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<blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 7978196" data-attributes="member: 7015827"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>Chapter VI: Against the Astorians</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><em>A Father’s Desperation</em></span></p><p></p><p>Moving along the trail, the group debated whether to press on toward Teziir for the remainder of the day, which would mean making a cold camp at night, or halt in Mountaingate. Aerikoth dryly observed that he would prefer to simply teleport ahead, but in any case he had no intention of spending the night in the cold. Dinendal also felt such an option would be barbaric, so the group decided to stop at the Mountaingate village inn, which was a short distance away.</p><p></p><p>Answering Rahnee's hail, the village militia opened the wooden gate to the adventurers, allowing them to come in from the snowy path outside. The group immediately made for the inn and was welcomed cheerily by the gnomish proprietor, Allie, who remembered Rahnee and her tea preference. Allie bustled over to the fire and put the tea on, apologizing to Rahnee for the lack of honey, as it had been a tough winter. The innkeeper also commented, in a low voice, about the other guests in the common room - a group of three mercenaries - who had lately been unsuccessful in their attempts to trade with Clan Ironhelm.</p><p></p><p>While Allie was discussing sleeping arrangements with the others, Darrow planted himself in the common room and engaged the mercenaries in conversation. Shortly afterwards, his three companions in the adjoining room heard a clash of weapons. Dinendal immediately rushed out, with Rahnee and Aerikoth trailing him. The elven bard moved quickly to aid Darrow, who was encircled and being attacked by the mercenaries, with Rahnee following close behind. The three managed to rapidly dispatch their opponents while Aerikoth observed the mayhem. Upon seeing the blood and bodies sprawled on her inn floor, Allie screamed and went into shock. Dinendal upbraided Darrow, who had a big smile on his face, for announcing to the mercenaries that the adventurers had been paid while the mercenaries had not. (<em>Sigh. --R</em>)</p><p></p><p>Allie, near-hysterical, focused on finishing preparing the tea and serving her remaining guests. In a well-meaning gesture, Rahnee provided her with some extra coin to purchase supplies to clean the blood from the floor, while Dinendal offered a flowery apology. At Rahnee's suggestion, the innkeeper then left to report the incident to the village militia, carefully stepping over one of the bodies that had been left by the door. The group then fell to discussing what had happened, with Darrow loudly protesting his innocence and the need to defend himself. Aerikoth with his usual perspicacity pointed out the body of the mercenary who had tried to flee, but had been cut down by Darrow's axe.</p><p></p><p>A short while later, Allie arrived with some militiamen in tow. After taking in the scene, including the well-armed adventurers and Aerikoth's glowing wizard staff, the militia leader said a few monosyllabic words and then departed, satisfied with the party's promise that they would take care of the bodies. Dinendal and Darrow ended up doing the lion's share of the burial work while Rahnee checked the local provisioner for supplies and Aerikoth stood outside the inn, largely ignoring the others as he familiarized himself with the location for wizardly purposes.</p><p></p><p>After Aerikoth completed his period of study on the afternoon of Alturiak 17, he teleported out, with the intention of returning in the morning. After the others finished cleaning the inn as best they could, Allie insisted that the three of them take the two upstairs rooms for the night. She fed them a hot dinner, a fixed smile on her face the whole time, while whistling the same tune over and over again and insisting that she would be quite happy sleeping down by the oven, to keep her warm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlo-One, post: 7978196, member: 7015827"] [SIZE=7][B]Chapter VI: Against the Astorians[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][I]A Father’s Desperation[/I][/SIZE] Moving along the trail, the group debated whether to press on toward Teziir for the remainder of the day, which would mean making a cold camp at night, or halt in Mountaingate. Aerikoth dryly observed that he would prefer to simply teleport ahead, but in any case he had no intention of spending the night in the cold. Dinendal also felt such an option would be barbaric, so the group decided to stop at the Mountaingate village inn, which was a short distance away. Answering Rahnee's hail, the village militia opened the wooden gate to the adventurers, allowing them to come in from the snowy path outside. The group immediately made for the inn and was welcomed cheerily by the gnomish proprietor, Allie, who remembered Rahnee and her tea preference. Allie bustled over to the fire and put the tea on, apologizing to Rahnee for the lack of honey, as it had been a tough winter. The innkeeper also commented, in a low voice, about the other guests in the common room - a group of three mercenaries - who had lately been unsuccessful in their attempts to trade with Clan Ironhelm. While Allie was discussing sleeping arrangements with the others, Darrow planted himself in the common room and engaged the mercenaries in conversation. Shortly afterwards, his three companions in the adjoining room heard a clash of weapons. Dinendal immediately rushed out, with Rahnee and Aerikoth trailing him. The elven bard moved quickly to aid Darrow, who was encircled and being attacked by the mercenaries, with Rahnee following close behind. The three managed to rapidly dispatch their opponents while Aerikoth observed the mayhem. Upon seeing the blood and bodies sprawled on her inn floor, Allie screamed and went into shock. Dinendal upbraided Darrow, who had a big smile on his face, for announcing to the mercenaries that the adventurers had been paid while the mercenaries had not. ([I]Sigh. --R[/I]) Allie, near-hysterical, focused on finishing preparing the tea and serving her remaining guests. In a well-meaning gesture, Rahnee provided her with some extra coin to purchase supplies to clean the blood from the floor, while Dinendal offered a flowery apology. At Rahnee's suggestion, the innkeeper then left to report the incident to the village militia, carefully stepping over one of the bodies that had been left by the door. The group then fell to discussing what had happened, with Darrow loudly protesting his innocence and the need to defend himself. Aerikoth with his usual perspicacity pointed out the body of the mercenary who had tried to flee, but had been cut down by Darrow's axe. A short while later, Allie arrived with some militiamen in tow. After taking in the scene, including the well-armed adventurers and Aerikoth's glowing wizard staff, the militia leader said a few monosyllabic words and then departed, satisfied with the party's promise that they would take care of the bodies. Dinendal and Darrow ended up doing the lion's share of the burial work while Rahnee checked the local provisioner for supplies and Aerikoth stood outside the inn, largely ignoring the others as he familiarized himself with the location for wizardly purposes. After Aerikoth completed his period of study on the afternoon of Alturiak 17, he teleported out, with the intention of returning in the morning. After the others finished cleaning the inn as best they could, Allie insisted that the three of them take the two upstairs rooms for the night. She fed them a hot dinner, a fixed smile on her face the whole time, while whistling the same tune over and over again and insisting that she would be quite happy sleeping down by the oven, to keep her warm. [/QUOTE]
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