Criminal Record of the Red Sorceress

[ohboy007]

All this is pretty much common knowledge and i figure this thread gives me the perfect opportunity to have not only a private journal, but a public one as well. The public one would detail stuff most could find out if they spent some time gathering information on her.
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Summary:

Alias: The Red Sorceress

First Name: Sabel (pronounced sa’-bell, fey-air-ia)
Last Name: Faeria

Appearance: (Natural Charisma 28) Sabel’s fair skin, red hair, and brilliant frosty blue eyes make her a unique beauty to behold. She's out going and provocative, choosing to wear clothing that reveals much of her ample features. Sabel is short and petite in stature. She wears many disguises but much of the time chooses not to hide her identity. While Sabel is amiable to those not in her crosshairs, she can be hot tempered and somewhat irrational if provoked and holds grudges for long periods of time.

Race: Human
Age: 27
Height 5'2"
Weight: 100
Eyes: Frosty Pale Blue
Hair: Flaming Red

Personality Profile: As one of the least brash of the original guild members, Sabel seems to be the most level headed of them all. She is out going and even a playful comedian most of the time. Sabel is rebellious, ambitious, and believes the world owes her everything. Sabel feels much of her promising career was stolen from her by other's plotting back at the Host Tower in Luskan. Sabel uses her seductive powers to her benefit and is a master deceiver.

Deity: Mask

Profession: Arcanist, Assassin, Infiltrator, Thief, Opportunist

Habits/Hobbies: Loves wine, music, and frying/blowing things up. Apples?

Languages: Common, Arcane, Elven, Assassin, Dwarven

Weapon of Choice: Two daggers.

Proposed Classes: Sorcerer (8), ASOC (10), Blood Magnus (4), Assassin (8)

Background:

Sabel is a sorceress on the run from a Luskan Host Tower plot to frame her for her instructor's murder; her very own father. Fate then sends this young enchantress into the arms of an swarthy assassin who steals her heart and interest. And now being an assassin herself, Sabel has become a part of an elite cadre of stone cold killers.

Sabel was born in privilege, especially compared to many of commoners' lives in the city of Luskan. Her mother was a popular local dancer who had fallen in love with a court mage from and had a single child together. Sabel showed a lot of natural talent for arcane magics in her more youthful years. Sabel could channel arcane energies without ever having to study. Although she was a natural, Sabel's father Nefril, felt she should study at the Host Tower under him and learn all she could about crafting, alchemy, and spellcraft. Sable took eagerly to her studies and by the time she was eighteen winters, she was one of the top performers in her cohort.

This success not only brought Sabel a measure of confidence, but it also brought other problems. Like the kind of problems caused by jealousy. Soon, many of her classmates were conspiring against her just as they did to each other all the time. Despite this kind of culture at the Host Tower, Sabel was excelling under the protection of her father's supervision. Sabel knew well the stories of murder and power grabbing that happened in the Host Tower's history and kept her guard up at all times. But no amount of care from Sabel could have prevented what happened next.

Shouts came from down the hall as robed students and teachers rushed into Nefril's study. Nefril lied slumped over in his chair, barely recognizable with his face mostly scorched and denatured. Even Nefril's hands were mostly burnt and charred down to the bone. As some of the headmasters investigated further, they found evidence that an advanced glyph of warding was placed on an object, probably on a scroll or parchment, and Nefril was someone tricked into reading it. Along with this evidence, they found the materials needed to make this glyph in Sabel's quarters when other's had gone to Sabel to let her know of her father's fate.

Sabel was out gathering spell components when this all went down. As Sabel neared the tower she noticed something was amiss and galloped her horse near full speed to get there quicker. As Sabel approached the entrance, one of the guards yelled toward her, "Off the horse with you! You are wanted for questioning in Nefril's death!". Sabel was no fool, questioning in Luskan for a crime really meant you were considered already guilty and just waiting for a ride through the "Prisoner's Carnival". Sabel vanished from sight immediately using a spell even as an arrow narrowly missed her and hit her horse dropping it dead to the ground. Sabel was able to tumble away to safety without getting crushed by her mount and ran off.

The frightened sorceress kept hidden in various dingy inns while she planned what she would do next. Sabel eventually ran into two Dead Crow assassins one fateful night as they were escaping another rival gang's approach. Sabel aided them in order to "buy" herself some protection, and to enlist their efforts in smuggling herself outside the city and/or find some way to clear her name and return to extract some revenge. After traveling with the two assassins for countless adventures, she drew closer to them and adopted the lifestyle as her own. Sabel was never able to clear her name of the crime, and thus in conjunction with all the other issues plaguing the band of assassins, the group decided to leave Luskan and travel much further south along the Sword Coast to further their own goals.

Goals: To master all her dark hidden arcane powers and to rule over everything. Sabel's life as an assassin, she feels, is a good way for her to exploit her talents to make a large amount of wealth and make connections.

Possible Plot-Hook Ideas and Misc Facts: Host Tower Assassins coming after her for the death of her father and master for a bounty? Assassinations jobs, scouting, and any other espionage inspired quests would be perfect for this character.

Known facts or suspected infamous acts:

Known leader of an infamous gang of assassins known as the Dead Crows.

Suspected for being directly responsible for a series of brutal murders in the Docks district.

Her and her gang had a bitter rivalry with another group of assassins the Fire Knives which led to the Docks "crackdown" by the Fist. The Thieves Guild is rumored to have been involved in supplying the Fist information.

Known culprit in the disappearance/kidnapping/or death of Lexa, Hinzel, Irini, Celicia, Wesley (the Copper Fox), and the mercenary Al.

Suspected in the murders of a newlywed couple in Ugoloth's Beard (Witnesses by Aiden and another) as well as an entire local Docks gang.

Known enchantress who captured a legendary caravan captain but failed to capture the hin she was looking for; a halfling with a powerful gem.

Is now a wanted criminal with a 25,000 bounty on her head from Antonio the Golden Legionary of Beregost. The reason why? She attacked Antonio and much of his guard because she didn't like how he was treating the street rift raft.

Also is wanted for attacks on the Temple in Nashkel during another operation which her gang was apart of.

Seems to have a fondness for orphans. Its rumored she recently dropped 100,000 in coins toward such a cause.

[ohboy007]

Sabel's face twisted into an expression of utter annoyance. This was the fourth attempt to enthrall the Fire Knives Assassin. Although this cutthroat, along with his ten other companions were seasoned killers for sure, Sabel knew she should have been able to dominate one by now. Forced to make a retreat back to the center of the warehouse to join her concealed raiding party, Sabel heard many voices in the dark warehouse and knew this was going to be an epic fight. Hidden deep within the sprawling shanties that made up the Docks District of Baldur's Gate, Sabel gave a straight forward command to her associates, "kill them all!"

Sabel drew upon her arcane powers and called forth one of her elite Vampire Warrior servants. The Vampire drew its massive great sword and charged a group of five assassins in the corner as they prepared their own assault. ****, an experienced master of stealth, had long before spotted the hidden Fire Knives agents and had unleashed his own ambush on another couple of agents running past his position. ****, an ally recruited for this job, fired off arrows from the shadows while **** put forth a series of acidic blasts to attack the now more disorganized hit squad.

While Sabel made sure her creation was going to be fine on its own, **** was outflanked and attacked by an agent severely injuring him and he fell to the floor gasping for air as blood filled his lungs. Sabel was too late to save him, so she focused on the fire between **** and three other assassins. Completely cocooned and protected by her sanctuary enchantment, Sabel ran over to aid. She picked one of the assassins and completely took over his mind with her domination powers turning the man against his own brethren. The battle cries that filled the warehouse at the start of the skirmish quickly turned into screams of the dying. The Fire Knives hit squad was not prepared to deal with the level of cunning and deadly skill displayed by a truly elite death squad like the Dead Crows.

After they stabilized ****, giving him magical elixirs to bring him back from near death, Sabel teleported the Alliance of Assassins plus one captured prisoner to a small cave far from the ears of others. The Red Sorceress used her domination powers once again on the captured Fire Knives agent and the group interrogated him. Enthralled with the magics, the captive gave the assassins all the information they needed without difficulty. From this interrogation session, the band was able to locate the hideout of the remaining Fire Knives.

As Sabel drained the captive of all his lifeforce, Shady, the infamous and mysterious character, decided to show up and offer the band an intriguing offer. If the band of assassins was to recover a Shadow Gem from a certain person, he would see to the elimination of the remaining Fire Knives. Unfortunately, this put the group in direct conflict with one of the Dead Crows allies, ****, who had knowledge of whom the gem belonged to. Now the Alliance of Assassins grapples with this new dilemma facing them…

[ohboy007]

Sabel lies on her back in bed as a hired healer attends her most recent wound. This was the wound from an arrow that struck her mortal body and tore from it her very soul momentarily from the Prime Material Plane. Sabel’s learned earlier that day that her body was recovered from the duel she lost by Gene and she was able to escape the fate of being lost to the planes of the dead. It's been three days and Sabel reflects upon her actions. Her frosty blue eyes settle upon the orb on a pedestal standing in the middle of her inn room. The orb flares to life and Sabel goes into a trance and dream like state...

...Sabel, stares down the troupe surrounding her target, the halfling she had been chasing down for a week now. The target is about to slip away, Sabel feels the urgency to drive ahead with the attack alone, her companions having been delayed to the meeting site by unforeseen circumstances, Sabel feels this is the last chance to finish her objective. The sorceress had spent too much time, too many resources to let this one slip away. She had nearly sacrificed some of her best agents in an attempt to best a legendary caravan captain, a dangerous giant of a man. She had succeeded and had the dangerous brute at her mercy and she was able to find out where the halfling was from the meeting. This also left the halfling without his most effective bodyguard; fate seemed to smile upon the Dead Crows up to that point.

From Sabel's, ****, ****, and **** previous work, they were able to gather information on a meeting in the cold foothills just outside of Nashkel. This is where Sabel now stood. The cold wind whipping her clothes around frantically, she raised her hand and summoned a dire beast to maul the guards. The attack was just a ploy, a tactic to disguise her true attack, Sabel aimed her next spell at the halfling mind, she expected it would be rather easy to dominate this little one but his mind proved more resilient than expected. Sabel cursed under her breathe and decided on a more direct method of attack.

The hooded sorceress unleashed a necromatic wave of energy that gripped the halfling's guard’s minds and sent them into panic. All that stood now between the halfing and Sabel was the empty frosty air. Sabel tactically retreated backwards as she recited the arcane words of an invisibility spell. As she was in the middle of casting, Sabel was ripped from her body and hovered above the battle field watching as a single arrow pierced her chest, going right past every deflecting spell she had cast beforehand including her stone skin enchantment, and dropping her instantly...

...Sabel is ripped violently from her dream state and her eyes go from a blurred vision to a more focused one as they rest upon the now dead, cold, and lightless orb. Feelings of anger, fear, and frustration wash over her fair features as she lies in her bed looking back up to the ceiling attempting to resolve the conflicting emotions in her head.

[ohboy007]

The underworld of rogues, assassins, and thieves is abuzz with much more gossip than usual. Here are the following tidbits:

Rumors spread of allies to Azmodeth being attacked just north of Beregost on the Trade Way. A mysterious masked witch, accompanied by powerful vampiric warriors and an enthralled traveling adventurer, subdued the two surprized men. While the victims of the attack were barely conscious and bleeding, the witch delivered her message and teleported away as more travelers came to the scene. The message was clear and was a threat directed at the leader of the Trillium Trifect Cell to back off and cease her bands meddling into the affairs of some other nefarious dark organization.

Whispers from the shadows are growing louder about increased guild hostilities. They seemed to have been brewing since this mysterious Docks gang moved into the area causing strife. While this foreign presence is now removed, another power that was involved in the "Docks Crackdown" incident has not let the matter go. Agents of this unknown assassin ring have been spotted in the Docks District inquiring about the Thieves Guild. Already, a few low level informants have gone missing.

[ohboy007]

GANGS OF BALDUR'S GATE

Shadows lurched across the docks district, armed with chains, knives, spells, and ill intent as they moved on their rivals.

A contingent of flaming fist troops in full riot gear fell upon them right as the two groups prepared to come to blows. Fist Bruisers with large clubs and heavy doses of excessive force subdued the two factions, dragging them off the streets and to the Fist dungeon.

As dawn rose, heralds were already spinning tales of the hard handed measure the Flaming Fist have been employing to clean up the streets of Baldurs Gate. Moral in the city is high, and the duke's get the first good press they have in a while.

Just as the Grand Dark Alliance was formed to deal with the Fire Knife threat, a mischievous plot was underway to thwart their success. The Dead Crows and the Dark Coven were in route to deal the final death blow to the Fire Knives base when several brigades of Fists started showing up, and aided with unusual magics, were able to beat down the two fighting factions and haul them off to the stockade.

A mysterious figure came into the cell area where the two gangs were being held; many of them broken and battered from the beatings the Fist gave them earlier. He toyed with the captured Fire Knives with taunts but eventually arranged for them to, "crawl back under the rock they came from." Hence, the assassins were sent back to Cormyr . The mysterious figure then walked by Sabel's cell and paused for a moment to deliver the real message of the evening. The dark clothed figure simply stated, "The Duchess of Shadow sends her regards," and then the unknown man walked out of the holding area.

Sabel got the message that night, the Duchess of Shadow was not going to stand by and watch the Dead Crows run all over her and her turf. The leader of the Thieves Guild remained quiet and in hiding all this time, waiting for the perfect time to unleash her plans to undermine the Dead Crows. The Dark Coven was simply caught up in the middle of the unfolding drama between the two factions. Ironically the group still accomplished the goal of what they set out to do in the first place. And that was to end the threat of the Fire Knives and thus their hunt for Namira...for now. But, as is usual with the Dead Crows, once a problem has been solved, fifteen different ones spring forth.

Now with the new antagonizing moves by the Duchess of Shadow, the Dead Crows are taking the threat from the Thieves Guild much more seriously. Simple talks and inquiries have now turned into calls for serious action using espionage tactics against the offending guild.

[ohboy007]

* The Dead Crows have been looking for Shady, putting word out among certain sources on the street that the assassination band wanted to meet with Shady about payment for the mission he sent us on earlier involving snuffing out a noble.

* Shady shows up in his usual fashion, unannounced and in a shroud of darkness. They discuss pleasantries, but essentially the important point of that conversation boiled down an offer from Shady to take out a merchant who's not "playing ball".

* Shady vaguely hints at a certain object we needed to seek out in a cave in the Farmlands surrounding Baldur's Gate. The Alliance shows up and to their surprise, finds a portal into the Shadow Plane.

* The band searches the shadowy version of the Docks for their mark, hounded by powerful negative energy creatures and elite vampires. A few of the band suffer some crushing wounds but with curative magics at hand, no one is left on the Shadow Plane to rot.

* The Alliance finds the Merchant, using a portal to reach back into the Prime Material Plane to have an easy access route to the merchant that they wouldn't have had if they tried to do it by conventional means (I now get that lol). A member of the Dark Coven swiftly put a blade in him. Sabel picked up a note and 2500 in gems.

*The note read, "Neat trick eh? Now go find the gems!" This was a clear reference for the assassins to search for the Shadow Gem. With such a powerful artifact in their hands, they could name their price for it to the mysterious figure known as Shady.

[ohboy007]

*After a some vigorous debate, The Dead Crows call out for Celad's capture as he is the only one who knows who has one of these rare gems. But after weeks of searching, the assassins come up short with Celad nowhere in sight.

A short message is delivered to all Dead Crows and their allies, "Azmodeth has the gem. A reward of 20,000 is offered to any who can obtain the gem before leadership does. A lesser reward for those who assist in the capture of the gem will be granted as well."

PS: "Celad is no longer needed and is rumored to have fled the region for some time anyhow."

[ohboy007]

Sabel sends out a message to all Dead Crows and their allies:

As i write this, I hold in my hand two contracts for two different people for the following bounty:

Hinzel Mann- 30,000 coins
Annabel Gabriels- 10,000 coins

Capture is preferable, but if that cannot be accomplished, than I want the whole carcass brought back to me in case we need to speak with the dead. Recovering the Shadow Gem is the goal and Hinzel Mann has one in his procession as was confirmed by my sources.

This Hinzel is an elusive figure and will mostly try to slip away. Hence, I have a backup plan involving the hin known as Annabel. Annabel is a close friend of Hinzel and they are inseparable by many accounts. If the hin is captured, we can use her as ransom for the Shadow Gem.

[ohboy007]

Sabel sits in her chair in a private suite at the Northern Lights Inn brooding. Blue spell fire seeps from the corners of the Red Sorceress’s radiantly frosty eyes, seemingly matching her dour mood. The assassin just finished sending off an open letter to all the Dead Crows and their allies, the taste of disappointment was bitter and still did not sit well with her days after the infamous incident. The open letter reads:

We were so close to apprehending this hin named Annie in order to ransom her off for the Shadow Gem. One of our agents was cunning enough to steal her from right underneath the noses of her companions when a rare opportunity exposed itself. Annie was felled by some foul demons that assailed her and her company. I was alerted to this good news and rushed to receive the captive when the hour grew later and the agent did not show.

Upon further investigation, I was able to locate our agent, or what was left of him, by backtracking the route he should have taken to get to me. After spending a small fortune putting our agent back together, and waiting for several days for his recovery, I held a conference with him another one of our brothers and sisters to see how we might proceed.

After the meeting ended, i decided to call off the contract for Annie as it will be near impossible to nab her now that her allies have wisely hidden her. The hin was but a means toward our goal so now we must focus on a more direct route to our fortunes. This was merely a testing of the perimeter. Our prey has no idea how much carnage we can conjure up.

Therefore, we must step up our hunt for Hinzel Mann and find out who our agent’s attackers were. There will be no mercy from me for those who were involved in this hijacking if I ever found out their identities; I promise you all this.

I want Hinzel or his carcass brought before me along with the Shadow Gem by any means necessary. Go forth and rain death upon any that stand in your path. We have been too quiet for far too long. It is time the people of this region learn what we are capable of so let us show them what true fear is!

Dark blessings,

-Sabel

[ohboy007]

Excerpt from the anonymous dark chronicler:

The Red Sorceress is coming down the mountain trail toward Nashkel in the Amnian Cloudpeak Foothills after having dispatched a local Frost Giant King in the area. A trail cuts through the snow on the ground as some swift and unseen body moves across the land throwing up snow on either side of its wake. Sabel was accustomed to always moving around concealed as she lately has been both the prey and the hunter. As the Archsorceress neared Nashkel's gates, she spotted Hinzel Mann, the Dead Crows most important target.

Sabel trailed Hinzel back up the narrow mountain trail still cloaked in an illusionary spell, Hinzel never saw the mental attack coming. Sabel immediately unleashed a dominate spell that scrambled Hinzel's mind. The epic rogue was elusive though and vanished from sight using his shadowy powers while clutching his head trying to shake off the enchantment. Sabel had run into Hinzel a few times before and was ready for this tactic, she ran quickly to the spot she last saw him and readied her final spell. Sabel opened her mouth and emitted a horrifying scream that rumbled and echoed throughout the mountains. Hinzel Mann, still fighting off the mental attack was in no position to resist the necromatic sonic energies as they seemed to pierce his very soul. A pure painful nauseous feeling crept into Hinzel's mind temporarily as he dropped fast and hard face first into the cold snowy ground rendering him unconscious.

Sabel took Hinzel’s body and chained up his hands with intricate shackles and teleported herself and Hinzel to a more private setting in a cave along the beach south of Candlekeep. **** was making his way to meet up with the Red Sorceress when he got word from her earlier. The two Dead Crows assassins kept the interrogation brief. When Hinzel was successfully resisting their traditional line of questioning, which Sabel prepared for, she scrambled the rogue's mind once again and took control. The questioning became much easier, and Hinzel handed over the Shadow Gem to the Sorceress as she then proceeded to pass it on to **** to keep safe.

Hinzel finally gathered up enough will to break free of the Red Sorceress's control and attempted to flee. The two assassins finally spotted the desperate man trying to release himself from his chains. Sabel called upon the weave once again as dark blood red energy mists began to burst forth from the seasoned scout from all over his body. The blood mists swirled around Hinzel for a brief moment before finally condensing into a concentrated stream as they dove into the Red Sorceresses outstretched palm; a feeling of pure ecstasy washed over Sabel as Hinzel fell limp to the floor completely drained of any life-force and looking quite pale. The two assassins fled the scene shortly afterward heading toward Beregost to celebrate their victory. Sabel, is now researching the Shadow Gem and will contact Shady the client soon to collect on the band of assassins’ contracted task.

[ohboy007]

Sabel hastily puts out a memo for all in the alliance to see:

So this banshee of a woman feels she can snuff out our fortunes so easily? Does she not know the lengths we have gone through to find the Shadow Gem? The Duchess of Shadows has sealed her fate with this brash move of hers, she is simply a manifestation of the old paradigm trying desperately to keep her reptilian claws clamped on the levers of power. Well, little does the Duchess know, today is a new day and a new power is taking root.

I want the Duchess and the Shadow Gem she stole from us when she ambushed our Spymaster in route to deliver it to me. I'm officially putting out a contract for her capture in the amount of 70,000 gold. I want her alive! Any involved in her capture can split the bounty. I will spare no expense, and leave no stone unturned in my pursuit of this harlot. Everyone can be sure of that.

The Dead Crows are fully committed to her defeat, and I respectfully request that our allies in the Grand Dark Alliance rise once more to smother this enemy like we did the last. I have made great headway in uniting different clans together for just this purpose. Shady will get his gem, by the nine hells he will get his gem!

Dark Blessings,

The Red Sorceress

[ohboy007]

Sabel puts out another memo:

Oh! I would be heartbroken if I were to leave out several more objectives I would like to propose. There is no reason we should not explore every avenue open to us and I'm willing to pay handsomely for any who can assist.

Here are the following tasks that may aid us in our recovery of the gem, and the defeat of the Duchess and her irrelevant clan:

Since the Duchess makes it a point to never show herself, we should attack her allies and her assets. Kaldor Buildspan is the only known operative in her employ that we know of at this point. This hin has not been seen in some time, so we need to find out who all is in this "guild" of theirs so we have some targets to go after.

If the Duchess has any stake in a building or any other property, we should destroy it.

If the Duchess has any political ties to other factions, we should do our best to sever and/or corrupt them.

She may have allies in the Fist city guard who are more than likely bribed officials. We need to expose these individuals and see if we can't turn them toward our favor.

And finally, I will consult with Shady and see if I can't call in a few of our favors. His interest lies in the recovery of the gem. Therefore it would be wise for us to visit with him soon as he might have some valuable information. I have put out word on the street that we are looking for Shady so watch out for him.

We have not operated in the docks for quite some time. This threat of hers that she would leave us alone if we do not interfere in her affairs is not to be taken seriously. The Duchess hounds us because we are competition and she doesn't like to share. I don't blame the Duchess for her desperate actions; her slip into the void of minimal importance must be very hard on her.

Dark Blessings,

The Red Sorceress

[ohboy007]

Sabel Pens an announcement:

I will hunt for a ghost no longer, the Duchess is simply an illusion, a mask worn by many. This Duchess is most likely dead, or a power figure so far remotely located from her followers that any real chance of apprehending her is nearly zero.

The only person who could have had a clue as to the whereabouts of the Gem is the man I killed in that cave weeks back to obtain it. He was he only witness to see me hand it to Dens. Hinzel Mann, miraculously after being drained of every once of life-force, came back to life; I walked past him cloaked in an illusion none too long ago and he was quite alive. **** had the gem when I gave it to him for safe keeping. **** is most likely the one least associated with our band as his skill in keeping a low profile rivals few. There were no other witnesses besides a dead man, ****, and myself.

There can be no other conclusion, find Hinzel Mann, and find his lover Annie. Find anyone else who is friends of his. If the Thieves Guild wishes to test their might against ours, they are in for a serious revelation. The following contracts have been issued:

Capture of Hinzel Mann 30,000
Capture of Annie 30,000
Capture f a low ranking thieves guild member 10,000
Capture of a high ranking officer of the guild 20,000

Our client wants his Shadow Gem, and the Dead Crows will give it to him. That's the business side of this equation, but what they did to **** is personal. We can not have our members so openly attacked and robbed without consequences. We are the true power brokers in this realm, and it's about time more come to understand this fact.

Dark Blessings,

The Red Sorceress

[ohboy007]

More rumors pour out of Beregost reaching as far north as the dockrats in Baldur's Gate...

A large group of rough looking cut throats walked into the local Inn for a drink and whispered conversation. After some time, witnesses described nervous patrons falling over one another as they scrambled out of the Inn. This panicked exit was brought on by yet another band of rough looking rogues when they poured into the Inn. Two deadly factions faced each other down and held up all activities.

An hour or so later on in the evening, the first group of cut throats walked calmly out of the building prompting many to speculate as to the nature of this confrontation and what it might mean for the future streets of Beregost.

[ohboy007]

Sabel puts out a short letter to all members:

Lexa still walks around freely and 30,000 gold coins still await any who are daring enough to take on this contract. I'm already wealthy, but I will move forward on this if none of you beat me to it.

If you are underequiped, please see me. If you have equipment you don't need, and it's of decent quality, perhaps you would find it beneficial to hand it down to another member and be compensated for it.

In addition to equipment, I have putting many wands into the hands of many members as I promised to do so before. I am moving forward in this project pretty quickly. It would help me greatly though if any of you can look out for bone wands suitable for enchantment.

That is all for now,

Dark Blessings