Le Craint Family/Mariana le Craint/The Aftermath of the Daimon Arrival.
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| Daimon's Arrival
Walking through the street, the early morning sun cresting over the skyline of the harbour buildings, Mariana remained vigilant. Her personal guard joining her as they patrolled through the city, armed with an assortment of finely crafted longbows and an array of crossbows, they wandered the streets closely monitoring the movements of the undead, clearing out as many as they could. Mariana herself had replaced her previous set of armaments with a masterpiece of a sword and a finely crafted crossbow on her back. One of her scouts returned to her side and handed her a small piece of parchment, a simple drawn map of the streets with key points highlighted. Of key importance was the path the Daimons were seemingly taking. The events of the day had confused her so far, without a warning the arrival of said Daimons and the battle that followed where the Daimons seemingly assisted in fighting against the undead. She pondered to herself, What does this mean? What will happen to us now? What caused this to happen? Mariana turned to the scout. "Good work, continue monitoring them. Should they make any further aggressive moves I wish to hear about it." Without a moment of hesitation, the scout disappeared once again. Mariana continued down the street, taking care to keep off the main roads through the city. For a moment, she heard a scream coming from a nearby alley. The sound of a young girl, a bloodcurdling scream that could only mean one thing. She darted down the street towards the direction of the scream. Before long, she found herself confronted by a small gathering of undead, surrounding a body seemingly feeding off the corpse. She drew her crossbow and took aim at the beasts. "Take aim.... FIRE." A ricochet of bolts and arrows from the Vigilants rippled down the alley piercing the fleshy mess that was the undead mound. Before long, there was not movement left. Drawing her sword she went over and examined the corpse. A young commoner girl, her face now barely recognisable however the feeling of fear still gripping her face. Mariana grabbed a nearby scrap piece of cloth and covered her body, by now a small crowd was gathered. "Call for the city guard, this needs to be cleaned up." Mariana wiped the blood off her swords and stepped out from the alley, pushing past the gathered crowd who seemed to recoil in fear and respect, many bowing their heads to hide their faces. Walking quickly, she returned back to her route and awaited more news. | |
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| The Grand Inquisitor's Message
"You there!" - she noticed a peasant pretending to be dead, not twenty feet from the imposing daimon - "Find me an Inquisitor, a proper one, not a guardsman, bring them to the Templar Nexus." - the peasant just whimpered and Maura rolled her eyes and added - "Do as I say or I will feed you to the deamon" - the face of the man went paler - "doesn't it look hungry to you?" Mariana was strolling around the city, following closely behind a small gathering of the Daimons. Watching them, she couldnt help but feel more confused. Their movements were strange, not ones she had seen before in any beast. Nor could she imagine these as the same beasts that caused havoc in the past. None the less, she continued to watch and monitor them. Out the corner of her eye she caught sight of a peasant rushing around not looking where he was going, rushing past her the peasant nearly ran straight into the daimons, however Mariana caught him. "Do you have a death wish? Cant you see what lies around the corner?" She whispered in hushed tones to the man, one eye still watching the shambling daimons. "I... I was sent.... sent to find.... find an Inquisitor. The.... the Grand Inquisitor sent me..." The man clearly out of breath and fearing for his life stumbled on his words. Marina pushed the man to the side down a nearby alley. "You have found one, where is the Grand Inquisitor? I assume this is urgent?" The man simply nods and points towards the Basilica, fearing having gotten the better of himself a small puddled began to form from under his clothes. Mariana stepped away, giving a man a sneer before nodding towards one of her men. "Take care of this man, seems he does not know how to act in from of a lady." The nearest soldier nodded and a large smirk formed on his face, he led the man deeper into the alley as Mariana stepped away and towards her captain. "Valdric, change of plans. I must head to the Basilica. The Grand Inquisitor is calling for an inquisitor." Valdric nods and looks towards the daimons. "Better take a few men with you, the streets aren't safe. We will continue to watch them. If anything changes, I shall send word to you." Mariana nods, taking the mans hand in a tight grip before making her way. Five men join her as she heads towards the Basilica. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Upon reaching the Basilica, Mariana steps up to the men guarding the entrance, noting that they are looking a bit shocked and confused. "Inquisitor Mariana le Craint, I have arrived upon the request of the Grand Inquisitor." Hearing that name, one of the men begins to shudder slightly before standing back at attention after Mariana gave the man a strict look. "The Grand Inquisitor is inside. She is meeting with the Grand Templar and Sir Ferdinand Greybrook." She gave the man another look. "Very well, I shall head in and await a summons from the Grand Inquisitor. I do not wish to disturb their meeting. Alert the Grand Inquisitor of my arrival once she becomes available." With that, Mariana stepped into the Basilica with both caution and interest. | |
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| Interaction with a Grey Knight
Mariana was appraoching the man at standing outside the door, hesitantly, the current state of things have left her weary of unknown faces. Just as she was about to reach him, the door swung open and the Grand Inquisitor stepped out. "Ah, you're here! Good" - she shouted - "Grey Knight Ferdinand Greybrook, Inquisitor Mariana le Craint. Save pleasantries for later. Walk with me." - she ordered and marched hastily towards the exit, not checking if they follow close behind she started giving instructions:
As she finished her sentence, Maura continued off, leaving Mariana and Ferdinand to themselves. She looked the man up and down, trying to size him up. However, little could be gained from the facade he was putting up. Out of courtesy, she bowed once again to the man now that they had time. "A pleasure, however our time seems rushed. A word of advice, the men you have stationed outside caused quite the problem for me, even after I told them of my summons. Next time, I may not be as patient. I wouldnt want to have to speak to someone about this and Im sure you wouldnt want that either." Mariana simply smirked as she finished her sentence beginning to turn around. However she stopped half way and turned back to Ferdinand. "Before I go, I wish to invite you to my estate. I remember being told that you were part of the expedition that took place, I wish to hear more of this, more importantly I wish to hear about Shattered Vales. One of my men from my seaworthy days, whom I was needing to punish, escaped my grasp and last I heard he was heading in that direction. If you could be so kind, any information that would allow me to bring my possession back to me would be most welcome." She smirked once again, turning again and making her way to the alley. "Come to the harbour, my estate lies there. Its a modest home so Im sure you will feel quite at home there." She chuckled to herself as she continued down the path disappearing from sight. | |
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| Arrival at the Basilica
As Mariana reached the Basilica, she let out a deep sigh before turning to the men whom she had gathered. Among them was the captain and two very promising squad leaders. The captain, who was called, Valdric stood at a decent 6ft tall, standing over Mariana but only slightly. The other two were shorter than both of them, however they were still imposing figures. By this time, the new gear had arrived for the unit. Accompaning their crossbows that hung on their backs and the swords engraved with the crest of house le Craint. They were now equipped with a leather overcoat that covered their steel chest piece. Their arms protected by a studded leather shoulder pauldrons. Rather than looking like an immediate threat they could easily be hidden within a crowd. Mariana was now wearing something similar however she had a ornate sword, a long slim blade with the handle wrapped with purple rope holding a small golden crest of house le Craint. "Right, as have arrived I shall inform you more about the reason you have been chosen. The Grand Inquisitor requested I bring along my three most trusted men. As such, whatever is spoken within these halls must not be repeated. Come now, let us not keep the Grand Inquisitor waiting." Entering within the basilica, Mariana passed the same guards as before. She glanced over to them, the one that spoke before met her eyes before standing up straight again. She smirked as she continued further into the building. Reaching the main hall, she made her way to one of the guards. "Let the Grand Inquisitor know that Mariana le Craint has arrived and she is ready to meet with her." The Guard nodded, Mariana looked around, making her way to her three men who were waiting for her in the centre of the room. | |
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| A mission from the Grand Inquisitor
"Inquisitor Mariana..." - she noted three men placed about inconspicuously and murmured approval - "... walk with me..." - and as soon as they left Basilica she lowered her voice, so that only Mariana heard her say - "
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