Hanable's Hunters, Part I & II

[MavrickWeirdo]

Kerlokh walks into the room with a stupid grin on his face...

untill he makes eye contact with Hanible. He then looks a bit embarassed (although there is still a bit of tusk showing), and says, "Sorry I'm Late" before he sits down.

 

[Bront]

Hanible waits for Kerlokh to be seated, and then says, "Well, now that everyone is here, we shall begin."

"As you are aware, you brought a statue to Lord Elder's estate reciently. However, what you might not be aware of is that in fact, this was a replica of the real statue, which a new source seems to think is the key to unlocking an anchient cache."

"In an attempt to locate who was after it and gain more information, we had you bring a decoy to Lord Elder. Alia had been following you and managed to track another group of Ogres who went to follow up with the first set. I'll let her tell you what she discovered."

Alia smiles, gets up and walks over to the disploay board, tapping it till it shows a drawing of a strange ogre that has a much more enlightened look than you might expect from your average ogre. "This is Voldor, leader of this strange band of Ogres. He's cunning, well spoken, and a powerful spellcaster. I was unable to find much background information out on where he's from, but he seems to be in possetion of some knowledge of this stature or something contained therein that the hunters have been unable to find. Do not underestimate him, as he is brilliant by human standards, but just as strong as any other ogre out there."

She taps the board again, and a rough map of the area around the road pops up. "You were attacked here" she pionts "And most of the attacks seem to come from the north west, around this area" she points again. "However, that is a diversion, and in fact, the raiding parties eventualy double back south west, and they have an underground complex over here" She says, pointing to a spot almost directly west of the attack point. With that, she nods to Hanable and sits back down.

Mandor stands up "It will be your job to find the complex, enter it, and recover whatever documentation you can on this statue and it's uses, as well as any other documented knowledge of Voldor. You are to do this however you feel is best, but your top priority is to recover the documents, and any other thoughts are secondary. Alia's information has that Voldor does indeed reference some kind of book or scroll quite regularly, so it is likely close to him or in some place he frequents. Other than two large rooms towards the entrance, Alia wasn't able to get a good layout of the complex, so you're on your own there. You'll have the rest of the day to finish with any preperations you may have and be leaving tomorow. Any questions?"

 

[unleashed]

Firavel d’Thuranni, Male Elf Rogue/Dragonmark Heir

Directing his questions to Alia he asks, “Alia can we expect patrols outside the underground complex, or do they only leave the safety of their hideout when engaged in raiding? Also are there any guards posted near or just inside the entrance to this complex?”

 

[Bront]

Directing his questions to Alia he asks, “Alia can we expect patrols outside the underground complex, or do they only leave the safety of their hideout when engaged in raiding? Also are there any guards posted near or just inside the entrance to this complex?”

Alia answers "There is a small occasional patrol, though it seemed fairly random, which could be good or bad depending on what your plan is. There were a few guards on the interior of the door, but the number varried as well, as I think a few of them left for the irregular patrols. I hope that helps."

 

[unleashed]

Alia answers "There is a small occasional patrol, though it seemed fairly random, which could be good or bad depending on what your plan is. There were a few guards on the interior of the door, but the number varried as well, as I think a few of them left for the irregular patrols. I hope that helps."

“I am sure it will, thank you,” he replies while waiting for questions from the others.

 

[D20Dazza]

Whitlok Dwarf Ranger/Extreme Explorer

"A cache you say - what do you expect to find in this 'cache'? And this Voldor, does he exhibit any other unusual traits for an ogre? Like, is a spellcaster, or could he have the blood of another race also pumping hrough his veins providing some other hidden talent we should be aware of?"

 

[Prof Yeti]

Marek d'Cannith - Dragonmarked Human Paragon/ Wizard

After a moment Marek finally speaks, "I agree with Whitlok, do we have any idea what is in the cache? And 'Voldor' is marked as a powerful spellcaster, so do we know what types of magics he has shown before? Also do you have an estimate of the size of the remaining band of Ogres? From what I know of Ogres the 10 we dispatched before should have left very little. But this 'Voldor' creates an equation that is too unpredictable." Taking a break to let his questions sink in, he continues "Now taking into account his being cunning, which I much prefer as it gives me a better chance of returning alive, is there any way prior to our arrival to know if he has increased the size, number, or frequency of either or both his patrols or guards?"

 

[Bront]

Alia speaks: "Other than arcane casting and extreme cunning, I've not seen anything else that is beyond ogredom, nor have I heard any rumors of that, but we don't know a lot about Voldor himself other than he seems to be rather new to the scene, as few have heard of him. As far as the patrols go, I did my scouting after you managed to take several of them out, so I can only speak from what I observed then."

Mandor speaks: "The frequency might have changed, but there is some tactical cunning behind his plan. Regular patrols would be easier to notice than irregular random patrols, which would bring attention to this complex, which seems to be exactly what he is trying to avoid. As for him gathering reinforcements, we're still not sure how many ogres are with him in the first place, but if he hasn't missed much of a beat at loosing 10, that would hint that he has at least more than 50, which, I understand, is quite unprecidented.."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Selene thinks about what she has heard of such giants and similar creatures before in her extensive travels through the wilds.*

(OOC: Knowledge Nature +14, which for some reason is the skill used for Giants, like Ogres and their brethren)

 

[Bront]

Selene knows that ogre comunities are generaly not underground comunities, and for a large number of them to gather like this is more likely a warband or some other form of organization, but from the description, Voldor does not sound your typical ogre magi. Otherwise, you're fairly well versed in ogres, their lack of intelegence, habits, and such (Read the entry, go nuts).