Operation within the Royal Oak

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*A letter is sent to Jezz the Lame that night*

Jabbuk,

The half breed sister has been returned to the faithful and properly debriefed regarding ehr captivity. I have sent her into routines of working on ur tasks as before so that she will be strengthened by the experiance and naut wallow in misery like some tree vithing darthiiri or dancing slut.

Regards,

E'spdon Gul Jaelre

KnightCaptain wrote:

A ranger on patrol stops briefly in the shadows of the trees near the Royal Oak and notes the presence of Vhaeraunite drow and of a known traitor.

She wonders if the owners have the Oak have decided to once again ignore the many warnings and to harbor drow.

Unless Anadra developed the means to both see and hear through walls, closed doors, and covered windows, there was no way she'd know. The only other people to know about who Attis was operating on didn't tell her, nor give her any hint they knew. One person that carried her didn't speak of it to any others; the other that knew Attis was operating on someone didn't know who the patient was, thus, couldn't tell it was a Vhaeraunian. On top of all that, she wore clothes that completely covered her during transportation there.

((please don't metagame. I talked to the other players whose characters knew about this and none told Anadra))

The operation was rather successful, if not very bloody and gory. Although he tried his best not to make a mess, he had to use several towels to clean up the blood. When the surgery to remove the intelligent parasite was over, Attis performed a Regeneration ritual to undo all the damage (from a medieval-style surgery butchery) Attis had to do to remove the creature. Not even a scar remains from the mutilation Alonya suffered, or the operation Attis performed.

DM Intervention: I've looked a bit into these rumors and found that KnightCaptain thought it was a public event of sorts, and not an observation made by Anadra IG. She didn't mean to cross a line, and apologizes.

I've also considered whether there would be rumors of it that included the details of Alonya's identity, and concluded that the best way to proceed is to say the following:

There are rumors of something gruesome sounding going on in the back room of the Royal Oak. It is rumored Attis was involved, since he would not have entered the inn disguised or the like and is quite well-known there, but the bouncer and others have no idea who the others were. They seem to have taken Attis' word on the matter, based on reputation, and let it proceed.

So Anadra's observation didn't occur. Additionally, other PCs would not hear rumors of who the patient was, without further roleplay.

NOTE: This amounts to a call that somehow they got Alonya in and out of the inn without any of the NPCs there knowing she was there. This isn't very likely, since the bouncer demands the removal of hoods and masks, but I would rather deal with it as a note to the participants to think more in the future than impart NPCs' knowledge to any and all PCs by some mysterious process of rumors.

I would still be interested in hearing how you all got Alonya in and out of the inn without the staff inquiring, so that I can send a PM to the inn owners (if I can every figure out which of the nineteen PCs claiming that really do own it) with a more specific report by the bouncer.

Thanks for your patience, and keep up the roleplay! End OOC, back IC. . .