::New rumours heard in the Mermaid::
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A careworn group of five enters Peltarch from the west. Prominent among them are two knights in blue and gold armour. The occasional snatch of conversation mentions bars, ogres, and ladies of ill repute.
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_"So Daisy helped the lass out. Well that's good."
"Good for her maybe, Daisy gave me the cold shoulder the other day after mass."
"Did she really?"
"Didn't even smile or nod, like I wasn't even there."
"That's not much like her."
"Aye, and ye notice how it can get kinda warm in the temple sometimes…do they have more torches in there?"
"Not that I've noticed..."
"Telling you, those priests have been acting mighty odd lately. One moment they're all flowers...and the next..."
"What are you gettin' at?"
"Nothing....shrugs Nothing just mouthin' off is all. 'Nother round?"
"Aye."_
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_Rumor spreads about Captain Anakore being seen carrying his barely conscious crimson haired companion, Nicahh, into the Temple of Tyr. A small grim faced entourage accompanied the couple consisting of Alejandra, Vine, and Sy'wyn, while Shannon waited outside. Many would say they noticed her hands and feet bound together with ropes and all items that she might use to assualt someone with had been stripped from her person.
Several hours later the couple emerged from the temple, Anakore again carrying her out, sans the ropes this time. Some say while down in the kobold caves the lass suddenly became confused and started attacking Shannon and Aarron Ashald earlier that week, before moving into the pass where she attacked passersby. Her attacks in the Nars Pass continued until Anakore and a small group tracked her down, knocked her out, then carried her to the temple to see Daisy. No one knows what caused the tiny woman to go about attacking people, but all agree Nicahh had not quite been herself since her episode in the cave._
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A group of people some of the more knowledgeable peltarchians may identify as druids was seen making a hasty exit from the southeastern part of the commerce district a few days ago. All appeared filthy, and covered in a sickly green goo.
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_An altercation was reported to have taken place just beyond the city's gates, in which two Banites, engaged in civil conversation (read: insult-exchange and general annoyance) with the druid Oreth, were suddenly beaten down by General Grag, of the Jiyyd Legion. The guards witnessed the two being held down, and something carved into their armor and clothes, before Grag warned them not to trifle with the legion again.
Oreth is reported to have cheered Grag on, but changed his stance very quickly when the Peltarch Defender, Rando, arrived on the scene. The rumors are vague here, but all that is known is that Oreth took up for the banites when Rando attempted to bind and torture them, and there was at least some fighting, possibly involving yet another party.
If asked, Oreth makes a point of noting that he never struck Rando, and this therefore isn't the city's concern._
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Upon hearing the news of Eowiel falling, and her soul choosing not to return this time, he frowns deeply, and is said to be seeking a priest which might let him communicate with her soul in the beyond
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Miss Nyda's softly smiling presence in the city seems to have been marred by some kind of recent occurrence. No-one seems to know much about it except that she seems deeply stressed and can be heard muttering to herself about something, often sitting as she usually does gazing at her hands in her lap, but with an expression some say of fear, others of hate.
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After returning from the foothills Mariston Thel can be heard discussing "odd blue or red kobolds" and talk of a mage seeking revenge. He seems quite puzzled by his encounter.
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For the first time in over a year, Ginger Tealeaf is seen in Peltarch. She's asking around the Bard College, the Commons, and the Mermaid for Zyphlin and Mirkali. Folks would note that she seems distressed, as if something weighs heavily on her mind.
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A young man, wearing a black and yellow sash around his waist and a crossbow always within reach, simply snorts at the young woman's words, muttering something like "as with the orcish warband?", then shakes his head and walks off towards the docks bafore the conversation turns ugly
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Two paladins and a woman return from the foothills speaking about how they followed a troll into a cave. Listening to the woman proves very difficult as she speaks of all things at once, telling how the troll likes cows more than halflings, that the halfling was almost eaten and that they need to find a cow and give it to trolls so that they get a lot of gold. Mostly she says it was a great excitement and a wonderful adventure and that she wished a bard would have been there to properly retell the grand tale of how they escaped from out of the trolls' lair, dodging deadly traps, rushing through hordes of small trained dogs and an army of huge rats.
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Word spreads that the reputable bard and civil servant Eowiel Senella was slain to the south, a death which coincidentally occured mere days after the sundial in the commons was rent asunder by the blustering defender Rando. Many who knew the green haired elf speculate that this was clearly the reason fortune deserted her. Preparations for her funeral are said to be underway.
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"I heard he sees ghosts, and has been hitting the bottle mighty hard lately cause of it."
"Yer joshin!'"
"Nay mate, someone got to that man, got to him good and proper. Right here." puts a finger to his temple "Gummed up the works they did."
"Shame…"
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_"I 'eard, I 'eard tha.. Senator snapped, aye.. tha he be all loony, and attacked the temple like a madman, tha.. tha they had to lock him up for his own safety"
"naah"
"oh yeah
"naaah"
"I 'eard, I 'eard tha.. the fellow in the neighbourin' cell says tha Senator has been heard talkin' to.. himself in his cell, tha.. when he isn' prayin'.. he be talkin' to.. some git called Archibald, though… there be nobody in his cell right,.. ya can see him mumblin' and trottin' about, like a madman I said, like a madman"
"naah"
"oh yeah.."
"naaah"_
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Upon hearing the news Sir Richard Luis face becomes somber as in shock at the news. His face turns white and appears to be in a daze. Once he recovers from the shock he crys out words of conspiracy and whatever the charges are they are not true.
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Word spreads that Senator Brynmor has been arrested.
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An attack by kobolds upon the city was thwarted, by the galant actions of the guard and several citezens and adventurers. A group who went to seek the source of the great number of kobolds, spoke of a highly skilled kobold who was able to hide and sneak very well and was incredibly skilled with its blades.
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Sitting in the commons these past days citizens could hear the blue bard exclaim
Have you heard of the coming Festival to the Fisher King, it should be a grand event! Food, entertainment, heros, what more could a person truly want for a good time. I hear its going to recognize many of the hero's of the Civil War and usher in a new age of prosperity for Peltarch. This thing is going to be remembered for years to come, I sure as hell know I'd not miss it for just about anything…
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Rumors spread quickly about the night in the commons when it seemed that literally all hell had broken loose.
"The dead walked! They came from the fires, eating everything in sight! Luckily the guards came and stopped it somehow."
Names are whispered from table to table. "Anakore, Barrim, the city crier, the scary pale lady..Cha'something, that paladin Marty…the one that talks funny." amongst others.
The people smile when they see a Cerulean walk by, they smile when they see the glint of gold and blue armor. The people smile and give thanks for having such dedicated and brave people living here in the Jewel of the Icelake.
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Merum Faldenfare is seen scribbling out the sentence about biting balls off.
"Sick people."-
