Tavern Rumors of Peltarch
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A pair of attacks on the city gates by clockwork soldiers presaged an all out assault by a much larger force on the Bardic College itself. While the invaders were repulsed from the building, it seems that several students were killed in the onslaught…with only about half of that number being resurrected. In the aftermath, a large force of Defenders was seen entering the building to secure the premesis led by Captain Sally Williams.
For now, however, the building appears to be in complete disarray.
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_Dark days for Peltarch as alarm bells rang out from the western gates, heralding the arrival of the traitor Talbot Anderson's first assault upon the Jewel's walls. In wave after wave, the former Defender troops attacked, breaking the gates down with battering rams - yet none are said to have made it into the city proper, successfully bottlenecked and cut down by a mix of adventurers and loyal Defenders under Captain Sally William's leadership.
Sally Williams, the woman the traitor Anderson left in charge… rumour has it Carl Tusker attempted to sway Williams to her former loyalties, but instead the Captain took a fierce stand at the gates, cutting down countless of the city's enemies and almost paying with her life.
Lastly, there are horrified rumours and frightened whispers, all noting the strange mechanical implants of the fallen renegade soldiers. Black metal plates and red buzzing wires...
A reddish, murky gloom is said to have settled over the battle field itself, adding an omnious doomsday feel to the already grim scene._
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A reasonably-sized party of adventurers consisting of Elvadriel, Roslyn, Artemis, Nathen (the guard, not the bard!), and Shesarai were seen leaving the western gates of the city a day or so past.
Whatever they had planned, however, didn't last long. The group was seen returning perhaps an hour or so later, with Nathen carrying Shesarai's lifeless body. While reports are that she was returned to life, the party seemed eager to find other things to do afterwards.
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While the traitor Talbot Anderson is no doubt the talk of the town, Peltarch's sleuth of other problems continue unabated. The hauntingly melancholy notes of a violin filled the night air once again, this time as rumours have it, from the roof of the Bardic College. Is the notorious Ashald Park killer striking the College next - or is the killer one of the bards themselves? Have the vampires infiltrated the bardic institution, making thralls of them all?
"Cahoots!", cry the fearful, pointing shaking fingers of blame. Towards the College, towards the government, left and right in increasing panic…
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Rumors spread that the eccentric and strange-speaking Louis Auldreyyus has gone missing. Nobody has seen him or heard of him in some time. Many say he's skipped town or simply moved away from Peltarch. Some say that the odd information trader dealt with the wrong people and met an untimely end. Others scoff at the idea and say that he's probably simply away on business.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
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_Rumours abound about Reyhenna Jorino, former Bardic College guard turned demonic arch-villainess, having not only been released from her imprisonment, but set to work for the city!
Some shocked murmurs suggest the nefarious blonde was sentenced to serve time in the city orphanage (gasp - didn't she KILL a child? Won't someone think about the children!). Others insist that Reyhenna Jorino, responsible for the loss of so many brave soldiers, is now a Defender herself!
Regardless of which, anyone living in or near the western gate will have noted a massive onslaught of orcs recently, attacking with vicious force, battering rams and several catapults raining fire down on and beyond the walls.
Said orcs, claims a certain crimson-haired bard, had a ~gargantuan~ leader, so large that he scaled the ramparts in a fit of rage at his hordes defeat by the hands of several brave adventurers and heroic Defenders - including, the bard notes imperatively, one Reyhenna Jorino…_
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A small confrontation occurred in the commons a few days previously, between a group of adventurers and a group of Defender soldiers. It seems the conversation started out friendly enough, however by the end of it a local druid who had been in the former group was being dragged off to gaol by the latter, much to the consternation of her companions.
She was confined for a few hours, before the three were seen leaving the gaol together. Whatever she was brought in on, apparently there just wasn't enough evidence to make the charges stick!
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Over the course of a few days, a small figure can sometimes be glimpsed moving around on the roof of the Bardic College. What she's doing up there and whether she's even allowed to be up there in the first place is difficult to say.
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(Void, please correct if wrong)
Rumor has it … that all hell broke loose in Peltarch, with elementals, a Vrock, succubi, Vampires, hellhounds, and a BALOR all terrorizing the area near Violetta's shop, with fireballs, other spells, and panicked armed people all over the place fighting things!
Near the end, there was some talk about how everyone was going to die or something, it was horrible! Horrible I tell you!
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_Rumours circulate about Cerulean Commander Lycka Zomasdottir engaged in a death match outside the Gaol with… Commander Lycka Zomasdottir. The losing party, some rumours claim, burst into flames and cinder - much like the vampire the winning Lycka later dragged outside to perish in the last of the afternoon's sunshine.
Even more frighteningly, some say the notorious vampire master Lidérc turned up at the scene, swooping down from the rooftop to do bloody battle with the Commander and her party. After one hell of a fight, a great burst of lightning saw the terrifying figure dissolve into mist..._
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_Murder in Ashald Park! Rumours abound about the death of a young woman in the park, shortly before dawn, the murder heralded by sweet and hauntingly melancholy violin music.
While fear of vampires keeps an increasing number of the populace indoors at night, dawnbreak saw an upset crowd gathered in the park, drawn by the music. The civilians are said to have been dispersed by the guards before the Ceruleans claimed the scene, a few even dragged off to jail._
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Rumors swirl around the city that an attempt was made on the life of one of the city's nobles! If such rumors are to be believed, it would seem that the assailants did manage to kill some of her bodyguards, but were thwarted by the timely intervention of a group of adventurers who had gathered at the tourney grounds to spar.
What's more, it seems that after the noblewoman was whisked away to safety, the assailants attacked the group of adventurers! Whether it was in revenge or because they believed they were still in the company of the noble in question, is hard to say.
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There are a few scattered reports around the city that a student went missing from the Bardic College a few days back. If rumors are to be believed, they'd somehow wound up imprisoned by orcs west of the city, until a party of intrepid adventurers extracted them from those perilous confines!
The question remains, however, as to just what they were even doing out there in the first place.
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A group of adventurers consisting of several local notables such as Isolde Garibaldi, Rasuil Delagim, Roslyn Underhill, Ginger Tealeaf, Gnarl Horst, and Nuwairah Zarah'kifa departed the city in search of missing nobleman Garric Hemway some days ago, leaving towards the Giantspires.
Though details are sketchy, it seems that he was found, and his captors were apprehended! The group reportedly spent some time after recovering him enjoying the hospitality of the Hemway estate, and were seen leaving it some hours after their return.
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More and more people flock to the temples complaining of strange dreams. Observant priests and priestesses notice that a certain select few of the people who complained about the strange dreams for days on end suddenly stop complaining and stop showing up. When asked, they simply say nothing or state that the strange dreams have stopped, or they avoid the topic altogether - claiming that they are, after all, only dreams. Still, others continue to complain.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
Hen would be found within the temple once the rumours where born looking for the priests and the names of the people whom stopped showing at the temple.
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Rumors circulate throughout the city that a small slaving operation was discovered along the edge of the scar, not far at all from city walls!
Word has it that Ginger Tealeaf and Roslyn Underhill tangled with the five orcs who were running the operation, using magic scrolls tactically to whittle down their numbers until they were able to take them head on! Not long afterwards, the pair was seen heading south with five new hin in tow, all of whom look to have been out in the elements for some time and the worst of whom looked to be close to dying from exposure. If reports are to be believed, however, all arrived later at the hin refugee camp, alive and intact.
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More and more people flock to the temples complaining of strange dreams. Observant priests and priestesses notice that a certain select few of the people who complained about the strange dreams for days on end suddenly stop complaining and stop showing up. When asked, they simply say nothing or state that the strange dreams have stopped, or they avoid the topic altogether - claiming that they are, after all, only dreams. Still, others continue to complain.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
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On returning to Peltarch from a wood gathering trip, Alvaniel Danicen was set upon by five thugs on the outskirts of the city. After a little give and take, the thugs decided that Alvi's armor was a little too nice for her. Well, it did not go well for the thugs. Lets just say the road to Peltarch is now clear and there are five less thugs that travelers have to worry about.
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Rumour spreads of spiderlike horrors stalking the caves close to Peltarch. They can control minds, it's said, and they have been preying on the Kuo-Toa. More interestingly, the Kuo-Toa have reached out to a party of adventurers to slay the beasts - Roslyn, Ginger, Helene and Darien among them.
Helene could be heard weaving the tale to those who stop to speak with her in the fields outside of Peltarch, brandishing a new staff with a glowing crystal at the tip which she says was given by one of the Kuo-Toa warlocks. Among their ranks were half-human half-arachnid monsters, spiders that screamed with the voices of children, and gigantic, darkened horrors whose legs could span from one side of the Peltarch commons to the other - as well as the umber hulks which have been a problem previously.While one of these giant horrors has been slain, there is at least one more in the caves that must be defeated before the deal with the Kuo-Toa can be struck, and their quarrels with Gnarl Horst put behind them.
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Believe it or not, none other than the brewmaster himself, Labur, can be seen in the crafter's hall frantically working. In typical dwarf form he seems to be working on an axe or series of axes. One thing can be for sure, he is not great at this new "hobby" as curses in dwarven and common are often heard of those in the hall.
