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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirigible" data-source="post: 1016524" data-attributes="member: 12631">Malg's OrchardHalfway along the Kingsroad between Karinth and Islesport, there stands a crude wooden signpost, point bypassers towards a dirt track that parts form the road and winds into the hills.Following this track (for two hours on foot) brings one to an enourmous slat gate, fixed to a likewise huge fence that stretches out many hundred of meters to either side. Inside the fence is a house built to twice a human's scale, which to it's owner is a cosy cottage of wood framed construction. Off to the side, a forest of apple, pear and peach trees flourish down one side of the hill, out acorss a wide, shallow valley and up another slope. These trees are the largest and healthiest to be found in the kingdom, a testament to their owner's skill in fruticulture.The proprietor of the orchard is an ogre of amy unusual characterstics. Malg is somewhat of a runt in his kind, although a good foot and a half taller than his bretheren, his scrawny physique marking him as a weakling. In addition, his hygiene and tidy dress make him seem less threatening to even casual observers. Perhaps his most distinguishing feature, though, is his extensive skill in magic (Wizard 5).Malg holds a deep sense of affection to the land, and has developed numerous spells with the profits from his fruit and cider trade. Most of his spells are of littleinterest to any adventurer, focused as they are on agricultre, plant growth, and mimicing various druidic magics. With these spells, his trees grow so vigourously that certain products of them seem to have healing or other magical properties.The ogre is well respected in nearby villages, as his deals are always fair, his produce top notch, and on occassion he has even stepped in to assist his neighbours against raiders. Few who've met him credit that he would wade into battle with the Knifefang goblins, throwing lightning bolts with a cold fury that belies his everday occupation. Fewer still know that his sappling-sized walking staff acts as a wand of ice storm with a handful of charges remaining. Also, it should be mentioned the local garrison would be willing to step in on his behalf if he was threatened.Malg's Orchard is home to a few others : three human fieldhands; Glassera, a shy, gentle bugbear woman who makes fine pies from Malg's fruit; and Hoofer, the dire mule that Malg takes his produce to market on.Next : Citadel of the Iron Rose</blockquote>

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