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Haria the Great Wizard Badger arrives with the last of the loyal Urchins into a small apartment owned by...her, probably. S. R Egbad Mercantile. If not now, then as soon as she visits a bank. Eriape had bought it and equipped it as a lilypad for her escape to Geb, but that's certainly not happening.

Haria still might want to go, but she'd probably be enslaved, in Geb.

She settles the urchins on blankets, waits until they go to sleep, and stays in the protected apartment for three hours, enough for any eager scryers to have wasted their scries. 

And then she leaves the apartment, and walks out into early dawn of Osirion.

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At a glance she could be a stray dog, and is mostly ignored. The people of Osirion do lots of their business early in the day, before the heat; the market is already bustling.

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As soon as she gets anywhere where there's more than one or two people around, Haria goes into a blind alley, and casts her [Extended Fleshy Facade], her [Mage Armor] and one or two other spells. She's holding on to her [Alter Self] until she actually arrives at the Sothis immigration office. It will expire otherwise.

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The Sothis immigration office is neat and orderly and quiet and has grim Risen Guard at the door, like other civic offices, thanks to yesterday's lich event. There are a couple of foreign adventurers in line, chattering in Kelish.

 

The Risen Guard stops Haria and demands to know her business.

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Harià sits up on her hind legs, and gazes at him.

"Good Morning Risen Guard Sir! I am a Lawful nonhuman undead Wizard, not a Lich, third Circle, here to lawfully Apply for Permission to Reside in this Country with my Dependents and Also Permission to Do Business selling Spells, Spellcasting Services, and Magic Items. I am not as yet Certain if my Dependents are Lawful, but I will Try my Best. You will note that I am under Several Spells, including one that Makes me Appear Living. I am likewise Able to Appear Human on Demand." 

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Is it in fact Lawful.

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Haria is, in fact, a Lawful Badger.

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"Is there any man of Osirion who can vouch for you? A business partner, a ..." relative, except probably not - "member of an adventuring party, any person who can testify to your history and conduct?"

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"I have done most of My adventuring Beneath the Sea, having the advantage of not Needing to Breathe, and so do not have any Local Friends. However, there will be a Gentleman representing the Pathfinder Society in Sothis, who I can Call Upon to testify as to my Adventuring Career, having done so under their Aegis and Registered under their Purview. I am a Corresponding Member of that August Institution. I believe the name of the Local Representative is Dion d'Orsay."

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"Excellent. You can bring him this referral form." Here's a copy. 

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"Thank you Sir Risen Guard." A mage hand guided by Harià's pointy nose takes the form from the worthy's hand, folds it, and places into a leather satchel that hangs over and off Haria's right shoulder. She turns in-place and walks out. 

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Well, at least it's a Lawful undead badger.

 

The representative of the adventuring association with which she has previous experience is requested to testify to her general character, history, known associations, and any criminal history.

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Reply from the Pathfinder Society Representative, Dion d'Orsay

Yes, we're not happy about it either, but it is a member. 

General Character & History

Haria an undead awakened badger wizard. In the recent Arcanamirium Typology of Undead, she's type 6. Not a lich. Haria reports to cleric is that Haria is not particularly tortured, but notes that being undead is not as comfortable as being alive. Participated in 3 succesful underwater expeditions to Azlanti ruins, stretching over 3 years. No known betrayals. Applied through letter. Arrived via teleportation. Started at first Circle as buffing support. Reached 3rd circle after events with Aboleths recounted in the Journal of the Pathfinder Society Summer issue of Seven years ago, attached. Uncertain motivations. Has stated under Threnodic Abadar's Truthtelling that she has not done anything she considers evil, ever, in her life, and likewise doesn't intend to betray or steal from the expedition. Has a weird way of speaking.

Reports from other members of the party were hesitantly positive, and confused about why Harià.

  1. Exists
  2. Does anything

Known Associations:

Up until this, nothing beyond the adventuring party that she participated in, Dion D'Orsay has heard rumors of what's coming out of Cheliax. Probably related to that lich with the badger obsession. 

Criminal History:

Not known to have committed any crimes.

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"Is this Sufficient?"

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“It’ll be used for pricing insurance against you making trouble while in the country. You mentioned dependents? Are they also undead?”

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"Presently Not. It May be worth Informing you at this point of Why I am Here. I was Until Recently the Friend and Room-Mate of the Great Badger Ally, Princess Eriape. Her Lair was Raided, and She Captured, and likely to be Killed. This because of the Events surrounding the Publishing of her Autobiography that you May have Heard Of. I was not Present for This."

"Because of these Events, I, now without a Home, have arrived here with Nine Human Orphans previously in the Employ of the Eriape Organization, who did not Trust that there would not be any Retribution against them from the Authorities."

"Lady Eriape also Owned an Apartment Here, through S. R. Egbad Mercantile, an Organization that I will- as soon as I visit a Large Bank- obtain Control of, which I intend to Sell, as it is Valuable."

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“….so you have nine human slaves. Ages and sex?”

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"Do they Have to Be Slaves in Osirion? Perhaps I can Adopt Them?"

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“Are you a close relative?”

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"Honesty compels me to Admit that would be an Unlikely Happenstance, as I am from Badger Island, and they are all from Westcrown, Cheliax."

Haria pauses. 

"Also they are Human and I am a Badger."

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“Then no, you cannot legally adopt them.” People will try the most awful nonsense to get around the protections afforded to child slaves. “They could pursue their own citizenship applications if they are of at least 20 years of age if human, male, can pay the fees and have an Osirian to vouch to their conduct.”

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"Fine, Then. The important thing is that they are Protected from the Unlawfulness and Ungentlemanliness of Cheliax. I suppose I can Marry them Off Eventually, or they can Be Powerful and Amazing Adventurers like Me." She scribes a List and passes it to the Risen Guard. 

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“Osirion formally discourages as Evil enslaving children. If any of them die you will be fined up to one hundred Absalom pounds, including if they die of ordinary illness, if they die by violence or in childbirth, or if they are executed for a crime. Before they reach the age of 21 you have to arrange their marriages or ship them out of the country, Katapesh places no restrictions on slavery.”

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"Is there a Non-Evil option that the Country of Osirion Recommends?"

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“…to take child slaves to? As an undead wizard in the service of a lich?”

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"To Protect the Urchins. It seems that if Osirion discourages Enslaving Children, I should not Do it. So what does the Great Country of Osirion encourage to do with Orphan Urchins with No Relatives if One is Burdened with the Responsibility for Such?"

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