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"That’s not the point"

"Let … led to deh of o Alegni shot the warlock a hateful glare then turned his attention fully back to Barrabus He drew out Claw and stated, "Enough!" and such a wave of disjointing pain swept through Barrabus that he staggered to the side and fell over

"Such a wonderful blade!" Effron said with exaggerated glee, and he clapped his one good hand against his chest "Do let ni silenced the warlock with a look, Barrabus noted, and he stubbornly pulled hini warned them both, and he slid his sword away

Barrabus closed his eyes and breathed easier, released froh, in his thoughts, knowing his et near that troublesome Effron

So be it, Barrabus decided He would find hih He’d ain and turned his attention back to the situation at hand, with Alegni poking around the bodies of four Shadovar

"Sylora’s chani said to hi warrior’s side

Barrabus considered the bodies, their positioning, and quickly concluded that roup He focused on one dead Shadovar particularly, noting six long cuts across the bloody torso, and he could visualize the brilliant maneuvers that had so fully torn the dead warrior

He was quite sure he knew the attacker, and in this particular case, it couldn’t have been Dahlia and her blunt weapon, of course

"She’s not alone," he said to Alegni, and when the tiefling looked to hiaze to the torn corpse, even prodded the body with his foot to accentuate the scimitar cuts "No staff, not even Kozah’s Needle, did this"

"Dahlia is a forni said, but Barrabus shook his head

"I know this warrior, Drizzt Do’Urden by nareat renown He has sided with Sylora’s champion, it would seem, and that should be of no sni "It’s spoken often in Neverwinter This ranger is one of the great heroes of the North, so they say"

Barrabus shrugged, conceding the point

"And he would side with Sylora Saloodly naated evil of Szass Tauided," Barrabus dryly replied "It’s his way"

"And you think him as formidable as Dahlia?"

"More so, and I’ve battled both And Drizzt is often accompanied by powerful friends--darriors and other drow, even rimly

"Sylora surrounds herself with powerful allies, then," Effron chimed in "These two, and perhaps some friends, and the Ashmadai beast we battled in the forest, and this Valindra creature"

Both Alegni and Barrabus looked at the warlock curiously, their expressions ht Effron to be ras he didn’t understand

"But I would say, Lord Alegni, that this returning elf warrior and her staff are the erous to your cause," Effron finished

"You would say?" Alegni replied doubtfully

The warlock didn’t back down from the claim

"She’s a champion of no sni replied

"Dahlia Sin’felle"

"Yes"

"Except that’s not her name, Sin’felle," said Effron, and even Barrabus’s interest was piqued by the confidence in the warlock’s tone "Sin’felle is the naave herself, a mockery, a joke, a title of shani demanded

"We are enemies with the Thayans and the wretched Szass Taht of these foes"

"How do you know this?" Alegni asked again, his voice lower and stronger

"We share allies with Szass Ta zealots," Effron explained "With our heritage and their devotion, we share allies in the lower planes, do we not? I know of Dahlia and Sylora because I searched for an answer a Netheril’s spies within the Nine Hells, and I was particularly curious about this young and powerful elf warrior who fights so ith the strange weapon known as Kozah’s Needle"

"Whose nani said sarcastically

Effron nodded, letting the derisive tone slip past "Half true, though Her birth name is Dahlia, but the joke of her surname is clear to see, even for a dullard" He looked squarely at Barrabus as he finished, "Yes?"

Barrabus narrowed his eyes and focused on happy thoughts of being alone in the forest once more with Effron the warlock

"So you say, and I have no reason to doubt you, it seeni

"Her true naood arm over his skinny chest defiantly as if that proclareat importance, which confused Barrabus

Until he looked over at Alegni