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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 205483" data-attributes="member: 114">There is a tremendous celebration in the village at the safe return of the heroes. Some of the old timers start looking at Trajan (“that young scamp”) in a new light now. A group of men make their way back up the valley to see the body for themselves. The skull is mounted on a pole and the village decide to rename their humble community “Dragons End”.Amongst the few treasures recovered from the back of the cage there was a masterwork axe, short handled but with an exceptionally broad blade. A suit of chainmail that while broad across the chest was decidedly short in the leggings, a couple of backpacks, one of which contained a small chest with 6 carefully wrapped and exquisitely carved stumpy figures and a letter from one Jorish Baral, a mastercraftsman from Bridlerest. The other contains a small fortune in gemstones.As strange as it seems, the evidence is that one of the recent victims of the dragon was one of the half-mythical dwarven race. But nobody has had contact with the dwarfs – or seen them – for many years!Putting two and two together, the company reason that the dragon must have ambushed the dwarf and a courier, eaten them both and brought their goods back here. Apparently this mastercraftsman had been commissioned to produce these exquisite carvings, and this was a meeting to hand them over for payment.Syl is all for dividing up the “loot” straight away, but Trajan is particularly concerned about that. He reckons that this doesn’t count as genuine loot, since Jorish is actually owed the payment for his work, and the dwarves haven’t got their artwork. K’tan, always mindful of his mission to avoid the threat of the mind flayers points out that dwarfs would be a valuable ally in any future battles, with their unparalleled knowledge of the roots below the mountains – and that this might be an opportunity to get “in” with them.Eventually Syl is shouted down, and the decision is made – they will journey down to Bridlerest, a large city of artisans situated on the silverlode down towards the sea. There they will return the artworks and money to Jorish, and perhaps see if they can get a link into the Dwarves (perhaps acting as couriers themselves)The route there will take them past the temple of elemental evil, where they have a score to settle with the hobgoblins and their leaders. Furthermore, they will pass a wizards tower where, 50 years earlier, Anne Marie had commissioned a pair of magic boots as payment for services rendered. Hopefully she will be able to pick them up before they progress further East along the river.First though… the temple!</blockquote>

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