WHO: Athessa, Madi, Lucien, Skull, and YOU!! WHAT: catch-all WHEN: mostly Satinalia and later WHERE: Kirkwall and The Gallows NOTES: post-murderhaus h/c is gonna go here
There are many ways the man could have been stopped, over the years. Because it was years, based on the extensive work put into that inn, that he was doing this undeterred.
He could have been caught. He could have kidnapped the wrong elf. He could have let one escape. He could have kidnapped a band of rough sorts far earlier. He could have taken ill and died. There could have been rumors about elves disappearing — but not in any circles they have ears in. Any one of their number could have caught wise before the sleeping gas filled the rooms. Or gotten up to take a piss, or wandered aimlessly in the throes of insomnia.
Athessa has given it plenty of thought, and her conversation with Isaac just confirms the conclusion.
"No," she says. "We were lucky, and more skilled than he planned for, I think. Not his usual fare."
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He could have been caught. He could have kidnapped the wrong elf. He could have let one escape. He could have kidnapped a band of rough sorts far earlier. He could have taken ill and died. There could have been rumors about elves disappearing — but not in any circles they have ears in. Any one of their number could have caught wise before the sleeping gas filled the rooms. Or gotten up to take a piss, or wandered aimlessly in the throes of insomnia.
Athessa has given it plenty of thought, and her conversation with Isaac just confirms the conclusion.
"No," she says. "We were lucky, and more skilled than he planned for, I think. Not his usual fare."