A Merc's Life: Howl of the Carrion King [01]

[Maidhc O Casain]

Kecil

Kecil grins widely at the group before speaking.

"Well, come along then my friends. Let's get this teeny little corpse back to the Lady Almah before it rots so Radoon can fulfill his mission."

 

[Scott DeWar]

Harnrey follows Kecil back to camp.

 

[Leif]

Houwlou Groulenas

"Yes, by all means, let's hurry back to Lady Almah with all speed!"

Houwlou does not 'follow' anyone back, but moves back to the camp alongside Kecil with all of the woodland savvy that he can muster.

[sblock=Stat Block]
Houwlou Groulenas - Male Olcán Ranger 1
Initiative: +1, Perception: +8(?)(+2 more smell/sound,+2 more vs. undead), Low Light Vision 60'
AC: 17 (4Chain Shirt + 2Lg. Shield + 1Dex);FF16;T11
Fort:+2 | Ref:+3 | Will:+4
HP: 21/21
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[Scott DeWar]

Harnrey patiently presents the perfectly perferated pugnatious pugwampi with the petrified look at that the time of its passing.

OOC: how did i do with that Lief?

 

[Leif]

Harnrey patiently presents the perfectly perferated pugnatious pugwampi with the petrified look at that the time of its passing.

OOC: how did i do with that Lief?

OOC: hmmmm....perhaps passably, Padawan.

 

[Scotley]

Keeland

Joining the others on the return trip, Keeland is troubled. This strange little creature seems to bring ill luck to those around it. Could the mission be doomed to fail because of a nearby nest. He keeps his own council as he considers the future.

 

[renau1g]

Aodhan will join the others after doing his best to patch up the injured human and will offer his support for the journey back to camp. A nice benefit of that is he won't have to carry the corpse back, what with its bad mojo and all.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Back at Base Camp . . .

[sblock=OOC]I'm going to zip through a few things here in the interest of moving forward . . .[/sblock]

The party makes it back to the caravan camp and approaches the Lady Almah's tent, stopping only to return Rombard to his master, Hadrod.

[sblock=Returning Rombard]The old camel driver is ecstatic with the return of his favorite goat - he capers about and weeps with joy, makes much of the party members and then takes Rombard off to care for the poor goat's wounds.[/sblock]

[sblock=Interview with Almah]She bids you enter, and once inside quickly takes possession of the Pugwampi corpse. She looks very pleased, and thanks you warmly for solving the mystery and clearing the name of her hireling. She sends for Dashki and give him the news once he is inside. The greasy looking fellow stands before her with a vindicated look on his face, and asks Almah for the boon of possession of the corpse - which she grants. (The next time you see him he's got the corpse hung by a tiny little noose on the end of his staff).

To each of the party she gives a bonus of 50 gold pieces for successful conclusion to the mystery.

"Hmmm. Surely a solitary creature this small could not cause so much chaos . . . there must be more of them around. I know an abandoned monastery about five miles from here that would make an excellent staging area for your sorties into Kelmarane to clear it for our use. We'll leave for there at first light tomorrow.

Will there be anything else?"[/sblock]

Once the interview is over, Radoon takes Kecil aside and speaks with him for a few moments. The little halfling returns to the group wringing his hands anxiously. "Radoon has brought me word of a situation within the Bees that I'm commanded to attend to. He and I must leave immediately and report back to headquarters for an extended mission in another location. I'm truly sorry . . . I thought I'd found a new family, but it seems my destiny says otherwise. Perhaps we'll meet again!"

 

[Leif]

Houwlou Groulenas

To Lady Almah, Houwlou says, "No, Lady, there is nothing else for my part now, except to thank you." Houwlou bows low and kisses Lady Almah's hand with unexpected tenderness.

Later, to Kecil he says, "Chin up, Cub! We may yet find our scents mingling once more. Stay faithful to the Bees, and watch your back!"

[sblock=Stat Block]
Houwlou Groulenas - Male Olcán Ranger 1
Initiative: +1, Perception: +8(?)(+2 more smell/sound,+2 more vs. undead), Low Light Vision 60'
AC: 17 (4Chain Shirt + 2Lg. Shield + 1Dex);FF16;T11
Fort:+2 | Ref:+3 | Will:+4
HP: 21/21
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[Scott DeWar]

to the old camel driver he simply smiles and moves with the others to Lady Almah's Tent.

in lady Alma's tent, Harnrey remains quiet.

To dashkar, harnrey has an appologetic look. later when he sees the pugmupi hanging by a noose he walks over to him and says, "Well, I was going to have it stuffed and mounted, but that seems to work well."

when the bonus gold is handed out, He simply bows and takes the gold.

To the rest of his party he says," Five miles to the monestary, eh? how fast does a caravan move?"