<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/lvktwdd.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Amelie Christenson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=270602.msg13333259#msg13333259)<br/><strong>Stats:</strong><strong>AC</strong>30;<strong>HP</strong>75/75<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Normal<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>None<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>All | Open<br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Thankfully there seemed to be little resistance to her suggestion.  It had less to do with her not wanting to compete with the others, and more to do with going contrary to the "competitive" nature that Adrian had put forward to them.  She had hoped, if only slightly, that he would be upset that they had all worked together to get to the end instead of running off one at a time.<br/><br/>"Good girl," she praised Rauza as she perked up to take the challenge head-on, "no need to fret about things right now."  The others still seemed at least slightly disturbed by the turn of events, well except Kraum who seemed more interested in simply doing<em>anything</em>.  Amelie wondered, briefly, if he even realized that he was undead yet--he wasn't an idiot of course, but seemed to have a rather one-track mind.<br/><br/>She had nothing to add to the Paladin's grim estimation of the situation, nor to the changeling's brief comments, so she simply left with them to finish the little test.  She knew, deep down, that one of them would eventually likely try to take advantage of the situation.  Vampires were naturally evil beings, and by simply becoming them their natures had become irrevocably changed.  How much that affected the others she couldn't say, though her own mind whirled with various possibilities.  Perhaps it was inevitable that they would all try to betray one another in some vain hope to become the most powerful.<br/><br/>Amelia exited the maze after the others did, letting them go through first not out of some moral obligation to the team, but simply because she wished to delay seeing Adrian for as long as was reasonable.<br/><br/>Adrian's praise of their teamwork was bittersweet in the pit of her stomach.  She took the offered ring with no complaints, though, examining it briefly as he explained what they could do.  With little thought to the matter she put the ring on--the gemstone taking on the appearance of the onyx that is so often used in various necromantic spells--and looked back to Adrian as he continued to speak.  Kraum's question was likely what many of them had been thinking, and the answer certainly clarified a few details.  She considered the various possibilities he was suggesting before posing a question of her own.<br/><br/>"So we are to conquer the surrounding lands to grow an empire of the undead, so that you can rule--what should we expect to gain from this?  Are we to be soldiers or are we to be lords and ladies of our own lands?  What are your plans to accomplish this?"