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<blockquote data-quote="CPaladin" data-source="post: 8284493" data-attributes="member: 7030144"><p>Session 9 (August 16, 2020)</p><p>They have arrived at the town of Sourdoughville.</p><p></p><p>There is no proper inn, but there is a bed-and-breakfast sort of place. Noah expresses an interest in a room.</p><p></p><p>They get two for 5 cp each. They also get warned that a big caravan got hit hard, three days north. Pretty big slaughter. They had a mage with them.</p><p></p><p>Noah says, “any mage is just a devil in disguise trying to steal your soul from you.”</p><p></p><p>The barkeep says “I don’t know anything about any devils. I’m a good follower of Glordiadel I am.”</p><p></p><p>Elyn and Noah quarrel, and Noah defuses the situation by walking away.</p><p></p><p>21 Tar-Skard</p><p></p><p>Their cart has been neatly drawn up in front of the inn. There horse was stabled for the night, without them arranging it.</p><p></p><p>The next day is close enough to the town that there’s no risk.</p><p></p><p>22 Tar-Skard</p><p></p><p>Day passes uneventfully, as does the night.</p><p></p><p>23 Tar-Skard</p><p></p><p>Uneventful day and night.</p><p></p><p>24 Tar-Skard</p><p></p><p>As they travel on, they begin to come across dead horses and ruined wagons. There are a string of dead horses, ruined carts for about a mile, and then a battle scene. There are then twenty-five men in uniforms all dead. But they all notice a strange thing: nothing was taken from the wagons. They were destroyed, not robbed.</p><p></p><p>Noah immediately starts fearing an ambush, while Elyn wants to loot the wagons.</p><p></p><p>Elyn starts firing her bow into the bushes, while Noah studies the uniforms, trying to figure out who they were—army, or organized tavern guards. Iados begins searching bodies and wagons, stealthily.</p><p></p><p>There’s no reaction to Elyn’s bowshots.</p><p></p><p>Noah studies the guards. They are not human. They have some sort of elven blood. Their mail is very fine quality, and the symbol on their uniforms is the House of Moriquendarim, from the Noldar elves. These clearly aren’t Noldar, but they might be part drow. Half-drow have no problem in the light, although they lack the magical powers of the full drow.</p><p></p><p>Iados finds 36 silver before Elyn joins him. The bodies are untouched, not even robbed of their coin purses. Iados finds another 38 silver. Elyn finds 39 more silver.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Noah starts giving them a quick prayer and cremating the bodies.</p><p></p><p>Iados also notices a blast pattern near the center of the caravan—could have been a fireball with a large radius. or a negative energy burst. It was fairly sizable, and it singed some of the wood and the horse coats.</p><p></p><p>The group begins to move on, and they travel perhaps a mile past the battle. They begin to hear whispers in the wind. Ahead of them, off to the left, a female form dressed in leaves steps out of the trees.</p><p></p><p>“Greetings, spirit,” says Noah.</p><p></p><p>“Hail. You have come through the first of the fallen places. This was the last of them struck. The other two caravans were hit closer to the city. My sister dryad helped the only survivor back to the city.”</p><p></p><p>“Who did this?”</p><p></p><p>“It appeared to be of elven blood, but its spirit is lost to all feykind. As you come to the head of the river, there is a landing place, beyond which we do not go. All three of the caravans belonged to the same enclave, of the city of Enclaves. Zorplona-Moriquendarim.”</p><p></p><p>The dryad fades back into the trees. They continue along.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day passes uneventfully.</p><p></p><p>During the night, a family of bears come trotting through the camp. They stop, look around for food, and start sniffing around after the cooked horse meat that Noah harvested. Noah approaches, and tosses three chunks, one to each bear. Elyn befriends the bears. They sit contentedly with them over the rest of the night, and then they trail along near them in the morning.</p><p></p><p>(1 family of bears are now friends with the group.)</p><p></p><p>25 Tar-Skard</p><p>Peaceful day.</p><p></p><p>That night, however, they roll an encounter. 15. Noah is on watch, and hears branches breaking off to his right. He grabs his great axe, and then a weighted net falls on him. He rages and roars.</p><p></p><p>Elyn and both adult bears wake up.</p><p></p><p>The net is reinforced with steel, so Noah realizes he can’t cut or tear it. So he tries to throw it off. He flings it off, and the hooks catch on him, inflicting 9 points of damage. The sleep poison does not take effect, however.</p><p></p><p>Emerging out of the brush are 4 uruks in what appears to be uniforms. They all miss.</p><p></p><p>Bear crushes one, other bear hurts one, Elyn shoots one, and Noah and Iados struggle against the net.</p><p></p><p>One of the uruks fires a steel bolt into Noah. Noah falls asleep.</p><p></p><p>The one that’s fighting a bear shoots the other one, but it makes its saving throw.</p><p></p><p>The one shot in the back spins around towards Elyn and shoots a bolt as well.</p><p></p><p>One of the uruks starts carrying Noah out of the clearing.</p><p></p><p>A bear mauls another one.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the bears finish off the uruks.</p><p></p><p>Elyn stabilizes the last of the uruks just before it bleeds out.</p><p></p><p>Noah groggily comes to eventually.</p><p></p><p>Iados notices that just beyond another line of trees, there are four horses, with the same symbol on them as the uruk did. It’s a runic form of the number 7. The horse are passive, and they can be mounted.</p><p></p><p>When the uruk comes to, Noah says, “I want answers.”</p><p></p><p>“Damnable bears.”</p><p></p><p>“What do you want with me and what are you trying to do?”</p><p></p><p>“A bounty has been offered to our lord for you.”</p><p></p><p>“What lord do you serve?”</p><p></p><p>“The lord of the Seventh Region. We had to strike before you left the Seventh Region. We have been following you for some time. We know only that the bounty came from the northlands, and was sizable for a mutt like you.”</p><p></p><p>“Return to your lord. And tell him that I am no easy prey.”</p><p></p><p>Noah then quietly tells Elyn to follow him.</p><p></p><p>Matsuki follows him. She indicates went south an hour, boarded flying thing, rose into the sky, horse, human thing, others, all.</p><p>[End Session 9]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CPaladin, post: 8284493, member: 7030144"] Session 9 (August 16, 2020) They have arrived at the town of Sourdoughville. There is no proper inn, but there is a bed-and-breakfast sort of place. Noah expresses an interest in a room. They get two for 5 cp each. They also get warned that a big caravan got hit hard, three days north. Pretty big slaughter. They had a mage with them. Noah says, “any mage is just a devil in disguise trying to steal your soul from you.” The barkeep says “I don’t know anything about any devils. I’m a good follower of Glordiadel I am.” Elyn and Noah quarrel, and Noah defuses the situation by walking away. 21 Tar-Skard Their cart has been neatly drawn up in front of the inn. There horse was stabled for the night, without them arranging it. The next day is close enough to the town that there’s no risk. 22 Tar-Skard Day passes uneventfully, as does the night. 23 Tar-Skard Uneventful day and night. 24 Tar-Skard As they travel on, they begin to come across dead horses and ruined wagons. There are a string of dead horses, ruined carts for about a mile, and then a battle scene. There are then twenty-five men in uniforms all dead. But they all notice a strange thing: nothing was taken from the wagons. They were destroyed, not robbed. Noah immediately starts fearing an ambush, while Elyn wants to loot the wagons. Elyn starts firing her bow into the bushes, while Noah studies the uniforms, trying to figure out who they were—army, or organized tavern guards. Iados begins searching bodies and wagons, stealthily. There’s no reaction to Elyn’s bowshots. Noah studies the guards. They are not human. They have some sort of elven blood. Their mail is very fine quality, and the symbol on their uniforms is the House of Moriquendarim, from the Noldar elves. These clearly aren’t Noldar, but they might be part drow. Half-drow have no problem in the light, although they lack the magical powers of the full drow. Iados finds 36 silver before Elyn joins him. The bodies are untouched, not even robbed of their coin purses. Iados finds another 38 silver. Elyn finds 39 more silver. Meanwhile, Noah starts giving them a quick prayer and cremating the bodies. Iados also notices a blast pattern near the center of the caravan—could have been a fireball with a large radius. or a negative energy burst. It was fairly sizable, and it singed some of the wood and the horse coats. The group begins to move on, and they travel perhaps a mile past the battle. They begin to hear whispers in the wind. Ahead of them, off to the left, a female form dressed in leaves steps out of the trees. “Greetings, spirit,” says Noah. “Hail. You have come through the first of the fallen places. This was the last of them struck. The other two caravans were hit closer to the city. My sister dryad helped the only survivor back to the city.” “Who did this?” “It appeared to be of elven blood, but its spirit is lost to all feykind. As you come to the head of the river, there is a landing place, beyond which we do not go. All three of the caravans belonged to the same enclave, of the city of Enclaves. Zorplona-Moriquendarim.” The dryad fades back into the trees. They continue along. The rest of the day passes uneventfully. During the night, a family of bears come trotting through the camp. They stop, look around for food, and start sniffing around after the cooked horse meat that Noah harvested. Noah approaches, and tosses three chunks, one to each bear. Elyn befriends the bears. They sit contentedly with them over the rest of the night, and then they trail along near them in the morning. (1 family of bears are now friends with the group.) 25 Tar-Skard Peaceful day. That night, however, they roll an encounter. 15. Noah is on watch, and hears branches breaking off to his right. He grabs his great axe, and then a weighted net falls on him. He rages and roars. Elyn and both adult bears wake up. The net is reinforced with steel, so Noah realizes he can’t cut or tear it. So he tries to throw it off. He flings it off, and the hooks catch on him, inflicting 9 points of damage. The sleep poison does not take effect, however. Emerging out of the brush are 4 uruks in what appears to be uniforms. They all miss. Bear crushes one, other bear hurts one, Elyn shoots one, and Noah and Iados struggle against the net. One of the uruks fires a steel bolt into Noah. Noah falls asleep. The one that’s fighting a bear shoots the other one, but it makes its saving throw. The one shot in the back spins around towards Elyn and shoots a bolt as well. One of the uruks starts carrying Noah out of the clearing. A bear mauls another one. Finally, the bears finish off the uruks. Elyn stabilizes the last of the uruks just before it bleeds out. Noah groggily comes to eventually. Iados notices that just beyond another line of trees, there are four horses, with the same symbol on them as the uruk did. It’s a runic form of the number 7. The horse are passive, and they can be mounted. When the uruk comes to, Noah says, “I want answers.” “Damnable bears.” “What do you want with me and what are you trying to do?” “A bounty has been offered to our lord for you.” “What lord do you serve?” “The lord of the Seventh Region. We had to strike before you left the Seventh Region. We have been following you for some time. We know only that the bounty came from the northlands, and was sizable for a mutt like you.” “Return to your lord. And tell him that I am no easy prey.” Noah then quietly tells Elyn to follow him. Matsuki follows him. She indicates went south an hour, boarded flying thing, rose into the sky, horse, human thing, others, all. [End Session 9] [/QUOTE]
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