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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6875056" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Aletia, Kayote</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Kayote appears pleased with your request and gestures to the other chair as he heaves himsef up on his feet again, partly from restlessness, partly from deference to a ladies presence. Old habits that make you wonder whatever happened to misses Burlock? </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Kayote:</strong> Fills the second glass with Tejj as he speaks. <span style="color: #660000">"Vallio and I met nearly twenty years ago. Cabarda was a much rougher town back then, often attacked by Giants, Gnolls, Orcs and Hobgoblins. Only the most foolhardy traders kept regular schedules because caravans were sacked so freqently. Richer trade organizations, like the Masoud Trading Company, had money to hire extra security and remained succesful for it. Smaller companies and independent traders, like myself, were forced to risk everything just to stay in business or give up on trade altogether..."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Kayote pause as you lift your glass and taps his to yours. <span style="color: #660000">"To Vallio! May he be avenged!"</span> He croaks, downing the strongly spiced honeyed wine much easier than you. He waits as you cough and gasp struggling for breath. <span style="color: #660000">"Has kick to it doesn’t it?"</span> He laughs. <span style="color: #660000">"My own vintage! I own a vineyard here and spare no expense on the finest ingredients. The Akhenatens like to say Tejj-making is their own secret but Barossans know better!"</span> He snorts, stalking over to the hearth, leaning his hand forward to brace himself on the Mantle. <span style="color: #660000">"...where was I?... ah yes, in order to compete with the larger trade organizations we had to think of another way to boost security."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">"Back then the merchants guild was a sham, full of vulfear informants and sycophants beholden to the merchant lords, rotten at its core. Up-and-coming merchants and independent traders like myself were loathe to seek proper permits and writs of passage from them, so usually we avoided it altogether, operating on the fringes of the law. Thats how I came to meet Vallio and a smuggler by the name of Jabbar."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">"Vallio came into town seeking information about a dragon named Hadus'Mento, and his lair in the surrounding hills. Jabbar knew the legends better than I and refused to go near his lair which turns out was exactly what Vallio wanted. I on the other hand was so desperate for coin I agreed to do it. Together, with a few other foolish adventurers Vallio hired, we went looking for this dragon."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">"Shortly after we did, it tried to kill us all, but fled after I severed its fore-paw with a lucky swipe of my Barossan Broadsword 'Burlock’s Pride’ , which I inherited from a long lineage of warrior ancestors. Vallio was dissapointed claiming he sought out the dragon to speak with it about the dark elves, but we didn’t linger to suffer his rage again. I did steal a sizeable portion of its treasure hoard however, which improved my prospects considerably."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">”Surviving an event like that fostered a fast friendsip between Vallio and I. We drank and laughed and spoke of my prospects. Vallio offered wise counsel about how I should hide the treasure and secretly invest it in a legitimate trade venture that wouldn't arouse suspicion from the vulfear. Later I asked Jabbar who he would hire as a caravan guard if he could hire anyone at all and he said ’Omar the Great', the champion of the arena! He was joking of course, but I wasn't, and paid him to make the necessary bribes to see that Omar was freed."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">"In exchange we agreed to share Omar and set him up with his own mercenary company to disguise our arrangement from our rivals. For many years he did exactly that, occassionlly writing up false contracts to attack tribes of humanoids we needed to chase away from our travel routes. Thanks to him I managed to double my fortune and raise my three sons as proud, strapping warriors in their own right."</span> He says with obvious pride, underscored by deep bitterness...</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #660000">"Yet those years of prosperity had an awful price. They attracted the interest of an evil organization who capitalized on the jealousy of many so-called partners willing to betray me!</span>" He says hatefully turning to face you once more with eyes aflame in anger. <span style="color: #660000">"I speak of course, of the Black Network!”</span> He hisses between his teeth. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Aletia:</strong> What do you do? Make a Knowledge (Streetwise) check to determine what, if anything, you already know of the Black Network<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6875056, member: 6677509"] [b]Aletia, Kayote[/b] [I]Kayote appears pleased with your request and gestures to the other chair as he heaves himsef up on his feet again, partly from restlessness, partly from deference to a ladies presence. Old habits that make you wonder whatever happened to misses Burlock? [B]Kayote:[/B] Fills the second glass with Tejj as he speaks. [COLOR=#660000]"Vallio and I met nearly twenty years ago. Cabarda was a much rougher town back then, often attacked by Giants, Gnolls, Orcs and Hobgoblins. Only the most foolhardy traders kept regular schedules because caravans were sacked so freqently. Richer trade organizations, like the Masoud Trading Company, had money to hire extra security and remained succesful for it. Smaller companies and independent traders, like myself, were forced to risk everything just to stay in business or give up on trade altogether..."[/COLOR] Kayote pause as you lift your glass and taps his to yours. [COLOR=#660000]"To Vallio! May he be avenged!"[/COLOR] He croaks, downing the strongly spiced honeyed wine much easier than you. He waits as you cough and gasp struggling for breath. [COLOR=#660000]"Has kick to it doesn’t it?"[/COLOR] He laughs. [COLOR=#660000]"My own vintage! I own a vineyard here and spare no expense on the finest ingredients. The Akhenatens like to say Tejj-making is their own secret but Barossans know better!"[/COLOR] He snorts, stalking over to the hearth, leaning his hand forward to brace himself on the Mantle. [COLOR=#660000]"...where was I?... ah yes, in order to compete with the larger trade organizations we had to think of another way to boost security."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660000]"Back then the merchants guild was a sham, full of vulfear informants and sycophants beholden to the merchant lords, rotten at its core. Up-and-coming merchants and independent traders like myself were loathe to seek proper permits and writs of passage from them, so usually we avoided it altogether, operating on the fringes of the law. Thats how I came to meet Vallio and a smuggler by the name of Jabbar."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660000]"Vallio came into town seeking information about a dragon named Hadus'Mento, and his lair in the surrounding hills. Jabbar knew the legends better than I and refused to go near his lair which turns out was exactly what Vallio wanted. I on the other hand was so desperate for coin I agreed to do it. Together, with a few other foolish adventurers Vallio hired, we went looking for this dragon."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660000]"Shortly after we did, it tried to kill us all, but fled after I severed its fore-paw with a lucky swipe of my Barossan Broadsword 'Burlock’s Pride’ , which I inherited from a long lineage of warrior ancestors. Vallio was dissapointed claiming he sought out the dragon to speak with it about the dark elves, but we didn’t linger to suffer his rage again. I did steal a sizeable portion of its treasure hoard however, which improved my prospects considerably."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660000]”Surviving an event like that fostered a fast friendsip between Vallio and I. We drank and laughed and spoke of my prospects. Vallio offered wise counsel about how I should hide the treasure and secretly invest it in a legitimate trade venture that wouldn't arouse suspicion from the vulfear. Later I asked Jabbar who he would hire as a caravan guard if he could hire anyone at all and he said ’Omar the Great', the champion of the arena! He was joking of course, but I wasn't, and paid him to make the necessary bribes to see that Omar was freed."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#660000]"In exchange we agreed to share Omar and set him up with his own mercenary company to disguise our arrangement from our rivals. For many years he did exactly that, occassionlly writing up false contracts to attack tribes of humanoids we needed to chase away from our travel routes. Thanks to him I managed to double my fortune and raise my three sons as proud, strapping warriors in their own right."[/COLOR] He says with obvious pride, underscored by deep bitterness... [COLOR=#660000]"Yet those years of prosperity had an awful price. They attracted the interest of an evil organization who capitalized on the jealousy of many so-called partners willing to betray me![/COLOR]" He says hatefully turning to face you once more with eyes aflame in anger. [COLOR=#660000]"I speak of course, of the Black Network!”[/COLOR] He hisses between his teeth. [B][Aletia:[/B] What do you do? Make a Knowledge (Streetwise) check to determine what, if anything, you already know of the Black Network[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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