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       #Post#: 465--------------------------------------------------
       Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Rojosama Date: March 6, 2019, 2:32 pm
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       Once Hexor has returned with Tali in tow, he gathers everyone in
       the main room.
       "It seems we have some choices to make. None of us can return to
       our homes or lives at the moment. I, for one, need to clear my
       name of this conspiracy and reclaim that which as been taken
       from me. To that end, I need to investigate this attack as much
       as I can. I am open to suggestion, but my plan is to rest here
       for the night, recover, then move out into the underdark, as
       close as we can to the Westwind place. I'm sure from there we
       can backtrack the trail of the attackers and figure out where
       they came from. Then it is a simple matter of taking them out,
       leaving a witness to return with, and tossing them at the feet
       of the Prince."
       He begins pacing, clearly agitated, angry even, displaying more
       emotion openly than you have ever seen him do.
       "We will need new names, and new faces for some of us. Luckily,
       though my name has surely spread, I am sure my face has not, so
       most would not recognize me on sight, but I will be magically
       disguising myself never-the-less, and I suggest those of you
       that can, should," he stops moving and rests his hands on his
       blades.
       "I am open to suggestions for alternate plans, but know this
       clearly: anyone who had anything to do with this plot against me
       will pay," his hands tighten on his hilts, and a feral smile
       spreads across him face. "They will pay dearly."
       
       #Post#: 466--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Deetoo Date: March 6, 2019, 2:43 pm
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       Halan tries: "Do you have any reason to believe the mages in the
       city are against you due to these allegations? We could try to
       ask them if they have the sequence to a teleportation circle in
       or close to Westwind. I personally would much rather move
       aboveground than in the Underdark, especially when there's an
       attack force that razed a city of 2600 people. Whether there are
       50 or a thousand, I'd much rather try to track them than to bump
       into them in the Underdark."
       #Post#: 467--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Rojosama Date: March 6, 2019, 2:45 pm
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       Hexor to Halan "Given what we've seen, and what Father Holden
       told me, the records of the truth finding were corrupted and
       made to look as if we were guilty. I do not know how hire this
       goes, or who is involved. I am confident we can navigate these
       tunnels just as easy as the surface, and here, at least, we are
       away from prying eyes."
       #Post#: 468--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Deetoo Date: March 6, 2019, 4:36 pm
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       "Well I definitely don't want to go among magic users if they
       might want to entrap me. I might have a contact in the palace
       willing to help; I can't be sure about their loyalty to the
       Prince, but whatever the result of our search for the attackers
       from maybe two weeks ago, we should think of any allies that
       will try to talk on our behalf while we are on the lam and when
       we hopefully return. Because, and I can't believe that I'm the
       one telling this to you, if we are to exonerate you, we need
       allies. And the Prince no longer seems to fit that bracket. We
       might want to consider at least gaining someone on our side in
       the city and I don't just mean Laelaer, I mean someone who isn't
       your known associate."
       #Post#: 469--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Rojosama Date: March 7, 2019, 7:16 am
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       "I am of course open to ideas. My allies are far to the east, as
       I moved them from the city into my own holdings over the past
       years under the assumption that I would need trusted allies at
       my back during a war. I already tapped Father Holden and the
       Church of Erathis in my defense. I will admit that I over
       estimated their influence in the city, assuming that the truth
       would clear my name. I suppose this is a casualty of being on
       the surface for so long, I've lost my edge in such things,
       despite my races famousness for them," he looks around the
       cave-room. "Maybe it is good that I have returned here, I have
       been long away from my homeland and too long, perhaps, on the
       surface."
       #Post#: 470--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: frostykate Date: March 11, 2019, 1:39 pm
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       Kiran coughs a little nervously. "Let's not start planning our
       life in the Underdark just yet, please, some of us are fond of
       the outside world." He drags his hands down his face. "If...
       well, since Father Holden wasn't able to garner any favour, the
       influence of Melora's church might also be... lesser." Kiran
       starts pacing as well. "Who else do we know? There is the Dragon
       Hunter's Guild, who are a legitimate group, but I could always
       get word to my friends who are beside the law, in case anything
       like that helped. As far as others... there's not really anyone
       else in the city I can think of. Ideas?"
       He stops for a second. "Oh, and, Hexor, how safe is going to
       Westwind immediately? Even though we're presumably in argument
       about not wasting time or else whoever it is might get away? One
       would think they'd be looking for us, and I'm not as confident
       in our disguises as I'd like to be, since they do have
       spellcasters too."
       #Post#: 471--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Rojosama Date: March 12, 2019, 9:13 am
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       "You are of course right. We should just give up and run away
       instead."
       #Post#: 472--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: frostykate Date: March 13, 2019, 11:14 am
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       "Absolutely not, but we should at least try to avoid jumping
       headfirst into danger, because it might land us back in prison,
       or worse."
       #Post#: 473--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Rojosama Date: March 13, 2019, 1:10 pm
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       Hexor walks off without a word, about 30ft feet away. He begins
       drawing on the ground with his chalk, ritually casting Tiny Hut.
       He then walks into it, without so much as a look back.
       #Post#: 474--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Wanted: Dead or Alive
       By: Deetoo Date: March 15, 2019, 4:21 pm
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       Halan pulls out his cittern and starts going through the chords
       to his Hexor songs while telling Kiran: "I may have some
       leftover goodwill in the Palace. Not with the Prince, but with
       someone close enough to him. Of course there is the question of
       trustworthiness but... there might be some loyalty and
       protectiveness in that person in regards to me. They're like
       me." He underscores that by flashing his eyes at Kiran.
       "If nothing else they might give us a bit more information about
       what's been happening in Silverkeep, if the Prince is any
       different and how, and maybe be able to set things up to go in
       Hexor's favour, if that's even possible anymore. They told me I
       had to trust someone sometimes. Maybe it's time to put their own
       saying to the test."
       He looks pointedly towards the Tiny Hut. "But I would need
       someone smart enough to tell me what to attempt to find out. And
       to get me back to the city."
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