As if all the arrivals were predicted, High Priest Daniel or known by his fellow priests and the people of Krystallem Father Daniel, entered the tavern. He did not waste any time at all as he moved to the table. He surveyed the group and with satisfaction he looked to Heinrich and gestured to him. On cue Heinrich, with a wave of his hand, summoned 9 sacks of gold coins that together equaled 250,000. He then cleared his throat and began to address the group. "Greetings, friends, those who have answered my call, many letters I have sent but only nine of you showed up. I suppose that only means that you nine saw the risk but found something in it to be worth checking out. Perhaps the gold was too much to pass up or perhaps you to notice that the mission must be very important if not only the Church was requesting you but the Mages Guild as well." he said but then moved to a spot to sit. He then gestured to Heinrich once more who stood and removed from the satchel at his side scrolls for the group to look at. On these scrolls was a image of a chalice sitting upon a pedestal and next to it a image of a door with a great seal on it. "This Chalice is your mission, I recently commissioned Heinrich of the Mages Guild to search for its location with scrying spells and tomes. What he came up with was what you see before you. This Chalice is known as the Chalice of Silence. I confirmed this with the markings on the chalice matching it's description within my own knowledge." He paused and saw the look Ishmael was given him and that of Cassandra and Urthak telling him that they knew nothing of this Chalice. Ishmael was young and likely never heard of it and of course the others.

 "The Chalice of Silence has the power, if in the wrong hands can destroy everything we hold dear but in the right hands has the power to cure any disease, banish any curse placed upon someone. The problem is that from what Heinrich told me, the seal of protection has weakened and soon will be no longer keeping out the evils of the world. I doubt we are the only ones who know about it and to prevent evil from taking hold of it I am asking you brave nine to take it and bring it to me where it can be under the protection of the Church." He explained. "However, I am too old to go with you so I am leaving Ishmael to go in my stead and with Heinrich's guidance you should make it there for he knows the way." He coughed a little bit and once he stopped he looked to each one of them. "I pray that despite the pay being split between you, that you will see that this is not a matter of gold but a matter of great importance and accept this mission. Just by arriving you have already been paid ,but that gold will matter nothing if someone very evil or something got it's hands on that chalice and with it used its power to bring chaos and despair." He finished and then stood. "Decide now and I pray for your safety whether you accept or don't." With that he left them to their thoughts heading towards the door and as he left he could already hear voices scattering about. Some of them about their little conversation and some were not. 

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 Cassandra the drow sighed as she heard the words coming from the old priest and as she looked at the chalice and then to the door with the seal on it she found herself in thought. She eventually smirked as he finished and looked up at Ishmael. "I have no choice in the matter, I am in. Why?... I come from a line of race that would be happy to have this "Chalice of Silence" for their own personal gains. The drow people just love to spread chaos and spill the blood of the surface people the so hate with a passion. If he is right that he is not the only one who knows about this then my people might be one of them. In fact for all we know that door could have been sealed to hide such a object from my kin specifically." Cassandra hated her own people and knew what they were capable of. The drow people she knew would use that chalice to enslave everyone in this world and would use it to kill anyone who got in their way. 

 Urthak quit eating once he heard all that was said. After listening to Cassandra it further convinced him that he had to do this mission. If her kin were as bad as she said they were then likely to even use his own people as slaves or kill them. His people were prideful and would either join the drow as slaves out of envy of the power the chalice brought or be destroyed because they refused to be pawns to them. He pushed the plate aside losing his appetite which did not happen often. "I am in as well, the people I left in my village... they are not all smart like some but there are a few , so there are two paths for them to take on this. Slavery, or destruction from whatever evil that got a hold on it." With that he looked about to the others. The elves where in,... the goody goody elves would not allow the risk of it ending up in some greedy human's hand or that of the drow elves that Cassandra spoke of.

 Heinrich smiled at the two and found Ishmael doing the same. He leaned in and wondered if the others were in as well. "I hate to say this but we will be leaving right now, so if your in just follow me out that door and we can discuss your reasons for going on this mission on our way. We should get as much distance as possible before nightfall. It will take us five days to get there and I do not plan on getting there any day later then that. By looking at the seal through my scrying orbs in my sanctum I would say that the seal would be fully faded by the time we get there or already faded." With that he stood and gave a slight bowing of the head to them. He did not even wait for Ishmael to be by his side yet.
 As he rose up to leave Ishmael did so as well, smiling at Cassandra as he did so. "Pleasure to be working with you." He said just before turning on his feet and moving to join Heinrich. Cassandra rose a brow at the holy knight and shook her head as she rose up as well. She took one final drink of the glass of wine and looked at the food they were leaving. The food was already cooked and could spoil if they took it all with them. Well no point on dwelling on it. She looked to De and she found his hair style to be a bit odd but she wouldn't judge. There were plenty of people out there who had worse hair styles. His was just unkempt. She heard the sounds of Urthak's talons hitting up against the wood floor and had a smile grow on her face. She then waited for the sounds of the others and hoped that the others would come. She doubted that their little force could take on much but it was better then nothing. As she left though she stopped and turned around to face Urthak.
 "You have a unique sense of smell my friend." She said and she looked about the tavern. "Take all the scents in here to mind as we leave and that of the city. That way if we end up being followed by any of them we will know it." She said and Urthak looked around. He took in the scents as she said with a couple flicks of his tongue and then he looked back to her and gave her a nod. She then turned around and continued out. His next thoughts were of her. That kind of thinking may benefit them in the future. He wasn't stupid but the idea of remembering the smell of the people in here escaped him. She wasn't too bad looking either for a soft skin.