health Core, Tonics (3), Grand Tonic, Ether Core (2), Elixir (2), Remedy (6), Neutralizer (2), Tiger Balm (2), Herbal Infusion (Remove negative effects and cause blessed- and transcended-effects) (3), Phoenix Essence (3), Nostrum (2), Smelling Salts (2), Ambrosia (4), Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed) (2), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), Venom (4), Fire Bomb, Ice Bombs (2), Lightning Bomb, Water Bombs (2), Dirt Bombs (2), Air Bomb, Baldur Bomb, Bone, Milk (restores 15 HP and 15 Ether), Red Death Blood (Once applied to a weapon the first successful hit deals doomed, consumable) (2), Sushi (restores 5 health and ether), Feather of Lithe, Grating Stone Tools etc.: Shovel, Bedroll, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Pickaxe Thormanil Nihai, Dragonslayer, Orc-kin (swils) 23 years old male vertically challenged giant Dragoon Level 48 1/5 *Immune to Darkness, Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile,Slowed, and Weakened* *Soul Linked: *Immune to Magic and Healing* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Triple Exp** Power: 65 (48+16+1) Defense: 13 (10+3) Health: 44/70 (8+47+15) Gold: 2099 Equipment: Shishkebab (WP:16, dual-strike, darkness-elemental, lance),Skirmisher's Shield (SP:10, shield), Bright Armor (SP:3, Wearer is immune to Darkness, bodywear), Winged Sandals (Wearer is immune to Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, and Lightning, and the Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile, Slowed, and Weakened-effects; footwear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, both of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Dragonsbane Lance (WP: 20, triple damage to enemies with 'Dragon' in their name, lance), Gladiator Trident (WP:11, Spear, causes bleeding-by-5 effect), Guardian Halberd (WP: 5, target's defense is used as additional WP, halberd), Duplovian Swift Halberd (WP:3, deals Stunned, halberd), Tongue on a Stick (WP:1, Miss -> "Aim"), Frozen Saber (WP:9, longsword, Stuns enemies), Repeater Crossbow (WP:7, crossbow. Hastened for first round of combat while equipped.), Mercutio's Dagger of Mugging (WP:5, +5 gold from stealing; dagger), Composite Bow (WP:11, ignores defense, bow), Crystal Shield (SP:2 multiplied by the amount of gems imbued; cannot be upgraded otherwise; shield) Artifacts:Trickster's Mask of the Gender Swap (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Weredog (Accessory), Trickster's Mask of the Elf (Accessory), Sticky Gloves (Handwear, Increases the amount of gold stolen by 50% (rounded up)), Aqua Gear (Wearer deals and is immune to water-elemental damage, accessory) Spell Items: 2x Amethyst (Darkness), Emerald (Wood), Opal (Ice) Consumables: 2x Potion, Diluted Arc Tonic, Grand Tonic, 4x Remedy, 3x Phoenix Essence, Neutralizer, Milk, 2x Elixir, 2x Nostrum, 3x Smelling Salts, 3x Mulled Wine, Soma, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Jinxy Juice, 2x Feather of Lithe, 3x Venom, 2x Deadly Venom, 2x Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, 3x Smoke Bomb, Ice Bomb, 4x Water Bomb, Doomsday Bomb (99 damage to all enemies), 2x Grating Stone, Teleportapple Tools etc.: Pickaxe, Shovel, Magnifying Glass Arx the Youngling (Pet Dragon controlled by swils) Level: 48 1/5 Health: 53/78 (30+48) Element: Ice Monk Pretzel and His 99 Pieces, the Super Sleuth (Palathadric) 463-year-old male "hermit" Artisan Level 34 1/4 *Immune to Magic and Healing* *Lucky* *Hastened* *Triple Exp* *Soul Linked: *Immune to Darkness, Light, Water, Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Asleep, Blinded, Bound, Confused, Fragile,Slowed, and Weakened** *DANCE MACABRE* Power: 45 (34+9+2) Defense: 12 (10+2) Health: 59/59 (9+33+15+2) Gold: 105 Equipment: Dual Staff (WP:8; Ice, Lightning, Fire, Wind, Light; Dual Strike; Staff), Armour of Dark Arts (SP: 10; Takes up: Bodywear, Handwear, Footwear slots; counts as one artifact; Suitable to Knights, Dragoons, and Skirmishers), Duplovian Helmet (SP:2; Immune to Magic and Healing; Headwear), Soul Link Chain (Allows the user to pair up with another party member, both of them gaining all the effects that the other has. The partner has to equip the chain as well (ie. one chain can be shared by two people); Accessory), Medal of Glory (Wearer gains triple experience, accessory) Inventory: Weapons: Splinter Broom (WP: 9; Broomstick; defies SP), Flying Cross (WP: 11; Darkness; Broomstick), , Whip of Savage Overlords (WP: 9; ⅙ chance of inflicting the Slowed effect; Whip), Staff of the Necromancer (WP: 12; damages Undead; +1 Level to raised Undead; Staff), Shadeaux Mace (WP: 9; deals Fragile effect, Mace), Steak (WP: 1, instantly kills vampires on successful hits; suitable for all), Mythril Shield (SP: 20) Artifacts: Marauder’s Mantle (Grants permanent reinforced effect; Suitable to Marauders; Backwear), Darksteel Armour (SP: 6; Max. Health +3; Bodywear), Strategist's Shako (+5 power while in the front row, +5 SP while in the back; Headwear), Burning Knuckle Helmet (SP: 10; Wearer suffers Burning -3 effect; Suitable for Anyone; Headwear), Bumble Fanshirt (SP: 1, Vermin with level less than half of the wearers are scared and won't directly attack the wearer; Bodywear), Order Imperial Prophet's Armor (SP: 8; Grants Command; Suitable for Prophets; Bodywear), Duke's Coat-of-Arms (SP: 5, Protects against Fragile and all Poisons; Suitable for Knights, Dragoons, Skirmishers and Regulators, Bodywear), Cloak of the Barbaric Runecaster (SP: 3; wearer creates and deploys a Skeleton Decoy at the start of every battle; Suitable for Battle Mages, Necromancers, and Scholars; Backwear), Ethereal Cloak (SP: 2, Max Ether +4; Backwear), Cloak of Necrotic Shielding (SP: 3; Provides Special Guard against Undead enemies; Backwear), Rock Gauntlets (Grants the wearer Iron Fist at no ether cost; Suitable for anyone; Handwear), Counterstrike Gloves (Handwear), Soothing Slippers (Meditation restores 5 ether; Footwear), Shackles of War (Accessory), Lens of Speed Reading (allows a scroll to be read in addition to a normal action; accessory, suitable for scroll users), Spell Items: 2 Amethysts, 2 Emeralds, Garnet, 2 Aquamarines, Diamond, Ruby, Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness x 2, Scroll of Confusion x 2, Scroll of Sleep, Scroll of Frailty, Scroll of Weakening, Scroll of Minimizing (Has 1/2 chance of causing the minimized-effect on the target; costs 10 ether.), Scroll of Arc Sleep Consumables: 5 Potions, 15 Grand Potions, Cherry (Restores 1 ether), 2 Tonics, Ether Core, Grand Elixir (Restores full health and ether to target and remedies all negative effects), 8 Remedies, 3 Neutralizers, Tiger Balm, 5 Phoenix Essences, 2 Phoenix Incenses, 4 Meads, 2 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrums, Soma, Mulled Wine, Dragon Scale (lucky & blessed), Titan Heart (encouraged & inspired), 5 Venoms, 5 Deadly Venoms, 2 Paralyzing Venoms, 3 Jinxy Juices, 5 Smoke Bombs, 2 Fire Bombs, Holy Bomb, Agni Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb, 2 Blind Bombs, 2 Seal Bombs, 2 Sleep Bombs, 6 Bones, Raw Meat (+5 max. health upon consumption), Crimson Haze (Causes a weapon to deal the Poisoned by 7 and Cursed effects permanently), Strong Wasabi (-2 Poisoned permanently), Grating Stone (Increases WP of any weapon by 1.) Tools etc.: Bedroll, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Shovel, Magic Compass, Magic Shovel (1/3 uses) (will always find something when used, limited to three uses per quest)

"Frankly said, it was not Our idea to join this organization", Quintessa explained. "If We can confide in you, Jinnipher, We have an awkward habit of falling into a blind rage when aggravated. Our son decided it was best We aimed the rage towards monsters instead of lazy servants... And lousy cooks... And gossiping handmaids... And sloppy, potbellied guards... And that intolerable young gold-digger that made Jovis divorce his perfectly suitable if not a little withered first wife and marry her instead!!!" Quintessa's eyes suddenly turned white and she slammed the rolling pin hard into the counter, tipping over all the goblets and mugs on it. The saloon fell silent and everyone turned to stare at her. Scheherazade frowned, but not even she dared to say anything. Quintessa blinked, and regained her regal composure. "You must excuse Us, Jinnipher. Now what is it you wanted to ask about the elves of Mistaria? Oh, the forest elves keep the preserve themselves, we do not keep them there. Other races are forbidden to enter their woods unless invited. Many rare creature dwells there, so some foolhardy poachers try, but the survivors always run out with an arrow in their buttocks."

"My apologies, I am Ellaria Arbour, from Eubric." Ellaria thought it best to keep her career as an alchemist a secret, knowing mages usually look down on potion-makers. "How long have you been living down here? And what exactly is your job description? I bet the Scarlet Worms have caused you trouble lately. Me and my companions just slew a couple of them. Nasty creatures..."

Nothing lasts forever. We've been playing this game for four years already, and that's a hell of a long time for a forum-based game. Eventually people are going to move on to other things, but I'm extremely glad it hasn't happened yet.

Like I've continuously said, it will start in August. There's still a week left of this month. Just a heads up, September is going to be a hectic one for me. First there's a trip to Singapore (and Legoland Malaysia, yay!) between 6th and 17th of Sept, then I'm going to move immediately after and start in a new workplace, and before I unpack all my LEGO it might be October already. I hope to wrap up at least one of my quests before that, but we'll have to see...

No. I said it wouldn't be fair, and he kept nagging me about it, so I asked him to ask the other players if they felt it would be unfair. I have told Goliath what I think about his wishy-washy attitude towards his characters, but he's not really listening. There's not much else I can do about it.

I'm not clairvoyant, that's just my estimation. This game will end when the main story is done, but all options are still up in the air for a sequel.

QM Note: Can I get actions for Thormanil and Arx?

"Very well, I shall wait around for him, then. Venomari's blessings to you, Sir Boomingham!" Boomingham and Rex continued inside the hotel, where the Star Elven hostess had a completely different attitude towards them this time around. "Greetings, gentlemen! I must apologize for my earlier rudeness, I failed to realize what upstanding citizens you were. How may I help you on this fine day? A room will cost 350 gold per person, including a delicious seven-course dinner." QM Note: Remember the Basilisk battle? That took place on Day Three. When Sarge thought about the black market dealers, the compass swirled back and forth. It seemed that they had dispersed around the city. What came to the Lang Suir, the compass spun wildly. Like Nemeshtar had said, the ghost would only appear at night. It was already afternoon when Eric and Sarge made it to the Palace District. Neither of them had rested for almost two days, so they could sense that fatigue would take over them soon. What would they do next? Party at the Palace District: Sgt. Jon McEncy (Pyrovisionary) *Party Leader* 54 year old male human Black Knight Level 24 *Immune to Blinded and Stunned* *Poisonous Defense* *Permanently Hastened* Power: 49 (24+21+2+2) Defense: 20 (16+4) Health: 26/48 (7+23+9+3+3+3) Gold: 430 Equipment: Demonic Greatswords (WP:21, dual strike, has 1/2 chance each to cause sealed and blinded with each hit, Light and Darkness elemental greatsword, Hollow [Health Core]), Serpenthead Shield (SP:16, causes poisoned by 2-effect to anyone physically attacking the user, shield), Pegleg of Hastening (Permanent Hastenedeffect to the user; Immune to Blinded, suitable to Sarge only; footwear), Black Knight's Armour (SP:4, protects from stunned-effect; suitable for black knights; bodywear), Inventory: Weapons: Lilliput Knife (WP:1, wielder’s power is not reduced when under minimized-effect, dagger.) Artifacts: Monkey Armor (SP:4, immune to earth and bound; suitable to knights, beast warriors, dragoons, skirmishers and winged warriors; bodywear), Ranger’s Quiver (WP +1 to bows and crossbows, suitable for rangers, beast warriors, infiltrators and winged warriors; backwear), Sterope’s Headdress (Grants the ability to spend a turn to fly out of a battle and return to it later if it is still going; the wearer cannot affect the battle in any way when they are away from it; suitable to winged warriors only; headwear), Encore Plectrum (If the same Battle Song is sung for more than one round in a row, the song’s ether cost for the consecutive rounds is halved; suitable to minstrels; accessory.), Swift Boots (Changes HIDE into STEAL & HIDE, allowing the wearer to steal gold equal to the target’s level if it carries gold in addition to hiding; footwear) Spell Items: “True Love Serenade” (restores 50 health to the rest of the party per round; costs 10 ether; Battle Song) Consumables: 3 Potions, 3 Remedies, Phoenix Essence, 5 Venoms, Deadly Venom, 2 Smoke Bombs, 2 Bones, Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Mythril Shard Tools etc.: Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Telescope, Magic Compass, Magnifying Glass, Business Card, Mistarian Grey Panther (quest item), Gold Scorpion Venom (quest item), Tyrant Statue (Increases the holder’s gold by 50% at the end of each quest) Eric (Khorne) 30 year old norseman Raider *Party Second-in-Command* Level 28 2/3 *Natural Respite* *Evasion* *Immune to Fragile, Weakened, Blinded, Asleep, Water and Earth* Power: 52 (28+22+2) Defense: 5 Health: 51/51 (8+27+7+4+5) Gold: 162 Equipment: Godricsleif (WP: 22; ice-, lightning-, darkness-elemental; greatsword),Pugilist's Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened; handwear), Heavy Armor (SP:5, protects from fragile; bodywear), Boots of Evasion (Wearer takes half damage in front row + Immunity to water, earth, blinded and asleep; footwear) Inventory: Weapons: Conspirator (WP:18, causes blinded and has 1/2 chance to cause confused with each hit; darkness-elemental longsword), Drengazuli Grom'az (WP:6; Dual Strike; axe), 2 Diseased Silverfish Wings (WP:8, causes cursed-effect, retrievable, throwing weapon) Consumables: Potion, 9 Grand Potions, Health Core, 3 Elixirs, 3 Remedies, Neutralizer, 6 Meads, 6 Smelling Salts, 2 Nostrum, 5 Mulled Wine, Ambrosia, Dragon Scale, Venom, Deadly Venom, 2 Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.), Fire Bomb, Lightning Bomb, Floral Bomb, Aeolus Bomb, Agni Bomb, Seal Bomb, Feather of Lithe (Makes the user nimble for three rounds, giving them a 1/3 chance to completely avoid rolls of COUNTER and DAMAGE and Free Hits.), Feather of White (Allows the user to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits. The effect ends if the user targets an enemy.) Tools etc.: