 | "Bring the news back to me, and I will reward you with finding out the information, and of course you will earn our favor." he adds. |
| "its just the church signifying that they are about to start evening services." he adds."You could find out whatever way you want, just getting into the labor camp sounds the easiest. Since most of them already saw you walk in here. We could have sent word in town for anyone willing and able that wanted coin to come and work. It wouldn't be that far fetched. But whatever means you can come up with to find the person or persons responsible, I don't have any issues with how you do it." he says. |
| Burne looks to the Dwarf. "Father Calmert at the Abby, should be able to heal that for you. He will of course ask for a donation for the church." he says. "Thank you for your interest in helping, I'm starting to believe that the people of Hommlet assume that Rufus and I are stalling the building of the Keep ourselves, this is not the case, we are very adamant about its constriction, this region needs a keep, and along with my Badgers we will start doing the job the Rangers do in the Forest, but here close to home." he says. |
| Burne smiles as the strange women has taken a keen interest in him. And Burne does what he does best, talk about himself. "You see, Rufus and I used to be part of an adventuring group similar to yours, people from different walks of life that came together out of necessity we worked well with one another so we decided to roam the countryside in search of things to do, ruins to explore, evil to destroy, and we made a good amount of coin doing so. Rufus later attracted followers, and we decided to retire here in Hommlet. When Verbobnoc wanted to build a keep here, they asked us if we would be interested in overseeing its construction. We had already built out tower with the gold we got from adventuring, so we told them yes, plus it was to help keep Hommlet and the surrounding areas safe, and that overall is what we wanted." he says. |
| Burne thinks about it for a moment. "That is really the only reason Rufus and I are here, Its far enough away from the prying eyes of the aristocrats in Verbobonc, and we can be ourselves out here, we don't have to pretend to be something we aren't. Hommlet was Rufus' home. Myself, I am from Fax, a small town along the Wild Coast, east of here. It was a terrible place, full of cutthroats and pirates. If I hadn't left with Rufus and the adventuring party when I did, I would have easily been conscripted aboard a ship heading towards the Azure Sea." he says. |
| Burne considered what the women was asking, it took him a minute to understand what exactly she way saying. But he thinks he understands the jist of it. "You wish to be my apprentice?" he asks. "If that is what you are asking, then I would have to think about it and see if you would be a suitable student, I am a long way from being a Wizard, I am just a Magician, in the eyes of the Arcane. I could take on an Apprentice at this stage in my life, but I'm not sure what I would do with one, I know as an apprentice myself It was mostly learning just the basics of magic, and chores. With Rufus, he and I have trained men and servants that have come to us, which we have do chores. It would be very strange for me indeed to take on an apprentice. Although that does not mean I can not help you, especially to find whatever search for what calls you here. Maybe through divination we can find out what took you from your lands to this place." he says. "I am also more than happy to help you with expanding your knowledge in spellcrafting, and increasing your access to spells." he says. |
| Burne says after a moment of thinking about the issue. "Ah, I see, you need to be able to identify the nature of magical items. I have that spell in my repertoire, I could teach it to you. Although you will need the required materials to put it within your spell book, or whatever your cultures mages use to record their spells." he says. |
Rufus shakes his head. "Burne told me about the goblins and your mention of the different clan markings that you saw. I've run into these clans before when I was traveling the Kron Hills, no good can come from these clans being allies. Something else, more powerful has to be calling to them and giving them orders." He walks over to the goblin and rips at its ragged shirt, and flips the foul creature over on its back. Showing branded in the middle of its back is another symbol. The symbol is that of an jagged swirl. "Its the symbol of Tharizdun, the god of Eternal Darkness, Decay, Entropy, Malign Knowledge, Insanity, and Cold. Not really someone that you want to mess with, even his cultists. If this goblin was caught by these spiders like you say, its likely that these cultists of Tharizdun have returned to the region, or have just been silent since the fall of the Temple." Rufus says more to himself than to the group. "The Temple may be active again." he says with a somber tone.