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The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

So what's everyone doing for the 4th of July?

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Just curious,.. anyone watching Game of Thrones? Just watched the last episode of the season and oh my god that was awesome. I wont spoil it if you haven't seen it.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Another hot day in the desert. 115 today, not bad compared to yesterday which was 120.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Today was good... went to the movies and watched episode 9 of Game of thrones. I went to see the World of Warcraft movie. I enjoyed it.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Erika, the inquisitor looked into the face of the one standing before her. The onion knight stood between her and the drow as if the sorceress was in danger. She rolled her eyes and finally the orc spoke. She looked to him and nodded. "It is the Chalice of Silence. A fitting artifact for the god of the undead. The reaper Nerull. The enchantment is as the name suggests. It cancels out all magic making undead very difficult to defeat unless you carry a magical weapon or holy one at that. Very dangerous in the wrong hands." She said. She knew what it was and what it could do. Knowledge was power and the Order guards it well. "Makes sense with why the Mages guild would want it. Especially if it is in league with a Vampire. Again as said my companion here told me a few names belonging to residents in the city. All of them with ties to this said Vampire." As she spoke her gaze turned back to the woman in armor before her. "I have been hunting for this Vampire for six long years and I am getting close to finishing it. Once more I will say this, the orc and the drow are no concern to me. That artifact will be taken by me one way or another and destroyed." She drew forth her sword and repeating crossbow.

"You got two choices, the first one is I will buy it off of you for forty thousand gold and you will hand it over no questions asked.... or I kill all three of you right here and now. The funny thing is,... no one would question a Inquisitor who has slain a orc, a drow, and a human conspirator. However, I wish not to spill your blood. Only that of the Vampire and his thrawls. Mind you the only way your getting out of this monastery alive is the first option."

"The next thing is you will be employed by the order. I know it sounds weird for a inquisitor to convert over a drow and a orc but it is the duty of all who follow Pelinor. Repent and your sins will be forgiven, you have repented therefore all is forgiven." She said. She then handed her weapons over to Elleonora. "Take these,... I am in no threat and neither are they." She showed herself the better and handed her weapons off. Was she harmless and without defense... no. Inquisitors were armed with more then just the weapons they carried but with the word of their god granting them holy powers. Even without a sword or her crossbow she was deadly. She then took her brimmed hat and placed it on that of the head of the onion knight. She then pushed around the woman and sat on the bed right next to Vivian.

"I think we all can be civil with this." She said pulling out a parchment and a pen. She began to write down on that parchment. It was a order of acquisition of payment from the monastery onto the three adventurers. Nothing too fancy, she signed it at the bottom and then handed it to Vivian. "Hand that to the monastery's treasurer and he will pay you the amount I stated. You three can split however you like." She then pulled out another parchment. That of enlistment.
"Only I have the power to keep the monastery from burning you alive and hanging the other two. With this you will not only be under my protection but of that of the order. You can ask the orc,... My word is treated as that of the leader of our Order himself and of our god. The monastery will obey it or be charged with heresy and damned to the nine hells." She ended it with that and sat back handing the parchment to the woman in the armor.

"You three will sign the paper and then I will sign afterwards. You will be under my service until I dismiss thy three. That wont happen until the vampire in charge of this damned desert is dead along with those under him." She looked to the orc once more.

"Get some rest,... all of you. You will need it." With that Erika stood up from her position and walked around the knight once more and then took her weapons from Elle and put them back in place. She was about to leave when she remembered something. She turned and removed her brimmed hat from Catarina's head and then proceeded out.

"Parum,... we found three more people. The witch hunt will begin in the morning. Any of you want to sleep too go ahead."

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Vivian felt the slap and rather then feel anger a smirk grew on her face. Her hand moving to press upon her cheek. Catarina passed her little test. It hurt but it felt better to know Catarina was going to be her ally. Malkai on the other hand... gold was likely the only thing on his mind. She was about to say something when the door opened in the middle of Catarina's rant and a inquisitor stood within the door way. Her eyes widened with fear,... this was it. This was the moment they were going to die. She felt it,... the end was close and she could feel it. Then suddenly the inquisitors words rang through her ears. She did not wish them harm,...
This was still yet to be undetermined and now Catarina stood between her and the woman in black armor to protect them.

The Inquisitor was named Erika and she began to speak to the halfling at her side about how much the chalice was worth. She then proceeded to give out price and their options. To be honest,... they really had no options. They either accepted the payment and the job proposal or they died in here. She had no plans of dying here. She made that clear earlier. When the inquisitor sat beside her,... she could deny that she was nervous. It could be seen. Even unarmed the woman was dangerous. She began writing on some kind of parchment and signed it. It was that of proof of purchase to be turned it. They would get forty thousand between the three of them and the chalice taken and destroyed. Next came the document of their employment that they would sign.

The payment was handed to her and the contract handed to Catarina. Vivian already accepted both of them. She did not care if the inquisitor was just lying or not. Right now any chance of life would be taken. She was right anyways. She could kill all three of them and no one would ask questions....

"Well I don't speak for my companion or my friend here but I will accept your proposal." She said. Who knows perhaps a job with the order was the kind of thing she needed to be given a name around here. "Question?..." She said and Erika turned around her brow perked.
"Even with these signed... how will the city guard or monastery guards know we are in your service.. we wont always be at your side." She asked. Erika nodded and pulled forth from a pouch in her back pocket three amulets. She proceed to toss one to Vivian and then one to Catarina.
"Here, these will be proof enough..." The red haired woman said. She then proceeded to toss the final one to Malkai.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Happy Fathers day to you all.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

by the way,... you guys are the only ones right now who make waiting for posts worth it. The other roleplay I was working on was not worth it and I just said fuck it with that one.

This one... I like every post so far. I don't know what to expect.

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Now it was Vivian's turn to voice her opinion on Malkai. "Oh your an orc, fascinating. Remember the part where I am a drow. Everyone on the surface world know about my race's background. Catarina here has probably heard of a few tales about how treacherous and deceitful my people are. Oh and your a half orc,.. that does count for something." She said scanning him further with her eyes. "Besides your little betrayal of hiding your self is small talk compared to what my house did to me. I failed one mission, just one. Just like that my house's matriarch, who I served loyally sense I could walk on two legs, orders for my death. Even now I am a wanted fugitive by my kin and wouldn't be surprised if a few agents aren't looking for me on the surface. That's why I picked the desert to hide in. With the sun so bright and painful to our skin here, no one would dare follow me here." There it was. Her reasoning for being on the surface. Whether they believed her or not was up to them. They probably didn't which is mostly always the case. "You have a better chance of survival in a city then I Malkai. It doesn't take a grand sorcerer to notice that your arms and body is much smaller then the average which means only two things. You were the runt of the liter or your a half breed." She said the last bits more calmly and respectfully then the her other words. "I am an outcast to my race just like you Malkai,... that's why I saved you." Why did Catarina?.... well most likely because what most humans desire. Gold. The chalice was likely the only thing that Catarina was sticking around for. With everything Vivian has done she could tell the human still didn't trust her.

Vivian sighed and leaned back into the wall. "I am a dead man walking so to speak my friends. Correction allies,... we are not exactly friends. The only relationship we have with one another is this chalice. Once we get the gold for it we will likely all go our seperate ways and forget each others faces so quick it would be like we never meet." She voiced. She hated reality and what it always reminded her of. She was alone in this world and it would take some time before she could get a name for herself and people would begin to trust her,.... hopefully. She had a very strong desire to just leave the chalice here and walk up to the closest guard and let him kill her, but that would make every move she has done so far seem rather wasted. Besides Casandra would be very disappointed in her. Catarina spoke her words of protection towards the two and she smirked.

"Catarina,... do lie to yourself. Your just here for your portion of the gold. You wouldn't care about what happens to me or Malkai. As long as you had the chalice you would be happy. Don't worry,... I do believe this church might give us a bit more gold then what the guild would have given. Pretty sure they would have just killed us anyways and take it. I mean seriously.... what kind of client tells you to go retrieve something without paying you a little something up front to keep you interested and then refuses to tell you how much they would give you afterwards. The guild will likely just kill us or turn us in and get a reward from that." She added. Perhaps she would work for the order,... carrying a seal of Pelinor around would give people a much more better opinion of her. She doubt the order would accept her though... unless she let them convert her from Lolth to Pelinor... then maybe they would. She felt she was being a little too optimistic though and just shook her head. "In the morning... we will see what our fate is. Even as a elf I stand out quite a bit with my Scythe.... every priest that saw us most likely has their suspicions about me." She decided that perhaps it was best she didn't have the chalice... She looked to Catarina and held it out for her. "Go on take it.... if the priests come in you can just tell them you captured a orc and a drow and are waiting to collect a bounty. That way no matter what at least one member of this group comes up on top.".. It was more of a test then a gift. To see if she was wrong about Catarina or was she just another greedy human.

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"Well headmaster I didn't come here to inspect the mages guild,... although my path might lead me to that anyways from what my friend here tells me." She said. The old man looked from Erika to Parum and then back to Erika.
"You just arrived and you already got a spy network?..fascinating."The old man responded. Erika smirked and shrugged.
"I am just as impressed as you sir... I didn't even know I had a agent here until she came along." She said. She looked down at Parum. "But she has already debriefed me on a lot of very disturbing things." She then turned her head back to him.
"I am here on the trail of Vampire lord that has escaped me on multiple occasions. His trail has lead me here to this very city." She then tossed the pendant she took from the half orc. "That is his mark and from day one I arrived I can tell that he has a lot of power here. From the names that my advisor gave me, your in the thick of a large scale brood nest of vampires and their thrawls." She said.

This news did not make the headmaster happy. He sighed and threw down his pen and sat back in his chair almost exhausted. "Well that explains the undead in the desert and the temple of Nerul that was discovered. The guild found it and wanted the artifact from it." He said. He found out because the guards where on the Order's payroll not the guilds. Erika rose a brow and stroked her chin. That would make sense as to why the guild wanted it. The guild may have been more involved then they are led to believe. It only takes one bad apple to spoil the rest they say. She looked to Parum.... "Bit of a warning Parum... you might have just found yourself in the middle of one giant witch hunt. If at any time you want to back out I won't blame you." She said.

Suddenly the door had slammed open again, only this time it was a gate guard. "Sir,.. three adventurers have informed us that undead attack the gates again. I have already sent men to go deal with it. However,.. I came to you cause the adventurers are a interesting sort. A elf with a scythe, a woman in onion shaped armor, and a orc on a tiger. The elf woman... she carries the artifact that the guild wants." The man said. The headmaster nodded and was about to speak when Erika's hand raised up to stop him.

"Where are they located now?...." She asked. The guard looked to her and moved to stand upright.
"They are in the visitors quarters Ma'am,..." He answered. She nodded and looked to the headmaster.
"I will deal with this... it is my investigation after all and at the moment I have the highest authority." She said. The old man raised his hand in defeat.
"You don't need to remind me of your power Inquisitor." He responded. "The monastery is at your command." She nodded and then proceeded to leave the room. She guided the halfling towards the visitor's quarters.

"A elf with a Scythe.... huh, never thought I would picture a elf with a scythe before. They are always so graceful and carry lighter weapons for speed. Not something like a scythe. Plus they have an orc with them. That is surprising indeed... usually elves kill orcs on sight not carry them into a monastery of all places." She shrugged and waited for any bit of Parum's opinion.

It would seem she was back into the thick of it and she rather enjoyed it. The danger of death was expected in her field and she embrassed it. Death in the service of their lord was not a shameful thing. So undead frequently attack the outer parameter and the order was never told... what was the headmaster thinking. That he can handle such a situation himself. The fool....

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Erika and Parum came upon the room and she could here talking. Something about drow and half orcs and betrayal. What a weird group. She pushed open the door removing her wide brimmed hat and looking upon the trio. What she saw she did not expect. Well the orc and the onion knight she expected. However, not the drow,... was she drawing her sword in preperation to kill her,.... to the group's surprise no. The order was not so blind to the world to not know that there are rogue drow. Perhaps this is one of them,... perhaps not and this one is just a sleeper assassin waiting for the best moment to strike.

What she saw was the chalice being offered to the onion knight. The artifact the guild was after. A artifact of the god of death, Nerul. She then looked to the orc and he looked.... malnourished. "So you three are what the monastery has just been gossiping about. Look I don't care who you are or what you are. The situation in this part of the world is much more dire then racial backgrounds that lead back sense the days of creation. I will be brief and quick.... I am a Inquisitor, my name is Erika. I am not here to hunt drow, so do not be alarmed." She looked to Malkai and just shrugged.

"As for you,... well orc hunting isn't exactly a inquisitor's job so your safe as well." She then looked to the chalice and then back to the drow elf. "You three must have gone through a lot to achieve that...." She looked to Parum. "Your a merchant right?... what price would you say that is worth?"

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Vivian smirked at how simple it was to get in the monastery with the help of their treasure. She wondered how much gold the Order would give them for the Chalice over the Mages Guild. She let the thought go though as resting was the only thing on her mind right now. Once they reached the rooms she just picked one and moved through the door. It had three beds. They were not much to look at. Simple leather cots with a single window to the outside. She guided her animal to the bed and then moved Malkai to it and helped him into it. Once he was on the bed she dismissed the tiger. With that she even let her own disguise drop as she moved to her own bed and laid down in it. She was exhausted from holding Summoned creature for as long as she did on top of the disguise spell.

She rested he Scythe down as she sat down, her eyes moving over to Malkai. To think she thought she was the only outcast in the group. She sighed and looked to the door. "I am a little Nervous being in this area. Not just for my sake but for his as well. I don't know what this order will do to him, but I have a good idea as to what they will do to me...." She spoke. She then shrugged. "Oh well, if trouble where to occur I got some tricks to get myself out of here, and him too if the case should arise." Hopefully she was fully rested by then....

... Erika nodded as the names were given her. This thieves guild was pretty well established in this part of the world. She moved a hand to her chin and stroked it. One of the names she rolled in her head sounded familiar. Not of the thieves guild but of the Mages guild. The fact that one had ties to these... Bandits in the city. The bandits being thrawls made the Orders suspicions of the guild even more stronger.

"Alright, consider yourself hired, I will need you and your toys." She still needed a bigger team. She looked to Parum. "If you could be more of a dear. Do you know of any others that might be good for a small force to help us deal with this Vampire threat. I got two citizens in mind already,... Well not citizens. They are just as much foreign as I am.in fact the more foreign the person is that you can think of the better. I can't trust locals for obvious reasons. He won't escape from me this time."

The two finally came up to a set of doors. She took in a deep breathe and opened one side. She saw a old man look up from his desk as she held it open for Parum. "Greetings Inquisitor, what can I do for you?"

The Chronicles of Dosei: Sands of Blood, A Dungeons and Dragons Roleplay. (Full)

Okay, will try and type up a good post.