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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hbarsquared" data-source="post: 2120582" data-attributes="member: 4550">Chapter IPage OneThe sky was gray, as it always was.  Rain fell in a soft drizzle that soaked through clothing, rotted wooden panels, and found its way into every nook of armor.  The orcs grumbled in their own tongue as they stood guard at the ramp leading to the slave ship behind them.  No slave, stripped naked and manacled to one another with crudely wrought iron chains, escaped their stare.  As a particularly large Dorn passed by, one took the flat side of his vardatch and struck him across the back, laughing as he watched the Dorn stumble up the plank.  The other orc growled some obscenity in Erenlander at a young man with a strange tattoo on his left arm, but allowed him to pass.  The boarding of the slave ship in Erenhead was uneventful, except for the final two.An orc was led with chains attached to his wrists, legs, and neck, and held firmly by two additional orcs on either side, as if they expected their prisoner to erupt in a frenzy, whipping them into the sea with his chains. The guards only snarled at him as he stepped aboard the ship.The second brought more whispers and stares from the onlookers: what must have been a woman, but she looked like a beast.  Though almost half the size, as many chains bound her as did the previous orc, and five orcs had to grasp each chain to maintain their control of her, and lead her to the slave ship.The slaves were led into the hold beneath the ship.  The orc and beastwoman were chained on deck, in the open air but subject to the ridicule and beatings of Izrador’s chosen.  Slowly, the ramp withdrew from the dock’s edge and turned into the headwaters of the Eren River.  Leaving the great stone arch of the Peredon behind, the slave ship sailed into the open sea of the Pelluria.* * *Two days later, the rocky crags of the Kaladruns plunged into the waters as the slave ship ponderously made its way along the eastern coast of the Pelluria.  The fog thickened, and the orcs eased their ship closer to shore, afraid of the open water, but none admitting it aloud.  Soon, though, even the mountains disappeared from view, and the tension between the orcs mounted.  Scuffles on deck broke out.  Growls and challenges were absorbed by the mists.Hrtak, ignoring his fellows, peered into the fog. OOC: Here is the introductory post.  The main post will happen on Monday.  In the meantime, if you would like, roleplay your character boarding the slave ship, any time spent upon the ship, and any character history.  Monday will be the official start date of the campaign. </blockquote>

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