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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave_o" data-source="post: 1079298" data-attributes="member: 2933">Day slowly creeps upon the city of Jewel. The sun reflects dully off the roofs of the surrounding structures, and a gentle mist rises from the ground, dissapating into the blue skies above. Distantly, the lapping of the docks can be heard.The triplet of Zinovii, Christian, and Carrie make their way to those very docks. The morning traffic is surprisingly light, with only a few ships docking in port - His Royal Bannister, The Triad, and Alustair's Livelihood. The area is populated mostly with scruffy dock workers, but here and there a wiry elf can be seen climbing a rigging, or adjusting a sail. The smell is quite pungent - the salty sea mixed with all those unwashed bodies. A few structures dot the docks. Namely, the Port Authority, and several smaller warehouses. Surprisingly enough, Jewel doesn't seem to be too terribly adjusted to shipping.***"BUY! DELWINIAN BOWS! PETS FROM THE GREAT FOREST! TREASURES FROM THE PHOENIX!"Your ears are, in no subtle terms, accosted by the ruckus in the Jewel market. It's a massive square, easily one hundred by one hundred yards. In fact, there are a few signs posted calling the marketplace just that - The Hundred Yards. Merchants in varying degrees of finery hawk their wares here, as well as several troups of mercenaries for hire, farmers fresh in from the fields, and - slaves. Their presence makes your heart sink a bit, given that slavery was recent reestablished by Imperial decree. It seems the Empire was a bit short on funds this season.The slaves, of course, are "attended to" by men wearing Imperial blue.OOC: Dembrilion, your Gather Information check works surprisingly well. After greasing palms to the tune of 25gp, you learn several things about matters at hand: a sharp freeze the previous winter has seemed to place all the bridges leading from Jewel to the mainland of Ulin in a state of disrepair - save for one; agents of the Empire plan to place a toll on said bridge; the Inquisition has renewed their presence in Jewel after a long period of being lax - the most recent Imperial doctorine outlaws all magic save for meager hedge wizardry, and that sanctioned by the church of the Benevolence.</blockquote>

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