Lethiel Loreweaver, Oracle of Aluthriel (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=520092)<br/>Location: Rented Room at Local Tavern<br/><br/>Ah, so Lethiel's guess about the Druid had been accurate.  Known as the Lion-Hearted, and a follower of Talisid...  He would undoubtedly make an excellent companion.  As for his companion...  The elf had allowed herself a moment of surprise at first, when the woman had declared herself a Paladin.  It was more than a little unexpected for one who still looked so young to have had enough self-awareness to recognize and answer the call that supposedly led all Paladins to their destiny.  She also found herself revising her estimations of the young woman's capabilities, moving her up several steps from the position she had held before.  A Paladin would be of much more use in a fight than any mere warrior could ever be.<br/><br/>The Oracle waited until both of her guests were either seated or had made it clear that they would remain standing before she took a seat of her own.  Now that basic introductions had been made, it was time to talk about the details of the actual job that she wanted performed.<br/><br/><strong>"An excellent set of questions."</strong>She answered, when Alice moved the conversation over to the very topic she had been about to bring up.<strong>"To begin with that last question, I am afraid that the Tomb of Horrors is no joke.  Carved out of the earth centuries, perhaps millennia ago by the foul magic of the Lich Acererak so that he might have a secure place to conduct his magical research, it is a place that is every bit as dangerous as the stories told about it, filled with fiendishly-clever traps and many deadly monsters.  I know not if the lich himself still frequents this old haunt, as it is possible that his research may have led him to other planes of existence by now, but my divinations have shown that the Tomb is currently in use by another party.<br/><br/>"This is the cult spoken of in my advertisement.  Fanatics who misguidedly worship the Lich who built the Tomb, they are responsible for the abduction of several young women from the surrounding area, including three from this very town.  You can ask around to hear the rumors of their activities for yourselves; I have confirmed the truth of these reports with my magic.  They exist, they are kidnapping young women, and they are taking them into the Tomb."</strong><br/><br/>And thus, Lethiel managed to both answer the questions put to her and give a convenient list of the threats that would be in store for their little adventuring party.  Clever traps and deadly monsters designed and put into place by an ancient and terrible evil, and a cult of lunatics who had dedicated themselves to the service of that very same evil, to the point of setting up their headquarters in a Gygaxian maze, merely because said evil had built it.  It was a tall order, to be sure...