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Figured I'd make this post just 'cause it wouldn't make sense for her to really do anything else at this point, not until she's rested. When she wakes up though she'll be wondering what exactly is going on.

Minor Edits and Hissien, let me know what you think of how your characters look for the TV Tropes page - I posted my images on this post. If it's drastically wrong I can try to re-do them, but if it's good, then I'll use them.

Union and Hissien, let me know who I should change the poster of the first post and character posts to!

FWI, I added a link of the Trope page to the OP for sheer convenience if anybody wanted to know

okay so here's the short of it: I've got the shore group and Union has the cave group. I decided to save people this once because it's hard to charge a life and death situation with emotion when honestly I am not invested in it at this point. I think we could all use a break from the doom and gloom of drowning that we've all been having and some light humor is in heavy order.

Now, that said this will be my one moment of mercy and we are simply going to assume that it was with the blessing of whatever God you want to believe in that saved our group from drowning. I highly reccomend heading towards the smoke. But I won't force you to do so. So as it stands, everyone who was In the ocean is on the shore now, battered and bruised but alive enough to make it for a little while longer.

I believe the redguard is actually a fellow merc And is a she. The person only male around is the argonian.

I misread that post :$

Yay! Glad to see it back up and running!

Yeah, Shadow's right; on the shore there's Kelessa, a still-unnamed female Redguard mercenary, and then the male Argonian crew member from the ship that washed up on shore who said his name was Slinks-in-Darkness.

Here's a couple things that Velvet had mentioned to me in the past that you DMs (well, probably Union, since it involves the cave characters) might like to know:
- He hadn't decided/rolled yet on whether or not Niralie is going to have any permanent effects from her head injury, so I suppose it's up to you to figure that out
- He said Arellius would not go back to look for/rejoin the ship group if the cave group decides to do so
- When I was double-checking that I had an accurate Berserk Button for Arellius on the TV Tropes page, Velvet said that yes, it's right; he said that Arellius liked to be in control and that it was kind of "his thing". So that might be something to keep in mind when playing him; I thought it was interesting, and makes sense from the way we've seen him act.

I'm actually thinking of skipping the Cave Group to the nearby city of Winterhold and figuring out where to go from there. El Would that be okay with you guys?

Seeing as Eolwyn probably had to come from some center of civilization I would like to have them head there, have the necromancer jailed (Not permanently of course, plenty of opportunities for escape), and then deal with whatever's thrown at them.

Well, as far as where they're going to go, their cave is equidistant from Windhelm and Winterhold, although to get to Winterhold they'll have to get up the cliffs. If they went to Windhelm, one possibility for Nandrnil to get away is that when they were making Skyrim, there was going to be an arena in Windhelm and, if you were imprisoned in Windhelm, well, one unused NPC claims that they don't have people sit in cells there, but rather fight for your freedom. If you win, you go free; lose, and you're dead.

I'd like to at least have one more scene in the cave yet, when Niralie wakes up. She and Eolwyn haven't met each other yet, she doesn't know what happened out there, and she still thinks that Nandrnil is just some random adventurer that was a bit jumpy; she doesn't know that he's wanted for murder. I think there could be some interesting interaction between at least those three there, and it would be weird to just jump past that (especially since what they say during such a scene might affect how she thinks of them). That's also when the group can discuss where they want to go afterward - if they want to decide between the two towns, if they want to discuss looking for the ship, whatever.

In that case then interact away, yo. There's not much else I can do besides control Valentia and Arellius, and right now they're not really the focus of the action. I'd just like to be away from the cave thing ASAP, it's stifling, IMO.

Do you just want me to do the timeskip then? Or you make a DM post? Hissien and Aarah, you're okay with timeskipping to the next day, I assume?

Oh, and who wants the first post and who wants the character post, btw? I can change the poster on a post.

I'm fine with you skipping to the next day

Yep, I'm cool with a timeskip too.

If Hissien's okay with it, I'd like for him to have the character post.

DM POST TIME. I'm going to be referring to this general crew as the 'Windhelm Group' for now, until necessity demands a new name.

If there's anything else I need to add to this, let me know.

somehow I don't think that's what she meant

Name: Dorian Laennec

Race: Breton

Sex: Male

Age: 21

Appearance:

Despite his typical surroundings, Dorian's face is unmistakably aristocratic in form, bearing high cheekbones and a hooked nose. At odds with his features, his medium-length black hair is tousled and unkempt, and his face is frequently accentuated with dirt and a few days worth of stubble. His slanted eyes are a light blue color and above them lie a pair of straight, thin eyebrows. His body is lean yet strong as a result of his constant activity, though a sudden drought of septims would likely leave him malnourished.

Personality: Dorian projects the aura of an upbeat and charismatic attitude. However, he is a lethal killer and his time as a Laennec courtier has taught him to wield his Illusion magic handily and without guilt. Survival is his main goal, and he will do anything to keep his life.

A short bio: Born as a servant to House Laennec in northern High Rock, it was not long before Dorian's lineage was put into question a few years after his birth. This intrigue was likely due to his uncanny resemblance to the Lord of the House, Jacme, as well as his considerably comfortable quarters nearby the warm kitchen. However, Jacme and his wife had failed to produce a legitimate heir, and Jacme would rather put a lowborn [&@%!] on the throne before either of his brothers. And thus, life continued to improve for Dorian after the revelation. Despite the contempt his step-mother and much of the close nobility, Dorian was given a seat beside his father at meals and was in all respects, treated as a true noble. In time, however, Jacme produced another son, this time with his wife, thereby dissolving Dorian's already tenuous claim. At age 17, Dorian was more or less forced from the castle by the rejoicing couple, who were glad to banish the scandal from the thoughts of the other nobility. Luckily, he had received a fair bit of training to prepare him to play the political games commonplace in High Rock, and with the help of both magic and wits, Dorian managed to survive by picking up odd jobs, wandering constantly and skirting the law more often than not. This was his life until now.

Skills: A skilled illusionist, Dorian can use his Charm to alter emotions and banish thoughts he deems "unhealthy". However, using his Charm is a great risk due to its chance of failure, particularly if used against one of strong mind. On the other side of the coin, he can flare emotions to send his target into a Frenzy, though it is still susceptible to failure and what they do afterwards is out of his control. Dorian is not especially built for head-on combat and prefers to avoid combat through stealth, though he can handle a blade if need be.

Items: As a wanderer, Dorian carries all of his things on his person. He is clothed in a leather breastplate with greaves and boots of the same material. He is swathed in a weather-beaten, dark green hooded cloak. Dorian wears a belt around his waist from which hang several pockets, which hold his meager amount of septims. Hanging from his shoulder is a satchel containing food and other supplies such as herbs and medicines, next to which an iron longsword is strapped to his back. He wears the silver signet ring of House Laennec on his left hand.

I've come to realize that at this point in time, Candlehearth Hall wouldn't even be called that name at the time. The legend of the ever-burning candle comes from a guy dying in 4E.

But, what the hell. We'll just go with the name for now.