<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>34 / 34<strong>AC:</strong>14<strong>CMD:</strong>19<strong>Arcane Pool:</strong>5 / 5<strong>Arrows:</strong>57<strong>Posts:</strong>7<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Modest Hawken Town<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Guardswoman, Dead Assassins<hr/>"Is that how I seem?" Taris said with a bit of a smirk, though she didn't interrupt as the Guardswoman relayed the stories she'd heard.  She crossed her arms just under her breasts, incidentally drawing the cloth tight across her bosom as she closed her eyes and nodded slightly.<br/><br/>"Hmn ... that fits the facts we have so far." she said, openning her eyes to regard Xara, "The one with the ring was shouting something about 'becomming the next Envy', I hadn't known what to think about it initially." she stroked her chin.  That told her something of her apparent enemies, but it left the question...why target<em>her</em>?  Anyone with the resources to locate her should also know she was worth nothing for ransome ... maybe it was a power struggle between these Sins and Armiala Aikaten?  The high wizard had apparently been suffering an affliction not like Taris's own ... did that make her a target, or were they simply trying to deny the High Wizard an ally?  She needed more information.<br/><br/>"See?  You're already proving yourself useful." Taris said, patting the raven-haired woman on her armored shoulder with a smile.  She went back to checking the third body, wanting to be dilligent, but not truly expecting to find anything else.<br/><br/>"I believe that I've figured out what the ring is for." she said, her fingers searching pockets and patting down the spaces she knew a person could secret away a weapon or other useful tool, "It's a key.  Given the kind of effort involved in enchanting something like this, the door it opens likely to belong to a long term holding these people are using." she said, "In other words, if they<em>do</em>have a forward base within Hawken, this will allow us entry."<br/><br/>"Of course, that will still require us to<em>find</em>it." she admitted, straightening up once again.<br/><br/>"Hmn ... if I may impose, Guard Eingeschworen, would you sweep the parameter?  We're looking for two or three horses lashed to a post but otherwise ready to travel.  Or, perhaps, a wagon with a twitchy driver waiting.  Bold as they were, I doubt they intended to carry a woman through the streets under the light of the sun, so they'll either have had a get-away prepped and ready, or they were planning to go to ground here in town."<br/><br/>"In the meanwhile, I will . . ." her voice drew out, as though she were just finally realizing something, ". . . get dressed?" she asked, a slight quaver in her voice, even as she tried to fix her face into a stolid mask.  Unfortunately, no matter how rigid her expression, she couldn't keep the heat of embarrassment from creeping into her cheeks, and dressed as lightly as she was there was no doubt that Xara would be able to see that flush creep down from her face, down her neck, and then pass out into the greater world around her.  Taris coughed to try and keep the shake out of her voice.<br/><br/>"Yes, I'll make myself presentable, and talk with the inn keeper about reperations and how to best discretely remove the bodies."<br/><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:  Force Sword, <del>Scorching Ray</del>, <del>Mirror Image</del></div></div>