<strong><span class="bbc_u"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">The Cellar</span></span></strong><br/><br/>Leane welcomes each of you individually as you arrive, some with firms handshakes and others with more intimate kisses.  She avoids the gazes of everyone assembled when Harlo mentions their tryst together so no one can clearly see her embarrassment over it being spoken aloud.<br/><br/>When she finally gets over her sudden shyness and the food's been served, a hearty meal for everyone fit for starting an adventure, she begins explaining the reason for her dress and inviting you to a different place than normal.<em>"Thank you for coming today.  I know this is unusual for us to meet like this but I've been tasked with a sensitive issue..."</em>She takes a drink before continuing<em>"Ever since you killed the trolgres and the Silverwings cleaned up the last they could find at least 20 citizens had gone missing.  A week later bodies were found, men who'd lost both heads and women who'd been dried out.  We're sitting at almost 100 missing, including 3 groups of adventurers who volunteered to look into finding the missing men and women, and at least half those found and confirmed dead"</em><br/><br/>Leane waits for the waitress to refill her drink, then continues<em>"I'd like to say the most personal part of this is my best friend had been one of the captured women, but the reason for me meeting you like this is Talli.  Her mother was kidnapped and I strongly believe she's being held by the same people kidnapping and killing all these people.  I know the rumors and I'm saying yes, every one of them is true...the more common ones at least.  Talli's mother is a demon with a 'good' soul, probably one of the few experiments her father completed that didn't directly hurt the city.  Anyways, Talli doesn't want it getting around that her mother is a demon or that she's missing"</em><br/>She looks to each of you<em>"I can't leave the city, at least I'm not supposed to, and I'm concerned over why someone would want a demon and a hundred potential sacrifices...you can see the problem this could cause. <br/> I want you to do whatever you can to solve this problem, save talli's mother, and if possible find my friend and save her too"</em>