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It’s probably best I don’t have much movement right now, don’t wanna go running off on to danger all alone

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>Fear moves to C5, feeling like the world is against him for some strange reason

@Mae does that mean I'm back to full DT though since I got a 1 from my bandito feature? I feel like that's a thing

@CollectorOfMyst I can take the lantern, I've got DT for days

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>They call me Johnny, nothin' fancy, just Johnny
>I'm male
>I've got brown eyes, short black hair, and a nice healthy tan. I'm wearing a canadian tuxedo of jeans, a jean shirt and a jean jacket.
>I am a Rancher

Now I need to decide if I want to be able to heal myself or have a damage aura

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>Fear is determined to move more than two gosh darn squares (watch me roll a 1)

Also I kinda wanna make another character, but I want like a tank. Who stands in the way and just takes hits like they're nothing, is there something like that @Mae?

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@Mae ya he’s good on broken seals, also gonna hold off on making another character for now

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@Mae I'll be sticking around, although I think Tim is going to mosey on off in to the sunset, might make a new character though

Silvermoon Pier Alliance: SPA.

"We have watchtowers at all four cardinal directions," Morthos said to Jax, "Fear, you said the cave was to the east, right?" He nodded to confirm this. "Well okay then, to the east watchtower we go," Morthos left the manor and started leading the way to the eastern side of the kingdom, well, kingdom was a bit generous but he liked to think of it that way.

Shortly after they were on their way though someone called out, "Lord Morthos?" Morthos turned, it wasn't someone he recognized, but clearly she knew him. Looking around a few others were looking his way, almost hopeful. He sighed and turned to the rest of the group, "you guys go on, Fear will make sure you get there. Jax, maybe you and Yam working together can get a better idea of what's going on in that cave."

Before they could object he moved closer and said quietly, "look at them. They're scared, and now they see their young lord has returned. Just give me a few minutes, I'll catch up." He turned back and said to the gathering crowd, "yes, it is I, young lord of House Xerxes." The crowd started, well, crowding him, and he said what he could to help alleviate their worries about his mother. Morthos just hoped his friends could figure out a strategy, and fast, he didn't want to wait any longer than he had to.

Silvermoon Pier Alliance: SPA.

Yam just gave a little hand wave at Jax's compliment as Fear answered her question. "Lady Rieta uses Charm magic to mentally manipulate foes and possibly drive them mad." Fear ran his hand through his hair, "she is very powerful, I would never say otherwise, but she's much better at supporting others, leading the foe in to an ambush, which is why it didn't make any sense that she would go off on her own."

Morthos bit his thumb, a nervous habit he had thought he'd kicked, I guess not. "We'll need to capture him so we know where my mom is, I doubt she'll just be out in the open," Morthos said to the others, "Jax if you can somehow recruit him to your roster then feel free." He looked at his friends around him, "I'll probably be counting on you guys a lot on this mission. My flames are strong but I'm not sure how much damage I'll be able to do to this guy. Get yourselves ready, we'll meet in the front hall, I'm going to go inform my uncle we're leaving." Before anyone could say anything else he got up and quickly made his way out of the dining hall.

Morthos took some secret passages around the manor and soon found himself at his uncles door, right across the hall from his mothers room. He knocked then opened the door, "hello uncle."

"That's Lord Damakos right now, boy," he sneered at Morthos.

"Count yourself lucky I'm calling you uncle and not something worse. We're leaving to take on the archdemon now, wouldn't care to join us would you? Demonologist like yourself, you'd probably be useful for once." This wasn't the way one should talk to family, but Morthos and his uncle had a very unique relationship.

"I'd love to, really," clearly he would not love to, but he continued, "but who will run the kingdom if I leave. I'm needed here."

Morthos clenched his fist tight, how he'd love to just punch his uncle, but he restrained himself. "We'll be back before you know it, with my mom, try not to ruin my kingdom while we're gone."

"Good luck with finding your mother," he had his back turned now, and he said it like he knew something Morthos didn't. Morthos left and closed the door, going to his mothers room before heading back down. There was something strange about the room other than the mood knowing that she was gone, but Morthos couldn't quite place it. He closed the door and headed down to join the others.

Silvermoon Pier Alliance: SPA.

Ophelia nearly killed Morthos with her news about being pregnant. He chocked slightly before coughing and hitting his chest to get the pancakes down his throat. Roxas clearly wasn't happy about this, and given Jax's lack of a reaction he would guess that she already knew. Roxas walked out, claiming he needed air. Morthos just took a drink and said hesitantly, "um, congratulations?" He wasn't exactly sure how to react, luckily he didn't have to, as Fear and one other person came in, and Morthos gave a silent thank you to whatever gods may have been listening.

"Ophelia could you go grab Roxas so we can go over battle plans? Also so I don't have to do introductions twice?" Morthos also noticed someone who should be there was missing so he asked Fear, "where's my uncle?"

Fear looked as annoyed as Morthos was, "he often shows up to breakfast late, if at all."

Morthos just rolled his eyes, "well whatever, not like he'd be coming with us anyways." Ophelia and Roxas were back so now Morthos could do proper introductions. "Okay, so you all Fear already, next to him is Yamraiha, head of magical studies, she taught me a lot of what I know about magic."

"Pleased to meet you all, just call me Yam," Yam was a human woman but with dyed blue hair as opposed to a normal colour. She also had very nice, er, posture, ya we'll go with that.

"Well now that we're all here, Fear, what can you tell us about this demon?" Morthos was eating once again, he wasn't one to lose his appetite for anything.

"Well, we don't have much to go on. The cave is in the mountain range to the north of here. All our teams have called for tactical retreat, citing the demon horde at the entrance as the issue."

"We also know there's powerful magic at work," Yam chimed in, having some food of her own. "My scrying spells don't work so we know the demon also has magic protecting it from being found."

Morthos didn't like the sound of this, "I hate be go in without a plan, but it sounds like we might just have to do that, anyone else have any input?"

Silvermoon Pier Alliance: SPA.

Morthos awoke and noticed Jax was gone, he could hear some soft voices outside the door so he figured she must be talking with Ophelia and working out what happened yesterday. He got up and cleaned himself off before heading to the door to see how the others were doing. Right before he opened the door he heard Jax say something about a pregnancy test, that certainly was something. He wouldn't ask though, that wasn't any of his business. He opened the door and was informed that they had made up, "hey, that's great," Morthos said with a smile, he was glad the team could still work together.

Roxas joined them and Morthos gave him a small nod, "well, if we're all ready I'm sure breakfast is ready in the main hall. No doubt word has gotten out that I've returned, and if Aunty Em is still around she knows I enjoy my breakfast." Morthos gestured for the others to follow as he made his way back down the stairs and towards the dining hall.

In the daylight you could see the manor much better. The walls were an off-white colour with portraits everywhere. Lots of them were of tiefling ancestors from long ago, but there were a couple of relatives Morthos knew, and a few of him in ridiculous outfits. "Ugh, I forgot this one existed. Before you ask it's traditional clothing from ancient Bael Turath and is only used in ceremony. Remind me to see if I can have that one burned when this is all over."

They made it to the dining hall but before Morthos could open the doors someone from inside opened them and gave him a big hug, "Aunty Em, it's good to see you too, but I need to breath," Morthos' words were getting more strained as he spoke but the woman put him down and he took a big breath.

"Oh I know, I'm just so happy you're back. I mostly just oversee the kitchen now but when Fear told me you were back I knew I had to be the one who made the meals." Aunty Em was a large human woman with curly red hair, pale skin, and lots of freckles. "Oh and these must be your friends!" She proceeded to give everyone else a hug also, whether they wanted one or not, "you all just call me Aunty Em like Morthos does, now come, eat, the food is fresh and you're the first ones. Everyone else will be here soon."

She ushered everyone in, and the dining hall, like all the other rooms in the house, was huge. The ceiling was enchanted to look like it wasn't even there, right now it was showing clear blue skies. The perimeter of the room had tables with every breakfast food you could think of on it, and staff ready to grab whatever it was you wanted. The center of the room had a table set for quite a few people, Morthos took and seat and his friends did the same. The wait staff was a mix of humans and tieflings as everything tended to be in his town. "Well, dig in, we have to wait for everyone else to get here before we can discuss things anyways." Morthos flagged down a waiter and got some pancakes and bacon to start.