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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 5455196" data-attributes="member: 22260">The letter said much, but certainly not everything:Buckthorn did in fact manage to find both Forge and Lucian, and even a healer, Ghen-Uia Nis, who was at least willing to return to Northall. While he does not emphasize the “wealth and fortune” bit of the letter, the others, tiring of the mages hall, agree to make the trip. The headed north on the closest thing resembling a road. A run-in with some truly oversized stag beetles capable of a great flying leap sort of attack was the most eventful occurrence, and soon enough they find themselves on the Rift of Retribution, waiting for the tide to lower to take the “Blight Bridge” into great Northall. <img src="http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/BloodWars02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Lucian remembers well enough the way to the Street of Scribes, and there is little problem in finding the Hare and Cap. There is a problem in finding Bart. Eventually another note is handed over. The letter is greeted with a certain skepticism. But options are not many. And at least the choice of ship is in the hands of the four adventurers. At the Kraken Lucian and Buckthorn find the crew of the Siren with captain Tellard. Passage is free, if they can fight. At the Apothecary, gnomes sell Forge and Ghen-Uia some healing potions, but also make Ghen very uncomfortable. Tipped off by Benedict, the cantish talking tiefling bartender of the Cap and Hare, Lucian and Buckthorn also find a shop of duergar (maybe even Grimmerzhul duergar) selling various flaming vials and arrows. The next day the voyage begins. Ghen-Uia calls upon his primal knowledge to fight off sea-sickness and everything seems fine for the first 10 days. But the captain had said something about “Rasserian Raiders”, though he probably did not anticipate the young burly royal frost giant with two hench trolls on a great bit of moving ice. Moving right to the ship. As the giant approached, he pelted the ship with great pieces of ice as Buckthorn returned fire and Ghen-Uia summoned his “mother”(!) on to the ice flow to attack the nordic monsters. Mother had a hard time hanging in with the trolls, but this did not dissuade Forge from jumping right onto the flow as soon as he had the chance. Nor did it stop Lucian from pelting them with dragon-fire tar then using his dagger to briefly blind the giant and a troll. This was not well received, as Lucian was pounded, Forge was kicked off the ice, and all four well hurt by the oversized royal Rasserian.  Eventually one troll was brought down (and finished with a flaming arrow from Buckthorn) and the giant was bloodied. Even the crew showed up with flaming brands (aka faggots) to pelt the creatures. The giant was done with his sport, and directed the ice flow to leave. With Forge still on it. Fortunately, Ghen-Uia was able to walk out on the water, grab him, and drag him back.</blockquote>

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