Drink With Me

[Rezantis]

Rez nods. "Lord Bloom told me you needed five trustworthy men for some sensitive work.  I'd be more than pleased to work with Bjorn again, if need be."

[Brian]

"Very well," Lord Kevin says.  "Stay together for the time being."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn nods, and then cuts himself off, remembering.  "This warrior," he says, indicating, "recovered the general's axe from last night.  It's with Lord Ekim now, who says the axe is not entirely dwarven-craft.  Might I ask that, if you have the opportunity, you visit the forge and examine it?"

[Rezantis]

Rez interjects.

"If I may ask, it would be greatly appreciatedif you could examine it before the next day of siege, for having one of our warriors wield it - assuming it's safe to wield - could only help."

[Brian]

"I can look at it," Radagast says, pausing to consider things.  "Wardmaster Mattias will be more able than I to discern its function; the key is to be sure that whatever it is, it does not fall into the wrong hands.  Lord Ekim should be able to protect it well enough for the moment."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn nods.  "Thank you.  Gatemaster, if you will open the gate?"

[Rezantis]

"Wait, what gate?  What exactly are we supposed to be doing?"

[Brian]

"To clarify," Eske says, looking a bit like he's just woken up, "you want me to place you in Breke's quarters?"

[Bjorn]

"Yes, please, Gatemaster.," Bjorn explains, and then, addressing himself to Nathan, "We'lll be standing guard.  More can be explained once we're there."

[Brian]

Eske nods to himself, and opens a tear in space with his staff.  The edges still hurt to look at, but the portal itself shows a mostly empty room, with a cloth-wrapped bundle set on the table inside.

[Bjorn]

Without hesitating, Bjorn steps through.  As he does so, he studies the bundle, trying to make certain it has been undisturbed.

[Brian]

It looks -- to your eyes -- undisturbed.

The room is small, roughly square, and has three doors.  One leads to a small ante-chamber with two long couch-like pieces of furniture.  A second leads to a privy, and the third leads to what amounts to a glorified closet with a matress in it.  There's a footlocker at the foot of the bed, currently closed.

The privy and the bedchamber each have a single sheet of some thin material that allows a tiny bit of light to bleed through an opening.  Not a real window by any stretch of the imagination.  The majority of the light in this room comes from a group of candles on the table, which have nearly burnt out, and the fireplace, which is in the corner between the bedchamber and the ante-chamber.

The table has four chairs, and there is another before what looks like an unused writing desk.

[Rezantis]

Rez steps through the gate, followed by the rest of the stormriders.

"So what exactly is going on? I was told we'd be briefed once we got here."

[Brian]

The rest of the storm-riders step through -- Bjorn experiences some diziness, but the storm-riders have adjusted to it, after going through portals with Nathan so often.  Once everyone is through, the portal vanishes.

[Bjorn]

"That," Bjorn says, pointing at the bundle, "is the sword wielded by Sir Lammermore -- or, at least, we hope to convince everyone it is.  Please don't touch the cloth -- it's been trapped by Wardmaster Mattias."

He turns to face the storm-riders directly.  "Earlier today, immediately after the siege, someone stole into the catacombs, killing four Interers while trying to find Sir Breke's body.  We believe that whoever it was was searching for his weapons.  This," he points at the bundle again, "is an attempt to provide them with another opportunity.  As such, we are going to hide ourselves, and watch for an attempt to take it."