Lann Lasanta

MAL 10

 * The party was rejoined by their old friend Khirg, who they caught up on goings-on in Mendham Wood. Khirg, for his part, said he was here looking for a "rogue fey lord" named Shyra, who a colleague named Tanya had come to the forest to investigate. Seela recalled that Liria said they had initially believed Chavalk to be a being of fey "like Shyra," rather than a demon.
 * While using clairaudience to talk with Seven, Zadkiel noticed she described the vampire necromancer as "winged," which does not match the appearance of the vampire necromancer you fought. She elaborated to describe the vampire as a pale, dark-haired woman with crow's wings. The vampire you encountered was a pale dark-haired woman, but did not have any wings.

MAL 12

 * Discontent of the Sendor River. Zadkiel is very keen on permanently pacifying the angry river genius, but the druids inform you that they have been trying to accomplish this for years and that no matter what they do, the river always returns to rage. Liria tells Red that she considers the anger of the river spirit to have been a corrupting influence on Jendarion, one that Shyra was able to take advantage of.
 * Seven has some more news for you when you call her on the scry that night. “The dockworkers are still on strike. The Harbormaster brought in a bunch of half-orcs from Delsin as temporary replacement workers and people in the Docks district are not happy about it.  I shadowed the Harbormaster to the Citadel to see if I could learn anything else about the strike, but all he did was sign tax documents. While I was there, though, Lady Overton came in, the Ducal Ambassador?  And I overheard her quarreling with Captain Black about the vampire. Lady Overton wants her to make a public confession in the Tylden Commons. Captain Black thinks that’s stupid, because she might use her vampire powers to escape if she’s brought out of the Citadel. Lady Overton says she didn’t escape when the paladins escorted her in, so she won’t escape if they escort her out. Captain Black demanded a reason and Lady Overton refused to give her one. It got a little heated.”

MAL 13

 * The party found a large crowd gathered around a pale, dark-haired woman with crows' wings who was definitely not the same vampire you fought in Arakin tower. She confessed under a truth spell to killing two Ducal guards who she claimed had abused her in jail, and then vanished without a trace--something that bewildered the magic-users in attendance since a field suppressing necromantic magic was active. It would have been possible for a necromancer to vanish like that by just passing through the Veil (you saw Barken disappear with similar immediacy earlier,) but not with an anti-necromantic shield active. A planar gate would have taken time to cast and presumably been noticed by the many high-level spellcasters in attendance. Aler immediately activated True Seeing, and did not see anything invisible in the area. The question of where the winged woman went remains a mystery for now.
 * As does the question of her identity. The paladins aver this is indeed the same woman they fought in Arakin Tower, but your party is sure it was NOT the same woman YOU fought in Arakin tower. She did not look the same and did not have the same scent (Red has the nagging feeling she has smelled the winged woman's scent somewhere once before, but only in passing, and was not able to remember where.) Theories were discussed, including one woman being the vampiric spawn of the other, one being a vampire and the other a mortal necromancer, and the two being the same woman who has been shapeshifting or using deceptive spells.
 * Captain Black and Detective Noyar discussed the vampire's escape with you. Black clearly blames the whole thing on Lady Overton. She confirmed that the two Ducal guards she confessed to killing, Tavarius and Hansur, were in fact found dead in their beds, apparently from heart attacks. The party was allowed access to the dead men's apartments, where they did not smell the scent of either woman. Detective Noyar pointed out that the woman at the confession scene introduced herself by saying "They *call* me Dayant Arakin," not "I *am* Dayant Arakin."
 * When the party returned to Seven's house, the aspiring photojournalist shared with them a picture she had taken of the winged woman on the dais and the research she had just done showing that vampires don't show up in any scrying spell or device; thus, the woman on the dais could not be a vampire. Aler confirmed that the woman you guys fought in the tower was definitely a vampire; Red also corroborated this with having been bitten and life-drained by her, and the party additionally noted that they had seen her turn into mist and escape. Also, the paladins described the winged woman as fighting them aggressively with a fiery bow, while the woman you fought hung back, let bone demons fight the party, bit a couple of people and then left, despite being nearly uninjured. The group concluded they must be two different women, although which of them is actually Dayant Arakin remains unknown. Seven additionally pointed out in the photograph that Arakin appeared significantly physically beaten up, although Black had said she appeared well the previous day.