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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1580345" data-attributes="member: 4441">*Helliad, a young priest of Pelor, has recently been sent to the Great Plains of Low'verok to tend to the people of the region around the tiny town of Lirel.  Despite the fact that they were often raided of what little they had by bandits, they refused to back down or move from their city.  "Tenacious" barely began to describe these rock-headed shepard folk.  They are fiercely self-sufficient, often refusing your help, and only accept your healing with some coaxing.  It's a frustrating job, to say the least, and they refuse to put together enough strong men and women to try to mount any counterattack on the bandits to boot.*~~~*Three days out in the wilderness, and you're closing in on the small shepard's town of Lirel.  It's know for the excellence of its wool, and little else.  Father Parab wanted to do a bit of trading, salt for some of the wool, while he was here.**You can see the place from the top of a hill; you have to go through a small, heavily-wooded valley to get to it on the opposite side.  It's the perfect place for an ambush, you all agree, and ready your weapons.**As you enter the cool, wooded valley, the trees cut off a great deal of the sunlight, throwing you into gloom.  You eyes take a while to adjust, and that's when the bandits strike.  Saku, Zafira, and Ashlie noticed them first, while the others are taken by surprise.  Arrows scrape off of Zafira's and Ashlie's armor, while one goes into Saku's left shoulder.  Another one flies right over Jabin's head while one slices across Azure's neck.  Other arrows fly into the crowd of pilgrims, one thudding into a horse, sending it into a panic which one of the drivers tries to rein it in, while another hits Father Parab.**Shouting the pilgrims start throwing themselves off their horses and under the wagons, while the three men with crossbows start aiming them.**You can all see that there are bandits on both sides of the road, at least ten and maybe more.*~~~*Helliad, another tense day comes to an abrupt halt as an unusual sound intrudes on your ears.  While attempting to aid one of the elderly wives haul a heavy basket of berries back to town, you hear shouts and screams down in the valley.*[OOC - Saku takes 4 points of damage, and Azure takes 1 point of damage.]</blockquote>

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