During my last assignment I had cut a magical gem from one of the guards from the suspected Claire.
When I delivered my report to Jack Ackerman, I also gave him the crystal. When I spoke to him a few days later, I had to ask about the gem. I had to stem my curiosity . He shrugged and told me he did not know anything special yet.
But since we were in 'The Keg' he approached one of the other members of the Freelancers. Alyll Minkiwheel is a expert in foreign magic and magical accessories. Close by was also a worgen male that looked very greedy. He was spouting words like 'Shiny and sparkly', and he wanted to have the crystal. After a short inspection Alyll could not find anything special with the crystal, and the worgen male was still hopping on his seat to have it. So She showed it to him.
Suddenly the whole demeanor of the worgen male changed and he sat cross-legged on his chair. He took out a small glass device to look at the arcane gem and told us: 'that it was something he had never seen'. I wonder if this worgen is schizophrenic. It almost looked like he had two personalities. While I was wondering this, he began talking about the use of the crystal and told us: 'It is a shard used for offensive magic, holograms and communication." But straight after his demeanor changed again and he was back to wanting to have the gem because it was so shiny.
Suddenly a bunch of members from the Lancers gathered around the table where Alyll and the worgen were sitting. Alyll took the crystal back from the worgen and turned to Jack. "I have an idea sir." She said and invited us to come with her. In the end the group that joined us consisted out of Falxius, Nimelien, Alyll, Jack, Isuuna and me. Alyll led us to the far back of Stormwind City, where barely anyone would go.
The first thing she did when we gathered around her was to summon a Demon. I still have shivers running over my spine, from when I saw him. It was a fat blob with tentacles, who was flying. I made a mental note to myself to look up information about these demons.
Suddenly the demon disappeared and Alyll told us he had spoken to her and that she had a idea how the crystal would work. She fiddled with the crystal before her hands turned pink purplish. I think she had pushed some arcane magic in the crystal. Probably to activate it.
After a minute or so, the crystal started pulsing and I think the communication enchantment got activated, because right after a small sphere appeared above the crystal. Just a few seconds later a confused female gnome could be seen in the sphere. "Who are you?" Alyll asked whilst at the same time the female gnome asked the same thing. "You first.", The female gnome then snapped. Alyll shook her head and stayed headstrong. "I asked you first", she replied in a calm voice. The worgen male was muttering several things in the background but my attention was purely focused on the female gnome.
The female gnome kept dodging the question and pointed out that we contacted her and that we should tell her who we are. I could see Alyll getting a little frustrated. "I… contacted you first and asked for your name, it's only logical way to tell me your name first…", she told the gnome. Reluctantly she told us that she was Elly Spellsprocket and that she was the creator of the crystal.
When Alyll asked the other gnome about the function of the crystal, the female gnome answered rather sarcastic: "You activated it so you already know what it does. It is an arcane core field generator with inter-perplexor connectivity with ley-line sensory." This went completely over my head and I did not understand a thing of what she said. I shook my head confused, but kept watching.
After this Alyll tried to shut down the communication but failed. The sphere had disappeared for a bit, before returning in full force. "Don't be rude. I wanted to know how you came across the gem? Because it seems to be registered to one Derilion." The female gnome asked. Alyll did not know I got this gem from a guard that I killed so she had to make up the information. "I found it." she said. "Where?" inquired the female gnome."In a cave at the northern kingdoms. Just was there on the Floor. Maybe someone has lost it."Alyll told the gnome. "Fair enough. Was there anything else?" the female gnome asked. "No, not really. Thank you for your answers and have a nice day.", Alyll replied. "You too!", replied the female gnome before killing the connection.
Alyll then turned to Jack and smiled. Nimelien questioned the reason why we had this chat with the female gnome. "Now we still don't know more about the crystal." she said. " We know where the crystal came from, we know who was the owner of the crystal and we know the gist of what it does." Alyll said. Jack agreed with her.
"Yes we do know who's crystal it was. But it won't do us any good, since I killed him", I told them bitterly. Jack already knew this bit. He turned to the whole group and asked them if they had ever heard of the Blackdaggers. None of them had ever heard of them and they all shook their head. Jack nodded and started explaining. "Right … So the Black Daggers are a mercenary company, much like us. Though not long go they started giving us problems, stealing contracts and more. We went to have a friendly chat with them. Though an former recruit of us, ended up killing one of them. For a while it seemed they had learned their lesson, but of course… they wanted revenge. And they did, by continuing what they previously did, only worse… I'm talking about stealing contract etcetera. Though they also ended up hiring assassins. And a few weeks ago, I learned through my network where their hideout was. We went up there and finished them off. –but- ".
Nimelien asked him if this also was the place where they got the book from. "Correct.", Jack answered. He then turned to me and asked me to tell them what happened during my mission. So I told them everything. "So basically, I gave lana a job to follow someone I suspected was working for the Black Daggers. Though we also learned that the mercs we went to finish off in that hideout were just recruits, placed there as a decoy to make us think they were done for. When in reality… They are…well… bigger." Jack continued. "So we are in for round two?", Alyll asked him. Jack nodded. "Round two is already in motion". Falxius asked him who was infiltrating their ranks and Jack just said that it was a secret. Guess I will be soon send out for the next mission. Maybe to find out information from that fat blob of a man, who that Claire person made to sign a contract. We will see.