(All, and so it begins)
Vinerith smiled as the three entered the room, finally after all this time, she would have a the champion of one of the goodly deities to help bring her plan to fruition. "Welcome welcome, please," she beckons for the three most recent arrivals to come further in and have a seat, "have a seat, and some refeshments, this has been a humid day thus far." As Kay's eyes meet Purgat's and his hand drops to the hilt of his weapon, Vinerith clicks her tongue. "I wouldn't draw if I were you, my young paladin, Purgat here has already been punished for his actions. I also would like to strongly encourage you all to learn to get along quickly, because you all will be putting up with each other for a while yet. Now... Sit."
As everyone gathers at the table, she starts off by way of introducing herself, "my name, as Im sure you all already know, is Vinerith Darkscale. Some of you are here because you have little to no choise in the matter, and some are here for the information that I can provide you, while others, it seems, are here merely because it amuses them." She then looks at Anja, "Lets see, Rapier at the hip, obviously Orcish heritage of some kind, and from that look on your face you dont trust me." The Dragoness smirks at the rouge, "you, young lady, must be Tulgan's daughter Anja." She chuckles to herself, "isn't this quaint, to think that if he had only waited a few days, he would have got to meet his daughter." She laces her fingers together in front of her, "you have his eyes you know."
She then looks at Claire, her smile fading, and turning her nose up at the former slave. "So, I see your 'friend' has decided to give you the chance to work off your debt." She rolls her eyes and says "whatever, just don't fuck up my plans Claire, cause not even that paladin could save you if you do." She then looks at Jinni, a lazy smile returning to her face, "speaking of wayward children, hows your mom these days? Any new father figures to look up to?" She taps a nail on her chin and appears to look thoughtful for a moment," you know~, she was here about a year ago, was asking around about you, among other things. If you like, it would be no trouble to send word to her if you'd like, could be a reunion of sorts."
Then her gaze falls on Kay, "And there he is, the man of the hour," her voice sounding smooth and somewhat condescending, "champion of Marae, defender of the weak, rescuer of damsels, solution to my problems." Her hands still laced together rise in front of her and her chin rests on them, her eyes stare back into yours for several moments, a smug, satisfied look smeared on her face before breaking the uncomfortable silence. "I trust you slept well? I would hate to send you out tired, as the Black Forest is very unforgiving, assassin-cockvines, trolls, sprites, tendriculos and the like." She then giggles and downs the rest of her drink.
"Okay, enough with the formalities," she sighs "down to business, now Im sure there are some of you whom expect me to do you some kind of harm, when the truth is I actually need you assistance." Her left hand comes out to her side, and a Kobold comes running up to her side with a rolled up piece of parchment, "thank you," she says before handing it to Anja. "This is a detailed map of the area, commonly known as The Black Forest. Now at the center and a little south is our lovely town, a little further north however is, what we've come to call the Decayed Forest, named because of the number of dead burried out there, theres a crypt built at the center of it all, and deep inside is the object I need a black onyx disk. The task in theory is simple, bring it back to me and I'll pay you all a large sum of gold for it plus possibly some other things. I should probably warn you though, your the fourth team Ive sent, so I advise caution. That being said, I planed to send my own personal ally, Purgat in with you to help make things a little easier. Any questions?