THE CAMPAIGN: Chapter 1-"The Dragons in the Desert"

Ehaism steps outside. He is fuming. Nobody followed him. Ehaism decides that he should strike out on his own and find an Inn or a different temple. Then he remembers that he has absolutely no money. curse them! not only have his friends abandoned him, they have abandoned him copperless. He won't be able to afford any kind if care for his wounds, nor even any proper place to sleep.

Oh well, didn't his mother used to sleep on a big rock in the sun when they lived in the wilderness? Didn't she lick his wounds clean when he was learning to hunt? Ehaism looks around, hoping to spot a nice stone wall in the sun where he can sprawl out and lick his own wounds.

But before he spots a good wall, he sees something that alarms him very much.

He dashes back into the temple, and asks the Orc:

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I hate water, Vire thinks, recalling the flood he barely survived as a child. He enters the water with obvious apprehension and discomfort, even more on edge than before.

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Ehaism lies to the Orc



Ehaism says the word "Templars" really loud, in the hopes that everybody hears it. Hopefully the Orc is gullible enough to at least go look outside so he can make a dash for the back door.

The orc priest does indeed go and look outside.

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Sasha casts a Cure Spell on Vire, and on Liev.



Vire and Liev are fully healed.

He motions to the arrow still stuck in his chest



Echo turns around to walk out the front door, and promptly turns around again upon remembering why he's leaving.



Echo steadfastly, and with as much dignity as one can with an arrow in one's chest disrupting the psionic powers one tends to rely on to keep one's mind in check, walks away from the front door.

Vire is unaware of what's going on, but it bothers him to be clothes-free and he's worried about the rest of the group, who seemed unstable when he left.

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The orc assistant seems worried.
(Except to Ehaism who failed the simple sense motive check.)



You all hear yelling outside, that sounds like Templar banter.

Ehaism, oblivious to the Orc assistant's agitation, simply ignores his protests, and pushes Kytana and Echo in front of him into the basket room.

Confusion? Maybe that will help? Ehaism doesn't slow down. The idea of closing the door behind him flashes through his mind, but he doesn't want to waste time figuing out if it can lock or not, and the baskets in the room look useless for barricading.

Into the pool room!

Noticing his compatriots bursting in,


Vire dashes back into the basket room to collect his things before rejoining the group.

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The Orc assistant doesn't follow. From the sound of it, the Orc priest has returned from outside and closed the door firmly behind him.

kytana nods and drops seven gold in the basket, smiling
Kytana wrote:

Kytana then kneels and begins to pray