<div class="floatleft">(https://i.postimg.cc/Sx8p1qwx/images-95.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Davriel Nox<br/></span></span><hr/><em>Lvl 4 Eldritch Knight</em><br/><strong>HP:</strong>31<br/><strong>AC:</strong>12<br/><strong>Standard Perception:</strong>4<br/><hr/><br/><em>Do whatever. </em>Davriel waved a hand dismissively at Shara, as they watched mouser leave, and promptly attempt to order a round on Davriel's tab. Muser might have been trying to get a rise, but honestly, Davriel didn't really care. If the barkeep had any sense, he'd read the mood. And if he didn't, Davriel would have paid more just to be rid of the twerp - He could collect his dues later, somewhere a little less public. With the nuisance gone, they could finally concentrate on the actual business at hand.<br/><br/><strong>"The sooner we get out of this damned slum, the better."</strong>He muttered, Unfurling Stryker's map to compare to the one he'd already copied. Davriel didn't even pull the other one out, he had that much confidence in his memory.<br/><br/>GM NOTE: Compare maps Kn(Geography) = 27<br/><br/>As he poured over the map. Davriel listened to the other reports. There wasn't much to tell really, though he did look up briefly at the mention of the stones and the barrier.<strong>"Curious. I don't recall the captain having to do anything like that. Does the barrier only affect approach from the land?"</strong><em>Or did the wizard intervene?</em>Davriel pondered briefly, but the question was of little import. As was the other band Ithika mentioned. Tidepool was bound to be filled with undesirables hoping to make a quick buck. Unless there was something that had made Ithika take notice of them specifically, they weren't worth his time. Shara's report was predictably useless, and he already knew what Milena had to say. It had been a very pleasant afternoon.<br/><br/>Davriel finally put aside the map.<strong> "That rooster we just met, is actually the brother of one of the pirate groups competing for control of the seas around these parts. Though if his attitude is anything to go off, I think we can safely discount working with the storm sails... If Captain Kazeel is anything like his brother, it is only a matter of time before he becomes fish food. Which leaves us with Captain Teach, and Captain Aur. Little seems to be known of Aur, except that he is something of a legend amongst sailors. He might not even exist, though if he does, he has few significant forces at his command. Even left alone, he should prove little threat to Nox shipping."</strong><br/><br/>Davriel sighed. If he was going to work with anyone, he'd have preferred Aur. But a lone ship would never be able to exert any real degree of control over the local shipping lanes, no matter how fantastic the captain might be.<br/><br/><strong>"As for Teach... By all accounts, she is a dangerous and vicious thug at best, and a outright maniac at worst. Pyromancy is her speciality, and she has a reputation for being a loose cannon. Not exactly the kind of person House Nox prefers to deal with. However, she controls a sizeable fleet, and can't be discounted..."</strong><br/><br/>Davreil paused here to give the Milena and the others a chance to interject with their own thoughts. He himself was torn between trying to engineer a takeover of Teach's feet, working with the stormsails despite their shortcomings, and just ignoring the situation entirely, in the hopes that it would eventually sort itself out without intervention.