He glances back at Jack as he knelt down, placing his palm to the dirt of the graveyard, forcing his dark magic down into it

In the Slums

The leader of the beggars glances at the man to his left, rubs his chin and speaks,

"Well, I suppose we showed our hand a bit by admitting you can beat us all up."

He chuckles, the continues, "Looks like we're gonna have to rely on o'piece of luck, hopin' that you will go ahead and pay us even after you got the information you need. That bein' the case, suppose we should up the ante,"

Another beggar interjects, "that little problem we got, eh?"

"Uh huh," replies the leader of the beggars. "Tell you what. You don't owe us anythin' at all, we're gonna go ahead and tell you whatever you need to know. But you gotta promise to come back sometime in the future, help us with a little 'infestation' we got. We're too... old to deal with the situation."

The third beggar quiets him, and begins, "Yeah you got that right. Been many days ago, when we were lookin' o'round town, and found this abandoned building in the residential district. Turns out, wealthy man o'the house must have up and died. Suspect he didn't have any heirs, cause no one ever came o'round to recover his riches."

The lead beggar adds,

"Yeah, and darned if he didn't have a lot o'stuff that might be o'use. Gems o' the finest quality he had. If we could get our hands on the rest of it, we wouldn't have to beg 'till the end of our days.

"Only problem is, place is crawlin' with giant spiders. They sting you once, you're in venom up to your eyeballs! Well, I be exaggeratin' a tad but it's definitely not safe for geezers like us.

"So, here's our deal. We'll tell you what you need to know, you promise to come back here and clear that place out. Then we split what's inside 50/50. Deal?

[Quest unlocked]

"Right," said the youngest beggar. "So you were askin' about troop movements. Supposin' that bein' a Quenhali, you're new 'round here. Long story short, there was a coup several days ago. The new King is takin' a hard line on the old 'enemies of the State' business. Been roundin' up anyone suspected of membership in the Knights of the Ton, or anyone that be at all sympathetic to that cause.

"You know, many of the Knights fled up north after the war... the old war, that is. Figure the army was chasin' 'em down. Don't suppose you happen to be one o'the supporters, do ya?"

30 minutes until suggested rendezvous with assailants. (Though it is not mandatory that you go.)

OOC: No problem, JudasIscariot. Glad to have you back.

At the Graveyard

OOC: Exile rolled 6/7: Necromancy.

Jack felt the ground tremble beneath him. A series of explosions echoed throughout the cemetery. What followed was a soft creaking. The air grew dark and foreboding.

Three corpses slowly rose out of their graves. One mumbled, "We move.... at... your.... bidding."

The guards must have heard us. We need to get out of here before they respond, Exile thinks.

25 minutes until suggested rendezvous with assailants (It is not mandatory)

Exploring the city

In the afternoon, the city has grown quiet. The inn is still packed with guests, but there is little activity on the streets.

A merchant wanders the street, selling baked goods. "Breads!" he shouts, "Cakes! Cake-like breads! Get yours here!"

Down the road, past the inn, some ten or more adolescents are skipping stones into a very small pond.

With the exception of the inn, the buildings around you are all ramshackle warehouses. A short journey would take you to the tavern or the temple.

The palace and the commercial district would be a 20 minute walk at least.

He beckoned his servants towards the shack, walking towards them as he pointed to three places. His magic directed them to wait as he nods to Jack

OOC: Just to verify, you mean you are near the rendezvous point, right?

OOC: M'hm.

"So, shall we go exploring the shack?" asked Jack as he poked one of the undead to see if they fell apart...

The Undead only looked at Jack as Exile nods "Soon. Wait til the proper time. Get your blade ready, I don't like this."

"I wonder if you can get me an undead hound. That way I can have a pet that at least knows one trick..." quips Jack as he puts his hand on his blade unsheathing it slightly...

"Eh I better start heading back Kammelion. That might get themselves killed," Lucas told Kammelion before he start heading back. He stopped.

"Can you watch back? I prefer not be nearly killed twice in one day."

"I'll try Jack. Just stay behind me." The Vasar stated as he walks towards the door

20 minutes until rendezvous time, unless you want to show up early... or late... or not at all. In which case, let me know.

OOC: So far Jack, Lucas, Leh Dzebo (OOC: via PM), Exile (and three undead minions) are headed towards the confrontation. Waiting to see if Kamelion wants to do anything first. Zaranak is still in the slums, so will be unable to assist you if you want to arrive on time, but we'll see if he can get his hands on any info that might help in the future.

OOC: Exile's going for it! Can I create a golem using Elementalism?

OOC: I'll let you summon an elemental of choice, but to prevent cheesiness, you will be limited to only controlling your summoned creatures (undead and elemental) during the battle (unless/until of course, they die.)