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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasamcarl" data-source="post: 1023942" data-attributes="member: 1251">Three days pass as the fall retreats in anticipation to the coming of winter. That Cold Mother will be especially unforgiving of Duvik's Pass this year, for the town's storage of grain and wheat can be expected to dwindle owing to the refusal of the Lords of the Yellow Valley to sell their produce. Knowledge of the coming war has found its way through even the most distant corner of the South it seems, and the deadly games have begun...But the folk of the Pass do not stand still in the face of these developments. Defenses continue to be prepared under the supervision of Sheriff Whiteclove and Jericho, who is referred to endearingly by the people as 'the dark finger'. What surplus foodstuffs are available are horded into the public storage building near the center of town.As everyone readies to defend their bodies, many begin to fortify their souls. Prayers to any number of gods can be heard from the large Miner's wards, the men there having increasing time on their hands as the metals they create no longer have a market in the Yellow Valley. Not surprisingly, most of these begin to pay visits to Father Samuel’s chapel in order to give homage to Telmor, but increasingly many begin to look to Bhartus as the dwarf's adventuring notoriety increases; and while most of these are human, they are very much receptive to Moradin owing to the association of Dwarves with mining and stonework; this reputation is bolstered by the presence of the Crownshields, a small dwarven clan of some 30 or so members who comprise the entire population of stout folk within Duvik's Pass and count some of the most elite blacksmiths and fine potters in the city amongst their numbers. They begin to invite Bhartus to dinner as a pretense to engorge themselves in tankards of homemade Dwarven ale and to flaunt various pieces of armor or vases they have created, symbols of their devotion to the Dwarf Father as well as their prowess.On the afternoon of the fourth day after having returned from the Order of the Risen Star, guards come out in search of each member of the Fist; Jericho and Tarowyn while they are managing the town's militia, Norri while he is skulking around in an(apparently) vain attempt to find fellow thieves amongst the parochial citizenry of the Pass, Whitney while she is deep in her studies, and Bhartus while he is seeing to the spiritual and physical health of the people....Sheriff Whiteclove asks that you meet him in the tavern that he had commandeered as his headquarters after the sacking of his magistrate's office.</blockquote>

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