As Xarces speaks, the Seneschal nods solemnly, answering at last:<br/>"Your summary is almost right, but I'd like to explain one thing: lady Jaenyn told me she would have performed some "simple and harmless" magic experiments. She said something about imprinting spells on some special devices, I think. As you probably know well, almost every form of magic is quite unfit for the public eye", he smiles coldly.<span style="color: #FF0000">[Setting note: Magic users are really uncommon; about 1 human out of 500-1000 possesses some kind of magic power, and most of them can perform only few simple spells. It is quite common to have at least a few sorcerers and priest in every city, and sometimes even a magic shop or meeting place, like the Eye of the Witch in Faminburg; even so, a public display of magic power, expecially performed by a relatively wide group of people, would surely attract at least lots of curiosity]</span><br/><span style="color: #0000BF">[Another little flavour note: among "predator" races, it is common belief that magic users possess a very special and unique taste, given from the presence of magic or divine powers within the body :3 ]</span><br/>"The depictions give by peasants about those, uhm, 'monster', are often dissimilar, and I preferred not to send the guards to interrogate them - I feared that could spread panic about a menace that might as well not even exist, if you know what I mean. Anyway, there have been rumors about giant spiders, others about slug-like creatures, others about naked green women with tentacles on their backs..." He shrugs.<br/>"About the chatedral, it's abandoned from a long, long time. Several times, various monsters have tried to settle there - you know, hungry savage monsters always loves dungeons - but we always repelled them. Last time, anyway, was more than fifteen years ago - a pack of gnolls<span style="font-weight: bold">[Knowledge Diff0]</span>, shall heavens forsake them. Since then there have been no turmoils. We don't use it - sometimes groups of young people goes there in search for treasures or wandering monsters to kill, more often in search for ... intimity ... if you know what I mean. I doubt any particularly dangerous ritual or experiment ever took place there in the last decades ... well, excepting for whatever is going on these days, of course."<br/><br/>Will: 1d8+3 = 9m<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/122200">http://orokos.com/roll/122200</a>m<br/>The Seneschal smiles gently at the little fairy. "I'm sure it will. But don't worry - if you three act well and complete this task successfully, I will help you finding other similar commissions, here and in nearby settlements.<br/>"If there is any other question, please ask. I can at once aswer the most obvious one: there is a path to get to the cathedral, very narrow, crossing through the woods; it starts at the southern end of the city, and is clearly marked by a road sign. Following that, you'll get to the cathedral in about half an hour.<br/>"Also, if you want some further information, you can take some time to ask our fellow citizens - when she came here, lady Jaenyn had some business in town before leaving for the cathedral, so probably asking around might provide you some clues."<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Spoiler - Gnolls (Knowledge Diff 0)</span><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">The surroundings of Faminburg house several gangs of rogue Gnolls. They hide in ruins, abandoned houses and farms, woods and caves, and simply whenever they can; they also love to wait for victims at bridges or other important passages. Those gnolls are outcasts even for their race; they worship Jhenag, a fierce and cruel deity, and are devoted to violence. It is know that these vicious renegades enjoy feasting upon humanoid victims, expecially young, tasty ones, with a great preference for the living, still-screaming ones, maybe roasted a little over a campfire.</div></div></div>