<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/VjfvTWw.png)</div><strong>Taris Vannel</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293833.msg14533999#msg14533999)<br/><strong>HP:</strong>8 / 46<strong>AC:</strong>14<strong>CMD:</strong>21<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>3 / 6<strong>Arrows:</strong>45<strong>Posts:</strong>44<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Road to Valenland<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Jeska Dragonfist, Lust<hr/>"Ha!  No." Taris said, waving her hand as Jeska guessed the thrust of her arguement, "No offense, but it's pretty clear you're uninterested in 'higher causes'.  That's exactly why I don't get it."  as Wrath mentioned that one of the Sins had fought her to a standstill though, she nodded a bit, "Yeah,<em>that</em>I can follow at least."<br/><br/>Taris sat down on the trunk of one of the fallen trees, resting her back against one of the thicker boughs and tugging her head forward to shield her eyes from the sun.  Arms crossed over her chest, bundled in her cloak, she made a decent impression of someone dozing in the noon day sun.  Part of her was certainly<em>tempted</em>.  Xara's enthusiasm had made for a rough night, she'd passed out satisfied but also largely exhausted in the end, and with the adrenaline dwindling to simmer in her blood the exertions of frantic worry of the passed few minutes were catching up to her as well.<br/><br/>Still, while she kept her breathing steady, she kept her eyes open beneath her hood.  She was practicing the breathing tempo she used for distance shooting, timing each steady, slow breath, keeping her hands still.  She waited and watched, studying Wrath and waiting patiently for her to fall asleep.  Idly, she fingered her sword, watching Jeska's chest rise and fall as she snored defenselessly.  She still had some arcane energy tangled up in the axis ... she dimly considered making a hail mary attempt, channel as much power as she could into her blade and try to seperate her head from her shoulders.<br/><br/>Of course, if it didn't work, she'd end up being torn in half.  No, instead she rolled off of the log and onto the soft earth of the forest floor.  She swept her hand low and snatched the amulet up from the ground, squeezing it tightly in her palm as she slipped between the trees, her free hand held in the starting gesture for a spell.<br/><br/>"Sorry to disappoint, but I'm still alive.  Apparently, I bored her." she responded to the amulet with a low mutter, glancing back, "So, while she sleeps off all that blood loss,<em>I'm</em>getting the hell out of here.  I figure that if I can lose this amulet somewhere, I might buy myself a day's lead...or, at least, force you to use up some fairly high level spells to keep coordinating."<br/><br/>Taris picked up her pace, silent footfalls carrying her through the sparse woodland and back towards the clearing.  If the "soulless" were supposed to be responsible for some cataclysm to the world, then she definitely needed to hurry to the High Wizard's meeting ground.  They were supposed to be comparing notes, after all, maybe what she'd found out would help them fit the puzzle together.<br/><br/>Either way, once she could account for the rest of the Soulless, apparently she needed to go to Senval.  That was where the cult of this "Reamer Queen" was apparently operating from, and they seemed to have further answers.  Taris would simply prefer to get those answers on her own terms.<br/><br/>"While I have your attention though, maybe you can answer a curiosity for me.  Why would anyone want two of us alive?  Normally, I'd expect to be hunted down by decidedly more devout warriors seeking to keep the devils bottled up forever."<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/WLVeGed.png)</div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Memorized Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cantrips:  Detect Magic, Light, Prestidigitation, Mage Hand<br/>1st Level:  Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement, Expeditious Retreat, Obscuring Mist, Weaponwand<br/>2nd Level:  Molten Orb, <del>Mirror Image</del>, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Web</del> <br/>3rd Level:  <del>Bloody Arrows</del>, <del>Haste</del></div></div>