- Joined
- Feb 4, 2013
The unorthodox successes of the Grocknog/Asta team-up has gained the attention of more than just their Venture-Captain. Arrangements have been made to upgrade your field-commissions to full membership within the Society. This is the first you are hearing that you were risking your lives for an organization that considered your membership probationary.
Within their first year of service all Pathfinder agents must undergo a confirmation, usually sooner than later. This is a personalized test of all the skills necessary to work for the Society. You will not be given such a confirmation. Instead, something has come to the attention of the Society that would make an excellent confirmation expedition, but which would require multiple agents to complete successfully. The Venture-Captains have seized upon this opportunity to "mass confirm" some of their favorite rookies.
Grocknog and Asta will be joined by two new Pathfinders who came up through the ranks the usual way: by going through two years of training before becoming field agents, although neither has done any official work for the Society. They were chosen because, for whatever reason, they had attracted the attention of the higher-ups who saw merit in fast tracking their early advancement within the Society.
The Confirmation
The invitation delivered last night was remarkably simple, especially given the importance of the occasion: “Start where it all began. Meet us at the Pig’s Paunch one hour before dawn.”
The Pig’s Paunch is a run-down building with a faded sign of a large pig standing on its hind legs, arms folded above a corpulent belly. Inside, the air is thick with the scents of human sweat, stale tobacco, and leftover food. In the center of the room, surrounded by inebriates sleeping off their revelries, a familiar elven man stands high upon top of a large round table.
“Welcome! Welcome, my students! Please, have a seat!” with that, Kreighton Shaine, the Pathfinder Society’s Master of Scrolls, nimbly drops down to sit cross-legged on the table before looking about the tavern with a sense of reverent wonder. He might reasonably describe himself as the teacher of Dan and Ezren, but this is the second time he has spoken to Grocknog and Asta in their lives.
“Can you believe it? It all started here years ago—well, over four hundred of them at least. Under this very roof the Pathfinder Society was born."
He's always this corny, and talks to the rookies like he's giving children a guided tour.
“But today! Today you will begin your Confirmation! Lady Gloriana Morilla, Venture-Captain Adril Hestram, and I all agree you each have shown your worth and dedication to the Society, so there’s no better time to see if you can handle becoming full field operatives."
Up until todnight, Grocknog and Asta were under the impress that they already were.
"Allow me to introduce you to Janira Gavix,” he says as he motions for an excitable halfling woman to approach. She wears a large backpack and carries all manner of tools, pouches, and scroll cases around her waist. Shaine continues, saying, “Janira here will be going with you on your Confirmation. She was one of my brightest pupils and will no doubt be an invaluable resource on your journey, for she discovered the caves you are about to explore during her own Confirmation.”
Janira speaks up in an enthusiastic and cheerful voice, “Greetings, aspiring Pathfinders!" ouch "Six months ago, while I was mapping cave entrances in the foothills of the Kortos Mounts, I witnessed a lone gillman entering a concealed cave. I thought little of it at the time, but I saw another one enter the cave again a month later as my Confirmation stretched on. A few days later, after I completed my assigned task, I entered the cave system, but was unable to find the gillmen.”
Master Shaine hops to his feet. “Initiates, for your Confirmation, you will travel to these caves to explore and document its many passages. Additionally, and most importantly, you are to learn what the gillmen are up to in there. Oh, and you need to come back alive as well.” With these parting words, as quickly as he arrived, the Master of Scrolls jumps off the table and strolls out of the building while humming to himself like an idiot.
Janira gives an awkward shrug.
Janira can answer any questions you may have.
Within their first year of service all Pathfinder agents must undergo a confirmation, usually sooner than later. This is a personalized test of all the skills necessary to work for the Society. You will not be given such a confirmation. Instead, something has come to the attention of the Society that would make an excellent confirmation expedition, but which would require multiple agents to complete successfully. The Venture-Captains have seized upon this opportunity to "mass confirm" some of their favorite rookies.
Grocknog and Asta will be joined by two new Pathfinders who came up through the ranks the usual way: by going through two years of training before becoming field agents, although neither has done any official work for the Society. They were chosen because, for whatever reason, they had attracted the attention of the higher-ups who saw merit in fast tracking their early advancement within the Society.
The Confirmation
The invitation delivered last night was remarkably simple, especially given the importance of the occasion: “Start where it all began. Meet us at the Pig’s Paunch one hour before dawn.”
The Pig’s Paunch is a run-down building with a faded sign of a large pig standing on its hind legs, arms folded above a corpulent belly. Inside, the air is thick with the scents of human sweat, stale tobacco, and leftover food. In the center of the room, surrounded by inebriates sleeping off their revelries, a familiar elven man stands high upon top of a large round table.
“Welcome! Welcome, my students! Please, have a seat!” with that, Kreighton Shaine, the Pathfinder Society’s Master of Scrolls, nimbly drops down to sit cross-legged on the table before looking about the tavern with a sense of reverent wonder. He might reasonably describe himself as the teacher of Dan and Ezren, but this is the second time he has spoken to Grocknog and Asta in their lives.
“Can you believe it? It all started here years ago—well, over four hundred of them at least. Under this very roof the Pathfinder Society was born."
He's always this corny, and talks to the rookies like he's giving children a guided tour.
“But today! Today you will begin your Confirmation! Lady Gloriana Morilla, Venture-Captain Adril Hestram, and I all agree you each have shown your worth and dedication to the Society, so there’s no better time to see if you can handle becoming full field operatives."
Up until todnight, Grocknog and Asta were under the impress that they already were.
"Allow me to introduce you to Janira Gavix,” he says as he motions for an excitable halfling woman to approach. She wears a large backpack and carries all manner of tools, pouches, and scroll cases around her waist. Shaine continues, saying, “Janira here will be going with you on your Confirmation. She was one of my brightest pupils and will no doubt be an invaluable resource on your journey, for she discovered the caves you are about to explore during her own Confirmation.”
Janira speaks up in an enthusiastic and cheerful voice, “Greetings, aspiring Pathfinders!" ouch "Six months ago, while I was mapping cave entrances in the foothills of the Kortos Mounts, I witnessed a lone gillman entering a concealed cave. I thought little of it at the time, but I saw another one enter the cave again a month later as my Confirmation stretched on. A few days later, after I completed my assigned task, I entered the cave system, but was unable to find the gillmen.”
Master Shaine hops to his feet. “Initiates, for your Confirmation, you will travel to these caves to explore and document its many passages. Additionally, and most importantly, you are to learn what the gillmen are up to in there. Oh, and you need to come back alive as well.” With these parting words, as quickly as he arrived, the Master of Scrolls jumps off the table and strolls out of the building while humming to himself like an idiot.
Janira gives an awkward shrug.
Janira can answer any questions you may have.
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