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<blockquote data-quote="haiiro" data-source="post: 1673608" data-attributes="member: 1891"><p><em>A little interlude, and a map of Selgaunt with some of its landmarks and locations marked in!</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Night at Farry's Port</strong></p><p></p><p>After the common room emptied out and all of the Follies had gone upstairs, everyone was asleep in short order -- with the exception of Vicktor. Their rooms were good enough to have glass in the windows, and Vicktor stayed up for some time looking out over the main thoroughfare. A little while after the street had more or less cleared out, he saw a figure emerge from an alley opposite the inn. Cloaked and hooded, Vicktor couldn't make out much about him except that he was fairly short in stature. After a few moments spent glancing around, the figure faded back into the alleyway and out of view.</p><p></p><p>When this process had been repeated twice more over the next several minutes, Vicktor trudged down the hall and woke Talishmere. Watching with Vicktor, Tal's darkvision let him pick out enough details to establish that the figure was none other than the dwarf who led the dancing bear troupe, mustache and all. They watched for a little while longer, and then both Tal and Vicktor headed for bed.</p><p></p><p>Hours later, the Follies were all awakened with a start by a tremendous <strong><em>BOOM</em></strong> -- distant, but so loud and powerful that it made the floor shake. After leaving their rooms to confer briefly, the Follies decided that it wasn't an immediate threat and returned to sleep.</p><p></p><p>During breakfast in the common room the next morning, the Follies found out that the sound had probably been an explosion -- most likely one of the dracotechnics shops in the east end of the city going up. This was apparently not all that uncommon, and no one at breakfast seemed terribly disturbed by it. A brief foray by Artemis, Vicktor and Cupric into the alley across from Farry's Port turned up an enormous bear turd, found near where the dwarf was seen during the night. With no other sign of dwarf or bear, the Follies decided to let it go and set out into the Low City to seek Thissiken of Dracon Row.</p><p></p><p><strong>Heading Into the City</strong></p><p></p><p>A bit of asking around established roughly where Dracon Row could be found, and the party made its way over the Arkhen and deeper into the city. As they walked through the already busy and bustling streets, they noticed that the guards dressed in a variety of colors -- and each time a new color was spotted, the Follies made casual inquiries as to what each group was called. In this manner, they established that there were nine groups of guards (plus the Silver Ravens), each associated with a particular merchant prince:</p><p></p><p><strong>Black</strong> - Shalligh’s Black Capes</p><p><strong>Blue</strong> - Ursmeril’s Skyclads</p><p><strong>Dark Grey</strong> - Bright Slayers</p><p><strong>Gold</strong> - Baric's Pikemen</p><p><strong>Green</strong> - Daridon’s Ravens</p><p><strong>Grey</strong> - Gurrom's Wheels</p><p><strong>Pale Green</strong> - Calderro's Blades</p><p><strong>Red</strong> - Alseyn's Rangers</p><p><strong>White</strong> - Davisson's Legion</p><p></p><p>The areas of the Low City that they passed through were marked by taller buildings -- most were two stories, often more -- of widely varying ages and styles. In the smaller streets, construction seemed to have been haphazard and frequently revisited. Buildings overlapped, and the higher floors were braced against those on the opposite side of the street; some roadways were paved or cobbled, while others were packed dirt criss-crossed with wagon ruts. Most buildings seemed to be quite old, and there were more wooden structures than stone ones. No matter what area they were in, however, people carrying caged ravens of all types were a common sight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="haiiro, post: 1673608, member: 1891"] [i]A little interlude, and a map of Selgaunt with some of its landmarks and locations marked in![/i] [b]Night at Farry's Port[/b] After the common room emptied out and all of the Follies had gone upstairs, everyone was asleep in short order -- with the exception of Vicktor. Their rooms were good enough to have glass in the windows, and Vicktor stayed up for some time looking out over the main thoroughfare. A little while after the street had more or less cleared out, he saw a figure emerge from an alley opposite the inn. Cloaked and hooded, Vicktor couldn't make out much about him except that he was fairly short in stature. After a few moments spent glancing around, the figure faded back into the alleyway and out of view. When this process had been repeated twice more over the next several minutes, Vicktor trudged down the hall and woke Talishmere. Watching with Vicktor, Tal's darkvision let him pick out enough details to establish that the figure was none other than the dwarf who led the dancing bear troupe, mustache and all. They watched for a little while longer, and then both Tal and Vicktor headed for bed. Hours later, the Follies were all awakened with a start by a tremendous [b][i]BOOM[/i][/b] -- distant, but so loud and powerful that it made the floor shake. After leaving their rooms to confer briefly, the Follies decided that it wasn't an immediate threat and returned to sleep. During breakfast in the common room the next morning, the Follies found out that the sound had probably been an explosion -- most likely one of the dracotechnics shops in the east end of the city going up. This was apparently not all that uncommon, and no one at breakfast seemed terribly disturbed by it. A brief foray by Artemis, Vicktor and Cupric into the alley across from Farry's Port turned up an enormous bear turd, found near where the dwarf was seen during the night. With no other sign of dwarf or bear, the Follies decided to let it go and set out into the Low City to seek Thissiken of Dracon Row. [b]Heading Into the City[/b] A bit of asking around established roughly where Dracon Row could be found, and the party made its way over the Arkhen and deeper into the city. As they walked through the already busy and bustling streets, they noticed that the guards dressed in a variety of colors -- and each time a new color was spotted, the Follies made casual inquiries as to what each group was called. In this manner, they established that there were nine groups of guards (plus the Silver Ravens), each associated with a particular merchant prince: [b]Black[/b] - Shalligh’s Black Capes [b]Blue[/b] - Ursmeril’s Skyclads [b]Dark Grey[/b] - Bright Slayers [b]Gold[/b] - Baric's Pikemen [b]Green[/b] - Daridon’s Ravens [b]Grey[/b] - Gurrom's Wheels [b]Pale Green[/b] - Calderro's Blades [b]Red[/b] - Alseyn's Rangers [b]White[/b] - Davisson's Legion The areas of the Low City that they passed through were marked by taller buildings -- most were two stories, often more -- of widely varying ages and styles. In the smaller streets, construction seemed to have been haphazard and frequently revisited. Buildings overlapped, and the higher floors were braced against those on the opposite side of the street; some roadways were paved or cobbled, while others were packed dirt criss-crossed with wagon ruts. Most buildings seemed to be quite old, and there were more wooden structures than stone ones. No matter what area they were in, however, people carrying caged ravens of all types were a common sight. [/QUOTE]
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