Whispers at the Fire
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_The mercenary guards who observed the skull-faced man receive firm lectures from the chancellor.
Any further sign of a man similarly showing overt threat to the town brings the accustomed call-to-arms. Barbarian toughs leap out immediately to chase him down and archers in the towers don't hestitate to drive a few shafts through his head._
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Please understand that NPCs are not all imbeciles, and the Norwick militia are notoriously aggressive about masks and keggings …especially since they've had their barracks kegged at least once that I'm aware of. They wouldn't likely shrug it off just because the skull-masked fellow changed his mind. Not until they'd given him a few good headshots.
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Recent rumors speak of a heated argument between the local archdruidess and a pair of talosians at the south gate of Norwick…it seems she's seen fit to start banning those who threaten the circle from entering the rawlinswood.
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A man with his face concealed by a skull faced helmet was spotted yesterday evening by the guards, fiddling with something in a backpack that looked to be about the size of a keg…
He was said to have dropped it on the ground outside the gates of norwick, then pulled out a torch to light it aflame.
Strangely after looking to ponder it a moment, the guards say they saw the man pick up the backpack, put out the torch, and leave almost as quickly as he had come.
No one was able to identify him.
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Nalio, Lilin, and Lyte had headed out into the woods earlier that morning, and were having a tea party before Fadia came running in looking for hunter, exclaiming that the city was under attack from the goblins.
The three quickly packed up the party and headed towards the city, which was between attacks, and the group, along with several druids which included Caldor, Fadia, and Wolf among others, and Jirka and Kara. They repeled several waves before the attacks paused for several hours. Kara and Jirka left, and shortly after they resumed again.
No casulaties were recorded through out the strugle and all fought bravely against the sea of goblins, and there was literally a wall of goblins piled at the gates once the fight was done.
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Rumors spread that many a dead goblins and a few lone Bugbears lay dead in the North East Rawlins slain by numerious arrows so fine they seem to be of Elven quality. For the experianced tracker many many light footed footprints MIGHT be found, but mostly there is hardly any indictation of the presence which fired so numerious a quantity of arrows that little space was left in the Goblins and Bugbears.
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Word spreads of a tall half-orc donned in shiney plate planning to ask a certain crimson-haired half-elf out to dinner at the Boarshead. Rumor has it that the half-orc has been gathering flowers from the surrounding woods for the past few weeks.
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Word spread about a possible attack that was to be launched upon the druid glenn by several green skins. Rumor says two rangers, one a tiny crimson haired creature, the other a dark haired lordly man, were seen battling no less than 20 of the goblin's best assassins. When the assassins could not pass the two, a line of archers were set up. All were slaughtered quickly and efficiently. The crimson haired lass leaves word at the glenn with the first druid she finds for them to be on guard.
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The Bugbear Dinner Affair
Recentlly the trio of Moe, Kara and Hedia returned from out deep in the rawlinswoods. When they were in sight of Norwick's gate they were ambushed by horsed of goblins and bugbears. For A whole day the trio held the horsed of bugbears and goblins at bay. The whole fight shouts and accusations of "It's all your fault" could be heard to be hurled at Moe. Rumour has it Moe aggrivatedt he bugbears when he banged on the Warren's door with his double axe wanting to apparaently invite them over for dinner.
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Before the next festival for the coming winter a heafty stack of meat is found outside the south gates of Norwick. It seems to be a tribute of some sort. Druids may grumble about the amout of dead animals in the rawlins but all seem to have been lame and would not have survived the winter anyway. Mecc might immediatly recognize who made such a tribute.
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With crime at an all time low, the tall half-orc known as Orc Man but commonly called Moe is seen to be increasingly bored on his patrols, to keep himself enteratined he has begun to sing to himself as he patrosl the streets. His naturally deep barritone voice is forced to the higher pitches where it constantly breaks as he struggles to keep pitch and tone in his voice. When told he is a horrible singer he meerely replies "It sounds good when I have my helm on!"
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Word spread that the Goblins and Bugbears work togeather again training Worgs, Beetles, and Umberhulks. And have been attacking sporadically the Southern Gate.
On another note, Rumors start to spread of Demons and other nightmarish looking creatures wandering the Rawlins. The large nightmarish Demon even being spoted right outside the Southern Gate. These rumors continue even though the last sighting was a while back after a group of adventurers traveled into the woods following the Large Demon.
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Mog is seen pulling several bodies into town of large ape like creatures(dire apes to the Lore types). Seems a band of them decided to ambush Mog in the East Rawlingswood. Mog tells everyone to becareful that the woods seem to be occupied by strange creatures of late.
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Word spreads of four women and one man in dark plate entering Norwick, heading to the inn, all covered in blood. Guards would tell of how they spoke of being attacked by a rogue band of Eastlanders while walking through the pass. However aggression did not stop once they entered town. Several Eastlanders were seen in the inn attacking the man in dark plate, the blonde with a gut wound, and the pissed off red head. The blonde girl was held prisoner in the inn and robbed of all items bandit related and beaten to a bloody pulp while the other members of the party were outside trying to arrange for help from the Norwick militia. No Eastlanders were seen leaving the inn although the wounded blonde girl vaguely remembers seeing them using potions of invisibility before they left her to die in the inn. The message from the Eastlanders seemed to be clear: Those with Eastlander gear will be attacked and the Eastlanders will reclaim their property.
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Rumor spreads of Bugbears invading the goblin territory in the Northwest Rawlins.
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A foul smelling orcess has recently taken up residence near Norwick. Rumor has it she lit a powderkeg in Jiyyd and was run out of town.
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A group of people headed into the east rawlinswood a while ago, and only came back days later. While walking back into town, they were discussing whether the ettins they encountered were a scouting party, or a migrating tribe. A redheaded, pale skinned elf came back out not that long ago, dressed in nothing more than some underwear, and took a long bath in the lake.
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_Throughout the rain storms over norwick for the last tenday, many commoners and adventurers alike had been seeking shelter within the inn and enjoy an ale in the process. During the night, all manner of stories and rumours are exhanged over to the heavy oak tables overflowing with half empty pint mugs and cheese. Among these, it's mentioned that one of the Local Kelemvorites has been seen striding back and forth from the Shrine of dawn and Fred's house with a look of determination on her face, although few to none know what she has on her mind.
Later that day, Rumours spread that the warrioress intends to lead an expedition into an old ruined temple deep beneith the earth to assess the state of the catacombs there and also to remove any possible threats to the restful dead. When approached and asked, she simply replies:
"Kelemvor's will be done."_
( OOC on : Due to the issues with arranging these sorts of things, I'll be running this on friday, at about 6/7 pm EST. Any members of the watchful repose will be especially welcome to come along, although anyone with an interest in divine events is welcome. I'll be hoping to keep this as close to pnp as possible, so no 5 second rests, etc etc.
Above all, hopefully fun.)
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Despite the crystal activity wog can bee seen alot around norwick talking to members of the collectice despite all the supposed signs of danger about them and the crystals. This is evan more surprising since he normally hated norwick and tryed to avoid being there. Howevrer when ever in norwick he always keeps a safe distance from the crystals.
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:: A woman in a white robe, hood pulled low has been seen just outside the southern gates, though whenever someone moves close to her to try to arrest or see her face, she turns and runs, only to disappear into the Rawlins ::
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_… in the evening shadows, a plate-wearing dwarf walked through town, taking the "long way" past Fine's barns to the Crafting Hall. Though he stayed in the shadows, he made no attempt to hide his heavy foot-fall in the newly fallen snow.
Anyone close enough could have heard several voices within the hall, even a few chuckles. After several minutes he exited. He then spent a few minutes inspecting the new doors that have been constructed on the hall, noticing that the same old trusty-rusty lock is still in use. The doors seemed to be doing their job.
Seeming content with what he saw, he continued south, swinging his pickaxe, muttering something about Dumathoin, ale, and copper._
