| *I look up at the yellow orb and laugh*
Distractions and illusions the tools of a good conjurer, that is what that crazy mage Muldran is reduced to now. Ha! He is not even a good conjurer!
I got word that Muldran was heading to the corrupted gate near the ruined Magincia. If he was planning on tampering with the gate then steps would have to be taken. I am still not convinced that the priestesses are correct in their conviction that this was Lloth’s doing, but I was not going to take any chances. I got there ahead of him with SD and LL by my side. If there was going to be any trouble we were well prepared. He turned up with a rag tag of misfits including a Kaldorian and an arrogant looking male who clearly liked the sound of his own voice. He continually prattled on about Lloth knows what to anybody fool enough to listen. Unfortunately for him nobody cared but his continued whining was annoying. Turned out he was called Decardo. The same Decardo LL told me a few interesting tales about. I especially enjoyed the one were he challenged her once, a long time ago. One where he ran half way across Sosaria to avoid getting the hammering he deserved. In the end she stopped chasing him, she had more important things to do. Any trouble and this lot would be no match, despite only 3 of us.
As it turned out he was not here to tamper with the gate at all, but to “communicate” with someone stupid enough to enter the gate during the daemon invasion. It was that elf Kendra he wanted. The same one who almost blew herself up when experimenting with blackrock. What is it with humans and elves that they must interfere with things they have no knowledge of? Still I let Muldran carry on with his charade, might be fun after all. Soon a ghostly image of Kendra appeared and they began to converse. It was all smoke and mirrors and I soon got bored. I took out a piece of blackrock and began to juggle with it in my hands. Muldran’s eyes bulged in fear! *laughs* Oh how he loves this stuff! Because of it he has lost whatever power he ever had. Now I will make him lose his sanity with it. *laughs again* I got even more bored so I tossed the blackrock towards the gate and shattered the illusion.
This greatly upset the humans. Good. Convinced that Muldran had contacted Kendra and was “bringing her back” they went off on a search to find her. And find her they did, as I knew they would. It was all too convenient and unconvincing. She just happened to be “found” by an elvish looking female called Cherry. Colleague to Muldran and partner to Decardo no less! It was all a set up to make Muldran look as if he still had power. I doubt this Kendra went anywhere. Cherry had her hidden away somewhere ready to reveal her at the arranged time just as an illusionists assistant would do.
One thing I did notice was that one of Muldran’s party was the lawyer who recently “helped” me. Now why was he there, what was he up too? Time to find out. I met him a few days later in Trinsic and invited him to my “office” on the pretext I had work for him. I spun him a yarn that I wanted to help a “friend” who was in trouble. This sparked off his curiosity and he seemed more interested in my “relationship” with J than anything else. Despite his obvious disadvantages of being human AND male, he is clearly more than what he appears. Anyway, he told me nothing more than I already knew about the case so I set him some other tasks. It was when we came to discuss the fee that the warning signals in my head really did go off. He did not want coin, but information. Seems he is interested in the Books of Sin! He asked me what it was I had that was connected to the tomes. Now the question is, how did he know that? I have hinted something along these lines to only two, one is Muldran and the other works for him. What is your game lawyer? Time you were investigated.
I watch, I assess, I report.
Vel'drav l' sil'in qu'ellar d'Hun’ett zotrethen……Jal zhal sha-rasa!!!
Lloth tlu laoles, dosst handmaiden orn naut hojh dos!!!! |