<div class="floatright">(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/masta_loki/Morrigan_concept_icon.png)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Desh Swaileh</span></strong><br/>HP: 26/26, AC 22, Init +3, Saves 4/5/9<br/>Character Sheet (http://plothook.net/RPG/profiler/view.php?id=13979)<br/><hr/><br/>“It is a pleasure to meet you, Marcus.”  Desh says in reply to the minotaur’s introduction with a playful smile.  “I have to admit; I can’t help but feel a bit wary with the path you walk if the second thing you say to me is ‘don’t stab us in the back.’”  She would take a moment to appraise him specifically, taking a measure of his character as well as his stature.  “If you wish my word of loyalty, then you have it so long as yours remains true.”  Her eyes would then transition to the others he travelled with a hint of skepticism behind her appraisal.  “Of course the true measure of one another’s’ character is best done through action rather than words.”<br/><br/>The trip through the caves was… unsettling to say the least.  Nothing about this landscape resonated with the magics she wielded; if anything it was the polar opposite that only made it that much more alien.  When the challenge from unseen foes snapped her out of her introspection, she found herself acting entirely on reflex.<br/><br/>“Woah, woah, woah. ”  Desh says in a pacifying tone to the robed figure with empty palms lifted out front of her in the hopes of cutting the tension out of the air and buy them a few moments to parlay.  She offered the figure a respectful bow before explaining herself to the being leading the undead horde.  “My name is Desh Swaileh and we seek neither quarrel nor bounty belonging to your domain.  Rather, we seek permission to enter your realm solely for the purpose of retrieving a group of scholars who had become lost in their research of this spire.  It is clear that you possess power and authority, Your Greatness; it literally radiates from you.  So I beseech thee, grant us the boon of safe passage for the purpose of finding these scholars and your understanding will be repaid in kind by our benefactors.  There is much more to be gained through aiding us, even if by simply granting us permission to pass freely or with escort should you feel it necessary.”<br/><br/>Desh waited for the figure’s decision or continued deliberation, having done what she could to explain their intent as earnestly as possible.  When it came to persuasion, she had plenty of experience getting what she wanted from living beings capable of feeling sensual desire; this creature seemed entirely impervious to such tactics.  However it played out, she would at least be proud of herself at making the attempt given how far out of her element she was.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Diplomacy Check 19+12=31<br/></div></div>