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<blockquote data-quote="Broccli_Head" data-source="post: 339988" data-attributes="member: 105"><p><strong>Enter Ivan!</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: red"> Ches, Year of Rogue Dragons, <em>Ivan Rides Forth </em></span></strong></p><p></p><p>Ivan--some called him the terrible--reviewed his men. They had been getting restless waiting in anticipation for one of their own to return home. When he had received the message from the Tyrite courier back in Hammer, he had been overjoyed. Cloud-dancer, one of his best pupils, was coming to Cormyr. And his adopted home needed more heroes...</p><p></p><p>Cormyr was in a shambles. The war with the Devil Dragon and her orcs, goblins, and demons still showed scars. Then there was the altercation with the Shades. He shuddered when he thought about Tilverton. All those people...wiped out in an instant. The 32nd had been there and taken some loses. He growled and instinctively looked to the North...towards the Stonelands and beyond. Ivan thought back to 10 years ago when he was a fierce warrior in Rasheman. That was when he had first joined with Azoun and his legion against the Thayans and the Tuigan Horde. It was there that he had been inspired by the courage and leadership of Azoun IV. He bowed and paused. </p><p></p><p>It was a blur...he was getting on in years after all...and there was all that firewine. </p><p></p><p>Sometime shortly after the Horde Wars he had followed the Cormyrean King with a makeshift band of mercenaries that had been dubbed the 32nd Cormyrean Expeditionary Force. He didn't even remember why. Young Cloud-dancer had been along with them then and the group was still a rag-tag band of Tuigan ex-patriates, Rashemani, other refugees of the Utter East. There were even some escaped Thayan slaves. Then there was Sergei, his right-hand man. His real name wasn't Rashemani, but the man had no tongue and Ivan approximated his name in his head and when they signed to each other. It mattered not. Ivan, the grizzled lionar and drill instructor, was always correct. Sergei was from a place called Wa-- far away from Faerun and Suzail, the capitol of belaguered Cormyr. It was here where they now waited. </p><p></p><p>The horses of the 32nd snorted and steam issued from their nostrils in the crisp Cormyrean morning. Ivan mounted. He had decided to leave and travel to Westgate and then Alaghon by land to find Aris and bring him back home. He was tired of waiting. During the Dragon War he had been sent to the Wyvernwater after the fall of Arabel to wait and garrison the border with several noble houses just in case the Sembians had decided to act foolishly. He grunted...Ivan would have rather fought and fallen with King Azoun, south of Arabel against the great red Devil Wyrm. They had missed that encounter and then been sent to clean up the orc and goblin infestations in the Thunder Peaks. Now he had returned to Suzail and the nobility irked him--too much politics and squabbling over the last penny. He could see the pain and frustration in the Steel Regent when she sparred with anyone in the palace training grounds. </p><p></p><p>She had to stay. The mercenaries did not. Ivan felt that they needed action. So Ivan made a command decision. The Purple Dragon of Cormyr could still muster some force to project power outside its borders. The 32nd would have an Expedition!</p><p></p><p>Ivan gave the order and the men rode forth from the palace, through the streets of Suzail and out from the gates with only the hooves of their steeds making sound....</p><p></p><p>===</p><p></p><p>A tenday later the light company was in Iriaebor. There they discovered one of Aris's merchants. </p><p></p><p><em> Just like a Tethyran--or did he learn that from the Sembians</em>, Ivan thought, <em>always scheming for gold</em>. </p><p></p><p>...Even from beyond the grave...Ivan was disheartened to hear of Aris's demise in Westgate. Kirin, Cloud-dancer's cousin, got him up to speed. Thus, Ivan and the 32nd Cormyrean Expeditionary Force travelled towards Twilight Hollow to track down Aris's last known associates. </p><p></p><p>===</p><p></p><p>Two days later, they arrived and were drawn right away to the a fire at a farmhouse. The bodies littered everywhere made it easy to track the whereabouts of the group of adventurers. Ivan led half of his men into the catacombs and discovered more signs-- torched and very dead orcs,a dead priest, over-turned furnishings...sure traces of adventurers. </p><p></p><p>He heard shouts somewhere in the unlit passages. They were very near now, but could he trust them? Drawing his weapons and stationing men along the darkened halls he drew his weapons and moved forward into the gloom....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broccli_Head, post: 339988, member: 105"] [b]Enter Ivan![/b] [b][color=red] Ches, Year of Rogue Dragons, [i]Ivan Rides Forth [/i][/color][/b][color=red][/color] Ivan--some called him the terrible--reviewed his men. They had been getting restless waiting in anticipation for one of their own to return home. When he had received the message from the Tyrite courier back in Hammer, he had been overjoyed. Cloud-dancer, one of his best pupils, was coming to Cormyr. And his adopted home needed more heroes... Cormyr was in a shambles. The war with the Devil Dragon and her orcs, goblins, and demons still showed scars. Then there was the altercation with the Shades. He shuddered when he thought about Tilverton. All those people...wiped out in an instant. The 32nd had been there and taken some loses. He growled and instinctively looked to the North...towards the Stonelands and beyond. Ivan thought back to 10 years ago when he was a fierce warrior in Rasheman. That was when he had first joined with Azoun and his legion against the Thayans and the Tuigan Horde. It was there that he had been inspired by the courage and leadership of Azoun IV. He bowed and paused. It was a blur...he was getting on in years after all...and there was all that firewine. Sometime shortly after the Horde Wars he had followed the Cormyrean King with a makeshift band of mercenaries that had been dubbed the 32nd Cormyrean Expeditionary Force. He didn't even remember why. Young Cloud-dancer had been along with them then and the group was still a rag-tag band of Tuigan ex-patriates, Rashemani, other refugees of the Utter East. There were even some escaped Thayan slaves. Then there was Sergei, his right-hand man. His real name wasn't Rashemani, but the man had no tongue and Ivan approximated his name in his head and when they signed to each other. It mattered not. Ivan, the grizzled lionar and drill instructor, was always correct. Sergei was from a place called Wa-- far away from Faerun and Suzail, the capitol of belaguered Cormyr. It was here where they now waited. The horses of the 32nd snorted and steam issued from their nostrils in the crisp Cormyrean morning. Ivan mounted. He had decided to leave and travel to Westgate and then Alaghon by land to find Aris and bring him back home. He was tired of waiting. During the Dragon War he had been sent to the Wyvernwater after the fall of Arabel to wait and garrison the border with several noble houses just in case the Sembians had decided to act foolishly. He grunted...Ivan would have rather fought and fallen with King Azoun, south of Arabel against the great red Devil Wyrm. They had missed that encounter and then been sent to clean up the orc and goblin infestations in the Thunder Peaks. Now he had returned to Suzail and the nobility irked him--too much politics and squabbling over the last penny. He could see the pain and frustration in the Steel Regent when she sparred with anyone in the palace training grounds. She had to stay. The mercenaries did not. Ivan felt that they needed action. So Ivan made a command decision. The Purple Dragon of Cormyr could still muster some force to project power outside its borders. The 32nd would have an Expedition! Ivan gave the order and the men rode forth from the palace, through the streets of Suzail and out from the gates with only the hooves of their steeds making sound.... === A tenday later the light company was in Iriaebor. There they discovered one of Aris's merchants. [i] Just like a Tethyran--or did he learn that from the Sembians[/i], Ivan thought, [i]always scheming for gold[/i]. ...Even from beyond the grave...Ivan was disheartened to hear of Aris's demise in Westgate. Kirin, Cloud-dancer's cousin, got him up to speed. Thus, Ivan and the 32nd Cormyrean Expeditionary Force travelled towards Twilight Hollow to track down Aris's last known associates. === Two days later, they arrived and were drawn right away to the a fire at a farmhouse. The bodies littered everywhere made it easy to track the whereabouts of the group of adventurers. Ivan led half of his men into the catacombs and discovered more signs-- torched and very dead orcs,a dead priest, over-turned furnishings...sure traces of adventurers. He heard shouts somewhere in the unlit passages. They were very near now, but could he trust them? Drawing his weapons and stationing men along the darkened halls he drew his weapons and moved forward into the gloom.... [/QUOTE]
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