Final Depravity RP

[MelissaB]

Sending out the impression thats where they are as well Eliandra nods at the guards politely as they lead her along, take here and Cass places and leave her in the garden with Cass. "It is, was beautiful at night as well. Could see the entire city from the balcony, plus the sunset." She stops once she realizes she is rambling and shakes her head grumbling. "Hope we're not kept waiting too long." She shrugs and takes Cass over to the sofa making sure there's no stains where she sits before motioning for Cass to take one as well.

[DomJoe]

When Leslina feels the impulse from the medalion about the Alabaster District, she quickly changes course to head over there, once again dragging Saralyn with her. Her fears were becoming more and more founded as time passed. They wouldn't have any reason to head to the Alabaster District, unless if they were reporting to the king himself. "Oh no oh no oh no..." Leslina murmurs to herself, picking up the pace with her running.

[Alaena]

Cassandra & Eliandra

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The hustle and bustle of the city is visible from the balcony. It's afternoon now and you can smell all sorts of food, and filth, coming from the thousands of people below. Many of the streets are visible and they almost seem like busy ants in the distance. Perhaps this is reflective of the king's own outlook, or maybe not.

It's not long after that you hear boots approaching the two of you as you relax. It's King Edric himself, in all of his handsome, golden and wavy haired glory. Well over six feet tall, his muscular build is made to look even more impressive in his battle gear. He's no longer wearing a royal tunic. Instead, he's in full-plate armor, primarily ivory white in color with golden trim along the edges. Carved in gold on the center of his chest plate are two gold dragons. On his back is sheathed an incredibly large greatsword, even more ornate than the sword you found at Castigan's villa, with a fist-sized diamond for the pommel and golden dragon wings form the cross guard. For barely being an adult, he clearly matured very quickly, and carried himself with the confidence, or perhaps arrogance, of a much older man.

Behind him is another somewhat tall man, but shorter than Edric, much leaner in build, wearing black leather armor, armed with a daggers on his belt and a sash of shurikens. This man's head and face are shaved bald and he seems a bit older than Edric.

Wordlessly, he approaches Eliandra and drops to his knees before her. He pulls out a small vial and gently pours the cool contents of it over her wound. Edric removes his right gauntlet and gently rubs the warrior's wounded thigh with his bare hand. Slowly, the wound seems to completely close and the pain all but evaporates (HP restored).

"Are you alright?" Edric says to Eliandra after the magic solution did it's job. He pulls out another vial and prepares to do the same to Cassandra. His blue eyes meet the rogue's for a moment and Cassandra feels a bit enamored by a king helping her heal.

Leslina & Saralyn

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You follow your intution, enhanced by your amulets, to lead you to your allies. You feel a similar emotional beat come toward you, strengthening your clarity in their location. You feel they were leading you to them, likely wanting to meet up as well.

Eventually, you find your way to the palace in the Alabaster District, where the streets are paved with marble. Arriving at the palace, you see the place has a layer of stone walls in addition to the city walls. At the massive gate forbidding entrance, the guards halt your passage.

"Elves! Who are you? What is your business at the palace?"

[MelissaB]

Having seen the armor and greatsword once Eliandra wasn't quite as surprised upon it's appearance though seeing Eldric wearing it did my her mouth water. her eyes casting sideways to observe Cass' reaction before returning to Eldric. Seeing him heal her leg she smiles and watches the vial, shivering at the liquid before having to suppress a moan as he rubs her thigh, a bite of her lip and a swift nod signals she's fine. "Yes your majesty, I'm fine, thank you for tending the wound." She dips her head to him and nods to... raven? or was it apart of the ravens. Can't quite remember, a lot happened lately.

[Tsai]

Cassandra blushes deeply underneath her face mask and tries not to meet the king's gaze. No wondering Eli wants to help the king so much, she thinks to herself. "T-thank you Ser." She gives a small bow to the king. Once the pleasntries are done and her wound is completely healed Cassandra takes a step back and looks to the man in black leather armor trying to discern this man's role, though it seem's fairly obvious he's an assassin of sorts. "My lord is there a reason for this audience I was just on my way to the grand cathedral to discuss your country's possible aid in the war"

[Alaena]

Eliandra & Cassandra

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Edric says, "The meeting involving our leaders, including myself and the Arch-Bishop, is going to be held here in order to discuss the issue of marching against the Northern Orc Horde. I simply wished to hear the status of the very important mission I gave to your envoy before the meeting."

The man in black taps Edric on the shoulder and gives him a dagger look.

"Ah, yes, I forget my manners. I am King Edric, son of Ereden, 14th King of Iometolis, Heir to the Southern Aegis."

He politely takes Cassandra's hand and kisses it gently. Edric stands up and motions to his bald compatriot.

"This is Raven, a close friend of mine, a member of the Red Crescent, and more or less my right-hand man. He also wants to know how everything went at the villa. Excuse him, he cannot speak, for he has taken a vow of silence."

[MelissaB]

Eliandra gives him a pained look at the mention of the villa before sighing and leaning back on the couch. "It's done, your poison was beyond effective." With that her eyes narrow on Raven, ha so she was right. almost impressed with her memory she turns back to Eldric. "We managed to get in kill him and leave without detection." She states slowly drawing the masterwork longsword and showing it to the king. "here's his sword."

[Tsai]

"Yes...we did thankfully." Cassandra then looks to her comrade then to the mysterious Raven. "What are the Red Crescents they don't look like one of your religious orders?" The thief shoots the man a glance examining the man for what he's worth she didn't like the presensce of such an individual.

[Alaena]

Eliandra & Cassandra

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Edric pours three glasses of wine, handing one to Eliandra first, then Cassandra, then taking one for himself.

"The Red Crescent is an order of monastic assassins. They give praise to their Red God by murder. However, they have no political agenda. They take in orphans and train them to be loyal members of the order. Sometimes, nobles can pay handsomely for their children to be trained, and returned. More often than not, it's done as an act of desperation to provide a skilled individual for the monarch, and only if the family has more than one child to inherit. Those who return from the order's training are never quite the same. Raven was one such individual. His family paid for him to be trained in such things, however they were lost at sea many years ago, including his family's wealth, and his two brothers."

When you examine Raven, he has a rather unnerving demeanor. He doesn't blink, or at least you don't notice him blink, and he seems completely at ease, emotionless, and analytic all at once. He remains very still and doesn't take his eyes from either women.

Very sternly, Raven nods at Edric, as if trying to get him to stay on topic. Edric takes a sip of his wine.

Both of you notice a glance between the two of them; something spiteful, as if they were disagreeing or on the verge of arguing.

"Now, Eliandra..."

The King takes a seat next to her and takes the warrior's hand in his, "This is very important. You claim you escaped without detection. You're absolutely positive not a soul saw you there?"

[Tsai]

Murder? She thinks to herself, this Raven guy was not someone she wanted to mess with its likely he was the one who came up with the wolfsbane, but if such a powerful individual was at Eldric's disposal why didn't he have him kill Castigen, didn't make sense and it put the thief even more on edge. She doesn't even sip the wine just holding it there in her hand as it trembles a little. When the king addresses her friend she feels the urge to speak but keeps her mouth shut and instead states death at Raven not taking her eyes off him.

[DomJoe]

"We are here on official business," Leslina declared. "We are envoys of Vaalniya, and we must speak with the king at once. We have reason to believe that 2 of our group is already in his presence as well." Hopefully they would be able to get past the guards without too much trouble, but Leslina still had to get confirmation about what occurred while the group was split up. And if they did pull off their assassination, then she may have to cooperate with the king... or hope that he is indeed true to his word.

[MelissaB]

Letting him explain Raven's... well letting him just explain raven she guesses she looks and watches quietly, sipping her wine slowly before she draws his attention once more. Feeling her hand in his she hangs her head. "We got out... but the training miliatia may of saw Cass or perhaps both of us, they didn't view us as assassins or attackers just two ladies they wanted to enjoy the company of, I couldn't fight them even if wanted to, the general wounded me pretty good and Cass too, so we got out before they came looking to see what we were really doing there." Eliandra sighs shaking her head and sips her glass once more looking to Cass with almost anger for them failing to be unseen.

[Alaena]

Leslina & Saralyn

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The guards move to whisper range of each other and mumble for a few moments before separating their huddle.

"Okay, we were told to expect you. We'll show you on through to the foyer. We will inform the King of your arrival."

The portcullis gate raises and allows you both passage. One guard shows inside to a comfortable lounge, with numerous sofas, wine glasses, and a few wine bottles on the center table. Guards stand at every entrance to the foyer, and at the end of the hall is a large, somewhat spartan, looking hearth. The nicest thing in the foyer is the sofas and wine, but otherwise, it's nothing but gray stone and pragmatic design for defense.

As you two wait patiently, you notice the Arch-Bishop's arrival outside on horseback. Three dozen paladins surround him as he's let through with little delay. More than likely, the Arch-Bishop might join you here in the foyer momentarily.

Eliandra & Cassandra

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"You were... in fact, seen then. That's unfortunate. Hopefully, they won't think anything of it, as Ser Castigan hosted many-"

Edric is interrupted as Raven draws a knife with lightning speed and lunges at Eliandra. Thankfully, the King reacted in time and grabbed him by his throat. The assassin has a look of anger and frustration. If there ever was a time for someone to speak, or shout even, this would be it, but Raven does neither.

Instead, Raven drives his dagger into Edric's hand and the King growls in anger. He lets him go, but grabs him by the throat with his other hand and swiftly strides to the balcony's edge, holding his right-hand man over the edge, a much fiercer look in his eyes.

"Calm down. It was an accident. We can handle it. It won't jeopardize the plan..."

Blood trickles from Edric's other wrist as blood splashes a little bit on his ivory armor.

"Raven, I command you to back down, or I will throw you off this balcony... friend."

Both men meet each other's gaze, clearly angry with one another, but finally as Raven begins to choke, he nods his head enthusiastically, and Edric lets him go. Rather than hang around, Raven storms out of the garden.

Edric examines his wrist as he takes a seat next to Eliandra. His face slowly turns from anger to a grin.

"He'll be okay. As I said before, I'm sure those militia won't be a problem."

[MelissaB]

Seeing the man lunge at her with a dagger Eliandra moves to draw her sword before the king intervened. Seeing him cut she hisses in anger and stands dropping her glass and drawing her sword. AS she watches the blood stain the armor. Seeing the events unfold she sheaths her sword, now the king is very much in control before sitting back down with a sigh of relief, her heart racing a mile a minute as she closes her eyes. Opening them once the king sits next to her, a frown on her face as he grins. "You can't... Of course you are grinning." She mutters and looks over his wound. "You will be fine... thank you, for saving my life." She dips her head at him and leans against the king with a soft sigh.

[Tsai]

That man was insane! She couldn't believe what she was seeing unfold before her eyes now she definitely didn't trust this little "plan" the king had something was wrong but all she could do was watch, and keep a hand on her sword in case of trouble.

[Alaena]

Eliandra & Cassandra

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Edric laughs, "Oh, I'm sure you can protect yourself... but I wasn't sure you'd expect the attack. I knew he'd be slightly upset at the turn of events, so I kind of expected a bit of anger."

The king removes his gauntlet and it seems the blade went straight through the palm of his left hand. A large amount of blood was pouring from the wound. He looks at Cassandra, noticing her especially on edge, and says, "I apologize, Lady Cassandra, I didn't mean our first meeting to be quite like this. Please, reach into the satchel by the table and get out the clear flask with blue liquid, and pour it on my hand, gradually. We have a meeting to be at soon."

[DomJoe]

Leslina grows visibly nervous as she is brought inside. The book she read spoke more truth than she would have liked: the decor of this place screamed that of a conqueror, and the fact the she and Saralyn were expected did little to ease her mind. Her mind goes into overdrive when she sees the arch bishop arrive with his paladins, sensing something was off about this whole ordeal. First the assassination, and now this... Leslina doesn't wait for the Arch Bishop to approach her, and instead goes after him herself. "What brings you here, Arch Bishop?" Leslina asks.

[Alaena]

Leslina

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Arch Bishop Frederick is dismounting his horse and speaking to a few of the paladins. You recognize the two by his side instantly as Captain Tamara, Second Paladin, and Commander Reneis, First Paladin. Both have grins when they see you, no doubt remembering last night's events, but they say nothing as you speak to the bishop.

Frederick looks you up and down and replies, "Ah, I'm here to discuss your envoy, of course. Whether or not we'll help you. I believe the King is awaiting inside. I hope your people are here as well."

The rest of his retinue numbers about 30 or so, the vast majority of them men, with a few women here and there.

[DomJoe]

Leslina cannot help but blush slightly when the two paladins grin at her. It was like they were never going to live down the fact that she laid with them. Regardless, her attention goes to Frederick and nods, remembering that their meeting was indeed today. "I would not be worried about my allies. I'm certain we will see them soon enough," Leslina says in a firm tone. She was also hoping that they would have the sense not to show up with the king himself...

[Tsai]

Cassandra nods quietly taking her hand off her sword hilt to reach into the satchel and find the flask. Once she's found the flask she does as instructed and slowly pours the liquid into the wound. "You keep dangerous friends my lord." Once the flask is empty then she helps rub the liquid into the wound before seating herself again.