Audiences

Timestamp: Stoneshade Keep - Great Hall - Two days after Winters' Moon

Its two bells after noon as you are escorted to the Keep's Great hall. Two days have passed since the strange events that transpired in the depths of the forest. You are all leading with the fallout of your clashes with the Creed of Slivikhi in your own way. Some want nothing more than to put these events behind you while others want to find more about the outlawed cult. Did anyone survive your deadly ambush in the grove? Could there influence be more far reaching than you suspected.

Most of you have never been in this part of the Keep. You are greeted by Sir Zane who is wearing his traditional armour and with his blade strapped across his back. There are a few guards at certain doors holding pikes in armour. Friar Jassin and his acolytes have been invited too apparently and are already standing in the room as you enter.

The firepit and slender braziers dotted around room light up most of the Great Hall and engulf it in a glimmer. You see several tapestries depicting the Empire of Salos hanging from the ceiling, dancing in the flickering light of the impressive room.

A long wooden oak table splits the entire room in half, sigils hang from the walls in hues of black and red. Between each banner stands a large candlestick, almost all of them have been lit and in turn illuminate the heraldry.

All chairs have been removed from around the great table where you see steaming plates of food. A sort of informal banquet is to be held in your honour.

As your eyes are drawn across the table you see platters of mutton chops with apple sauce and rashes of bacon next to potatoes and greens lathered in melting butter. A very large roasted salmon cooked with wild garlic is the table's centre piece. Goat rump served with barley placed next to small bird pies, crusty and buttery. You see jugs of ale, water and cider are all on offer as you try to enjoy the banquet.

"The city of Ostiarium has a great debt to you." You hear Sir Zane's voice at some point rising up and echoing across the room. "You have all helped in your own ways to expose a wicked cult in our midst and saved countless lives. You have excised a canker that if allowed to grow much longer could have destroyed our way of life." he continued. "So eat, drink and be merry. During the rest of the afternoon the Duke will see you and express his personal thanks to all of you."

Sir Zane came for Alexis Greyriver first and escorted her away from the Great Hall into the Duke's study.