[Alliance] Chapter Three: Session Ten

Appearing Characters: Elissa Cross, Esara Verrinde, Fennie Hornswaggle, Galadin Windrunner, Gilveradin Windrunner, Giramar Windrunner, Hardigan Ironjaw, Hilda Hornswaggle, Hugh Deepstone, Imogen, Kadra, Kel'Thuzad, Marcine, Natalie Seline, Noth Rutherford, Raluhi, Remnii, Rhonin Windrunner, Sathera Somberwind, Seria, Sinclari, Talath Dawnsworn, Uther Menethil, Velameestra Windrunner, Victor Prestor

Appearing Locations: Dalaran

December 11th

Remnii had gone to Victor’s room early in the morning. She is now sporting some new jewelry she had commissioned from Talath.

Remnii enters his room and they close the door.

Victor nods and rolls his sleeve up to reveal the scales he had previously shown Remnii.

Victor nods and she examines the scales closely, a gold magic illuminating her hand as she casts remove curse. The magic passes through the scales, but there is no discernible change.

Remnii nods solemnly.

Remnii winces at the idea of a prison realm, but she holds out her palms as a peace offering.

She smooths over his hand and tugs down his sleeve.

Victor thanks her for the counsel, and they start to head down in pursuit of the scent of sweet bread.

They head downstairs and eat some of Talath’s delicious cinnamon egg toast.

As people make their way down through the course of the morning, Esara asks about the plans.

Victor suggests they should still go back to Alterac Castle to meet with his father, and learn what he had to say, and follow up on any sources that may be located there.

Remnii states that she is only a few days away from grasping common, and is wondering if she can meet with them again later. Gil suggests they take Indomitable and catch up with the group as a whole.

They sort out their trek to Alterac. There is a quicker way through the mountains, but that’s perilous, but the slower way through Alterac Valley is a lot safer. Ultimately, Alterac Castle is only about 100 miles, and Indomitable could likely reach it in a day or two through the mountains.

Uther wants to take the shorter route, and Victor states he doesn’t necessarily know the best route. However, he mentions that with Seria they should hopefully be able to find a path without much problem.

Rhonin suggests to Giramar and Galadin to take a personal day, and they can maybe spend it together seeing it was a nice day out. Galadin nods in agreement, as does Giramar.

In addition to the things that were gotten off the warlocks the previous night, the group had found three iron tokens with an inverted symbol of the Holy Light between the eyes of a mask. At the top of it is a small, jerking rune.

The rune is not a symbol Vel had ever seen before, but Remnii is able to recognize the half-mask. It’s the symbol of the Burning Legion, which she explains to the group.

Galadin then approaches Vel to talk before leaving with his dad and his brother.

They retreat to a quiet spot in her study.

The entire time Galadin’s eyes are just fixed on the floor at Vel’s feet.

Vel makes a small scoffing noise.

Vel mouths the name silently.

She sighs to herself.

Vel walks over to a book case and pulls the dagger off of it that they had recovered from the warlocks, the one she had previously gifted Galadin.

Vel puts it on a table in front of him.

Galadin gives a small smirk.

Vel raises an eyebrow.

Vel smiles in response.

Galadin smiles and he goes to give her a hug, and Vel accepts it.

He heads out of the study and Vel watches him go. Surprisingly, Galadin seems to be in better spirits than he had over the last few months.

Meanwhile, Gil snags Giramar.

Gil smiles.

Giramar nods.

Gil nods.

They say goodbye, and Giramar hugs him before he leaves.

The group as a whole head to the northern section of the city where some of the town guard barracks and the Sunreaver Sanctuary is located. It’s somewhat under construction, and there are workers hard at work trying to get it finished before the heavy snows come.

As they pass in, they see the guards wearing the colors of the Sunreavers--black and red. It’s similar to the iconography of Silvermoon combined with that of Dalaran.

Vel is immediately recognized, as is Esara. The hall is in some amount of chaos and disorder. A young human apprentice is at the front. She directs the group to Sathera Somberwind down one of the halls. They were good friends with Kael’thas and also taught Antonidas when he was an apprentice. They are quite gifted, and is one of the elves that have always lived in Dalaran. They specialize in abjuration, and they have done a lot of work for the Violet Hold, including helping with the security measures. One of their inventions is used in it to secure powerful artifacts and prisoners and is how they became an archmage many centuries before.

They are about 6’3” and at present they were wearing a long, sleeveless robe. There are tattoos along their cheek and their eyes have a faint emerald hue to them. They turn to the group with a smile.

They flick a hand to their desk, indicating a stack of paperwork.

Vel quickly goes through introductions for those in the party that Sathera doesn’t know. Sathera already knows Esara, and she mentions to Remnii that they had already heard a great deal about her. They also comment on the likeness in Vel and Gil’s faces.

He smiles good-naturedly, and Sathera also acknowledges both Uther and Victor as well.

Vel produces the symbol that were found on the warlocks.

As soon as Vel had mentioned the name Argus, Remnii served as punctuation for the end of the sentence. Several eyes flicker to Remnii.

They take the symbol Vel had produced.

Sathera places it on their desk.

Vel glances at Gil.

Sathera produces a small satchel with 100 gold pieces for the party.

Sathera agrees and informs them they will send word ahead.

They tap the side of their temple with a smile and turn away to get to work on their other responsibilities for the day. They give a small sigh as they look at just how much paperwork there is. The group takes their leave.

The group arrives at the Violet Hold, and Remnii pauses at the strange fountain for a moment, recalling the meeting with Val’zuun. There are two guards at the entrance, along with a few arcane constructs.

The guard confirms they received word ahead, and allows the group to pass. Inside in what appears to be a waiting room, there is an elderly human woman with Kirin Tor robes. She gives Vel paperwork to fill out (during which time there is a brief discussion with Remnii on how she is phonetically spelling her name because the priestess had been using a single runic symbol) and as soon as Vel completes it, a nearby door opens, revealing a tired-looking blonde woman who introduces herself as Sinclari.

She leads them inside to a small chamber.

Several runes illuminate, and the chamber descends. As they pass more force fields, they can see humanoids in each of the cells.

She points at the cells in question.

They continue along, and the warden points at the glyphic panels and pulls out a pendant. Several force fields reduce themselves, allowing the group to see into the cells.

The young woman inside one of the cells sees the group and panics.

Gil looks at Remnii, confused, and Remnii gives him a sad look.

She is clearly terrified.

Gil looks at Remnii.

She shakes her head, a bit overwhelmed.

Vel nods, taking note of the name, then looks at the elf.

It’s clear the elf is trying to goad the other, but it is not a full lie.

The elf swings off of the cot. She has black hair with streaks of white in a pixie cut.

She’s looking at both warlocks.

The human warlock buries her head.

The elf laughs.

She looks at the wall that separates her from the other warlock.

Vel is looking at her with a curious look, a lot of what she’s saying reminiscent of what Dar’khan had said. The warden asks the group if they are finished, and Vel confirms, and the warden shuts the cells.

The human warlock asks them to tell Brody that Marcine is sorry.

Vel asks for the names of the two warlocks, and the warden confirms Marcine as well as provides Kadra for the elf. However, there was no surname for either. Marcine didn’t seem to come from a family with surnames, and Kadra had claimed she had given her’s up. However, Sinclari is assuming she likely murdered her own family to join the warlocks.

She glances at Vel.

She sighs and brings them back to the ground level.

The lift ends and the door reopens and Sinclari sees the group out. She’s just glad that maybe the group could potentially put an end to the warlocks.

The group bids farewell to Sinclari, and exit the Violet Hold.

Seria heads back to the manor with Remnii so she can continue the last bits of her common lessons. She is quite worried about some things, and Raluhi tells her to try and focus on the here and now.

However, later on, Remnii sends Natalie.

Gil returns to the Sunreavers to try and help triangulate the location of some of the demons in Dalaran. The two agents he is wish buys him dinner, as well as offers a payment for his help.

Uther heads to the church to continue helping. The priest in charge thanks him personally, and emphasizes that the partnership with the Silver Hand is very important to him. Uther has earned another favor with the Church of the Holy Light.

While Seria is tending to her egg, talking to the tiny creature that slumbers inside. She hears something. Something that starts later in the evening, coming from the egg. Through the shell, there’s a heartbeat. She’s never heard anything like that before, this is the first time.

Seria is pleased, then she gets the feeling she’s being watched.

She turns, and she sees Talath get out of the doorway like he wasn’t watching.

Talath steps back out, a hand running through his hair.

Seria shakes her head.

He kneels down next to the egg.

He tentatively holds a hand out and runs a hand across it.

There’s a small bzzing noise, and a small bird flutters in and lands on the egg. It’s a filigree hummingbird, which nestles on the egg. Talath laughs and taps the metallic bird.

The hummingbird looks at Seria. Seria laughs.

Talath offers a finger, and Socket hops up on it. Talath stands up.

He waves and leaves the room to head back to work.

Seria still hears the heartbeat inside the egg and she continues tending to it.

Vel picks up her armor and scrolls and spends the majority of the day training with Esara. Vel is very tired by the end, for as the training continued Esara had her don the new armor, and then also wear weights on top of it. Victor watches her training, joining in here and there.

Later that evening, Vel locates Noth’s address and heads to his small house in the residential district not too far from the Sunreavers.

The specter of Kel’Thuzad appears as they arrive at Noth’s house.

Kel’Thuzad chuckles, and Vel knocks on the door. A voice calls from inside.

There’s some movement and a cry of “whoops!” that is quickly followed by the sound of things falling inside.

The door opens and Vel is greeted by the sight of a rather portly, older man that is perhaps a few years younger than Kel’Thuzad was. He has long greyish-white hair pulled back in a thick braid and has a long beard. He’s a bit taller than Kel’Thuzad, and a tad bulkier. His face is round, and his smile and eyes are very kind.

He pauses as he recognizes the name.

He shakes her hand with both of his and steps to the side to urge her inside. Vel is quickly assaulted by a very, very cluttered home. It’s not dirty, it’s very clean, but there are things literally all over. His bookshelves are an affront to nature and are stacked vertically. Pages are dogeared.

Kel’Thuzad chuckles in the back of Vel’s mind as he notes the expressions that are crossing her face.

He hums to himself as he heads to the kitchen, and he continues to call out to Vel as he gets some coffee together.

Noth had not been wearing shoes currently. In fact, he was wearing very comfortable-looking slippers as he returns to the living room with a mug of coffee in hand.

He hands the mug to Vel and sits down across from her.

There’s a touch of amusement in her voice, as she’s very aware that Kel himself is listening to the entire conversation.

He laughs.

He takes a sip of his own.

It’s very clear that Kel’Thuzad is also quite amused by this entire conversation.

Vel nods, taking a sip of her own coffee as the pair of them fall into silence for a moment.

Noth was sipping his coffee, and he pauses for a moment, then takes another sip before answering.

He leans back in his chair and cocks his head to the side.

He leans forward a bit, his brow furrowed, and his eyes still kind, but curious as he sets the coffee on the table in front of him. Not on a coaster, notably. Which Vel’s eyes dart down and take note of that fact momentarily.

Vel mentally prods Kel’Thuzad, as he had told her to be cautious about revealing too much, but Kel’Thuzad seems receptive telling his old friend.

Noth’s eyes narrow slightly.

Noth laughs.

Vel nods and holds up her hand, showing the ring on her finger.

Vel smirks faintly.

She casually casts major image, manifesting an illusion of Kel’Thuzad in the place where he had materialized to her. A hand brushes down Noth’s beard as he looks at his old friend.

Kel smiles, and Noth laughs quietly.

Vel shakes her head.

He gestures at Kel’Thuzad, and Kel smiles.

Noth laughs.

Kel’Thuzad speaks to Velameestra privately in her mind.

Vel nods, then looks at Noth again.

Kel’Thuzad just smiles.

Vel extends her hand and he gives it a firm shake. He looks down at her hand as he shakes it this time, noting the still-obvious chill of it, but he doesn’t say anything about it.

She glances at the vertically stacked bookshelves.

Kel’Thuzad adds, also noting the stacked books.

Noth laughs again, looking about.

He scrambles around for a moment, looking for a piece of paper to write it down.

He points at the hastily scrawled notes he took.

Vel nods.

Vel thanks him, and then disperses the illusion of Kel’Thuzad as Noth sees her out.

When Vel gets back home, she finds Seria hanging out in Talath’s workshop. She has her egg and she’s just sitting quietly.

Talath’s workshop is a tad more chaotic than the rest of the manor because he has projects going on, though all of them are labeled on shelves. There are a lot of tools in there. Glassblowing tools like blow pipes and blocks and tweezers, there’s a small fire pit, hammers and saws are hung on walls and small glasses for looking at details. There are also plenty of jewelers kits with almost a dozen different sizes of saw. Everything is organized and hung.

Seria had also periodically seen Talath go to a small shed outside (which he had built at some point during one of the times Vel was gone) to fetch even more tools. There is a set of lockpicks and small files sitting around as well tinkers tools.

There’s also an anvil and some larger saws and leatherworking tools from other skills he’s trying to get better at, though they are much less used.

Socket, at one point, had gotten into one of the glass bottles and Talath had to fish him out with some pliers during the time Seria had spent in there.

Talath looks up as he senses Vel at the doorway.

She looks over at Seria with a nod. Seria nods back.

He gestures to Riff with a small chuckle.

He puts his things away and goes to speak with Vel privately.

Talath furrows his brow, seemingly confused.

Talath things for a moment.

She points to the necklace she has around her neck, the one he had enchanted to be an amulet of proof against detection and location.

Talath stares dumbfound for a moment, a slight blush rising in his face.

Vel looks down the hallway in the direction of her study, her mind having clearly been on returning to her work there and likely collapsing on the couch for the second night in a row.

Talath holds out a hand, and Vel looks down at it.

She hesitates, but nods, and slowly takes his hand. Talath smiles at her and leads her upstairs.

When Gil returned from helping the Sunreavers, he sits and watches Elissa for a bit, and she doesn’t see him. So he makes some noise, and she gets startled.

Gil said he just wanted to check up on her.

Elissa smiles and blushes slightly.

She gives him a hug, and Gil hugs her back.

She salutes.

Elissa blushes, and they head in to get some sleep. Elissa left the brush she was using to brush Daisy on the post, and Gil just puts it away.

Seria goes to find Vel’s room. There’s an irritated-looking mana wyrm outside the door. She hears some noises that she is able to piece together a few things that are likely going on inside. She opts to wait until the morning.

December 12th

The next morning, people are packing things up to leave and eating breakfast. Raluhi waves at Vel as she passes.

Vel looks confused.

After a moment of thought, Vel goes to find Rhonin, but she catches Seria looking at her. Vel raises an eyebrow at her, but there’s no response.

Seria nods.

Vel raises her eyebrow. Seria is looking around cautiously, somewhat wary, and Vel guides her back to her study so that they could talk in private.

Seria pulls out a ring, which Vel is able to quickly recognize as a ring of spell-storing.

Seria nods.

Vel holds out her hand for the ring. Seria looks at the outstretched hand and hesitates.

Vel shuffles a bit awkwardly, and her ears flatten slightly against the side of her head.

Seria hands it over to her, and Vel takes it, casting the spell sending into the ring. She promptly hands it back to Seria, placing it carefully back in the other woman’s palm.

Seria nods.

Seria nods again. Vel nods in return, and then she turns to once again search for her uncle.

Rhonin is getting ready to head to work.

Rhonin pauses.

Rhonin laughs sheepishly.

Rhonin laughs.

He laughs.

Rhonin indicates he wants to give Vel a hug, and she accepts.

Rhonin laughs again.

Vel nods, and Rhonin gives her a genuinely appreciative smile before he goes to leave.

He spins around to look at her again.

Such an occurrence is incredibly rare, and Vel takes a moment to process the fact, as well as the fact his beard is much more nicely trimmed, and his hair better combed and neater than it usually is.

Vel’s eyebrow just slowly raises.

Vel waves him off, and as she passes Gil at one point, she comments that Rhonin had left early for work.

Gil smiles.

She gives Gil a genuine smile, which in itself, is also incredibly rare, and she goes to finish packing for the road.

Vel and Remnii head over to the explorer’s league in Dalaran, which is a very small branch of the explorer’s league. The door is unlocked.

As soon as they walk in, they see a few people. There’s the dwarf Vel had talked to previously, as well as a human by a fireplace reading some books, and also two other dwarves sitting nearby with stacks of books.

There’s a record player playing some simple music.

It might as well scratch as Remnii walks in, and everyone turns to stare at her.

One of the dwarves with the stacks of books drops his book in his lap, and there’s a moment of silence. Finally the young secretary dwarf, Fennie Hornswaggle, comes around the corner.

Another dwarf with a dark, dusty skin looks at Remnii.

The dwarf shoves the books aside, hops to his feet, hits his foot off the table, and runs to greet Remnii.

Remnii looks down at Vel, almost asking for permission to continue speak, and Vel simply gestures at the dwarves as a go ahead. Remnii is blushing and she looks at the dwarves.

He bows, and Remnii returns it with a draenic courtesy.

There’s a voice from the back, and another female dwarf comes to the front.

Remnii blushes again.

She points at the other male dwarf that had spoken.

Vel had been distracted by the commotion and didn’t initially note the human that was sitting in a corner, but she recognizes the name. She had had classes with someone named Imogen, and as Vel looks over to the human, she quickly recognizes that it was in fact her. The woman smiles at Vel over her book. They were school acquaintances.

She stands, showing herself to be a relatively tall human with hair the color of burnt chestnuts. She’s wearing a simple red shirt with black overalls and trousers. She’s also an arcanist of the Kirin Tor.

She holds up a hand and Vel notes the engagement ring on it.

He gestures to the fireplace, which is definitely not an office. Everyone else is sitting around it currently. Vel glances at Remnii and follows the dwarf. Hugh hops back on his chair and starts flipping through some books.

Vel confirms with a faint smirk and snaps her fingers, causing an illusion of one of the dark-furred gnolls to appear. As she does, Hugh runs a hand through his beard.

Hugh opens his book and quickly starts to pour over it.

This page was last edited on November 29, 2020, at 10:06 AM

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