[Alliance] Chapter Three: Session Seven

Appearing Characters: Aiden Blackmoore, Elissa Cross, Esara Verrinde, Gilveradin Windrunner, Krasus, Lee Hale, Levia Blackflight, Natalie Seline, Raluhi, Remnii, Rhonin Windrunner, Seria, Taretha Foxton, Uther Menethil, Val'zuun, Velameestra Windrunner, Vereesa Windrunner, Victor Prestor

December 2nd

In the evening, Vel stops by the room that Victor has been staying in on the second floor and she knocks on the door.

There’s a sigh from beyond the door.

There’s some shuffling and the door opens.

Vel averts her gaze for a moment.

Victor crosses his arms.

Victor blinks.

Victor sighs in exasperation.

Victor’s mouth opens for a second, and then he closes it and scowls.

Vel pauses for a moment to process the question.

Victor scoffs.

Victor sighs.

Vel nods.

Victor furrows his brow.

Victor almost chuckles.

This time Victor does laugh.

Vel offers another small nod.

Victor retreats back to his room and closes the door slowly. Vel, meanwhile, heads down to her study.

She opts to try and send Vereesa.

Vel acknowledges the response, and after some hesitation, she opts to try and target Levia in Silvermoon.

There’s a moment, but finally there’s a response.

It was more of a response than Vel has gotten in the last three months.

Satisfied, she winds up falling asleep in her study.

December 3rd

The next morning, Vel awakes covered with a blanket. It’s unknown who covered her.

The shutters buckle from a strong wind. Early in the morning, Lee arrives with a thick black cloak. Vel invites her in and offers her some coffee, as Gil had some things to take care of that morning before they left.

Lee enters and hangs up her cloak, rubbing her hands. She also takes note of Gil and recognizes him. She had met him again in capital city the second night he spent with Relhana a few months ago. They greet each other and Lee takes a moment to admire the manor.

Victor comes down the stairs and sees her.

Lee blinks.

Lee holds up a cup of coffee in Victor’s direction.

Victor takes the cup of coffee and drinks it, probably faster than he should.

Gil goes up to wake up Elissa and flips her out of bed. Ara’shel also jumps on her to wake her up.

Elissa’s eyes widen.

They go and fetch Seria, and she shapeshifts into a raven, and they make their way to Krasus’s office. They knock and Krasus invites them in.

Gil nods. Krasus gives a brief introduction.

Elissa nods.

Gil agrees and comments its a breath of fresh air after dealing with magisters.

She rambles really quickly through the story of how she used her magic to heal. Krasus nods and listens.

Elissa nods and cracks her knuckles. She takes a deep breath, and there’s a faint golden glow in her eyes, and a soft minty light appears around her hands. Spectral vines start to curl around her fingers as she uses one of her abilities.

As she opens her eyes again, the magic releases and the vines fade away.

He looks at the raven-form Seria.

Elissa shakes her head.

Krasus squints.

Elissa lights up.

Without even thinking, Elissa immediately runs forward and hugs Krasus, then realizes what she did and quickly apologizes.

Krasus laughs it off and says it was fine, just unexpected. He then looks at Seria.

Seria puffs up and then transforms, and Krasus regards her curiously.

Seria nods.

Seria nods.

Seria raises an eyebrow.

Elissa shakes her head.

Gil nods.

Gil looks at Elissa.

She bows, and Krasus nods as they leave. Seria turns back into a raven.

Gil holds back for a second and asks Krasus about the potential for half-dragons, and Krasus says to his knowledge he doesn’t believe it possible.

Gil also asks what the consort thing means, such as if they are married to each other, or more of a harem situation.

Krasus laughs and explains that they are the Queen’s advisers, protectors, and mates, however, they do not have any strong connection with the others beyond an almost sibling-like kinship. There’s no jealousy or competition.

Vel goes and gets a commission started on a set of studded leather armor. Lee accompanies her. She also stops by the Explorer’s League to follow the lead Krasus had given Gil, and the young dwarf there says he can send the word out, and she can check back in when she gets back to see if any of their anthropologists returned.

Remnii had greeted Lee upon seeing her before she left with Vel. As the party reconvenes to get moving, Remnii goes to speak with Victor. He’s currently in the back yard running through some sword drills.

Remnii laughs.

Victor sheathes the blade.

She holds out a hand, and there is a gem on a leather cord.

It’s the periapt of wound closure.

Remnii explains, and Victor places it around his neck.

Esara smirks from where she had materialized out of the doorway.

They draw their swords and begin to spar. Remnii sits and watches them spar for a bit.

The group has a quick lunch, and the group prepares to leave. Vel conjures two phantom steeds, one for her and one for Victor.

They then set off after Remnii sees them off.

The first day, they pass without incident.

That evening, Vel approaches Esara about starting to learn some of her techniques in sword play.

Vel nods, and Esara starts to teach her some of the basic theory of bladesinging. She explains the unity of spell and sword almost allows one to have an ease of motion and movement that has a lot of benefits, effectively dancing through a battlefield. At one point, Esara just straight up tumbles beneath Vel’s feet while they are practicing, highlighting the mobility and ease of movement she has. She also demonstrates the rhythmic humming of the blade and the sharpened magical focus the techniques allow.

She also starts to have Vel wear weights to fine-tune her body to wear armor, and get used to moving with more ease. There are also stories of Esara’s training and Finnall’s training. Finnall had taken her own training in a very different direction, though Esara had stayed fairly true to the art.

December 4th

The second day they pass through Hillsbrad and make it to the main road that continues onward.

December 5th

When they get to the crossroads past Hillsbrad, they see a figure slumped against the sign post nearby. It’s a very cold and windy day.

Vel hops off her phantom steed to investigate. It’s a young woman in her early-to-mid 20s, and she seems to be exhibiting signs of exposure. There’s an arrow in her thigh. Vel calls for Gil, and he hops down and starts a small fire. Elissa hops down to heal her.

She gasps and clutches the wound on her leg.

There is a small pin on the woman’s cloak. It’s the symbol of Alterac, and she has a messenger bag at her side.

She grabs her thigh.

The woman fumbles in her bag. She pulls a small missive from it, and it’s sealed with a wax seal. Victor looks at it.

Lee is standing by, keeping an eye out. Gil tries to sense people around, and there are some around in small concentrations.

Vel looks back to the injured woman as Uther moves to remove any poisons that may have been present.

The woman shakes her head.

Vel looks back to the group.

Uther helps the messenger woman up and gets her up on the back of Lee’s horse.

The woman wraps her arms around Lee and the group takes off. They stop at the nearby guard tower to get the woman medical attention before heading off for a bit longer before camping.

December 7th

They see Durnholde in the distance when they stop. It’s flying the banner of Alterac and the banner of the Blackmoore house. Vel and Victor exchange a fleeting glance as they approach.

Durnholde as a whole seems to be more mirthful than it was previously, though the word from up north has left an undercurrent of worry. However, it’s significantly less shady. The arena is still there, but it’s closed and undergoing renovations. It is going to be something very different when it opens: it’s going to be a place for soldiers and knights to try their skills against each other and various beasts in the wild for compensation, instead of a place where prisoners are set against each other. The prison will still be maintained, but it’s a much better situation.

An older knight greets them.

Victor looks to the others.

They head to the north gate and start to head in the direction of the cottage. They follow the snowy path, and they see a small group of Durnholde guards on horseback currently speaking. There are five of them. One is a knight, the others are footmen.

Victor approaches.

The knight hails him.

Vel feels like there’s a hunch of some sort. Like something is a bit strange. There’s a gut feeling. Gil also senses that something is not right.

Roadside knight: He did not travel with a guard.

Gil looks back to Victor.

The group rides past, keeping an eye on the group. There’s a degree of tension in the air. Vel approaches Gil and asks him if he can sense how many people are about. Gil starts to do such.

As Gil starts to channel, there’s a grunt, and in front of them Victor is thrown from his mount. There is blood on his gorget. He’s still conscious.

At that moment, swords are drawn, and the five mounted individuals come riding in.

Out of the corner of Gil’s eye, he also sees a glint from the trees, and a crossbow bolt comes streaking out of the woods and flies right past Elissa.

One of the imposters rides forward and attacks Gil, who is perched atop Indomitable with Esara. One of the assassins takes a shot at Esara, but the bolts go wide.

The false knight runs in and smacks Uther, but Uther is also able to keep mounted.

Lee dives into cover and tries to snipe the soldier that went for Gil. He gets smacked off his horse and drops immediately, and the horse he was mounted on flees.

Another soldier attacks Elissa, and the first attack connects, but she blocks the second with her shield. She then uses bless on Seria, Uther, Gil, and Vel.

Ara’shel attempts to spook one of the horses, but the horse ignores him.

Another assassin leaps to Victor, and swings around on him. Another one goes for Elissa. Another goes for Esara.

Seria flies up and over the soldier, and then immediately transforms into a massive polar bear. All the horses whinny and try to buck their riders. One of them succeeds and its rider goes tumbling as it flees.

Gil dismounts and moves out of the chaotic middle of the battle and fires at the false knight, planting an arrow.

Victor gets to his feet and draws his sword, swinging at the spy that attacked him. He trips the spy up and then follows up with a second blow.

Esara blinks off of indomitable and appears on the horse behind another soldier. Unfortunately, she is unable to land a hit as he panics.

Elissa’s horse, Daisy, attempts to trample one of the spies. She then attempts to flee, and a hidden spy attempts to attack Daisy

Vel raises her hand above her head and spectral chains momentarily manifest on the limbs of several of the soldiers and the knight, and disperse, leaving magical frost restricting their movements.

Radiant attacks the knight, stomping on him, and Uther follows up on the spy that attacked Victor, smiting the spy to death. Uther then casts green-flame blade, swinging over onto the false knight and taking him down also.

One of the soldiers attempts to flee aboard his horse. Elissa strikes at him, and the attack fails to connect, and Seria also whirls around on the rider, connecting and ripping open a gashing wound.

Indomitable then takes off on his radiant wings after the retreating soldier, attempting to kick him in the face. The soldier attempts to get control of his horse, but Indomitable crushes him then follows up on the one over Elissa.

The soldier with Esara attempts to grapple her, trying to throw her off the horse. However, she grabs onto him and ducks out of the way.

Ara’shel goes to help Victor.

Lee runs over to the downed spy and promptly assassinates him.

The soldier with Esara is knocked off his horse, and Esara flips off, sticking her landing.

Vel blinks off the back of her phantom steed and manifests immediately behind the spy attacking Victor. She reaches out and grabs the spy’s arm, digging her nails into his flesh, and an icy chill runs through his limbs as the cold takes hold. An icy storm manifests around her.

Seria runs at the spy in the trees and swings at him. He screams as Seria tears into his jugular.

Gil heals Victor and then shoots the soldier at his feet straight through the head. He’s dead.

With his other attack, Gil shoots at the spy at Victor, but it goes wide. However, Victor follows up on the spy he’s fighting and runs him through, twisting his sword, and then dropping the would-be-assassin back into the snow storm.

Victor then looks at Vel.

He then looks to the rest of the battle. However, Indomitable drops the last one.

Lee tells the group to go ahead as she’ll take care of the cleanup. They all remount and then charge ahead, with Seria barreling after them as a bear.

Up ahead, Aiden is walking down the path. As they charge through, he turns to look at them, and Seria and Gil both get a whiff of venom. Gil sees a shadowy figure waiting to jump down on Aiden.

On cue, Gil fires a shot at the assassin in the tree, and the blow connects. The assassin curses just in time to take another arrow to the chest.

Indomitable also swoops in, taking Esara with him.

Aiden whirls around, sees the assassin, and braces himself.

He vanishes into the trees before appearing on the opposite side. He buries the first blade into his side and attempts to jab the second blade into Aiden.

Radiant charges in with Uther, as does Elissa on Daisy. She uses flash of light to heal Aiden.

Seria, still shapeshifted, grabs Vel and swoops into the charge. Uther hurls his hammer at assassin, and the blow connects with a flash of holy light.

Vel then runs forward at Aiden with a quick apology.

Before he can even finish, Vel pushes him through a portal that materializes, and they dimension door back to safety. Esara then follows suit, engaging the assassin.

Gil zephyr strikes to a better angle, and fires an arrow at the assassin. And another one. The assassin gets an arrow in the eye, and he curses loudly and tries to flee, and then there’s the sound of musket fire. The assassin is on the ground, bleeding profusely, and his kneecap is bleeding profusely.

Taretha Foxton, Aiden’s mother, is standing over him with a steaming blunderbuss.

She looks at the group.

Not a long distance away is a cottage.

Lord Aiden approaches.

Uther cures him with lay on hands. Gil also goes over and heals Victor.

Not too long after they have a moment to catch their breath, a few real soldiers ride in pursuing the commotion.

Aiden confirms he’s alright, and he thanks the group for saving his life again.

He comes over to retrieve the envelope. There’s a laugh and he starts to read it.

She looks at the elves.

Aiden tells the guards to round up any survivors, including the assassin, who was stabilized and taken into custody.

Vel walks over to Seria and thanks her for the lift, and Seria gives a silent look asking if it’s safe to transform back. Vel nods, and she shifts back.

Lee comes sauntering out of the trees with a horse by the reins.

She’s looking at Seria.

Taretha leads them to her cottage. It’s a very nice cottage. Taretha herself also looks a lot happier. Day and night is not even enough to describe it.

They spend the evening with them.

Meanwhile, back in Dalaran, Remnii is spending time learning common. About four days in, Remnii gets a sending from Natalie.

Near the end of the week, on day six, Remnii gets a sending on her sending stone from Arthak’s stone.

The sun is down. She goes to knock on Raluhi and Rhonin’s doors.

She uses tongues.

Raluhi gets the same information. He gets his things as well and uses disguise self. Rhonin puts on a cloak.

They head off under the lit lanterns of Dalaran. It’s a clear night, and the twin moons are high above. Finally, they see a solitary figure on the edge of the fountain. The fountain is a strange creature--it’s called a lion seal--with stone fish swimming around it.

The figure’s legs are stretched out, crossed, and hooved. His body is somewhat sinuous, not exceptionally bulky, like Azgadaan. However, it is very much the silhouette of an eredar.

He has a piece of parchment with a map on it.

She whispers to Rhonin.

The eredar’s face is cloaked and cowled, and muted green eyes peer out from the hood. Rhonin and Raluhi split off, and the eredar taps the side of the fountain for Remnii to come over and sit.

Remnii sits down and crosses her legs.

He nods.

There is earnest grief on Remnii’s face.

Remnii nods.

He drops a satchel in Remnii’s lap.

The man is staring straight forward this entire time.

The unmistakable sound of jewels and sand of some sort is inside the satchel. She puts it away.

She looks at the keep.

Val’zuun hums to himself.

He nods, and fishes something else from his pocket.

He nods to Remnii then turns and leaves.

Remnii watches him go then fishes out a piece of orcish iron. She sighs, and flips one into the fountain. It plops into the depths.

Rhonin and Raluhi materialize.

They head back to the manor and explains what happens. Then she presents what she got.

Raluhi spit-takes. Rhonin doesn’t know who that is. Remnii explains.

Raluhi knows nothing.

Inside the bag is a collection of gemstones that are worth about 500gp, and also about 500gp of diamond dust. She looks at Raluhi, and in draenic.

Raluhi agrees, and Remnii cracks another crystal for divination.

Rhonin stays to watch curiously.

The dust swirls in the air for a brief moment. As it does, it creates a shape. And almost made of the dust there is a visage of Velen’s face smiling down at Remnii. She gets the sense the answer is yes.

She starts to tear up and she squeezes Raluhi’s hand.

Raluhi gives her a warm smile.

Remnii gives Rhonin and Raluhi both hugs.

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