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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 5393156" data-attributes="member: 4036">Uthal vs DestinyTribe headed to the council hall and found Barnabas there to tell about Legion auction.  Tribe not only witness auction and bidders, but came back with the armor too.  Barnabas gave us each pick of various magical things town recovered from other fallen prospectors like tribe.  Him help Uthal find really nice suit of raider armor made of good thick hides.  Metal man found good set of thick iron armbands just like Uthal’s while knife ear got some little shiny glass ball or something.  Fancy pants and metal man then headed off to talk to some friend of theirs while Uthal head to Sune temple and tell them we know where to find people they look for but not able to free them yet.  Will still try though.When fancy pants and metal man came back knife ear met us and told us that she had talked to mage guild people about black wizards and told them about them being Cyricists and being dead now.  Har har!  Fancy pants started talking about the pirates we had learned were supplying the Fire Knives and how he wanted to give them bloody lip.  Said good money in it for us, and that him have people looking into other allies of Fire Knives.  We take enough them down, they have to send their own men out to run things and that make hitting their manse easier.  Sound good Uthal.Knife ear then went back to mage guild to copy and study some book, fancy pants go with.  Him promise make me special gift, Uthal give some shinies for him buy supplies or something.  So metal man and Uthal go to martial hall and work with dwarf there again.  We train and trade stories but Uthal not good words and probably mess up story. It very odd, when Blood Skull orcs charge out of Thar and scatter Uthal people to winds, sack and burn Glister, then nearly take Hulburg Uthal life completely change.  Uthal work here and there helping Galladon and others hunt orc and goblin and chase back into wastes of Thar, but Uthal never think he be where him be now.  Meet up with little people sent to just smash some not-goblins, instead crush them AND them great dragon leader.  Sent to spy on orange goblin auction, instead get right up to it, see whole thing, AND jump Cyricists, Banites, and Fire Knives AND steal the magic armor.  More and more when Uthal go to rage of berserkers, him feel strength of him ancestors and power of spirits with him.  It humbling and exciting same time.  Uthal always like hear stories of skywatchers tell tales of great heroes of stoneblessed, never think Uthal live stories like that and be hero himself.  After metal man and dwarf tell them stories, Uthal tell favorite story of him people, story of Hoorum Cloudstrider.Hoorum was brave stoneblessed warrior among tribes to west in snow peaks of the Spine of World.  Skywatchers tell of his tribe hunting and living off migrating herds of snow elk and caribou until a number of them hunters come home hurt but alive after encountering big dragon with bright silver scales.Hoorum go alone and face this wyrm that call herself Ixra and he learn that she had been forced from her icy home in the mountains by Jotun spawn of Annam.  Hoorum hear great challenge in this and want see what kind foe could war upon such big dragon and win.  He swore him tribe would throw down  Frost Jarl and him giants so Hoorum returned to him tribe to plan how.Hoorum taught him tribe fight with long lances that countered reach of giants and led them in swift raids in mountains leaping away to safety before them sons of Annam could reinforce.  Them attacks greatly anger Frost Jarl and him eventually manage ambush Hoorum’s tribe, hurling stones and chunks of ice down on them from high ridges.But as Frost Jarl look for leader of Hoorum tribe him not find, until Hoorum come streaking out sky behind giants on Ixra and earned him given name.  With their combined fury they led surviving tribe to victory over frost giants and won eternal home in stories of people’s skywatchers.Among Uthal people great steel tipped lances are often called Hoorum’s Teeth and usually have niche for shard or crystal be set inside in imitation and honor of Heart of Ixra that was set within Hoorum’s bright lance.After listen Uthal tell story, dwarf say that while Uthal hammer originally used by dwarfs to smash knees of giants, him can also teach Uthal how use long lance like Hoorum tribe.  Him teach Uthal always be aware and how use reach and sweep of spear to hit and trip and stab and pierce and lots of stuff.  Fight with big long pole much harder than just swing big heavy hammer.  But Uthal like challenge and find me good with lance after get hang of it.  Spend lots of time working with dwarf and metal man while fancy pants and knife ear and I guess silly dress all keep noses in books at mage guild.Guess one day metal man must am tell others what Uthal training at because one day fancy pants give me strong heavy lance with fierce beast etched in steel head.  Uthal train with great gift that day and make good progress.Before tribe ready to set out again go check with Tormites and see how priest we rescue doing.  Crazy smurf had brought him back Phlan and him been recovering long time, but him going to take long time get over see all him brothers die to dead things in graveyard, then him time when captured.  Uthal know what it like to be on losing side of big battle and lose many friends like that.  Not easy get over.  While we there Tormites mention them see signs of break ins into burial mounds outside town.  They not like this, they usually try stop things like this because either big bad stuff recovered from mounds and used for bad, or worse, something big bad woken up buried deep and make even worse bad.  Tormites offer tribe healy drinks and to replace if we use if tribe stop whoever raiding barrows.  Barnabas also send word for tribe meet him.  He make offer give tribe keep, title, and garrison to hold if tribe take fort that guard east road out Phlan through lizard man swamps.  Not seem like good deal Uthal, everyone know best homes high in mountains, even little humans build keeps and forts on highest little hills they find.  Why take fort down in swamp of Thar?  Even if take from lizard men, just have to live in or near nasty muck and swamp and watch for next tribe of lizards or orcs or ogres that come around.  But Barnabas want fort to guard trade route out of Phlan and metal man want to be Lord metal man.  Little men don’t understand all trappings of nobles and leaders and land just shackles of more work.  Don’t understand joy of tracking herds and living free.But between tracking down pirate allies of Fire Knives, or mounting expedition into swamps to see what got lizards all stirred up and take fort that guard east road, or just going outside town to burial mounds and stopping some thieves tribe pick more time underground in cramped places.  Uthal not want keep fort in swamp, but looking forward being able stand up straight outside for time, guess not.  Lazy tribe not want walk any distance.Metal man ask around bars see if anyone coming around covered in tomb dust trying fence spoils of raided barrows, meanwhile fancy pants ask around mage guild and council.  No one in tamed part of town knows anything.  Knife ear goes back ask Tormites who noticed break ins and they say they seen signs it happen twice but not see any more since post guards.  Them forces to depleted since failed graveyard purge so can’t go into barrows to investigate themselves, they hope tribe going soon.  So tribe heading in tomorrow morning and see if we can’t figure out what going on.***</blockquote>

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