The village of Prumen

[DarkMaster]

Telic's song (ooc roll 16+4) seems to have quite an effect on the children, for a moment the children forget about the whole crisis and listen to Telic. The two mercenaries seems quite relief. Telic feels that the adults are also enjoying his performance

Solomon shouts but hears no response.

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon

Solomon hurries back to the others. "You should go. It is too dangerous to keep the children here. But I cannot go yet. Gnarll, would you take the risk of staying with me a bit longer and helping me smash down a door at the house of your old employer, Mr. Almat? I believe Mr. Almat and/or his daughter may be hiding inside."

 

[DarkMaster]

Gnarll a bit reluctant to the idea of damaging the Almat property follows Solomon to the Manor.

OoC I will assume the rest of the party is leaving with the children, to which destination are you heading towards Mornonas or the small village of Broyar]
The rest of the group leaves in two carts. The first is driven by Karn and the second by Marcus. The small children that were placed in Karn cart are now calmer thanks to Telic's performance. The 15 feet x 5 feet four wheeled cart. The one driven by Marcus mostly contains supplies.

Gnarll and Solomon finally get back to the door. Gnarll studies the door for a few seconds and bull rushes it. Only at his fifth trial is he able to rip it apart. Behind the door both of them can see an extremely rich office. The desk is made of extremely rare woods from the south of Axyr, there is leather on every chair and sofa, the wall are covered with very expensive tapestry. On the right they notices a very large library. On the office they can see four books open, a feather and some ink, a few eternal candles are wisely installed inside the room to provide the necessary lighting. On the office there is also a magical lamp (OOC light bulb is a stone with continual light that can be covered) On the left of the office there is a large piece of furniture containing various artefacts most of them seems related to his business.

Gnarll looks at Solomon " I don't see anybody here, maybe we shouldn't have done this. Hope Mr Almat will understand, because I will have to work for months before I can pay for a door like that. Solomon my job here is done, sorry but I've got to go, I don't want to be here when the orcs will arrive neither should you"
The half-ogre leaves the scene as quickly as he can.

 

[Manzanita]

Solomon

Solomon thanks Gnarl. "I will take full responsibility for this if it ever becomes an issue. Thank you. Hurry to catch the others. I will join you as soon as I can, but do not wait for me."

Hopefully the group discussed where they would go before Solomon ran off, so that he can catch them later.

Solomon shakes his head sadly. Jessica's body was not found. She was not in the village, nor in the house. She was not taken by the murderous militia. He father was likewise missing. He had no futher clues. He approaches the desk and glances briefly at each of the books. If any seem interesting he will put them in his backpack. He will likewise take the stone of continual light, figuring the orcs will take it otherwise, and fully intending to give it back to Frendor if they ever meet again.

He will then leave, with a heavy heart, counting on his superior speed to catch up with the others. He knows he continue looking for Jessica, but his best bet at this point is to follow up on the clue about the Temple of Helm.

 

[DarkMaster]

Marcus decides to leaves towards the small village of Broyar.

Solomon, quickly go through the books. Three of them are related to his business, but the fourth one seems interesting. It written in a language unknown to Solomon but contains a picture of the rock he found on the mayor's brother's body the other morning and that he latter gave to the councellor, after this one told him that he would like to study its significations. While searching Solomon notices the tapestry behind the office, one of them seems damaged and lost a lot of its color, but he can still recognise images of women wearing hood on their faces, performing various religious rituals and leading orcs and gobelin to battle. The piece of art is around 10ft x8ft and can be easily rolled.

[OOC I will assume that Solomon takes those two objects hoping someone with better knowledge can analyse them and leaves without searching more.]

Solomon heads towards the village of Broyar.

A two hours after your departure from the village, you all notices a large amount of smoke originating from what seems to be Prumen's location. The carts make it to broyar in less then a day. Solomon arrives in the village an hour and half later.

The village is very similar to Prumen and people there, most of them have relatives or friends in Prumen, are very sad to hear the news. They will take care of the children and the survivors. Marcus decides to stay. He will help the local militia protecting the village. Gnarll and Karn on the other hand are more interested by vengeance and are willing to follow the group if they are to pursue their investigations.

The two soldiers are questioning Oculus and Jasper about the faith of Captain Farimond and the rest of their squad. Privatly they ask the wizards"Oculus, Jasper do you have any clue to what happened to our captain and the rest of the unit, shouldn't we investigate on their fate?. With all those orcs around I am a bit worried. Things were pretty boring up to now, we wouldn't mind a little bit of action"

The night is now falling on the village. The villager are already setting up barricades with the local militia. You are offered each a room and a good meal by the village mayor.

 

[Ferrix]

On the trip Dai will attempt to get to know the old Karn better, the lack of prejudice in his interactions makes Dai feel far more comfortable with him than many others he has met recently.

Once they get to the other village, hopefully he doesn't encounter as harsh reactions from those there like he did in Prumen.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Telic will hum and/or play his lute on the journey, seeming for all the world like nothing more than a wandering bard (except for the giant sword on his back).

 

[DarkMaster]

OOC Don't forget to check the OOC thread

 

[Kangaxx]

Jasper Conrad

During the journey Jasper will spend his time talking to children, and entertaining them with cantrips if they seem bored.

The two soldiers are questioning Oculus and Jasper about the faith of Captain Farimond and the rest of their squad. Privatly they ask the wizards"Oculus, Jasper do you have any clue to what happened to our captain and the rest of the unit, shouldn't we investigate on their fate?. With all those orcs around I am a bit worried. Things were pretty boring up to now, we wouldn't mind a little bit of action"

"Hmm... I would like to find out what happened to them, but I don't know we would. I doubt they'll be sitting in Prumen considering how much smoke we saw there, and we're not likely to run into them just, uh, traipsing through the woods. What do you think Oculus?"

 

[silentspace]

"Hmm... I would like to find out what happened to them, but I don't know we would. I doubt they'll be sitting in Prumen considering how much smoke we saw there, and we're not likely to run into them just, uh, traipsing through the woods. What do you think Oculus?"

Oculus nods, agreeing with Jasper. "I have a feeling Farimond can take care of themselves for the time being. Until then, we'll carry on." I hope Valeria's alright. I want to go look for her, but we need to ensure the safety of the children first.

Oculus studies the soldier's gear, armor and weapons. "Looks like we'll be together a little longer than we thought. What are your names, soldiers, and what are your combat specialties?"