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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6720732" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Folg, Mogan, Svexyn</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Your journey into Akhenaten from Caishia was not rushed. After all, something lost two thousand years ago can wait an extra month or two to be found. The first leg of your journey was entering the Kingdom of Nefer, where you spent a month preparing for a journey south through the Kingdom of Vulkh. Much of your time there was spent researching its dangers, speaking to various merchants, traders and mercenaries who encountered Vul before. It was also in Nefer that you hired a henchmen, a half-dwarf named Mogan.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan gambled away his wages in a tavern playing a game of cards while he was drunk. You watched him lose everything before suddenly raving about how he was cheated and attacking the other players. (In truth it seemed to you like he probably was cheated) Mogan fought with more skill and fervor than you might have expected from a brewers apprentice, leaving the other four men bloodied and beaten with a chair leg.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan returned to the tavern the next day, despondent over the loss of his job prompted by rumors of his drunken behavior. You approached him and offered to buy him a drink, engaging in a conversation about Mogans past and future prospects. You learned Mogans father was a hill dwarf mercenary (clearly the source of Mogans training as a fighter) who died a year ago leaving Mogans mother with the responsibility for keeping a roof over the head of Mogans two younger siblings. She worked hard as a cook but couldn't earn enough to keep the landowner happy about the rent he was used to collecting from Mogans father. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan promised the landowner he would keep the rent coming working his fathers trade, but he took a nasty wound to the knee that never properly healed and slowed his step. No longer able to march or charge across a battlefield he took up an apprenticeship at a brewery for a stipend (and you saw well how that worked out). It seemed to you that Mogan could be useful so you offered him a month's wages in gold, paid in advance, in exchange for acting as your bodyguard. Mogan accepted the offer as a better alternative to facing his mother again with news of another failure. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The pair of you encountered your second henchmen on the way through Vulkh, a Kobold by the name of Folg the Brave who you found nearly dead, tumbled into a ditch from atop a high rocky hill. When he spotted you come upon him he began speaking at you in draconic, clearly delirious, talking about Userrwroth (a kobold god who serves true dragons and is a sworn enemy of Vul). At the last moment you prevented Mogan from putting him out of his misery, ordering him to help you save the Kobolds life. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Of course Mogan scoffed at the notion, but you insisted on his honor that he obey you and he begrudgingly agreed. Meanwhile you took a hike up the hill he fell off and found several dozen dead kobolds around the bodies of several halfings. Some brutally impaled by javelins, others trapped in nets and stoned to death. It was a bizarre and bloody scene indeed and made very little sense except for how they died. You knew from your time in Nefer how Vulkrie prefered to kill with javelins and nets. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When Folg recovered and realized you could speak both draconic and the common tongue (as can he) he confirmed his tribe was attacked by Vul from the air. When you asked him why there were halflings among the bodies he explained his tribe attacked the halflings. He also said the Vulkyrie didn't attack for the sake of the halflings, they killed them along with the rest of his tribe for sport. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan asked why the kobolds attacked the halfings and Folg answered he killed one of their family members in a duel. Mogan asked what the hell the duel was about and Folg said he asked for the victims daughters hand in marriage and the father answered 'over my dead body'.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan asked why he wanted to marry a halfling and Folg said it was an order by the great winged leader of his tribe who sought to please Enlyerak, a vile god of thieves and sworn enemy of Halflings. Folg explained his bride to be would have been sacrificed had he managed to get away with her and bring her back to the tribe. Of course his tribe didn't expect him to succeed and waited in the hills for him to draw the halfings out of their camp in pursuit where they could ambush them. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You asked him where his great winged leader was, since you didn't spot his corpse among the fallen and Folg said he was captured by the Vulkyrie in one of their nets. He said they would take him back to their capital city, Ayuthaya, as a great prize. Folg said he was angry to see his tribe annihilated, but he believed his leader brought it upon them worshiping the wrong god. He said he always felt Userrwroth should be their rightful deity because he had several visions from him, including one as as soon as he saw you approach. He said Userrwroth recognized you as another servant of true dragons and told him he must pledge his life in service to you. A pledge you of course accepted being a Dragon Shaman. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Mogan didn't like it and still grumbles over it weeks later but Folg appears very loyal and grateful to be alive. Since then you have had many conversations with travelers and merchants on your way through Vulkh in search for the infamous Quresh tribe until you finally got a lead. Someone told you about a waystop south of Vulkh known as the Restless Sands Inn who's owner/proprietor is a clever man of ill-repute with golden eyes named Saraesh Husayn.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You have been on your guard ever since you entered his no mans land, where no one lays claim and there is no law, but now at last you have found your destination. The inn appears to be a very old two-story structure constructed of masonry, surrounded by large dunes. Some of the stonework is recent, indicative of repairs or improvements. Additional fireplaces and privies for example are visible from the exterior to accommodate more occupants than the structure was originally intended for. Behind the inn is a barn, also constructed of masonry, half buried by a huge dune.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The main entrance appears to be a heavy double door separated by an iron post, but you gather there must be at least one back entrance as well for you can see foot traffic between the inn and the barn where the cooks must store a great deal of supplies to keep so many visitors fed in the middle of a desert. A few horses and one camel are tied to posts before the inn, but there must be a larger stable, probably in the barn that you cannot see, where mounts can actually be sheltered. It is currently late afternoon so there are only a few good hours of sunlight left. You are not close enough yet to the Inn to be spotted but there is very little cover to approach unseen, though it may not be impossible for something as small as a Kobold. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Svexyn:</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6720732, member: 6677509"] [b]Folg, Mogan, Svexyn[/b] [I]Your journey into Akhenaten from Caishia was not rushed. After all, something lost two thousand years ago can wait an extra month or two to be found. The first leg of your journey was entering the Kingdom of Nefer, where you spent a month preparing for a journey south through the Kingdom of Vulkh. Much of your time there was spent researching its dangers, speaking to various merchants, traders and mercenaries who encountered Vul before. It was also in Nefer that you hired a henchmen, a half-dwarf named Mogan. Mogan gambled away his wages in a tavern playing a game of cards while he was drunk. You watched him lose everything before suddenly raving about how he was cheated and attacking the other players. (In truth it seemed to you like he probably was cheated) Mogan fought with more skill and fervor than you might have expected from a brewers apprentice, leaving the other four men bloodied and beaten with a chair leg. Mogan returned to the tavern the next day, despondent over the loss of his job prompted by rumors of his drunken behavior. You approached him and offered to buy him a drink, engaging in a conversation about Mogans past and future prospects. You learned Mogans father was a hill dwarf mercenary (clearly the source of Mogans training as a fighter) who died a year ago leaving Mogans mother with the responsibility for keeping a roof over the head of Mogans two younger siblings. She worked hard as a cook but couldn't earn enough to keep the landowner happy about the rent he was used to collecting from Mogans father. Mogan promised the landowner he would keep the rent coming working his fathers trade, but he took a nasty wound to the knee that never properly healed and slowed his step. No longer able to march or charge across a battlefield he took up an apprenticeship at a brewery for a stipend (and you saw well how that worked out). It seemed to you that Mogan could be useful so you offered him a month's wages in gold, paid in advance, in exchange for acting as your bodyguard. Mogan accepted the offer as a better alternative to facing his mother again with news of another failure. The pair of you encountered your second henchmen on the way through Vulkh, a Kobold by the name of Folg the Brave who you found nearly dead, tumbled into a ditch from atop a high rocky hill. When he spotted you come upon him he began speaking at you in draconic, clearly delirious, talking about Userrwroth (a kobold god who serves true dragons and is a sworn enemy of Vul). At the last moment you prevented Mogan from putting him out of his misery, ordering him to help you save the Kobolds life. Of course Mogan scoffed at the notion, but you insisted on his honor that he obey you and he begrudgingly agreed. Meanwhile you took a hike up the hill he fell off and found several dozen dead kobolds around the bodies of several halfings. Some brutally impaled by javelins, others trapped in nets and stoned to death. It was a bizarre and bloody scene indeed and made very little sense except for how they died. You knew from your time in Nefer how Vulkrie prefered to kill with javelins and nets. When Folg recovered and realized you could speak both draconic and the common tongue (as can he) he confirmed his tribe was attacked by Vul from the air. When you asked him why there were halflings among the bodies he explained his tribe attacked the halflings. He also said the Vulkyrie didn't attack for the sake of the halflings, they killed them along with the rest of his tribe for sport. Mogan asked why the kobolds attacked the halfings and Folg answered he killed one of their family members in a duel. Mogan asked what the hell the duel was about and Folg said he asked for the victims daughters hand in marriage and the father answered 'over my dead body'. Mogan asked why he wanted to marry a halfling and Folg said it was an order by the great winged leader of his tribe who sought to please Enlyerak, a vile god of thieves and sworn enemy of Halflings. Folg explained his bride to be would have been sacrificed had he managed to get away with her and bring her back to the tribe. Of course his tribe didn't expect him to succeed and waited in the hills for him to draw the halfings out of their camp in pursuit where they could ambush them. You asked him where his great winged leader was, since you didn't spot his corpse among the fallen and Folg said he was captured by the Vulkyrie in one of their nets. He said they would take him back to their capital city, Ayuthaya, as a great prize. Folg said he was angry to see his tribe annihilated, but he believed his leader brought it upon them worshiping the wrong god. He said he always felt Userrwroth should be their rightful deity because he had several visions from him, including one as as soon as he saw you approach. He said Userrwroth recognized you as another servant of true dragons and told him he must pledge his life in service to you. A pledge you of course accepted being a Dragon Shaman. Mogan didn't like it and still grumbles over it weeks later but Folg appears very loyal and grateful to be alive. Since then you have had many conversations with travelers and merchants on your way through Vulkh in search for the infamous Quresh tribe until you finally got a lead. Someone told you about a waystop south of Vulkh known as the Restless Sands Inn who's owner/proprietor is a clever man of ill-repute with golden eyes named Saraesh Husayn. You have been on your guard ever since you entered his no mans land, where no one lays claim and there is no law, but now at last you have found your destination. The inn appears to be a very old two-story structure constructed of masonry, surrounded by large dunes. Some of the stonework is recent, indicative of repairs or improvements. Additional fireplaces and privies for example are visible from the exterior to accommodate more occupants than the structure was originally intended for. Behind the inn is a barn, also constructed of masonry, half buried by a huge dune. The main entrance appears to be a heavy double door separated by an iron post, but you gather there must be at least one back entrance as well for you can see foot traffic between the inn and the barn where the cooks must store a great deal of supplies to keep so many visitors fed in the middle of a desert. A few horses and one camel are tied to posts before the inn, but there must be a larger stable, probably in the barn that you cannot see, where mounts can actually be sheltered. It is currently late afternoon so there are only a few good hours of sunlight left. You are not close enough yet to the Inn to be spotted but there is very little cover to approach unseen, though it may not be impossible for something as small as a Kobold. [B][Svexyn:[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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