Cold Truths (part 1: The Missing Duke)
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taitzu52
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"It will be getting dark soon.", says Uri. He'll start looking through the four buildings looking for a defensible place to hold up for the night. He'll look at the ape-men's trappings, searching for any signs of where they came from. "I'll try to track them in the morning. Let's make camp before it gets too cold.", he says.
(OOC- What, am I alone in the world here?)
(OOC- What, am I alone in the world here?)
Argent Silvermage
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Tyler
Lighting a torch and looking around Tyler can only hope there are survivors they can save. Please tell me more about these ape-men. What so your people know of them Woden?
Lighting a torch and looking around Tyler can only hope there are survivors they can save. Please tell me more about these ape-men. What so your people know of them Woden?
Aleran casts light on the end of his staff, illuminating the room so it can be searched easier. "This light will only last a few minutes or so, getting torches is probable a good idea."
With that said he will cautiously approach the nest, poking the other end of his staff into it.
With that said he will cautiously approach the nest, poking the other end of his staff into it.
taitzu52
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"I'll tell you what I know. While I've never seen anything quite like this creature before, there were many stories in my homeland about similar ones. Called 'crazen' by some and 'man-apes' by others, the descriptions in those stories always mentioned the vicious nature of the beasts. The only saving grace of them, at least from the stories of my elders, is that they never gathered in large numbers. 'Boy,' I clearly remeber the elders saying, 'if those things ever got organized, men would fall before them like winter wheat.'" says Uri.
Sorry mps, I got lazy!
mps42
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ooc: I'm assuming you're all in the building that the last creature came out of...
Alerans light and Tylers torch do well to illuminate the interior of the building, revealing a long, narrow building containing a jumbled mess of furniture, torn fabric, straw and other assorted items. In the back right corner is a medium-ish pile of straw that looks like it was ripped out of the pallet mattresses and possibly scraped from the floor.
Swipe
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In the illumination of alerans light and tylers torch, you catch a small glint of metal from over near the straw pile.
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Woden
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Now that you have a moment to pause, you reflect on the stories that Uri relates. 'crazen', the name means nothing to you. 'man-apes', while certainly descriptive, is not terribly helpfull either. But the description of attitude, demeanor, and seeing the creatures yourself, are more helpfull. The creatures here most resemble what you had seen on the north-most of your journeys, which would match where Uri said he was from. You vaguely recall seeing some similar beasts on one of your trips into the northern reaches of your run, but have certainly not fought one before.
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Uri
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Talking about the creatures and the stories told about them dredges other memories up. Hunting parties going out to defend the camps against these creatures, the smaller ones that they bullied and used as slaves, called gabble or goblins. And also the terrible wolf-like things that they would ride into battle as mounts.
Just the memory of these terrible things brings your attention back to the wounds you suffered in battle.
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Alerans light and Tylers torch do well to illuminate the interior of the building, revealing a long, narrow building containing a jumbled mess of furniture, torn fabric, straw and other assorted items. In the back right corner is a medium-ish pile of straw that looks like it was ripped out of the pallet mattresses and possibly scraped from the floor.
Swipe
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In the illumination of alerans light and tylers torch, you catch a small glint of metal from over near the straw pile.
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Woden
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Now that you have a moment to pause, you reflect on the stories that Uri relates. 'crazen', the name means nothing to you. 'man-apes', while certainly descriptive, is not terribly helpfull either. But the description of attitude, demeanor, and seeing the creatures yourself, are more helpfull. The creatures here most resemble what you had seen on the north-most of your journeys, which would match where Uri said he was from. You vaguely recall seeing some similar beasts on one of your trips into the northern reaches of your run, but have certainly not fought one before.
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Uri
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Talking about the creatures and the stories told about them dredges other memories up. Hunting parties going out to defend the camps against these creatures, the smaller ones that they bullied and used as slaves, called gabble or goblins. And also the terrible wolf-like things that they would ride into battle as mounts.
Just the memory of these terrible things brings your attention back to the wounds you suffered in battle.
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Argent Silvermage
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Tyler scouts the room "What of the rest of the keep? We should search it all for survivors." The young knight hobbled around trying not to make an issue of his bad leg. He had endured far worse in his young life. "Swipe? would you come with me into the next room? I want to search more but not alone."
