Miasma (Moore, 86 days left)

[Anastasia]

Smoke has no strong elemental alignment, though individual elementals can vary.

[Nephrite]

"I hope you come to us in peace." Moore says in Auran. Or, if he'd know a specific language for Smoke (he speaks all of them) he would use it here.

"Know that we are of Aurora and come here to do no harm to the natives." He says, holding his arms out. "We have come to find Sarem Dizal and remove the devils from it permanently. If you can aid us and show us where it is, we would appreciate it."

[Anastasia]

Diplo check, +10 penalty due to circumstances.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 74, using some of my improvisation points.

[Anastasia]

The creature stops its advance.

Prince Westwind nods, "Wise choice, wise choice." He's using Auran, speaking with a jaunty grin. "Answer the not-windy one now."

"Toll." The elemental says a single, gusty word. "Pay."

Finnegan chuckles, "Oh, you're in for it now."

[Nephrite]

Moore shakes his head. "Not the correct answer, friend." Moore continues in Auran. "If you continue on your way we'll be willing to forget this happened."

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Westwind adds, drawing his scythe. "Flee or Moore will do something unspeakable, my friend. Unspeakable! Show him, Moore!"

[Nephrite]

Moore looks over at Westwind with a bit of a perplexed face before he snaps his fingers and suddenly, Lord Crystalle himself is there!

Permanent Image SLA to create a large likeness of Crystalle

"WHO WOULD DARE ATTACK MY ALLY?!" The image of Crystalle bellows!

[Anastasia]

Intimidate, +7 bonus.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 59

[Anastasia]

The elemental turns and flies off into the smoke, rather rapidly no less.

Finnegan chuckles, "Good work. Let's move in case it brings back its friends."

"It should know now," Jetina says quietly, "A heart touched by cowardice rarely finds courage afterwards."

[Nephrite]

Moore dismisses the major image and will continue on!

[Anastasia]

Another twenty minutes or so of walking leads you to a little branch-off path to the right, plunging down into the miasma. It's barely a footpath, wide enough to go single file and no more.

[Nephrite]

"A moment again, please."

He takes a breath and delves into what he can witness of the past again, borrowing on Erathaol's power.

Hindsight again, this time trying for the last 29 days: You sense the events of the past, stretching back one day per caster level. You gain detailed knowledge of the people, conversations, and events that transpired.

[Anastasia]

Anything in particular?