<span style="font-weight: bold">Party</span><br/><br/>After a period of rest, recuperation, and digestion, you gather the most portable riches of the the Temple of Khashazul and depart. A few days into your journey to Adderport, you encounter a group of Cold Sun lizardfolk, and, by returning to them their holy spear Armaekrixner earn their gratitude, a grand celebration (and a sum of XP).<br/><br/>Departing - somewhat hung-over - from the Cold Sun encampment, you reach the high cliffs overlooking distant Adderport in the early portion of the afternoon. The glittering waters of Adder Bay look decidedly inviting, after the sweltering heat of the climb.<br/>The track narrows, pinched into a rocky gully by the fractured cliffs. A lean, imposing woman rests beneath the welcome shade of a banyan tree, escorted by a pair of rough (albeit attractive) guardswomen. They eye your well-armed party warily as you approach.<br/><br/>When you’re no more than a dozen paces away, the woman rises, and steps to the middle of the road, blocking your path. In a haughty tone, she exclaims:<br/><br/>“It’s been a long, hot climb for us all, and I’d much prefer not to fight. You are in possession of that which is not yours. The knightly Order of the Emerald Claw demands that you return the Dragon’s Eye to its rightful keepers.” Imperiously, she extends her hand. “Otherwise,” she half-shrugs, “it’s past lunchtime, and my ladies-” the toughs behind her chuckle, and, more worrisomely, the jungle behind you rustles, as four more warrior-women step out of concealment “-and I could use a good meal after our exertions.”<br/><br/>Note 1: None of the items you have retrieved is obviously this ‘Dragon’s Eye’<br/>Note 2: The Order of the Emerald Claw is a militant order of the Blood of Vol, a (predominantly) banned religion that believes in the divinity of the blood within, and considers many undead creatures divine or semi-divine. During the Last War (the recent, five-sided continent-spanning war) the nation of Kharnath depended on the Emerald Claw to bolster its own weakened forces, but, over the past year of truce, the secular authorities have shredded the competing power of the Emerald Claw and banned the organisation there too. Outside of Kharnath the Emerald Claw is despised for their fanatical, vile deeds both during and after the war.<br/>PS: I rolled your spot checks for you (m<a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/201473">http://orokos.com/roll/201473</a>m). Man, you guys<span style="font-style: italic">suck</span>.<br/><br/>Pics:<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;">Boss-woman<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6Ru_quafdfE/U2kY8vqBa5I/AAAAAAAABOE/tABCE7CcCNw/s512/e479de08194917dbcd492eb3dfb8e5ac.jpg">https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6Ru_ ... b8e5ac.jpg</a><!-- m --><br/>Boss-guard-one<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KL_N27ifJKk/U2kY7bm6dlI/AAAAAAAABNo/tZio5rMcWgc/s512/08c9e3e7ec3190bbab1e268fefcb5ab1.jpg">https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KL_N ... cb5ab1.jpg</a><!-- m --><br/>Boss-guard-two<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-myLhB_RPdgw/U2kY7VtsIuI/AAAAAAAABNc/2h_7A798CSk/s512/8686620d9550b11c5d2d0f6b65717e93.jpg">https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-myLh ... 717e93.jpg</a><!-- m --><br/>Ambusher-one<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Cti3R2Vh-xA/U2kY7WDfvAI/AAAAAAAABNg/EHMDkHCWDjk/s512/6e77333379718fa0a61bde3f736a453b.jpg">https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Cti3 ... 6a453b.jpg</a><!-- m --><br/>Ambusher-two<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f0-Qwqc0yy4/U2kY8v09GaI/AAAAAAAABNw/2eyDs8wq1mA/s512/dbeeb9ea24b5bd56c6c355b009888e4d.png">https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f0-Q ... 888e4d.png</a><!-- m --><br/>Ambusher-three<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--xSgQDIm1Q4/U2kY81q7-VI/AAAAAAAABN4/jQE1iWHM3oM/s512/ffb2c35e31ba9572c22726586d5e0fda.jpg">https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--xSg ... 5e0fda.jpg</a><!-- m --><br/>Ambusher-four<br/><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-drfjv6RQVl8/U2kY9vJ9CgI/AAAAAAAABOA/sEMbL5HKK9E/s512/sample-1a2d5d07cfadb117920081d95cf4cd62.jpg">https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-drfj ... f4cd62.jpg</a><!-- m --></div></div></div>