Meeting the Vavel Dragon

[Peregrine_Bjornaer]

@Marko Markoko

Did Vibria just develop a full name just now? Or was it already there unnoticed and unused?

I used her full Hermetic name earlier in the thread, but a quick search says that was the first time I've gone beyond "Vibria filia Fulminara". I used the "Naming of Magi" page to come up with it. Not sure if it ever made it to Project: Redcap, but a couple blokes managed to find an archived copy for me a while back. Ima add it to her wiki page while I'm thinking about it.

@Marko Markoko

[color=green]I would say that being a Hermetic maga counts as something more. I had forgotten how incorrigable the disciples of Flambeau can be sometimes.

Vibria merely half-smiles and shrugs.

@Marko Markoko

Octavian listens to your story intently. Now recall, the conference is up in Norway. Krakow was a stop over and gramps appeared to have no idea Smok was alive or that any of this was going on.
But Octavian knows no different. He accepts your story and has no idea what to make of it. He scribbles something in his notebook and moves on.

I had forgotten that the conference was in Norway. May I edit to say that she was on her way to a conference of dragons when they stopped in Krakow?

@Marko Markoko

Vibria inquires about her task. Octavian looks at her, then looks at his ring. A huge nob set with over a dozen tiny gems. He appears to be using it to magically communicate with someone, for he mouths some words then nods and then says [color=green]"Understood..." out loud. Then he looks at Vibria with a stoic serious expression.
[color=green]I need you to lead the students and scholars to safety. The regio here will stay open and the tower stationary as long as the storm rages. Head south through the Bran Pass into Bulgaria. Follow along the Olt River for about thirty-three miles. You will be met by magi of Kezdo Valasz. They will have a refugee village conjured up for you and will cover it over with the Shrouded Glen once you settle in.

Vibria nods. It seems simple enough to her, although she fully expects...stuff to happen. She does wish she'd brought her armour with her, though. She does some quick figuring and realizes she doesn't have the knowledge to create armour (even simple, shoddy chain) or turn her robes to metal.

@Marko Markoko

[color=green]My plans have been changed. My orders now are to bring Sigmund to Coeris to consult Prima Poena. Simimum here will secure assets as he sees fit and will probably set fire to the library so that it does not fall into the wrong hands. Sebastian will stand guard against storm riders.
Storm Riders are Storm Wizards that ride Storm Dragons.
Long story. They shouldn't bother you. They want this castle and have made attempts before. They may take advantage of the situation to try again.

Vibria is shocked. [color=red]"You...you would destroy all those books? All those wonderful, valuable...expensive books? Isn't there any way we can take them?"

@Marko Markoko

[color=green]You will have Dragor to help you, and your companion Jaksic. You will have four armed guards and three staff members. Seven grogs in all. There are five teachers and ten students. Seven are scholars, two are training as Redcaps, and the tenth is an apprentice.
My apprentice. Tiberius.
Octavian softens his voice, though it is still creepy, and speaks in Catalan.
[color=green]I am putting great faith and trust in you Vibria. You can do it. You must not fail.

[color=red]"I won't, Octavian," she replies in the same tongue.

@Marko Markoko

Simimum, whi has been sitting there the whole time, takes a deep breath and sighs. [color=brown]I must see that the Cask of Infinite Shadows is secured.
He then turns into a huge raven and flutters away.

Vibria watches Simimum change and leave, her expression suddenly thoughtful. [color=red]I wonder if they would let my heartbeast be a dragon if I joined Bjornaer?