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[h2][color=darkorchid][i][b]Victoria Belmont[/b][/i][/color][/h2][i][b][color=9932cc]Half-Elf, Bard, Level 3[/color][/b][/i]
[color=9932cc][i][b]HP:[/b][/i][/color] 23 / 23	[color=9932cc][i][b]Armor Class:[/b][/i][/color] 15	[color=9932cc][i][b]Conditions:[/b][/i][/color] N/A
[color=9932cc][i][b]Location:[/b][/i][/color] Brindleton's Woodworking
[color=9932cc][i][b]Action:[/b][/i][/color] [i]Arcana Check: 24[/i] 
[color=9932cc][i][b]Bonus Action:[/b][/i][/color] [color=black]Morty[/color]
[color=9932cc][i][b]Reaction:[/b][/i][/color] N/A 
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	Of all the things that Victoria considered as a possibility, she had to admit that this one might lean toward the direction of far-fetched. [color=9932cc]"Lycanthropy?"[/color] the Bard echoed. She shook her head to dismiss the the possibility. [color=9932cc]"No, that can't be it. I've read many writings on the subject of Lycanthropes. This?"[/color] She gave it some thought, and a worried expression began to grow across her otherwise sterling features. [color=9932cc]"No, werefolk are quite well known for making a lot of noise. Brutal, mindless killers when the moon presents just so, and... and that's mostly the Infected ones who don't know or who struggle against it."[/color] She gave thought to what they had seen and heard so far, summarized by Marita just then. Her expression spoke of internal dissidence, as what she wanted did not align fully with the facts presented. 

	[color=9932cc]"If you are correct, and please bear in mind that I am not saying that you are, this is a little strange for Werewolves."[/color] She pulled out the wrapped bit of hair and gazed at it for a moment. [color=9932cc]"The Lore of Lycanthropy speaks of three different kinds of Weres; Natural, Infected, and Cursed. Those natural-born fluidly exist as such. Infected have a lot of difficulties unless they embrace their new, animalistic tendencies. And then they [i]change[/i] in ways. Cursed ones, voluntarily anyway, can be a problem. If what you're saying is true, and those who came back from being missing are part of it, then there is no telling how many of these persons at the Festival are... [i]Gods be merciful[/i]."[/color] Her trip into supposition did not vocally express her question as to what fate might have befallen those who did not come back. [color=9932cc]"That is, of course, if you are right about Lycanthropy. What in the Nine Hells would a bunch of Werewolves want in a town like this?"[/color] 

	Victoria let the question hang in the air for a short moment before adopting a lighter expression and quality about herself, She crossed her legs and lay her hands on her knees, looking quite nonchalant and girlish in the light of the window behind her. [color=9932cc]"There must be a half-dozen explanations that might yet fit, before we jump to something hasty. I would assume there might be more obvious blood around town."[/color] As much as she hated to admit it, the facts did support a possibility of Lycanthropes as she knew them, but not perfectly. Her face, optimistic as she could make it, still bore a tinge of doubt. She glanced down to the slim sword buckled at her waist, musing aloud, [color=9932cc]"I wonder where a lady might get something silvered at this time of day, hmm?"[/color]