Burned Down House In The Lady's Ward

[*sstiletto]

Taking the rubbing from Saiph, Huntress moves to a more shadowed location before unfolding the paper and examining it. If close to a decade of tracking and hunting bounties has taught her anything, it's the ability to see more in a footprint than normal eyes could... and perhaps move a step closer to figuring out who needed to gain some new decorations. Specifically, arrows in their foreheads. Chari's vows and outlook might not be ones she'd pick for herself... but strangely enough, the tall paladin was a friend. And if there's one thing that friends deserve, it's vengeance.

[*elementaldragon1988]

This note is sent personally by a Harmonium messenger to the following people

* Mir
* Maelfina
* Danielle
* Amaku
* Casandra
* Chari
* Maely ( brought by me personally)
* and any dm willing to be there to call it

Dear (insert name)

The tragic death of Chari was no accident that has been proven to all of us as we know better.
I will not let a friend of mine die in a way like this so i will take the leading in setting up a rescue mission

This saterday at 00.00 (( gmt +1 )) i want to go to the top of Mount Celestia with Chari's body and pray to a list of gods who might listen to my words.
Chari is way to usefull and way to big of a friend to many of Sigil and i personally cant let this go down like this.

Everyone knows Mount Celestia is not the most peacefull one when it comes down to the people there so if you have any contacts there what so ever try to use them that we may pass with friendly means.

Note that im doing this as a Divine chosen and NOT as an harmonium since its a part of me that wants justice and revenge also.
Friendship and Love are the most strongest emotions there are and that will drive us to bring Chari back and once's more can enjoy her presence in our midst.

we will gather outside the Mortuary from where we will leave to Mount Celestia.
If this plan fails then plan b is a scroll of true resserection but seeing the simplicity i dont think it will work.

Signed

Luxon Arna
First sergant of the Neverwinter army
Officer of the Harmonium Order

[*Cenpuppie]

The only additional details given from Saiph's questioning is that one of the men removed his cloak after he emerged from the burning building. They give the same description, but add that he has a red beard. One man has a large build while the other was more slender.. a roguish quality. The more slender of the men was seen picking up and carry a red skinned tiefling away from the lady's ward.. The tiefling it seems was severly injured and bled.

The dark cloaked figure left the house wielding two weapons, one in each hand. One was covered in fire and the other is electrical.

The corrosive damage is only in droplets, on the wood.. very hard to make out considering the fire damage.

[*Cenpuppie]

After it grows dark, the longcoat-clad silhouette of an otherwise lithe figure makes her way to the remains of the Chari/Maelya residence, her form partially blending in with the nearby shadows as she makes it a point to avoid too much contact with others.

Adjusting the hat upon her head, Saiph steps into what was left of the house, her feline-like eyes working just fine in the relative darkness as she begins to search around for clues of what happened. In particular, where and how the fire might have started, and anything (trinkets, footprints, or other artifacts) indicating the presence of whoever else may have been in the house that was not destroyed by the fire. Barring the hardhards chasing her off or other circumstances, she goes to fairly through lengths to find something, even doing a bit of scraping along the blackened brick and wood with a knife if need be.

Finally, though somewhat discreetly, the crimson haired tiefer inquires around the Bazaar for a priest/priestess or healer with the ability to regenerate limbs.

**One of the doors looks like it was hacked to pieces as it's consistency does not match the other broken and charred pieces of wood from the house. Also, floorboards from the upstairs have droplets burned out of them as if something hot or corrosive was set upon it*

**The floor board where they recovered the body has a pool of blood beneath it as well as it seems burnt pieces of cloth. A skilled eye can spot a large footprint near the doorway.

**While poking around, Saiph is able to overhear a conversation held by one neighbors as the man and wife are questioned once again by a Harmonium Investigator. It seems the wife saw two men enter the building. One large man wearing a tan cloak with dark colored armor and another with a dark colored cloak. They heard shouting, something like fighting for a few minutes then she saw the smoke, then the fire. She went for help as her husband was working and when she got back she saw the fire had spread to the whole house. She thinks the fire started upstairs as when she went inside to get her children, she looked out the window and saw that the upstairs area was completely consumed. She ushered her children outside and saw the door open to the house.. She didn't have time to see if anyone left as she ran back into her own house when it caught on fire to retrieve some heirlooms. Then the parents tell the Harmonium that they saw one man come out of the house and change his clothes. All they saw was a beard and that the fire didn't seem to harm him.

[*Captain Vanguard]

In a dark street corner somewhere between the ladies ward and the market ward.

A shimmering figure gripped her hip and hissed as shadowy essense trailed from its shape. She then felt a red light glimmer over her form as she sighed, relaxing as the wound sealed.

She peered over to a shadowy figure, drowning out any light from the sky above. The masked ghost bowed her head.

"You have work to do, Ashen... hide no longer and take the heart of our foe to our thoughts. Bring down the divine, to our level of desire."

The shadowy figure held out a hand the size of a giant fist, opening its palm to reveal a black stone. Ashen's corporeal hand reached towards it and touched it, absorbing something from it as the stone crumbled into nothingness.

She looked up to the shadowy figure and nodded obediently. "I will make sure she is changed, to your satisfaction."

"Shape her well, Ashen, this Chari is of great interest, to us. We wish to see the results of your work, we will, be watching."

The Shadowy figure began to shimmer and fade into invisibility. Ashen's trancendant form stood before a solid wall.

She spent a moment observing it, feeling it, then, the beams of the wall rippled as the corporeal figure vanished into it.


In the Harmonium Barracks, later, around dusk.

Amaku frustratedly started to browse through paperwork as her mind dawdled. She had tried her best not to show it, but finally her depression got the better of her. Alone, she cried for her friends loss, then wiped her eyes a minuate afterwards. She closed her journal and walked over to the mortuary.

She approached Chari's corpse and sat by it, taking the bodies hand as she stared at it sadly.

"Y'know... without ye... I.... I dont think I could be t'person ive become. Y'really inspired me more than I inspired ye. Ye braught me hope, made me stronger, without ye, tis place has become... ...a sad old shop dark and dispair surrounding it.

Please.... come back soon, we need ya... t'Harmonium needs hope. Only ye can bring that back, Chari..."

She planted a kiss upon the bodies forehead, and brushed a hand through her hair.

She walked off with a gloomy expression on her face, then took a deep breathe and tried to be strong, realising now she had to be the one to give them hope, until Chari returned.


Darkfall, and the guards wonder to sleep after talk of ghost stories. One had suggested that a ghost had been visiting the mortuary while Chari remained there, another dismissed it as nonsense. But perhaps to surprise, the ghost shimmered and appeared as all was quiet.

Ashen's ghostly wind whispered in the makeshift crypt. Dripping moisture fell from the roof and the hollow wind of the outdoors brushed against the stone, masking her presense.

She approached Chari's body in silence and raised her hand outwards as the black essense she had taken from the stone before dripped down onto the body silently like a dark poison.

The mask began to creep into a ghostly smile as she narrowed her trancendant eyes, watching Chari.

"Hope... the first star to fall amoungst many in this city. And you can be sure my friend... you will fall this time. I broke the asylum gates... I let toxins into the prison and left its walls defenceless. I can bend and shape anything I want... with enough time, it will wither.

You, most of all, will wither the furthest. You tried so hard to defeat me. You tried to protect your friends with Matyrdom and promise of righteousness. But where is that gone now?

Your precious love is dead..., gone forever... your work, your taxing effort to make this city a better place, all wasted. Once again, we have the same conversation, with the same principle.

My lover killed your lover. What a shame... what a tradgedy. The question is Chari, how are you going to fix that? You just going to sit around day by day, hoping that justice is going to be served?

Isnt it about time you took action... into your own... hands?

Paladin?"

The dark material fed into the very soul of the corpse, and left her in the torment of her memories. There would be no rest for the peaceful dead tonight. Tonight, Chari would suffer beautifully, and Ashen would laugh as her corporeal screams reached no one.

For soon she would awaken... and they would all be in for one very rude, surprise.

[*Cenpuppie]

///Event is planned for sunday 5m est about 10pm gmt. Dm Duke is going to head it up, for interested players

[*Fen]

((Should be there. Might be a bit late.

[*Cenpuppie]

//Its a wrap! I would like to thank everyone that participated. I hope you enjoyed yourself as much as i have. Also, If i didnt respond to a tell i'm sorry. But things were moving to fast.. by the time i typed a reply, i missed a whole chat box of text.

//A big thanks for DM Duke for the fun too! Happy Halloween everyone