On the prowl (Ithea)

[Anastasia]

"27's hung up on Tannin," Hanna observes, tossing a berry up and right into her mouth. "But this is hardly 27, so that's interesting. Something bad happens to Tannin, maybe on a mission somewhere? The devils catch up to him? He might need to take more allies or have better gear."

"That could be," Simmer admits, rubbing her chin. Sparks come from the flesh on flesh contact, raining down onto her lap. "It might be a warning to protect him better, help him fight more effectively. You can't run or con every enemy."

"It might be," Balyss says, "Before we get into the other visions, can you recall anything else that might be helpful about it? It sounds like it might be a cornugon because of the greatsword."

[Merc]

When you mentioned a medicant golem, did we have golems from pre-Afina? I can't imagine we'd call them Medicant golems instead of Aurora golems, but I don't recall having golems other than those she built.

[Anastasia]

It's referring to the guardian golems in the hallway. They're in the old NPC topic, Afina didn't make them. They're leftovers from Medi's time and defenders.

[Merc]

"Well...one of the things I noticed was that the golem wasn't one of Afina's. It was one of the old Aurora golems, like, the ones in the hallway? Not sure why Tannin would be with one of those though, but I also can't imagine Aurora -falling- to devils, so I'd imagine Tannin would have taken one with him for some reason?"

[Anastasia]

"Or something went wrong and it's a warning of our last stand," Balyss frowns, features darkening. "We may need to secure an understanding with Ben-Hadar or the Water Lord to ensure Baator doesn't trivially try a head on assault."

"We could move to a Heavenly plane again. Hell won't mount a serious attack on us there because of the simple realities of the situation. They're inviting the locals to come and play, and the locals include powers who will relish smashing a diabolical incursion." Hanna finishes her berries, sitting back. "One of Aurora's greatest strengths is our ability to move and prevent the devils from seriously coming after us due to realities and politics."

"That's assuming that's what it is," Simmer admits, "Maybe he took a golem somewhere or something went wrong. We just don't know. But at worst, we can arm Tannin with more fire. Some good, searing fire should prevent that from happening."

[Merc]

"We can always ask Elena to keep an eye for Tannin planning any trips with just a golem by his side, and warn him then. If it's an attack on Aurora, we can head back and make sure everyone's prepared or set up for another move as well. What about Adrian and Misalea? Any chance it could be connected, or was it a completely separate vision?"

What do I know about this Willah? If anything?

[Anastasia]

http://www.soulriders.net/forum/index.php/topic,102335.msg1035940.html#msg1035940

This may prove illuminating.

[Merc]

Ah, right. Didn't recall the names. Thanks.

"I almost assume it could be connected if it was an assault on Aurora, although it'd be odd that they would have let the restriction on those traitors go. They've been kept away from encountering us for the longest time now..."

[Anastasia]

"Maybe something changes?" Simmer suggests.

"Or we go on the offensive and get them," Hanna points out, "We need to deal with them eventually."

[Merc]

Ithea nods. "We will."

[Anastasia]

"Heavy symbolism," Balyss says, "But too much to be easily meaningful. I'll check our various leads on it and see if anything comes up."

[Merc]

Ithea nods again. "Right, let's go deal with the valeoloth and Thermax. You said it was a city of fire giants?"

[Anastasia]

"Yeah," Balyss says, "I took some time to dig up a history of it while you were indisposed. It was founded by migrant fire giants from the Prime and has grown into its own kingdom. The giants there have intermarried with outsiders and been influenced by the power of Fire being so close. They're powerful and smarter than the average fire giant back on the Prime. They're giants but they're not brutes, more like cloud giants with their own culture. They also rather lean towards devils in nature, though giants tend to be individual first, which waters that down."

"In other words, they're inclined to law and evil but fire first and foremost, as well as themselves." Simmer says. "So there will be exceptions and they aren't monolithic like the efreet."

[Merc]

"How much trouble can we expect then? Should we disguise ourselves or something?" Ithea asks curiously.

[Anastasia]

"Probably not," Simmer says, "They're not devil thralls or anything," she wavers a hand back and forth, "But best to bear it in mind and not get into any religious or philosophical arguments."