[quote=@Theyra]
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"Hello there, and I could not help but overhear what plan you all had, and I would like to join." He had a friendly tone to his voice. "My name is Markiel, and I am a good fighter if you need another blade for your party." Which is all he can offer, unfortunately, but time to see how the leader of this group's leader feels about him.            
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"Is that so?" Hagen asked, leaning back and stretching his shoulders, "So for you, I've got the same question we've asked everyone else, and one other.  Why do you want to go?" he asked, before adding, without leaving time for a response to the first question, "And tell us a bit about yourself... 'good fighter' can mean different things to different people.  I want to get a gauge of what that means to you."

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[quote=@RevNorv]
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Arda crooked an eyebrow. "I told you," he replied. "I'm a historian." He slid a glass of wine toward the white-winged sylpharim newcomer, but his gaze did not leave Aderynel. "I'm chasing the same quarry as you, I'd expect: learning something that no one in Minadra has known for thousands of years." Ardashir smiled wryly. "Something tells me that I needn't explain to you just how much foolishness a dream like that can justify." He drew a gloved hand through the air: a gesture of cheerful finality, dismissing any further reservations. "So. Like I said: if this ruin is Turakindi, then I may prove of some use when we get there. And I won't slow you down on the way. Let's help each other, then. Are we in agreement?"
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Aderynel glanced in the direction of the newcomer, raising a cool eyebrow, but her attention quickly snapped back to Arda, "I'm more than happy to delve into secret places with another historian.  It's always better to work in a group!  Hopefully if the group is large enough, the creatures in the dark will keep their distance.  We'll still need to be careful of course, but who knows, this could actually turn out to be fun."

"Are you with a University?" she asked Arda, changing subject, "I was with the University of Bryncaer but managed to do a few stupid things and land in disgrace."  She was being reasonably open about the events of her past and her tone suggested she was happy for Arda to delve further, should he wish, "I uncritically published documents from someone I trusted and ended up defaming and innocent, but powerful and angry, man," she grimaced then gave a rueful smile, "I learned a hard lesson.  My hope npw is that, if I can do some good work here, I might be able to find a position at a University in one of the human realms.  Perhaps even Segestica?" she mused.
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[quote=@Nach]
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" If anyone asks, I'm not here. " Gweirca say to no one in particular as she hid behind the tallest one. 

Just then, two men burst through the door in a similar fashion. The duo glanced around the dimly lit room, their eyes immediately falling on Aderynel. 

" Is that her?" One of them asked the other. 

" No. That one's wings are black. Our thief's white." His friend responded. " Let's go, she's not her." 

The two men would quickly leave as soon as they had arrived. 

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The shorter man in the party, Quintus, had been watching Gweirca like a hawk.  As the men searching for her departed he spoke up, "I don't imagine the gentlemen you brought here have got very far.  Why are they hunting for you?" he asked, his tone level, conversational, "If I think you're lying or trying to give me the runaround, I'll call them back in and we can figure the question out together."