Yulya hears Ashley mention a Rothe to pull her eventual carraige.Will it also become enraged and go berserk over nothing?
"Bah" Ashley says dismissively, "They're not very cuddly anyway."
Josephia laughs "I never heard someone use 'cuddliness' to help determine their choice of beasts to pull a cart."
"Oh I don't know, I'd rather spend my time with cuddlier things if I could."
Herald added.
Alice, once again rambling...Alice takes out her wofl cloak and briefly puts in on for show
Josephia sees her show and remarks, "Oh how cute! Isn't that fun."
You have more in common with Daran than you think. He was also very interested in - exploring my body.
Faren looks at Alice with slight distaste, "I hope you aren't insinuating I am anything like that monster."
He humphs. I like his attitude toward humans
He becomes further agitated, "What a ridiculous thing to say, his views of humans are abysmal, borderline genocidal."
I still do not wish to make an enemy of this man and would rather like to have him as an ally. I hope he can be reasoned with...
"You won't find a worse ally."
Faren grumbles to himself, agitated and lost in thought.Hey, do you even know about Summer, the girl we met?
Yulya adds to the conversation,he gave me this ring which greatly improves my stealth.
Faren isn't having it and continues to grumble, talking softly to Herald in hushed tones. In the din, even Cat can't discern what.But apart from that there is something that worries me. As you know we are supposed to deal with a white dragon that freezes the land around Phandalin. Yet Sir Edermath was not concerned by this dragon at all. Some people say a white dragon could not cause such wide-area effect. But then what else?
Faren slams his hands on the table, "That man would stoop to any means to line his pockets! Even if it meant taming a dragon to do his bidding!"
Josephia speaks with soft tones that are almost musical, "Faren, Faren, the best wizard of his kind, calm, and cool with patience divine."
He sits back, melting with that melody and takes up his tankard with a shaky hand, "He's a menace..."
Then drinks and begins to calm.No one else has any idea what would cause widespread weather changes.Alice changes the subject.Hey, do you even know about Summer, the girl we met?
Oh right. We met strange little girl on the way back. Summer of Leilon, apparently an apprentice and attendant of Leilon royalty and talented magician. Yet eerily carefree. We picked her up injured on Triboar trail. Looks lik she just left her carriage on the high road and went on alone. Apparently to search - us? She said she needed heroes to take down that dragon as it was destroying the land with that cold. Can you imagine that? Why she chose us is beyond me but even after we escorted her to Neverwinter she was adamant she needed to meet us in Phandalin so we could kill this dragon together. It feels so surreal...
Summer Nya odd girl Nya just a child Nya but I think she's strong Nya...
Faren scratches his Beard, "I can't say I have."
Josephia shakes her head, "should we?"
Freya shows up on cue, "she's a budding sorceress apprentice, and attendant of Leilon's next heir to the thrown. And if you see her, please let me know, we've been contacted just this morning by that very prince to discover her whereabouts. I was informed to allow any level and any number of adventurers to take the contract to... convince her to return to the Neverwinter castle here or the royal palace in Leilon as soon as possible."
"Apparently she's been spotted all around Neverwinter, and she even visited the Queen on official matters between Leilon and Neverwinter. She was subsequently attended and requested to stay until her prince arrived but managed to elude them."
You can tell Freya is enjoying relaying this gossip, "Her carriage is currently parked at the cartwright with instructions to get it ready for travel and as a result two guards are stationed there to assure she will return to the castle before she leaves Neverwinter. In addition they're checking all cargo, so expect delays at the gates if you intend to leave Neverwinter, they're searching everyone and every cart. To let her slip away would be quite a political incident at this point."
"Not to mention,"
Freya says with emphasis, "she's been seen all over Neverwinter, and she's also been here in this guild as recently as yesterday, confirmed by Liz and Johanna, and yet no one can seem to find her or keep her in sight when they do."
Freya puts her hands on Yulya and Ashley's shoulders, "as Yulya mentioned, this party has a quest to slay a dragon with her east of Phandalin in upcoming days, not that there's anything wrong with that, only that the visibility of that quest has now reached the Queen of Neverwinter and the royalty of Leilon, putting the guild's reputation squarely under the queen's gaze, so everyone..."
she looks directly at Alice, "be on your best behavior."
She pats Ashley and Yulya, where her hands were, a layer of sweat formed from the heat she radiated.She then bends down and talks directly into Yulya's ear softly, "I'll be expecting a full report of that quest, and if only as a formality, I am asking that your party take that contract as a personal favor to me and of course the penalty for failure will be waved."
Faren looks wistfully up and strokes his beard, "she sounds interesting. As to why she would choose you, maybe she has oracle tendencies, some sorcerers and wizards are drawn to magic because they have visions and intuitions that can't be quenched without it. Like an itch that can't be scratched. She may have been drawn to you for your unique abilities, or simply because you were the first she found. It could have been a bit of both or neither, the gods too have wills and we are sometimes mere pawns in their schemes."
Cat then asks the pertinent question,Any advice on dealing with a white dragon Nya? Have you ever seen one Nya?
Josephia answers, "I'd ask a dragonslayer."
Freya adds, "Yes, you should talk to Brutus before you go."
