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The past few hours for Seelay had been nothing short of chaotic and eventful. The moment the mermaid creature breached the water and reached for the food, the elf launched her Harpoon towards the creature. Following her lead, the other hunters would do much the same. A pained cry came from the creature as it’d recoiled from the hit.

The next events would happen almost too quickly to even process. Something leaped from the water near the gargantuan mermaid. A flash of steel and a torrent of water sliced every single rope or chain that the hunters were using completely in two, freeing the massive aquatic beast from the chains that would then crash into the ice between the hunters and the beast itself.

Standing before her were two creatures she’d have heard tales of, but likely never seen.

Valtem. Two of them.

It was too dark to make out their more distinctive features, but one was wielding a harpoon themselves. The pair would immediately engage Seelay and the hunters, though neither seemed focused on actually harming the humans, rather, they seemed to mostly just fighting defensively as the large humanoid behind them quickly swam back under the water, disappearing into the waters below. The moment it had dove far enough below…they two, would shortly follow, disappearing into the sea as quickly as they had come.

Now, what were Valtem doing so far from their home to the south?

As she was spending time discussing with the fishermen what happened - they would be hailed from a distance…by a dwarf, and another elf no less. An Elf, that Seelay would almost instantly recognize.

Leuca Whelani. King of Tamaln’s niece, and the only one current of royal blood to master her Leargas even some…meaning, she was next in line to the throne.

Leuca would explain that her escort had been attacked by Apostles just over the mountains, and after some consideration, she ordered Seelay to go find her. It wasn’t too hard to do once she reached the mountains, aside from the storm that had been slowly brewing overhead from the start. After dispatching some Apostles and finding Sorcha, Leuca’s escort. A human supposedly given immortality by the Fey in return for services, Sorcha gave Seelay a letter send back to Tamaln informing the king of events that had transpired.

That Gloomhollow and the Apostles dared to attack the Princess, for a Shadow Elf corpse had been found among the apostles bodies.

Sorcha, would continue north to Dawn, while Seelay…would leave Dawn behind, at least for now.
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[@Pyromania99]

[color=a0410d][i]“Speak for yourself, pet. Physical torture is quite enthralling. Maybe I could teach you a few tricks?”[/i][/color]

“...Tickling? How is tickling going to get someone to talk…?” Lazhira mumbled, frowning bemusedly at the idea of tickling someone as effective torture. “You know what, I’m not gonna ask.” She’d shake her head, a small cat-like cheshire grin forming on her lips as a seemingly wonderful idea popped into her head. “Hey hey. How about we have some fun with this? Whoever makes her talk first has to do something for the other one. I don’t mean to brag,” Lazhira chuckled. “Buuut…my old man left me a few tricks ya know.”

Whatever she meant by that was up in the air exactly, but Lazhira seemed confident that she could win this proposed challenge of hers.

[color=a0410d][i]“Be careful, dummy. This friend of yours is quite crafty. Not that we’d mind losing or winning this bet, heh.”[/i][/color]

“If you accept, then I give you one hour to prepare anything you need!” Lazhira smiled. “I’ll meet you back at my place in an hour.” Lazhira would run by Nylah and give her a quick hug and a bye before running off out the doors to wherever it was she was going in order to ‘prepare’ whatever she needed for this little challenge leaving in such a hurry that she’d bump into three faces she hadn’t seen before in the village and not even bothering to say hello.

[hider=Current Happenings]
[i]The moon goddess holds up a sign with an 18+ behind a red emblem on it looking quite displeased[/i]
Current location: Dawn
Time: Morning
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Potential Events:
[list]
[*]Asvar has mentioned a lack of Ore and that he might know where more are. Apparently Raelzeth is having trouble locating it with her stone-singing.
[*]The fish problem remains as of yet solved.
[*]Apparently Mie was attacked by the Yaga and Krysa and is held up somewhere in the Northern Snowfields.
[*]Enli mentioned not having enough coins or goods to barter with the merchant Mie, if she comes. Perhaps he himself have some ideas on this.
[*]The Crypts are off limits. Did something happen?
[*]There could be a way to start diversifying Dawn’s food options aside from its usual fish, berry, and forest animal diet.
[*]Now who are these newcomers?
[*]Perhaps there's something you, personally, feel that needs to be done?
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[@Click This][@Crusader Lord]

“It was not my place to ask.” Haruno responded to Lissa’s question. “I-if you’re going to help, here-” Haruno she’d pull the broken mask she normally wore from where it had been kept in one of her various bags, handing it to Lissa and Nylah. “Give that to her…or…any other Oni if you run into them out there they should be able to recognize it.” Well, that seemed as though all the information they were going to get from Haruno without asking anything else specific.

“If you two are done interrogating my patient, I’m bringing her back now.” Calra huffed. “No buts.” Lifting Haruno she’d grab the Oni and pull her to her feet as she’d help her head back to the Longhouse that was still being used as a shelter and medical center.

Which left them to do as they wished, though the pair would notice three more people of quite an varied group walk into the cathedral.

[url=https://i.imgur.com/eb0RZHL.png]A woman with long blond hair, amber eyes that glared at every living being in the room[/url], seemingly not to happy with the number of people in the cathedral currently. She was dressed in some fairly well maintained armor and travel gear.

Next to her, were two people of slightly smaller stature.

[url=https://i.imgur.com/CGzFP7b.jpg]An elvish child, that was clinging to the woman quite closely[/url] as she curiously, and perhaps, a bit timidly observed the people around her. She was dressed in a simple, white dress.

[url=https://i.imgur.com/hwlQEWM.jpg] trailing along behind them, was a dwarvish youth.[/url] A sturdily built woman with blue eyes and hair - a trait rare among dwarves and often considered a blessing from the sage they venerated.

“Whew, can’t tell ya how good it feels to get outta that cold.” The dwarf said with a friendly smile to her companions, taking a look back at them. “...who broke your pickaxes, huh?” She’d give them a mildly annoyed expression at their seeming lack of joviality.

The dwarf in question, would then notice Nylah and Lissa.

“Oi, lass, got a question if ya don’t mind a dwarf taken up some of yer time.” She’d wave them over. “Where in the sage-forsaken underground are we at?”

“And while you’re at it,” The human woman interrupted. She’d place a hand on Leuca’s head, pulling her a bit closer. “Who’s in charge here?”

[hider=Current Happenings]
[i]The moon goddess is watching a rat, a fox, and a hound chase each other in circles..[/i]
Current location: Dawn
Time: Morning
[hr]
Potential Events:
[list]
[*]Asvar has mentioned a lack of Ore and that he might know where more are. Apparently Raelzeth is having trouble locating it with her stone-singing.
[*]The fish problem remains as of yet solved.
[*]Apparently Mie was attacked by the Yaga and Krysa and is held up somewhere in the Northern Snowfields.
[*]Enli mentioned not having enough coins or goods to barter with the merchant Mie, if she comes. Perhaps he himself have some ideas on this.
[*]The Crypts are off limits. Did something happen?
[*]There could be a way to start diversifying Dawn’s food options aside from its usual fish, berry, and forest animal diet.
[*]Now who are these newcomers?
[*]Perhaps there's something you, personally, feel that needs to be done?
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[@ERode][@Cu Chulainn]

As the group began talking, Maira would start cleaning Atzi’s place. Putting anything out of place up, getting rid of any dust or dirt that might be on tables or in the fireplace. Nothing unusual there, really.

“...aha,” Enli chuckled in a somewhat nervous manner. “I can certainly assure you, Gideon, the problem in the catacombs have nothing to do with the Cult.” He shook his head. “She tried to be…overly helpful and we have a small problem on our hands, that is all.”Still, Enli would not stop him from leaving should he so wish after that bit of information and would turn his attention back towards Maira and Atzi. “That is precisely one of the things Achel was trying to ascertain when we ran into a problem. It’s…somewhat difficult to explain so if you want to know, you have my permission to enter. I’m sure she would love to see you again.”

“...that seems like a bad idea, Atzi.” Maira quietly responded to her friend. “Its a magical thing, we don’t know what would happen if it breaks.”

“Well, we don’t know for certain. We may need to start seeing if we can find this second key. If we know where it is before they can get their hands on it, we could have leverage over them.”


[hider=Current Happenings]
[i]The moon goddess laughs…her hair briefly turns into tentacles. That was just a trick of the light, right? Right.[/i]
Current location: Dawn
Time: Morning
[hr]
Potential Events:
[list]
[*]Asvar has mentioned a lack of Ore and that he might know where more are. Apparently Raelzeth is having trouble locating it with her stone-singing.
[*]The fish problem remains as of yet solved.
[*]Apparently Mie was attacked by the Yaga and Krysa and is held up somewhere in the Northern Snowfields.
[*]Enli mentioned not having enough coins or goods to barter with the merchant Mie, if she comes. Perhaps he himself have some ideas on this.
[*]The Crypts are off limits. Did something happen?
[*]There could be a way to start diversifying Dawn’s food options aside from its usual fish, berry, and forest animal diet.
[*]Perhaps there's something you, personally, feel that needs to be done?
[/list]
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