New Whispers at the Fire
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Silver is met at the south gate, by Raimundo and Helene and wait through the night guarding. Once dawn comes, they retire to the inn, and have breakfast, at which time they decide upon a plan to lure the necromancer out. The take a mirror that Helen has and non obtrusively make it known in the inn as a rare find. Then they proceed to hide it surreptiously in the inn. Now that the trap is set, they wait in the background to see who or what comes sniffing around.
Silver Chalice, Paladin of Torm, corporal in the Troff legion
Played by Gatlord
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Word travels through the town of a pitched battle between a group of adventurers and undead risen by some powerful necromancer! It seems that the group was venturing into the Rawlinswood when they were confronted in the ruins of old Norwick, and trapped within some form of magical barrier.
The battle was quite one-sided in the adventurers' favor, until the very end when a colossal skeleton that towered over the Rawlinswood's trees was brought to bear against them. The increasingly desperate adventurers were worn down, little by little, until they were at the very brink of falling to the creature…but quick thinking by some in the group led to the skeleton being brought down and hacked apart!
Even now, some large bones remain at the site where it fell. After the battle, the party returned to Norwick, having a rather loud and at times confrontational discussion about the foe they'd faced, and about magical mirrors.
Strange things are afoot in southern Narfell again, it seems!
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Located at the old Chancellor Biswan Farm, already in the East Valley but close to the Temple of Lathander, The Warrior's Soul is open for everyone to enjoy free access to crafting facilities. The installations include the following:
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Metallurgy Crucible
Smelting Forge
Smithing AnvilBowyering Rack
Wood Saw
Woodshaping HorseTanning Basin
Tanning Table
Tanning SmokerCypher Wheel
In addition, a Master Bowyer, Master Smith and Master Tanner have been hired to provide with basic training and materials necessary to get one started in any of the trades that can be practised in the installations.
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It is said around that the bald beardless dwarf Vanderkaus is looking for a pair of magical gloves to buy. Specially, if it grants it's wearer the ability to carry more ore!
Anyone willing to make bussines, can leave a message in the Norwick crafting Hall or at the Tuck-m-inn in the Dwarven Hold((PM)).
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A very tired, huffing and carrying a plates bodies Hen arrive at the south gate banging on it demanding she be let in. She is seen conversing with Rasuil and Yatagan for a time before she is seen heading off to the temple with the body huffing and muttering all manner of things…
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A small adventuring party consisting of Anna Blake, Vanderkaus Ahot, Ros Underhill, and Rasuil Delagim was spotted heading North out of town. Word has it they returned later, with some of their group lacking a tooth or two!
On a completly unralated note, Vanderkaus keeps repeating the phrase "sends some seeds to the south side", followed by a laugh.
Go figures… Dwarves are weird.
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A small adventuring party consisting of Anna Blake, Vanderkaus Ahot, Ros Underhill, and Rasuil Delagim was spotted heading North out of town. Word has it they returned later, with some of their group lacking a tooth or two!
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A bald beardless dwarf is seem around town. He walks around asking for news about the latest events.
Eventually, someone can hear some "DA FARK!" and "ROIT" shouts near the fires.
He seems to spend much of his time in the Crafting Hall and the Dwarven Hold.
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Rumor has it, that the priestess Anna Blake, along with others, held a meeting at the druid's circle.
During this meeting, as they bore witness to a commune spell casted by a Chauntean priestess, the results brought to the conclusion that though the tree did not have a spirit, it is however, indeed sacred.
Measures will now be taken to find a proper sapling that has not been sanctified to be transplanted back to where the original tree that was harvested had once stood to make amends.
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_A few days after the vandalism at the Union Hall, a party of crafters and non-crafters was seen heading into the Rawlinswood.
Shortly thereafter, a swarm of wyverns was spotted in the distance, circling over the forest. Some would even say they thought they spotted a figure riding the biggest of them, but that sounds like wild speculation.
What is_ not _speculation, however, is that there are dozens of wyvern carcasses now littering the floor of the forest, from the far hobgoblin territory all the way to the ruins of old Norwick, where the biggest can be found. Its body is nearly the size of a dragon's, and must have taken some effort to cut down.
What the hell is going on in the woods?_
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_A passing rumour about a disturbance in the crypts seems to make its way into the town of Norwick. It would appear that a monstruous undead creature known as "Vilewight" had been found there.
This creature seemed to prey on druids, be it by choice or circumstance, as at the moment of being found it was indeed devouring the remains of a druid. The two that found it, also druids, confronted the vile abomination, managing to destroy it after extreme struggles in which at least one of them, a mostly unknown quiet and tranquil druidess of Silvanus, was knocked unconscious to drift into death. However, she was saved in time by her partner at the time, the more known druid Varyn of Nobanion.
It would appear that afterwards, Silvanus saw fit to bless the crypts at the druidess' request, even if for just a moment as verdant vines crept through the stone and earth to retrieve the body of the half-eaten druid, and return it to the earth while its spirit was freed to reincarnate into another being in a new turn of the wheel._
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After witnessing an unusual and heated conversation near the central campfire, a somewhat concerned Z is seen visiting the temples around town, the guards, and the Dwarven Hold to spread the word about a potential "situation" - something about a very powerful demon lord and a possessed warrior lass.
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Grim word spreads that Elvadriel has been slain.
The rumour goes that she fell in the crypts South of the village in an attempt to save the young Tormite paladin and local lad, Arnie Arnesen and a less well known Rashemi warrioress down there. Whether or not this is true isn't clear though. After all, she's one of them magicky types and had a trick up her sleeve… right?
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Rumor has it that a cranky old Dwarf has been seen making helms in the Union Hall as well.
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The Union crafting hall has been very busy as of late ((Woot summer vacation!)). As a result, many new items are for sale in the Union Store.
Shoppers are also reminded that, if they don't see what they are looking for, custom weapons and armor can always be ordered.
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_Meanwhile, the work to get the Warrior's Soul Tradeskill Hall has progressed steadily. With Nuwairah often being needed in the north, it has been Cormac who has been seen helping around in his free time.
The opening of free-for-all crafting facilities in the south appears imminent now._
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_A young, pale-ish lady of freckled cheekbones, dotted emerald eyes and platinum hair appears a little upset as she speaks by the fireside of the events that she had witnessed the night before.
It would seem that while she was by the south, an ominous mist began to rise, the atmosphere grew eerie and the moon was tinted in blood. Little red dots in the darkness soon cried and yelled as they revealed the numerous goblins behind them, who assaulted the young warrior as if craving for her blood. Afraid of leading the goblins into the town and the havoc they could cause, she decided to hold her ground the best she could, right by Norwick's south gates.
Although taking wounds and burns from the goblin blades and spells, she resisted until eventually a leader emerged amongst the goblins, who spoke threats, or perhaps a rallying cry mentioning the goblinoid god Maglubiyet before the final showdown between the contenders.
Fortunately, the first lights of dawn revealed the young lady to be victorious, although bloody and exhausted. The blood moon passed, and things returned to apparent normality in the quiet town of Norwick._
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Sergeant Alvaniel can be seen speaking to Eric the Lumberjack and giving him dimensions for a new gate.
"I will supply you with the elm or oak for the gate," she mentions to him. "It will be prepped against weather and attacks."
He looks at her after seeing the dimensions. "These are not the gatte dimensions for the gates in Norwick, what are we looking to build a gate for?"
"If you must know, I want to put a gate on Fort Ormpur and see if the fort can be revitalized and saved," she tells him.
"Now those are bold plans there Sergeant, let me speak to dad and you work on getting us the wood, it will take quite a bit I assume you want double reinforced if not triple reinforced."
"Triple," as she heads south handing him 1,000 gold, "that should be a nice down payment."
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Rumours speak of darkness suddenly descending over the center of Norwick, a shadowy figure emerging from it to battle Cormac. There's speculation of some type of curse at play, the Chauntean priestess Anna Blake reportedly performing a ritual at the Morninglord's temple to deal with it afterwards.
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Legion Sergeant Alvi was attacked by a barbarian of some sort as she was securing her horse up at the Inn in Norwick. The man, foaming at the mouth first attacked her horse and then Alvi. Caught off-guard she then was able to eliminate the threat.
She was then questioned by a Norwick guard as of the other three present, none saw the attack as was said by Cormac, Nuwa and Arnie.
