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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 3989838" data-attributes="member: 552">Cyram's brother's place is fairly boisterous compared to the previous establishment. While certainly held-back in some regard, they at least talk here. Cyram goes behind the bar and negotiates three room-keys from his sibling, as well as a few tankards."Drink up. There were only three rooms left, but they're all yours if you want them. They're meant to accomodate two each, so that should be reasonable."He invites two more strangers to the table, large blonde norse-looking men."These are my good friends Hanz and Franz. They're members of the watch. I said I'd have a story for you here, and these boys certainly have a doosey.""So you folk are from outside the city? And you saved this wretch Cyram's life? Well good for him, bad for you.""You should have let him get clobbered. He's worthless alive, at least dead they could make bonemeal out of him.""You two are too kind, as always. Listen, they've been hearing all kinds of rumors about the curse by now, what with everyone suspicious. Tell them about the elves.""And you don't believe in the curse? You've almost died seven times this week, idiot.""People make up excuses for everything. You know that, working in the watch and all. Come on now, get to the damn story.""Hrm... well being foreign to here, there's probably a bit of common gossip you havn't heard. There's been a number of fires, probably arson, targetting the homes of priests and clerics. Then there's the Marchioness, who wants to prohibit the possession of weapons in the city, and she hasn't left the keep for weeks. Some want to say she's at fault for this 'curse' business. This whole town is full of gypsies and madmen.""All true. She's the wicked witch of the abyss, hellbent on ruining all of our lives. She ate her husband. That's why we can't find him. The demon king lives on inside her!""Stop it. Get to the good part. The elves man.""So anyway, lots of bad stuff. We've been putting loonies in the asylum left and right. Crazy bastards keep swinging till their damn near dead. Here's the best bit so-far though... and this is something that hasn't quite had circulation time yet... we found the bodies of five DROW in the heart of the city. Pretty bad shape too.""Yep. Mutilated. Ripped to pieces. Desiccated. They had really nice clothes too. Nobles maybe. We were supposed to be all hush-about it, but once my brother gets a little drink in him...""You told first!""Only because you made me! Anyway, the officer in charge vanished the next day. Apparently they ordered the bodies to be cremated too. No evidence. No sign of anything. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't believe it. Dark elves in the city. That's the curse."</blockquote>

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