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<blockquote data-quote="GruTheWanderer" data-source="post: 413626" data-attributes="member: 3119"><p>OOC Thread: <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26451" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26451</a></p><p>Characters: <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26666" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26666</a></p><p></p><p>On a sweltering summer day, six companions have gathered near the town of Oakhurst in the country of Yeomanry. It has been several years since the great wars, but there are still dark creatures afoot and opportunities for the adventuresome.</p><p></p><p>Farah, Lamont, and Quendros have been chasing an interesting mystery. The goblin tribe infesting the nearby ruins (called the Sunless Citadel, though no one knows why) ransoms a single piece of magical fruit to the highest bidder in Oakhurst once every midsummer. They've been doing this for the last twelve years. Usually, the fruit sells for around 50gp, which is all the townspeople can bring themselves to pay a goblin. The fruit, apparently an apple of perfect hue, heals those who suffer from any disease or ailment. They sometimes plant the seeds at the center of each fruit, hoping to engender an enchanted apple tree. When the seeds germinate in their proper season, they produce a twiggy mass of twisted sapling stems. Not long after the saplings reach 2 feet in height, they are stolen - every time. The townsfolk assume that the jealous goblins send out thieves to ensure their monopoly of the enchanted fruit. The three friends are interested in how the goblins came to possess such a wonder and how they steal every sapling grown from the fruit's seed.</p><p></p><p>Ashrem, Khaira, and Moon have also heard about the Sunless Citadel. Another party of adventurers, locally based, delved into the Sunless Citadel a month past. They were never seen again. Two human members of that ill-fated adventuring party were brother and sister, Talgen Hucrele (a fighter) and Sharwyn Hucrele (a wizard). They were part of an important merchant family based in the town of Oakhurst. Kerowyn Hucrele, the matriach of the family, offered Kaira (who she occasionally hires for parties and festivals) salvage rights if she and her friends find and return with the two lost members of her family - or at least return the gold signet rings worn by the missing brother and sister. She offered them a reward of 125gp per signet ring per member of their company. If they bring back the Hucreles in good shape (of good mind and body), she will double the reward.</p><p></p><p>Learning of their mutual interest, the six sometimes companions have come together in Oakhurst to learn more of the Sunless Citadel and its secrets.</p><p></p><p><em>Many of the names and much of the flavor text in the following story is taken from The Sunless Citadel by Bruce Cordell, Wizards of the Coast, 2000.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GruTheWanderer, post: 413626, member: 3119"] OOC Thread: [url]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26451[/url] Characters: [url]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26666[/url] On a sweltering summer day, six companions have gathered near the town of Oakhurst in the country of Yeomanry. It has been several years since the great wars, but there are still dark creatures afoot and opportunities for the adventuresome. Farah, Lamont, and Quendros have been chasing an interesting mystery. The goblin tribe infesting the nearby ruins (called the Sunless Citadel, though no one knows why) ransoms a single piece of magical fruit to the highest bidder in Oakhurst once every midsummer. They've been doing this for the last twelve years. Usually, the fruit sells for around 50gp, which is all the townspeople can bring themselves to pay a goblin. The fruit, apparently an apple of perfect hue, heals those who suffer from any disease or ailment. They sometimes plant the seeds at the center of each fruit, hoping to engender an enchanted apple tree. When the seeds germinate in their proper season, they produce a twiggy mass of twisted sapling stems. Not long after the saplings reach 2 feet in height, they are stolen - every time. The townsfolk assume that the jealous goblins send out thieves to ensure their monopoly of the enchanted fruit. The three friends are interested in how the goblins came to possess such a wonder and how they steal every sapling grown from the fruit's seed. Ashrem, Khaira, and Moon have also heard about the Sunless Citadel. Another party of adventurers, locally based, delved into the Sunless Citadel a month past. They were never seen again. Two human members of that ill-fated adventuring party were brother and sister, Talgen Hucrele (a fighter) and Sharwyn Hucrele (a wizard). They were part of an important merchant family based in the town of Oakhurst. Kerowyn Hucrele, the matriach of the family, offered Kaira (who she occasionally hires for parties and festivals) salvage rights if she and her friends find and return with the two lost members of her family - or at least return the gold signet rings worn by the missing brother and sister. She offered them a reward of 125gp per signet ring per member of their company. If they bring back the Hucreles in good shape (of good mind and body), she will double the reward. Learning of their mutual interest, the six sometimes companions have come together in Oakhurst to learn more of the Sunless Citadel and its secrets. [I]Many of the names and much of the flavor text in the following story is taken from The Sunless Citadel by Bruce Cordell, Wizards of the Coast, 2000.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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