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<blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 14898" data-attributes="member: 227"><p>Note that the campaign started at the end of winter/beginning of spring.</p><p></p><p>Now for the tale of how Burl has fared so far...</p><p></p><p>Burl left his tutors cabin on the southern reaches of the Khaya-Dan mountains, and headed south into Corinthia proper, soon passing the last undead sentinel that marked the limits of Rayomnds domain - a skeleton sunk into a tree, a few bones just poking out of the bark. After a days walk - fairly tiring for the necromancer, since most of his days were spent in study while the undead servants did most of the menial work - Burl came to the village of Irlain.</p><p></p><p>Nothing unusual about coming across a village in Corinthia - he had after all spent the last couple of hours walking amidst cultivated fields, and had expected to find one. There was something odd though - it wasn't yet <em>that</em> late, yet the villagers had already all returned to within the safety of the settlements walls.</p><p></p><p>Approaching it, he was questioned by a sentry at the gate, who told him there was word of orc-kin raiding down from the Khaya-Dan mountains recently. The guard let him in, and he spent the evening in the local tavern, picking up information - one particularly talkative drunk telling him that rumour had it robed figures were helping the orcs - who were acting far more intelligently and orderly than normal orcs - and even claiming he had seen orc scouts himself. The innkeeper advised Burl to take little notice of the man, who was a notorious story-teller. He also picked up information that one of the powerful merchant families of Corinthia, the Irilsons, were sending some troops to deal with the problem.</p><p></p><p>He settled down for the evening, but was awoken when the gates of the settlement where blasted apart in the early hours of the morning - looking out his window revealed a column of armoured orcs marching in, accompanied by a red-cloaked rider on a horse and a white-robed figure as well. The red-robe conjured up some fire in its hand for the orc soldiers to light their torches rfom, then they dispersed into the village, taking slaves and killing those who resisted.</p><p></p><p>Burl got the hell out of there, running out the back door of the inn and heading for some animal pens near the palisade running round the village. He nearly made it but then two orcs saw him and came charging after him, one climbing up onto the palisade - a magica missile took care of one while a daze slowed the progress of the one on the palisade.</p><p></p><p>It looked like he might make it out.</p><p></p><p>Then the white-robe turned up, and with a telekinetic blast levelled the animal pens and sent terrified livestock runninf everywhere.</p><p></p><p>Burl faced off with the figure, trying to convince him to let Burl, who had after all only been in the wrong place at the wrong time, go free. The robed man pulled back his hood, revealing an aged, bearded man, and in irritation used magic to cause two blocks of ice to solidify around the necromancers feet, giving him time to think over what to do with Burl. Surprisingly, the man seemed to recognise Burl's features from somewhere though he couldn't remember where.</p><p></p><p>He conversed with the red-robed man as some more orc soldiers turned up and kept crossbows trained on Burl. From what the necromancer could hear of the conversation, the red-robed man proposed taking him as a slave with the rest, but the white-robe decided that he would just be a liability. There was some mysterious talk about something to do with Manipulating intelligence into the desired bloodlines more easily, then the orcs and men departed, the red-robe instructing one soldier to deal with Burl.</p><p></p><p>It fired a crossbow at him, the bolt hitting him solidly in the chest and knocking him over, ice shoes and all, into unconciousness.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">* * *</p><p></p><p>Burl awoke in some sort of tent, bandaged and being tended to by a young woman. She informed him that he'd been badly burned by the village burning down - and that they'd found him in the wreckage of the place with a crossbow bolt in his chest. He also discovered this was the camp of the Irilson vanguard, before lapsing into sleep again.</p><p></p><p>When he came round, someone was arguing with the nurse - a tall half-elven man in dark, gothic plate armour, with long lank black hair and pale skin. Eventually bargin his way into the tent, he began to question Burl over what had happened in the village in a particularly unfriendly manner, hinting that he'd had the mages spellbook looked at and knew he was a necromancer. He also introduced himself as Lord Morgrim Pendarme and claimed command of the expedition, which he said was a combined operation between his troops and the Irilsons men.</p><p></p><p>Burl decided to resort to the truth, recounting his story to Morgrim who really didn't look very impressed...</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">* * *</p><p></p><p>That's Burl so far. I'm sorry that this isn't very well written as yet - the party has yet to come together and is scattered far and wide, so I'm recounting the story as different strands for the different characters. It'll all become easier as more and more of the characters come together into a party...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carnifex, post: 14898, member: 227"] Note that the campaign started at the end of winter/beginning of spring. Now for the tale of how Burl has fared so far... Burl left his tutors cabin on the southern reaches of the Khaya-Dan mountains, and headed south into Corinthia proper, soon passing the last undead sentinel that marked the limits of Rayomnds domain - a skeleton sunk into a tree, a few bones just poking out of the bark. After a days walk - fairly tiring for the necromancer, since most of his days were spent in study while the undead servants did most of the menial work - Burl came to the village of Irlain. Nothing unusual about coming across a village in Corinthia - he had after all spent the last couple of hours walking amidst cultivated fields, and had expected to find one. There was something odd though - it wasn't yet [I]that[/I] late, yet the villagers had already all returned to within the safety of the settlements walls. Approaching it, he was questioned by a sentry at the gate, who told him there was word of orc-kin raiding down from the Khaya-Dan mountains recently. The guard let him in, and he spent the evening in the local tavern, picking up information - one particularly talkative drunk telling him that rumour had it robed figures were helping the orcs - who were acting far more intelligently and orderly than normal orcs - and even claiming he had seen orc scouts himself. The innkeeper advised Burl to take little notice of the man, who was a notorious story-teller. He also picked up information that one of the powerful merchant families of Corinthia, the Irilsons, were sending some troops to deal with the problem. He settled down for the evening, but was awoken when the gates of the settlement where blasted apart in the early hours of the morning - looking out his window revealed a column of armoured orcs marching in, accompanied by a red-cloaked rider on a horse and a white-robed figure as well. The red-robe conjured up some fire in its hand for the orc soldiers to light their torches rfom, then they dispersed into the village, taking slaves and killing those who resisted. Burl got the hell out of there, running out the back door of the inn and heading for some animal pens near the palisade running round the village. He nearly made it but then two orcs saw him and came charging after him, one climbing up onto the palisade - a magica missile took care of one while a daze slowed the progress of the one on the palisade. It looked like he might make it out. Then the white-robe turned up, and with a telekinetic blast levelled the animal pens and sent terrified livestock runninf everywhere. Burl faced off with the figure, trying to convince him to let Burl, who had after all only been in the wrong place at the wrong time, go free. The robed man pulled back his hood, revealing an aged, bearded man, and in irritation used magic to cause two blocks of ice to solidify around the necromancers feet, giving him time to think over what to do with Burl. Surprisingly, the man seemed to recognise Burl's features from somewhere though he couldn't remember where. He conversed with the red-robed man as some more orc soldiers turned up and kept crossbows trained on Burl. From what the necromancer could hear of the conversation, the red-robed man proposed taking him as a slave with the rest, but the white-robe decided that he would just be a liability. There was some mysterious talk about something to do with Manipulating intelligence into the desired bloodlines more easily, then the orcs and men departed, the red-robe instructing one soldier to deal with Burl. It fired a crossbow at him, the bolt hitting him solidly in the chest and knocking him over, ice shoes and all, into unconciousness. [center]* * *[/center] Burl awoke in some sort of tent, bandaged and being tended to by a young woman. She informed him that he'd been badly burned by the village burning down - and that they'd found him in the wreckage of the place with a crossbow bolt in his chest. He also discovered this was the camp of the Irilson vanguard, before lapsing into sleep again. When he came round, someone was arguing with the nurse - a tall half-elven man in dark, gothic plate armour, with long lank black hair and pale skin. Eventually bargin his way into the tent, he began to question Burl over what had happened in the village in a particularly unfriendly manner, hinting that he'd had the mages spellbook looked at and knew he was a necromancer. He also introduced himself as Lord Morgrim Pendarme and claimed command of the expedition, which he said was a combined operation between his troops and the Irilsons men. Burl decided to resort to the truth, recounting his story to Morgrim who really didn't look very impressed... [center]* * *[/center] That's Burl so far. I'm sorry that this isn't very well written as yet - the party has yet to come together and is scattered far and wide, so I'm recounting the story as different strands for the different characters. It'll all become easier as more and more of the characters come together into a party... [/QUOTE]
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