An Announcement
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A Defender officer walks onto the docks, ten men flanking him as he proceeds to slowly pace up and down the docks, suddenly he stops and looks over the sailors for a moment before calling out.
Attention everyone!
I am sure it is no secret the city it going through hard times, many of you have lost friends and family, as we all have. Not only is there danger to the south, but also out on the Icelace. The city supplies are not getting through, our food supplies dwindle down.
I'm sure I do not need to explain what will happen if this gets worse, so by order of the city, we are calling all able-bodied men and women to help us secure supplies for the city. Anyone who can sail or hold a sword on a ship will be required.
Anyone who has their own ship. The city is willing to pay 500 gold for it's use to gain supplies, as well as the 50 gold per crew member on it. The Captains of these ships will also receive a discount of repairs done while on trips for the city. Those who don't have a ship, you will be assigned to one that is in need of extra crew or guards.
Any who are interested will be considered temporary employees of the city. Report to the Defenders Headquarters for assignment if you are interested.
With that, the officer walks off with his escort, a few of the sailors on the docks follow along as they head off to the Defender Headquarters.
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_With the recent announcement and hiring of independent traders to get supplies to the city, the first Defender paid expedition left the city a few days back. The Black Sails ship Tinieblas set out with a crew of adventurers, amongst them was Pavel, Sabre, Taria, Grag, Rhyndar, Mark, Terrico, Sald, Mareann, Sugg, Delinus and Nako, a Defender advisor accompanying them.
A tenday later, the Tinieblas floats back into the docks, battered and beaten, burn marks all over and small chunks of the deck missing, making it apparent the trip was an eventful one, yet all hands seemed to make it back in one piece. The ship itself was taken off to the Defender repair yards to be repaired while the crew got their pay and the admiration of another of Peltarch's fine Officers.
Coming off the ship with the crew seemed to be a merchant who deals in healing potions and has set up shop in the docks district for the time being as well as a group of mercenaries, led by General Grag of the Legion. Eleven huge orcs, eight large lizardmen fighters and two kobolds escorted the General through the city with Defenders in tow and out to the south.
The Defender advisor was seen in the Mermaid not to long after making port, taking a well deserved break, the stories that come from him speak of a destroyed ship, bodies floating in the water as the ship burnt and finally hissed into the icy depths of the lake, the raiders having just missed them. A waterspout of massive size battering the ship as well as a storm of such ferocity, it pounded the ship with lightning over fifty times, the brave crew fighting off fires to keep her afloat.
He speaks highly of all the crew, especially the Black Sails and the how they fought through everything the lake could offer to get the city its much needed supplies and handled their vessel unlike anything he's ever seen before. Needless to say, more than a few drinks are bought for the brave crew when they frequent the taverns.
Even a few days later after the Greedy Privateer returned from a trip north to a village along the coast with bandages, salves and herbs for healing, the people in Peltarch seem in better spirits with only a few shipments getting through and the Defenders are promising more with such brave crews to see it done._
