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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Selm" data-source="post: 92046" data-attributes="member: 1592">Episode 8-1Episode EIGHT - Another Fight at the Moathouse - PART 1 - Introduction(This time they know that they will be awaited.)It is early morning and the sun just appeared over the gnarley forestbut today most of our heroes are already awake, preparing for the hardday that awaits them ... and they will not be disappointed. A bitbefore seven o'clock, they are all in the room adjoining the kitchenof Hommlet keep when ... a man wearing a long robe enters and advancetowards them with a strong and resolute pace.  The man is Spugnoir,the potion maker of the small town, his face is pale and heseemsreally worried. He advances and drop a parchment on the breakfasttable in front of Killasha and Ezekiel.There is a message written onthe scroll:We have your daughter, if you want to see her alive again, come to the old fortress in the swamps with the adventurers sent by the viscount. All of you, alone and before midday ! Or your daughter will die very slowly.Spugnoir then responds to their questions by telling them his waketoday. As all days he woke up early and went to the kitchen to take asmall breakfast. Usually his daughter, Renne, is already awake and hascooked a breafast with eggs, bacon, milk and slices of bread andbutter. But today the kitchen was empty and othing wasprepared. Spugnoir feared that his daughter has get a cold and went upto see her. He knocked at the door but didn't received any response,he entered the bedroom but it was emty, the bed was overturned andeverything was all over the room ... on the bed, put in evidence, wasthis parchment. Afterwards he immediately came to the keep to seethem.They all agreed to help him when Spugnoir asked for and the depart wasadvanced a bit to ... right now. Spugnoir goes back to his house toquickly prepare some adventure gear (strangely it doesn't take him somuch time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) and give them a rendez-vous in a quarter of an hour infront of the keep.  While the others are preparing their backpacks,Diane goes to the Inn of the Welcome Wench to see Xaod. Vesta isalready working and serving breakfast in the common room, Diane asksher for Xaod but the black dressed man is not yet awake. NonethelessVesta is able to tell her where is his room and Diane goes up to thefirst floor to knock at his door. However she spots a scroll stickedon one of the pillars of the room: "We search a barman for this Inn,any interested and qualified person, please ask anymore information tome." (signed) Vesta. So Alahija was right yesterday night, the "sofriendly" Maridosen has departed two days ago. Diane knocks at Xaod'sdoor, no response, she knocks again and this time after half a minuteshe hears sound and Xaods opens the door. Diane has the proof thathe's not wearing black when sleeping <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> after a bit of explanationsthe blackfighter accepts to go with them, he will come as soon aspossible, rejoining them if necessary. Diane goes back to the keep.Spugnoir is already there, awaiting for them. When he sees Diane, heapproaches her and they decide that he will wait for the group on alittle farther on the road to Nulb and the moathouse. Finally a littleless than half an hour after the first arrival of Spugnoir in thekeep, they depart towards the moathouse fully aware that they will beawaited. Xaod connects with the group half an hour after on the road,he also has a black horse and his wearing his black half-plate.They arrive at the crossroad around nine and enter the swamp followingthe small track. Soon they have to walk beside their horses, there isstill quite a bit of fog early in the day and their advance isslow. After nearly two hours in the swamp, Gandigoot think that theyare probably approaching the moathouse. As the day advances the mistis slowly clearing a bit. They still walk for less than half an hourand are finally able to discern the outline of the moathouse throughthe mist.It is now time to test their destiny .......soon ...----------------------------------------------------------- Episode EIGHT - Another Fight at the Moathouse - PART 2 (Bloody ambush: an ogre, a priest and an assassin.)</blockquote>

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