Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Proof

Once everyone had calmed down and caught their breath, the party explained what they had found. Neither leader believed them, but when the head of Simon Amber was brought forth and the plan was explained, they were interested. Both summoned clerics with the ability to Discern Lies and Leenia began the ritual to Speak with Dead. The favor of Sehanine was once again with her, and as the eyes of Simon popped open, she was granted 2 questions with the corpse. Realizing each group would might not be satisfied with her version of the question, she let each leader pose their own question.

Both the Scion and King agreed and, with Leenia acting as intermediary, Nadarr asked his question..."Are you responsible for trying to incite war between our 2 nations?" The corpse replied it was not, but both clerics who had cast the Discern Lies ritual said he was lying. With that, Adran stepped up and asked, "Are you responsible for the deaths of all the elves and dragonborn recently?" Knowing his lie would be detected, Simon told the truth, "Yes, it was I, working for my master, the Great Acererak!"

With that, Simon's eyes closed, never to be opened again, and the ritual ended. Both sides took council with their advisers and members of the party. While loathe to admit they were wrong, that they had treated their saviors badly, and that they had been influenced by evil magic, the leaders did come around and settled their differences.

Additionally, they both agreed to send emissaries to meet with Richard and planned to build a joint force that could assist in the retaking of Idera.

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