*The meeting for the faiths, united against a famine*

[Lance Stargazer]

**The day breaks when the disposed place on the home of the Smithdotter estate is prepared to receive the representatives of the various faiths, the environment is tense since the family is not quite happy of late with the Rofirenite church despite being given a lot of money in donations to them in the last two years *

*The Toranites arrive at the day and hour said, Sir Robert approaching the house alongside , Raelyn and Willam Leox, priestess and Paladin respectively, and other 3 acolytes escorting them.*

*The Prunillite sappling comming as well from the north and presenting herself on the Smithdotter estate, the encounter beetwen them its a bit tense, but with Marion serving as a host she has been seen preparing the metting and working alongside with the household to work with the acomodations *

*The room is ready by the time The Rofirenites arrive for the meeting*

[cbnicholson]

Dressed in freshly shined armor, Daniel waits for Sister Amireana in the street outside the home.

[Anamnesis]

A little later than perhaps she would have thought, the lady finally approaches Daniel, her hair pulled back gently in a way that softens her features, and brings out her amethyst colored eyes even more. She speaks softly to him, "My apologies for keeping you waiting My Friend."

[cbnicholson]

"Not at all, Dear sister." Daniel offers his arm and moves toward the door. "Let us see if our efforts bear fruit, eh?"  He knocks firmly.

[Lance Stargazer]

*You two are escorted into the room for the meeting where the Toranites and the Prunillites are already acomodated, servants of the house escort you both towards the designated seats for the meeting, once there the Prunillite waves her small hand towards you as Robert nods his head with Raelyn and Willam beside him representing the Toranites *

WE have come as promised Sir Knight *the man speaks in thunderous but gently voice*

*the Prunillite rolls her eyes at that and simply looks over Daniel and Amireana expectantly *

[cbnicholson]

Daniel ahems quietly, then offers his best smile to the assembled, "Firstly, I thank all of you for your attendance.  As you may or may not know, my sole purpose is to execute the instructions I have shown some of you in the hopes of alleviating this famine."  Daniel spreads the instructions as he has them out on a table. "As you can see, there remains several things that are rather vague.  For example, the location for the ceremony."  Daniel looks to the Prunillians hopefully.

[Aphel]

Wearing a plain heavy travel cloak with a small ankh stitched into the neck seam with grey thread, William follows Sir Robert and keeps close to Raelyn, carrying a large share of the load in a huge backpack so Sir Robert and Raelyn could travel more lightly.
The simple, albeit already scratched and dusted armor is largely covered bt he cloak, and would it not be Sacrifice's pommel poking out beneath it, one could have taken him for a squire. That, of course, had been on the road.

Sir Poetr.

He rose from his chair without letting the parchment folder go and smiled towards the man and the woman on his side, offering a quick and court nod before sitting down again. His demeanor appears foreign quite a bit, but his calm and simple composure do not make him stand out much in the round of the gathered people.

[Lance Stargazer]

*The Sappling Bunnete smiles upon Daniel as she looks over their group*

Are we here indeed with some information that may prove useful, but sadly as i told you before there has been no traces or knowledge of any of this ritual upon our sisters,  and as it was pointed out there is nothing on the lore and wisdom of the elders that speaks of such specific thing as you mentioned it, so our assumption is that its either any poopies which would be part of "our" side of the ritual aside the blessed crops , or where the famine started, the point is that there is nothing that may point a very specific place or day or situation. .

*She looks at him * Yet your guess on the bindstone is as good as mine*

Do you think it would be good to start defining such thing first?  or shall we start with the information given .

*Marion takes the word as she has been serving as Moderator and "diplomat " beetwen the faiths*

I do agree that before starting with the information, the point for the ritual has to be decided otherwise it would be all for naught, *She speaks to the group * But guess first question would be.. its the meaning or our gathering here clear for everyone?

[cbnicholson]

"An excellent suggestion, Marion.  I concur completely.  The information, "Daniel taps the two scraps of parchment on the table"  Aye, I would hear the thoughts of all here about it."

The note written in red ink reads as a ritual or recipe,
 
 "Cure for Famine
 
Gather 5 true Toranites in a circle holding hands.
 
Carry 5 different tokens of the Dragon
 
Carry 5 pure crops blessed by Prunilla
 
Gather in prayer at ...
 
(Someone has torn off the last part of the page)"


(This appears to be the bottom part of a torn scroll)
 
 when you have gathered the people and ingredients at a place where poppies freely grow under a full moon each must repeat aloud
 See, hear, and drive outwards near and far heal the land
 This  will gradually heal the land outward in a circle from that point. If  the curse is particularly powerful the spell may need to be repeated at a  similar location and time.

//c/p'd from Rofireinite forums where this got its start.

[Lance Stargazer]

*Sir Robert Nods slowly but and gestures to the other two Toranites present to speak their questions if have some *

I do understand the part of our duty here and Six of us have come to this meeting, with the intent to help with this ritual. And yet our leaders have questions that i'd like to be answered once we set this part of the meting.  

*The Prunillite nods as well * The five blessed crops have been prepared and carried for the ritual, I don't see on this ritual why the participation of the Sapplings would be needed, why i consider the poppies flowers as part of the "Prunillite" side of the ritual. *She shrugs*  We have some other information as well that we'd like to share as well once we pass this part of the meeting.  

- What about the golden tokens ? - *She adds after that *

*Marion replies towards that, pulling out five round compasses made of gold tied to silvery chains held high and with reverence *  We thought in agreement with Sir Daniel that they may refer to our holy symbols blessed by the members of our faith, additionally i've brought five keys from the library and had them blessed , the library where our sacred law is stored and serve us as guide on our endeavors for honor and virtue, which i thought may serve as well with the "cryptic" part of the riddle, A token of knowledge of our law would be as sacred and would give a reason for the "token" use on the riddle, but i defer of this use to our brothers here, *she adds quickly * since this was done on self initiative.  For that case the holy symbols and the keys are ready for use.

*She returns the word to the rest in case there are any questions*

[cbnicholson]

"I see no flaws in the logic, merely some vagueness in where to perform our prayers and perhaps to a small degree the tokens, myself.  The bindstone in Hlint may suffice, the location is fairly remote and in the heart of what used to be good farmland. " Daniel says hopefully.  "It seems to myself; however, that perhaps our first attempt should be kept in some secrecy as to not raise the hopes of the commoners.  I remain skeptical of the source of this ritual especially since none of the Prunillian lore seems to validate it.  None the less, I will proceed on the shred of hope it offers."  Daniel looks around at each of the representatives to gauge their resolve.

[Lance Stargazer]

*Marion speaks*
 
And what is that disagreement Sir Knight?  and what you prefer to use then?

*Robert nods slowly* On that I agree, its not glory what we shoudl seek and even if our intent remains unremembered as long as the prosperty for the land returns, its something that may be tried.  

*The prunilite speaks* Hlint you said?  Do you think we could find the proper red flowers there ?

*And awaits*

[cbnicholson]

"No disagreement, merely some healthy skepticism.  As for the location of Hlint, as I recall there  are flowers aplenty about the bindstone there, if my memory is faulty then Center may have to do after all."

[Lance Stargazer]

*She smiles * Indeed, some degree of mistrust is always healthy as Master Aesthir says indeed .

*Robert interposes here *

In this it may be important a couple of things. *he speaks softly*  First, acording to this parchment it speaks of the place as this, there are some questions that our leaders has on this.  

Its on your investigation any remarks that leads towards a moth, or a coocoon, or a equine black figure ?

Also its important to point out that we are supposed to be attacking where the Famine start, yet I do agree on the Captain logic on this. Hlint may be a good start if this "ritual" extends as it speaks of.

*he return the sight to the rest of the people in the group  *

[Anamnesis]

Amireana offers respectfully to the gathered, "As I recall most of the flower in Hlint are actually closer to the Ilsarian temple."
 
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Raelyn listens respectfully her own thoughts puzzling over the riddle and the situation. "If we go there, they may want to know what is going on. The gathering would hardly be inconspicous. Surely the guards will ask questions."

[Lance Stargazer]

*Sir Robert looks about awaiting still for the reply of the question he did to the Rofirenites or the Prunillites *

*The sappling replies *  First time ever i heard of such things, but perhaps the Sir Knight here may be able to reply to that. And what has that to do with anything? *she speaks a bit explosive in the end **

*Sir Robert nods at the Sappling and replies*  I would like to hear about the answer to our leaders questions before speaking more.   *he looks upon the Rofirenites after that apparently happy with the Prunillite answer*

[cbnicholson]

Its on your investigation any remarks that leads towards a moth, or a coocoon, or a equine black figure ?

Daniel shakes his head, "I have not come across any of these figures, sir.  Perhaps I should elaborate on the finding of these two scraps and this august council can decide if we should proceed based on that?"

[Lance Stargazer]

If you consider it important, yes .. i do think that knowing the origin is important, I know the origin as you told me, but not all here may know it, so it may be a good start yes

[cbnicholson]

"Very well,  the reason I remain skeptical is because both of these 'instructions' were discovered in the Bullseye tavern..specifically, tossed in among the *ahems* baking tables." Daniel blushes slightly as he finishes.  "It was one of the reasons why I argued so long with Sister Amireana here as I did, the origin is very suspect, but.." He composes himself, " I feel that cooperation among the faiths may at the very least hold some hope even if this all comes to naught but a terrible hoax."

[Lance Stargazer]

*The prunillite frowns*
If all those drunk people stopped drinking and get them to work less of this Famine we would be suffering

*The council nods at the reasoning*

*Then sir Robert speaks*

What factors are we determining for the starrting point then?  the information we have on where the famine started or just a general central area?