Rumors heard throughout Oscura.
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A Pale Man watches them, amused, as he sharpens his unnatural blade.
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_A grizzly sight is seen, as Oscuran guards drag the mangled, half eaten corpses of four hapless Damaran adventurers through the city, taking them below into the Undercity.
Rumours quickly circulate that it is the work of the crazed monsters stalking the nearby caverns._
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Rumours spread of crazed monsters being spotted throughout the caverns near Oscura. No official word is said on anything, but most Oscura citizens stay inside the city more than ever.
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Popular (sic) dwarven-sea kraken cross - Mercy - has been lurking about Oscura's taverns, "subtly" letting it be known that she has a "hexed necklace o' natural armour fer floggin', wi' a wanion." She explains to curious souls drowning their sorrows in Oscura's boozers that the amulet not of the racially discriminating type more generally available, demonstrating the charming accessory's egalitarian sentiments by placing it around her own neck. Interested purchasers, to contact her at the Black Sails warehouse.
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_The latest happenings may have some people shaking their heads….it is said that those big holes that were dug were partially filled with sand and water plants placed in the sand. Then water was let thru the irrigation system to fill the holes. Then, of all things, oddly bulging fish were put in the water.
It was said they were 'farming fish' whatever that means......_
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Rumor has it that tribune Ashire was sitting in the coppers and suddenly yelled calling himself a pansy before he stumbled into the common bedding rooms. Sometime later he quickly came flying out of the door sword and shield in hand and as if he was badly wounded. A foggy figure looking like tribune himself only in his usual armor was sighted in the door way before Lens and Drelan charged the figure it disappearing afterwards. Seems there was an argument between Lens and Ashire about who was the crazy one though both of their wounds oddly disapeared as if they never occured.
Is the well acting up again? Is one of the tribunes insane? Is the shining coppers haunted? Who knows! Oh MY!
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The Pale Man has been seen speaking rapidly with a man who looks almost identical to him, aside from the tattoos. They seem to be planning something, but the language they speak isn't something most folk can decipher.
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Recently Adoras, a new recruit for the Peacekeepers, can be seen spending most of his free time in the library, studying who knows what, though he has been seen speaking phrases in a strange and foreboding tongue.
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In recent sitings, the Banite priest known as Quelcoth has been seen with a small, well armored little companion at his side. It does not talk except in short bursts of indecipherable phrases of some odd language.
When not close at Quelcoth's side the small man trains at the temple. When away from his master he never speaks.
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A strange an errie woman with pearly white eyes and a skeletal visage has been seen around Oscura lately, rumors she first appeared shortly after the earthquake and has been seen travelling between the library and the cemetary frequently. Recently she has been seen dressed as a Peacekeeper and standing guard in the shadows near the west and south gates at different times… she seems helpful but cautious....
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In recent sitings, the Banite priest known as Quelcoth has been seen with a small, well armored little companion at his side. It does not talk except in short bursts of indecipherable phrases of some odd language.
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A man with an eerie blue gaze can be seen sipping on a predictable bottle of drink as he watches the ship enter then shrugs and walks off.
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A new small ship has been seen floating around Oscura's docks. No one is sure who it belongs to, but rumour has it the Black Lotus stripped the ship as soon as it docked.
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_Three adventurers and a babbling, gray skinned gnome set out for the Underdark and only the adventurers returned.
The adventurers were overheard saying 'He wouldn't listen' and 'Serves him right.'_
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Seems the Ministry of Infrastructure has been busy digging…holes....just not any holes but bowl shaped ones near the docks. No one is quite sure what they are for, but they are quite large and further work seems to indicate them being attached to some sort of irrigation network.
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Tsu Ma - also known as Pavel to some - welcomes the new attendants into the Monastery of the Second Shadow just like he would everyone. It seems they are treated just like everyone at the monastery, first send to work out to bring the body in shape, and then subjected to various strange lessons - some involving stealth, some involving insight, and some just trying to help them to find their own path. The only difference to the usual activity at the monastery now seems that it is in use more regularly, and while only weeks ago Tsu Ma had been absent, with his return and those new students activity inside the small monastery has picked up once again.
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Seems Justicar escorted a score or so of young and healthy men and women to the Monastery of the Second Shadow. There Justicar was said to of had a long talk with the inhabitants before leaving the escorted insdie and departing with his men.
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In recent days, rumblings and signs of earthquakes have been heard far below in the Raven Rift and perhaps beyond. One massive quake hit that sent most of the city to its knees or sprawling on their backs. The shaking lasts for only a few seconds but the damage done is evident. The death toll is at 16 with many more people wounded and still more missing.
Immediately following the earthquake, Tribune Kilir sent some of his dwarves to inspect various areas of the city to ensure that it was safe from collapse. A communal sigh of relief went out when it was declared that the city was indeed safe and that it would take a lot more than a quake of this size to endanger its integrity.
However, there are areas of the city in disrepair, most notably the mines. Some sections of the mines have collapsed leaving productive areas inaccessible. Kilir has sent dwarves to clear new passages in an effort to maintain city resource production, while others set about the repair of the city proper.
Experts are saying that the earthquake was caused by the collapse of a massive cavern far below in the desolate areas of the Underdark. If this is true or not has yet to be proven.
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Rumor spreads with quite some excitement that some large….no huge was caught in a one of the nets today. It apparently took hours to drag it in and no one knew quite what it was except it had tentacles, teeth...and more teeth. Apparently several people were injured though no severely and one dwarf was thrown 20 ft into the river and had to be dragged out.
One thing is certain, several shops have been selling some odd looking meat that apparently is quite tasty in the last couple of days and 'tentacle soup' seems to be the special of the day.
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Seems the Ministry of Infrastructure has been noted constructing various buildings about town. Some of which can only be described as storehouses while others seem to be shops of some sort. Stone is being brought in from the mines on a regular basis and construction seems to be continuing steadily in between ale breaks.
