katoomba ♔ while I formulate denials of your effect on me

[moonheart]

♬ Watching You Go - Ghosts

WHO || Alanna, Jaime, Faith, Fiona, Jordan, Adi [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a shady temple of Mystra.
WHERE || Katoomba, Australia
WHEN || July 24th [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The Knights take off for Katoomba, Australia, to investigate a tale of a temple to the goddess of magic Mystra that was erected very suddenly and mysteriously, seemingly unknown to other Mystran clergy in the world.  A bizarre tale of a cleric being chased out with gunfire, and a missing bookseller with a connection to the church have left Wynn worried about what might be going on within the walls of the temple.  It is constructed a short distance from the actual city proper, up the river.  

Comments

[trebond]

Immortals, then. [ At least—that's what they call them in Tortall. They're not truly immortal, not all of them, but the catch-all fits regardless. ]

[moonheart]

Huh? Unicorns aren't really immortal. Just really really old.

[trebond]

Where I come from, that's how we refer to them. The Immortals aren't truly immortal, but they're a far cry closer to divine than the rest of us. Both sorts of unicorn suit the mould. Most of them will live centuries, or until something stops them.

[moonheart]

"Both" kinds of unicorn?

[trebond]

Of course. There's the harmless sort, like the stories children tell, and there's the great beastly ones. Flesh-eaters, they say. Hard to know which are simply stories in the end. No one sees Immortals: they're all trapped in the Divine Realms.

[moonheart]

Flesh eating unicorns? Are we talking about the same thing? Big white horses, horn on their heads...?

[trebond]

Of course. What is it you think the horn is for?

[moonheart]

Alicorns have healing properties. That's one reason people like to hunt unicorns.

[trebond]

Well, I can't say anyone in Tortall has seen one to hunt it, but I can guarantee that the legends are quite clear about the dangers of some of the beasts.

[moonheart]

Well, yeah, they're dangerous. But only to the bad guys.

[trebond]

I'm not certain flesh-eaters discriminate.

[moonheart]

I don't know. Most people eat flesh too. Just not like... raw off the bone.

[trebond]

Quite a gruesome way of thinking about it.

[moonheart]

You're the one who started talking about flesh eating unicorns.

[trebond]

Well, it's not my fault! I thought everyone knew about them.

[moonheart]

All this multi-verse stuff is really kinda confusing, so I can't really blame you.