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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1203766" data-attributes="member: 14316">Glendrake seems quite irritated at the dwarf’s speech, but when he turns to speak to him, Dunathar had already walked off.  Then Glendrake turned to yell at Darien again, maybe to complain about the dwarf, but Darien had also walked off.  Glendrake fumes for a moment, then goes back into his tent.Mirik, who was busy looting a hobgoblin, smiles secretly as Dunathar spoke to Glendrake.  “Here, Dunathar!” he says as he tosses the dwarf something from the hobgoblin’s body.  It’s a hobgoblin dagger, in a bone sheath.  The sheath looks like a human or dwarf thigh bone, and the dagger has goblin runes etched in the blade.   It is weighted well, and good for both fighting and throwing, but its not special (not masterwork).  “I saw that perfect throw you made!  You’ve got a good arm!”The third shift ends without further incident and the fourth shift starts, as the first dim light from the sun tints the sky.  A group of drivers forgo their sleep and get some shovels.  They start digging a grave in the southern grove of trees. One guard makes a makeshift wooden headstone, and spends the morning carving it.  He looks to be sobbing as he does so.Later, cooking fires are started and coffee, pancakes and sausages are prepared.  Breakfast, like dinner, is eaten in shifts, with one half eating while the other half keeps watch.  Soon everyone is up, dressed, and armed.  As the caravan gets ready to leave, everyone gathers for the funeral service.  You don’t think the wooden headstone will survive long in the elements.  The headstone reads:‘Here lies Devin Millsten, loyal friend and fearless fighter, husband of Laura and father of Kara and Devin Junior.  Slain by hobgoblins while defending his caravan and his friends. 3840 AE - 3872 AE.’There are carved lilies underneath.  The driver had somehow dyed the lilies pink.  The headstone is surrounded with wildflowers that look like daffodils.  Their bright yellow and orange petals contrast sharply against the dark, freshly dug earth.  Some of the drivers ask Bert to say some words, him being a priest and all.</blockquote>

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