<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bd/21/d9/bd21d9b34494bcb3bd8fb8f02b18539a.jpg)<br/><sup><strong>Songbird<br/>10th Sorcerer/Celebrity</strong></sup><br/></div><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/37/c3/69/37c369375a348ab8dbfba167d22dffe4.jpg)<br/><sup><strong>Keki<br/>4th Ranger/Archetype Monk</strong></sup></div><br/>The elf princess remained in her studies.   She would with the information gleamed from the spell cast in heraldry.  Would pull upon her knowledge of genealogy.  At first Diabelle would not see what is front of her.   Then it clicked in her head,  as she recalled what she has learned.  Of the four there,  she was alive at the time,  the empire of Padhe came into creation, at the age of eighteen.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Genealogy recall by Diabelle</div><div class="spoiler_body">The old kingdom of Dahalajaarti was born twin sons to the queen of the kingdom, who was a known witch.  It was said that she would lay with summon entities from the other planes of existence.  That she was impregnated by one of the celestial host, and one from the infernal realms on the same day.  Despite this different paternal for each,  she had both as the twins.  They are identical and one could not tell the other apart.  Who is what is called in heritage a Aasimar, and the other who is a Tiefling.   Such could not tell either apart. <br/><br/>Fearing the mother, the witch of Dahalajaarti, the emperor of Vudra,  sent his assassins, and she was assassinated.   The twins were eighteen at the time, the same age as Diabelle herself.   She had learned the news of the assassination as her own father had and her people.   The twins led an uprising and succeeded from the empire of Vudra,  proclaiming the new empire of Padhe.<br/><br/>Nothing more is gleamed in her recall, other than that one became the emperor of this new empire Padhe.   No more mention of the twins.   And that the first emperor ruled justly and had started the famed black legion of Padhe.  And that his rule was the longest of all emperors of this young empire.<br/><br/>The question that arises is; In how does this figure in with Darius and his late sister? </div></div><br/><br/>Just like the day before when Songbird first mounted and scooted forward.  She would mount the warhorse, this time second but slipping on in front of Darius again.   Darius had shown dominance.  She readily accepted the submissive side with being  a slave.<br/><br/>For Darius this is new,  not having grown up in his homeland.   Even the god he followed had no temples in this area of the world.  Did it amaze Darius since he knew his Songbird so well.   Had seen her cast powerful magics called forth from within herself.   That she accepted being a slave.   She even answered to his fiancée Diabelle in total acceptance.   As he learns from this the culture and society of the nation that he hopes to rule.   A part of the caste system of its society.<br/><br/>The group starts off again.   Does Diabelle again take the lead.   She has a general idea where the hermit can be found.   With Songbird with Darius riding the warhorse next and Keki mounted on her own horse, and leading Songbird's own horse, that is being used as a pack horse.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6b/c4/e5/6bc4e5dd5c6a0b94fdce88d69278634d.jpg)</div>Trouble happens this morning with them getting started.   For suddenly as ever the danger traveling through the desert a sudden sand storm suddenly springs up on the group.<br/><br/>What actions would the four take,  for there is nowhere to run,  no outcrop to hide behind.   It looks large, it does not look like one can hold their breath through it.  For the greatest danger is lung damage in trying to breath in this sandstorm.<br/><br/>Survival Rolls,  Diabelle,  Keki  DC 5,  Darius DC 20,  Songbird DC 30<br/><br/>At 2021-10-01 14:11:01, Keki (uid: 714) rolls: 1d20a10 Result: 24 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=156279) Success<br/>At 2021-10-01 14:11:40, Songbird (uid: 714) rolls: 1d20a1 DC: 30 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=156280) Failure<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>