A blessed homefront

[Ebiris]

"Good on whoever dealt the wound, take it they're not around to brag about it?" Marie asks, letting Antenora take the lead as they wrap up here, since she has a plan with that question and probably wants to help the dragonblood who prayed to Shar directly.

[Anastasia]

"Dead," Is the agreement, "Got his head cut off and everything." Meanwhile Antenora goes to deal with that matter of blood.

[Ebiris]

Oh great, so she's just leaving Marie alone with all these bloodthirsty sorts?

"Well, maybe she'll get something from the blood to track Empty Gale with. Doubt it, who doesn't take precautions against divination if they're that strong," Marie grumbles aloud. "As for you... don't think you'll get much mercy here if you stick around to watch what happens to Blizzardwatch. But I'm not eager to see Shar add your soul to her hoard either after all this..."

[Anastasia]

It's like Antenora trusts Marie. Scary, isn't it?

You're getting cautious gazes now, as half look at you and half at the condemned. "There's nothing," In that same empty voice, "I'm one of hers now."

[Ebiris]

"Yeah, you are with that attitude," Marie concurs. Antenora would probably want to help him somehow, but really even if they let the destruction of Blizzardwatch slide as unintended consequences, this wasn't some careless wish or off the cuff prayer, he committed a murderous sacrifice of another to invite Shar in. He's earned whatever he gets.

"It'd take a lifetime to make up for what you've done here and even hope to save your soul. I don't know if you have that in you - honestly doubt it. But if you stay here your lifetime's going to be measured in minutes and you definitely won't have a chance."

[Anastasia]

The hint is taken. The half dragon rises and hurries out, as if all the furies follow him - which they well might. He flees without another word, broken and shame faced.

[Ebiris]

Marie keeps an eye on him with her many expanded senses but loiters here to wait on Antenora's return after she does whatever with the blood. "You're all better off forgetting about him," she says gruffly. "Won't be anything good that comes of it."

[Anastasia]

"There absolutely won't," Antenora agrees as she returns, blood obtained. "Either he'll make it right, or he faces something worse than anything you can do with him." Her expression is serious, "And if he continues his behavior, I'll personally deal with it."

The people eye you, cowed but furious, held at bay by your force of will and little else.

[Ebiris]

"So I take it you've got a plan for that blood, Mistress?" she asks Antenora. "Lets go then."

It might be worth stealthily following him in case Zyvlyn comes to collect personally. Any ideas of your own?

[Anastasia]

Let's keep an eye on him. If not, I'll appear and see if he can yet be saved. I did worse things than he did, and look where I am now. The truth is that every soul in Creation is worth a fight for, because each and every one can be infinitely precious and valuable.

As for the blood? At worst, divinations, but blood is seldom without value.

[Ebiris]

This Marie and Antenora leave back out of Blizzardwatch, the instigator of the tragedy allowed to go free in hopes he'll lead them back to the weapon.

We'll follow from far back, at least until something happens or we're needed elsewhere. Be quiet.

"I'll teleport us out of here once we're past the graves," she says aloud, walking over the snow and past the burial markers before she then casts superior invisibility on them instead so they can stealthily follow the bait.

[Anastasia]

Once done, you see him fleeing blindly, at a near run.

I hope you're right. This would greatly simplify things.

[Ebiris]

Well, even if Zyvlyn shows up, they still have to somehow press her enough that she calls for help and Shar cares enough to send one of the three deities to do so. It's a fairly precarious house of cards she's working with here, but there's not much else going on.

She's certainly not going to visit Cryonax and wait for the Empty Gale to come take a swing at him.

[Anastasia]

Alrighty then. Give me Perception here and note any means of sensing you have, including detection or the like.

[Ebiris]

[18:25] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+82 perception, blindsight/scent/see invis
[18:25] <Kobot> Ebiris rolled 1d20+82 perception, blindsight/scent/see invis --> [ 1d20=13 ]{95}