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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We'd very much like Gamlis to think we've taken the bait while we undermine his efforts elsewhere. We can start soon, but I suspect you'll have questions. The pay is..." He sizes the others up, running the math for a group of five. "...Let's say two thousand gold. Each, plus expenses."

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

in a warehouse near the docks where their leader, Gamlis, once ran a criminal organization. Seems he's improved his station since then. We - associates of a group I represent, that is – suspect it's a honeypot of sorts, meant to draw in investigators and make them think the problem in hand.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"There's a cult running deep through the heart of the city. Their intent is... complicated, but their known goals are to [sow chaos] and disrupt the cycles of death." He choose his words with extreme care, there, and his jaw tightens on the last word. "They would appear to have a central hub

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

they offer the unknowing waitress simple orders for another round, and he begins to detail the compensation on offer and the days of work ahead. [Major Image: DC 19 to onlookers] The illusion masks his true explanation to any but those gathered at the table, and all discussion to follow.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

He waxes on in detail about knowledge of an old warehouse near the docks where the cult's leader has been known to operate in years of petty criminal endeavors. His audience is that of two rapt youngsters, two skeptics, and one rather stoic about these revelations;

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For once it has taken a small hiding spot, it begins its work. "I thought you might be the sort I was looking for. Listen carefully..." His voice hushes as he speaks. To all the tavern, or any watching beyond, it seems he begins a dread tale of unholy men working to disrupt the order of the gods.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Along with the silver, he removes a small ball of metal, easy to miss and easier to discount. He lets it fall from his hand to roll under the table. After a foot or so, it springs into the miniscule form of a clockwork beetle, formed by the hands of a skilled artificer - or illusionist.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The shrug he offers @groundupongrowth.bsky.social would almost be apologetic, if he had any intention of stopping. True to his word, he slips enough coin from his purse to cover a few rounds, and dinner besides and passes it to the waitress with his order. [Sleight of Hand: 27]

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

||15 notifs scared the hell outta me

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

|| 🤝 same hours, unless I get some writing done at work I'm useless most nights lol

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

||fantasy rp is thriving out here omg

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Neve Gallus @solvingcapers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Saw a bard at the Lamplighter who was screaming "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" over and over again. Honestly, it was refreshing.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I think I got turned around here, somehow...

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

and sat beside the young man with his arms folded over the back of the seat. "But I think this tale could use a shining hero or two, eh? Some good folks looking to write this into a proper legend... and maybe make a coin or two on the side?"

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

right under every one of our noses. Only four now stand between the good people of Teziir and horrors beyond our ken, fighting through the shadows, taking their licks." When he reaches Gav's side - opposite Kerva, of course - the rogue slipped a chair from another table, turned it backwards,

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"Bit of a grim tale, at the moment, I'm sad t'say." He makes sure the table can hear him now, pacing the [out] of their table, leaning on theatrics he hasn't made so much use of in the last decade or so. "Blades in the shadows, a city of unwitting innocents, and a profane ritual in the works -

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

He nods absently to her question; his attention has now fallen to the most enthusiastic member of the group, though he addresses the knight first. "Aronion, isn't it? I thank you - and I'll cover the next round. Mine ran dry a moment ago." Ball of water notwithstanding.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wuh- I didn't think I was [horrible...]

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starfairy @quotes.sunder.my · 09/07/2026

An oath given must never break.

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starfairy @quotes.sunder.my · 09/07/2026

I stand alone. Broken armor hides the scars on my chest.

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starfairy @quotes.sunder.my · 09/07/2026

Blade meet bone.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

He is doing himself no favors here, though he either doesn't realize it or has deluded himself, and he is certainly offering nothing that might cool a firey temper.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"I leave that choice to you." He addresses the group, rising from the booth, and now, of all times, he manages to school his eyes away from the woman before him. "She and I can catch up any old time. But unless I misheard you all a moment ago, you're lookin' for a good story to craft, aye?"

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dangerously so. No one knew his tells like she once had, the way his brows shifted while trying to diffuse a tense moment, the way his jaw would tense when something cut too deeply; she says 'gone,' and he can feel that subtle twitch before he smooths it over with a sheepish half-smile.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"I was here for a drink, is all. But, a woman looks up and spies a former love laughin' at her joke?" He huffs humorlessly; when he speaks, his tone's apologetic - to Rena. "I didn't think I'd draw attention [coughin',] but your boy's... enthusiastic. And I'd forgot how perceptive she is."

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

[He's... not sure what to say to that. Not for a while.] ...I was worse once. I can find peace in the man I am now. [Deception: 30]

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yeah, well... Heard it all before, as they say.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

While it appears he's yet dazed, he twists and throws a dagger, where it seeks a weak point in the armor protecting her legs.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

An unexpected blow, even if he was ready for some sort of strike. His blades come up to catch hers, but instead clash against her armor before he goes sprawling back to catch himself in a roll. It shouldn't take blood pooling in his mouth to remind him his heart's still beating.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Maybe I just go live down there instead, eh.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Would throw my self into the fucking sea right now if I couldn't breathe underwater...

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Then a dance she'll have. Letting her too near will be a risk - but still, he will test that, and as she nears him he'll feint an opening where her blade would land, only to twist from its path. Testing - how quickly can she recover, or how well can she anticipate a bluff?

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

||i say as i have to go to sleep

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Hurryeth thy fuck up, I have things to do-eth.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some say they're still on the side of the road, staring at each other to this day....

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

(He answers only with the raise of an eyebrow, watching studying, waiting.)

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Her hands still splay across his chest when his eyes snap open, warmth lingering where her fervent prayer had dragged breath, strength, and soul from the Crystal Spire and back into his heart.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

_______ The next time he sees Fiona's face, he's flat on his back on the cobblestone outside of that temple. She's framed in the same starlight that had budded when he left, and the smug visage of that damned red-robed wizard hovers above them.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

He moves quickly through the crowded streets of Suzail– no, Teziir today. Since leaving Westgate, his superiors had sent him to countless cities. Teziir marks his first extended return to the Dragon Coast. And beneath his cloak, a wicked dagger pierces the width of his forearm.

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Cieve Tenement @albinoduelist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A duel may be in order.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Alright. (The man stows his whetstone, rises to his feet, and draws his other dagger from the leather sheathe at his belt. It's not the day he wants, not after his recent ordeal - but this is what he's for. He's ready.) Your move first, Tarnished One.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Now they looked upon the dark-haired, lightly-scarred Half-Elf he appeared to be.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Even so, he lifts his chin to meet her confrontation. "Once or twice," he softly answers in the voice of a much younger man. Before those red eyes - and Rena's - his guise smoothly shifts back to one Cieve knew well, once.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

not in his line of work, but it's the sound of Cieve's boots clipping swiftly across the tavern that send him into its darkness. It's not fear, but his own scrabbling for a way to proceed. He's still undecided - and her boots settle into his limited sight of the worn wooden floors.

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"The dragons of this land," interjects the old man's voice from under his hood, "are under treaty and well in the hand of the Dragon Lord of Waterdeep. The danger in Teziir stems from another source entirely." He had ducked his head from Rena's fretful gaze. It wasn't often he felt properly guilty,

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Calamis Loch @bladesofgrey.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

(Oh. A madwoman. ...he's actually not sure what Ilmater's teachings would say about compassion or judgment for the violently unwell.) I can point you to a bathhouse. The guard will have words if you try this... tactic of yours in town.

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