[HQ Ignorance] Scene 43: Wilkairtha's Strategic WIthdrawal and Icthya's Discussion

[Lev Lafayette]

--- Dougie <dougiepunk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Karala had been withdrawn of late, lost in the maze
> of Civilised  
> Man's backstabbing intrigues . Here in the forest,
> she felt better,  
> purer. Was it strange that she felt so much more at
> home here,  
> surrounded by her peoples Predators, than in the
> claustrophobic stone  
> walled dens of so-called Civilised Man.

Those in Seguarane will be feeling quite
claustrophobic now, surrounded by forest :-)

> Biting her flawless lips pensively, she stepped
> forward into the  
> circle of debaters. I, with the help of old
> Thaneora, have indeed  
> determined a way for the Wolf-Men to side-step their
> Curse.

Although I haven't mentioned it some of the herbs
required include wolfsbane, ginger, poppy (large
dose), mandrake, butterbur and elderberries (because I
need a Monty Python reference)..

> I occurs  
> to me, however, that if perhaps we could modify this
> formula we have  
> been working on to only delay the oncoming of the
> curse then we might  
> have an advantage. If the children of the Wolf can
> stay out of reach  
> of the undead host during their most dangerous hours
> and if we could  
> then stimulate the Curse so that the Wolf Brothers
> could attack with  
> all their cursed strength when the vampire horde
> least expect it...

"This is a good strategy", says Wilkairtha. "You will
find that I am more open to such strategies than the
more conservative wolf-brothers of Vustria. However,
there are many hundreds of us here at the campsite.
How do you suppose we gather such a quantity of herbs
for such a concoction?"



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