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<blockquote data-quote="nerdytenor" data-source="post: 4405419" data-attributes="member: 74526"><p><strong>Inside Dardus's Smithy</strong></p><p></p><p><em>You arrive at the workplace of Dardus. Scraps of metal litter the room, and there are pieces of weaponry scattered around in various states of disrepair. "Come, have a seat," he says, settling unceremoniously on the stone floor. You do likewise. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"It all started two years ago. Some of our crops started developing a strange black blight. At first our farmers shrugged it off. But it only seemed to get worse. Nothing seemed to get rid of it, not even burning entire fields and replanting. The first season passed with some two thirds of our crop gone. Now I'm no farmer, but there were those who had plowed our fields for some fifty years, and never seen anything like it."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"The people of Greensfen are a sensible folk, and we pulled together. Most folks had money saved, and enough stored food to get through that first year. I actually had some pride in our town back then, seeing our neighbors help each other. But then the second season came, and then, I'm sorry...." Dardus holds up his hands, tearing up a bit. After regaining his composure, he continues...</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"The second season was a nightmare. None, and I mean none of our local fields produced. All the food was tainted. People began to starve. Some of the same folks who had been helping others turned to theft. Some even tried to eat the blighted crops, despite the awful taste. The awful taste was a blessing, it turns out, as all those who ate the blighted crop were afflicted with a horrible sickness of decay, ending in death or madness. The mad ones mostly fled - the rest were driven out. It pains me to say it now, but the most sensible folk left the town in search of a better life elsewhere."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"I must say, In my forty years living in Greensfen, having lived through two wars and my fair share of lean years, I never thought we'd be destroyed by an infection. A blasted infection!" He slammed his fist into the hard floor with alarming force. "Those of us that remain are here out of choice - this is our home, and we plan to reclaim it. We have been working for pittances doing menial jobs in nearby towns, making just enough to feed ourselves while we pull ourselves together."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerdytenor, post: 4405419, member: 74526"] [b]Inside Dardus's Smithy[/b] [I]You arrive at the workplace of Dardus. Scraps of metal litter the room, and there are pieces of weaponry scattered around in various states of disrepair. "Come, have a seat," he says, settling unceremoniously on the stone floor. You do likewise. "It all started two years ago. Some of our crops started developing a strange black blight. At first our farmers shrugged it off. But it only seemed to get worse. Nothing seemed to get rid of it, not even burning entire fields and replanting. The first season passed with some two thirds of our crop gone. Now I'm no farmer, but there were those who had plowed our fields for some fifty years, and never seen anything like it." "The people of Greensfen are a sensible folk, and we pulled together. Most folks had money saved, and enough stored food to get through that first year. I actually had some pride in our town back then, seeing our neighbors help each other. But then the second season came, and then, I'm sorry...." Dardus holds up his hands, tearing up a bit. After regaining his composure, he continues... "The second season was a nightmare. None, and I mean none of our local fields produced. All the food was tainted. People began to starve. Some of the same folks who had been helping others turned to theft. Some even tried to eat the blighted crops, despite the awful taste. The awful taste was a blessing, it turns out, as all those who ate the blighted crop were afflicted with a horrible sickness of decay, ending in death or madness. The mad ones mostly fled - the rest were driven out. It pains me to say it now, but the most sensible folk left the town in search of a better life elsewhere." "I must say, In my forty years living in Greensfen, having lived through two wars and my fair share of lean years, I never thought we'd be destroyed by an infection. A blasted infection!" He slammed his fist into the hard floor with alarming force. "Those of us that remain are here out of choice - this is our home, and we plan to reclaim it. We have been working for pittances doing menial jobs in nearby towns, making just enough to feed ourselves while we pull ourselves together."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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