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[Heinrich]
As the group continued farther out of the city Heinrich took notice of the commotion in back and noticed they were two people stronger. Two woman had joined them and from what he saw they carried letters of introduction as well. He smirked and wondered if they should have waited longer then before.. oh well no sense on dwelling on it. He had to lead the group still so he decided to just wave over at them in a gesture, the gesture was one of 'come here' kind. Once they had reached him , which they certainly would, he then began to explain once they were out of eavesdropping from the cities locals who stepped outside the city. "Greetings,...as you know from the man, I am Heinrich. I am leading this mission for which you are called for." He explained. He then turned slightly and aimed the tip of his staff towards Aeria and the jewel at the top of it glowed at his will and acted as a extension of his mind. Then magically in the air in front of her a bag full of gold dropped which would equal to her share of the gold. "That is your share of the gold for just coming to this calling. Now on to me explaining more about this mission,... Nova would you be a dear and show her the piece of paper you took from the table that has the picture of the chalice and the door to the two young women? Thanks, that chalice you will see is our target, that is a ancient artifact that if in the wrong hands can spell the doom for us all. The door you see there has a seal on it which is weakening and will soon vanish." He paused as he let the words he spoke bounce around in their heads. "We are pretty much liberating it from its resting place, the Chalice of Silence, I doubt that myself and the high priest are the only ones looking for it, nor are we the only ones looking into that chamber or the door. I know this because I am not the only one in this world who knows how to use scrying spells." He left them with that knowledge and finished speaking. Introductions from the others will be at their expense not his. They could introduce themselves to the new arrivals themselves.

The Golem continued to follow Heinrich with little emotion or without care that it was being observed by the odd human.

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[Cassandra]
Cassandra turned head to observe the newcomers and she rose her brow. More people?... wonder if there are more coming and if we will be running into more people. However, they were rather late then usual and already she had suspicions. There could have been rumors about everything and they did come from within the city. Yes they could have entered from the other entrances and found their way here ,but what if its not a coincidence. I am sure there are rumors about letters being handed to random people about Kurn and it would be easy to fabricate them with magic as well... She then sighed and raised her shoulder, or I could just be paranoid and they could actually be adventurers and that they were just late to the show.

She was then joined by Ishmael who moved to stand beside her. "Don't worry they are safe, I do have the ability to sense auras and theirs are good." He said and she nodded. Ishmael the paladin continued to stand by her for the duration and the pace they had set was getting them more and more distant from the city. She liked it better out here. The air was thinner and less thick with that of sweat and food. That scent was replaced by the smell of the party itself and the surrounding area. The sound of the birds was heard more loudly as well and were of the wild birds not domesticated pigeons or doves. She then looked to Ishmael and she thought of starting a conversation ,but... she kind of already had one with him. Perhaps it was time to start to converse with the others and when she thought of who she could talk to she decided that De would be the next one. From him she would work her way up and start to understand them. You can tell about someone from the way they talk.

She simply just stopped walking and waited for De to reach her and continued the pace at his side. He was big for a human just like Ishmael..well he was bigger then the paladin but that didn't matter so much. "De was it?... names Cassandra, you can call me Cass for short if you wish." She waited for a response to see what kind of response or reaction he would have. To see if he could handle walking, talking, and whether he could work with a drow. Most people have heard of her kind ,but if his area was a little out of the way then most cities he may not have.

Urthak's flicked his tongue as he took in two new smells. One from a red headed human and one from a elf. He watched them carefully as the conversation behind him started. He studied their faces a bit as they were told of the mission.
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{Meanwhile,back in Krystallen}

Father Daniel was moving about the city as he headed back to the center of the city where the church was located. He was being escorted by a two knights of the city for protection. He did not want it ,but the lord of this city told him he would have to suffer their presence because he was a important figure for the people. You could see the truth in it as some people would suddenly begin to pray as he walked by seeing that his appearance was a blessing for them. Once he arrived at the church the knights followed him inside, he sighed and shook his head. 'They were ordered to replace Ishmael as my personal protection' He concluded and as he moved around the benches and exited the praying chamber and into the hall in the back he back to notice something wrong. In the back of the hallway the door, that led to his chambers, was open. He looked to the two knights and nodded to them. They quickly brought their hands to their hilts and moved in front of him. He began to notice something as the three of them progressed forward. The other priests were missing it would seem... until he looked out from a window in the hall way. This window gave him a view of the church's courtyard and what he saw were bodies. Dead bodies of the priests and he grimaced at the way they were slaughtered. Their limbs severed and he could swear some had been killed from blunt trauma alone. He looked forward to the knights who had gained a bit of feet from him and moved to join them. When they reached the door and began to move through their door way he saw a woman sitting on his desk. She held two long swords in her hands as she smiled. Once they were all inside the door behind them slammed closed and locked. When they turned to look behind them and then forward again what they saw was the woman's legs replaced by a long powerful reptilian tail and she had gained two extra arms with two more swords in those hands. He long hair dropping down her back.
"A... Marilith" Spoke Daniel and he could sense that the two knights were bit terrified.
"Easy you two I will pro...tect you." He was about to finish when she threw two of her swords impaling the knights and sending them to fall onto the floor.
"Now, now... don't make this difficult... where is Ishmael? If you tell me I will make your death quick." She asked. Daniel narrowed his eyes at her and moved into a combative pose as he began to be surrounded by a white aura.
"Who are you?..." he responded. His ignoring of her question with a question seemed to irritate her. She showed it with a sigh and then with a twist of her body her tail flung around slamming him against the wall. The hit made him feel dazed and out of breathe but before he could recover he felt her cold hands press up against his neck as she pinned him to the wall. Her snake liked tongue slithering out. "You are not asking the questions,.. I AM."

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okay... just wanted to make sure your imagining the same kind of orc I am imagining...

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something for you waiters to look at while we wait for Captain to post.

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Ishmael turned to look behind him and he interjected in the event between the Erandur and De. He placed a hand upon Erandur's shoulder and said. "Enough, if you keep fighting like this we will have the eyes of the whole town." He said mostly to Erandur. "Your a elf, you should behave much better then this." He added and then turned away from them to follow Heinrich once more.

Heinrich lead them from the location of the Raven to the large gates of the south exit of Krystallem. He chose this spot to exit not because it was the closest to them and the Raven but because south would be where they were going. They head for a place called the Island of Spires. It was located right on the beaches of Kurn and the journey would be a long one or a short one depending on how the group acts and whether or not they run into any hostiles on the way. He hoped for none of the sort and hoped for a quick journey. However, he was the head mage of this sector of Kurn, he knew full well that other eyes were on the chalice. They will likely see opposition on the way. Then Ryoko ran up to him all cheerful and excited by his Golem and she complemented the walls as well. He smirked and decided he would save Golemtry for a later conversation. "Perhaps later I shall discuss the history between me and this particular golem but lets wait until we are a good long ways away from the city and make first camp."

Cassandra was glad the paladin stopped the bickering and he was right. We are trying to retrieve a very powerful artifact,... the less people concerned with us the better. Although she did enjoy the sound of the knight De slamming into Erandur with his words. Most elves behave just like Erandur here and the excuse for that is they have stayed too long in their safe havens and believe what rumors of the outside world tell them. As they neared the gates, she decided to draw her hand crossbow and make sure that a bolt was already fitted into it. The locking mechanism would keep it from shooting her in the foot which is a good thing. The bolt,... all of her bolts have been coated with a deadly poison from a giant black scorpion from the deep darkness and it is very deadly. Once she was done inspecting it she placed it back in her holster and then pushed the hilt of her rapier forward so it would be easy to draw.

Hopefully the whole mission would go nice and peaceful but it wouldn't hurt to be ready for anything.

Heinrich lead them beyond the gates and farther out and the sounds of voices were dying down and being replaced by more sounds of birds and other wildlife. There was even a mild wind about and Heinrich couldn't help but to pull more of his hair so it could feel the breeze more. He had exceptionally long dark hair that hid mostly withing his robes.

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Hienrich was able to hear the conversations behind him pretty well. Some of then were pleasing for him to hear and others not so much. Well just one to be honest and that was the very brief comment from the elf woman and the giant knight. The elf woman made a fatal error and that was commenting on the mans hair. Which he got annoyed of... Most humans such as himself take their hair rather seriously. Plus we don't like it when it is mocked or used as a joke. The knight didn't press it afterwards so he let it go this time. The woman will have to learn her place in all of this. He put that event out of his mind and as they moved through the streets a large abomination joined them. What was so abominal about it? The fact that it was made of dirt and clay and moved as if it had no soul at all. However, those who knew plenty about golems and how to make them knew exactly what it was. The Clay golem carried with it a staff and when it reached Hienrich it handed it to him. Hienrich smiled at it and happily retrieved his staff from it's hand. He then gave it a simple order. "Follow" and it acknowledged that order by following Heinrich as he continued to lead the group outside the city. As they neared the exit he could see the diamonds and crystals sparkling from it. He turned his head slightly to address the group. "Is this the first time you set foot in this city?" He asked."If so gents and ladies, what do you think?... The giant walls and the keep which holds The Lord of this land were all crafted and built by the Dwarves and I was quite taken by the sight of it when I first arrived." He explained.

Ishmael smirked at the sight of the golem and he simply shook his head as he walked. Clever,... People, mainly thieves and bandits or what not will most likely be thinking differently about pursuit at the sight of a thing like that. To be honest though, if a thief still followed us after seeing the likes of those with us, mainly the drow, the lizard, the three elves, and the giant knight then it would probably have no effect what so ever. He only prayed that the group would all make it out of this okay. Then Heinrich mentioned something about the city and asked them what they thought of it. "A worthy place for a church I would say,..." He answered.

Cassandra wasn't all that surprised or shocked by the golem. She lived in the underdark for most of her life, at this point nothing scared her more then the horrors within the dark places of the earth. A golem would likely not be any source of fear for her. When Heinrich asked them if it was their first time here and what they thought of it she decided to indulge him. "Yes, it is a first for me, however all expectations of the city went out the window when I had spears aimed at me. The stonework is beautifull yes but the people within, not so much. " She wasn't over exaggerating about her arrival, the city had been in itself not so friendly to her. Even now as they left she could feel eyes upon her. Drow are hated and they had only themselves to blame. If it wasn't for the drow commiting to acts of slaughter upon those of the surface world then perhaps people like her wouldn't be treated so badly. She sighed, "the sooner we gone from here the better."

Urthak knew little about the history of drow and the wars they had invoked upon most of the world so he had little idea to her problem. He wasn't going to press it either. "The city is different from others I have seen before." He answered.

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Looks like you did some research on those names eh Kyoto?... Also the spells are interesting as well. Would like to see how those characters would fit in future role plays.

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As if all the arrivals were predicted, High Priest Daniel or known by his fellow priests and the people of Krystallem Father Daniel, entered the tavern. He did not waste any time at all as he moved to the table. He surveyed the group and with satisfaction he looked to Heinrich and gestured to him. On cue Heinrich, with a wave of his hand, summoned 9 sacks of gold coins that together equaled 250,000. He then cleared his throat and began to address the group. "Greetings, friends, those who have answered my call, many letters I have sent but only nine of you showed up. I suppose that only means that you nine saw the risk but found something in it to be worth checking out. Perhaps the gold was too much to pass up or perhaps you to notice that the mission must be very important if not only the Church was requesting you but the Mages Guild as well." he said but then moved to a spot to sit. He then gestured to Heinrich once more who stood and removed from the satchel at his side scrolls for the group to look at. On these scrolls was a image of a chalice sitting upon a pedestal and next to it a image of a door with a great seal on it. "This Chalice is your mission, I recently commissioned Heinrich of the Mages Guild to search for its location with scrying spells and tomes. What he came up with was what you see before you. This Chalice is known as the Chalice of Silence. I confirmed this with the markings on the chalice matching it's description within my own knowledge." He paused and saw the look Ishmael was given him and that of Cassandra and Urthak telling him that they knew nothing of this Chalice. Ishmael was young and likely never heard of it and of course the others.

"The Chalice of Silence has the power, if in the wrong hands can destroy everything we hold dear but in the right hands has the power to cure any disease, banish any curse placed upon someone. The problem is that from what Heinrich told me, the seal of protection has weakened and soon will be no longer keeping out the evils of the world. I doubt we are the only ones who know about it and to prevent evil from taking hold of it I am asking you brave nine to take it and bring it to me where it can be under the protection of the Church." He explained. "However, I am too old to go with you so I am leaving Ishmael to go in my stead and with Heinrich's guidance you should make it there for he knows the way." He coughed a little bit and once he stopped he looked to each one of them. "I pray that despite the pay being split between you, that you will see that this is not a matter of gold but a matter of great importance and accept this mission. Just by arriving you have already been paid ,but that gold will matter nothing if someone very evil or something got it's hands on that chalice and with it used its power to bring chaos and despair." He finished and then stood. "Decide now and I pray for your safety whether you accept or don't." With that he left them to their thoughts heading towards the door and as he left he could already hear voices scattering about. Some of them about their little conversation and some were not.

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Cassandra the drow sighed as she heard the words coming from the old priest and as she looked at the chalice and then to the door with the seal on it she found herself in thought. She eventually smirked as he finished and looked up at Ishmael. "I have no choice in the matter, I am in. Why?... I come from a line of race that would be happy to have this "Chalice of Silence" for their own personal gains. The drow people just love to spread chaos and spill the blood of the surface people the so hate with a passion. If he is right that he is not the only one who knows about this then my people might be one of them. In fact for all we know that door could have been sealed to hide such a object from my kin specifically." Cassandra hated her own people and knew what they were capable of. The drow people she knew would use that chalice to enslave everyone in this world and would use it to kill anyone who got in their way.

Urthak quit eating once he heard all that was said. After listening to Cassandra it further convinced him that he had to do this mission. If her kin were as bad as she said they were then likely to even use his own people as slaves or kill them. His people were prideful and would either join the drow as slaves out of envy of the power the chalice brought or be destroyed because they refused to be pawns to them. He pushed the plate aside losing his appetite which did not happen often. "I am in as well, the people I left in my village... they are not all smart like some but there are a few , so there are two paths for them to take on this. Slavery, or destruction from whatever evil that got a hold on it." With that he looked about to the others. The elves where in,... the goody goody elves would not allow the risk of it ending up in some greedy human's hand or that of the drow elves that Cassandra spoke of.

Heinrich smiled at the two and found Ishmael doing the same. He leaned in and wondered if the others were in as well. "I hate to say this but we will be leaving right now, so if your in just follow me out that door and we can discuss your reasons for going on this mission on our way. We should get as much distance as possible before nightfall. It will take us five days to get there and I do not plan on getting there any day later then that. By looking at the seal through my scrying orbs in my sanctum I would say that the seal would be fully faded by the time we get there or already faded." With that he stood and gave a slight bowing of the head to them. He did not even wait for Ishmael to be by his side yet.
As he rose up to leave Ishmael did so as well, smiling at Cassandra as he did so. "Pleasure to be working with you." He said just before turning on his feet and moving to join Heinrich. Cassandra rose a brow at the holy knight and shook her head as she rose up as well. She took one final drink of the glass of wine and looked at the food they were leaving. The food was already cooked and could spoil if they took it all with them. Well no point on dwelling on it. She looked to De and she found his hair style to be a bit odd but she wouldn't judge. There were plenty of people out there who had worse hair styles. His was just unkempt. She heard the sounds of Urthak's talons hitting up against the wood floor and had a smile grow on her face. She then waited for the sounds of the others and hoped that the others would come. She doubted that their little force could take on much but it was better then nothing. As she left though she stopped and turned around to face Urthak.
"You have a unique sense of smell my friend." She said and she looked about the tavern. "Take all the scents in here to mind as we leave and that of the city. That way if we end up being followed by any of them we will know it." She said and Urthak looked around. He took in the scents as she said with a couple flicks of his tongue and then he looked back to her and gave her a nod. She then turned around and continued out. His next thoughts were of her. That kind of thinking may benefit them in the future. He wasn't stupid but the idea of remembering the smell of the people in here escaped him. She wasn't too bad looking either for a soft skin.