Location: Underdark, Exit Tunnel, Camp DATE/TIME: ???, After Rhain's Attack WHO: THC "I'll admit, there is still a part of me that wishes I could talk reason into my brothers, " Lucian begins," but if I let them live, then I know they will continue to hurt people. I don't like taking lives needlessly, but all I can do now as their brother is try and make it painless. " Lucian vigorously Rhain's hand with a great deal of earnestness and a wide smile on his face. While he hadn't known Rhain for long, Lucian was glad that the guy seemed pretty friendly underneath all his Death's Shadow business and from what he had seen (or hadn't seen technically), the guy was remarkably skilled given his feats in the fight. It always made him happy to have the opportunity to meet new people, though admittedly he wished the circumstances could be quite different. With confidence, Lucian gives a thumbs up and says, " From today on, count the Horizon Company as your allies. Working together can only make us stronger. " Lucian then says to Dysmas, " A plan sounds nice. I don't mind having a little bit strategy beyond 'Walk in and defeat everyone important' every now and then. We need to focus on how to defeat my family first though. While I don't mind your grand scheming, I think it is a little ambitious at the moment. I mean, we should fulfill our promise to Cyprus to find Comstock before we go and make him an admiral, and the Lampurge name is honestly pretty trash to most people with consciences. I'm not even sure if the whole Cyre lineage of succession was determined when the day of mourning happened like Invidia said. I do like the idea of researching the dragons though. I'll have to leave it to you and Invidia as research isn't exactly my forte. I can definitely help gather info on the streets however." Lucian pauses and continues, " In the meantime, I'll let you guys know what I remember about my older brothers. They vary a bit, but they're all dangerous in their own ways.. " Lucian turns to Rhain, and says, "From what you've told me, I think you met my oldest brother Leopold," Lucian casts minor illusion and creates the image of a handsome man who looks much like him, albeit one with sharp black hair kept in a short style and a smug expression upon his face. Tall and dressed in fancy clothing, is clearly an image of a relative of Lucian's despite the slightly different appearance. "Unless he's changed wildly, he prefers to act through others, believes himself to be a cunning leader, and is fairly pragmatic. Because of that, he forged a pact of the chain in order to have a perfectly servant, and he's the most likely to have a large amount of mercenaries by his side at all times so an ambush could be tricky. Given his personality, I also suspect he is likely to have learned how to summon fiends if he believed he could control them. He's much more of a schemer than the others, and tricking you would be right up his alley." Lucian alters the image into a man with greasy brown hair, large bags under his eyes, and a disheveled appearance about him despite the quality of his clothing. Despite having handsome features, his lack of care to himself and fierce expression make him appear offputting, and he seems to be more slight and almost effiminate in appearance than either Lucian or Leopold. "Next is Lysander. Unlike me or my brothers, he's much more of a loner and seemed to have a quiet contempt for just about anyone he's ever met. If I had to call it, I would say he most likely chose to make a pact of the Tome in order to enhance his own magical abilities. Whenever he taunted me, he would brag about his magic, and we'll need to be prepared for whatever forms of defensive arcane abilities he could use against us with all the funding of a rich noble family. He didn't have a lot of friends when I knew him, preferring to hang out with my other brothers or servants, but that could have changed since the time that I've known him." Lucian alters the image once again, recasting minor illusion to display the image of the last of his brothers, and shows a more brutish looking fellow. Dressed in expensive and ornate armor, the man looks more muscular than the others and has a grin of genuine joy and confidence albeit with remarkably cruel eyes that seem to directly challenge whoever is looking at him. " My last brother is Lionel, who quite obviously took the pact of the blade. He's much less restrained than my other brothers and lives to satisify himself mostly. When he was younger, he would drink himself into fits and beat a servant with a cane until they apologized for whatever slight offended him. Despite that, he is capable of being rather cunning and charming when he isn't indulging himself, and he was moderately known as a duelist for a time. He's still a sleazy man who has troubles with being told no however. All of my brothers get along really well on the outset, but I imagine there might be some internal conflicts between them over things like the inheritance or their conflicting personalities." Lucian pauses, dispels the magic, and then says, " I actually do have one more sibling, though she's a bit of a wild card. She's my younger sister Lily. I barely know her because she was sent to boarding school when young and lived there for years. She should be around Dysmas's age I think. She could theoretically have become anything, and I am unsure as to how complicit she is in regards to my family's dealings. Still, best to be diligent. " Keep in mind, my info is about 7 years out of date. I've only been hearing rumors and second hand information about them for a while. It is entirely possible that any of that might have changed since I've been gone. I can look into them when we reach our destination, but I wanted to know if you guys had any ideas as to maybe laying a trap? We know they also have bad info on us due to Rhain not being told how dangerous we are or the specifics of who I was with so we could potentially fake my death for example and use it to set up an ambush. I mean, it's not like we'll do something like play a super popular sport where everyone and their mothers will know about us amiright? "
