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<blockquote data-quote="narayan" data-source="post: 6716822" data-attributes="member: 6677509"><p><strong>Billanverthorne</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Both of your arrows miss and another round passes before the riders are close enough for shouting distance. You count five riders, one of whom is Khaled. Two of the others are akhenaten guards, one is an another merchant (though he appears to be more of a grizzled warrior-type than Khaled holding a crossbow) and the fourth is a dwarven scout. </em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The other merchant motions to his guards who break off in the direction you pointed while he, Khaled, and the dwarf follow you. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Khaled: </strong>-Speaks to the other Merchant- <span style="color: #808080">"Jabar, this is Billanverthorne, the guard I hired in Siellon."</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Jabar:</strong> -Speaking to the dwarf- <span style="color: #996600">"Avar, lend your skills to this elf if you please..."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The dwarf dismounts and does a quick search for tracks with the aid of his torchlight which also lets you get a good look at him. He looks to be barely an adult by dwarven standards, which would make him less than half your age... but there’s enough confidence behind his grey eyes to give you the impression he can take care of himself. You'd also guess he’s rarely ever slept on a bed wrapped in a bearskin cloak that is deeply soiled and unkempt, matching his own hair and rather short beard that are also wild and unkempt, so black they look almost tinged with blue. Standing 4’-10" he has the height of a hill dwarf with a warriors build, but his skin is unusually pale.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>His garments are made from animal skins. His leather leggings are stuffed into tall moccasins strapped around his shins. He carries a bone-handled hunting knife and horn-handled throwing axe tucked into his waistband. Over his upper body, his leather tunic is pulled open partway where it’s normally cinched tight, revealing a tattoo across his lower neck that looks like broken chain-links. You glimpse more tattoo’s of chain-links around his forearms as he leans down to get a closer look at the earth around the patch of thorns Celestia was using for cover. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Avar:</strong> (Survival, DC 15: = 21, Success) <span style="color: #999900">"Hmm... something is off... he says circling the shrubs. I see tracks from hounds and someone else, probably female..."</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Khaled:</strong> -Explains- <span style="color: #808080">"He ran out here cause he heard his sister!"</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Avar:</strong> Nods. <span style="color: #999900">"Well the drag marks aren't right..."</span> He comments before smearing his hand in the blood. <span style="color: #999900">"...and this bloods not even warm..."</span> He says matter-of-factly. <span style="color: #999900"> "Whoever was lying in these shrubs wanted you to think they were bleeding out and dragged away, but what they actually did was puncture a wineskin full of blood, crawl away, and run off. Its a trick. I doubt very much his sister was actually here, especially since Hobgoblins are involved. Some of them are smart enough to set ambushes like this, the same sort that train hounds like that... I've seen it before."</span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>[Billanverthorne:</strong> What do you do?<strong>]</strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="narayan, post: 6716822, member: 6677509"] [b]Billanverthorne[/b] [I]Both of your arrows miss and another round passes before the riders are close enough for shouting distance. You count five riders, one of whom is Khaled. Two of the others are akhenaten guards, one is an another merchant (though he appears to be more of a grizzled warrior-type than Khaled holding a crossbow) and the fourth is a dwarven scout. [/I] [I]The other merchant motions to his guards who break off in the direction you pointed while he, Khaled, and the dwarf follow you. [B]Khaled: [/B]-Speaks to the other Merchant- [COLOR=#808080]"Jabar, this is Billanverthorne, the guard I hired in Siellon."[/COLOR][/I] [I][B]Jabar:[/B] -Speaking to the dwarf- [COLOR=#996600]"Avar, lend your skills to this elf if you please..."[/COLOR] The dwarf dismounts and does a quick search for tracks with the aid of his torchlight which also lets you get a good look at him. He looks to be barely an adult by dwarven standards, which would make him less than half your age... but there’s enough confidence behind his grey eyes to give you the impression he can take care of himself. You'd also guess he’s rarely ever slept on a bed wrapped in a bearskin cloak that is deeply soiled and unkempt, matching his own hair and rather short beard that are also wild and unkempt, so black they look almost tinged with blue. Standing 4’-10" he has the height of a hill dwarf with a warriors build, but his skin is unusually pale. His garments are made from animal skins. His leather leggings are stuffed into tall moccasins strapped around his shins. He carries a bone-handled hunting knife and horn-handled throwing axe tucked into his waistband. Over his upper body, his leather tunic is pulled open partway where it’s normally cinched tight, revealing a tattoo across his lower neck that looks like broken chain-links. You glimpse more tattoo’s of chain-links around his forearms as he leans down to get a closer look at the earth around the patch of thorns Celestia was using for cover. [B]Avar:[/B] (Survival, DC 15: = 21, Success) [COLOR=#999900]"Hmm... something is off... he says circling the shrubs. I see tracks from hounds and someone else, probably female..."[/COLOR] [B]Khaled:[/B] -Explains- [COLOR=#808080]"He ran out here cause he heard his sister!"[/COLOR] [B]Avar:[/B] Nods. [COLOR=#999900]"Well the drag marks aren't right..."[/COLOR] He comments before smearing his hand in the blood. [COLOR=#999900]"...and this bloods not even warm..."[/COLOR] He says matter-of-factly. [COLOR=#999900] "Whoever was lying in these shrubs wanted you to think they were bleeding out and dragged away, but what they actually did was puncture a wineskin full of blood, crawl away, and run off. Its a trick. I doubt very much his sister was actually here, especially since Hobgoblins are involved. Some of them are smart enough to set ambushes like this, the same sort that train hounds like that... I've seen it before."[/COLOR] [B][Billanverthorne:[/B] What do you do?[B]][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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