"That's about the size of it," he says. Sounds like John didn't need to make this stop, but he'll humor things. "They're not fully invulnerable when they're hopped up on it, but more annoying to take down than a human. One ignored a couple of hits from a phaser on a high stun setting, but getting punched in the face put him out."
Knock yourself out, Ianto. Jim offered him run of the place, after all.
"They're fanatics, all of them. Even the few remaining who've pleaded innocent, I don't particularly trust. Prior to the riots a few months back, they weren't regarded with such open suspicion, because - as far as I know - there wasn't anything to suggest they were ever up to anything sinister, just your basic, weirdo dragon-worshiping, magic-experimenting cult. They were even open to helping refugees learn about the culture here. Either there was an abrupt internal change, or the majority of them were playing a good, quiet long game.
"During the riots, they passed out tainted blood under the guise of it being a normal cultural ritual - which it was, except this time, the blood had the side-effect of turning anyone who drank it into a violent berserker. The same effect that a gas released in Olympia at the same time had. They were behind kidnappings in Wyver then, and they were behind the mass kidnappings here later, where refugees were taken, held, and tortured.
They use magic, usually through the form of potions they drink or poisons used on others, but they're inventive, so I wouldn't expect them to be limited to that anymore. I can't imagine there are many left, though. Wyver doesn't have much in the way of safe accommodations for prisoners. They weren't prepared to be taken alive. Was there magic being used in the attack on the convoy?"
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Knock yourself out, Ianto. Jim offered him run of the place, after all.
"They're fanatics, all of them. Even the few remaining who've pleaded innocent, I don't particularly trust. Prior to the riots a few months back, they weren't regarded with such open suspicion, because - as far as I know - there wasn't anything to suggest they were ever up to anything sinister, just your basic, weirdo dragon-worshiping, magic-experimenting cult. They were even open to helping refugees learn about the culture here. Either there was an abrupt internal change, or the majority of them were playing a good, quiet long game.
"During the riots, they passed out tainted blood under the guise of it being a normal cultural ritual - which it was, except this time, the blood had the side-effect of turning anyone who drank it into a violent berserker. The same effect that a gas released in Olympia at the same time had. They were behind kidnappings in Wyver then, and they were behind the mass kidnappings here later, where refugees were taken, held, and tortured.
They use magic, usually through the form of potions they drink or poisons used on others, but they're inventive, so I wouldn't expect them to be limited to that anymore. I can't imagine there are many left, though. Wyver doesn't have much in the way of safe accommodations for prisoners. They weren't prepared to be taken alive. Was there magic being used in the attack on the convoy?"