A Colony of Spiders and Hobgoblins in Jiyyd
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Barquin sits at a fire near the Jiyyd commons and recounts a tale to several halfling children gathered around him:
"They's hundreds of 'em I tells ya! Creepy crawlin things out ta steal me corns. They's come through the front gates a scrapin' their eight legs and causin a ruckus. Right behinds them comes the hobgoblins. It was all we could do ta hold 'em off."
He takes a long draw off his pipe and continues.
"Sees, they comes ta gets the corn and we woop on 'em. The other defenders with sword and shield and bow and I's a callin' on Sheela ta helps out. She makes these sparkles and they's all dead. Then when the hobbies come she let's out more sparkles. This time from the skies and lighnin' fries 'em all. Then there was this mage fella, a senator they's calls him, and he helps out too. He says some words and fire goes rippin' through town burnin' spiders and crops alike. I was real sad at that point cause all me corn got all burnt up. But later ons I prays ta Sheela and we works ta get things back in orders."
"Then we get's the idea… or rather Miss Melanie gets the ideas that they's comin' from the caves over theres. So we goes and haves a look. At first we sees nothin'. Then we goes ta leave and sure enough... they's everywhere!"
He pauses a moment for dramatic effect before continuing.
"We's about ta woop on 'em agains and from out of nowheres comes this elven fella says he done kills 'em all. Now I tells ya, I suspects he's the one who brought 'em. Elven mage he was. Crop killin' bastad he was."
"Anyways, that's how it happened. I wouldn't lie ta a bunch o' youngin's like ya."