The Antigrol Tide (OOC)
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Huh? My statement was in reference the fact that the locals have been hearing hints of the coming invasion but haven't bothered to mention it to us, until after we uncover an elven agent in their midst who tells us the invasion is imminent and we inform them of it. If there was something before that though, that Colmarr was present for, I'd appreciate it if you could point it out as I must have missed it.Mallak said:
In an earlier scene which was lost when the server crashed but recorded by unleashed, Toni, the bartender at the Sleeping Sailor, said the following:
"Things, they not so good, man. The business, it not so good around here now there's less ships coming in and more people going out. Not that I blame them myself, but I ain't letting no puttin elves run me out of my femin tavern, you know what I'm sayin'? Is just that, some people, they heard about what happened down in the islands? And they start thinkin' them elves'll be coming north, next, right? Me, I'm not so sure, but I wish they'd hurry up and make up their minds. I mean, if they do get up here, at least I'd have somebody to sell to, man. That's why I turn to them trinkets, there, man, cause business been so slow. I got that ring there from a man who say he fished it out of the islands, right before the point-ears showed up. He fled lickity-split, man, he got nothin' left now. He trade me that for a pint. I think, maybe if Robbie there buys it, I make out on that deal, no? Am I smart or what, eh? I knew when I saw it and he tell me where he got it, and I see it have that inscription on it, it gotta be from the Jenny, ya know what I'm sayin'? So, anyway, you guys come in over land or by ship?"
After the scene in the tavern, the party travels up to the market. We lost a short scene involving a begger, and another scene with the meat pie & meat-on-a-stick sellers where we learn more about bad things going on in town and trouble to the south, reinforcing what Toni was saying.
We also lost another scene Colmarr was not involved in where some of the crew members follow Mery the berry vendor home. At Mery's home they meet her father, an old wounded soldier, and they learn more of the troubles in the land, the rumblings from the south, and they learn of a mysterious new group of slavers that came from the far west and allied with the Bledsum family. They have a compound north of Tortila. The following morning, Mery, her father, and smitten N'un T'Chauck pack up and head west with many other people steadily leaving Tortila for the safer kingdoms of the midwest. Wakil and Malachi return to the Pander Ban.
The night after the fire and riot, the crew meets two guards on the docks in the following abbreviated scene:
"The guard adds in a hushed, confidential tone that there are also unconfirmed reports of elves in town, and they may be responsible for the killings, the fire, maybe even the riot. Elves have magic that can make men go mad, and they can conjure fire from midair! There were some folks who saw strange lights floating out over the harbor as well. Regardless, the gates and the port are closed for the rest of the day while the guards attempt to sort all this out, and they may be closed tomorrow as well."
There were probably other NPCs who've mentioned things: Mac, the former owner of the Arrow in the Bull, or the creepy mortician, or Dietrich the pawn shop broker. Maybe even Eloise at some point.
"Things, they not so good, man. The business, it not so good around here now there's less ships coming in and more people going out. Not that I blame them myself, but I ain't letting no puttin elves run me out of my femin tavern, you know what I'm sayin'? Is just that, some people, they heard about what happened down in the islands? And they start thinkin' them elves'll be coming north, next, right? Me, I'm not so sure, but I wish they'd hurry up and make up their minds. I mean, if they do get up here, at least I'd have somebody to sell to, man. That's why I turn to them trinkets, there, man, cause business been so slow. I got that ring there from a man who say he fished it out of the islands, right before the point-ears showed up. He fled lickity-split, man, he got nothin' left now. He trade me that for a pint. I think, maybe if Robbie there buys it, I make out on that deal, no? Am I smart or what, eh? I knew when I saw it and he tell me where he got it, and I see it have that inscription on it, it gotta be from the Jenny, ya know what I'm sayin'? So, anyway, you guys come in over land or by ship?"
After the scene in the tavern, the party travels up to the market. We lost a short scene involving a begger, and another scene with the meat pie & meat-on-a-stick sellers where we learn more about bad things going on in town and trouble to the south, reinforcing what Toni was saying.
We also lost another scene Colmarr was not involved in where some of the crew members follow Mery the berry vendor home. At Mery's home they meet her father, an old wounded soldier, and they learn more of the troubles in the land, the rumblings from the south, and they learn of a mysterious new group of slavers that came from the far west and allied with the Bledsum family. They have a compound north of Tortila. The following morning, Mery, her father, and smitten N'un T'Chauck pack up and head west with many other people steadily leaving Tortila for the safer kingdoms of the midwest. Wakil and Malachi return to the Pander Ban.
The night after the fire and riot, the crew meets two guards on the docks in the following abbreviated scene:
"The guard adds in a hushed, confidential tone that there are also unconfirmed reports of elves in town, and they may be responsible for the killings, the fire, maybe even the riot. Elves have magic that can make men go mad, and they can conjure fire from midair! There were some folks who saw strange lights floating out over the harbor as well. Regardless, the gates and the port are closed for the rest of the day while the guards attempt to sort all this out, and they may be closed tomorrow as well."
There were probably other NPCs who've mentioned things: Mac, the former owner of the Arrow in the Bull, or the creepy mortician, or Dietrich the pawn shop broker. Maybe even Eloise at some point.
unleashed
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A pretty tenuous link to an elven invasion, though I guess it would have become more had we inquired along that line. 
Colmarr wasn't there for events in the next two paragraphs, so I just ignored them (hence why they were lost in the server crash). I've got the recap you did about when they went with Mery though, but I've never read until now due to the fact Colmarr wasn't there, and that's the best piece of information we had to indicate the elves might be about to invade.
As for a few elves being in town, that hardly makes me think of invasion. For all we know, the elves might try to cause such unrest periodically just to keep the other races weary of them. Considering though we found out about most of what the guards mentioned, without any mention of elves, and we knew the cause of the lights over the water, it seemed to me like the fears of a few superstitious guards at best.![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
Anyway, apart from the reference to elves in the Captain's thoughts in your first post, the recap, and an OOC reference to elves, dark elves, and the undead, I only count sixteen references to elves in my entire log before we found out directly about the invasion. Very few of which relate to the invasion in any but the vaguest terms.
The elven references I found break down as follows:
The four references you mentioned in your post: two from the bartender; two from the town guards.
Three in references to either Colmarr's bardic or cultural knowledge: two about the weather they encountered, which led to Colmarr's reference below; one about Cellador when they were talking to Dietrich.
Five references by party members: one by Colmarr about the weather they encountered; two by Magyar about magic and strange events; two by Braer used to describe his build and a tune he's humming.
Four other references by NPCs: one from Robert Begnam in a reference to where some of his rare items come from; three from Dietrich when he's trying to sell the key and map, related the source of the items or places he mentions.
So to conclude, with everything Colmarr knew, I think his muttered, “Why are we always the last ones to know,” quite appropriate. 
Colmarr wasn't there for events in the next two paragraphs, so I just ignored them (hence why they were lost in the server crash). I've got the recap you did about when they went with Mery though, but I've never read until now due to the fact Colmarr wasn't there, and that's the best piece of information we had to indicate the elves might be about to invade.
As for a few elves being in town, that hardly makes me think of invasion. For all we know, the elves might try to cause such unrest periodically just to keep the other races weary of them. Considering though we found out about most of what the guards mentioned, without any mention of elves, and we knew the cause of the lights over the water, it seemed to me like the fears of a few superstitious guards at best.
Anyway, apart from the reference to elves in the Captain's thoughts in your first post, the recap, and an OOC reference to elves, dark elves, and the undead, I only count sixteen references to elves in my entire log before we found out directly about the invasion. Very few of which relate to the invasion in any but the vaguest terms.
The elven references I found break down as follows:
The four references you mentioned in your post: two from the bartender; two from the town guards.
Three in references to either Colmarr's bardic or cultural knowledge: two about the weather they encountered, which led to Colmarr's reference below; one about Cellador when they were talking to Dietrich.
Five references by party members: one by Colmarr about the weather they encountered; two by Magyar about magic and strange events; two by Braer used to describe his build and a tune he's humming.
Four other references by NPCs: one from Robert Begnam in a reference to where some of his rare items come from; three from Dietrich when he's trying to sell the key and map, related the source of the items or places he mentions.
So to conclude, with everything Colmarr knew, I think his muttered, “Why are we always the last ones to know,” quite appropriate.
Drowned Hero
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Cliffhanger or what?! 
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