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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6042524" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">KOTS Part 4b: Back to Winterhaven.</span></p><p></p><p>The journey back to Winterhaven is slow going, Gokan and Hal tote a make-shift bier, lashed to which is Hedda, or rather Hedda's broken body. They make regular breaks, only Sigur looks impatient to get back to the fortified town, all of them are quiet.</p><p></p><p>The only chatter comes at the start of their journey, while exiting the waterfall cave...</p><p></p><p>Gokan points at a scuffed and stained patch of grass, and then wonder of wonders, speaks- “blood trail...” The half-orc shields his eyes in the low morning sun, scans the clearing and the tree-line.</p><p></p><p>Jimmy looks about him, slowly at first, cautiously, the halfling's pace quickens until he's frantically searching for something, or rather someone.</p><p></p><p>“The wyrmpriest's body is gone.” Jimmy finally offers, exasperated.</p><p>“Current took it.” Sigur states with a shrug.</p><p>The quartet scans the stream for a while.</p><p>“I don't know.” Jimmy worries.</p><p></p><p>The halfling rests his hand on the ornate and vicious looking dagger at his belt, the wyrmpriest's blade- magical, Sigur has already ascertained.</p><p></p><p>“Come on.” Sigur states, remarkably calmly, and then leads them off...</p><p></p><p>The guardsmen at the gates to Winterhaven jump in to action the moment they see the approaching adventurers. After much shouting a pair of men race out to help the wanderers home- and are duly shooed away by Sigur.</p><p></p><p>The dwarf glares at the pair when they attempt to wrest the bier from Hal and Gokan, the guardsmen scurry off back to the gate.</p><p></p><p>Rond is quickly found, as is Sister Lenora, the pair crowd around. The market place falls to silence as the odd-looking group trudges across the cobbled area to Wrafton's Inn. Douvern emerges just in time to open the door.</p><p></p><p>“Oh Erathis!” The old man exclaims and is quickly to the stretcher, it soon becomes apparent to the ex-adventurer that Hedda has paid the ultimate price.</p><p></p><p>“Oh Erathis!” The old man continues to say at regular intervals, between clutching Jimmy to him, patting and tenderly touching Gokan and Hal, and every now and then looking sad-eyed at the dour looking Sigur.</p><p></p><p>The group head inside, bringing chaos with them.</p><p></p><p>There's a lot of fuss, a lot of townsfolk ferrying drinks, and food, and kind words, and... Jimmy eventually finds a chair by the fire and falls asleep. Gokan excuses himself a little later and heads upstairs, Hal on the other hand shuts down soon after entering the Inn.</p><p></p><p>The metal man stands as still as a statue in a shadowy corner while people continue to come and go, to worry over the body of the minotaur priestess.</p><p></p><p>Only Sigur stays awake, keeping a close eye on the activity in the Inn, the locals however give the dwarf a wide berth.</p><p></p><p>And so it goes for the rest of the day, the 21st day of the third month of 2012 passes, a terrible landmark in the lives of the Hard Core adventurers.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8045379331/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/8045379331_b74f2bfc54_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6042524, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]KOTS Part 4b: Back to Winterhaven.[/SIZE][/CENTER] The journey back to Winterhaven is slow going, Gokan and Hal tote a make-shift bier, lashed to which is Hedda, or rather Hedda's broken body. They make regular breaks, only Sigur looks impatient to get back to the fortified town, all of them are quiet. The only chatter comes at the start of their journey, while exiting the waterfall cave... Gokan points at a scuffed and stained patch of grass, and then wonder of wonders, speaks- “blood trail...” The half-orc shields his eyes in the low morning sun, scans the clearing and the tree-line. Jimmy looks about him, slowly at first, cautiously, the halfling's pace quickens until he's frantically searching for something, or rather someone. “The wyrmpriest's body is gone.” Jimmy finally offers, exasperated. “Current took it.” Sigur states with a shrug. The quartet scans the stream for a while. “I don't know.” Jimmy worries. The halfling rests his hand on the ornate and vicious looking dagger at his belt, the wyrmpriest's blade- magical, Sigur has already ascertained. “Come on.” Sigur states, remarkably calmly, and then leads them off... The guardsmen at the gates to Winterhaven jump in to action the moment they see the approaching adventurers. After much shouting a pair of men race out to help the wanderers home- and are duly shooed away by Sigur. The dwarf glares at the pair when they attempt to wrest the bier from Hal and Gokan, the guardsmen scurry off back to the gate. Rond is quickly found, as is Sister Lenora, the pair crowd around. The market place falls to silence as the odd-looking group trudges across the cobbled area to Wrafton's Inn. Douvern emerges just in time to open the door. “Oh Erathis!” The old man exclaims and is quickly to the stretcher, it soon becomes apparent to the ex-adventurer that Hedda has paid the ultimate price. “Oh Erathis!” The old man continues to say at regular intervals, between clutching Jimmy to him, patting and tenderly touching Gokan and Hal, and every now and then looking sad-eyed at the dour looking Sigur. The group head inside, bringing chaos with them. There's a lot of fuss, a lot of townsfolk ferrying drinks, and food, and kind words, and... Jimmy eventually finds a chair by the fire and falls asleep. Gokan excuses himself a little later and heads upstairs, Hal on the other hand shuts down soon after entering the Inn. The metal man stands as still as a statue in a shadowy corner while people continue to come and go, to worry over the body of the minotaur priestess. Only Sigur stays awake, keeping a close eye on the activity in the Inn, the locals however give the dwarf a wide berth. And so it goes for the rest of the day, the 21st day of the third month of 2012 passes, a terrible landmark in the lives of the Hard Core adventurers. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8045379331/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/8045379331_b74f2bfc54_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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