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<blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2224603" data-attributes="member: 232"><p><strong>Amber Company Part 3</strong></p><p></p><p> We never did see those Humans even though I tried to hunt around and ask about them. I think they left the city and went home. But I did question the guards and the beggars by the city entrance and no one recalled seeing them leave. One day in the future though I will find them and bring them in for the murder of the Halfling. It does not matter if the Halfling was in the wrong and did steal the wood wolf from them. He was in a dwarven city and we have laws that should be obeyed by everyone. They circumvented our laws and that is a sign of disrespect and an insult to our sovereign nation. There is enough lawlessness outside the cities and civilization. We should not bring that into the cities themselves.</p><p></p><p> Well, not being successful and having the person trying to hire us turn up dead was not the best and most fulfilling thing I had ever done. So, I went back to doing what I do best: drinking ale and carving stone. The celebration of the victorious first job and the failure of the second ended up looking about the same to outsiders I imagine. But there was a difference. It was not long before we got suckered into something else though. </p><p></p><p> Now I was not sure at first what to make of it. We were invited to a game of spottle. Ya, that was my response as well. What the hell is Spottle? The person inviting us to the game was really unable to answer the question. He was frustrating and I was seriously ready to start throwing things at him. He was sent by someone of supposed importance though we had really never heard of him. His story was that the Famed Amber Company had quickly risen to such a level of providence in their reputation that we had been invited to a very elite game of spottle, which is a gambling game of sorts. However, we had to go the following night for there was no rain checks to be offered; it was a one time only invitation. Well, I’d never been much of a gambler but I was willing to try to make some money. The others seemed a little less enthused as I was but we went anyway. </p><p></p><p> The place the game was help should have sent off alarms bells. But either we weren’t paying attention, too trusting, or not willing to mention that alarm bells were signaling in our heads. At any rate we were well out of the city off the beaten path to this hole in the wall of a place. How this was a place like this for an elite game I’ll never know. But we were not the only ones there. There were some other very poor people. One guy beat his boot and half a fish. These gamblers were marks and fools. The game itself was very simple and in fact there was an easy way to protect yourself and not loose as much. Any idiot should have seen it, Durabo of course is not just any idiot. He actually did pretty good, better then the others. Granted as the game went on things got fishy so they stopped betting. Fools, I say. I was prepared for bad things, but also made money in the process. Win win situation if you ask me. </p><p></p><p> The first bad thing was this lizard guy accusing me of giving him the evil eye. Now, I can’t give an evil eye or anything like that, but that didn’t stop me from making faces at him each time he looked my way. He accused me of giving the evil eye, so I did everything I could to make fun of that fact. So, it turns out you can challenge people to fights in the Spottle game, so he challenged me. So, I beat the crap out of him with my axe and that did the job of proving I was not evil eyeing him. Not that that stopped me from making silly evil eye like faces at him. </p><p></p><p> Well, the others seemed to get bored and wanted to leave. That’s when the really suspicious stuff started. To stop us from leaving the guy running the game started to give us money to bet with. Now, I’m not gambler but I am pretty sure this never happens in games. The purpose is to win money, not give it away for people who are already winning. I was up a good hundred gold at this point. The others really wanted to leave as it was even obvious to the elf that something else was going on. But I wanted to stay; I was just damned curious what the heck was really going on. It didn’t take long to find out. </p><p></p><p> First, it was a pair of like were boars or something that attacked us. Turned out one of the guys playing was a were boar and we had to deal with three of the things. They were not as tough as I would have thought. We put two of them down and chased the third off I think. But then in comes some hob goblins. Seems this was the other shoe dropping. The guy running the game was trying to sell us as slaves. But when the hobgoblins came to collect us, they came for him as well, the fool. Well, we dealt with the hob goblins and their undead paralyzing thing they brought with them. I was not sure what it was though others had heard of it. The battle went well for us and soon we had things under control. But when it was over Brioden and the others wanted to kill the guy who set the trap for us, but I couldn’t go along with it. He did something evil, but I think in being betrayed by the hobgoblins he learned something valuable. We did basically clear him out of his money since we needed some compensation for letting him go. Once we get back to the city I plan and stopping in and seeing how he is doing. I was the one that kept him alive, so he is my responsibility. If he is up to his old trick I’ll have to find a way to deal with him. </p><p></p><p> We left in the night to get back to the city and wouldn’t you know it the gates were closed. They would let anyone in, not even the famed Amber Company. It was not a good night and having to sleep on the ground outside the gate to be let in in the morning was just a bad end to a bad night. Did make some good money though; there is that. . Oddly enough when we did get in the gates we went back to drinking. </p><p></p><p> Now the church of Moradin has always help special place in my heart, which made it odd when they kept making it tough for us to get in. We wanted to make a sizable donation and acquire some wands for healing. We have done this quite a bit. Heck, I’ve even donated equipment and other items to them while I’ve been in the city. But still each time we all went there the guards at the gate stop us and have to send a runner for a priest so we can be let in. It was damned annoying and rude. I don’t know how these activities are allowed. </p><p></p><p> But in the time off it was nice to drink and place some more thought towards fighting and causing death to our enemies. We kept hearing rumors of the orc armies and patrols getting close and things were just not sounding all that great. We told the Church of Moradin that anything they wanted to have us do to help out in these trouble times; the Amber Company was there. They had something for us of course. It was a very important mission that had gone uncompleted for many centuries. They had this for us, but couldn’t let us just walk in to church. I don’t get these guys at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crothian, post: 2224603, member: 232"] [b]Amber Company Part 3[/b] We never did see those Humans even though I tried to hunt around and ask about them. I think they left the city and went home. But I did question the guards and the beggars by the city entrance and no one recalled seeing them leave. One day in the future though I will find them and bring them in for the murder of the Halfling. It does not matter if the Halfling was in the wrong and did steal the wood wolf from them. He was in a dwarven city and we have laws that should be obeyed by everyone. They circumvented our laws and that is a sign of disrespect and an insult to our sovereign nation. There is enough lawlessness outside the cities and civilization. We should not bring that into the cities themselves. Well, not being successful and having the person trying to hire us turn up dead was not the best and most fulfilling thing I had ever done. So, I went back to doing what I do best: drinking ale and carving stone. The celebration of the victorious first job and the failure of the second ended up looking about the same to outsiders I imagine. But there was a difference. It was not long before we got suckered into something else though. Now I was not sure at first what to make of it. We were invited to a game of spottle. Ya, that was my response as well. What the hell is Spottle? The person inviting us to the game was really unable to answer the question. He was frustrating and I was seriously ready to start throwing things at him. He was sent by someone of supposed importance though we had really never heard of him. His story was that the Famed Amber Company had quickly risen to such a level of providence in their reputation that we had been invited to a very elite game of spottle, which is a gambling game of sorts. However, we had to go the following night for there was no rain checks to be offered; it was a one time only invitation. Well, I’d never been much of a gambler but I was willing to try to make some money. The others seemed a little less enthused as I was but we went anyway. The place the game was help should have sent off alarms bells. But either we weren’t paying attention, too trusting, or not willing to mention that alarm bells were signaling in our heads. At any rate we were well out of the city off the beaten path to this hole in the wall of a place. How this was a place like this for an elite game I’ll never know. But we were not the only ones there. There were some other very poor people. One guy beat his boot and half a fish. These gamblers were marks and fools. The game itself was very simple and in fact there was an easy way to protect yourself and not loose as much. Any idiot should have seen it, Durabo of course is not just any idiot. He actually did pretty good, better then the others. Granted as the game went on things got fishy so they stopped betting. Fools, I say. I was prepared for bad things, but also made money in the process. Win win situation if you ask me. The first bad thing was this lizard guy accusing me of giving him the evil eye. Now, I can’t give an evil eye or anything like that, but that didn’t stop me from making faces at him each time he looked my way. He accused me of giving the evil eye, so I did everything I could to make fun of that fact. So, it turns out you can challenge people to fights in the Spottle game, so he challenged me. So, I beat the crap out of him with my axe and that did the job of proving I was not evil eyeing him. Not that that stopped me from making silly evil eye like faces at him. Well, the others seemed to get bored and wanted to leave. That’s when the really suspicious stuff started. To stop us from leaving the guy running the game started to give us money to bet with. Now, I’m not gambler but I am pretty sure this never happens in games. The purpose is to win money, not give it away for people who are already winning. I was up a good hundred gold at this point. The others really wanted to leave as it was even obvious to the elf that something else was going on. But I wanted to stay; I was just damned curious what the heck was really going on. It didn’t take long to find out. First, it was a pair of like were boars or something that attacked us. Turned out one of the guys playing was a were boar and we had to deal with three of the things. They were not as tough as I would have thought. We put two of them down and chased the third off I think. But then in comes some hob goblins. Seems this was the other shoe dropping. The guy running the game was trying to sell us as slaves. But when the hobgoblins came to collect us, they came for him as well, the fool. Well, we dealt with the hob goblins and their undead paralyzing thing they brought with them. I was not sure what it was though others had heard of it. The battle went well for us and soon we had things under control. But when it was over Brioden and the others wanted to kill the guy who set the trap for us, but I couldn’t go along with it. He did something evil, but I think in being betrayed by the hobgoblins he learned something valuable. We did basically clear him out of his money since we needed some compensation for letting him go. Once we get back to the city I plan and stopping in and seeing how he is doing. I was the one that kept him alive, so he is my responsibility. If he is up to his old trick I’ll have to find a way to deal with him. We left in the night to get back to the city and wouldn’t you know it the gates were closed. They would let anyone in, not even the famed Amber Company. It was not a good night and having to sleep on the ground outside the gate to be let in in the morning was just a bad end to a bad night. Did make some good money though; there is that. . Oddly enough when we did get in the gates we went back to drinking. Now the church of Moradin has always help special place in my heart, which made it odd when they kept making it tough for us to get in. We wanted to make a sizable donation and acquire some wands for healing. We have done this quite a bit. Heck, I’ve even donated equipment and other items to them while I’ve been in the city. But still each time we all went there the guards at the gate stop us and have to send a runner for a priest so we can be let in. It was damned annoying and rude. I don’t know how these activities are allowed. But in the time off it was nice to drink and place some more thought towards fighting and causing death to our enemies. We kept hearing rumors of the orc armies and patrols getting close and things were just not sounding all that great. We told the Church of Moradin that anything they wanted to have us do to help out in these trouble times; the Amber Company was there. They had something for us of course. It was a very important mission that had gone uncompleted for many centuries. They had this for us, but couldn’t let us just walk in to church. I don’t get these guys at all. [/QUOTE]
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