Chronicle One
 
The Intrigue

 
The clan stronghold is in a cave somewhere in the rolling hills of Hibernia. A tall scriptorum desk sits
opposite the entrance with a stool before it. Beside this, a tall, slender table holds the sacred carved
oak box which contains the Sacred Relics of the Longinii. Torchlight illuminates the textured rock
walls. To one side a curtain closes off a passage leading to the Inner Sanctum and living quarters. On
a flat-topped stone, a crystal ball sits on its pedistal. A sky chart is pinned to a board. The entrance
to the cave is hidden by brush and a boulder. A visitor who makes his or her way to this site must be
serious about his or her intentions. For, guarding this location is not only some wild country but the
magic of the Clan and the spirit of our Patron. A visitor is making her way. The Clansmembers
await...

The visitor checks behind her to make sure no one has seen her progress up the slopes. She slips
behind the boulder and enters the cave. Leaves stick to her cape and cowel. She drops the hood and brushes leaves from her hair.

"What is it you want?" LibrisLeo asks from her seat at the scriptorum table.

The visitor looks around, but no one offers her a seat. "I have come to propose an alliance."

"What sort of an alliance?" LibrisLeo asks.

"Between our two clans."

"Aren't you kkeebb, lead minstrel of the Clan Mistik Musik?" Seona asks from her seat in the corner. "What could you possibly offer us in the way of an alliance?"

"Our Clan is prepared to assist you in finding the Spear of Destiny."

LibrisLeo and Seona exchange glances. "How do you propose to do this? You are a group of
musicians, not a fact-finding junket." Seona leans against the wall and waits for the answer.

"We are more than just musicians," kkeebb relpies. "Each one of our Minstrels is well-versed in the
arts of the dagger and interrogation..."

"I've heard that you also have a cave full of gold and jewels," Livia speaks up from the passageway.
"There are times when money greases the wheels of information better than threats or even death."

"We do have our ways," kkeebb answeres noncommittally. "Our Minstrels are prepared to do
whatever it takes to assist you in your search for the spear."

"What do you want in return?" LibrisLeo asks.

"I ask only that, when you take over the world, you allow the music to flourish."

"We will discuss it and get back to you."

The Lead Minstrel nods and leaves the way she has come.

"Well? What do you think?" Seona asks once the visitor has gone.

"We can't vote right now, one member is missing."

Livia stretches her arms and twirls around the room. "All that wonderful gold, and it will be ours!" she giggles.

Chronicle 2
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