Castle Amber: A D&D Adventure

Gizmog · Post by **Gizmog** » Wed May 13, 2015 7:18 pm

"I don't object to being restrained. They're doing their jobs. And I wish you'd tone down the Secret Mission stuff!"

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed May 13, 2015 7:23 pm

Rob looks exasperatedly at Voulton.

"You are making a mess of this" he says to the Inquisitor in the hat. "Who do you report to?"

Feenicks · Post by **Feenicks** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:26 pm

Rachelle glares at their new bard friend, as she had been doing previously at Kalar. Even she knew you shouldn't be casting magic when somebody who makes their living persecuting magic users is right in front of you.

She also - barely - knew better than to try to run away at this point. Even as a barbarian, she doubted she could outrun a horse for an extended period of time... and where would she go from here, anyway? Try and find the library, which for all she knew was in the middle of the woods somewhere?

Far better to get caught now, get brought to one of the places the party would have to go to at some point anyway, and then break out.

Or set free, hopefully.

She didn't like the idea of being brought on trial, but she assumes that it'd be best to keep what could be brought against her to a bare minimum. And, sadly, that requires shutting up and hoping her magic-inclined teammates don't mess up everything for her.

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:58 pm

After so long of watching, Lynda decides to break her silence.

"Stop...please, stop this!" Lynda says, disgruntled. "You must listen to me! Nathaire has commandeered the body of a deceased Manticore. This party had slain it, but we received reports from the locals that it's mangled corpse was spotted flying towards the north. It cannot be a coincidence that after the colossus had been fallen, something else powerful had been resurrected. Thus, I am in command of this party to address this threat to the public."

"It is imperative you let my associates go. They are by no means magical." Lynda says, placing a hand on her amulet. "There are much more pressing issues to attend to than this ragtag gang of vagabonds."

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Thu May 14, 2015 12:16 am

Rob and Voulton both made a note of the bulges under the cloaks of the inquistors. They all seemed armed with what was most likely swords. The three inquisitors that were dressed differently and wore the amulets were more clearly armed. One had a large sword across his back, another was armed with bow and arrows. The man in the hat, unlike the rest of the inquisitors, didn't seem armed at all.

"I believe that you are on an important quest and I've clearly stated my willingness to complete this task in your place with you accompanying us. If what you say is true, then you should welcome the help of a much larger group," said the man in the hat. "Now, will you all come peacefully and hunt down Nathaire together with us, or are we going to have to drag you all back to Ximes."

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Thu May 14, 2015 12:25 am

"Then it is settled that we shall co-operate in finding Nathaire." Lynda says with a bow. "Though I do ask, please leave us unbound. I would not have my associates and I wander in to our enemies lair being completely helpless. However, if it is completely and utterly necessary to bind us, then...do as you must."

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:03 am

Rob tries to resist letting his jaw drop open. He had not realized how well the ruse was actually working. He forces his voice to sound more polite.

"Let's all get moving then! Nathiere will be getting further away as we speak."

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:35 am

"Binding is necessary," says the man in the hat as he motions for the others to continue. Lynda, Rachelle, and Rob are called off their horses by men holding shackles as Kalar is bound in the same way Voulton was.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:52 am

"We saved your city. We bled and were wounded for your city. We continue to pursue the person responsible for attacking your city. And you mean to bind us like petty criminals while we are in the middle of protecting your city. I would hate to read through your history books and see what you did to your champions and heroes of yesteryear. This is a disgrace, and all of you demean yourselves and lower your standing as men with this action. For your sake, I hope you can look into the eyes of your families and honestly call yourselves 'good men' to their faces."

Kalar holds his wrists out, ready to be bound. Of course, he keeps silent about the fact that he still has allies hidden in the woods.

Diplomacy: +11

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Thu May 14, 2015 1:57 am

"Has it really come to this? A woman of my grace, reduced to being bound like a criminal?" Lynda says. "Very well. Do as you like. Bind us, if it so pleases you."

Lynda holds her wrists out, as Kalar does. She doesn't like this idea one bit, but for the sake of not causing trouble, she'll comply.

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:00 am

This is not going well. There's no way he could possibly take on all of the riders by himself. Still, they don't know about him and the skeletons, so it should be possible to shadow them and pick them off one by one.

Hrulgin moves through the treetops, going from tree to tree, keeping an eye out for any stragglers that he can pick off.

Hide: +21
Move Silently: +16

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:00 am

"You do intend to un-bind us when we get close to Natheire, don't you?" Rob asks.

He has not dismounted Stumpy or offered his wrists, but is now having second thoughts about the feasibility of getting out of this mess via stabbing people.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:05 am

The inquisitor holding Voulton's leash hitched his horse to the back of the wagon goes over and ties it to the front of the wagon. As Kalar's binding was completed, he tied his leash to the wagon as well. He then took the driver's seat of the wagon.
Both Voulton and Kalar looked at their bindings. This guy binding them had clearly done this before. The binding allow for almost no give and aside from cutting or bursting out, neither of them saw any way of escape their bindings.
Lynda was shackled to her horse's saddle then. The shackle seemed specially made for such a thing. Her horse was then hitched to the back of the wagon.
A quick clasp to his wrist and a shackle was attached to Rob. Assuming they would wait for him to fully submit, Rob had not put up a defense as the shackle closed around his wrist. Then the other side was attached to the pommel of his saddle at almost the same moment. Rob was then bond to his horse, Stumble, and hitched to the wagon in the same way.
Rachelle looked around warily. Inquisitors with shackles were attempting to shackle her and had already shackled the rest of the party. She trusted in their judgement. It had kept her alive so far.

Thus, the party was bound to their wagon. Lynda, Rob, and Rachelle were shackled to their horses and Kalar and Voulton were in the back of the wagon with their hands tied. All five of them were attached tot he wagon in some way. Then, the Inquisitors split up. Two of them rode along the sides of the wagons while small group rode ahead and another group rode behind.

"So, just north then? Where exactly is this "Man-corn" you say is Nathaire," said the hatted man with a chuckled.

Master K · Post by **Master K** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:15 am

"We don't know if it's Nathaire, but it'll most likely lead us to where Nathaire is, if it's headed for a specific location. It's cannot be a coincidence that it was resurrected after the colossus was destroyed."

"Rob, what would be to the north that's notable? You know the most of the local geography."

BMR · Post by **BMR** » Thu May 14, 2015 2:17 am

"Well, one of the reasons I requested that our hands be left unbound, is that I need them to pinpoint the location of Nathaire. Without the ability to discern exactly where he is, then yes, north is the best I can offer."