Rumors of the Valley
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_Bleary-eyed smallfolk speak of a racket coming late one evening from Ginger Tealeaf’s tent. There was a fight? Surely there weren’t demons in our valley? There were shouts and such a clanging of steel! Shortly thereafter, stalking out the south gate were two Silver Valley councilors: Ginger looking angry, Gears looking stunned.
Close to dawn, the councilors returned to the tent: a dazed Ginger being carried by councilor Gears. Where did they go? Is everyone safe? What’s going on? Concerned hins want to know._
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Quiet whispers in hinnish make the rounds that there were drow in the Nars Pass west of the Silver Valley. The drow carried powderkegs and attempted to blow up the Peltarch monument, but were foiled by valiant Silver Dragoon leader Juster Little. A couple of noisy tallfolk from the gypsy camp played a small part in chasing the drow back under their rocks.
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Now a Councillor as well as a Dragoon, Gears is a stronger presence than ever in the Valley when not out on his own ramblings. Though at times, when patrolling the valley during tallie visits, his eyes seem to dart over them and his fingers twitch a moment before his hands close into fists and he continues his rounds. This is often accompanied by a few deep breaths and a glance towards the Silver Valley's northernmost hilltop.
More than a few Valley residents have begun to talk about what exactly the details of his present, possibly strained relationship with some of his fellow Councillors are…but only in short, hushed conversations with many a glance about at the nearest trees and shadows. A necessity when those gossiped about are all well known for their stealth.
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It seems that Leaf has been seen wandering in and around the valley recently after having apparently gone missing for quite some time. Of course there are many rumours about where he's been and why but most of them are only concocted to improve the wonderful story-telling that hins are famous for. The most logical rumour is that Leaf was just wandering and looking for the best pastries in the land but such a rumour is no fun and makes a poor bedtime story so the rumours told most always seem to include some nasty monster and and amazing adventure.
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A dust covered and pink haired hin, most noteable for the scar down the left side of her face moves into Rhubarbs. She helps Andy with his cart inreturn for some apple juice. She looks around, buys a few things. Then she sets off to look around.
She seems disappointed at the shrine to the dead of the valley, fingering her Dog head amulet, symbol of Urogalan, Hin god of Death and the Earth. No mention of him on the monument. Shame.She is often seen heading out towards the battlefields south of Jiyyd. Scattering fresh earth on any corpses and searching always for hin bones to move to a better resting place.
She speaks little, and never much above a whisper. But seems keen to watch, aid, live in the Valley. Make it her home.
Those who ask her name receive the same answer "Alice. Or Pink"
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Buttercup is seen taking 'extra' precautions to protect her mushroom harvest with Mister Testosterone Rothe around too.
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Rumour has it that Miss Rothe has attracted a gentleman suitor. There's a rothe bull hanging around the Tealeaf camp these days, and he's never far from Miss Rothe. The hins have expanded their rothe pen and have given him a name.
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_It seem the valley has some more guards as of late. Perhaps all the Dragoon recruiting that has been going on is working? Either way the Juster is seen patrolling the valley and taking time to stop and talk to all the various gaurds put in place.
However, something seems to be bothering him… Some may notice the smell of apples around his tent his fading..._
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Gears is seen accompanying Juster into his tent on the hill before emerging a few minutes later, Silver Dragoon Robes in hand. Over the next few days he is seen patrolling the Valley in turn, and has apparently moved back in, camping on the higher ledges by the Four Winds Monastery at night.
Apparently the HDL has a new recruit.
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Buttercup takes a loadoff, tending almost exclusively to the jmmushrooms around the valley or making observations of the valey's wildlife in her jounrals, if not locked away fiddling with the process for making her spice.
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Gears is once again a presence in the Valley, if infrequently. His number of visits seem to be increasing, however…
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Buttercup can be seen doing overtime in harvesting mushrooms after Miss Rothe arrives. She spends whle days colecting she can. In the end though it seems Buttercup shares at elast a quarter of her harvest with the Rothe anyway, the rest going to be dried out with the rest of her secret stash and processed into Butterspice.
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Not too long after Miss Rothe's arrival Juster was seen building a small fenze around her. Some wonder whether this is to ensure no one steals his milk or to make sure his dinner can't walk away. Either way whether or not Miss Rothe is going to be in the valley a while is under speculation.
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A small crowd of curious onlookers gather at the camp in the northeast corner of the valley. There's rumours the strange beast grazing on mushrooms is called a deep rothe, and she gives the sweetest milk you ever tasted. But Miss Rothe better watch herself. There's talk that she and Buttercup Tealeaf will be vying for the local mushroom crop.
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After a few days of absence from the valley Juster shows his smiling face again. Shortly after one of the aforementioned cockatrices seems to go missing, however…
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A weary group of hins returned from Peltarch. Ginger, Charlette, Colner, and Merial had all left days before in anticipation of a Greengrass festival being held in the Lucky Ferret. But little mention is made of the festival. Instead, there's some chatter about a magic portal, demons, devils, vampires, strange magical creatures, a rakshasa, and the finest pipeweed ever smoked. Shortly thereafter, Ginger was seen plucking and roasting two fat cockatrices by the campfire.
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//coughs and flips Gears and Merial's finishing places around Sure, try and take my glory away, why don't you.
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Another Apple Festival has come and gone. The citizens of the Silver Valley recently hosted this year's Apple Festival featuring contests of skill and might.
First place in the archery contest went to Silver Dragoon recruit Merial Shallowbrook, who walked away with a halfling knapsack as a prize. Winner of second place and a magical lute was gypsy camp sharpshooter Gears.
The boxing contest got off to a thrilling start as Gears lost a close match to Dragoon Captain Juster Little. Juster went on to take the first place prize of a masterworked silver hammer by beating Charlette and Frem. Frem walked away with second place and an enchanted crossbow, while Charlette received third place and a masterworked yew heavy club.
The festival finally over, several tired but happy smallfolk remained to clean up the valley and any leftover apple ale.
((08/27/2007 Edited to change the archery ranks. All I could remember was those bullseyes Gears shot!))
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What a ruckus around that Juster Little's tent! Could anyone in the valley get any sleep last night with all the drunken singing and carrying-on around up on the hill? There's a pretty new face in the valley - a young lass named Berry. She's awful thin, but the pink's back in her cheeks after a party with several boisterous hins at the Little tent. Rumour has it "the loud one" was gnomish. Ginger Tealeaf was seen collecting empty pie plates, soup bowls, and bottles for washing in the early hours the day after the party.
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Juster is seen, or more likely heard, asking around the valley about the three missing hins. He seems to want to know more about them, and more particularly, to know if any of them are known to be sneaks or skilled with traps.
