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<blockquote data-quote="Zerith" data-source="post: 5511671" data-attributes="member: 99953"><p>Given the man’s manner and response Alexander assumed he was Alden, Martomum's aid(or so he assumed any ways), the man was dirty to say the least, at least to Alexander’s eyes; while he could not claim to easily see something sneaking up on him, even from the front, he was able to examine things that he knew were there very well.</p><p>With the smell of wet Gnoll around him growing he was tempted to just start expending arcane energy left and right and clean the entire camp right then and there; but as he found out earlier Gnoll’s were superstitious of arcane magic: getting an entire camp of Gnolls, that he was in the middle of, riled up for such a petty concern really was not something he needed to do; his nose protested all the same. Doing what any sane man would; he started breathing in through the mouth and exhaling out through the nose so that he would only have to smell his, polluted, lungs.</p><p></p><p>getting back to the newcomer , who he assumed did not smell much better than the Gnolls; his sense of smell was not so keen that he could tell just how bad anything smelt when he was in such a stink unless it had a pleasant smell to it, like that of citrus. He would have at lest zapped the filth of the comer but he still did not know just how easy it was to rile up the Gnolls, and antagonizing them through someone they have a working rapport with was not something he dared to do just yet.</p><p>All the same, Alexander thought, hopped, Martomum had maintained a neutral odor, not that he could tell or even that it mattered while they were surrounded by such, noticeable, solders… </p><p>while he knew it was not a real priority, he did have a growing pipe dream of getting them all to bath, but to them, it might have been a good smell… Alexander very much wanted to know just what he could expect from the Gnolls, but to add further questions after asking two before Martomum had the chance to reply would just be rude; being rude to the dwarf when the dwarf had nothing to lose, and perhaps something to gain, buy not helping him went Alexander would have to be foolish to do so.</p><p></p><p>This mad his mind real back around to Dellex: Alexander knew, or at least thought, the wizard was smart, but this was just foolish of him.</p><p> Alexander was the hire apparent of one of Pesh’s most prestigious houses; sending him to the Gnolls blind would ether avail him nothing save the removal of Martomum from its command or getting, as the Dwarf told the wizard, get the young noble, him, killed. Liked by the king or note, sending Alexander into a war party of Gnolls could be a very large risk for whatever the wizard was planning. As it stood all the nobles who took interest in the fledgling barony were looking at Duke Bairan and tolerating the war hero. Having them stop looking at the bear and examine Dellex with a fine toothed come after getting one of Pesh’s most powerful, and by far the most paranoid, counts would at best gravely wound the barony’s ability to barrow affordably from other provinces.</p><p></p><p>As a new barony without much time to fill its coffers for a war effort while at the fringes of Pesh, and with what he gauged as well equipped ‘regular’ troops Alexander could see only a few possibilities.</p><p>- The Barony was fueled by Duke Bairan’s own personal treasury that was built up as he and Dellex adventured. This would be stop gap at best: the taratory had just been tamed, and Alexander could not see it producing enough income though taxes and other revenue that the bear could harvest to brake even with a large fielded army very soon, and between wages and initale equipment he did not think Bairan’s personal coffers could last long enough for the war to finish, even more so given the Duke’s reputation with the barony’s people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> -The Barony was running up a dept or otherwise being funded by the more established provinces through their nobles: while he could not see most liking a common born as a duke, Alexander knew most were damned smart enough to at lest found the bear enough to maintain an army during a war: keep the ‘hero’ on the front lines; then he will either motivate and inspire Pesh’s army in the region against their foe or he would get himself killed and become a rallying cry for all the solders in pesh, perhaps even the rest of the five kingdoms.</p><p> A win for the nobles either way: but it would still be unwise for Dellex to do something that could case the nobles to change their tone; once favorable loans can be changed after all.</p><p></p><p>-King Haspen, along with the barony’s lands, has fed it a treasury to get it off the ground, and might even be renewing it; king or not, if Dellex got the remaining hair of one of Pesh’s most prized provinces killed through negligence he could get Bairan’s Barony openly called a blight on the kingdom. And then Heaspen could be antagonizing the majority of his kingdom’s nobles by propping up the barony.</p><p></p><p>It was likely a bit of each, but all the same, there simply could not be enough infrastructure for the barony to hold up its own weight just yet; and Dellex would have to know that.</p><p>Meaning one of five things</p><p> </p><p>-Dellex saw the Martomum as such a threat to whatever the wizard was planning that he simply had to remove the dwarf from the Gnolls and back into the irregular’s camp were he could keep the dwarf in constant check</p><p>-Dellex knew for certen the Gnells would not kill the Gnolls, and that Alexander would not antagonize them into doing anything rash, given Dellex’s manner towards the Gnolls Alexander thought this was unlikely.</p><p>-Dellex’s endgame was removed from the continued existence of the barony and it was just a handy tool for the present.</p><p>-Dellex knew of some wealth the provinces have that could make the barony self sufficient far sooner than Alexander figures it could be.</p><p>-Dellex is just plain foolish, short sighted, and stupid.</p><p></p><p>Alexander figured the latter was the least likely, but the other four were rather interesting to him all the same. he likes these games and the Wizard's was big, he could feel it.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=OoC] Fodder post :3</p><p>you said EXP was gotten through posts, right? XD</p><p>Now imagine how large this post could have gotten if Alex actually did something other then breath? :3[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zerith, post: 5511671, member: 99953"] Given the man’s manner and response Alexander assumed he was Alden, Martomum's aid(or so he assumed any ways), the man was dirty to say the least, at least to Alexander’s eyes; while he could not claim to easily see something sneaking up on him, even from the front, he was able to examine things that he knew were there very well. With the smell of wet Gnoll around him growing he was tempted to just start expending arcane energy left and right and clean the entire camp right then and there; but as he found out earlier Gnoll’s were superstitious of arcane magic: getting an entire camp of Gnolls, that he was in the middle of, riled up for such a petty concern really was not something he needed to do; his nose protested all the same. Doing what any sane man would; he started breathing in through the mouth and exhaling out through the nose so that he would only have to smell his, polluted, lungs. getting back to the newcomer , who he assumed did not smell much better than the Gnolls; his sense of smell was not so keen that he could tell just how bad anything smelt when he was in such a stink unless it had a pleasant smell to it, like that of citrus. He would have at lest zapped the filth of the comer but he still did not know just how easy it was to rile up the Gnolls, and antagonizing them through someone they have a working rapport with was not something he dared to do just yet. All the same, Alexander thought, hopped, Martomum had maintained a neutral odor, not that he could tell or even that it mattered while they were surrounded by such, noticeable, solders… while he knew it was not a real priority, he did have a growing pipe dream of getting them all to bath, but to them, it might have been a good smell… Alexander very much wanted to know just what he could expect from the Gnolls, but to add further questions after asking two before Martomum had the chance to reply would just be rude; being rude to the dwarf when the dwarf had nothing to lose, and perhaps something to gain, buy not helping him went Alexander would have to be foolish to do so. This mad his mind real back around to Dellex: Alexander knew, or at least thought, the wizard was smart, but this was just foolish of him. Alexander was the hire apparent of one of Pesh’s most prestigious houses; sending him to the Gnolls blind would ether avail him nothing save the removal of Martomum from its command or getting, as the Dwarf told the wizard, get the young noble, him, killed. Liked by the king or note, sending Alexander into a war party of Gnolls could be a very large risk for whatever the wizard was planning. As it stood all the nobles who took interest in the fledgling barony were looking at Duke Bairan and tolerating the war hero. Having them stop looking at the bear and examine Dellex with a fine toothed come after getting one of Pesh’s most powerful, and by far the most paranoid, counts would at best gravely wound the barony’s ability to barrow affordably from other provinces. As a new barony without much time to fill its coffers for a war effort while at the fringes of Pesh, and with what he gauged as well equipped ‘regular’ troops Alexander could see only a few possibilities. - The Barony was fueled by Duke Bairan’s own personal treasury that was built up as he and Dellex adventured. This would be stop gap at best: the taratory had just been tamed, and Alexander could not see it producing enough income though taxes and other revenue that the bear could harvest to brake even with a large fielded army very soon, and between wages and initale equipment he did not think Bairan’s personal coffers could last long enough for the war to finish, even more so given the Duke’s reputation with the barony’s people. -The Barony was running up a dept or otherwise being funded by the more established provinces through their nobles: while he could not see most liking a common born as a duke, Alexander knew most were damned smart enough to at lest found the bear enough to maintain an army during a war: keep the ‘hero’ on the front lines; then he will either motivate and inspire Pesh’s army in the region against their foe or he would get himself killed and become a rallying cry for all the solders in pesh, perhaps even the rest of the five kingdoms. A win for the nobles either way: but it would still be unwise for Dellex to do something that could case the nobles to change their tone; once favorable loans can be changed after all. -King Haspen, along with the barony’s lands, has fed it a treasury to get it off the ground, and might even be renewing it; king or not, if Dellex got the remaining hair of one of Pesh’s most prized provinces killed through negligence he could get Bairan’s Barony openly called a blight on the kingdom. And then Heaspen could be antagonizing the majority of his kingdom’s nobles by propping up the barony. It was likely a bit of each, but all the same, there simply could not be enough infrastructure for the barony to hold up its own weight just yet; and Dellex would have to know that. Meaning one of five things -Dellex saw the Martomum as such a threat to whatever the wizard was planning that he simply had to remove the dwarf from the Gnolls and back into the irregular’s camp were he could keep the dwarf in constant check -Dellex knew for certen the Gnells would not kill the Gnolls, and that Alexander would not antagonize them into doing anything rash, given Dellex’s manner towards the Gnolls Alexander thought this was unlikely. -Dellex’s endgame was removed from the continued existence of the barony and it was just a handy tool for the present. -Dellex knew of some wealth the provinces have that could make the barony self sufficient far sooner than Alexander figures it could be. -Dellex is just plain foolish, short sighted, and stupid. Alexander figured the latter was the least likely, but the other four were rather interesting to him all the same. he likes these games and the Wizard's was big, he could feel it. [sblock=OoC] Fodder post :3 you said EXP was gotten through posts, right? XD Now imagine how large this post could have gotten if Alex actually did something other then breath? :3[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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