Town Meeting

[Octavia Rhoswen]

[[July 2, 424: approx. 9:45PM]]

The door to the tavern opens, enters the lady, carefully closing the door behind her. She makes her way to the table farthest left and sits in the centre.

The maiden places a quill and paper neatly on the table in front of her and lays her hands upon her lap.

Decima awaits.

[Camean Estelwen]

Camean enters, being sure the door is closed behind them as well. They sit near the edge of the table, closer to the door on the right, away from the kitchen.
They place their right elbow on the table and lean their head on the hand, and look at Decima intently

[Octavia Rhoswen]

"Welcome, Camaen," she speaks softly.

[Camean Estelwen]

"Good afternoon m'lady, is it but the two of us for this meeting?" Camean asks, straightening slightly in posture

[Gerogie]

Opal enters, closing the door behind her, and nods at the two in attendance. She takes a seat and starts to quietly eat fire flakes.

[Octavia Rhoswen]

[[July 2, 424: approx. 9:50PM]]

"Good day to you as well. The 10th bell, has not yet been wrung. We're expecting a few more."

Decima nods back to Opal.

[Camean Estelwen]

Camean nods towards Opal as well

"Good to hear we are having a few others in attendance, I feel this meeting would not be complete without presence from our local militia"

[Borin Ironhammer]

The door swings open and borin walks in. He stomps his boots off on the mat and pours himself an ale he lays a gem on the counter and sits down on the other side of the tavern.

[Phineas J. Pennefeather]

Phineas, the Tavernkeeper, busies himself by keeping the tankards filled and the food hot. For the most part, he says little but pays close attention to the gathering crowd.

[Timmean]

Timmean arrives, glancing around at those in attendance, before quietly taking a seat.

[Octavia Rhoswen]

[[July 2, 424: approx. 10PM]]

Straightening her papers, Decima clears her throat.

"Most of you have read the notice Posted. Let's hope we do not get interrupted.

Timmean has requested this meeting to discuss recent attacks on the town. First up, the night of the skeletons arrival.

Who was the last person awake and alive during the attacks?" She asks.

[Camean Estelwen]

"It was not me, I was struck down in the inn while performing surgery with horns upon Markus"

[Timmean]

"I know I fell in the inn as well; my toughen spell was effective in repelling most of their attacks, but one of them was strong enough to get through my magical defenses."

[Octavia Rhoswen]

"Would anyone rather, share a brief description of the attack?"

[Volkihere Malacalo]

The door opens, Volk with bloodied blades enters the tavern. "First their was a spirit calling for its brother, it guided us into the forest, then we were greeted by a man in a long beaked mask playing drums and skeletons, that looked to be under his control. The man playing the drums could disappear on a wim, he was invulnerable to my blades and we could not take the drum away from him. The drum affected the skeletons, when he stopped playing, the skeletons stopped moving, and when he played faster the skeletons moved faster. The man in the mask was hostile to us and the skeletons seemed invulnerable. Then the man in the mask picked off all of us one at a time, while the skeletons were killing people, two humanoid beings were taking the bodies of our fallen. One looked male, the other looked female, the female called the male Boris, and Boris called the female Anastasia. Both Boris and Anastasia seemed to be able to go through people and make people sleep. I believe Horns, the Commander, and I were the last three to go down Anastasia put a sleeping spell on me and the Commander. I then awoke without eyes and it seemed everyone else was injured, then it was mentioned that their were bight marks on Torvallis's! neck. There was nothing found on anyone else but everyone else reserved healing pre examination.

[Volkihere Malacalo]

"Sorry for my delay, I was tending to some business, a few rats were trying to build another nest I had to remove them." Volk closes the door behind him, and goes to the corner of the tavern.

[Gerogie]

Opal speaks up, "If the drums affected the skeletons, would damaging the drum make them vulnerable? I know a spell that could set fire to the drums, but I have trouble reading my spellbook at night. Perhaps Torvallis!, clearly more talented with fire than I, knows this spell if another attack were to occur."

[Octavia Rhoswen]

"Thank you, Volk," Decima said.

Turning to Opal, "That is a great idea. Did anyone try breaking the drum in any sort of fashion?"

[Volkihere Malacalo]

"Torvallis! mentioned that they attempted that stratigy with no effect."

[Octavia Rhoswen]

"[[July 2, 424: approx. 10:15PM]]

"Let's go over what we have tried and with what types of weapons we have used. Please include what the weapon is made out of as well. Anyone?" the lady asks.

Decima writes:

- Fire mana
- Metal dagger

[Timmean]

"I couldn't harm them with my staff; that said, I have limited skill with it. I know Volk, Borin, and Marcus are much more effective when it comes to battle. The staff is wooden, of course, and I tried attacking both the skeletons and the drummer. As for the other two - Boris and Anastasia, was it? - I must've been knocked out before they arrived, so I don't know how effective it would be against them."

"I also used some of my earth magic to improve my defenses. It worked for a while; most of the skeleton's blows were too weak to harm me. One of them seemed particularly strong, though - I remember taking a single fierce blow which must've knocked me out."

[Octavia Rhoswen]

"Timmean, would you say that your Earth magic harmed them or had the skeletons stop attacking?" She inquires.

Decima adds to the list:
- Fire Mana
- Metal daggers
- Wooden staff

Things that seem to work:
- Music stopped, slows skeletons.

Decima turns to Phineas, "Phineas, do you know of ways we can acquire books or other knowledge about blood sucking beings and skeletons? Or perhaps we can find others who have dealt with these forces in the past?"

Looking towards everyone, the maiden asks, "What do we know about the ability to disappear? I'm concerned primarily with if it is willed or if it can happen without trying."

[Phineas J. Pennefeather]

In response to Decima's question the Halfling stops his running about tending the Tavern and takes the time to ponder.

"There may be a great number of ways to find out about what attacked us," Phineas says. "But I suspect that the best approach is to ask those that have been here longer than we few. I will make sure to make inquiries as I find the chance to do so. And there could very well be written accounts of such things!"

He begins to return to his duties when he stops to add one more thought.

"This place is well known to be the Isle of the Dead. Maybe there is a lot more to that than I previously believed!"

[Timmean]

Timmean shakes his head. "I'm afraid I didn't try any of my spells on the creatures; my focus has always been on healing and defensive magic, so my aggressive spells are limited. I do know a spell that could throw lightning at them, but I don't have the mana to use it often, and I usually save that mana to treat diseases or poisons instead."

[Octavia Rhoswen]

Decima ponders, "I believe we discussed that we have not tried healing as an offence."

She writes:

Have tried:
- Fire Mana
- Metal daggers
- Wooden staff

Has worked:
- Music stopped, slows skeletons.

Haven't tried:
- Offensive Earth spell
- Healing the undead

"I'm still looking to find out about how disappearing works."

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