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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMEntropy" data-source="post: 1784342" data-attributes="member: 13270">Ezieer and Walfibalf have a fairly uneventful walk about the island.  There are several farms located in the flatter areas of the island growing all kinds of crops.  Orchards dot the hillsides as well.  The slopes are used for grazing lands for cattle and sheep.  None of the crew members of the Avonia are seen at any of the farms.  From the few interactions they have with people out there the learn nothing about any new additions to the work force from that ship.Theodus does make the rounds as an entertainer in the taverns.  He is able to learn that the crew of the Beauty sticks close to the Fine and Manacles as their favored watering hole.  It seems that the crews of each ship are a bit territorial about the taverns.  There is a complex scheme of who can go where depending on who is docked at the time.  Few challenge the crew of the Beauty for the Fine and Manacles.  It is a dive, even by this city's standards, and clearly fits the description of places Thedus intends to avoid.  No one is talking about the crew of the Avonia.  The supposition is that no one will see them....ever (wink, wink).  There is furious and whispered discussion about what Yalgad is doing with her though.  What is in her holds that he won't unload?  Is he trying to skin the Duke for his cut?  "I heard the Duke is going to get him for this...".Elendil checks out the shoreline by the docks.  It is fairly marshy and there are no buildings there.  Roads lead down to each of the docks individually from the lower tier road.  Only the temple of Eraekoth is developed on the water's edge.  The ground sticks of low tide and is a thick, oily looking muds.  Many small creatures scurry away from his footsteps as he walks along this area.  The northern (far left) out cropping of land would provide a place to launch long range attacks on the Beauty though.  There is little cover save for long reeds there that stand about 5' tall.  The entire area is clearly visible from the nearby walls of the city and guard tower.</blockquote>

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