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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 6085147" data-attributes="member: 83982">Longspear Bridge (22.11)Connected to Hex 23.11Longspear Bridge, a narrow wooden construction, spans a wide ravine just north of Winds. It is a fairly new bridge, but it rests on the location of older bridges. It, like its predecessors, is named in honor of Hardrald Longspear, a barbarian from the Westmarches who earned his surname by holding the bridge against an orc army for two hours. Hardrald slew wave after wave of orc warriors with a longspear named Seven Paces. It did not splinter even as it parried a hundred swords and axes. His deed bought the Winds enough time to evacuate the town's women and children.The great warrior finally died after a hail of arrows. It is said that so many shafts pierced his armor that he did not fall. The sheer number of arrows he took supported his weight and he died standing over the corpses of his enemies. The orcs retrieved his body and gave him an honorable orcish funeral, but his spear, Seven Paces, went missing. Some believe it ended up being just another trophy in the Collector's Castle. Others say it is lost among the Gray Mountains. The citizens of Winds believe Seven Paces is rightfully theirs'. The Council of the Calm is often petitioned to hire adventurers to follow rumors of its appearances.Egil Longspear was Hardrald's youngest son. He was too young to remember his father's sacrifice, but this did nothing to deflate his ego and ambition as he became a mercenary. On the behest of Newhill, he led one of the few successful human incursions into the Kingswood. He returned with more than a dozen human children Cerelaine (13.02) had kidnapped. For this act, the elf holds a grudge against his descendants to this day.Hooks-What brought the orcs so far south?-Why would a barbarian from the Westmarches give his life defending a foreign town?-Is the current Winds militia still dangerously incompetent?-Did the orcs build any memorials for Hardrald Longspear?-Where is Seven Paces' true resting place?-What became of the rescued children?</blockquote>

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