Surraruthru and spellhoarding (Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

27 meets your gaze. "Lonely?" The strange slaad asks.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru stares at it blankly. "No, not quite. Unless you mean to project your loneliness onto me, or to ask if I'm willing to help relieve someone else's' loneliness."

[Anastasia]

27 looks you in the eye longer and finally says, "Something terrible is going to happen."

[Iron Dragoon]

"In our position, with our enemies, that's always the case. By the way you say it's going to happen, I assume you mean it can't be prevented. Coming to me about it, however, means you believe I can minimize the damage."

Surraruthru walks over to 27 and sits in front of it, "What can you tell me, and where can I start?"

[Anastasia]

"Fire. It will involve fire," 27 says. "A calamity will come. Those with an ebony heart are ready. His revenge is from the blade of betrayals, but none of you are the chosen hand."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm.. A large strike, of fire. Similar to the fire from the clouds over Benefal? Either a traitor or a cursed weapon, and from outside of Aurora... So someone or something we consider at least friendly enough to let near. Is there more? I'll guess divination won't reveal much... Who else is holding a piece of your puzzle?"

[Anastasia]

"Jaela," 27 says, looking down. "Freedom comes at a price, be it to the freed or the liberator. Flames do not forget lightly."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods. "Thank you. I'll work with Jaela to weather the storm you've warned me about. Does this blade of betrayal have a name?"

[Anastasia]

What languages do you speak?

[Iron Dragoon]

Common, Draconic, Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal

[Anastasia]

27 says a word in a language you don't understand. Ra-something. Razzam? Ralim? Hard to tell.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru tries to memorize and repeat the word, just the sound so that he can relay it to others later.

"Is there anything else? I have additional research to conduct if not."

[Anastasia]

27 paces around you a few times before curling up by your side. Within moments he is asleep.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru rolls his eyes, thinking to himself, 'Great. I've gotten it to like me. Now I'll never be rid of it. Feed a stray some attention...'

With a sigh, he turns to leave but takes a moment to memorize where everything in his hoard is. There will be a reckoning if 27 touches anything...

[Anastasia]

Everything's in place, but when you look back, 27 has a obscenely large diamond you've never seen below. He hugs it to his chest as he sleeps, heart-sword gently butting against it. The diamond swirls with all the colors of the rainbow.