Re: Warriors of Haunden (IC)
 

Cassandra puts Thad in a sack

Re: Warriors of Haunden (IC)
 

The dice of healing rolls maximum.

Oh.

Here we go again... Roll something to do this out of earshot of the prisoners you already poisoned this way...

ShadowMask beats you by 1. tough luck.

"Bird Paux? What sort of nonsense is that? Oh? well I'll check with my healer then. No need to take strange Haunden remedies."

Thad's bones try hard to get out of the sack, but are unsuccessful.

Re: Warriors of Haunden (IC)
 

Good.

She had told the prisoners at the time that the treatment could make them feel nauseous. Those who felt very nauseous she helped. She just didn't want them attacking innocent people, so didn't plan to kill them (except for Stripes.)

Besides that, after they were captured she convinced the cooperating prisoners that she was willing to speak on their behalf (which she does intend to do). But if they speak against her because they think she's trying to trick their own enemy? They should know they'd get no help from her whatsoever.

I'm still confused on why people would think she's Haunden. She's dressed like a Venasir, speaks Venasir on the native speaker level, knows the culture better than most Venasir, and worked to help the Venasir of Holidor. While "Anoras" was written on the wooden sign, she's never said her name to any Venasir.

But by now I guess it doesn't matter. So in any case:

Anoras (speaking in Venasir): "You are wise, Mystic ShadowMask, to check. If your healer has studied both the diseases found in (names two areas most important to Haunden that they used to have) and studied sorcery, they may well know of it.

"Birdpaux kills birds, but doesn't ordinarily harm humans. But if any sorcerer ever had a mystical connection, or had a connection with a sorcerer who did, that's a different story. Even if you or they were only connected once. It could be transferred from you to a bird or other animal, or from a bird or other animal, even a human, to you. That means anyone, a sorcerer or otherwise, who's ever been so connected, even if they're not connected right now, could be affected the same as a bird. That sorcerer could die!

"So by all means, Mystic ShadowMask, for you own sake, please see as soon as possible if your healer has studied those areas. And has the antidote."


So a reminder that Anoras is talking about a real disease that could be of concern to a sorcerer. The twist is it affecting sorcerers who've had a connection to birds/animals, or who've had a connection to another sorcerer that has. So hopefully the healer isn't an expert on all four (birds/Naturalist, diseases, those specific geographical regions, and sorcery).

Re: Warriors of Haunden (IC)
 

Forgot about the dress. Though she has been expressing Haunden Ideas and following the Haunden around in battle. Also, she signed her name on the wooden sign.

Shadow Mask: "I will check. Though I do not have a connection with birds, and you have already killed the scorcerors, so I believe I am safe."
Note: fast talk roll was already made.

As I said, you failed the roll.

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I admit I am still very confused on what's happening/how things happened with Anoras. But it looks like I'm not going to be able to understand how what Anoras and Cassandra did correlates with what I'm being told. So I won't post the 300+ word comment I was working on. Instead, I'll just wait and see what happens. You're the GM, not me.

Re: Warriors of Haunden (IC)
 

Cassandra is now ready to take her Thad in a Sack and head home after the glorious, albeit with unfortunate losses, victory

With Anoras maxing healing she is no longer reeling!

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Shadow Mask: "And which captives are yours?"

(If you want to speak up for the captives, now is the time)

Cassandra is ready to head home, as are Gerrund and the others, but they will wait as Anoras helps to bind up the many wounds of the Holidor.

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REVISED RESPONSE (based on info from GM):

(Anoras had ideas on the prisoners based on what she knew at the time, but she's learned more since. I was working to avoid playing out-of-character knowledge.)

Anoras (speaking in Venasir, and pointing to the prisoners escorted by Gurrund and Anoras to the battle site, and to the archers): "Mystic Shadow Mask, I believe these are ours.

"As for Busan, I was there in the beginning, but not at the end. I have bits of information that could be very useful to both Holidor and Haunden. But I would need to question him further. It might be more convenient for us all if Busan was traded from Holidor to Haunden for another prisoner. I would leave the decision on who that prisoner is entirely up to you, Mystic ShadowMask." (She is right now very unsure about how she feels about Busan.)

"But I do want to tell you about these others." (She will point to the prisoners she knows surrendered/cooperated--she is not pointing to Busan): "Mystic ShadowMask. These people I am pointing to surrendered and cooperated. Some of them defended themselves before surrendering, some tried to run away, and some surrendered immediately. But not a single one of them attacked a person of Holidor or Haunden after they saw the rebel sorcerer who had them under orders was down.

"As far as I can see, these people were following orders. But when they were free to do as they wished, they showed no signs of supporting the rebellion."

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Shadowmask: "You may question Busan."


Shadowmask: "What will the Haunden do with Prisoners? You do not have access to markets to sell them in. You must be planning to sell them to us."


Shadowmask: "They are prisoners of war. They will fetch a good price.
We will not waste them on petty revenge."

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Anoras: "Thank you, Mystic Shadowmask. I will see what I can learn."

Anoras: "I am a naturalist and a healer, Mystic Shadowmask. What will be done with them is not my decision. That will be up to others to decide." (After she, of course, stubbornly tells those others what she wants to happen.)

Anoras, "Thank you, Mystic Shadowmask. But please consider this. These are capable warriors who were willing to risk their lives to follow the orders of a sorcerer. These are warriors who, when no longer under orders, did not support the rebellion. And did not attack the people of Holidor or Haunden.

"I think, Mystic Shadowmask, it would be hard to find more valuable followers than these. I believe that would be worth much, much more that the price of a slave."


Also a reminder that the below wasn't spoken just to Shadowmask, but to all those Venasir speakers nearby. A big part of the intent was to get the others to wonder: