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<blockquote data-quote="hayek" data-source="post: 5417584" data-attributes="member: 53760"><p><strong>Chapter 1 - Lord Dread (s. 1)</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>1.1 A Celebration</strong></p><p> </p><p>Fargrim, The Zaza, Erik, and Invicto are in Verind’s Edge, taking in the celebration festivities for the slaying of the Arinfax Colossus, when they catch a street ruffian, a boy of no more than 10 or 12 years, attempting to pick the pocket of Fargrim. Fargrim grabs the boy and suggests some severe punishments, but in the end shows his graciousness by letting the ruffian go freely if he promises to gather up a round of drinks for the party. He gives the boy a few coppers to purchase the drinks and sends him off. Of course, the boy never returns. The party returns to taking in the festivities, including watching the severed head of the great dragon, the Arinfax Colossus, as it is paraded through the streets.</p><p> </p><p><em>Dinner with the Emperor</em></p><p> </p><p>The party then attends the grand dinner with Emperor Essran where they are regaled with the full tale from Sir Thalus of his slaying of the great Arinfax Colossus. Fargrim suspects the beast was truly a two-headed dragon and that only one of its heads was removed, leaving the beast alive and well and destined to soon romp through the civilized lands leaving death and destruction in its wake. Sir Thalus embellishes his tale quite thoroughly, describing in great detail all of his magnificent exploits as he battled with the beast, and making little mention of the troop of soldiers who journeyed with him to fight the great dragon.</p><p> </p><p>At the dinner the party also meets a hulking Goliath named Mujeh who is a bard visiting from the Guildhouse of Ellendor from lands far to the south of Kasalat. The Guildhouse of Ellendor is a great guild of bards, whose agents travel all of the known world collecting and sharing information on great leaders and significant events. They convince him to share a few ribald limericks with them, though Mujeh declines to break out his dirtiest material since they are in the presence of the Queen. Queen Larindra, Essran’s wife from a very strategic political marriage, is quite fetching if a bit older. The party senses a somewhat frosty relationship between Larindra and Essran, which they suspect springs from their marriage being one of political expedience. Also attending the dinner, the party meets Court Wizard Davos, an advisor to Emperor Essran.</p><p> </p><p>Eventually Essran introduces the party and thanks them for defending the village against Uthrin’s soldiers. He then asks the party to take on a task for him – he has received word that a group of Uthrin soldiers are in town to partake in the celebration. He expects they are more interested in causing trouble and asks the party to frequent the inns and taverns of the city tonight to keep an eye out for this group and to “take care of them” if they do get out of hand.</p><p> </p><p><em>A Night on the Town</em></p><p> </p><p>The party heads to the Goosed Liver later that night, one of the largest most popular taverns in all of Verind’s Edge. There they run into the Goliath bard Mujeh and share a drink with him. He asks them to recount their tale of what happened in their battle with Uthrin's soldiers and they are happy to oblige. He mentions travelling through the fiefdom of Uthrin and having a very unpleasant experience as he was accosted by guards asking for a “toll” – behavior more in line with that of bandits rather than royal soldiers. Mujeh shares his most offensive of limericks with the party and they all enjoy some hardy laughs along with their drinks.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://theboundarylands.fileave.com/Tavern_Upload.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> </p><p>The Zaza then approaches the bartender to ask if any Uthrin soldiers have been around tonight causing trouble. The barkeep has not heard of any out tonight, but mentions hearing of a group of Uthrin soldiers at the celebration during the day – the soldiers had a dispute with a merchant that ended in them overturning his display table and throwing a drink in his face. The barkeep assures the Zaza that she’ll have no trouble identifying the group, as they were walking around in full uniform. Just then the group in question enters the Goosed Liver led by a surly looking dwarf.</p><p> </p><p>The dwarf leads his friends, including a few well-armed human soldiers and a slender elf armed only with a wand, to the bar to get a round of drinks and they quickly become a loud, raucous crew. The party suggests that Mujeh improvise a song dedicated to their defending of the village against Uthrin’s soldiers, emphasizing the inept, and ugly, qualities of the Uthrin men.</p><p> </p><p>Mujeh takes the stage. He sings and plays a lute that looks incredibly small in the Goliath’s huge muscled arms and hands:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>There once was a village in the Boundary Lands</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Grew up strong and vibrant under Lord Essran’s hands</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>But goblins and orcs were a threat quite small</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Compared to the brutish ogres who were Sir Uthrin’s thralls</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>They showed their ugly faces with warts and knobs</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Demanding taxes to support their royal snivelling snob</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>But these hideous monsters did not expect</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A band of four heroes from brave Verind’s Edge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>They stabbed the beasts in their stinky yellow hides</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Smashed the crooked teeth, and blackened their eyes</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>The last soldier was so certain that he was facing defeat</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>He soiled himself and ran away with pants ’round his feet</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>The patrons of the Goosed Liver enjoy the performance quite thoroughly, but the crew of Uthrin’s soldiers is quieted. Eventually the dwarf pipes up that the performance was awful and Fargrim quickly challenges him. The dwarf says that Fargrim is not worthy of suckling on his mother’s teat, and only a few more words are exchanged before a fight breaks out. Despite the elf mage quickly running to the 2nd floor of the tavern and raining thunder and lightning down upon The Zaza, Fargrim, and Erik, the party makes quick work of the Uthrin soldiers with no one coming close to falling in the fight. The last blow is delivered by Invicto as he engulfs the elf mage in the Flames of Phlegethos, leaving his body as only a charred black husk.</p><p> </p><p><em>A Research Mission</em></p><p> </p><p>The next day, the party reports to their commander and gets word that Court Wizard Davos would like to see the party to ask them to take on a special mission for him. The party meets with the wizard and finds him bumbling through some arcane experiments including the use of some foul-smelling components. He pauses to sit down with the party and explains that he would like to conduct some research on the Arinfax Colossus. Though the threat has been dispatched, he is interested in collecting some information on the beast, such as its origins, the history of its prophecy, etc… He believes the enigmatic character Lord Dread, a human who supposedly lives in a great keep far out in the Torin Plains and somehow coexists with the Goblinoid tribes, might have more information on the Arinfax Colossus and would like the party to travel to meet with him. He asks the party to obtain whatever information they can from Lord Dread, and in return he will pay the party 2,000 gold pieces (though he will not reimburse the party for whatever they must hand over to Lord Dread to obtain the information). He assures the party he can look elsewhere for help with this mission, and he cannot order them to take it, but the party is interested and accepts. They commission food, supplies, and horses and undertake the journey to the roughly known whereabouts of Lord Dread’s keep, estimated to be a week’s travel on horseback.</p><p> </p><p>About three days into their journey The Zaza spots a group of kobolds tracking the party’s movements. The party decides to lay an ambush for them, and they catch the kobolds by surprise. The fight begins well, but kobold slingers eventually set Erik on fire, bringing him near to collapsing. At the same time a pair of kobold skirmishers flank Fargrim and succeed in bringing him down. Fortunately, fate is on the side of The Zaza as she dishes out blow after blow while receiving little in return. Invicto delivers inordinate amounts of punishment from afar, and Erik hangs on just long enough to roll his Flaming Sphere around the battlefield to finish off a few of the kobolds, and the party wins the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayek, post: 5417584, member: 53760"] [b]Chapter 1 - Lord Dread (s. 1)[/b] [B]1.1 A Celebration[/B] Fargrim, The Zaza, Erik, and Invicto are in Verind’s Edge, taking in the celebration festivities for the slaying of the Arinfax Colossus, when they catch a street ruffian, a boy of no more than 10 or 12 years, attempting to pick the pocket of Fargrim. Fargrim grabs the boy and suggests some severe punishments, but in the end shows his graciousness by letting the ruffian go freely if he promises to gather up a round of drinks for the party. He gives the boy a few coppers to purchase the drinks and sends him off. Of course, the boy never returns. The party returns to taking in the festivities, including watching the severed head of the great dragon, the Arinfax Colossus, as it is paraded through the streets. [I]Dinner with the Emperor[/I] The party then attends the grand dinner with Emperor Essran where they are regaled with the full tale from Sir Thalus of his slaying of the great Arinfax Colossus. Fargrim suspects the beast was truly a two-headed dragon and that only one of its heads was removed, leaving the beast alive and well and destined to soon romp through the civilized lands leaving death and destruction in its wake. Sir Thalus embellishes his tale quite thoroughly, describing in great detail all of his magnificent exploits as he battled with the beast, and making little mention of the troop of soldiers who journeyed with him to fight the great dragon. At the dinner the party also meets a hulking Goliath named Mujeh who is a bard visiting from the Guildhouse of Ellendor from lands far to the south of Kasalat. The Guildhouse of Ellendor is a great guild of bards, whose agents travel all of the known world collecting and sharing information on great leaders and significant events. They convince him to share a few ribald limericks with them, though Mujeh declines to break out his dirtiest material since they are in the presence of the Queen. Queen Larindra, Essran’s wife from a very strategic political marriage, is quite fetching if a bit older. The party senses a somewhat frosty relationship between Larindra and Essran, which they suspect springs from their marriage being one of political expedience. Also attending the dinner, the party meets Court Wizard Davos, an advisor to Emperor Essran. Eventually Essran introduces the party and thanks them for defending the village against Uthrin’s soldiers. He then asks the party to take on a task for him – he has received word that a group of Uthrin soldiers are in town to partake in the celebration. He expects they are more interested in causing trouble and asks the party to frequent the inns and taverns of the city tonight to keep an eye out for this group and to “take care of them” if they do get out of hand. [I]A Night on the Town[/I] The party heads to the Goosed Liver later that night, one of the largest most popular taverns in all of Verind’s Edge. There they run into the Goliath bard Mujeh and share a drink with him. He asks them to recount their tale of what happened in their battle with Uthrin's soldiers and they are happy to oblige. He mentions travelling through the fiefdom of Uthrin and having a very unpleasant experience as he was accosted by guards asking for a “toll” – behavior more in line with that of bandits rather than royal soldiers. Mujeh shares his most offensive of limericks with the party and they all enjoy some hardy laughs along with their drinks. [IMG]http://theboundarylands.fileave.com/Tavern_Upload.JPG[/IMG] The Zaza then approaches the bartender to ask if any Uthrin soldiers have been around tonight causing trouble. The barkeep has not heard of any out tonight, but mentions hearing of a group of Uthrin soldiers at the celebration during the day – the soldiers had a dispute with a merchant that ended in them overturning his display table and throwing a drink in his face. The barkeep assures the Zaza that she’ll have no trouble identifying the group, as they were walking around in full uniform. Just then the group in question enters the Goosed Liver led by a surly looking dwarf. The dwarf leads his friends, including a few well-armed human soldiers and a slender elf armed only with a wand, to the bar to get a round of drinks and they quickly become a loud, raucous crew. The party suggests that Mujeh improvise a song dedicated to their defending of the village against Uthrin’s soldiers, emphasizing the inept, and ugly, qualities of the Uthrin men. Mujeh takes the stage. He sings and plays a lute that looks incredibly small in the Goliath’s huge muscled arms and hands: [INDENT][I]There once was a village in the Boundary Lands[/I] [I]Grew up strong and vibrant under Lord Essran’s hands[/I] [I]But goblins and orcs were a threat quite small[/I] [I]Compared to the brutish ogres who were Sir Uthrin’s thralls[/I] [I]They showed their ugly faces with warts and knobs[/I] [I]Demanding taxes to support their royal snivelling snob[/I] [I]But these hideous monsters did not expect[/I] [I]A band of four heroes from brave Verind’s Edge[/I] [I]They stabbed the beasts in their stinky yellow hides[/I] [I]Smashed the crooked teeth, and blackened their eyes[/I] [I]The last soldier was so certain that he was facing defeat[/I] [I]He soiled himself and ran away with pants ’round his feet[/I] [/INDENT]The patrons of the Goosed Liver enjoy the performance quite thoroughly, but the crew of Uthrin’s soldiers is quieted. Eventually the dwarf pipes up that the performance was awful and Fargrim quickly challenges him. The dwarf says that Fargrim is not worthy of suckling on his mother’s teat, and only a few more words are exchanged before a fight breaks out. Despite the elf mage quickly running to the 2nd floor of the tavern and raining thunder and lightning down upon The Zaza, Fargrim, and Erik, the party makes quick work of the Uthrin soldiers with no one coming close to falling in the fight. The last blow is delivered by Invicto as he engulfs the elf mage in the Flames of Phlegethos, leaving his body as only a charred black husk. [I]A Research Mission[/I] The next day, the party reports to their commander and gets word that Court Wizard Davos would like to see the party to ask them to take on a special mission for him. The party meets with the wizard and finds him bumbling through some arcane experiments including the use of some foul-smelling components. He pauses to sit down with the party and explains that he would like to conduct some research on the Arinfax Colossus. Though the threat has been dispatched, he is interested in collecting some information on the beast, such as its origins, the history of its prophecy, etc… He believes the enigmatic character Lord Dread, a human who supposedly lives in a great keep far out in the Torin Plains and somehow coexists with the Goblinoid tribes, might have more information on the Arinfax Colossus and would like the party to travel to meet with him. He asks the party to obtain whatever information they can from Lord Dread, and in return he will pay the party 2,000 gold pieces (though he will not reimburse the party for whatever they must hand over to Lord Dread to obtain the information). He assures the party he can look elsewhere for help with this mission, and he cannot order them to take it, but the party is interested and accepts. They commission food, supplies, and horses and undertake the journey to the roughly known whereabouts of Lord Dread’s keep, estimated to be a week’s travel on horseback. About three days into their journey The Zaza spots a group of kobolds tracking the party’s movements. The party decides to lay an ambush for them, and they catch the kobolds by surprise. The fight begins well, but kobold slingers eventually set Erik on fire, bringing him near to collapsing. At the same time a pair of kobold skirmishers flank Fargrim and succeed in bringing him down. Fortunately, fate is on the side of The Zaza as she dishes out blow after blow while receiving little in return. Invicto delivers inordinate amounts of punishment from afar, and Erik hangs on just long enough to roll his Flaming Sphere around the battlefield to finish off a few of the kobolds, and the party wins the day. [/QUOTE]
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