ewancummins wrote:
The old knight makes a sign against evil powers. ''This happening now, not long after the Eve of the Dead...corpses rising...I had thought we were dealing with a lot of ordinary men, backed by some faction. But it looks like this is worse than all that."
Termelan, dressed in his performance clothes and standing a bit to the side, speaks up about then, after giving a courteous bow to the priestess.
Addressing Lord Filbert and the old knight, the bard says
"I don't fully comprehend what Lord Filbert says about the shadow world, or the extend of his powers, but perhaps I should mention I was ... brought in this land through a magical accident of shorts. A few of us were gathered by his excellency the Archmage of Ebonheart Tower for some sort of experiment. All of us people of some experience in travelling but none that people with power would miss. As we stood in an open field outside of the town, a peaceful place with a ring of ancient green trees surrounding a patch of blackened earth, treated with special materials we're not privy about, we were told it would be a 'probably safe' procedure and little else. From what I gathered overhearing his Excellency speaking with the Enlightened, his apprentices, they wanted to test the "barrier of the worlds" and some theories on magical travel.
I would assume that the experiment failed since I was the only one to be transported in one piece as far as I know and very possibly further than his Excellency the Archmage planned. This happened a few weeks ago, when I was brought in this land." Termelan makes a small pause. "There's some proof about this. A few miles outside the city, at a bend in the river near a tree that's partially uprooted, you'll find the buried remains of another traveler that was brought with me. Or at least, the half that arrived with me.
Perhaps the accident was because of this thinning Lord Filbert mentioned, perhaps it's completely unrelated and caused by a miscalculation by one of the Enlightened."
Termelan makes another small pause, thoughtful. "Lord Filbert, if possible, I would like to see this statuette you mention. Where I come from, there are several cults that worship fiends in exchange of magical powers. I may be able to tell something about the enemy if I identify this statuette"