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[chubby2man]

B Though I imagine we will likely regret this later, that is probably the most tempting offer to the demon, and I'm not too keen on binding our future to it. And we are a spymaster, betraying others is part of the job description.

[heydude6]

C

[Aseaheru]

C

[Prophet]

D Praise the Hidden Gods! Our faith shall guide us! If we should be slain then let him suffer the wrath of our gods!

[Harry Baldman]

You hold a second to consider your decision, looking at the Princess appraisingly.

Yes, you say to the Duke, you'll offer the privilege of watching you dispose of your enemies in these woods. Once you have proven yourself, you will return and claim the book!

6

You would kill your pursuers, the Duke chuckles. After they schooled your operatives so thoroughly at the portal? You have a bargain there, little man! Off with you, and return with their heads or not at all.

You smile enigmatically in return, and the Duke eats it up exactly like you would expect of a demon. He is on your side, as his kind always love an underdog. You take the Princess and walk on out, the shades parting to grant you passage outside and back into the woods.

Are you really going to kill them all, Princess Annika says a little hesitantly. She kind of knows these people and, well, most of them are pretty bad news, her mother's personal hit squad if you will. Except Sir Ludovic, that is, he's kind of all right.

A promise is a promise, you respond. Considering the wilderness, you feel its mysteries begin to unravel before you. Your quarry awaits.

A) The sorceress goes first, to establish your threat and rob the Vesperlundians of their magical advantage.
B) The ranger's head takes precedence, the weakest of the three remaining should fall first.
C) Sir Ludovic may prove useful. Find him, and see if you can turn him against the rest somehow.

[chubby2man]

A

[Puppyguard]

A
The Sorceress cast hold person!
Your limbs go numb!

[10ebbor10]

A

[heydude6]

A

[Prophet]

A Then we should look for Sir Ludovic. While I think we can get through this without him if we are careful and the rolls favor us I think having backup would be good too.

[Harry Baldman]

6

The sorceress has taken the shape of a bird of prey, scanning the endless forest for any sign of her associates, the Princess, anything but this! She is careful not to fly too high, lest the eye in the sky pay it too much attention.

Something catches her eye - something on the ground, walking through the forest. It's the Princess. She swoops down in desperate relief, progress at last!

Her wings recede into her cloak and her beak becomes merely an aquiline face as she lands in front of the girl. She's given them quite a chase, she says! Across the sea and into this heathen realm, right down into hell itself! Does she know what kind of trouble she has got herself into?

Er, um, the Princess begins uncertainly. She's, well, really sorry about-

Silence, the sorceress says and points at the Princess, who finds herself go suddenly very stiff. There will be no more explanations - she will come along this instant! Her eyes flash and the Princess levitates off her feet. She strains to form words as she hangs in the air paralyzed - she's sorry, sorry about-

She has not even begun to be sorry, the sorceress declares. There will be a reckoning! There will be consequences! Her gaze threatens to set fire to a nearby pine, and with an errant glance the Princess' voice stops in her throat.

She's sorry about this, the Princess mouths as you smash a sackful of lead against the sorceress' skull, which cracks satisfyingly as she falls forward stunned. You are on top of her in a moment, smashing her head against a tree root. Parts of her shift, developing feathers and scales as she twists around, and you narrowly duck as the canopy of a pine above you bursts into flame. You stomp on her head until she moves no more, and her shape becomes a grisly mess of mismatched animal parts as her transformation never quite finishes.

You set fire to the remnants just to be safe, and consider your next move as the Princess shudders, the enchantment slowly wearing off. After she's done vomiting, she proceeds to curse at the corpse in front of her. Never bloody liked that bloody sorceress! Like Mother, except with ungodly magical powers, she tells you! Good bloody riddance!

A) Next comes the ranger, wherever he may be.
B) Sir Ludovic may be useful to you somehow first, if only as bait.

[Prophet]

A Oh wait it was only the three of em? Ah. Then let's get rid of the weakest of the two then.

[heydude6]

A

[VoidSlayer]

A Oh wait it was only the three of em? Ah. Then let's get rid of the weakest of the two then.

I think the enemy spy master is last.

B

[chubby2man]

A Best stories save the boss for last