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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7122203" data-attributes="member: 20323"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Y6CTdYB.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />At the mention of Badu al-Kabir, your guide Ajan, cousin to Akilah and nephew to Sheikh Ali, falls quiet. His mismatched eyes say it all. The Badu al-Kabir is a cursed place, inhospitable desert. Only desert nomads seeking the overland route to Qaybar, City of the Jann, dared brave it, and only then with exceeding precautions. This and more plays across Ajan’s face, evident to Akilah, but for the time being he remains silent.His men, and Nimar al-Solak’s rogues for that matter, have no shortage of words. The nomads trade poems, tales of valor, lore of the desert, and witty repartee in equal measure; they do not yet realize the Badu al-Kabir lies ahead, and in their ignorance they are joyful. The rogues – bandits turned secret police turned…whatever they were now – keep to themselves for the most part, snickering in lilting laughter at dark jokes, recalling tales of their former glories, and taking every opportunity to complain.Eventually, after some 25 miles of travel, Ajan declares a good place to make camp as the sun inches toward the horizon at the end of the first day.The nomads of House Bakr are swift to set up tents amidst a cluster of boulders atop a grassy hill, badgering each other about the spices used for making a proper maqluba (upside down chicken-and-rice dish). Derafsh, Nimar’s younger brother, prepares a fire by himself. Beyond this, the traces of flora grow scarce far from the reach of the al-Abid River.Clear skies. Only a slight evening chill in the desert air. No sign of other travelers or dangers; the mere threat of the raiders-in-black seems to have curbed most overland caravans.[SBLOCK=Salahuddin][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/fAY4hFP.jpg[/align]Easifa, your faithful gen, reaches out to you telepathically as camp is made, her voice as a tinkling bell in the breeze. The Sheikh is alone, it is done. What is your will, oh master Salahuddin al-Qadibi?[/SBLOCK][GM]Random Encounter ChecksDay 1 <a href="http://orokos.com/roll/516891" target="_blank">17+ is an encounter while traveling with Ajan and his nomads</a>: 3d20 4, 10, 6 No encounters[/GM]</blockquote>

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