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<blockquote data-quote="Yttermayn" data-source="post: 4669462" data-attributes="member: 31390"><p>The hamlet of Hadler's Gap is a small frontier hamlet in the northern latitudes of the world. The only things that really set it apart from other hamlets dotting the region is the "tame" troll that lives in the community, and the fact that the tanner's son was recruited as an apprentice to the royal court magician some years ago.</p><p><strong>Grok</strong> and <strong>Roderic's</strong> superior in thier particular church of Pelor had received a missive from the temple in Hadler's Gap, explaining that some of the normally peacefull creatures in the nearby hills (including an ogre and a cave with some kobolds) were suddenly getting extremely aggressive. Local wildlife was even being affected. A hunter brought down a deer with his bow, but when he approaced the creature, he saw that instead of antlers, it had tentacles which also were coming out of it's eyes. The creature was presumably dead when it suddenly lunged up and bit the hunter on the leg, leaving a pus oozing wound. The hunter beat the thing back down with a club until it stopped moving and tried to drag the corpse back to town to show to the constable, but it rapidly rotted away and left a black slimey trail until it had totally necrotized. The head preist sent Grok and Roderic on thier way to the village to investigate. A week later, they arrived.</p><p><strong>John Tannerson</strong> heard the news through the grapevine that the normally peacefull ogre Logbrag killed Parkad the Furrier, a longtime family friend and buisness associate of the the Tannerson family. When John went to his master, the old wizard said "Though I still have some more I can teach you, much of your further developement as a wizard can only be realized though personal experience. I hearby end your apprenticeship and give you leave. My last order to you is to return home and... take care of your family. I will send word if I have further need of you. Understand though, that should that happen it will be as comrads and not as a master to an apprentice." The old mage smiled, barely able to suppress a twitching of the eye that betrayed heightened emotion. "Now go, fly you fool!" he said with a wave of his hand. A week later, he found himself in Hadler's Gap.</p><p><strong>Thrindar</strong> and <strong>Tuk</strong> individually caught wind of rumors of strange happenings, murders, and roberies in the area around Hadler's Gap. Both realized that such events often lead to demand for certain sets of skills which they happened to possess, as well as potentialy lucrative rewards. It didn't take them long to find themselves in Hadler's Gap.</p><p>OOC: waiting on replies from <strong>Voadam</strong> and <strong>Scott</strong> concerning special roles before going much further with them. <strong>Amaury</strong> is on vacation and I have PM'd him. Hopefully I will be integrating <strong>Rosalia</strong> at that time.</p><p>All of you have heard several bits of information on the lips of the locals. It seems there indeed are many things going on in this hamlet lately. For years there was an ogre and some kobolds living in a cave in the surrounding hills. All this time they had been peacfull, not really bothering anyone. The local lumberjacks, furriers, hunters, mushroom pickers, and other outdoor tradesmen had all seen Logbrag the ogre and small groups of kobolds. Most of the time the humans and the monsters would notice each other and give each other a wide bearth. Lately, however, Logbrag attacked and killed a furrier, witnesses says he seemed insane and ran off after the attack gibbering nonsense all the way. Bodies of merchants and other travelers have been found near the roads, some badly beaten like the furrier, others poked full of holes and robbed. The locals are now very afraid and only the bravest still go out into the wilderness. Even then they don't go far and the hamlet is starting to suffer.</p><p><strong>Roderic</strong> and <strong>Grok</strong> both felt more and more uneasy as they got closer to Hadler's Gap on the last two days of thier journey. Now that they are here, looking up into the surrounding hills gives them both feelings of unease.</p><p><strong>Scrag</strong> has heard of and noticed several new arrivals to town, all of them very different from the local people he has become familiar with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yttermayn, post: 4669462, member: 31390"] The hamlet of Hadler's Gap is a small frontier hamlet in the northern latitudes of the world. The only things that really set it apart from other hamlets dotting the region is the "tame" troll that lives in the community, and the fact that the tanner's son was recruited as an apprentice to the royal court magician some years ago. [B]Grok[/B] and [B]Roderic's[/B] superior in thier particular church of Pelor had received a missive from the temple in Hadler's Gap, explaining that some of the normally peacefull creatures in the nearby hills (including an ogre and a cave with some kobolds) were suddenly getting extremely aggressive. Local wildlife was even being affected. A hunter brought down a deer with his bow, but when he approaced the creature, he saw that instead of antlers, it had tentacles which also were coming out of it's eyes. The creature was presumably dead when it suddenly lunged up and bit the hunter on the leg, leaving a pus oozing wound. The hunter beat the thing back down with a club until it stopped moving and tried to drag the corpse back to town to show to the constable, but it rapidly rotted away and left a black slimey trail until it had totally necrotized. The head preist sent Grok and Roderic on thier way to the village to investigate. A week later, they arrived. [B]John Tannerson[/B] heard the news through the grapevine that the normally peacefull ogre Logbrag killed Parkad the Furrier, a longtime family friend and buisness associate of the the Tannerson family. When John went to his master, the old wizard said "Though I still have some more I can teach you, much of your further developement as a wizard can only be realized though personal experience. I hearby end your apprenticeship and give you leave. My last order to you is to return home and... take care of your family. I will send word if I have further need of you. Understand though, that should that happen it will be as comrads and not as a master to an apprentice." The old mage smiled, barely able to suppress a twitching of the eye that betrayed heightened emotion. "Now go, fly you fool!" he said with a wave of his hand. A week later, he found himself in Hadler's Gap. [B]Thrindar[/B] and [B]Tuk[/B] individually caught wind of rumors of strange happenings, murders, and roberies in the area around Hadler's Gap. Both realized that such events often lead to demand for certain sets of skills which they happened to possess, as well as potentialy lucrative rewards. It didn't take them long to find themselves in Hadler's Gap. OOC: waiting on replies from [B]Voadam[/B] and [B]Scott[/B] concerning special roles before going much further with them. [B]Amaury[/B] is on vacation and I have PM'd him. Hopefully I will be integrating [B]Rosalia[/B] at that time. All of you have heard several bits of information on the lips of the locals. It seems there indeed are many things going on in this hamlet lately. For years there was an ogre and some kobolds living in a cave in the surrounding hills. All this time they had been peacfull, not really bothering anyone. The local lumberjacks, furriers, hunters, mushroom pickers, and other outdoor tradesmen had all seen Logbrag the ogre and small groups of kobolds. Most of the time the humans and the monsters would notice each other and give each other a wide bearth. Lately, however, Logbrag attacked and killed a furrier, witnesses says he seemed insane and ran off after the attack gibbering nonsense all the way. Bodies of merchants and other travelers have been found near the roads, some badly beaten like the furrier, others poked full of holes and robbed. The locals are now very afraid and only the bravest still go out into the wilderness. Even then they don't go far and the hamlet is starting to suffer. [B]Roderic[/B] and [B]Grok[/B] both felt more and more uneasy as they got closer to Hadler's Gap on the last two days of thier journey. Now that they are here, looking up into the surrounding hills gives them both feelings of unease. [B]Scrag[/B] has heard of and noticed several new arrivals to town, all of them very different from the local people he has become familiar with. [/QUOTE]
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