<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/83xLMDD.jpg?1)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">Orlith Belgoria (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=303516.msg14823482#msg14823482)</span><br/><strong>HP</strong>: 38/38<strong>Status</strong>: potential: 10ft bright light, 10 ft dim, +cold resist<br/><strong>AC</strong>:  14/14<strong>Tagging</strong>: everyone<br/><br/><br/><strong>Actions:</strong>bind Wren, channel energy: potential, set hunting trap at entrance<br/><strong>Roll:</strong><br/><strong>damage:</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>"You're going to help us because your survival depends on it" Orlith calmly rebutted, giving her blade a final sharpen before they headed into the depths, "bound as you are, you'd have little means of defending yourself down there if we were to perish. Consider that these beasts the elf speaks of were fearsome enough for them to abandon their initial delve in search of proper bodyguards. I doubt an unarmed, arm bound halfling would survive long on their own amongst them. As it is our lives and your life are one and the same once we pass this threshold. Keep us healthy and we shall keep you healthy, a fair trade I believe." she said, laying it out plainly and logically, "Besides if you were to die down there due to stubborn negligence, then no one would remain to return and untie your companion. And unless your goddess blesses her with some miracle of chance, then she will also perish here." she added, giving the halfling extra incentive to have them all return safely.<br/><br/>Ignoring the halfling's retort Orlith would grab the same cloth gag they had bound her with before and used it to silence her once more, planning to untie her again once they were deeper in the ruins and the danger was high enough that they both needed her magic and the girl wouldn't be able to immediately turn on them without it being suicidal, "Keep in mind we had every intention of wishing you a fair morrow and carrying along without incident. Me and my companion set out to guard some elvish brat for a fistful of gold, not get in fights with priests and take hostages. We don't like this situation any more than you, but now that we're in it we've no choice but to deal with it. So for the sake of everyone involved let's just get through this excursion and we can settle the matter once it's done"  she added with a sigh, giving the priestess a tired look that begged for compliance so they could just grin and bare it, before turning back to her party.<br/><br/>"alright everyone, if your final preparations are done we can proceed" she announced, rather suspiciously sounding as if she considered herself in charge rather than their dark elf employer. With a smile she turned to Selena, kneeling down in front of her, "are you ready? no matter what stick behind me..." she cooed protectively, running her hand along the prized lion pelt (https://i.imgur.com/ZigdtjD.jpg?1) she had given the goblin to wear, both to ward against the early morning cold and as a symbol of their recent union.<br/><br/>Seeing the torch Kayla passed out Orlith gave a small smirk, standing up tall and taking a deep breath, "Brüsc!" she bellowed, though this time instead of her blade it appeared her entire body had been wreathed in ethereal flames. Though the wispy fire was actually harmless to the touch, it shed a bright light off of her skin, essentially turning her into a living torch, "alright everyone, file inside, I have one last preparation to see to" she said, waiting for everyone else to take a few steps down the stair case, before entering herself. She would reach into her pack and produce a hunting trap, it's steel jaws lined with serrated teeth meant to snap the bones of even the burliest bears, along with an iron spike. Staking the trap's chain into the ground just outside the entrance, she would shift some moss and vines over it and deploy the trap a few steps into the ruin, where it would be obscured from normal vision by the darkness. It was an extra layer of precaution, this way anyone who might want to follow them inside would be in for a nasty surprise, as well as another deterrent again Wren trying to run off and abandon them. With that done Orlith would gently shuffle her way back to the front of the pack and start to lead their way down.<br/><br/>