Oscuran Forces
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Construction continues on the walled building. Seems the workers are clearing tress around in a wide perimeter and taking the time to remove large boulders and stumps leaving the land level about the structure. The wood is taken deep into the Oscuran workshops for processing.
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_Much progress has been made, the walls are going up, a stone foundation with the metals bars has been laid on the ground some 20 feet down and layered levels have been placed,towers can be seen and the dwarves are installing a portcullis. Inner buildings are being built as the walls strat reaching higher.
In addition, seems a bigger squad of troops are now stationed at the construction site and patrol about the area._
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_Seems digging has begun, deep trenches have been dug following the white markings. Various magicks are used, earth elementals are used for digging then followed by workers shoring up the trenches and apply clay to the sides of the trenches to fill holes. Fire Elementals are then brought into the trenches seemingly to harden and dry the earth. Water elementals are brought in to perform various tasks of directing and moving water.
When a trench seems to meet the head dwarf's satisfaction percut blocks of stone are lowered into the trenches. Oddly, each stone has a series of holes in them. Once a few layers are stacked, another worker takes bronze rods and inserts them into the holes followed by a caster who melds the stones together into a seemless wall.
Much still needs done but it seems like the builders have a specific plan to their activities and assign various tasks to anyone that offer to help. Needless to say they are supervised as they do so and certain 'delicate' tasks are left to 'professionals'._
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The Pale Man watches them from a ways away, giving them minor bits of help if they ask for it.
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The Captain of the PeaceKeepers can also be seen at the site, often speaking with the skeletal women, or with the dwarves, helping out where she can
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A strange skeletal looking woman was seen walking about the entrance to Oscura inspecting the work being done, she is barely noticable and seems to appear out of nowhere, issuing some quick orders before vanishing again. Some of the local travellers seem uneasy seeing the strange women, but they note she is dressed as a Peacekeeper although this does little to ease their nerves…
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_The forces in the Nars seem to be leveling and beating the ground around the cave and applying a white chalk like substance on the ground as discussion seems to continue among the dwarves. Sometime later a group of Lotus members bring out one of their wagons which the dwarves begin to take more measurements and seem busily scribbling notes down in little books.
It is said a group of mages and priests even visited the dwarves on the surface for a short period and were seen being pointed to various ground features by the dwarves before the casters returned underground.
They don't seem to have any desire or need to harass any travellers nearby though it is said one dwarf did throw a traveller in a water barrel in a huff after they trampled on some of the chalk lines._
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_On a related note. A large squad of Oscurans seem to have set up a camp at the cave mouth. A group of dwarves seem to be directing things as they seem to be making drawings and sketches as well as marking the ground nearby.
Travelers with engineering or architecture can discern it looks like they are preparing designs for some sort of structure._
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Benji mutters amongst a group of Legionnaires as they pass Oscura on patrol.
_That's <g>bullshite</g> and you know it. There's no -way- all this activity is 'unrelated.'…
No. It doesn't bother me that they're all coming up here to visit. As long as they don't come complaining to me about sunburns I couldn't care less._
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Also unrelated.. a Kuo Toa was seen wandering out the cave.. he looked at the sun and went back in..
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Also unrelated, the PeaceKeepers of Oscura, namely their Captain, have been seen walking about above ground.
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In no relation to this, Black Lotus members have been seen walking about the surface for unknown reasons.
