Topic: Elmö's Obligation

Xenograg

Date: 2020-03-17 15:36 EST
One evening about a week after Xenograg takes Elmö into his service, the story of the young elf's very short adventuring career is told. The party foolishly broke into a sealed tomb and encountered its restless dead. One person died fighting skeletons even before the true threat appeared: a raging spirit. One member broke and fled immediately upon seeing it. The party leader, who described himself as a Templar, threw himself at the apparition but was obviously overmatched. His horrid death scream drove the remaining three adventurers to flight. The party disbanded the moment it arrived back in town—ridiculously named Bravetown. Elmö headed home to Eldicor the next day.

Something about Elmö's story leaves Xenograg uneasy for some reason. It is late, and the two men seek their beds. Xenograg will sleep on it, in Barsi.

Xenograg

Date: 2020-03-18 17:52 EST
Xenograg starts awake two hours before dawn with a revelation. After telling Amaltea to go back to sleep, he dresses in the dark and strides to his secret sanctum in Nestrian Palace. Passing through the magic mirror to Dojo Darelir in Rhydin City, he rushes up to Elmö's apartment. Xenograg pounds on the door to wake his equerry.

"My Lord?" Elmö asks after opening the door.

"The tomb, Elmö!" Xenograg growls. "You said the interior was defiled. Are you sure"!" Elmö blinks at the suddenness of the inquiry.

"Yes, we pointed it out to each other before the skeletons moved. Deliberate damage to statues and murals."

"But the tomb was also sealed from the outside!"

"Yes, My Lord." Xenograg takes a deep breath. His face was tense and grim.

"Then we have a problem, Elmö. A serious one." Xenograg starts cutting orders.

"Get dressed. Wake the household. Prepare a travel party. We are going to Bravetown." Xenograg turns and walks away without waiting for any reply.

Standing in his doorway, Elmö struggles to to mentally catch up to the situation. 'Get dressed, idiot!' he thinks to himself. He can think while doing that. He closes the door.