The Investigation So Far...

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Feickert: When last we played, you were investigating reports of a werewolf vandalizing a herb shop and murdering its owners.

[Ainsophaur]

Yes I remember, I spock to two guys on a motorcycle. I really didn't know where togo from there.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

If I remember correctly, you spoke to Miguel and Nitro.

You can always look for other Black Spirals in the area, or other werewolf cairns. You had stepped into the Umbra as Cyric: you could go further and see if there's anything untoward. Do research to see what she stole..... etc.

[Ainsophaur]

Great idea. As Cyric, Ill have him go and concult a spectual oricle. Most likely at the same temple i got my shadow upgrade at and consult the priests there if I can. About what could have possibly been stolen, and if there have been any unusual soul trafficing.

With Pyra: I'll have him snoop around the crime scene, and listen in, Im sure more then one of those cops are smoking some cigs. So he can use the flame of the cigs to eavesdrop on the cop chatter.

Ill have my mirror man, and gunhand, do what my seer needs to keep trying to break the spell to see whats going on.

As for the rest, I'll have them keep working on the base in the mountain side. And Ill have my hunterkill cerebrate go out and sure for another zerg colony so try and recruit a few drones or some other zerg.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Cyric finds no difficulty whatsoever traversing the Shadow Realms, luckily. He finds that great temple and walks into it. The Shadow Priest says, "I know why you have come, but your answer will cost."

With Pyra: I'll have him snoop around the crime scene, and listen in, Im sure more then one of those cops are smoking some cigs. So he can use the flame of the cigs to eavesdrop on the cop chatter.

Sure. They had actually let you into the scene, remember? Anyways, their chatter is an uncomfortable mix of bravado and visceral disgust, changing the conversation while being quite conscious they're doing so. Nothing newcomes up. The place was fairly well ransacked. They mention that one body was ritualistically killed, another obviously kidnapped (maybe alive; the blood of the second type isn't very much, not enough to kill someone, and there's no other splatter pattern). Ten herbs were stolen as well as cash and other magical instruments, which doesn't make sense to you: BSDs tend not to need cash. The herbs sound pretty basic, except for Homlye (an herb from Hael). Homlye is quite rare, with a very strong taste and a chemical ability to release formerly masked flavors ("Restore the freshness! With homlye!", goes the jingle).

No Droids are found. Everyone else keeps working.

[Ainsophaur]

Cyric smiles and says to the priest "Before I committ to the debt, may I ask what it is you wish from me? If it is a task to retrieve something, or to slay someone, by all means..speak freely of it, also, if there is anything you need outside of my current debt to you, I am always at your service."

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

"A magician has been abusing shadow beasts in an attempt to win a gubernatorial race in Iowa. Kill him."

[Ainsophaur]

Cyric "As you wish meh Lord....may I request you give me a vision of what he looks like and a stronger sense of his wereabouts?"

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

"No."

[Ainsophaur]

Cyric will bow to the priest "Very well..." he will then take 3 steps backwards turn in place and while marching forward shadow port to Pyra and tell him the news...they will tell Karen via mind speak comms "We need to try to percure some defensive measures to hide our base...see if we can recruit of ask our team if they know any enchantment illusionary spells. I want our base, undetectible, and I want any hicker whom might get lost to have a very bad feeling about this place and leave." Pyra and Cyric will goto Iowa and summon our seerer and have her locate all the ppl whom have magic in the area and help us locate the murder.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Your base is hidden in a volcano. I imagine you have permits; just get a guard to tell them to fuck off.

The seer can't do a scan of a whole state.

[Ainsophaur]

Well of course she can't we'll sweap the widest area as she can. and move onto the next grid of the portion of the state.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

She can't even do that. Not even close.

[Ainsophaur]

Hmm if thats the case, scratch bring her here, Pyra and Cyric will go around the state and ask some questions...find a few witch covens...maybe some shady bars etc.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Might want to have some other people do some more basic police work in the meantime.

The seer CAN help, you just need some evidence. Maybe watching some TV might help her.

[Ainsophaur]

Good idea. Ill have her go back to base, and have the gunhand robot being patch into an info network and scan away. Have the seer do as well...perhaps have the seer enter the mind of the robotbeing, and see as the robotbeing sees and what it sees, it maybe faster then television. Ill also have Karen goto her room, and enter her anansi web and use that network to ask questions and listen in.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

The gunhand robot finds that the gubernatorial race in Iowa is probably going to be won by staunch Christian conservative (tough on crime, soft for children's issues) Mart Hanley, who has a daughter Mayl, wife Jill, and son Bob. He is running against a rather nasty and vitriolic liberal, Joanne Hart, who has been accused of underhanded tactics.

What other information are you looking for?

Ananasi are information brokers. What information will you be bringing to the table?

Anyone, you know, going to try LOOKING for the damn thing?

And Cyric et al are going to start, what, Sioux City?

[Ainsophaur]

hmm The robot will be looking for anything about zealot mages, priests, holy organizations whom might have caught the eye of the press. Just to give us an idea where to start.

I suppose ill send the hunter kill out to accually look for the werewolf. It'll start at the crime scene and follow nitro's trail.

Cyric: Yeah why not sounds like a good place to start looking. He'll ask Pyra to goto the plane of fire and start asking questions there from any friends he might have down there.

Karen will probably try and contact a shader Ananasi whom might be concerned as well with the shade slaying in Iowa. She'll bring that info to the table, and the info about the werewolf, and the info About Nitro and the other dude. She'll seek the following info.

**Earthen Zerg colonies and locations, Information on the werewolf's were abouts, and what it stole, and why it kidnapped the store keeper. Also black spiral dancer cults and groups in the area. Shadowports, and umberal portals in Iowa.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

I meant that your team should be doing SOMETHING ELSE aside from helping Cyric with his quixoticisms. Do missions for someone. Recruit people.

Many zealots, priests, and organizations (holy or otherwise) have caught the eyes of the press. These are relevant headlines: “Imperial Invasion of Byblos Continues”, “US Denies Existence of Secret Cryogenic Superwarrior Project”, “Mysterious X Organization Connected to Supervillain Smuggling”, “Thrash and Badcat Disappear; No Further Data As Of Yet”; “Unusual Monster Activity Reported Worldwide”; “Evil Space Militarization Shrimp’s Location Unknown”; “Dow Rises 200 Points”; “American Businesses Shut Out Of Imperial Territories”; “Two Groups of Mysterious Cultists Battle: 27 dead, 69 injured”; “The Feng Shui Murders Continue: 14 People Killed By Enigmatic Lethal Symptoms”.

Nitro didn't have a trail. He and Miguel, who have been sitting back at the crime scene while you idiots muck around not doing the basics, noticed that the trail on the ground ended outside of the store. The direction seemed to be towards the woods, mountains, etc.

Cyric begins in lovely Sioux City, population 120,000. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_City has some locations. And fire elementals tend not to have contacts for what's happening to some lower level shade beasts.

How will you contact them? Phone, e-mail, what have you? And that's not very interesting information; the Iowa info would be interesting if a) it was based on more substantiable allegations than a shadow priest's word and b) if you had an identity (at the moment, it might be the conservative, his family, his opponent, people in either camp or a protest or pressure group), etc. You don't have a lot of leverage at the moment.

[Ainsophaur]

So it would seem. I don't have the list of my team anymore. you still have it? If not im screwed.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

I know I have it in e-mail, if not in another medium. Here is the e-mail I have:

Cyric: Free lvl 40
Secret Mystic


Pyra: Free lvl 40
Lava Elemental Pyromancer/Pyrokinetic


Unrelent: Free lvl 30
Nanomech


Karen -Death Magi (Anansi): Free lvl 30
self-explainitory


Human Ki-Tk-Martial Arts: lvl 23
Born in the corprate death machine known as america
he broke free and moved out of the country to england
His mother and father hide his abilities as a TK from
the world, until he was old enough to control them.
Once old enough he moved to Japan and began studing
martial arts in an effort to help give him more control
over his powers. Inturn he learned to use his Ki and
create his own fighting style. He came to join this party
after Karen invited him to a group meeting to discuss
the starting of an organization.

Physical Description-

6'1. 189lbs. Dark brown Hair; short. Brown eyes. Slim build.
White skin.
Sex: Male
Name: David Splince
Age: 24 years old.


Ancient Architect. Wizard/Psionist/tech. lvl 28
( Material Alteration/Geomancer/Enchanter/Gravitimancer/Climatoligiest ): 28
One of the older races of the universe. The "Ancients" are thought to be
the creaters of this plane. They are all almost gone from this plan of existence.
They excel at building standing structures, caves etc. down to the finest detail.
He came to join this party as a debt to Pyra for saving his life within the depths
of the earth.

Physical Description-

8'11. 167lbs. No hair. No eyes. No mouth. Slender build. Gray skin.
Enlarged Head similar to "alien" in design. Communicates via: TP
Sex: Sexless
Name: Siklou Veldoru Kikori Zumia
Age: Unknown


Human Healer, Medic, Alchemist Bio-kinetic: lvl 26
She was a farmers daughter from a poor family dreaming of
excitement and advanture. She was promised to a neighboring
farmers son so the too farmers could share land and hopefully
eek out a better existence deep within russia. One day all of
her prays were answered, when she was bless by some unholy god
whom forced her bare witness to her village's demise.
Along with countless others. Most of which was by a tall man
with demonic wings, and lesser minions with powers that aren't
unlike his own. Little does she know. But it was Cyric trainning
his charges. She dedicated her life to way of healing others,
and to one day meet the man whom gave her, her greatest gift in life.
Hope and an ultimate goal, past being a farmers daughter. She was invited
by karen when she discovered her upon her travels doing chores for
her former employer.

Physical Description-

5'5. 110lbs. Long Blonde Hair. Blue eyes. Slender Build. White skin.
Name: Sonya A. Sckrenizk
Age: 16 years old.


Magical creature ( originally human ) Golem Maker: lvl 20
Born in America this man devoted his life to the arcane arts.
late in his years to tried his hand at the art of golem making.
He found he excelled as did his guild. They Helped train him
farther then he imagioned. Soon he began replacing his organs
with the ones he created. After years of study and lost of
unnessisary surger and multiple added parts. This human could
hardly physialogicly be classified as human. Yet he is just the
same. Most of his orginal body is gone but his talent still remains.
He was found in an abandon military complex deep in the tundra of
alaska by Cyric on one of his power hungery searchs.

Physical Description-

5'7. 286lbs. No Hair. Multicolored eyes. ( 17 different eyes )
Large bulky build. Tan skin. 5 arms. 1 Massive Crab Claw.
4 legs. 3 mouths. 8 Retractible tenticals.
2 extra brains in skull like holders.
Name: Grey Hamloson.
Age: 87 years old.


Flesh Golem Battle/Biomancer: lvl 23
One of Grey Hamloson's early creations. This monster was let lose
and given free will. He studied with the guild Grey belonged to.
Picking up on bio-manipulation via the arcane he learned to
give himself new additions to help him survive in a world that
simple would never allow such a being to exist. At the age of
34 he killed a General and his cabinate of tactions. Harvested
there brains and intergrated them to his own on a mission to
retrieve an a simbiot the Monolith were testing and holding being
guarded. His body still looks vagely human in design he nolonger has
stitchs nor seems. Even With his free will he still guards his master
loyally to this day, and follows his orders above all else.
He followed his master Grey Hamloson.

Physical Description-

7'3. 322lbs. No Hair. Black eyes. ( 7 different eyes, only 2 visible )
A Large hulking frame similar to a stone giant. Two claw like hands.
A harden shell like carapese covers a good portion of his body. Infused
with what looks like Chromatic and Prismatic dragon scales and hide.
His mouth and low portion of his face look like that of a Zerg Lurker.
Two sacks rest on each side of his neck and lower jaw line, similar
to the Hydrolisk corrosive needle spore spitting sack.
Harden bone plates defend his head and spine all the way down.
His hearts are incased in dragon bone.
Retactible limbs- 4 Spike tipped tenticals. 1 Set of dragon wings.
Name: Stone Giant Drake #3. ( SGD3 )
Age: 40 years old.


Zerg Hunter Killer Psionist: 28
In Cyrics early years he was sent on mission to destroy a zerg infestion.
Everything was destroyed including the Cerebrit. Being stuck by weapons
of such energy that it would never recover from. The Cerebrit through
herself, power, will, all, into the body and mind of a hiding Hunter Killer.
Whom was burrowed deep within the ocean floor. The cerebrit new whom it was
who broke her defensive line. She used her new body to direct the remainning
forces of her swarm to stage a get away. Oddly enough she found the body
of her Hunter Killer rather acommidating. It's mind was incredibly expansive
due to its many years of service to her and the overmind. She managed to escape
Into a massive subterrianian zerg strong hold. Were she met another cerebrit
and was disowned doomed to never return to the swarm again in fear of another
episode of Sarah Karrigan would arrise. Stealing a small force of drones on
her way out she left in search to build her own swarm and her own devices.
And to find the one whom bested her defenses in hopes to alley.
She finally found Cyric and told him her story. He laughed for nearly an hour.
Then truely consistered making her one of his members. Later that day he
accepted her.

Physical Description-

Mutated Hunter Killer body.
Due to evolutionary mutation she has grown nearly double in size,
a larger head and brain cavity, and a new type of armor spiked armor
similar to the ultralisk spiked hide. She has grown another set of
reaper arms. And another set of lower jaws like the Lurker.
Her needle spores have become horrificly corrosive. And the hover
pods of a Guardian. Her psionics began to spread to forms other then
telepathy and mindcontrol. After her evolutionary jump. Her body is
the standard Tan flesh color striped with Red and Black.
Name: Khellsia
Age: ( Cerebrit: 23 years old. ) ( Hunter Killer: 14 years old. )


Zerg Defiler Priest of Corruption: lvl 26
After Cyric broke the defenses of the ocean zerg force Khellsia's
final commands to her swarm were to run. The Defiler was one of
the forces whom obeyed and fleed for its life. Once Khellsia
fell to the Elthridges attack The connection to him was lost.
He became disoriented and simple burrowed. Days pasted by as he
began to wither away, when a voice speak to him. A foul voice,
but a voice just the same suddenly his mind was shattered and
reforged. He was gifted free will by the god of Corruption.
The god spoke to him saying "Tho you are a small piece in this
puzzle. A piece you are just the same. Go continue the slaughter
and suffering, blight the earth in my name, and so you shall live."
Just as soon as he heard the voice of Corruption itself he heard
the voice of another. Khellsia. Feeling the formilar soothing
sounds of her voice he followed her. He followed her into
Cyric's grasp and was soon employed by him and Khellsia.

Physical Description-

Khellsia help evole him as well as herself. His plague became more
potent. He learned to consume all and everything for energy. And his
Dark cloud nolong served him as it once did. Instead it served as a
suficating swarm of micro-parasitic zerglings whom ate all as deadly
locus. His body hardened, and his appearence changed, he grow parts
rapidly. The wings of a mutilisk grow from his back and the organs
of a queen grow from his stomach.
Name: The filth.
Age: 22 years old. ( Khellsia's first defiler spawn )


Tentata Quicksilver Master/Gun Fighter/Tech-Ninja: lvl 20
This creature was discovered by Unrelent. The Tentata had grown itself
into a form of what looked like a human. It's body was neutral in that
it looked to have both sexes without definition. It's body looks smooth
and shiny like quicksilver. It has no accually detail to its body only
a smooth silhoiet of a sexless human with equiptment straped to it.
Two submachinegun pistols under the arms, two at the small of the back,
and two at the hip. Two windmill stars at each wrist, and a katana across
it's back. The SMG pistols look energy based in nature.

Physical Description-

It has no detail at all, only a silhouet of a sexless human. It's suface is
smooth and shinny like quicksilver and can change color to match it's enviorment
perfectly like optic-camo. It's gives off no energy reading or thermal reading.
The equiptment matchs it in quicksilver or optic-camo.
Name: Scarron_2249
Age: 35 years old.


Human Mech Dreamer( Skince Spaker ) Technowizard/Enchanter: lvl 23
Born in germany this young man was a master in the field of
tech in all forms and splenders. By nature a Mech Dreamer.
Learning his trade as a Mech Dreamer he met a man whom taught
him to be an acoumplished Technowizard and Enchanter. Combined
with his Tech nature he was later approched by a recruiter and
soon there after was sent to become a Skince Spaker. He was found
deep in the heart of Germany at a Rave by Cyric. Cyric thought him
to be useful in assisting The Ancient and Unrelent.

Physical Description-

5'9 178lbs. Moderate build. Ash Blonde hair; Short, Blue green eyes.
Pale skin. Goatee.
Name: Ivan Retkgard
Age: 19 years old.


Forosa Sage/Scholar/Culturist/Lingquist: lvl 20
He was found deep in the forests of south america while studing artifacts
and ancient ruins, and translating for the other local scientists.
He was wearing a bergendy and forest green robe. Sitting in his tent
eatting leaves he picked from an odd lookin potted plant. His true powers
weren't releaved to his finder until later that evening when Karen
returned to him. He displayed a keen ability to direct natures wrath when
the local authories decided they didn't want the science team there
anylonger. Killing everyone including the science team he shadow ported
away with Karen to meet the others and was soon employed by the team.


Physical Description-

5'3 230lbs. Stout stocky build. Scarlet & Black hair. Black eyes. Tan wearn skin.
A full dwarf like bread.
Name: Binnesman Corokit
Age: 58 years old.


Drow/Simbiot Generalist Mage/Enchanter/Alchemist/Chemist ( All forms ) Demolitionist: lvl 20
This young drow inspired to become a mage at an early age. Questing to
become a Red Wizard of Thay like those in the days of old, he failed.
His magic was not of Transmutation but of Generalities and Chemicals.
He would not be able to complete his wishes to learn to create
creatures of magic as he wish. But instead to create and enhance them
in another sense. At the age of 47 years old he turned his attention
to Alchemy after being shot down by a transmutation cult. Later at the
age of 72 years old he found and adopted a simbiot whom became his
greatest friend and most valuible alley in his field of study. Cyric
found this creature deep within the underdark when the drow was
190 years old. By the age of 213 years old the drow had learned
everything Cyric, Karen, and Pyra could teach him or help direct him
in the ways of applying his field of study in the way of Enchantment
and Demolition.


Physical Description-

5'11 163lbs. Platinum Blonde hair, Red Glowing eyes, Jet Black Skin. Long pointed ears.
A green glowing pattern of runes ( all over his body from his simbiot ) .
Name: Nym Calisdak
Age: 214 years old.


Vashau Scout/Quicksilver Master/Psi Mapper/Shadow Kinetic: lvl 23
Cyric found this creature when he was wondering through the shadow realm.
She was sitting near a pool of silvery liquid. Too Cyrics surprise was a portal
to the Umbral plane. He found this out when hit from behind by a shadow giant and
slammed into the Vashau sending them both into the umbral plane. Cyric pulled the
creature back to the shadow realm were he left her back at the pool and then processed
to "Throw Down" on the shadow giant, It died more then quickly. The Vashau for some odd
reason became some what attrached to Cyric and intregued. It could have been that Cyric
had been blessed by a Shadow Priest a few years before hand or it could have been the
tenticals of darkness racing through his body. It's still unknown why The Vashau liked
him so much. But that didn't matter she still followed him.


Physical Description-
Basic Shadow Being Form. Very Steriotypical Tattered Black Shroud with glowing red eyes.
Occasionally manifests into a human female form. (normally when around Cyric)
Name: Shade
Age: Unknown.


Human WarMagus(Technowizard ability)/Generalist Mage/Tech Wiz/Psionist/ki-ist: lvl 20
Overall, Hes managed to intergrate and incorperate everything into everything. His magic
works on all four levels as does his psi, tech, and Ki. This man saw what it takes to be
god when he attended one of the dark tournaments and he then proceeded to become one.
His goal in life is to be selfish and power hungery, in that he wishes to master all
four powers as specialties alone and combined in everyway possible. He was already on his
way to accomplishing his dreams when he met Pyra. Pyra then Brought him to see Karen
and Cyric whom both helped him become more then he was. He owes alot to the group, and
knows it. Hes deadly loyal to his cause of becoming a master and equally as loyal to
The three whom showed him the path to his true power.

Physical Description-

6'5 200lbs. Moderate tall build. Very long black hair, Very long black bread. Grey eyes.
Very pale skin. Bushy eyebrows.
Name: Adam Hollanderson
Age: 197 years old.


That requires Abilities and such, but hey.

[Ainsophaur]

Thanks a bunch.

The ancient and the Technowizard will begin harvesting energy from the earths core once they have bore deep enough. The technowizard will build the machines using the ancients raw materials. Unrelent will be using his nanorobots to help create and program all the computer and electronics needed. They will ask Karen to goto the local townships and ask if they want to start buying power from them.

The warmagus, Drow symbi alchemist, and the golemmaker will begin creating defenses for the base. The fleshgolem will do the heavy lifting.

The zerg corruption priest will begin making a sanctuary within the mountain. He will also ask to have karen broadcast a coded message over the ananasi web ask for disiples of corruption to come join the team in our cause, and asks for any assistance in information leading to our aims.

The Hunterkill will go looking for hidden zerg colonies, insearch of some drones.

The Medic will goto town and see if he can join a local hospital to bring in minor funds withhis talents.

[Frederic Bourgault-Christie]

Enough geothermal energy loss may attract attention. What raw materials of the Ancient? Unrelent's nanotechnology is less designed to do soldering and computer design. And I doubt you can offer competitive rates.

You begn working on your defense.

You send out the message.

Why would there be hidden Zerg colonies here? The Zerg never reached Earth.

The Medic walks into the local hospital, which is per usual overstaffed and underpaid. A secretary asks him what he wants.

And your actual quest?