Whispers at the Fire
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Having heard bits of Jerrick's speech, Chet now watches him come and go from the wall like a hawk, anger plain on his face for all to see. Chet suddenly becomes more vigilant than ever before, walking the walls more frequently rather than just standing and staring as he often did in the past. He is determined to see that no bugbear gets into town on his watch.
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Jerrick speaks up when bugbears are mentioned, and actually bring up a name.
There is one bugbear who is a friend of the druid Glen.
His name is Tomek. He helped us in the recent fight against the demons, and currently hunts corrupted goblins. He said he is leaving to make a new tribe, since his betrayed their word, and unlike them, he seems to keep his word.He has been a guest of the Glen for a short time now, and is welcome again should he come seeking shelter or refuge.
*Anyone who brings up wanting to kill him anyway will get a "look" from Jerrick, and if they get in his face, he will say that they will have to go through HIM first, before they get to that particular bugbear. One of the reasons, "We need every ally against this demon scourge that we can get! This is no time for petty generalizations about "This race is bad. " and "This race cannot change"
There were recently talk with the goblins, right? GOBLINS.
Enough said. . .
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Chet, A brooding grumpy guardsman of late, spits and curses at any mention of bugbears.
Advisor's been sayin them buggered bears be in ah world o hurt. snorts Should go an finish wot them demons dun ta em. End them buggered bears, in tha name ah all them what fell in ol norwick.
Chet keeps to his post at the wall saying little more. He stares off to the south looking hungry for a fight.
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ooh tainted bugbears?! This I have -Got- to see!
Cyrian can't help but grin as he sees an opportunity for a greater challenge, he collects his gear and heads off to see for himself, and if possible, to bring back some trophies
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_Coming back from a lone scouting expedition into bugbear territory, Will reports that as he suspected, there don't appear to be much in the way of bugbear our former bugbear allies left for people to hunt, so obeying the Senior Guardsman's directive shouldn't be a problem.
While he admits not going far into bugbear territory, most of those he saw were corrupted like the goblins, and those few that weren't appeared to have been driven mad and were attacking their fellows._
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Rumour has it that the Senior Guardsman, Devlin of the Miltia has ordered any guards under his watch to not hunt the Bugbears, and has persuaded others from keeping away from the area, claiming hunting them down would be against 'Tempus' Laws', and nothing but bad for Norwick at this point.
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rumors go around that a flash of light was seen south of the norwick in the rawslins as a group go down to investigate they see a succubus on the hill with a large line of powderkeg leading from the down the ramp and further south she light the keg watching them go off they followed the explosion to the bridge of the small island where bugbears were found strip of any gear and tied up looking at them they were beaten and then seems to be killed in the explosion
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Between patrol shifts, Albryanna can be seen making several trips to the Kuo-Toa caves. Returning hours later with several valuables, she proptly sells them to merchants in Peltarch, though saving any unique weapons she happens to cross, locking them safely in the militia barracks. Her mind seems set on something…
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Far to the south in the bugbear lands of the rawlins, adventures exploring the area find the aftermath of a large war. Hundreds of mangled, long dead bugbear corpses are scattered throughout the area…the bugbears were slaughtered. Any live bugbears found are much more crazed than ever before, attacking nearly anything that moves on sight.
(( This is purely rp info for those exploring the bugbear lands. Bugbears still spawn as usual, just consider them to be in a mindless rage. ))
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An angry Chancellor is seen speaking to the guards at the north gate and pointing north.
If that THIEF, Dentin Strauss so much as steps one foot within your eyesight, I expect his arrow-ridden corpse to be brought to me, understood?!?
_Rumor has it that a number of people, led by the Lord Chancellor himself, beat down some evil spirit near the Dwarven Hold in the Realm. Apparently, the dastardly Dentin grabbed a broken blade from the fallen enemy, and quickly downed a potion of invisibility to make his escape with the blade that was so rightfully property of the realm at that point.
The chancellor, who has been long rumored to have supernatural –perhaps even divine-- ability to see invisible creatures, gave chase but was unable to catch the thief._
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Stories abound about the fires that burned far to the south of Norwick. Some said dark forms could be seen diving into the flames and some said they could see figures seemingly falling from the sky. Some say a great rock feel from the sky destroying large swaths of forest. Others say a great evil has awoken in the forest. Most seem to just shrug and talk about people overreacting to forest fires caused by lightning.
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A dark storm was seen near Norwick earlier some days ago. Rumour has it an evil undead spirit was at work. The militia recruit Dietrick was seen attacking it, rumour spreads that the Chancellor Dwin attacked the hin at some point, though the reason for that varies person to person.
The spirit was said to have been taken down eventually and a runed blade quickly scavenged from it by Dentin who was last seen running with it North.
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Peoeple whispered as the forces marshalled in Norwick. Large contingents of the Legion from Jiyyd under General Grag moved through town and south. A strong contingent from Camp under Aelthaus moved through town, barely stopping to speak as they moved south also. The militia mustered in its full strength was out and moved through the hushed town checking defenses and bolstering the guard, then moved south leaving the guard on high alert.
Angels some whispered behind doors We seen angels comin down from the skies and gracin us.
Those brave enough gathered quietly by the fires as the last of the forces moved out and the gates were barred and catapults dragged out and staked to the ground. Chet and Davos worked endlessly and then settled into the silent wait. Suddenly the sound of a piercing horn called out from the south and the faint whispers of yells drifted north and silence again…until...lights in the sky...sweeping and clashing with darkness. The guards straightened and watched and moved restlessly about and then settled in, faces grim and always turned south and to the skies.
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*Word spreads from the fire that the warrior of Tyr, Andrew Tormier was carrying a sword, a gift he received recently, that was said to make mages have a headache. Almost immediately Aramuil was said to have determined that Andrew was the cause. This prompted others to murmur about Aramuil being a supermage.
After a long question and answer period between Andrew and Aramuil, Andrew showed him all that he held which was magically enhanced. As onlookers watched, Aramuil could not determine the cause and insinuated that Andrew was not speaking truth. Andrew offered to allow Aramuil to look through his belongings if he chose to do so. That offer was not exercised.
The cause of the headaches was finally determined by a process of elimination between Andrew and Celestria, testing each item he held one at a time to see if it caused headaches in the mage Aramuil. At last they determined it was the sword causing the headaches. The sword was given to Guardsman Celestria of the Norwick Militia who spoke to a senior Guardsman regarding the fate of the sword.
Aramuil was said to have promptly requested that the sword be given to him, however his request was declined and the sword was stored in a Norwick Militia barracks locker until a time in the future.
In addition, when asked, Andrew is seen directing most questions to Celestria, answering only the basic ones himself.*
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- conversation happen around the fire that one night an object was seen falling from the sky north of Noriwck a few people were seen heading up to investagate*
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*Conversation around the fire speaks of five Celestials showing up at the old Norwick gates after an attack by dretches, winged horrors and tainted goblins. It's said that a Erinyes showed up to watch the battle. Tale tells of how one of the Celestials proclaimed Aramuil to be "touched" and apparently cleansed him. Upon his cleaning, Aramuil began spouting about the dagger and how it's now in Belia's possession.
Talk is also heard that the Celestials warned of something large being planned by the demons and goblins when next there is no moon. Although it's not known exactly what is coming, it's been determined that it's best to catch them first so on the next quarter moon ((next weekend)) a large scale attack is being planned against the goblins and demons.*
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*Rumors spread of some sort of darkness falling over the area of the bonfire in Norwick. Noone and nothing was found until the darkness lifted and there was a dagger laying on the ground. Jerrick was seen picking it up and shortly after, stating he was not feeling well. Celestria attempted to help steady him when he suddenly turned and ran out of Norwick towards the pass.
Elyl, Celestria, Aramuil and Edward followed Jerrick, though it is rumored the dagger changed hands and wound up in the possession of Edward Swann who ran into the wilds and was lost to those giving chase.
It is said the dagger controls those of weak mind though only those who were there could truly verify this.*
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Jerrick is seen returning to the fire in less than a good mood after speaking with Celestria. He is then seen stomping off to the south with Ronan following him. Some time later, Celestria is seen coming from the barracks. Not her normal self, she makes no attempts to greet the others and she is not smiling, her head lowered. After a short talk with Belia, she is seen heading south with her weapon drawn and her head still lowered.
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After some darkness in Norwick, a legionnaire was seen running out of Norwick, with the well known Norwick Arcane Advisor and a blonde man in plain clothing hot after his heels. All came back eventually, except the blonde man.
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Rumor spreads that in the dead of night, a heavy attack of Demons and goblins ensued to the south of the town. Senria, Alexi, Grag, Ronan, Jerrick, Elyl, and a number of other brave souls (sorry for forgetting names, it was 3 am for me ><) fought off the succubi, horrors, spawn, and goblins. Strangely enough, the demons and the goblins ended up fighting with themselves, and then a troupe of minotaur beasts showed up, followed by a celestial, who nearly was put down if not for the valiant efforts of those involved. When questioned though, the celestial just turned and flew off, leaving everyone wondering. Regardless, the south is safe for one night.
