Evangeline sinks into the back of her desk chair, pressing a glass of chilled spirits against her forehead. The last forty-eight hours had been a whirlwind, and she still struggled to understand all that had happened.
The attack on the road to Highbridge had been dangerous enough, the fel-drake strafing their party from the sky. If not for the skill of Lady Barbaccia, and the stoutness of the two Miqo'te lancers, it is unlikely they would have survived. Though they did have a secret weapon, one that allowed them to call the drake from the sky, and disorient it long enough to stop its rampage.
The Wyrmtear.
Somehow they managed to stop the drake, returning its form to some poor corrupted Lalafell. Why they gave a second Wyrmtear to such a mortal still confused her, but she managed to retrieve the second stone before the others realized what she was leaving with. However the hounds of Ishgard were not ones to sit quietly, and she had prepared for their response. The two stones were beyond her reach for the moment. One in the hands of Lady Crofte, the other in an anonymous location. She could not continue her research for the moment, but at least she could evade the hunters.
Giving the stone to Lady Crofte was a risk. There was no love lost between the two of them, however the woman herself had seen the usefulness of the stones on that road. Either way, the stone was safer with Crofte than in Evangeline's drawer, and that was sufficient for the moment.
Evangeline takes a sip of the hard drink, giving herself a moment to relax, before writing a few names on a piece of paper.
Sultansworn
Flames
Ishgard
Nobles
Merchants
After a a moment she begins to fill in more names.
Sultansworn - Crofte
Flames - ????
Ishgard - Orrin, V'aleera, more?
Nobles - Barbaccia
Merchants - Verad, Otto
Leaning back she underlines a few.
Crofte
Flames - ????
Orrin
Otto
"Yes... that will work. If they can be convinced." She pushes the paper aside and pulls out a sheet of diagrams, "And if another tear can be found."
She smirks, and begins doing calculations on the side of the page, amounts of crystals, types of metal. In the center lies plans for an arcane, cylindrical device. On it, labeled, are indents for three Wyrmtears.
"However, I'm sure Fate will provide."
The attack on the road to Highbridge had been dangerous enough, the fel-drake strafing their party from the sky. If not for the skill of Lady Barbaccia, and the stoutness of the two Miqo'te lancers, it is unlikely they would have survived. Though they did have a secret weapon, one that allowed them to call the drake from the sky, and disorient it long enough to stop its rampage.
The Wyrmtear.
Somehow they managed to stop the drake, returning its form to some poor corrupted Lalafell. Why they gave a second Wyrmtear to such a mortal still confused her, but she managed to retrieve the second stone before the others realized what she was leaving with. However the hounds of Ishgard were not ones to sit quietly, and she had prepared for their response. The two stones were beyond her reach for the moment. One in the hands of Lady Crofte, the other in an anonymous location. She could not continue her research for the moment, but at least she could evade the hunters.
Giving the stone to Lady Crofte was a risk. There was no love lost between the two of them, however the woman herself had seen the usefulness of the stones on that road. Either way, the stone was safer with Crofte than in Evangeline's drawer, and that was sufficient for the moment.
Evangeline takes a sip of the hard drink, giving herself a moment to relax, before writing a few names on a piece of paper.
Sultansworn
Flames
Ishgard
Nobles
Merchants
After a a moment she begins to fill in more names.
Sultansworn - Crofte
Flames - ????
Ishgard - Orrin, V'aleera, more?
Nobles - Barbaccia
Merchants - Verad, Otto
Leaning back she underlines a few.
Crofte
Flames - ????
Orrin
Otto
"Yes... that will work. If they can be convinced." She pushes the paper aside and pulls out a sheet of diagrams, "And if another tear can be found."
She smirks, and begins doing calculations on the side of the page, amounts of crystals, types of metal. In the center lies plans for an arcane, cylindrical device. On it, labeled, are indents for three Wyrmtears.
"However, I'm sure Fate will provide."
