Rumors heard throughout Oscura.
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_"Night" time in the West Gate has become increasingly unsettling of late. The cries of babies, childish laughter, screams, soft footsteps, the sound of what many think to be the screech of buckling metal, and other unnerving sounds, can be heard from the direction of the Hell Mouth. Each sound is brief in and of itself, and they are spaced throughout the night at random intervals, but they sound in the late hours with ever-increasing certainty now.
As well, some adventurers - more than one party - returning from the caves have come into the Coppers raving that the rock formations in front of the Hell Mouth are bleeding._
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Rumor has it that Drelan is an all powerful mage and has hidden this skill until recently when he and a group of adventurers appeared out of nowhere into the Oscura cemetery the other night.
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Arak´Hur hears the news
O> Gran Shaman Grakk donn deh right stuff!!! Brethren Sgruud had to be punished fer allowing some weakling to down him!
Weakness be no tolerated in our klan! Punishment muss be delivered to those showing weakness!
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_Two half-orcs arrive Oscura, first carrying the second ones dead corpse on his shoulder. Some might recognize the more lively halfer as Grak and the fallen halfer as Sgruud. Grak heads to the healer to return Sgruud to the books of living.
After Sgruud has been brought back, something interesting happens. Sgruud receives heated words in orcish from Grak, and not just heated words.
In addition he also gets full whipping in public, standing still and not saying a word, until he can't stand on his feet. When he is able to stand again, he gets his new whip wounds tend by the healer and leaves Oscura together with Grak._
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The aspect of the Well of Souls across the chasm in the West Gate District - named the Hell Mouth, by the freemen that live there - has been increasing in activity of late. More dangerous creatures have been appearing and the gate guards stand ever the more wary. Though the level of the Hell Mouth's activity has remained constant for years, something has clearly tipped the balance.
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Local Guard priests and priests from the temple keep a careful eye on the waters as well as anyone coming from the North.
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Rumors spread of water-borne diseases that may or may not affect Oscurans. Regardless, all water should be tested somehow, and new, lesser used waterworks should be noted. At least, only if you'd like the disease to stay in check.
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A group of adventurers including a male and female hin are seen getting off the boat from Peltarch, negotiating some business, and then departing into the Underdark.
Several hours later, the male hin emerges alone, and the rest of the party half an hour after that, looking incredibly beat up, one of them beaten to within an inch of her life.
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Street presence and patrols of Oscuran guards have increased drastically recently. Why this is, no one seems quite sure.
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Strangely enough, as of late it has appeared that the various beasts harrowing the tunnels of the Underdark have simply gone, at least from around Oscura. Many Guard Wizards have been seen scurrying about the city and the nearby caverns, obviously in some kind of effort to figure out what is going on.
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_Two freed slaves and a commoner are found dead in the West Gate district, some distance out of sight, on the northwest wall just before the chasm. It seems that though they could have just as easily been pushed over the chasm to conceal evidence, the bodies were left there intentionally.
Rumors begin to circulate - particular in the Coppers - that the these lives were taken in the same way all of the previous murders had been…. short sword stab wounds to vital organs: one in the kidney, one in the heart at an upward angle._
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Three Sister of Bones Disciples are found dead in the West Gate District. According to rumor, it seems the Sisterhood has no desire to press for further investigations… Aside from this, the group seems even more cloistered than usual.
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A large and heavily armed group of Black Sails, aided by the reknown mage Celebring, recently passed through the western gates with purposeful strides, heading to the turbulent depths of the Underdark. Quite some time later, the very same group reemerged, battered and bruised, telling tall tales of their battles and strange foes, including one very, VERY large spider.
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rumor has it that three folks were seen asking questions around in the dockst district
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word has it that Rando, Dirk, Caldor and Myeil were seen fighting some huge and really tough Lizards not seen near the city before and what can be described as Ooze at the Western Gate. One Oscurian Citizen was killed in the battle. She died to defend the city and should be honoured
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Another Sail, with a dwarf and elf in tow, returned a human corpse from the Kuo toa tunnels to the city. There was mention oh hook horrors and giant spiders, the girl herself looking a bit green of complexion.
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_It seems another attack on the western gates took place not long ago, the gates of the bridge itself torn off their hinges and glowing runes still lingering on the ground afterwards, signifying some major trouble having taken place. Rumour speaks of not just one, but perhaps as many as three dreaded Mindflayers, and all manner of underdark creatures being involved in the attack.
Sabre Seesaw of the Black Sails and Oscuran monk Pavel, scouting beyond the bridge some time afterwards, report a number of injured beasts seeming to take refuge in the Kuo Toa caverns on their way back to the Underdark, including Quaggoths, magic eaters, hook horrors and duergar._
//perhaps a little more detail of the actual event could be jotted down by one of those involved, seems like the type of thing to be noted in rumours around town to me.
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Men dressed in black and red armor, trimmed with white, are seen loitering near all the entrances to the city. They speak only amongst themselves, but do help defend the city against threats.
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Justicar is seen more and more often scouting the city's outer cavern walls with a handful of dwarves and robed figures.
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_Recently an attack was launched on the Western Gate of Oscura
Cleverly using the bridge as a funneling point, a combined force of guards, adventurers and mercenaries expelled the large force of underdark beasts and illithid, even facing a beholder.
They eventually fought their way through the waves of monsters and destroyed the illithid opening the portal into the area_
