Fires of Creation: Mechanical Mysteries
The councilor furrows her brow as she looks between the party members with a mix of confusion, disbelief, and sorrow as Cael finally emerges from the water with the body of Synn. After a pause she calls to a guard behind her, "Captain Langer?"
"Yes, councilor?" a stern-looking woman with fiery hair and finely crafted, if worn, breastplate armor heavier than the common guardsmen asks as she approaches.
"Take these men into your personal custody--the highest precautions for Mister Trett--and no one but you or the council is to speak with them."
"Right away." The guard captain affirms before turning to gather a few uninjured gaurdsmen to escort the prisoners.
The councilor looks disapprovingly at the two hoodlums, but then to the bound and gagged merchant and assures him apologetically, "We'll get this sorted as soon as we can, Mister Trett." She then turns to a pair of younger boys gawking from the edge of the recent battlefield and calls out, "Gannek, Jorga!" and waves for them to come. As the boys arrive she instructs, "Gannek, go to the Otterbies' and then Crowfeather to track down the councilor or Father Kyte. Tell them Councilor Baine has been recovered and they're needed urgently at Temple of Brigh. Jorga, go to the Town Hall where Councilor Freddert should be and then the guildhouse in case Otterbie is there. Same message." The boys nod obediently, grasping the importance of the chore, and quickly split up and jog away. The councilor then looks to Cael cradling Synn's body and offers, "We can get a stretcher to carry--" but is quickly cut off by a stern grunt and shake of the head from the barbarian.
The party, lead by the eager Serantha Olandir but slowed by the feeble and confused Khonnir Baine, then make their way through the streets of Torch past Silverdisk Hall gambling house, The Copper Coin tavern, and Market Square. After a turn and crossing the bridge over Seven Tears River they even pass the Town Hall, where the stout Dolga Freddert is already emerging to join them and even the young Jorga can be seen jogging off to the north ahead of them. Finally, they arrive at the Temple of Brigh and upon approaching the domed portico of the complex Councilor Olandir opens a door to the northern building and gestures for the party to enter with a simple, "In here," before moving to enter the southern building--which most of the party knows to be the temple's workshop and storefront.
This northern building, after a small foyer of closets, cabinets, and cubbies, seems to be a hospital or barracks of sorts. There are ten beds lined up in the room, five to a side, but they all lie empty for now--with the Torch out the town's industry shuttered no one seems to be injuring themselves. Cael gently sets Synn down in one of the beds and soon Council Olandir joins the party with Councilors Kyte and Freddert right behind her. The elderly Joram Kyte happily pats Cain and Zorden on the shoulder as he moves to greet and check on Khonnir while the dwarven Dolga Freddert stays back, visibly happy to see her fellow councilor again but staying out of the priest's way.
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