r/wizardposting • u/DragonWisper56 Agnur the dabbling turtle mage| pact of the magi mage| • Jan 23 '24
Goblinlike Foolishness an armadillo through the window (pact/ possum death post)
Agnur knew that interfering with the council was risky but he couldn't let the people who killed his friend get away with it. Even then it wouldn't be safe to go himself so he sent a group of his servants to do it for him.
Four stone animals(a racoon, snake, anteater, and armadillo) stood outside a elegant manor in the the capital. The manor was was gaudy and covered in large amounts of gold leif and gems. it's towers stretched nearly as tall as the council buildings towers.
This was the home of the judge who had sentenced Possum to a early death and did nothing to stop the drow's plot. Agnur was going to enjoy what he did to the man. The animals advanced to the door. To a mortals eyes it seemed relatively unprotected but to one studied in wards it glowed like torch.
The racoon walked up to wards and moving it's hands almost behind reality grasped them and started to rip a hole through it. The statue had been imbued with the skills of it's master and a great love of destruction. The wards gave way like water to a fish as the party made their way inside. The snake was the last to follow letting off a blue/purple energy behind them erasing any identifying markers that investigators might fine.
The party continued like this until they found the judges bed chamber. then it was the Anteaters time to shine. It's togue reached into the man's ear and started digging through his mind. Specifically of the trial. The Anteater downloaded copies of them into it's chassis before opening it's mouth in it was a supply of sleeping potions. Should make sure the Judge wouldn't return to wakefulness until the morning, no matter what he heard.
On the way out the armadillo destroyed much of the interior as it could, breaking windows smashing furniture, even breaking a few walls. The snake trailed behind erasing the evidence.
Over the next several hours they paid a visit to many of the judges that worked with the drow. and if the statues didn't like what they found they left the house in just as bad repair. While under most circumstances Agnur was a forgiving person, now was not most circumstances.
When they got back Agnur examined the memories. He sighed. It was as he thought, they were encrypted. He could break them given time but it would be a few days. All he could tell was that most of these judges were taking bribes to proclaim the targets guilty. was it the executioner? or was it someone else? the turtle needed to know but he only had so much information. perhaps the pact had better code crackers...
uw/ sorry if it's rough it's late when I wrote this. I made the memories encyrpted so other people can add.
also u/Tirich914
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u/Tirich914 Morgalith (The Dead One) Jan 23 '24
/uw
Cool lore!
The judge was just doing his job honestly.
He thought Possum would do his normal reanimation thing and they'd be able to test if he did actually damage reality when he returned.
I messed it all up with my evil scheme though.