Ras looked back at Leena and shook his head. "I hadn't planned on killing them in the first place, I wanted to kill off Ashia and her children when I first heard about their existence. Eventually I stopped caring, as evidenced by at least a few of them still living. I'm just curious why they decided to act on my behalf, I'd also like to know why I have this cult of follows but aren't feeling the effects of it. You'd think you'd know if you had a cult of fanatics worshiping you." He pat Eru's head softly then looked around the basement again, the walls lined with various snake statues and sickly green candles. In the center of the room was a massive stone snake that seemed to be stolen from a Trollish ruin. "I was wondering where that went. Even though the chanting had stopped, and the five people sitting around the statue glared at Ras he simply walked around them or kicked them out of the way as he explored. "So uh, which of you loons is the leader? And Leena, can you give us some light?"<span style="color: blue">"WE ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF THE SNAKE GOD, WE ARE HIS CHOSEN"</span>From the statue lept a female Gnome wielding a tiny blade but Ras caught her midair by her cape. "Leena, I think my cult is ran by a Gnome." He bared his fangs at the woman dangling helplessly at arms length and let out a low hiss.<span style="color: blue">"OUR LORD HAS COME TO US, PRAISE HIM!</span>" Even in the darkness Leena would be able to see the annoyed twitch in Ras' left eye. "So yeah, what are you..." He tilted his head as the rest of the cultists removed their hoods, all of them female and either Night Elven or Human. "Why am I being worshiped by Alliance women when I can't even... ugh, this is stupid. Are you the ones who cursed the dragon?"<span style="color: blue">"YES, ARE YOU PLEASED?" </span>"Why are you yelling? And no, because he thinks I did it and is trying to harm my family." The Gnome gasped and began to flail harder.<span style="color: blue">"MORE SACRIFICES ARE NEEDED, MY BROTHERS, WE MUST KILL THE REMAINING DRAGONS. WE MUST PURIFY THE CITY FOR THE SNAKE GOD." </span>"Brothers? I'm going home, I can't handle this. This is just too dumb for me."<br/><br/>Astiria smiled a bit and nodded.<span style="color: violet">"Alright dear, I'm sure you'll be a great mother and a very good druid when you grow up." </span><span style="color: darkorange">"You are tired? I'll take you to bed then."</span>Yvette stood up and carried Amber off to another bedroom with a window looking out over the beach. She sat the child down on the bed and left the room for a few minutes. When she returned she had a silk shirt in her hands which she handed to Amber then started to untangle the knot in her cloak.<span style="color: darkorange">"We don't really have anything for you to sleep in so that'll have to do. It's Dawn's but I don't think she'll mind if you wear it to bed."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>