Silvia Wormwood (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=29484) - HP 29/29 - AC 21 - Diminutive<br/><hr/><br/>Three of the lovely ladies concerned in this tale had just arrived to the village of Way's Rim, but the fourth had already been there for some small amount of time.  She was Silvia Wormwood, minor fiend and one-time familiar to a male wizard who, just recently, had been murdered right in front of her.<br/><br/>This fact didn't sit well with the Imp.  From a more practical standpoint, the man had been a wizard of considerable skill and little sense, and so she was both robbed of much of the power she had been granted as his familiar and robbed of the chance to offer up to him certain contracts which would have placed his soul (and much of his estate) into her possession upon his demise.<br/><br/>From a more sentimental standpoint, she had actually started to take a liking to the stupid fool.  He never once treated her as a servant.  Hell, he'd called her 'partner' on more than one occasion, and certainly seemed to value her opinion whenever she chose to offer it.  She considered herself the superior member of that partnership, of course, but since she'd heard from other Imps that jobs as familiars usually involved a lot of sucking up to whatever spellcaster bothered to summon you, getting a man who saw her as an equal had been a pleasant surprise.<br/><br/>Either way, looking at the situation from either of those standpoints, the parties responsible for his murder had committed the grievous act of depriving her of something that was rightfully hers.  And as a result, she had been quietly looking around on her own, shrinking down to a reduced size and weaving a cloak of invisibility over herself so that she could spy and eavesdrop and generally remain undetected.<br/><br/>And now, perched high up on the dizzying (to her) heights of a nearby one-story cottage, the Imp quietly watched from afar as yet another group of adventurers rolled into town, undoubtedly looking to claim the rewards that had been offered.  All three of them were young, pretty, and female, and she only had to look at them to see that they were good of heart.  Indeed, one was almost blindingly-so to her eyes, which was generally a sign that she was looking at either a priestess or a paladin...<br/><br/>Quietly watching and listening in generally only got one so far on its own.  Quietly following after an active investigation, however, might yield more in the way of results.  If they wound up actually gathering some decent leads, perhaps she would even show herself and offer her services.  Either way, Silvia quickly found herself deciding that it would be a good idea to follow this little group around for a while.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Knowledge roll. (1d20+3=8) (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4641186/)<br/>I would roll for Stealth, but between Invisibility and shrinking down to Diminutive size, Silvia has a +32 bonus to the roll, and it jumps up to +52 when she remains completely stationary. ^^;<br/></div></div>