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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7249818" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER04   NEW WATERSEGMENT 129“ GRAY DUSK CLAN”9/9/17NYMM 28, 1000The group of five very unlikely adventurers travel together.  They search for missing people and the causes of missing people.  The skeletal honor knight, the bardic inquisitive, the possible Dragonmarked house member, a non-changing changeling chef and now a strange and very unstable man (?) looking to return back to Yrlag.In the near distance they spot a thick circle of birds.   A slight scent of rot can be detected in the air.  For obvious reasons, they decide to avoid the obvious carrion.  (thus ruining some of my plans…..sigh  It’s hard to be the DM some days…..)LHARVION 1, 1000 Traveling still north (?) back to Yrlag (?) they spot a series of islands.  They go there and spot carnage.  Several slaughtered creatures and adventurers.  One loan body of a dead orc wearing a gray mask.Looking about, into the horizon, they spot another small island.  They go there and find….. a group of orcs meeting with other orcs.“How many?” asks Zig.  “ Too many for us.” Answers Ayru.They move away and that night find another small island to take cover at.  As usual, Feldrix watches as the others sleep.  Ayru has a hard time sleeping.  She sits up and questions this whole adventure.  Before she can begin to talk to the knight, he stiffens up further.   “We are…. Not alone.”Ayru calls for everyone to wake up as the knight watches.  A lone man is running through the water.  He seems to be running directly for the island.  He trips and tumbles onto shore and dives into the tall grass and lays still…. Hiding.The knight ignores him and continues to watch into the water.   “Over…. A dozen….. coming.” Says the knight.“Dozen of who….? Questions Tyson as he locates his bow and begins to string it.“Orcs I think.” Comments Ayru.“What should we do?” asks Zig.“Hee hee…..” answers the unstable man.“You have been…. Practicing with… your sword Zigland?” asks the knight.“Yes.”“Pull it out and get ready.” Answers Ayru.“Ready.    Be red-red-ready so we can go bed-bed to bed already.”  Answers Kyr as he moves backwards.It is not until the orcs reach the grass that they see the knight.  The running man continues to hide in the grass with Ayru close by- also ducking low so as to attack from surprise.  The orcs continue going forward.  Zig steps up with his sword and holds his own against two orcs.   There is a brief glimmer from the brush and a mutated tentacle alligator appears.  The orcs divide their forces to defend themselves from this creature.  Later, mutated wolves appear in addition.  Zigland holds his own which makes his teacher proud (Feldrix).   The battle takes time as there are many orcs here.  Ayru stabs at the lower bodies of orcs from her hiding place in the deep grass.  Tyson whistles a tune of encouragement while firing his bow.  He misses more than he hits.  Feldrix keeps them at bay.  The lone fleeing man merely tries to crawl away.  As he parts the edge of the grass Tyson lands an arrow before him.  “Don’t leave just yet.” He threatens.Soon, there are no orcs left.“Who are you?”“Why were you running?”“Seen any berries….. big and strawberry like…..”“I am Jeremy.  I and my two other friends were returning from the glass wall.   Then these savages….   These orcs came after us.   The Gray Dusk.”Tyson and the others look at each other knowingly.“Was this all of them?” asks Ayru.“Yes.”Tyson doubts it.LHARVION 3, 1000The six of them reach the shoreline that separates New Water from the swamps that remain south of Yrlag.  Within a few hours they return to the old man’s alchemy lab.  Zig spends a few minutes with him as the others talk to Jeremy.   He leaves and Zig rejoins the group.Back to Yrlag and to their rooms at Sugga n’ Peppas.</blockquote>

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