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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tumakhunter" data-source="post: 948789" data-attributes="member: 12191">North - with a surpriseI ran through the woods for some time, heading in a generally northerly direction.  I could hear the sound of the Tumak and their hounds searching for us, but it seemed as though they had been confounded.  Perhaps Tarion had cast some spell to hide our trail?It was some hours before I emerged from the woods.  There, waiting, were Feldon, Tarion, Mor'Gan, and two of our three chim companions (whose names I still have not learned).  There was no sign of Victor, and we had no more time to wait.  One of the chim told us that Victor would be protected by his tribesman, which seemed to put the others' minds at ease.We followed the steel rails that were laid out upon the ground for some miles before we found the dead husk of a train pointing north.  It looked like a great caravan of steel wagons all linked together.  I asked what type of animals would pull such a monstrosity, and Feldon pointed out the front wagon.  Mor'Gan told me that this was the "engine," and that this was what pulled the great train along the steel rails on the ground.  (Feldon had some fear that the Tumak in Tolk may have developed a way to run them along open ground, but there had not been any evidence to support this.)But there was some concern.  This was the train that had brought them to Tolk.  Obviously the Tumak had found it before it could go back and warn the northern countries of the invasion.  There were a few bodies, both duer and mek, strewn amongst the wreckage.  Mor'Gan and I took the time to lay the bodies properly to rest before continuing.Then the thought came to us - if the trains could come south, they could go north.  The effect that trainloads of Tumak soldiers would have on an unprepared north would be devastating!  So we set out to destroy or block the lines.First, a landslide was created across the tracks.  Then, on the other side of the slide, we destroyed the rails for a distance of some hundred feet.  Realizing that trains from the north would be unaware of the damage to the track until the last minute, we created another landslide on the other side of the damaged rails.Then we went west, towards the other rail line.There was a farmhouse nearby, and as we approached it, a shot rang out from within it's walls.  "Thet was just a warning!  Don't come any closer, or I'll nail ya fer sure," came a familiar voice in my native Nautrek."Balin, you sawed off piece of sewer waste!  Stop shooting at us," Mor'Gan replied in the same language. "Mor'Gan?  That you ya ugly half-breed?  Durn, but it's good to see ya agin!  And there's Feldon and Tarion, too!  Where's Victor, though,"  Balin asked as he stepped out from the old building."We lost Victor in the woods to outside of Tolk.  Unfortunately, we were not able to search for him, as we were being hunted by the Tumak soldiers ourselves," I replied.  Balin gave me a sour look, and turned to Mor'Gan, speaking in the singsong tongue the rest of the party was using.  Tarion was kind enough to translate, but I will not relate the unkind words spoken.  Mor'Gan rebuked him, defending my honour, not realizing I was being made to understand the conversation."Our small companions assure us he is being well watched after," Mor'Gan told him, translated by Tarion.  "I have every confidence that he will be able to rejoin us soon.  And if not...""Yeh, he was a loudmouth, but I always kinda liked the freak.  Hope he catches up soon.  What's yer plan now, duermek ?  Still trying to hunt them blasted Tumak, or have ya come to yer senses and're followin' me back ta civilization?""Oh, we're going north, Stubby, but not for the reason you might think.  We need to warn them about what's happening.  You in?""Eh, we'll see.  I'll go with ya for a bit longer, see what happens."The conversation continued thusly, with everyone generally deciding that the next day would be a fine time to begin following the rails to Remere.  We slept in the farmhouse, and set out in the morning.</blockquote>

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