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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 2762551" data-attributes="member: 3192"><p>Pax spoke with the leader and everyone else waited out the tense moments. In the end he had bartered down the price to only thirty-five gold for the entire collection of slaves. Kayla pulled out her smallest money pouch and began counting out the price. She used small coins (silver and copper, picking out the lead) to appear poor. “Good?” asked the leader when he was finished counting. Pax agreed. The leader spit in his hand. So did Pax and they shook on it. The leader hollered and waved his hands giving orders to his soldiers. Pax, Dalin, and Kayla dropped back ready to pull their swords. At the same time, the tarps of all three wagons were pulled off and the gnolls inside started unloading the wrapped bodies to the ground. </p><p></p><p>Pax and the others eased their stance. “You have been very successful,” complimented Pax. The leader was in good spirits and agreed. “Has slaving always been this good? I hear Kera has many people,” said Pax. </p><p>“Livinia says this place is open,” replied the leader. Pax took a wild guess.</p><p>“A gray skinned witch?”</p><p>“You know her?”</p><p>“I have heard of her,” said Pax trying to look disinterested. “What did she say?”</p><p>“She is not to be trusted. Lavinia traveled from this way before us. She was with her sons and another, a stranger.” Pax shook his head to show he had not seen them. “One of the sons kept pets,” the leader continued. “Animals from the forest. He makes them do bad things.” A low growl like a wild animal grew in the back of the gnoll leader’s throat. Pax did his best to stand his ground. He thought to himself, “the wildcats that attacked Grog?”</p><p></p><p>“What was the stranger like?” he asked aloud.</p><p>“The stranger wore all black and covered its face,” said the leader. “It was hunched over.” Pax’s great intellect sifted through the possibilities. He remembered Igor would have fit the description, but that was long before he had met Darius or the chef. “He’s probably dead now anyways”, thought Pax to himself. </p><p>“Lavinia’s failing cost us five gnolls,” the leader rambled on. </p><p>“Where was she going?” asked Pax. “Does she live around here?”</p><p>“She lives in the caves far away. Through the pass and over the mountains.” It sounded to Pax like Urkwin was not going back to Kusnir any time soon. He decided to change the subject.</p><p></p><p>“What is your troop called? I see your banner and everyone in the same mail armor. Do you have a name?” The leader laughed again, which got the other gnolls laughing too. He reached into a nearby pack and pulled out a large metal shield. “Your calling card, I presume?” said Pax. The shield was embossed with a tankurd with a skull on the side and had writing in the Common Tongue etched along the bottom. ‘Murylind Mercenary Co.’ He gave it to Pax as a gift. The two chatted on as all thirty-five bodies were unloaded and accounted for by Kayla and Dalin. The rest of the party maintained their position on the hill. </p><p></p><p>“Are you the leader?” asked Pax. The gnoll shook his head. He explained he was the captain. Their leader was a troll in the mountains eastwards. He smiled broadly. </p><p>“He has a bigger, meaner friend though who sleeps during the day. (laughs) Don’t wake him during the day.” The gnoll captain started laughing like he had just told a joke, so Pax join in. When the gnolls were finished Pax, Kayla, and Dalin retreated back to Grog’s side at the bottom of the rise. The gnoll warband stood up and started marching away in orderly lines with the mounted cavalry at their flanks. “I hope we meet again!” shouted the gnoll captain to Pax and gave him a salute. Pax saluted him in return. </p><p>“It has been most profitable.” </p><p></p><p>Father Ben and Rose stayed at the top of the hill to keep an eye on the gnolls in case they doubled back. Everyone else circled around Pax asking him what had happened. He summed up the transaction as best he could. As he talked Darius rewarded him with a few gold pieces for his own. Kayla was deep in thought about the black, hump-backed man. Dalin, Dram, and Grog ignored the dull storytelling and went straight to the bodies. They slit open all of the bundles just enough to learn what was inside each of them. “AAAAhhh!” Grog started screaming. Five of the bundles were actually strange blue men. Four were taller and one the size of a child. Dalin recognized them from his dream. Grog called the short one his mushroom friend. The blue men were taken out of their wrappings and they found the four tall ones were actually dead. “The little one is still breathing,” said Dalin trying to cheer Grog up. But he knew one out of five was bad odds all around. They examined the humans too. All were in various states of health, but none were dead.</p><p></p><p>Darius called everyone over to Grog’s side. “We need to make some decisions and fast.”</p><p>“What are we doing now?” asked Dram boldly. The town in the distance was on fire. The black smoke billowing from it was as thick as ever. There was still the problem of moving all thirty-five of the slave bodies. “We could try pulling them on large litters?” suggested Dalin. They would need to collect wood from the forest’s edge to build them however. Darius was adamant about saving the town. “It’s all these townsfolk have left.” Kayla had an idea. </p><p>“What if we collected all the litters and Grog used his sword to grow to Giant size? Then we could pull them all at once?” Darius agreed. He put Kayla in charge of the team and rode up the hill to Ben and Rose on lookout. He recruited them to help him save the town and the three galloped off towards the burning blaze.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 2762551, member: 3192"] Pax spoke with the leader and everyone else waited out the tense moments. In the end he had bartered down the price to only thirty-five gold for the entire collection of slaves. Kayla pulled out her smallest money pouch and began counting out the price. She used small coins (silver and copper, picking out the lead) to appear poor. “Good?” asked the leader when he was finished counting. Pax agreed. The leader spit in his hand. So did Pax and they shook on it. The leader hollered and waved his hands giving orders to his soldiers. Pax, Dalin, and Kayla dropped back ready to pull their swords. At the same time, the tarps of all three wagons were pulled off and the gnolls inside started unloading the wrapped bodies to the ground. Pax and the others eased their stance. “You have been very successful,” complimented Pax. The leader was in good spirits and agreed. “Has slaving always been this good? I hear Kera has many people,” said Pax. “Livinia says this place is open,” replied the leader. Pax took a wild guess. “A gray skinned witch?” “You know her?” “I have heard of her,” said Pax trying to look disinterested. “What did she say?” “She is not to be trusted. Lavinia traveled from this way before us. She was with her sons and another, a stranger.” Pax shook his head to show he had not seen them. “One of the sons kept pets,” the leader continued. “Animals from the forest. He makes them do bad things.” A low growl like a wild animal grew in the back of the gnoll leader’s throat. Pax did his best to stand his ground. He thought to himself, “the wildcats that attacked Grog?” “What was the stranger like?” he asked aloud. “The stranger wore all black and covered its face,” said the leader. “It was hunched over.” Pax’s great intellect sifted through the possibilities. He remembered Igor would have fit the description, but that was long before he had met Darius or the chef. “He’s probably dead now anyways”, thought Pax to himself. “Lavinia’s failing cost us five gnolls,” the leader rambled on. “Where was she going?” asked Pax. “Does she live around here?” “She lives in the caves far away. Through the pass and over the mountains.” It sounded to Pax like Urkwin was not going back to Kusnir any time soon. He decided to change the subject. “What is your troop called? I see your banner and everyone in the same mail armor. Do you have a name?” The leader laughed again, which got the other gnolls laughing too. He reached into a nearby pack and pulled out a large metal shield. “Your calling card, I presume?” said Pax. The shield was embossed with a tankurd with a skull on the side and had writing in the Common Tongue etched along the bottom. ‘Murylind Mercenary Co.’ He gave it to Pax as a gift. The two chatted on as all thirty-five bodies were unloaded and accounted for by Kayla and Dalin. The rest of the party maintained their position on the hill. “Are you the leader?” asked Pax. The gnoll shook his head. He explained he was the captain. Their leader was a troll in the mountains eastwards. He smiled broadly. “He has a bigger, meaner friend though who sleeps during the day. (laughs) Don’t wake him during the day.” The gnoll captain started laughing like he had just told a joke, so Pax join in. When the gnolls were finished Pax, Kayla, and Dalin retreated back to Grog’s side at the bottom of the rise. The gnoll warband stood up and started marching away in orderly lines with the mounted cavalry at their flanks. “I hope we meet again!” shouted the gnoll captain to Pax and gave him a salute. Pax saluted him in return. “It has been most profitable.” Father Ben and Rose stayed at the top of the hill to keep an eye on the gnolls in case they doubled back. Everyone else circled around Pax asking him what had happened. He summed up the transaction as best he could. As he talked Darius rewarded him with a few gold pieces for his own. Kayla was deep in thought about the black, hump-backed man. Dalin, Dram, and Grog ignored the dull storytelling and went straight to the bodies. They slit open all of the bundles just enough to learn what was inside each of them. “AAAAhhh!” Grog started screaming. Five of the bundles were actually strange blue men. Four were taller and one the size of a child. Dalin recognized them from his dream. Grog called the short one his mushroom friend. The blue men were taken out of their wrappings and they found the four tall ones were actually dead. “The little one is still breathing,” said Dalin trying to cheer Grog up. But he knew one out of five was bad odds all around. They examined the humans too. All were in various states of health, but none were dead. Darius called everyone over to Grog’s side. “We need to make some decisions and fast.” “What are we doing now?” asked Dram boldly. The town in the distance was on fire. The black smoke billowing from it was as thick as ever. There was still the problem of moving all thirty-five of the slave bodies. “We could try pulling them on large litters?” suggested Dalin. They would need to collect wood from the forest’s edge to build them however. Darius was adamant about saving the town. “It’s all these townsfolk have left.” Kayla had an idea. “What if we collected all the litters and Grog used his sword to grow to Giant size? Then we could pull them all at once?” Darius agreed. He put Kayla in charge of the team and rode up the hill to Ben and Rose on lookout. He recruited them to help him save the town and the three galloped off towards the burning blaze. [/QUOTE]
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