Whispers at the Fire
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The young woman who calls herself Quara and styles herself as an adventurer, proudly claims she drove back the goblin threat into the deeper woods - admittedly with the help of two men, Briar and Sion. According to her story a group of nasty, well armed goblins - "They had clubs! CLUBS, I tell you!" - were led by a particular nasty one to infiltrate a cave near the lake. From there, she says, the goblins intended to set their plans to take over Norwick once more in motion. With a daring move, so she explains to all listening, her companions and she circumvented the rear guard of the goblins and struck from the flank, Briar succesfully sneaking up on the leader of the goblin forces, killing him in one quick fatal strike. After that the remaining goblin horde scattered and was quickly droven scurrying back into their holes in the deeper woods by the relentless and deadly arrows of Sion and Briar.
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_Rumor has it that an undead paladin and the Banite archpriest Zanetar fought shoulder to shoulder in the wreckage of the Norwick south gate against hordes of corrupted goblins trying to storm the town.
Of course, rumor also has it that the Giant Cow of the Nars Pass is on the loose again, along with the vicious and cunning murky-do._
-Lagermane
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Word spreads that two statues of Norwick Militia are found standing at the southgate. The workmanship and detail is dumbfounding.
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Ezachiel can be seen walking around Norwick again, having been absent for months.
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A very excited Rilia is seen escorting a very short and stocky dwarf around norwick. He is shorter than the average dwarf and covered almost exclusively from head to toe in what seems to be hair. His white busy beard blending almost seamlessly with his hair. His dark clever eyes are almost beady because of all the shag. It is startling to see the skin of forehead and cheeks in comparison. Rilia seems not the least bit uncomfortable with the dwarf though and smiles often and politely to him pointing to things and speaking in common. Rilia introduces him to the Chancellor and Lord Dwin. Apparently this dwarf is an artist of some sort.
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_Long time assistant to Tristina, the half elven healer Kia comes skipping into town telling any that will listen, that the militia soldier, Elyl Wefneran, has asked her to be his bride!!!!
Some local women grumble about another good man off the market, while others seem to rejoice in the news._
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Strange things have been happening around Norwick. Things repaired druing the day are distroyed or seem to fall apart at night. Porgress is verry slow in the rebuilding and almost seems to be at a stand still.
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_A strange cloaked man has been spotted lurking by the south fire in town. He seems oddly displaced, but appears to be making some effort to fit in.
Most recently he was seen dispensing advice to a shy elf who had lost a loved one, although the hooded human's relentless use of logic was probably not much consolation._
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Rilia has been seen looking for Dwin. She seems interested in speaking with him about several things.
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_Wren Halfabrick is seen in the Boarshead getting loudly but peaceably drunk after her guard shift, and tells the clientele a long story about the things living under the ground, in caverns beneath the town and woods.
She rambles on about 'planar ants' and pairs of umber hulks and 'red clacky packs, with hooks', but when she gets to the part of her story dealing with the 'rubble of conquered Arnath' a note of fear enters her voice._
"It was like a gnoll, bout seven foot, only shaggier… an white-haired, pale... came charging outta the gate... laid into Elyl and wouldn't let up... I musta stabbed it inna groin ten times, an it wouldn't fall down... jusssst kept chopping... Elyl was at death's door by the time it fell down, with the other three a us having thrown everything and the kitchen sink at it for way too long... no gnoll can take that kinda punishment... or give it out... hells, that thing was to gnolls as.. as... bugbears are to goblins..."
She concludes her bout of drinking with a warning to stay away from that place… although several people noticed her purse seemed far more heavy than usual for the perpetually-broke Wren.
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_More excitement at the south gate, as evil gnomes appeared and caused the odd stones east of the gate to go berserk, spitting out various magical effects and gating in demons. The chancellor, his advisor, the Norwick Militia, and nearby adventurers repelled the attacks and closed the portal, leaving scores of dead demons and three dead defenders to be raised.
Old-timers say such behavior from the stones was common in the past, and fear this could become common again…_
-Lagermane
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_It is rumored that a white haired mage, known as Ronan, saved the guard Mord and Seth from a permenant stone fate. Its said that they were turned to stone by a minotaur and then Ronan bravely chased it off with a fantastic display of magical skill. He then dragged the bodies to the lake and a few days later, they were restored to normal!
It is also said Ronan cleaned the bird droppings off of Seth and Mord after they were restored._
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It is rumored that for a few days a memorial to the guard was seen on the island in the lake south of Norwick. Two warriors, swords drawn with a rearing bear in the background. Now nothng but some stone fragments remain.
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Recent events seem to fuel the fear in the citizens that ghosts and spirits haunt Norwick. Ghosts of all sorts of deceased have been seen of late, Rando, Jandor, old friends and loved ones are said to walk the fog. Some say the ghosts seek to destroy all life as evident by the death the fog is causing and seemingly, no one can stop it.
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Dwin and several of his Dwarven friends are seen in the Norwick commons with a large blueprint of sorts. Anyone that gets close enough to see it can get a look at what seems to be the plans for a giant bellows, similar to what is used to blow air into the forge to make it hotter.
One of the Dwarves, the one known only as "The Foreman," seems to be the proudest of the plans, and is presently in the act of "selling" it to Dwin.
"With just 3-4 horcs a pushin and pullin, I bet we can blow that farkin fog right on outta here when it blows in!" Dwin studies the plan and rubs his baldness in that familiar, frustrated way that many are used to seeing a lot of these days.
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much talk in and around Norwick is of a familiar face that has returned. Some talk in hushed tones when they say the name…. Rando
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Rumour has it that Juster, Raryldor, Shannon, and a few others took a trip east and searched Vinessa's cave. The rumour goes that they found absolutely no minotaurs. Not even a stray goblin. They killed a few rats, chipped away at a few rocks, and heard nothing but chittering and their own echoes.
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Word spread throughout Norwick that a group of people including a Militia Guard took a trip to Vinessa's cave and slayed five or so Minotaurs, without so much as a scratch upon returning.
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Much to the amusement of many of the dwarven inhabitants of Norwick, it's said that a frail elf collapsed for an unknown reason near the southern lake.
He was apparently carried to the healers in a state of questionable consciousness, and released the very same day, without any formal diagnosis of whatever caused him to fall.Dwarven medical experts chalk the incident up to acute sissy elf disorder.
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The storm came in suddenly and violently, darkness decending and lighting stabbing the hills and trees in continuous snakes of vilolence. The ground shakes and the darkness closes in. A small group is seen hurrying toward the cemetary and the ground shakes violently twice more and then a silence decends. The mysterious storm leaves as quickly at it came and sun shines down on the town. Murmurs of dead and more odd weather move from mouth to mouth about fires.
