Tavern Rumors of Peltarch
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_It seems a tenday or more had passed since Val and Troff were last seen, then they all of a sudden showed up in town, Val clinging to the elven warrior like a lost child and babbling about the dead.
Looks like the old Crypts might be haunted by something more than bad memories._
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A group of 5 adventurers were seen entering the sewers, apparently making for the barrows. Songstress Val the most recognizable among them. Only three returned, the bard not among them.
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Brief mention is made in the taverns about a small group of Guards and Cerulean Knights keeping watch outside of room #10 in the Bottleneck Apartments
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_Several very weary adventurers are seen recovering in the Peltarch Commons after a pair of undead wyverns were slain, having dropped a horde of undead into Peltarch. One of them demanded the "Traitor Ronan" be given to them before being slain.
Wild magic, undead, and aerial attacks, what will come next?_
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Yana is seen in the Mermaid talking in earnest with someone who appears to be a much older, slender image of herself. During the next several days, Yana is seen with her about the city, showing her the sights.
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The red dressed bard, Val, simply laughs when she hears such rumours, and tells the good people that no Oscuran noble would be that daft, nor would they waste resources on killing a surfacer in a way that would leave a body. Or any sorts of clues.
Vander chauckles a bit, hearing Val´s words.
A sign of sarcasm is present on his voice as he simply states:Eh, dat's right. 'cause Oscurans don' make mistakes, eh.
He pauses a bit just to finish his sentence:
Well, mebee when it comes to murder som'un. Nay sure, eh.
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The red dressed bard, Val, simply laughs when she hears such rumours, and tells the good people that no Oscuran noble would be that daft, nor would they waste resources on killing a surfacer in a way that would leave a body. Or any sorts of clues.
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_A woman some would be able to identify as the matron of the Oscuran house Skhovus, flanked by two she-thugs, approached the Temposan Warpriest Hammer in the commons and threatened him with death over some slight or another.
Not long after, the body of said warpriest was carried into the city by Senator Leaffall, an ox at the time, supposedly found in the swamps.
Is there a connection to the recent assassination of magistrate Greywing? Has Oscura begun a campaign of terror against notable and potentially notable Peltarchan citizens?_
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Rumor has it that Magistrate Miranda Greywing has been assassinated in the bathhouse. Again.
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_Tragedy!
Lady Cassandra Je'laan's party barge hit a suspiciously shaped spike of rock in the river that hadn't previously been there, and sank. Those in the water were set upon by 'demon sharks' and many were messily devoured.
Nobody's seen Lady Je'laan since and it's thought she may have become chum.
Many nobles can be seen mourning friends and a really good party._
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Those in the Mermaid last night may have spotted two redheads chatting away at a table, one female, and one male… and then none.
They came back later, presumably ... same shape and voices, but armed and waring barkskin like a fashion statement, in the middle of the room.
Seems things are getting interesting again in the Mermaid.
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Confused reports from a small mining outpost across the Icelace indicate that rampaging xorn and elementals have collapsed the shafts and slaughtered the miners. Several investors are seen hurrying to the Dunderstone estate in the city in consternation.
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Hearing news of the recent air-ship disaster, those in the Mermaid can observe local mage Tom pausing from a heated poker match to suddenly exclaim:
"The humanity, oh the humanity!"
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There is widespread grief in several households in Peltarch tonight as word reaches the city that Odrim Hollowmoon's flying ship, the Ludendorff, has crashed on its maiden passenger flight to Damara. There are reported to be no survivors.
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After Mariston's speech, and the mention of people being banned from the Temple of the Triad, a familiar black and green clad Druid shrugs, and simply walks away from the spectacle, commenting;
"Mind, there must be other reasons to ban a person from a temple, too. Druids especially. "
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Due to the recent news about slaves from both Norwick and Peltarch, there was an attempted break out by about ten slaves to escape to the safety of the surface.
Their mutilated bodies now decorate the Raven Rift, staked on display, which has put off any further escapes quite successfully.
_These rumours having floated their way to Peltarch, Eluriel and Ronan discuss the matter in the commons. They wonder why slaves would try to push their way through guards to escape without any plan. If they wished to die, surely killing themselves or each other quickly would have been a better route than this.
Likely something created by Oscurans. Both to discourage any geniune attempts to escape, and a poorly thought out plan to coerce a rescinding of the new laws._
If ever hearing these rumours Vlaimdir politly points out that slaves are valuable to their owners and would not give them up lightly for death and mutilation
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_The next ship in from Damara bears the news that Sir Efraim Bleys' casino there, the 'City of Brass', has burned to the ground in a pyroclasm of epic proportions. Deaths are said to be in the dozens.
Many people are saying that the Red Wizards of Thay are behind it._
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Due to the recent news about slaves from both Norwick and Peltarch, there was an attempted break out by about ten slaves to escape to the safety of the surface.
Their mutilated bodies now decorate the Raven Rift, staked on display, which has put off any further escapes quite successfully.
_These rumours having floated their way to Peltarch, Eluriel and Ronan discuss the matter in the commons. They wonder why slaves would try to push their way through guards to escape without any plan. If they wished to die, surely killing themselves or each other quickly would have been a better route than this.
Likely something created by Oscurans. Both to discourage any geniune attempts to escape, and a poorly thought out plan to coerce a rescinding of the new laws._
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On his way to the Senate, a stout senatorial advisor chuckles when he hears this last rumor.
"Ha! …well now... according to that magician-senator, all of these "visions" are all true... at least they are when they deal with visions of other people.
I wonder if he will change his story now that he's the star of one of these vile stories?"
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Said object of hatred is currently wearing her hood pulled foward and clipped in place at all times while inside of Peltarch's walls. When it is time to rest Eluriel leaves the city entirely against a visitor greeting her unawares.
