(IC) A Hard Time in Harrowdale

[Rhun]

Fayne shrugs at Evenar's words and continues searching. "While I may agree with you, we are but few in a very large world. And out there, such things happen. I have seen it in my homeland."

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Yes, it's not something strange. People make quite useful merchandise in the hands of a skilful merchant. I must say I distaste the idea, but I know many fellow merchants that use slaves in their business. And they make out quite a difference. I had to pay those good-for-nothing mercenaries for protection, and for what? They ended up dead anyway, and I was lucky to to be rotting with them." says the wizard as he searches another tent

 

[Myth and Legend]

"S-slaves?" Abrielle stuttered at the prospect of such an abomination, wide eyed and genuinely astonished. "This is absurd, nothing good can ever come from slavery. And master Wizard you should know full well that no slave would ever risk his life in earnest for his master - loyalty does not go hand in hand with atrocity."

The Elven girl put her hands on her hips and made a frown, awaiting a response from the Calishite.

 

[Voda Vosa]

The calishite leaves the tent, frowning to the elven maid. "Your words are full of sincere goodness lass, but of naivety too. Slavery is a fact, it happens and it is part of our world, as we know it. My people were the slaves of Djinns and other entities like those for many years. And I can assure you, that self preservation is a useful tool, more useful than loyalty in some cases. The genies had... perverse ways to improve the morale of their slaves. My country has a long history of been slaves of the genies and of slavers themselves. Slavery is part of my country's culture, like it or not. Slavers now don't have such treats with slaves as genies did, our slavery system is highly organized and standardised. Slaves now enjoy certain rights. I won't expect anyone to understand this, since none of you is from my homelands, I only ask you to accepts things as they are, since you can't change them."
he explains. "I propose you to keep this conversation for the moment when we are back in Harrowdale, finding the missing lad is our priority now, I think we all agree in that."

 

[Rhun]

"Indeed," says Fayne. "I didn't mean to start a philosophical debate on the morals of slavery. I was simply pointing out a possibility of what may have happened to the boy."

 

[Scott DeWar]

Evenar finally gets himself back together and mumbles :

"after being slaves and then become masters makes you as much the monster they were."

He then starts searching tents.

 

[Voda Vosa]

"Search, boy, we'll discuss these matters later." wizard just smiled at the lad comment, before beginning the search again.

 

[Arkhandus]

A few of you check the tents and talk, until finally, in the fourth tent, Fayne discovers the battered and bruised form of the teenager captured by the gnolls. The boy is unconscious, badly beaten, and crudely tied-up with a short length of rope, a gag in his mouth. Each of the tents holds a few items and a fur that serves as a bedroll for whatever gnoll was using it. The tents reek of canine and violent scents.

 

[Scott DeWar]

[sblock=tent contents] if anything is of value above 10 gp, evenar will take it [/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Fayne drags the unconscious lad out into the open air. "Selua!" he calls. "I believe your skills are needed!"