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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evil_Dead_Jedi" data-source="post: 4632879" data-attributes="member: 77685">Part Three They can explain to the residents of BDR what is going on, or go straight to Kelethin.  Once back in Kelethin, they visit the bard's guild and find that the person they are looking for was a good friend of one of the higher ranking members.  But about four years ago, he moved to the city of Freeport (on another continent).  They can try to look in the story books and history books in this city or any of the surrounding ones, but nothing turns up info they need.  The only option is to go to Freeport and find this guy. Once they get there, they can visit with the bard guild there.  They find out that the bard got married and not long after, his wife was killed in a caravan raid by orcs near the Serpent Spine Mountains outside of the city.  Now he lives in the commonlands beyond the edge of the city, a crazy hermit.  The guild leaders always had much respect for him and haven't heard from him in months.  If asked about the story, none of them have heard about the demon, but they are willing to have someone go through a few books they think might have something on it.  The books in question however are on loan to a class at the wizards training academy on the other side of town.  The books are not due back from loan for nearly a week.  They can't just recall them back but the heroes are more than welcome to wait until they are back and use them at their leisure. In the mean time, he suggests visiting the old bard and perhaps he could remember the story and tell them.  He also would like to know how his old friend is doing these days and asks to give him an update before they leave town if they find him. The bard lives well outside of town in a shoddy building nearly a day's walk from the closes village.  When they find his place, it is empty and from the looks of it, he has been keeping tabs on many of the orc clans in the area for many months.  To some it might appear he is methodically tracking them, but to others he appears to be a man obssessed.  Further investigation of his place reveals that it appears to have been empty for days and the only things missing are things like food/provisions, weapons, clothes, and basic adventuring gear. If the group looks for the right clues they can discover he has gone off to hunt down a certain group of orcs that are in the foothills of the Serpent Spine Mountains.  In his notes, he calls the leader White Scar and vows to get revenge.  Apparently he was the orc who delivered the killing blow to his wife according to one of the few victims who managed to escape the raid with his life.  He has been tracking this group for months, learning their habits, etc.  Now he has gone out for one mission, kill White Scar.</blockquote>

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