<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/Belanor.jpg)</div><strong>Dask</strong><br/><strong>Current Identity:</strong>Mirodas<br/>Changeling Alienist<br/><strong>HP:</strong>51/51 ;<strong>Status:</strong>Under the effects of Extended<em>Greater Mage Armor</em>, Extended<em>Greater Magic Weapon</em>, Extended<em>Resist Energy</em>x5 (Resist 20 vs Acid, Cold, Electricity, Fire, Sonic), Extended<em>Tongues</em>, Extended<em>Water Breathing</em>,<em>Overland Flight</em><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spells Memorized (CL 10, DC 15 + spell level)</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>5th (3/day + 1) - <em>Baleful Polymorph, Feeblemind, Greater Blink</em>(Spell Compendium)<em></em> + <em>Wall of Stone</em></li><li>4th (4/day + 1) - <em>Charm Monster, Mordenkainen's Black Tentacles, Polymorph, Polymorph</em> + <em>Dimension Door</em></li><li>3rd (4/day + 1) - <em>Haste, Haste, Shrink Item, Unluck</em>(Spell Compendium) + <em>Stinking Cloud</em></li><li>2nd (5/day + 1) - <em>Invisibility, Mirror Image, Mirror Image, Rope Trick, Web</em> + <em>Glitterdust</em></li><li>1st (6/day + 1) - <em>Grease, Nerveskitter</em>(Spell Compendium)<em>, Ray of Clumsiness</em>(Spell Compendium)<em>, Shield, True Strike, True Strike</em> + <em>Benign Transposition</em></li><li>0th (4/day + 1) - <em>Detect Magic, Detect Magic, Launch Item</em>(Spell Compendium)<em>, Prestidigitation</em> + <em>Caltrops</em>(Spell Compendium)</li></ul></div></div><hr/><br/>Hearing the words that came from his slave's mouth caused Dask to come to an immediate halt.  Already, he was revising his impressions of the Alluran, noting that she had just proven herself to not be quite so well-trained after all.  Or perhaps she simply didn't fully understand her situation?  Turning to look directly at her, he thought briefly on what the best path forward might be.<br/><br/>"Well, you're certainly proving unexpectedly insolent,"  He commented, somewhat casually.  "Are you stupid, or are you just trying to test my limits to see what you can get away with?  Because in case you haven't noticed, you've become my slave.  You no longer have any say in what is or is not going to happen to you."<br/><br/>The changeling briefly considered casting a spell of some sort, to aid him in properly punishing the Alluran slavegirl for her disobedience, but ultimately he decided that that would be a waste of spell slots when all she had done so far was take a poor attitude towards him.  He would have to resort to a more mundane punishment...  And he would have to delay it for a time, as well, given the more pressing need to form a proper familiar bond with her.<br/><br/>"That said, since you've clearly gotten the wrong idea about a few other things as well, I'm going to set the record straight,"  He would add in, tugging at her leash as he started them forward once more.  Given her skill at sensing the motives of others, Delaiah would be able to tell that her new master had not forgiven her attitude, and was simply putting her punishment off for later.  "I cannot tell you the full details while we are in a public place like this, but my companion's affliction is only temporary, and I have, in fact, been taking care of her while waiting for her to recover her sanity.  She did not become like this through dabbling with herbs or other alchemical substances, and her being like this is a major inconvenience to me."<br/><br/>The Alluran would find her master to be surprisingly easy to read, in fact, despite his stern attitude.  There was a lot that the Changeling disguised as an Elven man wasn't telling her, due to not wanting others to overhear, but what he had just said was the truth.<br/><br/>"As for your name, you had one before becoming a slave, and there's nothing that should have happened to you since then that would make you forget it."  He continued on, as the Adventurer's Tavern drew closer and closer.  "I was thinking I'd call you by that name, since it's the name you're used to hearing already and I don't feel any particular need to change it at this time.  So I'll ask you again, and this time you can either answer me, or I'll give you a name you'll regret.  What is your name?"