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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frostrune" data-source="post: 5061750" data-attributes="member: 12272">The trip back to Turtleback Ferry is a hard one for Jokad.  Retreat stung his youthful pride and the disappointment in the eyes of his friend made the pill all the more bitter.  But the truth was he wasn't fit to fight.  He stoically pressed on but with every move his muscles burned with fatigue.  Normally he could have carried one of those withered rangers over each shoulder, but under the crippling effects of the spider venom he had everything he could do carry his own weapons and armor.  Pathetic.  His anger raged but his body would not, could not, respond.He thanked Kael for tending to the horses and shrugged off his harness before collapsing into a chair with a great mug of ale.  He had long since burned the fumes of his hangover from his system.Everyone in the Turtle stared at the haggard group but Danth did a good job of keeping the questions to a minimum.  We weren't yet sure how much panic we wanted to spread among the populous.  Some of the Black Arrows were recognized and gossip would inevitably spread.  Someone would have to be told the truth and sent on to Magnimar with all haste.  Ahhh... too much for his aching head.  Let Danth and Kael figure out how to deal with a frightened populous.  He needed to know how the fort fell and what kind of numbers the ogres had massed.  Jokad and Jovik had travelled these lands before.  They knew if the Black Arrows were indeed gone, the entire country side was defensless against further ogre conquest.  He hoped Danth did indeed have a quick a cure for this spider venom.  His brows knotted and his face darkened.  He and friends might have to sell their lives dearly simply to slow the onslaught and hopefully give these simple folk some time to escape.  His father would say heroes are fools.  He also would be proud of him.OOC:  Jokad would want to talk with the rangers as they recover to get the full story of what happened at the fort.  He would like to know how many ogres?  tactics?  leaders?  their intentions (if known)?  He would also inquire about how some of his friends may have fared or how they fell.</blockquote>

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