Rumors heard throughout Oscura.
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Deviating from the normal pattern of simply destroying ships, word spreads that pirates captured a du Lorraine trading vessel. A vessel supposedly filled to the brim with Black Network weaponry and armour.
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Cray and Aerr lay flowers outside the Banshee to honor their fallen blooded, and so people don't forget the dead.
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_A couple days after Cray's return, he begins to hear the news of the various troubles in Oscura that have occured while he was away.
Cray is especially bitter about the attack on innocent civilians outside the banshee, and he won't just let it go. Despite the case being cold, he investigates diligently. Cray tracks down rumoured witnesses of the event and questions them in length and detail, noting their story, even reinterviewing them later on and checking their story for holes against his notes of the witnesses previous statements. Cray leaves no citizen, slave or trader alone. Just watching his grunt investigative work is exhausting. Cray's passion and drive are fueled by rage and thirst for justice.
Anyone who deals in powder kegs is especially scrutinized, Cray demands copies of customer lists, shipping manifests and invoices.
Cray also asks a lot of questions regarding the theft of Duke Andrey's business documents, and seems suspicious of validity of the theft.
Cray has even abandoned his potion business, and instead begins to offer up his many powerful and rare potions as rewards for information on the attack, the PFLN, and traitors of Oscura in general._
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With the sudden halt on trade with Norwick, there are apparently crates of liquors, magical weapons and fancy jewelry sitting around in Oscuran warehouses.
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Rumours say Mystic is wandering the streets visting every magic and trinkets shoppe asking for a scrying mirror
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The red hooded mageling Mystic is seen walking the streets of Oscura asking for a caster of the Lorraine family. She is also making inquiries about the noble and mage Vakdal Kyzanos. She is seen in taverns, the library and amongst the merchants and temples.
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_Rumour has it that Duke Andrey's very own house was robbed recently.
Suspicious lay on a caster of some kind, as a spell of darkness was used in the crime.
However, nothing of value was stolen, only current business documents. The family's company is working overtime to recreate the documents, and their employees can often be seen scurrying around the city, trying to figure otu all the information they no longer have from other companies they deal with._
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A large ship filled with armed men and women is said to have docked, and a delegation from it to have met with ambassador Rath Nergal. It then set sail for locations unknown.
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_It seems another du Lorraine armory, full of Zhent weapons, has been robbed by unknown assailants.
Most believe it is part of the slave insurrection, some question why the du Lorraine are being targeted at home, but their trade is untouched._
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_It seems a number of dangerous poisons and narcotics have entered Oscura's market, and are being spread quite quickly by the Brotherhood of the Black Lotus and the Raven's Wing Traders.
Rumours suggest that they are coming from Norwick itself._
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_Despite ongoing piracy and banditry against Oscuran trade, a few companies are beginning to thrive in the aftermath of Norwick's occupation.
The Northern Bear Alliance is building a new warship with Norwick timber, speculation says it will be used to defend against the current piracy problem.
The Raven's Wing Traders and the Fajardo Brother's Mercantile Consortium are competing over imports to Norwick of luxury, fancy jewelry, but both are profiting from it.
A join venture between the Iron Curtain Trading Company and the Locke Trading Coster have simple metals coming in, being turned to weapons, then being mixed with Zhentarium weapons and being enchanted by the Locke Trading Coster. Magical weapons are being transported by the crate load.
Meanwhile, the Northern Bear Alliance is shipping in large quantities of food from the new open market of Ostromog's, as a result, food prices go down in Oscura, and even slaves and the poor are eating a lot better than they ever have._
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_Attacks continue on caravans and ships bound for Oscura. The attacks seem to be getting more frequent.
However, strangely, attacks on Iron Curtain and Lightning Eagle caravans and ships have completely grinded to a halt. There hasn't been an attack on either in weeks._
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A dark-haired Rashemi woman entered the Coppers earlier, though she was most certainly not dressed in yellow or as a supposed 'witch'.
The Rashemi spoke with some of the regulars at the bar before Akamedes Komnenos arrived with a retinue of personal guards. Akamedes and the Rashemi withdrew to a private room for a short time. The Rashemi woman was sighted heading to the docks soon afterwards.
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Two masked men are seen dragging the collapsed body and vanashing into thin air…..
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Whispers goes that a tall savage woman named Yashi staggered through the doors at the Coppers. Blood pouring from open wounds forming small puddles around her feet. With the last of her strength and effort she cried out.
“ Some time ago fair hair red plate man told me to seek Sogar in tavern underground. I have come for Sogar!
Garagos blood was spilled today. I Garagos shaman, was beaten to ground above. Witch I yellow robe, she dishonor and speaks bad of my people. She a coward not to face me herself. Her guard man did her bidding and too happy to do so. They seem proud beating weaker pauses and women above ground.
Brothers and sisters there is work to be done! Those who spill Garagos blood don’t do so unpunished.”
Then according to the rumors’ she collapsed on the floor in her own blood.
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_The high rate of pirate attacks in the Icelace has continued, with many Oscuran bound ships being destroyed or attacked by ferocious pirates.
Rumour has it that a Peltarch bound ship was attacked, but it seems as soon as the pirates found out it was going to Peltarch, it was immediately left alone._
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A group were seen, led by Alucard from Oscura leaving having recruited a group of surfacers. Rumours suggested they were sent to hunt down a Drow scout.
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_Apparently an explosion occurred in Oscura recently, which opened up the wall of a Iron Curtain warehouse, allowing many slaves to steal weapons and disappear into the depths of the city before they could be caught.
As a result, many slave areas and quarters have been raided by guards of various colours, looking for the lost weapons. It is unknown if any were found._
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Ardent was spotted returning the remains of a slain oscuran with his bloodied rag to Pyotr (Sorry for misspelling), a wizard authority in the city. After a brief interrogation about what the remains and how she came upon them, she is released. Those nearby may overhear she claims persons claiming to be Helmites sought the location of the bridge to recover a bounty on slain Oscurans. She reportedly recovered the remains from them under threat of jailing them both and due to her Kelemvorite faith sought for them to be returned. Strange strange surfacers, she didn't even take a reward for it.
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Luke strolls up to the table containing Sash at the Coppers, smiling lopsidedly as he addresses him.
"I can not only tell ya where ta find'im, I can bring'im to ya, friend."
