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<blockquote data-quote="Brekkil" data-source="post: 4657953" data-attributes="member: 35498"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em>Written by me, Axel, the DM of our Ptolus game!</em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>9th of Bloom:</strong> <em>Just another day in Ptolus</em></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Our tale starts at a small alehouse called Norlec's, in Midtown, with the half-elven rogue named Cayla Tarn. She had been a resident of Ptolus all her life, being raised at an orphanage called the Lantern Street Orphanage. This day she was just waiting for her oldest and closest friend, a rogue named Koric, whom she met at the orphanage. They share the ambition of becoming renowned rogues, and for months, the two have tried to become members of the Pale Dogs.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">At Norlec's Alehouse, Cayla encountered a rude and seemingly wealthy blacksmith. He thought that the rogue was a simple whore, which she really wasn't, and when he was finally thrown out by Norlec himself (not literally), Koric appeared in the doorway. Cayla had a scheme in mind, but they had to wait for night before it would reveal itself. They headed down the midtown streets, with no particular goal in mind, but fate would have it that the two happened upon a rather drunk blacksmith named Vellik, whom Cayla knew all too well, especially his fat pouch that she had admired at Norlec's.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">She played along, letting him think his worst thoughts, and when his pants came down his ankles, Cayla made her move. With the fat pouch, the two rogues hurried down the broad midtown streets, leaving a not-so-sober blacksmith in an alley.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Later that day, the rogues found themselves at a nameless tavern and gambling den near the Warrens. Cayla knew that something was going to happen inside the ranks of the Pale Dogs, and she wanted to find out more about this possible event. An ugly dwarf approached them, wanting to sell some drugs, but neither of the rogues seemed to care much about that, and quickly left the dwarf alone. Instead Cayla spotted a few pale dogs playing some kind of game. While Koric explored the gambling den above, Cayla also spotted a new visitor, another pale dog named Fellian Shard.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Fellian Shard told them that an opportunity was indeed before them, an opportunity to become fully-fledged members of the Pale Dogs. All they had to do was meet Fellian at a place with “old things” inside the Warrens. That place turned out to be Tygot's Old Things, but Cayla and Koric never made it, instead they were ambushed by a small group of thugs. These were actually members of the Pale Dogs come to test the two, and they succeed. Fellian took them back to his own safe house where he gave them another assignment.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Deliver a message to someone hiding inside the largest warehouse near the cliffs. There was a catch though, once the message was delivered, the real test would begin, escape alive... they had no idea what was waiting ahead of them.</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong>Next:</strong> <em>Cayla and Koric finds the largest warehouse, meets a dwarf and who knows, perhaps they become members of the Pale Dogs...</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brekkil, post: 4657953, member: 35498"] [LEFT][SIZE=2][I]Written by me, Axel, the DM of our Ptolus game![/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][B]9th of Bloom:[/B] [I]Just another day in Ptolus[/I][/SIZE] Our tale starts at a small alehouse called Norlec's, in Midtown, with the half-elven rogue named Cayla Tarn. She had been a resident of Ptolus all her life, being raised at an orphanage called the Lantern Street Orphanage. This day she was just waiting for her oldest and closest friend, a rogue named Koric, whom she met at the orphanage. They share the ambition of becoming renowned rogues, and for months, the two have tried to become members of the Pale Dogs. At Norlec's Alehouse, Cayla encountered a rude and seemingly wealthy blacksmith. He thought that the rogue was a simple whore, which she really wasn't, and when he was finally thrown out by Norlec himself (not literally), Koric appeared in the doorway. Cayla had a scheme in mind, but they had to wait for night before it would reveal itself. They headed down the midtown streets, with no particular goal in mind, but fate would have it that the two happened upon a rather drunk blacksmith named Vellik, whom Cayla knew all too well, especially his fat pouch that she had admired at Norlec's. She played along, letting him think his worst thoughts, and when his pants came down his ankles, Cayla made her move. With the fat pouch, the two rogues hurried down the broad midtown streets, leaving a not-so-sober blacksmith in an alley. Later that day, the rogues found themselves at a nameless tavern and gambling den near the Warrens. Cayla knew that something was going to happen inside the ranks of the Pale Dogs, and she wanted to find out more about this possible event. An ugly dwarf approached them, wanting to sell some drugs, but neither of the rogues seemed to care much about that, and quickly left the dwarf alone. Instead Cayla spotted a few pale dogs playing some kind of game. While Koric explored the gambling den above, Cayla also spotted a new visitor, another pale dog named Fellian Shard. Fellian Shard told them that an opportunity was indeed before them, an opportunity to become fully-fledged members of the Pale Dogs. All they had to do was meet Fellian at a place with “old things” inside the Warrens. That place turned out to be Tygot's Old Things, but Cayla and Koric never made it, instead they were ambushed by a small group of thugs. These were actually members of the Pale Dogs come to test the two, and they succeed. Fellian took them back to his own safe house where he gave them another assignment. Deliver a message to someone hiding inside the largest warehouse near the cliffs. There was a catch though, once the message was delivered, the real test would begin, escape alive... they had no idea what was waiting ahead of them. [B]Next:[/B] [I]Cayla and Koric finds the largest warehouse, meets a dwarf and who knows, perhaps they become members of the Pale Dogs...[/I][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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