<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Aelwen's Character Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Aelwen</strong><br/>Lawful Female Elf Cleric 2 (1,606 experience points)<br/><br/><strong>Weapons:</strong> Mace (1d6)<br/><strong>Armor:</strong> Ring Mail<br/><br/>Str 12                   <strong>Saving Throw:</strong> 14 (12 vs. paralysis &amp; poison)<br/>Dex 12                  <strong>Armor Class:</strong> 13<br/>Con 9                    <strong>Hit Points:</strong> 7<br/>Int 12<br/>Wis 17<br/>Cha 16<br/><br/><strong>Spells:</strong> 1st- Protection from Evil<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong><br/>Backpack (5 gp)<br/>Bedroll (0.2 gp)<br/>Flint &amp; Steel (1 gp)<br/>Holy Symbol, Wooden (free)<br/>Ink (1 oz bottle) (1 gp)<br/>Parchment, 5 sheets (1 gp)<br/>Rope, Silk 50 feet (10 gp)<br/>Waterskin (1 gp)<br/>Heavy Mace (10 gp)<br/>Ring Mail (30 gp)<br/>Magical Pendant (Priceless)<br/><br/><strong>Treasure, jewels, &amp; gold:</strong><br/>762 gold pieces<br/><br/><br/>Amber necklace (150 gp, given to Elena)<br/>Cosmology tome (60 gp)<br/></div></div><br/>The kingdom of Pelluria is wracked with fear and uncertainty as word spreads of a death in the royal family.  The King and Queen are dead, and now Prince Henry has ascended the throne.  Sobbing false tears he claims of how his dear sister "committed the unspeakable act of slaying our father and mother."  Having escaped the palace the knights and others search for the Princess of Pelluria to bring her to justice.<br/><br/>In reality Prince Henry is the guilty party; by consulting ancient tomes he learned the old ways of demonic cults and how their hellish lords can grant great power to peasant and noble alike.  Now pledged to Orcus, he arranged for the death of his family, but the Queen caught on to his plot and ensured the Princess Aelwen a safe escape.  Wearing a magical pendant that shrouds her true identity, the last innocent surviving member of the royal family now lives in hiding in the farming village of Fourtrees, a day's travel from the capital right next to the forest.<br/><br/>Alone and vilified, Aelwen has no access to the privileges of royalty.  Fortunately her budding magical talents earned her enough respect in Fourtrees for the Nelcas family to offer her room and board in their cottage.  Even if she can only call upon her powers once a day, the ability to purify rotten food or heal scrapes and bruises helped make the villagers' lives a little easier.<br/><br/>Fortunately the princess was able to get into contact with a soldier sympathetic to the Queen, so she was rather well-equipped before she left home.<br/><br/>While attending the local shrine, Varkas (http://i.imgur.com/jD9B2LG.jpg?1) came by to pay respects to the spirits.  He cam back from his trip to Telluron rather early.<br/><br/>"A good evening to you, my lady," he said.  "It appears that the dark rumors about regicide are true.  Visitors to the High Quarter of Telluron are barred entry by the Knighthood.  I do not know how Prince Henry will fare as a ruler, but this fear and uncertainty cannot be good for the nation."<br/><br/>Varkas takes a bit of crushed mistletoe and sprinkles it in the shrine's offering bowl.  "As for myself, I feel that our guidance is better placed by the wisdom of those before.  Even a wise man cannot match the collective insight of ancestors of century's past.  But when I visited Telluron, I did not hear the common cries of the dearly departed, but whispers of strange and foul beings beyond mortal kind.  Some of the clergy said under bated breath of demonic taint, but never too loudly.  I only hope that these fears are exaggerated."<br/><br/>Varkas was a Cleric, much like Aelwen, but he knew less about the situation than her.  Revealing herself to anyone would be too risky, and leading a rebellion against Prince Henry was impossible at this point in time.  It wasn't easy gathering information out here, so for the time being it was prudent to lay low.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/GZ9Nsqk.jpg?1)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Hi there Pianoman17!  I'm Maple the Fairy, and will help you and the elf princess' quest by showing you the ropes of Swords &amp; Wizardry.  If a new rule or opportunity springs up during the adventure, I'll pop in with some Out-of-Character advice like I'm doing right now!<br/><br/>Traditionally the die roll results are placed in the OOC Box of system games, although a link to the roll in question works fine, too! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=65734)<br/><br/></div></div>