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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 582704" data-attributes="member: 5137">A Kobold's MissionAn evening later, as the young heroes relaxed at the tower and plotted their next move, there was a banging at the tower door. It was the kid of a neighbor, and he was grinning and speaking near-gibberish... but they caught "kobold" and "city center" and "message", and took off like a shot.Well, Athan and Merideth did. Greppa ran as quickly as he could.When they arrived, the kobold had not yet arrived at the city center, and a massive crowd had arisen. Their first good look at a kobold, he was a delicate, tiny humanoid, covered in dark red scales, with massive amber eyes, razor teeth, and a brow ridge of spikes. He was dressed in a throw-over of jet black silks, and carried an ebony walking stick. He walked with stately grace for one so small, and largely ignored the gathering people.When at last he arrived, he stepped into the center, and clapped his hands together. A circle of flame slowly widened out from his position, and Theralese citizens stumbled over each other getting out of its way. When he had a sizable area around him, he spoke."Dwellers in the city of Amalan's valleys, I bring you both warnings and thanks. In your war, you have observed the old treaties well. Amalan's friendship with your people is strengthened by this, and He thanks you for your respect.""However, He also knows that war is a time of great temptation, and asks that you not, in desparation, forget the bonds forged in centuries of friendship between your people and Him. Do not think that such things can be escaped, as these orcs once did."And with that, he claps his hands together again, and speaks words in the dragon's tongue, and the area the kobold stands in is covered in a vast image of the lands outside the valleys. In it, the people can see orcs cutting down trees and using them as battering rams against the shield wall. Then, abruptly, it shifts... and Athan, Greppa and Merideth recognize the valley where they were slaves, and the Bunahken drums.There is carnage. The dragon Amalan rips through the tribe like a hurricane.After, there is silence. The kobold is gone, having disappeared when the image manifested. Questions are voiced in wavering tones, but not because the message was not clear.Greppa, however, focuses on something else, and raises his voice to be heard, "So does this mean the orcs will be attacking us soon? Otherwise, why send this message now?"</blockquote>

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