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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 4779129" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p>Session 19, Part 3</p><p></p><p></p><p> “So what exactly happened here?” Kezzek said as they walked off the docks.</p><p></p><p> “Eh, Webdyn's mercs took the town from the Thornspills in their last Feud,” the burly Port dockworker said, setting down a massive bundle of cloth and wiping his brow. “Only problem bein' that Steamport's suddenly gone and now there's almost no trade goin' on, so Webdyn can't pay his mercs. So, last night the Thornspills started movin' back in and sounds like they're going to get another Fued going so they can take it back.”</p><p></p><p> “Whose side are you on?” Harold said.</p><p></p><p> “You see a Freehold tattoo anywhere? I'm no Freeholder, I'm a citizen of Port. If you want some advice, don't get mixed up in any Freehold business. They take it seriously, but as long as you're not involved, they're honor-bound or somesuch not to harm you.”</p><p></p><p> “Where are you going?” Suniel said as Kormak started to slip off into the crowd with his dog.</p><p></p><p> “I thought I'd see how many people I could murder here,” the dwarf said dryly. “No, this is the first real civilization we've been to since I joined up with this motley outfit, so I thought I get some business done.”</p><p></p><p> “And just what business is that? Hey!” Suniel shouted as the dwarf slipped off into the crowds. He turned to Harold. “Where are you going?”</p><p></p><p> “The Crystal Towers has been trying to get the Freeholds to ally with us for centuries. If these Webdyns just lost their mercenaries, maybe they're looking for some allies.”</p><p></p><p> “Well, I have Black Carriage business myself,” Suniel said, turning to where Guntl and the goblins were leading his carriage down the ship's gang plank.</p><p> </p><p>“Do you think the Turtle will be safe down there?” Kezzek said, gesturing out into the bay where they'd left the turtle at on the lake floor.</p><p></p><p> “I think it's unlikely that someone will be swimming that deep out there,” Suniel said. “Besides, I told the silver guardian to attack the first thing that entered the turtle that wasn't me. Oh, and here, No Tongue made this and I think he wanted me to give it to you.”</p><p></p><p> Kezzek caught the little wooden carving and examined it more closely. It was a carving, painted black, of a disturbing, smooth skinned, tentacled creature with a vertical row of eyes that radiated evil even as a simple carving. Kezzek looked back up in time to see the others head out their separate ways into the teeming streets of the city.</p><p></p><p> “Oh well,” Kezzek said, tossing the creepy carving aside. “Guess I'll go see if I can find some crime.”</p><p></p><p> ***</p><p></p><p> “Nice to be off that ship,” Ambassador Roderic said as he and Harold sat down in the common room of the Gilded Rose. “Looking forward to a real meal too.”</p><p></p><p> “We should be expecting Bradic Webdyn, he's apparently the one in charge of the Webdyn forces in the city. I thought he might-”</p><p></p><p> Just then the door swung open and a tall man with a spiderweb tattooed on his neck and jaw walked in. His eyes scanned the room and he walked purposefully over to Harold and Roderic. “Hail, I am Bradic of the Webdyn Freehold. One of my men said you wished to speak with me.”</p><p></p><p> Harold and Roderic stood and shook hands with Bradic in turn. “Yes, we understand you are having difficulties with the Thornspills?”</p><p></p><p> “Well, you might say that. My cousin initiated the Feud to take the port, but unfortunately, by the time we'd heard about Steamport's fall, the mercenaries were already hired so the decision was made to go through with it anyway. Now that we've lost the mercenaries we're heavily outnumbered by the Thornspills, and, to be honest, badly in need of allies. Unfortunately, none of the other Freeholds in the area are willing to join with us, given the Thornspill's strength. So-”</p><p></p><p> The door slammed open, the Webdyn man who entered freezing in his tracks as Harold put an arrow into him.</p><p></p><p> Harold lowered the bow as the man dropped to a knee. “Lord Bradic! The Thornspills are saying two of our mercenaries killed forty Thornspills and violated the peace. They're declaring a total Hold War!”</p><p></p><p> “Perfect timing,” Harold mumbled to Roderic as they followed Bradic to the door. “Of course this would happen right before we got to the negotiations.”</p><p></p><p> “Well, maybe they'll seek us out. I don't know anything about Hold Wars, but it sounds like the could use allies,” Roderic said.</p><p></p><p> “Maybe,” Harold said. He stopped and listened intently, hoping to catch some snippet of the conversation Bradic was having with one of his captains as they mounted up and rode into the town. He caught a few last words before they road out of sight and groaned.</p><p></p><p> “A Greywarden?”</p><p></p><p> ***</p><p></p><p> “Your running out of men,” Kezzek growled as he booted another Thornspill corpse to join the other two-dozen that lay sprawled in the street. Two dozen men still surrounded him and he was bleeding from a dozen wounds, but his orcish blood was roaring in his ears. “I hope Crazz wasn't important to you.”</p><p></p><p> He stepped on the body of Crazz. He'd killed him first, since he seemed to be the leader, but that seemed to have goaded the Thornspill's men on instead of driving them away.</p><p></p><p> They rushed him again, stumbling over the bodies, and he smashed one in the face with his gauntlet and cut another one down as the man tried to circle around him. They pulled back again, circling about warily.</p><p></p><p> “Surrender now and the rest of you will live,” Kezzek said.</p><p></p><p> They roared and charged in. <em>This looks like it might be it</em>, Kezzek thought as they all finally rushed him at once. <em>At least I'll take most of them with me.</em></p><p> </p><p>There was a cry from above them and a compact, burly form fell from the sky and landed in the middle of the largest press of them, sending them reeling in all directions and breaking up their momentum. Kezzek took the opportunity to body slam one into a wall and run another through with his quor'rel. He slammed a boot into another's back as Kormak slammed two of their heads together with a sickening <em>crunch</em> and vaulted another to land at Kezzek's side.</p><p></p><p> “Looked like you were having fun with out me,” Kormak said, flashing his hideous grin at Kezzek.</p><p></p><p> Kezzek's orcishness overrode his Greywarden discipline and he grinned back. “This city is rich in law-breakers.”</p><p></p><p> “It's you breaking the laws!” one of the Thornspill thugs yelled. “Cut them down, for Crazz!”</p><p></p><p> “For Crazz!” the others yelled and charged again.</p><p></p><p> ***</p><p></p><p> Kezzek stood, still bleeding from his many wounds, and stared defiantly at Bradic Webdyn and his personal guard. “Do you realize what you've done Greywarden?”</p><p></p><p> “I upheld the Law, nothing more.”</p><p></p><p> “The Law? You broke the Peace. You, a foreigner without a mercenary writ, murdered forty-three Thornspills in the streets of Port!”</p><p></p><p> “Hey, at least half-a-dozen of those were mine you know,” Kormak said. Kezzek glared at him and the dwarf rolled his eyes.</p><p></p><p> “What do you have to say for yourself Greywarden?”</p><p></p><p> “Three of them were knifing a Webdyn in an alley and I arrested them. When they resisted, I dragged their bodies into the street and, unfortunately, into a large gang of Thornspills. Their leader, one Crazz, demanded an explanation, and had his men attack me before I could answer. The rest was self-defense.”</p><p></p><p> “Perhaps in the lands where you come from, you were following the law-” Bradic said.</p><p></p><p> “Greywardens are the law,” Kezzek said.</p><p></p><p> “Not in the Freeholds. Kezzek Stone, I hereby banish you from the Freeholds for blatant disruption of Hold Law. Let it be known throughout Port and the Freeholds. You have until dawn tomorrow to be gone from these lands.” Bradic lowered his voice and the hardness in his eyes was replaced by sadness. </p><p></p><p>“The Webdyns will be killed to the last child for this.”</p><p></p><p> He turned and rode away with his entourage before Kezzek could say another word.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 4779129, member: 60965"] Session 19, Part 3 “So what exactly happened here?” Kezzek said as they walked off the docks. “Eh, Webdyn's mercs took the town from the Thornspills in their last Feud,” the burly Port dockworker said, setting down a massive bundle of cloth and wiping his brow. “Only problem bein' that Steamport's suddenly gone and now there's almost no trade goin' on, so Webdyn can't pay his mercs. So, last night the Thornspills started movin' back in and sounds like they're going to get another Fued going so they can take it back.” “Whose side are you on?” Harold said. “You see a Freehold tattoo anywhere? I'm no Freeholder, I'm a citizen of Port. If you want some advice, don't get mixed up in any Freehold business. They take it seriously, but as long as you're not involved, they're honor-bound or somesuch not to harm you.” “Where are you going?” Suniel said as Kormak started to slip off into the crowd with his dog. “I thought I'd see how many people I could murder here,” the dwarf said dryly. “No, this is the first real civilization we've been to since I joined up with this motley outfit, so I thought I get some business done.” “And just what business is that? Hey!” Suniel shouted as the dwarf slipped off into the crowds. He turned to Harold. “Where are you going?” “The Crystal Towers has been trying to get the Freeholds to ally with us for centuries. If these Webdyns just lost their mercenaries, maybe they're looking for some allies.” “Well, I have Black Carriage business myself,” Suniel said, turning to where Guntl and the goblins were leading his carriage down the ship's gang plank. “Do you think the Turtle will be safe down there?” Kezzek said, gesturing out into the bay where they'd left the turtle at on the lake floor. “I think it's unlikely that someone will be swimming that deep out there,” Suniel said. “Besides, I told the silver guardian to attack the first thing that entered the turtle that wasn't me. Oh, and here, No Tongue made this and I think he wanted me to give it to you.” Kezzek caught the little wooden carving and examined it more closely. It was a carving, painted black, of a disturbing, smooth skinned, tentacled creature with a vertical row of eyes that radiated evil even as a simple carving. Kezzek looked back up in time to see the others head out their separate ways into the teeming streets of the city. “Oh well,” Kezzek said, tossing the creepy carving aside. “Guess I'll go see if I can find some crime.” *** “Nice to be off that ship,” Ambassador Roderic said as he and Harold sat down in the common room of the Gilded Rose. “Looking forward to a real meal too.” “We should be expecting Bradic Webdyn, he's apparently the one in charge of the Webdyn forces in the city. I thought he might-” Just then the door swung open and a tall man with a spiderweb tattooed on his neck and jaw walked in. His eyes scanned the room and he walked purposefully over to Harold and Roderic. “Hail, I am Bradic of the Webdyn Freehold. One of my men said you wished to speak with me.” Harold and Roderic stood and shook hands with Bradic in turn. “Yes, we understand you are having difficulties with the Thornspills?” “Well, you might say that. My cousin initiated the Feud to take the port, but unfortunately, by the time we'd heard about Steamport's fall, the mercenaries were already hired so the decision was made to go through with it anyway. Now that we've lost the mercenaries we're heavily outnumbered by the Thornspills, and, to be honest, badly in need of allies. Unfortunately, none of the other Freeholds in the area are willing to join with us, given the Thornspill's strength. So-” The door slammed open, the Webdyn man who entered freezing in his tracks as Harold put an arrow into him. Harold lowered the bow as the man dropped to a knee. “Lord Bradic! The Thornspills are saying two of our mercenaries killed forty Thornspills and violated the peace. They're declaring a total Hold War!” “Perfect timing,” Harold mumbled to Roderic as they followed Bradic to the door. “Of course this would happen right before we got to the negotiations.” “Well, maybe they'll seek us out. I don't know anything about Hold Wars, but it sounds like the could use allies,” Roderic said. “Maybe,” Harold said. He stopped and listened intently, hoping to catch some snippet of the conversation Bradic was having with one of his captains as they mounted up and rode into the town. He caught a few last words before they road out of sight and groaned. “A Greywarden?” *** “Your running out of men,” Kezzek growled as he booted another Thornspill corpse to join the other two-dozen that lay sprawled in the street. Two dozen men still surrounded him and he was bleeding from a dozen wounds, but his orcish blood was roaring in his ears. “I hope Crazz wasn't important to you.” He stepped on the body of Crazz. He'd killed him first, since he seemed to be the leader, but that seemed to have goaded the Thornspill's men on instead of driving them away. They rushed him again, stumbling over the bodies, and he smashed one in the face with his gauntlet and cut another one down as the man tried to circle around him. They pulled back again, circling about warily. “Surrender now and the rest of you will live,” Kezzek said. They roared and charged in. [I]This looks like it might be it[/I], Kezzek thought as they all finally rushed him at once. [I]At least I'll take most of them with me.[/I] There was a cry from above them and a compact, burly form fell from the sky and landed in the middle of the largest press of them, sending them reeling in all directions and breaking up their momentum. Kezzek took the opportunity to body slam one into a wall and run another through with his quor'rel. He slammed a boot into another's back as Kormak slammed two of their heads together with a sickening [I]crunch[/I] and vaulted another to land at Kezzek's side. “Looked like you were having fun with out me,” Kormak said, flashing his hideous grin at Kezzek. Kezzek's orcishness overrode his Greywarden discipline and he grinned back. “This city is rich in law-breakers.” “It's you breaking the laws!” one of the Thornspill thugs yelled. “Cut them down, for Crazz!” “For Crazz!” the others yelled and charged again. *** Kezzek stood, still bleeding from his many wounds, and stared defiantly at Bradic Webdyn and his personal guard. “Do you realize what you've done Greywarden?” “I upheld the Law, nothing more.” “The Law? You broke the Peace. You, a foreigner without a mercenary writ, murdered forty-three Thornspills in the streets of Port!” “Hey, at least half-a-dozen of those were mine you know,” Kormak said. Kezzek glared at him and the dwarf rolled his eyes. “What do you have to say for yourself Greywarden?” “Three of them were knifing a Webdyn in an alley and I arrested them. When they resisted, I dragged their bodies into the street and, unfortunately, into a large gang of Thornspills. Their leader, one Crazz, demanded an explanation, and had his men attack me before I could answer. The rest was self-defense.” “Perhaps in the lands where you come from, you were following the law-” Bradic said. “Greywardens are the law,” Kezzek said. “Not in the Freeholds. Kezzek Stone, I hereby banish you from the Freeholds for blatant disruption of Hold Law. Let it be known throughout Port and the Freeholds. You have until dawn tomorrow to be gone from these lands.” Bradic lowered his voice and the hardness in his eyes was replaced by sadness. “The Webdyns will be killed to the last child for this.” He turned and rode away with his entourage before Kezzek could say another word. [/QUOTE]
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