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<blockquote data-quote="Redbadge" data-source="post: 5999875" data-attributes="member: 61463"><p><strong>The First Tale</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Moonday, 23 Desnus, 4712 AR (19:28:11)</em></p><p><em>Lower Hold, The Wormwood</em>, <em>Unknown Waters, Off the Coast of Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golarion</em></p><p> </p><p> The next storyteller is ready. All eyes turn towards Dungrin, the whispering dwarf. He walks to the center of the group, leaning on his weathered driftwood staff, carved with glowing runic wards. His gaze sweeps over the crowd. To add an extra touch to the atmosphere, he raises his hand and four glowing blue balls of light suddenly appear. He throws up his palm, and the wisps of light zoom to each corner of the hold, casting the room in a soft blue glow.</p><p> </p><p> [sblock=Dungrin, the Whispering Dwarf]<em><img src="http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/55333/Dwarf_Wizard2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></em>[/sblock]</p><p> </p><p> Suddenly, he speaks, his voice displaying an impressive range during his story, building from soft whispers all the way to booming, dramatic intonations.</p><p> </p><p> <em><span style="color: Teal"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">“Let me tell you a secret. Listen carefully, and you’ll learn the tale of the Buzzard’s Bounty. The Blue Buzzard was the magnificent ship of Captain Johan Rorenet, and a wily captain he was. You see, though Captain Rorenet wasn’t into all the killing and pillaging typical of most pirates, he still loved himself a pile o’ plunder. The clever Rorenet caught a many o’ merchant ships in his day, and by jove if those merchants weren’t as pleased as pickles to see a pirate with a heart o’ gold.”</span></span></em></strong></span> </em>Dungrin puts his palm up to his face and makes like he is whispering past the back of his hand to the crowd in the corner<em>, <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Teal">“Some say Rorenet actually had a wizard replace his natural beatin’ heart with one made o’ gold.”</span></span></strong></em></span></em></p><p> </p><p> He continues to the audience at large,<em> <strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Teal">“Anyways, Rorenet caught many rich merchant vessels, and most were happy enough to turn over their goods without a fight, relieved to be accommodating the Captain’s good nature. Rorenet was quick to turn this plunder into gold and jewels, and afore long, the Blue Buzzard was stocked from stem to stern, hold to hatch, with treasure.</span></span></span></em></strong></em></p><p> </p><p> <strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Teal"><em>“Now, Rorenet wasn’t in to any o’ this buried treasure business. He thought that his riches were safest right on the Buzzard itself, where he could keep an eye on it, and count it if needs be. Easier to protect your loot if you can stand on top of it while fightin’ off those who come to steal it. O’ course, carrying around two tons o’ gold is a hard secret to keep from others, especially those who shared the Captain’s greed, but none o’ his mercy.</em></span></span></span></em></strong></p><p> </p><p> <em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Teal"><em>“A privateer fleet from Rahadoum, those godless men, they descended upon Johan Rorenet and his Blue Buzzard during the dead of one moonless night. Bein’ as paranoid as he was, however, Rorenet was not taken completely unawares. Seeing that he would lose his ship and wealth to the raiders, Rorenet was determined that if he couldn’t have it, then no else would, either. Though none know how he done it, the Captain sank the Blue Buzzard, even as the other pirates were boarding his ship and slaughtering his crew.</em></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Teal">“That wily Captain Rorenet… not even death and the privateers of Rahadoum could keep him from hiding his plunder from thieves. Though Rorenet sank the Blue Buzzard near Tempest Cay, divers never found the Buzzard’s booty. Still, legends tell that the giant clams of the Cay sometimes open to reveal more than just pearls.”</span></span></strong></em></span> Dungrin smiles and winks as he wraps up his tale, clasping his hands into the shape of a clam, and slowly opening them up to reveal a large gold and ruby ring turned around on his finger to sit in his palm. The flickering blue lights shine over his hands like rippling water, and for a moment, you can almost picture a large underwater clam opening to reveal the bounty of the <em>Buzzard</em>.</p><p> </p><p> [sblock=The Buzzard’s Bounty]<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/scalbums/1345839189_the%20buzzard%27s%20bounty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redbadge, post: 5999875, member: 61463"] [b]The First Tale[/b] [I]Moonday, 23 Desnus, 4712 AR (19:28:11)[/I] [I]Lower Hold, The Wormwood[/I], [I]Unknown Waters, Off the Coast of Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golarion[/I] The next storyteller is ready. All eyes turn towards Dungrin, the whispering dwarf. He walks to the center of the group, leaning on his weathered driftwood staff, carved with glowing runic wards. His gaze sweeps over the crowd. To add an extra touch to the atmosphere, he raises his hand and four glowing blue balls of light suddenly appear. He throws up his palm, and the wisps of light zoom to each corner of the hold, casting the room in a soft blue glow. [sblock=Dungrin, the Whispering Dwarf][I][IMG]http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/55333/Dwarf_Wizard2.jpg[/IMG][/I][/sblock] Suddenly, he speaks, his voice displaying an impressive range during his story, building from soft whispers all the way to booming, dramatic intonations. [I][COLOR=Teal][B][I][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]“Let me tell you a secret. Listen carefully, and you’ll learn the tale of the Buzzard’s Bounty. The Blue Buzzard was the magnificent ship of Captain Johan Rorenet, and a wily captain he was. You see, though Captain Rorenet wasn’t into all the killing and pillaging typical of most pirates, he still loved himself a pile o’ plunder. The clever Rorenet caught a many o’ merchant ships in his day, and by jove if those merchants weren’t as pleased as pickles to see a pirate with a heart o’ gold.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B][/COLOR] [/I]Dungrin puts his palm up to his face and makes like he is whispering past the back of his hand to the crowd in the corner[I], [FONT=Book Antiqua][I][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=Teal]“Some say Rorenet actually had a wizard replace his natural beatin’ heart with one made o’ gold.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/I][/FONT][/I] He continues to the audience at large,[I] [B][I][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Teal]“Anyways, Rorenet caught many rich merchant vessels, and most were happy enough to turn over their goods without a fight, relieved to be accommodating the Captain’s good nature. Rorenet was quick to turn this plunder into gold and jewels, and afore long, the Blue Buzzard was stocked from stem to stern, hold to hatch, with treasure.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B][/I] [B][I][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Teal][I]“Now, Rorenet wasn’t in to any o’ this buried treasure business. He thought that his riches were safest right on the Buzzard itself, where he could keep an eye on it, and count it if needs be. Easier to protect your loot if you can stand on top of it while fightin’ off those who come to steal it. O’ course, carrying around two tons o’ gold is a hard secret to keep from others, especially those who shared the Captain’s greed, but none o’ his mercy.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B] [I][B][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Teal][I]“A privateer fleet from Rahadoum, those godless men, they descended upon Johan Rorenet and his Blue Buzzard during the dead of one moonless night. Bein’ as paranoid as he was, however, Rorenet was not taken completely unawares. Seeing that he would lose his ship and wealth to the raiders, Rorenet was determined that if he couldn’t have it, then no else would, either. Though none know how he done it, the Captain sank the Blue Buzzard, even as the other pirates were boarding his ship and slaughtering his crew.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/I] [FONT=Book Antiqua][I][B][SIZE=3][COLOR=Teal]“That wily Captain Rorenet… not even death and the privateers of Rahadoum could keep him from hiding his plunder from thieves. Though Rorenet sank the Blue Buzzard near Tempest Cay, divers never found the Buzzard’s booty. Still, legends tell that the giant clams of the Cay sometimes open to reveal more than just pearls.”[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/I][/FONT] Dungrin smiles and winks as he wraps up his tale, clasping his hands into the shape of a clam, and slowly opening them up to reveal a large gold and ruby ring turned around on his finger to sit in his palm. The flickering blue lights shine over his hands like rippling water, and for a moment, you can almost picture a large underwater clam opening to reveal the bounty of the [I]Buzzard[/I]. [sblock=The Buzzard’s Bounty][IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/scalbums/1345839189_the%20buzzard%27s%20bounty.jpg[/IMG][/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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