Whispers at the Fire
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_It seems the bugbears staged yet another attack on town, this time calling on elemental forces to do the fighting. It went on for more than a day, and only when an elf arrived did the defenders push out and defeat the bugbear responsible for forcing the very river out of its bed and onto citizens and adventurers alike. There is also talk of a bugbear with a demon guardian, and if a redhead is to be believed, it was all demons, driving the bugbears and the water and air and fire onto Norwick.
Some wonder if nothing like this could have happened under Rando's rule, or if it would have happened all the same. It seems odd, nonetheless, that now the town lies besieged._
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A figure is seen working it's way into the graveyard pressing past the wards. Sometime later the figure returns from the crypts and the howl of undead can be heard echoing from behind the figures back. Seemingly the wards have been shattered and the dead awakened in greater numbers.
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Rumour and talk in the inn speaks of a duel of honour between two helmites…. no date has been set, but terms have been agreed by both parties.... people are wondering if spectators will be allowed
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_A group clad mostly in the black and gold favoured by the Black Sails recently headed out into the Rawlins, where they were assaulted by an unusually strong bugbear wielding a wicked greataxe and summoning forth powerful allies. Badly injured the group fell back to the gates of Norwick, where a mixed attack of goblins and bugbears was launched.
After some fighting, the blueclad bard Zyphlin mananged to talk to the bugbears, who demanded a woman to be delivered to them. The woman would have to stay with the bugbears and in return she would have all that she wished for, or so they claimed. The picky beasts rejected a brave and salty dwarven lass in blue armour, and as there were no more volunteers an attack soon followed. A young woman in black and gold was beaten down and almost carried off by a particularly large bugbear. Though the girl hung helpless in the bugbears hands, the eager defenders would not stop firing at the beast who finally had enough and all but snapped her neck, leaving her at the brink of death. The girl later emerged from the healers alive, but wearing a bulky neckbrace and mumbling dark curses upon bugbears and trigger-happy bowmen alike._
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Early one morning, Lucidious carefully makes his way down the stairs from his room at the inn carrying what looks to be a large painting or mirror wrapped in cloth. He takes it to the town hall and spends most of his morning there. Throughout the rest of the afternoon, Lucidious can be seen moving stacks of books, crates of supplies and several cases of wine there as well.
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Rando sits on the bench watching Mil and Dwin chase the person through town and mutters to himself
"somethings just don't change"
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The commoners in and about town speak of Dwin and Milshot chasing a fella through to the north gate. What occured within the gates is unknown but the two militia officers were seen dragging a bloodied individual through town back in the direction of the militia barracks. All was quiet for some time until the man caught was seen once more heading to the inn, still bloodied but able to hold his own, at least.
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A stump of a dwarf was seen getting four teeth beat out of his mouth by Wald, followed by an exchange of ale shoved down his pants
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A curious sight can be seen outside the temple of Kelemvor. After the dawn rises, a lone woman dressed in work clothes can be seen tinkering with the large dented breastplate of what appears to be a construct known as a 'battle horror' . If asked, she looks up from repairing the dents and grins, stating that she is trying to restore the horror to full working order to assist the shrine.
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The rocky hill just outside of Norwick's north gates now has a stone lying on it, with the words "Elor's Hill" written on it.
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An odd looking individual in black and red wearing a horned helm followed closey by two unidentified guards were seen entering the town hall followed shortly there after by Milshot, Equinox, and Lilin. Soon thereafter, four town guards entered the building as well. Some time later, the helmed individual and his two guards left followed closely by the town guards. It wasn't until much later that Milshot and company exited the town hall.
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Rumors spread like wildfire that the pink-haired bard, Penny, has recently undergone some sort of alarming transformation of appearance. What appears to be a brilliant prismatic tattoo now curves across her forehead, around her left eye, down her cheekbone, and spirals loosely around her neck before disappearing into her clothing. Several of her outfits reveal that this tattoo continues its spiral pattern across her torso and abdomen. The more unusual of these rumors seems to indicate that the pattern isn't a tattoo at all, but rather, a continuous patch of brightly reflective scales.
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A party was lead into the woods with the intent of capturing a goblin or two to perform some form of experiments on. The party met with considerable resistance in the near west woods and retreated back to Norwick, where a goblin with magical abilities freed the captured goblins and escaped untouched.
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Peltarch Defender Shannon D'Arneau was seen defending the south gates from goblin and bugbear attacks, though it seems no one actually saw him enter town. Upon his departure, many say that he chanted a few words and disappeared at the gate.
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After the attack, Oreth is seen to stand outside the glenn, puzzling over all the dead zombies, (or whatever) and addressing no one in particular
How the hells do we keep sleeping through this shite?
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Word spreads of undead attacking a group of adventurers who were resting in the Druid Glen. The group fought off the attacks and headed to the graveyard for a closer look. There they fought back many undead. Some injuries were taken but none too serious. The adventurers made sure to stop in to Friar Fred's place to spread the word to the holy.
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Of late the poor goblins of the Rawlins seems to have been exposed to even more violence than usual. The remains of a camp can be found in the woods, scattered with half-chewed goblin bones, though the creatures who caused the havoc seem far gone by now. The graveyard keeper nurses an ale at the Boarshead, mumbling incoherantly about strange noises and large figures moving through the mist and out into the Pass.
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::rumors spread of the Captain meeting with all of the guards and a select few militia members in the barracks. They were seen entering the barracks then leaving a short while later and heading back to their assigned posts. A sence if urgency was about all of them but a smile could be seen on several faces::
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Lucidious spends a few evenings standing on the platform at the south gate practicing what appears to be some kind of formal speech. As he whispers words in elven, he makes a series of elegant gestures that would perhaps seem more appropriate for a formal gathering. He often stops in the middle of the speech too cross out and then rewrite sections of text in a book near his pack. After each edit, he starts the speech again from the beginning, trying to get the words and motions just right. Each night he seems unsatisfied with the results of his work and heads back to the Boarshead with a defeated look about him.
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the town cryer gives the news that a very large reward with be offered in relation to the murders and the suspect wearing 'golden' boots
