Warriors Of The Coast

[drothgery]

Khalia relays what she has discovered, and her conclusions, to the others, then continues...

"I think we have to go down to the beach before the people the lizardman spoke of have moved on. They might not be watching this lighthouse closely, but if they are..." She trails off.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Two hours pass following Zan and Garrick rushing back to town to get the militia. During that time, the rest of the lighthouse is searched, and the bodies of the two Linman children are found in their respective bedrooms on the third level. Like their parents, they appear to have been told to turn and face the wall, then stabbed through the back. A gruesome, vile scene. All four of you remaining cannot begin to grasp what kind of coward would do this, especially to defenseless children.

The discussion is about whether or not the four of you should wait for the militia to show up so that you can let them know what is going on, or else head straight for the camp on the off-chance that the ones who did this pack up and leave quickly. Nelson relays what he saw of the area further down the beach of the false lighthouse that was erected and which caused a number of ships to already run aground... and makes the point that even if they knew the four of you were here, it would probably take more than two hours to pack everything they've already looted up before they could leave... whether it was on foot or by ship Taviss also insists that he could follow any trail these fiends might blaze should they leave by foot. It is decided to wait the two hours or so for the militia to hopefully arrive.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Nelson, you return to the top of the lighthouse to keep an eye down the rocky beach. You figure that a good way to tell if the humans know if you all are here at the lighthouse is whether or not anyone comes back to the wooden tower to check on the fire. If you don't see anybody make their rounds, chances are they might all be back at camp preparing to clear off.

About an hour after the last time you saw someone inspect the tower, you see through the spyglass that the same guy returns, does a quick check of the area, makes no indication that he sees you at the lighthouse, then returns back the way he came.

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Taviss, Ari and Khalia are cleaning up parts of the tower when finally they hear the sounds of horses. You all rush downstairs and out the lighthouse to meet them, and you see three Watchmen have arrived-- the human Citen Boggs, the gnome Andreana Molary, and half-orc Skarghash... all three respected and accomplished miltiamen (and woman). Boggs leaps from his horse and immediately comes over to the three of you.

"I'm glad to see you all here. Garrick and Zan were not sure if you were going to wait or if you were going to speed off after whoever did this. They told us what you found. What about the children? Any word on the whereabouts of Stephan and Helena?" He looks to his two fellow Watchmen, and Andreana and Skarghash both climb down from their steeds and walk over to you as well. "This is Watchman Molary and Watchman Skarghash. Watchmaster Silversun has asked that Molary and myself take over cleaning up what is inside the lighthouse, while you accompany Skarghash to go after the ones who did this. Is this acceptable to you?"

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Nelson, you stay up top on the lighthouse while the three Watchmen arrive and talk with the others. Keeping an eye out down the beach seems to be the best course of action at this moment in time until something further gets decided. You walk around outside the glass housing, bringing the spyglass up to check in all directions. Suddenly, something catches your eye off by the burning tower. Bringing in the focus of the spyglass, you see something miraculous! Is that... Jango Silversun? It can't be! But wait! It is!

The young elf boy stumbles into view from the south and moves past the burning tower. His clothing appear dirty and bloodstained, and there are the remnants of thick rope dangling from both wrists and feet... all of them appearing to have been charred and burned away. He continues his limping, stumbling approach up the beach, heading towards the lighthouse.

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OOC: Valmont and Brogarn, you are both free to begin posting in character if you would like.

 

[stonegod]

Its grim work, cleaning up the remains. Ari hunted monsters, not people. But sometimes, people were worse.

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When the Watchmen have their say, Ari gives them a quick nod. "Jango is still out there, and my job is to find him. I'll assist in the rest, but I warn you that d'Tharashk might want extra."

 

[Velmont]

Jango continue to moves as fast as possible, but it seems hard. He clumsily step on a rope and finish his face on the sands. He stays there for a moment before he turns over and try to remove the rope. He quickly change his maind and simply make sure the dangling rope won't be in his feet anymore. He look behind him and continue toward the lighthouse. As he approach, the elf start to shout "Limran! Limran!" The young elf falls again near the lighthouse. His head looks up and see the open door and the watchmen horses, his face fall down on the ground, and he seems not to move anymore.

 

[drothgery]

"This is Watchman Molary and Watchman Skarghash. Watchmaster Silversun has asked that Molary and myself take over cleaning up what is inside the lighthouse, while you accompany Skarghash to go after the ones who did this. Is this acceptable to you?"

"That's very nearly what I had planned on in any case." Khalia said. She quickly filled the watchmen in on what they had found, and her conclusions regarding how and why they were killed, before setting out again.

 

[Brogarn]

Skarg's small black eyes scan over the three people in front of him with an inquisitive gaze then snap back to Khalia when she answers Boggs' inquiry. He nods once at her and says "Just let me know where you need me."

 

[James Heard]

Whistling an ear-piercing treble between his two front teeth directed down the stairs, Nelson wheels himself into the lighthouse proper to announce Jango's arrival and whereabouts downstairs. Torn between the idea of aiding Jina's brother to curry favor with her, or the prospect of being further surprised by less fortunate visitors, Nelson makes his decision and almost immediately returns to his perch at the top of the lighthouse and continues to scan the surrounding area for anyone who might have followed the wounded mage.

 

[Ringmereth]

Taviss springs up the stairs and meets Nelson on top of the lighthouse. "What is it? he asks in a low tone, his mood black. The sight of the dead children had taken any joy he might have found on that day.

 

[stonegod]

Ari cocks his head at Nelson's whisper and gyrations, and immediately draws a sword sensing danger. Motioning for the others to stay behind, he catiously approaches until a clearing in the jungle shows him what Nelson saw---his charge. Quickly, but still keeping an eye out for trouble, Ari approaches the wounded elf.

To Jango: "You fine boy? Here, let us get you back to our others." Supporting him as best he can, Ari begins trundling back to the others. Yelling: "Jango! I've found Jango!"

But, somwhere in his mind, he was thinking, Damnit. Now I'll need to to the rest of this work. Well, at least there will be more coin. Still don't like hunting men though.