[Alliance] Chapter Three: Session Five

Appearing Characters: Arator Windrunner, Ashwynn Menethil, Benjamin Warde, Elanora Proudmoore, Elissa Cross, Esara Verrinde, Finnall Goldensword, Galadin Windrunner, Gilveradin Windrunner, Giramar Windrunner, Jaina Proudmoore-Menethil, Kel'Thuzad, Krasus, Lieran, Lirath Windrunner, Loania, Lor'themar Theron, Mishan Waycrest-Proudmoore, Muradin Bronzebeard, Natalie Seline, Pathaleon, Raluhi, Remnii, Rhonin Windrunner, Sathera, Seria, Sylvanas Windrunner, Talath Dawnsworn, Theo Goldensword, Uther Menethil, Varedis Spellsoul, Velameestra Windrunner, Vincent Nightwhisper, Victor Prestor, Vittoria Trollbane

December 1st

The war summit started to disperse, and many individuals have returned to their camps to report on what was spoken of.

Gil asks Vel to pass on a message via her telepathic link to Alleria about meeting with the Amani trolls they encountered near Duskwither and attempt to nab them as allies before the Horde does. Vel does so, and Pathaleon is skeptical, but agrees to pass on the message.

Esara also catches up to Vel and mentions she will be available if any further aid is needed, as she has some resources outside of Silvermoon as well.

Victor then approaches and the group has a brief discussion on what they would be doing next, as it’s clear they may likely be heading back to Alterac. Vel mentions that Esara may be able to get them to Dalaran given she has access to her teleportation circle.

That also gives Vel herself more access to her own resources to potentially follow up on any leads. She suggests perhaps speaking with Calia about what happened, though mentioned that’s up to Victor’s discretion, which Victor is unwilling to put his mother through as much.

Victor goes to speak with his mother about arrangements given he’s leaving, and everyone disperses.

Gil goes to speak with Indomitable at the stables, opting to see if Arthas’s horse would be willing to aid them.

Indomitable immediately shakes his head enthusiastically.

Indomitable stands proud and watches Gil head back.

Gil then goes to speak with Sylvanas again at the elven camp.

She turns to face him. Gil looks uncertain for a moment.

Sylvanas smiles.

Sylvanas laughs.

She approaches and hugs Gil, and he hugs her back. When she pulls away she turns back to the table and grabs a satchel, which she tosses to Gil. The satchel jingles with gold.

It’s filled with 150 gold pieces.

Sylvanas smiles.

She jingles the sending stone she has wrapped in a small bracelet.

She smiles and turns back to her pile of work. Gil leaves, and Sylvanas glances after him with a fond smile.

As Vel goes to find Esara to ask for her aid in returning to Dalaran and the continued investigation, none other than Lor’themar catches her eye.

He then offers her a sum of gold. 500 in total, for the group’s services in Silvermoon.

Lor’themar nods.

There is a faint blush on the tips of Vel’s ears at the compliment.

Uther goes to speak with Vittoria, who was also looking for him.

Uther looks sad.

Vittoria’s sad expression perks up.

Uther nods and holds out his hand.

They head to speak with Jaina. Jaina is speaking with Ashwynn as well as Ser Benjamin and Elissa. Benjamin is nearby, but it seems Ashwynn’s arms are crossed as she’s listening to Jaina speak. Elissa is a few feet behind her.

Ashwynn sees Uther as he approaches, and she nods at him. The group turns to Uther and Vittoria as they approach.

Jaina immediately hugs him, and Uther returns the hug. She then pulls away, her hands on Uther’s shoulders.

He looks at Vittoria, and holds his hand out to her. Vittoria takes Uther’s hand again.

Ashwynn’s face showed clearly that she figured it out. But Elissa is taking this all in at the moment, very excited.

Jaina looks between them, and she smiles. Uther moves his mouth, and there’s no sound for a moment.

Jaina smiles again.

Vittoria blushes.

She also gestures to Ashwynn.

Ashwynn nods.

Vittoria nods

She looks at Uther.

As Uther looks at ser Benjamin he nods with a small.

Jaina smiles.

She gestures to Elissa.

Uther beams.

Elissa salutes.

She smiles one more time before going off with Ashwynn.

Vittoria shamelessly follows Uther around, claiming as much time with him as possible.

Vel happens to catch Seria as a bird down on the ground in a brief moment. She makes it clear that she knows who, and what, Seria is, and expresses that if she’ll be accompanying them, Vel may be asking for her aid in the future. Then she continues on.

At some point, Seria notes Sylvanas, and the ranger-general looks over to her. She smiles and holds a finger out with a whistle.

It’s a pleasing whistle, one that’s reminiscent in Seria’s animalistic instinct. It’s a sound of friendship.

Seria flutters closer. Cautiously. And she lands on the ground.

Sylvanas whistles again as she kneels.

She withdraws a handful of seeds, which she puts on the ground nearby. Seria hops closer carefully. Sylvanas continues to whisper gently to her.

She very gently, and very slowly, reaches out to stroke the back of her head.

She laughs. Seria caws.

Seria puffs up and caws again.

She gives her more seeds.

She gives Seria a few more bird scritches before she heads back into the tent with a smile. A sparrow comes to investigate the seeds, and Seria leaves some for it when she takes off.

Remnii catches Uther as he’s heading back to his tent.

Remnii and Uther both get a 10-mile stare for a moment.

Remnii expresses that if she survived orcs, she can survive Uther. And she thanks them again before leaving.

As Remnii heads back to the chapel, there a small room where Calia is speaking with Victor. They are speaking and laughing, and she attempting to raise the spirits of the other people around them. The other priests indicate where Natalie is located.

As Remnii approaches, she hears Natalie’s voice. She is speaking out loud. Remnii waits.

There are more small snippets, like a dialogue of someone talking themselves through a problem.

Remnii then knocks on the door.

There are some things moved around.

Remnii ducks in.

Natalie raps her fingers on the table for a moment.

She gathers her things and they go outside. She looked tired this morning, but it now looks like she hasn’t slept at all by now.

They go down a path less traveled.

Remnii walks quietly for a moment.

Remnii nods.

Remnii slowly reaches out to Natalie, and puts a hand on her shoulder. Natalie gives her hand a squeeze.

They part ways. Remnii gets a copy of the missive to Natalie before the group as a whole leaves.

At some point, Lor’themar also finds Remnii. He greets her, but unfortunately Remnii is unable to remember his name given how many people were there. He introduces himself, and thanks her for being there for Liadrin. He also informs Remnii Liadrin came to him for some martial training before he had to take off for Last Crossing.

He also states that Liadrin is doing well, and is providing what succor to her people that she can. However, he does say that Liadrin will need friends, as she relied on her father a great deal, and Remnii seemed to be a noble soul.

Gil approaches Loania about her potentially going to Dalaran.

Lieran is also there, and she expresses that she can help Loania get to Dalaran in the future. She asks Gil if he’s going to be looking for the king, and he confirms.

Gil and Loania hug, and Gil thanks the sisters for helping him to get to Grim Batol.

Lieran claps Gil on the back.

Loania also withdraws a silvery feather and hands it to Gil. Its from her mother’s dragonhawk. And she asks Gil if he can give it to Seria. He says he will.

Gil then goes to talk to Finnall. He locates the Aurum Blade camp with ease. There are a LOT of new faces, and there are several more full-blooded elves present than there were. It seems that Theo had gotten a promotion, but Gil doesn’t see the dwarf, Thaxdorlin, anywhere, nor Dereven and Feerea around.

There’s a fiery-blonde elf watching Gil curiously. He alerts Finnall to Gil’s presence.

She offers him a hand.

She turns back to the new face.

Varedis Spellsoul was a renowned mercenary. He retired after the second troll wars. He operated with a small group, and most were slain. He was considered to be one of the greatest elvish swordsman in recent history. No one knew where he had gone after the troll wars, but Lirath had had the opportunity to see him in action, and he was peerless. Lirath had told some stories about him in the past.

Finnall laughs.

She leads the group there. It’s relatively empty, and she grabs a stool and plops down.

She twangs her ears.

Gil smiles.

Finnall nods.

Gil laughs.

Theo and Finnall laughs.

Varedis laughs, and strolls out of the tent.

The group reconvenes to get ready to leave. Victor is there with another half-elf that the group is not familiar with at first. He has sandy-blonde hair and dark green eyes. Esara is there, rocking back and forth on her heels as she prepares the spell.

There is a small group to see them off. Vittoria is obviously there, as well as Ashwynn and Jaina and with them comes Elissa, who is now wearing her previous armor, though it now shows her new rank.

Muradin follows shortly after, as well as Lirath and Arator. Mishan is also there, along with Elanora.

As promised, Finnall and Theo also show up.

She nods at Gil again.

Finnall claps a hand on his shoulder.

Finnall mozies over to Jaina.

Jaina doesn’t respond.

She clasps a hand on Jaina’s shoulder, and Jaina bristles for a moment.

She then steps forward.

Jaina hugs Uther.

He looks at Arator. Arator nods and puts a hand on his chest.

Arator then looks at his cousins and pulls both of them into a hug.

Vel whispers into his ear.

He gives Uther a brotherhood back clasp to Uther.

Lirath then steps forward to give Vel and Gil a hug.

He laughs.

Esara also tackles Lirath from the side and whispers something in the ear. He half laughs, half blushes, and she gives him a small kiss on the cheek before she steps aside to start the spell.

Muradin also says goodbye to Uther. And Ashwynn steps forward, and states that Calia wanted to see them off, but Victor had suggested it unwise for her to be walking already. But she sends her love.

Ashwynn then looks at Elissa and expresses that she’ll be counting on her, and Elissa promises not to let her down.

Mishan and Elanora step forward. Elanora first comes up to Remnii and looks up at her.

Remnii nods.

Remnii starts laughing.

They agree to speak more when Remnii gets back, and Elanora promises to tell her that she met Remnii when she writes Lianne next.

Then Elanora goes over to Uther and they hug.

Elanora steps back, and Mishan nods at Uther and wishes him safe travels. Elanora also gives Victor a high-five.

Vittoria then steps forward as the ritual is nearing completion.

She just kisses him. Uther enthusiastically reciprocates, then Vittoria looks to the rest.

She clasps a hand across her chest.

The half-elf that was with Victor was definitely Vincent, who was going to be heading back to Stormwind from Dalaran.

Then the teleportation circle begins to jump to life, and the group is promptly teleported to Dalaran, and Velameestra’s study.

As the portal closes, the group sees Talath (who was previously alerted of their prepared arrival by a sending from Vel).

Talath take’s Indomitable’s reigns to start leading him outside.

Gil, meanwhile, had cast speak with animals at-will to see what Indomitable was thinking about the entire situation. Indomitable had whinnied with the horse-equivalent of laughter.

Gil relays the comment to Talath with the exact wording.

As Talath leads Indomitable through the door to take him outside, there is a sudden scurry of orange activity that darts into Gil’s chest. As he looks down at the ball of orange fluff, he’s greeted by the long snout of an unfamiliar creature.

It appears to be a fox, but the fox, under its arms, has almost feathery growths that resemble wings. It chirps up at him.

Gil scratches it behind the ear. Vel raises an eyebrow. Uther is looking at the fox, and back to Gil.

There’s a tall elven mage that enters. It’s Krasus. He shares a fond smile at the creature.

The fox looks around at everyone, its tongue lolling out of its mouth, and then it looks up at Seria, cocks its head, and then looks at Gil, and then back to Seria.

Then its ears droop.

Krasus runs his hand across his chin.

Gil looks very confused for a moment, then looks at Seria--who is still a raven.

His eyes narrow at the raven.

He is looking at the raven.

Everyone is now looking at the bird.

Seria caws, and then flutters to the ground. She materializes into her humanoid form.

Victor’s eyes widen.

Esara shrugs.

Krasus is looking Seria up and down curiously.

Seria nods.

At that moment, the study door opens again.

Raluhi backs into the room carrying two trays of food and drinks. He is taken aback by the quantity of people in the room.

Remnii tears up and goes to give Raluhi a hug. Raluhi then begins to pass out the snacks. Krasus, meanwhile, pulls Velameestra and Gil outside to speak in private.

The two draenei are speaking in draenic.

Remnii mentions Uther’s talent at orcish, and Raluhi is quite surprised by this. Uther expresses the language came naturally to him.

In orcish, Raluhi expresses that’s excellent news. Remnii also joins in the orcish talk.

Everyone else is baffled by the harshness of the language.

Outside, the fox has followed Gil. It keeps going around his legs, chirping and croaking happily. They head into the back courtyard.

He asks what brought them there, and Vel quickly explains. He apologizes for not being able to help further, but he does mention he’s offering the fox to Gil.

He looks down to the winged fox.

The fox nods, and its image shifts and swerves. Suddenly, the illusion magic drops. Where once was a winged fox now stands a very different creature.

It looks up at Gil excited. It’s a tiny, red draconic creature.

The tiny creature flips through a bunch of different animalistic disguises, and then back to its draconic one.

The small creature crawls up on Gil’s shoulder and burps a small amount of fire in his face. However, it doesn’t burn. Effectively, he casts the cantrip virtue on Gil, and then nuzzles up on his shoulder.

Krasus takes a deep breath.

Vel explains.

Gil nods.

Vel is clearly parsing everything that was presented.

Krasus expresses that he will keep in contact with Gil, and asks if he can do anything else. Vel asks him about the seven-sided star, which he knows nothing about, but promises to follow up with anything else. Vel mentions the connection to the Syndicate as well, and he once more reiterates that if they find anything about the egg.

Krasus then leaves, and asks them to say hi to Rhonin for him.

In the meantime, everyone has spread out across the manor. Remnii had untangled herself from Raluhi, and she looks at Seria and pushes some snacks toward her.

She smiles sincerely.

Elissa expresses the same.

Talath comes back after Indomitable, then sees Seria, and realizes she wasn’t there before. He looks really confused.

Vel and Gil are still with Krasus.

At that moment his clockwork hummingbird lands on him.

They talk a bit more, and Talath offers to bring Remnii to Cartier and Cos, which is the local goldsmithing guild.

At that Vel and Gil return, and Vel goes to shut the teleportation circle. Then there is the sound at the front door as someone else comes home.

He walks into the study.

He points at Seria. He then looks at Uther and then Victor.

Introductions are made for those that Rhonin didn’t know, and then Giramar comes in with his squirrel. There are a lot of new faces.

Gil asks where Galadin is, and Giramar isn’t sure. He says he’s been doing his own thing.

Gilveradin goes through the actual introductions.

Giramar starts to leave, then stops, and grabs a snack, then he stops again and grabs two more, and then retreats upstairs.

Remnii laughs.

Vel speaks up to explain that, while they were in Dalaran, everyone was welcome to just claim a room in the manor as there should be plenty of space. Elissa pipes up that if anyone needs to stay anywhere else, she was more than willing to do so herself, but Gil emphasizes how big the house is and quickly shows her as much.

Elissa is amazed.

Vel has no chill and goes to meet with one of her Sunreaver contacts, a high elf named Sathera, who was personal friends with Kael’thas. She gives her a band of loyalty and mentions they may be being made in Dalaran. She also puts Gil in contact with the Sunreavers.

Talath shows Remnii his workshop, and she in turn shows him orcish tools.

There is a glint of eyes, as something is watching Seria. Bigglesworth is staring before slinking away, especially when she turns into an animal form. There are far too many people in this house currently for him as well.

He doesn’t like Seria at all.

As Vel is processing everything, Kel’Thuzad looms to the forefront of her mind.

As Vel was speaking with her mentor, she happened to glance over and see Bigglesworth just staring at her. Once their conversation was complete, he leaves.

Galadin comes home right before curfew. He furrows his brow at all the people, and Vel happens to make eye contact with him. He nods at her with a brief greeting, and then heads straight up to his room.

Rhonin, who had heard the movement upstairs from another room, calls out.

There’s no response.

They hear the door shut upstairs.

Vel gives Galadin about ten minutes or so, but then gets up to follow. The door to Galadin’s room is closed and locked, and she knocks.

There is an audible sigh from inside, and the door unlocks and opens.

Vel clearly doesn’t believe him, or rather, picks up he may not be saying everything.

He gestures into his messy room to the homework on his desk.

He mostly just seems angry. Not too dissimilar to what Vel had seen last time she was home.

Galadin nods.

There’s an air of sarcasm in his voice.

Galadin thinks for a second, then nods.

They head out to the back courtyard, where Vel had been previously practicing swordplay and experimenting with cold snap last time she was home. It’s a cloudless evening. The moons are shining brightly.

Galadin laughs half-heartedly.

Galadin draws the dagger from its sheath.

He flips it around in his hand and drops into a stance. He flips the dagger into a reverse grip and darts at Vel. The mage immediately parries the blow with a quick flick of her hand, erecting an arcane shield.

He runs in again, and once more, Vel blocks the blow with shield.

He goes once more, but this time Vel is able to side-step the blow without falling back on her magic. Vel then whirls around with the stick in hand, and takes Galadin’s foot out from under him, knocking him over on his back.

Galadin sits on the ground for a moment, laying with his head in the grass. He brings the hand still holding the dagger up over his eyes. And, quietly, he starts to sniffle.

Vel kneels down next to her cousin, and opens her arms in a silent offer for a hug. Galadin rolls his head onto her lap, digs the dagger into the earth, and sobs quietly.

He says nothing in response, but there’s a subtle nod of his head. Eventually he sits up with downturned eyes.

Vel nods, and states that if he ever wants a sparring partner while she’s here, all he has to do is ask. Galadin stands up and offers a hand, which Vel takes, and he helps her to her feet. Then he heads back inside.

Vel goes to follow after him, but she notices Esara leaning nearby, clearly having been watching.

Esara smiles.

She’s looking at the direction Galadin disappeared into.

Vel scoffs, and Esara chuckles.

Esara heads off as well

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