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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2754189" data-attributes="member: 1210">Since we’ll be picking up these guys again soon I thought I’d bring y’all completely up to date.  This will be a short update, but it’ll whet everyone’s appettites.  I estimate roughly a month until I run it again- the holidays may throw things for a bit of a loop, though.8/7/371 O.L.G., 7 p.m., the castle in VarOver dinner, Horbin breaks the news to the others.  “I’m going to be the Bishop of West Dorhaus,” he half-exults and half-whines.  Chakar discovers Arion the Archmage for the first time this night.  Arion, a wizard of commendable power, is a long-time acquaintance of Lester and Malford, well-known for getting drunk and throwing around powerful magic.  He is also said to be something of a specialist in force magic.  Chakar, being a dwarf, is more than happy to entertain Arion with a drinking contest; and, being a monk of the highest order, he is more than equipped to win it.  Nonetheless, Arion puts up a respectable showing.  By the end of the night, Chakar has  agreed to fetch “the twenty best bottles” for Arion in return for the archmage’s cleaning of Chakar’s bag of holding.After dinner, Horbin true resurrects Gerontius, and the halfling shudders back to life.  Then Ten Buck Tom performs a new song he has composed, “Who Will Stand When the Strong Have Fallen?”.  Our heroes rest.***8/8/371 O.L.G., noon, Horbin’s Halls of Healing[/b]“I want to do something about those orcs,” declares Gerontius.“It’ll be a good warm-up before the Bastion of Law,” nods Lillamere.  “I’m for it.”Inoke declares, “I’ll go to deal with the orcs.  You guys are crazy to talk about going to the Bastion, though.”“The orcs will be a good start.”“Which orcs?” asks Veil.“On Valonia,” Gerontius explains, “oppressing my people.”“Didn’t we take care of them before?” asks Horbin.“Just a small group of them,” the halfling responds.“Well, then,” says Lillamere, “I guess we know what’s next.”Next Time: I kill them all!  Er, that is, we resume playing this game!</blockquote>

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