The Job

City officials came bringing with them only a letter sealed by the High Seat of Thalandor. Lunia and her mother were home alone at the time, so the officials gave them the letter, stating that the whole family was to be escorted to the capital the next day. Little did she know her father was the son of the Chief Researcher for the High Seat of Thalandor, the country in which the town Zentra resided. Upon reading the letter, Lunia and her mother were surprised to see the name on the envelope - they thought it was a mistake. When her father came home and saw the envelope he gazed at it in terror and surprise. He affirmed that it was indeed his real name... Gidion Romidiant.

Upon arriving at the capital, they found out that Lunia's grandfather had been brutally murdered. It turned out her grandfather had been doing secret research on his own without the High Seat's permission. The people who murdered her grandfather weren't content with just killing him, however. They had taken all his scrolls and destroyed everything else. The only thing they found intact was a note written by the murderers, on which was written a warning:

Find the lost brethren - they alone have the knowledge to cure the poison that will inflict your people.
This is the same poison Romidiant had intended to use on our people.
You have one year to find the them... one year before you watch your people die slow, horrible deaths.
Until then, you shall watch your people suffer in sickness and agony.
Fail to find them, and you will all die.

In response to the murder, The High Seat decided to keep her father and mother in the capital for safety; her parents weren't as young as they used to be. And so, Lunia was sent alone on her journey in search of the lost brethren.

She was not the only one sent out by the High Seat. Fifteen other individuals were sent out to search the land for any kind of clue of where the Lost Brethren or their knowledge could be found. They were given magical communication devices in the form of a Monoka, a little egg-shaped creature with long ears and a gem on its forehead. These Monoka's could talk so she didn't feel completely alone. When one of the other adventurers needed to communicate, the Monoka would open its mouth wide and a projection of the adventurer speaking would come forth.

This place had been her fifth town so far with no luck yet. Nadia Ardhan looked promising, though. Perhaps she will be able to give her a lead in the right direction. Lunia smiled amusingly at the smirk on Nadia's face, but her eyes stayed intense. "I am seeking the Lost Brethren and their knowledge. I have traveled quite a ways but with no luck. I was told there was a drow that may be of some help. Lady Ardhan, you are the drow they spoke of. Please assist me in my search; you will not go without pay." Lunia showed her some gold pieces. Does she need more "persuasion"? Hopefully not, I don't have much more to give.