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<blockquote data-quote="dante" data-source="post: 196819" data-attributes="member: 1117"><p><strong>game 13</strong></p><p></p><p>The Zhentarim warriors cut the group loose from the tree, even carefully removing the spikes from the monks hands. Looking across the shadovar camp, well over a hundred Zhentarim are here, and the bodies over some two to three dozen shadovar are seen. However, the shadovar wizards escaped with a few warriors. Shortly after being released, the Zhentarim force the group to accompany them on a long journey north, towards Zhentil Keep. The group, unsure what to do, decide to go along without resistance. </p><p></p><p>The journey back to Zhentil Keep takes just over one and a half weeks, arriving at the gates of Zhentil Keep on Mirtul 29. The group is brought over the river to the northern side, where reconstruction of the city walls is in full progress, and the Black Temple of Bane has been rebuilt for the most part. There the group is brought into the dungeons and chained to the walls. All this time they have been treated quite fairly. More than 24 hours later, without food or drink, a Priest of Bane arrives, accompanied by two servants carrying a brazier fire and some iron pokers. The priest of Bane interrogates the group about the shadovar, what they wanted to know and what the group has told them. The group tells him everything they know, the priest is pleasantly surprised by the ease of interrogation and doesn't even need to resort to torture. So he leaves them again for another day or so. </p><p></p><p>Then, a group of about 15 orcs bursts into the dungeons and strip them until they only have a loincloth left. Then they are unchained from the wall and dragged out of the dungeons. Accompanied by a group of orcs, they are marched north out of the city. They are marched north for several nights, the orcs rest by day until they arrive at the entrance of a small mine at the southern edge of the Dragonspine mountains. There they are dragged inside to a large underground cave. There they see some 3 dozen prisoners, guarded by about a dozen orc warriors who're led by two wizards, a human warrior and Varon, a priest of Bane. Each member of the group is chained by the neck to another member, order to sit down and given a small bowl with thick porridge. Apparently, the work-shift has just ended and the slaves can go to sleep. </p><p></p><p>The group quickly decides they want to free themselves as soon as possible. After most of the guards and the human overseers have gone to bed, they make their move. Quickly, they overpower the three orcish guards, suffering only minor injuries. They take the weapons and armour of the dead guards and sneak towards the quarters of the humans, intent on killing them too and taking their equipment (the gold elf wizards are particularly keen on the spellbooks of the Zhentarim wizards). The group finds the four overseers, they were praying in the temple of Bane and were not surprised. The battle was short but furious and the party was thoroughly thrashed by their Zhentarim opponents, who quite surprisingly did not kill them. They are tied down however and hauled by the alerted orcish guards into a large tunnel, where they are chained to a wall. The priest of Bane, Varon, explains to them he has specific orders to keep them alive for now. However, they must be punished, so he has a few prisoners dragged from the sleeping area and has them tortured to death in an agonisingly slow way. As a final punishment, he has an orc whip them until they are unconscious. </p><p></p><p>A few days later, they slowly awaken in terrible pains from the open wounds on their backs. As their health slowly returns, the other slaves warn them never to try anything again or suffer the consequences. The group decides to wait a while and see if there are any other options. For about two weeks they work in the mines every day. Its an iron ore mine and they hew large chunks of stone with iron ore and haul them out of the mine. Then, just after they went to sleep, the party-members hear somebody sneaking towards the group. Suddenly they hear the sound of arrows flying through the air, followed by a soft gurgling as the orcish guards are cut down before they even knew enemies were nearby. A group of about 20 persons, humans and half-elves start to remove the chains of all the prisoners, signalling them to be silent. A few of the prisoners start praying, terrified by what they know will happen to them if their escape attempt would fail. </p><p></p><p>The liberators methodically exterminate all Zhents within the mine they can find, only the priest, Varon, isn't found. Quickly, everybody is moved out of the mine and the liberators start to move the freed slaves into the mountains. The leader of them is a woman, Fianne Ulkheri and she explains that she and her friends are former slaves as well, they have a small encampment a few days travel from here and everybody is invited to join them. </p><p></p><p>After a few days, the group arrives at the campsite, where another 50-60 former slaves live. Altogether, there are well over a hundred persons in the camp. The group is very careful and meticulously plans every mission. For nearly three months, the group stays here and trains. The wizards use this time to learn the spells from the spellbooks they've captured from the Zhent wizards in the mine.</p><p></p><p>Then, after three months have passed, Fianne announces they are ready for the next mission. A large abandoned dwarf mine, some four days travel from here, contains a large number of slaves. The plan is to wipe out all Zhent fighting power, free the slaves and get the hell out of there. A day is used to plan for the mission, and about 50-60 men will participate in the attack. Fianne has extensive information on the place, she explains that they planted a person inside as a slave, and he is feeding them all the information needed for a successful attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dante, post: 196819, member: 1117"] [b]game 13[/b] The Zhentarim warriors cut the group loose from the tree, even carefully removing the spikes from the monks hands. Looking across the shadovar camp, well over a hundred Zhentarim are here, and the bodies over some two to three dozen shadovar are seen. However, the shadovar wizards escaped with a few warriors. Shortly after being released, the Zhentarim force the group to accompany them on a long journey north, towards Zhentil Keep. The group, unsure what to do, decide to go along without resistance. The journey back to Zhentil Keep takes just over one and a half weeks, arriving at the gates of Zhentil Keep on Mirtul 29. The group is brought over the river to the northern side, where reconstruction of the city walls is in full progress, and the Black Temple of Bane has been rebuilt for the most part. There the group is brought into the dungeons and chained to the walls. All this time they have been treated quite fairly. More than 24 hours later, without food or drink, a Priest of Bane arrives, accompanied by two servants carrying a brazier fire and some iron pokers. The priest of Bane interrogates the group about the shadovar, what they wanted to know and what the group has told them. The group tells him everything they know, the priest is pleasantly surprised by the ease of interrogation and doesn't even need to resort to torture. So he leaves them again for another day or so. Then, a group of about 15 orcs bursts into the dungeons and strip them until they only have a loincloth left. Then they are unchained from the wall and dragged out of the dungeons. Accompanied by a group of orcs, they are marched north out of the city. They are marched north for several nights, the orcs rest by day until they arrive at the entrance of a small mine at the southern edge of the Dragonspine mountains. There they are dragged inside to a large underground cave. There they see some 3 dozen prisoners, guarded by about a dozen orc warriors who're led by two wizards, a human warrior and Varon, a priest of Bane. Each member of the group is chained by the neck to another member, order to sit down and given a small bowl with thick porridge. Apparently, the work-shift has just ended and the slaves can go to sleep. The group quickly decides they want to free themselves as soon as possible. After most of the guards and the human overseers have gone to bed, they make their move. Quickly, they overpower the three orcish guards, suffering only minor injuries. They take the weapons and armour of the dead guards and sneak towards the quarters of the humans, intent on killing them too and taking their equipment (the gold elf wizards are particularly keen on the spellbooks of the Zhentarim wizards). The group finds the four overseers, they were praying in the temple of Bane and were not surprised. The battle was short but furious and the party was thoroughly thrashed by their Zhentarim opponents, who quite surprisingly did not kill them. They are tied down however and hauled by the alerted orcish guards into a large tunnel, where they are chained to a wall. The priest of Bane, Varon, explains to them he has specific orders to keep them alive for now. However, they must be punished, so he has a few prisoners dragged from the sleeping area and has them tortured to death in an agonisingly slow way. As a final punishment, he has an orc whip them until they are unconscious. A few days later, they slowly awaken in terrible pains from the open wounds on their backs. As their health slowly returns, the other slaves warn them never to try anything again or suffer the consequences. The group decides to wait a while and see if there are any other options. For about two weeks they work in the mines every day. Its an iron ore mine and they hew large chunks of stone with iron ore and haul them out of the mine. Then, just after they went to sleep, the party-members hear somebody sneaking towards the group. Suddenly they hear the sound of arrows flying through the air, followed by a soft gurgling as the orcish guards are cut down before they even knew enemies were nearby. A group of about 20 persons, humans and half-elves start to remove the chains of all the prisoners, signalling them to be silent. A few of the prisoners start praying, terrified by what they know will happen to them if their escape attempt would fail. The liberators methodically exterminate all Zhents within the mine they can find, only the priest, Varon, isn't found. Quickly, everybody is moved out of the mine and the liberators start to move the freed slaves into the mountains. The leader of them is a woman, Fianne Ulkheri and she explains that she and her friends are former slaves as well, they have a small encampment a few days travel from here and everybody is invited to join them. After a few days, the group arrives at the campsite, where another 50-60 former slaves live. Altogether, there are well over a hundred persons in the camp. The group is very careful and meticulously plans every mission. For nearly three months, the group stays here and trains. The wizards use this time to learn the spells from the spellbooks they've captured from the Zhent wizards in the mine. Then, after three months have passed, Fianne announces they are ready for the next mission. A large abandoned dwarf mine, some four days travel from here, contains a large number of slaves. The plan is to wipe out all Zhent fighting power, free the slaves and get the hell out of there. A day is used to plan for the mission, and about 50-60 men will participate in the attack. Fianne has extensive information on the place, she explains that they planted a person inside as a slave, and he is feeding them all the information needed for a successful attack. [/QUOTE]
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