<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/A809I7el.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Varanos Girand (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=266483.msg13146308#msg13146308)</span><br/><strong>Half-Elf Golden Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer 1</strong><br/><br/>HP: 9 / 9<br/>AC: 15<br/>Init: +2<br/>Saves: 0/+2/+4/0/+1/+5 (Str/Dex/Con/Int/Wis/Cha)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spells</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spells/day: Lv 1: 2<br/><br/>Lv 0: Fire Bolt, Frostbite, Create Bonfire, Friends<br/>Lv 1: Sleep, Shield</div></div><hr/><br/>"Now, now, could everyone please just settle with asking for help and making price demands until we actually know what it is that we're dealing with before everyone assumes that we have agreed to anything," Varanos said. He walks into the middle, trying to be an centered among the people of Hupe's Hill as possible. "We agreed to come and help Talia's companions, but firstly, if they aren't the only people who have gone missing, that creates a more complex situation," he continued. Varanos looked to Talia then. "Now, I believe that you had four companions missing, correct?" He started. Before waiting for her to answer, he looked to Hupelaine. "And now you say another four have gone missing, which brings the total to eight, if I'm not mistaken?" Varanos contniued. "So, my first question now is simply this: are you sure its only eight?" He asked. "Because the details to this point have been a little on the unreliable side it seems, so firstly it would be good of us to know exactly how many people we are being asked to rescue," the half-elf said.<br/><br/>He approached the Mayor then. "And beyond that, since you say you were an apprentice of them once, perhaps you know why they would take people? Or where? Even if, as you say, you didn't have much talent for it, you have enough memory to remember doing it, so do you remember anything that could point to where people were taken and why? And," he paused, looking around the room. "Since, as you say, until recently people would return after being taken away, is there anyone here who has experienced such an abduction who could correlate your story as to where and why people are taken?" Varanos asked, looking around the room to see if anyone might be willing to come forward. He looked to Hupe again. "We gathered from Talia that perhaps the kidnappers felt her companions were poaching. Were these others you say are missing doing similarly? Its it many questions, I know, but they are all important, I assure you," he finished, looking at Hupe and awaiting the answers.