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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy E Grenemyer" data-source="post: 9361485" data-attributes="member: 12388">21 Marpenoth - LeaffallFirst day of the third tenday1500 DR - Year of the Sea's Secrets RevealedLizardfolk capture mercenaries. Eagle Peak swollen with Dragons. Mercenaries and mages ready for war.BATTLERISE - An unusual exchange took place north of the village today. Members of the Haarthuu tribe of lizardfolk traded a pair of fugitive mercenaries for two large woven baskets full of vipers and other poisonous snakes (which are considered delicacies by lizard folk). It’s not unknown for the Haarthuu of the Vast Swamp to trade with the villagers of Battlerise, but this is the first time anyone can remember the tribe aiding in the capture of fugitives wanted by the Crown.  EAGLE PEAK - The local garrison has swelled to 1,200 Purple Dragons from the usual 600. The Crown is paying above average rates to house its soldiers in every available rooming house. Officers are staying inside the homes of locals. An air of expectant worry has settled over the town in spite of the increase in trade and coins flowing into the coffers of locals. The Marsh Drovers of the Farsea Marshes have taken advantage of Eagle Peak’s population increase by making additional stops to sell wares and barter. Locals and Dragons alike have noted the Drovers are making deals for the purchase of weapons and armor, and not merely the typical goods they usually purchase. Purple Dragon patrols depart from and return to the town thrice daily, ever on the hunt for sign of hobgoblins.IRIAEBOR - The leaders of several mercenary companies gathered in Iriaebor in anticipation of a hobgoblin attack were surprised to learn the hobgoblins have turned back north. Scouts on the Dusk Road and the Uldoon Trail have found remnants of battles between hobgoblins and orcs. In each case the hobgoblin phalanxes were decimated, though the orcs paid a heavy toll in lives lost too. Whispered rumors of the presence of Cormyr’s Wizards of War inside Iriaebor’s walls remain unproven speculation, though the presence of hiremages, priests of Tempus, Torm, and Tyr, and a handful of battle-oriented warlocks is plain to all.  Iriaebor’s leaders have begun making plans to house refugees from Asbravn, Hluthvar and Corm Orp over the coming winter.</blockquote>

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