(https://66.media.tumblr.com/bd6158c6ff8dd5eeed7495bf56fc8ded/tumblr_n46z8c159v1qm14y4o1_500.jpg)<br/><strong>Zoya Amare (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=289982.msg14241267#msg14241267)<br/>Location: Warehouse Backroom<br/>Tag: Everyone</strong><br/><br/>Rather than sit at the table with the others, the dark-skinned, black-clad scholar Zoya Amare had stood apart. She remained quiet throughout the explanation, an intense look in her eyes as she almost disappeared into the dark corner she leaned against for support. Her clothes had a formal look to them, especially her coat, which fit snug around her curves and had no doubt been tailored -- expensive, but without the opulence of nobility.<br/><br/>"I'll take the ring," she finally said as she stepped forward and ended her silence -- her words held a strange melodiousness that was not common to these lands, but her tone was precise and clinical in a way that didn't seem to have much room for refusal. Her eyes briefly met those of the old man, then flickered over the other women who had arrived here, before they finally landed on Hakira. "Your voice is pretty and I do not doubt it inspires many, but this -- this requires brevity."<br/><br/>The ring could be useful -- assuming, of course, that this was in any way genuine. Zoya had her suspicions, especially since it had been her dreams that had led her to this place -- strangely coherent ones, at that. Usually they were more nonsensical, more esoteric, more …<del>sensual</del>ominous. The old man didn't inspire much confidence and while some of those assembled looked competent or at least odd enough that they probably had some manner of ability to have survived in this hostile and superstitious land, the fact that they were all beautiful women had not escaped the scholar's notice either. This could very well be an elaborate trap. From her studies, it was almost universally regarded as true that the willful, the heroic and capable, when turned, made for the most useful agents to the many evils of this world.<br/><br/>Still, she was not about to give up such a chance to learn more about either vampires<em>or</em>angels -- and if it was a trap, they would simply have to find a way out of it.<br/><br/>She reached for the little golden trinket with well-manicured fingers and raised it up to level with her eyes, studying it for a moment before she let it rest in the palm of her hand -- not quite so impetuous as to immediately slip it on before giving the dragon-woman a chance to protest her claim.<br/><br/>"I am Zoya Amare," she introduced herself, a brief frown appearing on her otherwise flawless features. "A librarian."<br/><br/>That, apparently, was all she was planning to say on her capabilities. Of course, it was quite obvious this woman was not just an ordinary book keeper. Those schooled in spotting such things could easily note that she wore some manner of armor between her layers, plus there was the dagger strapped to her left forearm, the pommel of which sometimes briefly became visible as she moved. And her handbag, which she had left near the corner she'd taken residence in earlier, had landed with far too heavy a sound -- it was very likely that it contained another weapon.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Actions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Before she asks any questions, I'd like to see if Zoya knows anything about (the) Markov(s), or perhaps if the notion of someone, especially a vampire, creating angels rings a bell -- and of course what, if anything, she knows about  the areas they are meant to travel to. Her Arcana, History and Religion are all at +3, as is her Investigation. Not sure which one is needed here.<br/><br/>Knowledge History:<br/>At 2018-07-03 16:56:09, Zoya (uid: 38603) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 17 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=122399)<br/>Knowledge: Religion:<br/>At 2018-07-03 16:56:47, Zoya (uid: 38603) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 16 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=122400)<br/><br/>Not too shabby for 12 INT (plus proficiency)!  ;D</div></div>