Tavern Rumors of Peltarch
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Rumors circulate throughout the city that a small slaving operation was discovered along the edge of the scar, not far at all from city walls!
Word has it that Ginger Tealeaf and Roslyn Underhill tangled with the five orcs who were running the operation, using magic scrolls tactically to whittle down their numbers until they were able to take them head on! Not long afterwards, the pair was seen heading south with five new hin in tow, all of whom look to have been out in the elements for some time and the worst of whom looked to be close to dying from exposure. If reports are to be believed, however, all arrived later at the hin refugee camp, alive and intact.
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More and more people flock to the temples complaining of strange dreams. Observant priests and priestesses notice that a certain select few of the people who complained about the strange dreams for days on end suddenly stop complaining and stop showing up. When asked, they simply say nothing or state that the strange dreams have stopped, or they avoid the topic altogether - claiming that they are, after all, only dreams. Still, others continue to complain.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
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On returning to Peltarch from a wood gathering trip, Alvaniel Danicen was set upon by five thugs on the outskirts of the city. After a little give and take, the thugs decided that Alvi's armor was a little too nice for her. Well, it did not go well for the thugs. Lets just say the road to Peltarch is now clear and there are five less thugs that travelers have to worry about.
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Rumour spreads of spiderlike horrors stalking the caves close to Peltarch. They can control minds, it's said, and they have been preying on the Kuo-Toa. More interestingly, the Kuo-Toa have reached out to a party of adventurers to slay the beasts - Roslyn, Ginger, Helene and Darien among them.
Helene could be heard weaving the tale to those who stop to speak with her in the fields outside of Peltarch, brandishing a new staff with a glowing crystal at the tip which she says was given by one of the Kuo-Toa warlocks. Among their ranks were half-human half-arachnid monsters, spiders that screamed with the voices of children, and gigantic, darkened horrors whose legs could span from one side of the Peltarch commons to the other - as well as the umber hulks which have been a problem previously.While one of these giant horrors has been slain, there is at least one more in the caves that must be defeated before the deal with the Kuo-Toa can be struck, and their quarrels with Gnarl Horst put behind them.
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Believe it or not, none other than the brewmaster himself, Labur, can be seen in the crafter's hall frantically working. In typical dwarf form he seems to be working on an axe or series of axes. One thing can be for sure, he is not great at this new "hobby" as curses in dwarven and common are often heard of those in the hall.
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_Bright lights once again flare from the swamplands, and while multicoloured and bright, they have nothing to do with the bubbly bard Aesso. These lights spell trouble of a sort not seen for the past few months, spitting out creatures of nightmare and chaos. It is rumoured that a few of the monstrosities got all the way to the city's inner gates before a trio of adventurers put a halt to them, though not before two guards went down in the fighting.
A certain crimson-haired bard insists that the stonefisted dwarf, Durgram, flew like greased lightning across the swampy ground at the hasting magic of the beautiful sorceress Mialee, playing a key role in ridding the area of danger!_
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::Rumor has it that Nate has visited Elvadriel and requested her to teleport him to Suzail. Or perhaps, says another version, he took a carriage to the local mage's guild and requested someone there. Either way, he hasn't been seen since. The reasons for his departure vary, although one of them says he went to settle some sort of family dispute over a card game turned into a political squabble. Shortly before his departure, he was seen entering the bardic college with Isolde Garibaldi, murmuring quietly as they made their through towards the master's quarters::
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Kathea was seen leaving Peltarch one morning, wearing leather armors that seemed out of place for her, and showing very little of the usual cheer and mirth she often had. With a determined look she set south and west, muttering a soft prayer as she headed out for Sembia.
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Rumors spread that one of the more prominent bards of the region, Aesso the self-titled "Amazing," is missing. Nobody has seen or heard from her in some time. Some rumors have it that she completed her allegedly dangerous instrument and it imploded while doing one of her performances. There have been mumbles and murmurings of a a halfling with brown hair asking questions at the docks regarding wish scrolls in an effort to search for her.
Other people gossip about strange dreams they've been having. The clergy has seen a slight increase of people visiting and complaining of nightmares. Most disregard the dreams; others, blame the Bardic college for having leaked some of its water into the city's main supplies. Others, still, suggest that it has to do with delayed shock caused by the demonic siege some time ago.
[DM Xanatos Gambit]
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_The bath house, tongues wag, has either fallen prey to vandalism or seen the onset of a new trend as both pools and steam room is filled with a fine grained, incredibly persistant purple-pink glitter. The stuff catches in the bathers hair, onto their skin, sticks to everything with a stubborn, albeit rather pleasing shimmer.
Actually, it must be all the rage, mustn't it? Why, even the sundial shimmers purple, and one of the city's own Defenders sports glittering sideburns, just as the bard Isolde Garibaldi and the stout and fashionable dwarf Gnarl Holst.
On a wholly darker subject matter, there's rumour of necromancy most foul in the woods past the orcs cavern, scores of broken bones and rotting bodies littering the forest floor._
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Rumor has it that a small adventuring party encountered what one of their number described as a "nest" of ghouls in Peltarch's sewers, replete with dozens of bodies strewn all over the site.
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_Hearing the rumors of murders, Mark, the one-eyed swordsman, spends some days in the docks's pubs and inns, mostly offering his guard services to pretty and single women.
Eventually, he tries to catch rumors and gossips about the ongoings, and tries to speak to a city guard or two to see if any diferent activities were reported near the sewers entrance._
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_Rumours of a spree of murders taking place all in the one night spread across Peltarch. Most people agree the majority of the killings took place in the docks, and that in one way or another the Seafarers Guild or those with ties to them were the ones targeted.
Low lives and debtors alike sleep with one eye open, as more details emerge about the grisly crime scenes, with those guards unlucky enough to be on duty that night looking pale-faced and unsettled.
General Velhar of the Peltarch Guard is reportedly working closely with the Knights of the Cerulean Star in a thorough investigation._
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Rumors run rampant of a certain new business owner looking to create a wine cellar next to none and is offering a full box of gold (ore) for such efforts. It is rumored that Ras and even the Wine Mistress Anna have both been heard to be gathering their best. A note has been posted on the bard college as it is rumored their best stock is Alvi's favorite wine.
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Raryldor begins investigating the matter in his way, enspelling himself and travelling the night alone
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Rumors persist of dual commotions at the docks and the western gate in the past few days. They appear to have occurred at roughly the same time, with a large contingent of guards having moved to secure the docks while another contingent fought with a large number of zombies at the gates to the city.
A large party of adventurers, notably including magistrate D'arneau and inquisitor Zarah'kifa, then headed northwest where a colossal battle is said to have occurred.
Details are sketchy, but rumors persist of vampires preparing an assault on the city.
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Hen keeps a constant watch over the Icelace waters, her gaze hardly faltering for more than a drink or to move spots or drink. She seems to be looking for somthing and seemed quite determined as she stalked the shores from the Docks to the edge of the cove and beyond.
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_Rumor has it Elvadriel Gal'awen has come into possession of a strange, blackened tree branch. There are different stories as to it's origin, but several dubious sources will swear the strange branch summoned terrible wraiths and visages all around her.
Worse still, one dubious source has a cousin who was best friends with one of the witnesses, and according to him, Elvadriel was extremely evasive when a group of adventures questioned her directly about the branch - and even managed to teleport herself and the item out of Peltarch's legal reach.
Old rumors of Elvadriel's alleged involvement in dark magic and necromancy surfaces here and there. Surely she was an innocent bystander? Perhaps her curiosity got the best of her. Afterall, she defended Peltarch valiantly, didn't she?_
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_The Inquisitor Nuwairah Zarah'kifa appears to have changed her usual steely image, to wear a more elegant, flourish and darker armour that reminds of that found in stories of gothic castles, baronesses and counts.
Although it's early to say, she also appears to have become somewhat gentler in her mannerisms, perhaps due to the fact that the one that threatened her sanity, the psycopath known as Chirade, has finally met his end._
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Raryldor keeps tabs on the seafarer's activities, particularly where "elf" and "debtor" meet
