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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 9356210" data-attributes="member: 12388">Marpenoth - LeaffallSecond day of the second tenday1500 DR - Year of the Sea's Secrets RevealedMissing merchant sells rare tome. Bullyblades batter Battlerise.ARABEL - Agents of several interested parties are searching across Arabel for a one-legged merchant selling copies of A Manyrealms Gallimaufry. The original work, penned by the Tethyrian cartographer Trammeth Anstrelgor nearly 400 years prior, remains one of the most sought after tomes across Faerûn, thanks to its still-accurate maps of routes through the numerous mountain ranges, and its detailed renderings of coastal dangers and waterways on the Sea of Fallen Stars. Tavern talk inside the Dancing Dragon tavern says this version of the Gallimaufry includes several additional pages featuring detailed renderings of Underdark entrances and exits, and the general location of dangers one may encounter. “There’s a couple ways down below the Storm Horns that’ll take you straight to the middle of the Stonelands. The Dessertsmouth Mountains has its share of passages too, or so I’m told.” This, according to Borold “the Boar” Thulmaster, a mercenary for hire who spends his idle days in the Dancing Dragon. Borold provides bodyguard services, though his fees are stiff.BATTLERISE - Forces from Azoun’s Hold have occupied Battlerise after an unusually bloody skirmish between merchants and locals. According to Iirahlestra(1) Margar, a pair of merchant’s wagons stopped off the Way of the Manticore, ostensibly to water their pack beasts and purchase feed from the Margar family lot and stables. No sooner had the stablejacks begun assisting the merchants than dagger-wielding bullyblades leapt from the wagons to stab and slay. A dozen bullyblades made their way into the village, attacking anyone who dared stand against them. A defensive line was formed and the villagers beat back the invaders, at the cost of one dead and six wounded. Two brigands escaped, their path taking them north in the direction of the Vast Swamp. One of the stablejacks survived her wounds and gave a description of a bearded merchant who exited the first wagon after the bullyblades were gone, his form shifting into that of a woman in black robes. “I heard her say, ‘Thavverdasz protect me.’ She raised her arms and her whole body wavered like a reflection in a pond. Then she was gone.” 1. EYE-ra-LES-stra</blockquote>

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