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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hbarsquared" data-source="post: 1462845" data-attributes="member: 4550">* * *Telenor saw no one and nothing out of the ordinary.  The streets carried people from one destination to another in the afternoon light, and the smith was the only one in his shop.Nightfall was not for some hours yet......As the light began to fade and night drew its cowl over the city, the mysterious stranger still had not arrived.  Telenor paced in front of the smithy.  The proprietor had long since left his shop, locked and secrured, and no others had arrived since.  He began to wonder why he was wasting his time here when he heard the sound of someone calling for help, from some great distance.  He could not pinpoint the exact location, but he could tell its general direction.* * *OOC: AC increases to 19 with the +4 shield bonusOne of the brigands jerked his head around, noticing Polaris.  "Bugger off!" he yelled, letting the young man slump to the ground.  With a brief nod to his comrades, the three drew their weapons, short swords that gleamed in the dying light.  "This business has nothing to do with you!" he called out again as the three backed away, further down into the alley.Polaris reached the fallen man, and realized he was little more than a boy, dressed in a cleric's vestments.  The boy groaned, and his swollen eyelids flcikered.  "Thank you," he said, attempting to rise, "I think I'm okay."The young man shook his head.  "And, please, allow me to return the favor."  With head bowed, the youth seemed to be whispering... a prayer?  Upon its completion, he rested his hand on Polaris' arm and he felt a latent strength well from within, and his confidence grew."For Justice," the youth said.OOC: Polaris reached the fallen boy, and the three attackers are still backing away, swords aloft.  The alley is at a 15 degree slope, downward from Polaris.  The cleric cast guidance upon Polaris.* * *OOC: AC increases to 16 for James and 18 for Snow with the +4 armor bonusWith Snow at his side, the two made their way to the alley from which the cry originated.  The alley sloped upward , and three men with swords raised had their backs to James and Snow.  Another man was slumped against a wall further up the alley, and a fifth, an elf, hunched over him."This business has nothing to do with you!" called out one of the men with swords.  The three, no more than ten feet away and unaware of his presence, backed their way toward James.OOC: Initiative order: 17 James and Snow, 14 cleric victim, 13 Polaris, 8 attackers rangerjohn, remember that I would prefer that everyone keep their posts in the same style: third person, past tense.  Thanks.* * *Hershan's chair fell behind him as he jumped to his feet and searched the crowd.The half-orc at the bar was nonplussed."You mean the Shadow?" he asked, cleaning a glass with his rag.  "I don't rightly know who, and definitely not what, but he comes in here from time to time.  He doesn't pester, doesn't bother.  But he doesn't drink, neither."The barkeep paused, bringing a meaty hand to his square jaw.  "Come to think of it, I can't be entirely sure if he is actually a he.  As for the Gurnezarn smithy, it's on the east side of town, on the upper side.  You shouldn't have no trouble finding it.  The Shadow has never brought no harm to no one."* * *</blockquote>

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