Whispers at the Fire
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Massive flocks of birds flew away in fear from the Rawlins. Huge undead wyverns accompanied these birds, and indeed descended upon Norwick, attacking the south and east valleys, as well as the south gates, killing some livestock and farmhands, injuring many, and doing damage to some buildings. Bloated, gassy zombies crawled out of the river in the east valley as well, drowning a few townspeople. Luckily the damage was not devastating, as Norwick's defenders warded them off.
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Shadows attacked the gate and the town proper, and various reports say a body has gone missing. Some say it was necromancer so powerful he raised himself from the dead. Others say that Sirion, that irksome elf, did the deed, making a zombie of his enemy and defiling the sanctity of the Chauntean temple and he marched it out, punching Davos in the eye on his way out. Others say it simply vanished.
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The people of Norwick were treated to an odd sight, a statue of a minotaur being dragged by oxen to the Great Hall, accompanied by the ever curious adviser Aramuil. Loud grunting and shouting could later be heard from the Great Hall, but the militia pointedly kept people away.
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The golden haired elf Sirion gives a warning:
"When the day is done and the battles are won, take your fallen foes and build a pyre, lest the ranks of the undead swell."
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A goblin assassin slipped inside the gates of Norwick and attacked an unsuspecting citizen coming down hill from the town center. Luckily, Romulus spotted him just in time and managed to get his sword and shield out. After a few rounds of melee, Romulus wounded him and the goblin took off running. Ardent and the paladin Ashena who were guarding the gate chased him as far as the ruins, were he got away.
Ardent and Ashena warned that a bugbear had been spotted inside the gates an hour earlier. It was dark at the time. All Norwick citizens should be on the alert. No one is safe until these latest threats have been dealt with.
Romulus Grey, Bard the Bowman
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A rather aged Drelan Ashire was seen in Norwick of late. Most of the young people wouldn't have had a clue who he was besides… oh he wears that black and gold so must be one of those sailorific Black Sails people.
Still he helped defend the southern gate with many people and held the final lines with the paladin Rary despite.. some sort of rivalry or headbutting between the two many of the stronger creatures that broke the line were slain including minotaurs between the odd pair
Rumor has it that there was some headbutting between the man and the elves over a dead orc that defended the town and which resulted in a tongue lashing from the old man and paying a large sum of money to one of the druids to haul away the body and things. Afterwards, the elder man stood in the gap that was the gate until dawn the next day.. unmoving as some statue despite the odd storm that brewed up.
He left after dawn broke giving one of the elves some other tongue lashing about irony and then was gone.
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Theaon Thorn, Mara (Mooncandy), and Romulus went on a Legion Patrol into the Norwick crypts. While fighting the normal denizens on the first level, they were attacked from behind by a seriously evil Mummy Lord. This mummy cast evil spells, hit most of the time it swung, and did great damage with each blow. It also was very difficult to hit in return and imune from critical hits.
The three Legionaires were forced to run several times, but the mummy chased them, even following them outside the crypt. Luckily it was slow and Theaon and Romulus were able to take turns distracting it while the other helped heal Mara, who was fighting it from melee range most of the time. Romulus expended 30 acid arrows without hitting it once, but finally managed the killing strike with a bullet of smiting from his sling.
Some old war helmuts and a great deal of gold was found on its body. Theaon burned the body to prevent it from coming back. All three Legionaires contracted disease, but a friendly Elven druid healed them back in Norwick.
Login: AubreyMaturin
Character: Romulus Grey
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_::Rith Phoenixfeather is seen reporting to Davos the presence of a vampire that is feeding on the townsfolks even within the walls, leaving them in the fringe of death and awful health condition. No undeath infection was found in her tests on the victims, but the follow-up investigation after the tracks of this vampire led a small group of adventurers into the crypts in the old graveyard.
They were met there by unusually powerful undead minotaurs of the size of a small hill. The Dawnbringer advices caution and preparation should anyone venture that way, for the creatures could endure enormous amounts of punishment before giving up, and seemed to deal devastating blows::_
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Rattling of jail bars and frenzied shouts in Tuigan can be heard from the Norwick jail at all hours of the day.
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_After a hobgoblin attack which claimed several redcloaks' lives, a huge minotaur assaulted Norwick alone, breaching all three south gates and slaying one Elven woman before being killed by the valiant redcloaks with the help of local adventurers.
Eerily, word has it that another minotaur has been seen in the Rawlins, and that the hobgoblins are excited. One local freelance ranger reports, "I was captured while spyin,' see… they showed me a minotaur and told me they were looking for Gnomes, then released me after a good beatin.' It were real strange."
The ranger advises people to be very careful in the northeastern Rawlins._
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_Another assault on the gates ensued recently. Goblins were accompanied with umberhulks, followed by a small horde of undead. Rumor has it that some of the said undead came right back to their feet when struck down, though the quick thinking and action of Norwick's Advisor Arcane Aramuil was able to put them down permanently.
On a stranger note is that Albryanna was seen carrying two of the zombie bodies to the Great Hall._
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A rather violent storm passed through the region immediately south of Norwick. Lightning strikes caused some fires in the wilderness, but these fires did not spread.
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A tall man with dark shaggy hair and calligraphy trailing down his arms drops off a set of sacks outside the Union door. A note is attached that simply says "A donation to the Union".
((Items were placed in one of the boxes inside the Hall by DM Prismatic))
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Late nights,goblin screams can be heard from the south.Who gets close to the place will see blood lakes of them all around and some bodies to be cut in half,mostly of their stronger fighters.
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Lalli can be heard to be asking around ideas of how to protect himself from green dragon that he had apparently met in Rawlinswood and now seems to have some sort of grudge on him.
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Another Gate Attack
Only hours after the South Gates were rebuilt, a single goblin blew them up again. Rasuil chased the goblin into the old Norwick ruins and killed him. Gnarl and Romulus, out scouting for the gate attack culprit, joined him there. Expecting further attacks, the trio returned to the Norwick gates where they were joined by the elven mage Aramuil.
The attack waves began soon afterwards, beginning with profane zombies that tunneled from underground behind the fence. Then came goblin shamen and an unberhulk. The four defenders repelled them easily.
The next wave brought a seriously powerful goblin caster who came inside invisibly and with stoneskin protection. He blasted Rasuil with a fire spell, and froze Gnarl in front of the gate. Aramuil stepped up and a classic wizard's dual ensued as the two mages sent magic missiles at each other. Romulus, finding all of his weapons totally ineffective, cast dispel magic on the goblin just before Aramuil hit him with a firebrand spell that burned him to a crisp.
Rasuil and Gnarl returned to battle for the final wave, which involved about a dozen trained war badgers. After they were defeated by the four heros, the attacks ceased for the night.
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Shadows and more shadows have been assaulting the people by the southgates the last nights. The procedence, is unknown, but some people links it to a powerful undead that was spoted in the graveyard, that killed the Tormite Tyler
and at the grapevine, a new song is heard:
So the evil shadows come,
All the way from hell they come,
Trying to kill you one by one,
Get your body, soul and gone!Run away for yor life saving,
Stay around and die complaining,
No one will stay defending,
A place where no gates remain standing.dramatic pause
But wait! We have one to fight for us.
In his white cloak he is at the gates,
At his ugly face, evil fades.
He'll defeat all evil soon,
Then, he'll lecture about a spoon!
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Shadows and more shadows have been assaulting the people by the southgates the last nights. The procedence, is unknown, but some people links it to a powerful undead that was spoted in the graveyard, that killed the Tormite Tyler
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Another story told inside the Grapevine inn says that Team Elf and its Dwarven apendix have saved town again from undead creatures.
The story teller only regrets that the ugly elf in white cloak wasnt there to help with bud-buddies.
