Camp Bon Fire Rumors and Stories
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_Having developed a particular distaste for undead due to recent events, Celebring more often stands watch with the guards near the woods. Augmenting his allies and destroying the zombies to distract himself.
When not with them, he speaks with Cera and the Gypsy common folk, trying to identify the lost children._
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_The guards at the gates to the spider woods have reported unusual amounts of zombies wandering around the woods. They don't seem to get to close to camp, they just wander around out of bow range. As soon as some seem to be destroyed, the next morning, more walk in to take their place.
Some whisper about an attack coming on the camp, even though the woods have healed from their earlier state of disease a bit, it still seems a bit lively with these zombies and occasion diseased animal. No word has been heard in some time from the woman known as Taly Blackthumb about the blightlords in the woods, most are simply blaming her for the new surge of blight things walking about._
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Half-a-dozen children of the Camp suddenly go missing one day, with no explanation, and no sign of where they went. While the Camp mobilizes to search for them, Cera closets herself in her tree, apparently searching for them in her own way.
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_Cherry lay perfectly still in catatonia for weeks, either groaning or mumbling nonsense in response to being moved. Her body would keep most any position it was move into, taking hours before she would shift position again on her own. It was not pretty to watch the drool dribble out and down her cheek.
She was moved from Norwick back to the Camp and taken under her grandmother Cera's care. Cera looked after her catatonic granddaughter until she finally broke from her state all these weeks later.
Though Cherry can now feed herself and is what you might call alert and responsive, she now makes her grandmother sound lucid and rational by comparison._
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_Upon returning from the Glaciers, Ragnhild can be observed tidying her tent, stowing away childhood things of Lycka and Asha's with loving care. Collecting one of the less worn and torn stuffed dolls, she goes to visit Raver, William and the tiny Morrison offspring, returning with a soft and strangely wistful expression.
On the subject of Asha, Ragnhild simply states that her time to go walking has come, to learn and find her path in life, just like she herself did all those years ago. Though sadness shines in her eyes, she also seems proud and confident of Asha's abilities in finding that path, and perhaps comforted in knowing that the panther Pounce is sure to remain close to the young ranger._
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Those with a keen interest in looking for Asha might have noticed by now that she's either hiding really well, or simply not there anymore. However, where she has gone remains a mystery. Maybe she's finally gone crazy and went to look for the fabled gillants on her own? Or she actually managed to find wood giants?
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A small stuffed Romani Warrior doll was left at Raver and Will's doorstep. The doll having a pink and black armband, a small stuffed longsword and longbow held in it hands. Wearing imitation Romani leathers. An adorable little present for the new baby, yet who exactly left it remains a mystery.
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Tala delivers the rocker she used for her children to Raver and Williams home with much cursing as she lugs it up the cliff face. The rocker having been hand carved with woodland animals has seen some use, but is in good repair and by all accounting seems to have gotten a fresh polish and gleams to it. She is seen leaving the house later with a softer look than her normal gruff exterior.
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_Will and a very pregnant Raver were seen going in to visit Jeni, and many long hours later, leaving with a carefully wrapped bundle - and Raver looking much thinner than she has in some months.
Rumors quickly spread that they are the proud parents of a baby girl_
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Speaking of marriages, it is said that a small wedding party gathered recently in the camp, soon thereafter leaving via portal to the Great Glaciers. While the guests Nicahh, Peppy, Mareann, Celebring, Horbag, the silent traveller known as Sara and a few others all returned after a day or so, the newlyweds Aelthas and Lycka stayed behind for now, along with Ragnhild.
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A swirling gust of wind blows up and seems to cyclone a moment startling everyone there before a voice speaks out from the wind..
Greetings and salutations. Feel free to join the festivites celebrating the marriage of Parsley Tealeaf and Peppy Twiddlefingers this week ((Monday 10pm Eastern)) at the Sisterhood in Jiyyd.
almost immediately the wind dies down and quiets out, leaving people with a surprised and confused look to their face.
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It seems a Minotaur tribe assaulted the hobgoblin cave and wiped out it's residents. Their motive seems to have not been entirely kindly since they then moved in claiming that if the Gypsy Camp didn't approve they would feed well on the humans of it. However Elder Star reports that she along with Kara, Aramuil, Ginger and Hedia, after trying negotiations, opted for wiping out the entire Minotaur tribe.
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_Cherry disappears again for a few days, perhaps seeming a bit on edge and sounding paranoid before she went with talk of being watched by some generic They. Demons and hobgoblins filling in interchangeably in any explanation of who 'They' are.
She walks right out of thin air upon her return, smiling, bright and sparkly, clearly refreshed from her trip to 'the Wind' as she always puts it. Not one shred of paranoid behavior to her, she flies right back into her duties in helping build the fortifications._
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_After a long and pleasant evening spent talking at the heartfires, Lycka and Cherry were suddenly and quite rudely interrupted by one of the fires flaring up repeatedly, as if hickuping. After one final flare, a furry creature with a staff stood amongst the flames, chanting guttural, menacing incantations. With the help of the nearby warriors and an unusually attentive Charic, the two young women felled the beast, who soon turned to nothing but charred remains in the flames.
Jaiden increased the watch around the fires, and though some of the new arrivals seemed sceptical of the truth of the incident, more of the furry beasts, soon evident as hobgoblins, eventually poured forth from the flames to attack anyone nearby. The attack was successfully repelled, though worrisome in that Cherry detected a portal opening before each attack. It would seem the hobgoblins are growing bolder with every passing day..
After a quiet talk with Jaiden afterwards, Lycka seemed quite elated before walking off with Aelthas to get some well-earned rest. Jaiden himself immediately left in search of Jonni, leaving vigilant guards on duty at the fires._
//for some reason I got it into my head that the hobgoblin shaman was a bugbear, and the penny didn't even drop that I'd gotten the names mixed up until afterwards. :oops: I blame the err.. fire, for obscuring the sight?
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Master bowyer Tealeaf walks into the camp looking for Sara. After a visit and a cup of fenberry tea with some campers, she leaves the message, "Please tell her that her bow is ready."
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William seems to be everywhere Raver is these days, almost hovering…. Raver looking a bit pale at times, and almost giddy others
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_After eerie howls were heard throughout the nars pass, the badly bitten, bleeding and all around beaten forms of Kara DuMonte and Ronan Redralen stumbled into the gypsy camp, promptly collapsing and muttering something incoherant about demons and hobgoblins.
After the two recovered somewhat, a larger group consisting of Aelthas, Kara, Lycka, Ronan, Rudi, Vagabond and Zyphlin set out towards the bridge area to investigate further, returning in pretty much the same torn up state. Word is that there is a powerful hell hound on the loose, and that the hobgoblin cave is infested with demons and cross-bred, corrupted hobgoblins. Lycka can be overheard later recounting the battle with large, dramatic gestures, describing in great detail the horror of the slimy slaadi encountered, the great hulking shapes of demonic hounds and the frighteningly alluring succubi and incubi dropping from the skies to cast evil spells to tear at body and mind._
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Rhistin's seen running into camp and talking with Mira with large gestures: "There's Kuo Tua in the Pass just North of here"
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More Warriors are seen patrolling the Pass, and the Camp itself these days, while Jaiden and Mira are seen training with the men and women Warriors and each other. One of them is overheard speaking of someday bringing all the squads together under one group.
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Araganor has been seen near the orc head, he wasn't runned out yet.
