<strong>Dexter</strong><br/><br/>"Turns out..." The piratess said through gritted teeth, "They weren't really ghosts at all. Just another band o' pirates thinking they can fake us out."<br/><br/>She took another step back as the ghastly figured seemed to set itself in place for another attack, "<em>You're</em>the spellcaster." She bitterly said, "<strong>Do</strong>something!"<br/><br/>Dirae drew a dagger from her boot and gave the ethereal being a tentative jab that did nothing but send wispy vapors floating through the air. They came back together to reassume the ghost's tortured face as it lunged towards its' attacker once again.<br/><br/>She tried to avoid it, but the ghost was too fast and her scant (though likely enchanted) armor was of little use against such a being. "Gods, DAMN IT!" She fruitlessly cried as her skin chilled to the bone with its' touch.<br/><br/>The pirate captain seemed more annoyed than pained, and the archivist saw no wounds or signs of damage...<br/><br/>"Staaayyyy." The ghost said with a pitiful moan.<br/><br/><strong>Ivette</strong><br/><br/>"Ah, yes." Idao replied as his gaze drifted off to the side, "Lord Ewon."<br/><br/>The name seemed to give him some measure of discomfort as it parted from his lips. The sorceress departed from the dining room, following the sound of agitated murmurs coming from down the hallway. The guards, now fully of their own senses again, quickly got about to ensuring that everything was in order for the grand lord's hosts.<br/><br/>Following the noises, she crossed the threshold into another large room, by all appearances an art gallery, depicting the great battles of the past. All the nobles seemed to have reunited with their ladies, save for one.<br/><br/>Ewon was stroking his goatee idly when he caught sight of Ivette. Taking a few sideways glances over to the others, he quickly approached her. "Whew." He said, shaking his head with an unbelieving smile, "You had me worried there..."<br/><br/><strong>Ellen</strong><br/><br/>"Most of our history about the Kingdoms of Gehemmon come from the Theocracy... and they tend to have a, err, neglect for any sort of record-keeping prior to the formation of the Union." Ermon explained, "But the barbarians in the Wild Lands are definitely the descendents of the Gehemmites. Some say it was a human civilization that enslaved all the other races they could find, and that there was a revolt. Others claim it was the other way around, with humans as slaves to the monsters and a war coming from some nation further east."<br/><br/>He offered a shrug and a smile as he said, "Well, whatever it is... If it wasn't so mysterious, there'd be no point in sending adventurers out here, would there?"<br/><br/>"Then we'd have to keep pushing the borders further and further back, finding new places to explore. Hmm, I've heard that those southern islands are pretty popular right now..."