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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5568757" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/5744612320/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5744612320_b53d3258e5_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[OOC]The route on the map, starting in the Dawnforge Mountains (right-hand side of the map) is odd in that the Dwarves usually content themselves to inhabit the deep places beneath the mountains. You are heading in to the Nentir Vale, a place mostly unexplored, this is not the traditional home of the Dwarves- holds have been established here but they are few and far between, and mostly lost to time. Certainly a 'Lost Hold' could remain lost here for some time. The point being this is not Dwarf territory, this is the Underdark proper, there's nowhere to run to down here...</p><p></p><p>Len retains a good memory of the route taken so far, his chances of finding his way back- should he need to are good.[/OOC]</p><p></p><p>The Gaffer hears Len's questions and chuckles.</p><p></p><p>"I'll tell you what I know about the Tannheim, for whatever good it will do. The rumour is the Tannheim were a 'specialist' clan, they were interested in dangerous things that were best kept secret, dangerous and powerful. They chose a life of isolation, even during their glory years, which were certainly more than a century ago. The Tannheim had as many friends on the topside, the humans and the like, as they had in the Halls, perhaps more."</p><p></p><p>The Gaffer scratches his chin.</p><p></p><p>"They were a strange bunch for other reasons, or so it was said, they worked for others- any creatures that had power and new knowledge, they constructed devices for specialist customers- the Lords of Nentir, and particularly Fallcrest made use of their skills. But they were not alone, they made deals with Tieflings and others."</p><p></p><p>The Gaffer lets this new information sink in, before continuing on-</p><p></p><p>"They created, it is said, great forges- forges that were possessed of intelligence, they crafted mighty magic items using strange metals that were said to come from beyond the stars. You asked what you should do here, I suggest find these forges... if they exist. If you could relight them, well... you and your kind would have the key to great power, should you be able to control them."</p><p></p><p>The Gaffer shakes his head some more....</p><p></p><p>"But it will not be easy, the story goes the Tannheim clan were wiped out in a single night... although how anyone would know this- whatever it was that destroyed them, well it may lurk still within the halls. There are a thousand stories about why, and how, and... But the one that I favour is a creature beyond death now stalks the Lost Forge- a Lich, a creature already death that commands powers to destroy- something happened, some internal problem, some corruption- that's what I believe, but... I've never been there, not inside- what do I know."</p><p></p><p>One last thing...</p><p></p><p>"There are Dwarves there, I have never seen them, but... I can smell them, they are not like me or you, they are not like the Tannheim, they are... I don't know, odd- I smell their jumbled minds- wild and uncontrolled, maddened. I don't know who they are... but I fear them."</p><p></p><p>The Gaffer returns to silence...</p><p></p><p>[OOC]Just a note, waiting for votes from ripjames only- at present two PCs with 2 Pts each, two with 3 Pts each, and two with 10 Pts each... A close finish but clearly a consensus.[/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 5568757, member: 16069"] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/5744612320/][img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5744612320_b53d3258e5_z.jpg[/img][/url] [OOC]The route on the map, starting in the Dawnforge Mountains (right-hand side of the map) is odd in that the Dwarves usually content themselves to inhabit the deep places beneath the mountains. You are heading in to the Nentir Vale, a place mostly unexplored, this is not the traditional home of the Dwarves- holds have been established here but they are few and far between, and mostly lost to time. Certainly a 'Lost Hold' could remain lost here for some time. The point being this is not Dwarf territory, this is the Underdark proper, there's nowhere to run to down here... Len retains a good memory of the route taken so far, his chances of finding his way back- should he need to are good.[/OOC] The Gaffer hears Len's questions and chuckles. "I'll tell you what I know about the Tannheim, for whatever good it will do. The rumour is the Tannheim were a 'specialist' clan, they were interested in dangerous things that were best kept secret, dangerous and powerful. They chose a life of isolation, even during their glory years, which were certainly more than a century ago. The Tannheim had as many friends on the topside, the humans and the like, as they had in the Halls, perhaps more." The Gaffer scratches his chin. "They were a strange bunch for other reasons, or so it was said, they worked for others- any creatures that had power and new knowledge, they constructed devices for specialist customers- the Lords of Nentir, and particularly Fallcrest made use of their skills. But they were not alone, they made deals with Tieflings and others." The Gaffer lets this new information sink in, before continuing on- "They created, it is said, great forges- forges that were possessed of intelligence, they crafted mighty magic items using strange metals that were said to come from beyond the stars. You asked what you should do here, I suggest find these forges... if they exist. If you could relight them, well... you and your kind would have the key to great power, should you be able to control them." The Gaffer shakes his head some more.... "But it will not be easy, the story goes the Tannheim clan were wiped out in a single night... although how anyone would know this- whatever it was that destroyed them, well it may lurk still within the halls. There are a thousand stories about why, and how, and... But the one that I favour is a creature beyond death now stalks the Lost Forge- a Lich, a creature already death that commands powers to destroy- something happened, some internal problem, some corruption- that's what I believe, but... I've never been there, not inside- what do I know." One last thing... "There are Dwarves there, I have never seen them, but... I can smell them, they are not like me or you, they are not like the Tannheim, they are... I don't know, odd- I smell their jumbled minds- wild and uncontrolled, maddened. I don't know who they are... but I fear them." The Gaffer returns to silence... [OOC]Just a note, waiting for votes from ripjames only- at present two PCs with 2 Pts each, two with 3 Pts each, and two with 10 Pts each... A close finish but clearly a consensus.[/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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