Construction on the Nars
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Thorak, not really skilled with the stoneshaping art, spends his time carrying materials where needed, aiding with heavy load work, and giving strengh and endurance spells to those that need or ask for it. He seems quite content to be doing this low-skill job though.
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_General Theaon Thorn of the Troff Legion can be seen at the construction site summoning earth elementals to help the Union members dig.
Meanwhile, Brumir Silverhammer can be seen casting strength blessings on Union workers and also helping to lay the framework. At times he also looks nervous, muttering something about "Gralin's mum."_
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_The consistent sound of construction echoes up and down the Nars Pass once more, only this time it is further down the Long Road, just north of the Temple of Kelemvor. An interesting construction crew is at work, consisting of humans, dwarves, elves, and half-elves. They all work in a disciplinary fashion and waste little time. Everyone at their position seems to work it perfectly, with pride. The strict crew is the Union, and they are hard at work raising the framework for what looks to a sturdy tower.
Caravans of perfectly hewn stone blocks and other building resources continue to flow out of the Union halls and up the Nars Pass to the construction site.
They set up several campfires and large tents just outside the construction site, and several stay here when the sun goes down, continuing what work they can under torch light as they bellow to one another while drinking mugs of ale._
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_Several dwarves shuffle slowly across the frozen parapet of the grey stone fortress that now looms over Sam's Hole. White frost cover their armor and beards. Other dwarves stand guard atop the towers, hunched in their steel plated armor and thick fur cloaks. Some keep their beady eyes and ballista directed to the North, some to the South.
Across the battlement, great carvings of helmed faces with huge beards cover every merlon between the crenels. Icicles hang from their broad chins and brow, but their eternal vigil continues. Each wearing a grim look, laced with sadness and pride, their cold eyes seem to follow those passing by.
Nothing but snow covered rubble surrounding the fortress remains of the construction site. Once the huge chained gate was winched into place, the main host of dwarves packed up their supplies and traveled back down the Nars to their homes with the cold of midwinter on their heels. Although the fortress seems to be completed, the sounds of construction continue to echo from below it.
A paragraph of Dethek runes are etched into the huge gate._
This place is Ihar Burakrin, the entrance to the great realm of Aura Runedar. Built in 1554 - The Year of the Dark Chosen.
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Mid-day a cart pulls in, pulled by 4 laboring Rothe. The cart-driver is familiar to most in the area and known to be an ex-Chancellor of the Realm to the South.
Dwin whips the canvas off of his cart to reveal a dozen ale-kegs and thrice as many wheels of cheese and loaves of dark bread.
LADS! Ya been workin' hard. Tis time to work harder, me thinks… but only after you're properly nourished!
Dwin nods to one of the foremen on the job who starts beating a drum at regular intervals… The message behind the beats seems to be "ale is here, come and get it!" from the response of the laboring kin.
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_A makeshift hin-tossing wall is swiftly erected and several bets are placed as Theaon is seen approaching, but the foremen has the wall torn down, and points to more appropriate target; the bottom Sam's Hole. Several hearty laughs go around as Beorn makes his way through the construction site to meet the Legion General. After a few words, Beorn claps the Halfling on the shoulder and gives him a firm nod, then escorts him into the Rats and Bats to speak and drink.
As the dwarven workers continue to bustle over the site, the walls of the construction continue to rise. Four incomplete walls at various heights begin to enclose the large shaft. The South wall has a large opening and the dwarves continue to haul pallets of resources through it, working the construction from the inside.
Tall wooden beams begin to rise from inside the construction, one team of dwarves pushing the beams upright while another team pulls at them with ropes, inserting them into stone carved holes. The wooden skeleton of the fortress quickly rises above the stone walls, forming the ceiling and two towers on the east and west end of the fortress.
Multiple dwarves work at various levels of ladders and scaffoldings. Some standing on the wooden beams as they are raised and lowered by rothe power to their exact positions. Buckets of nails and other tools are constantly flowing up and down between the workers as they use them to connect the joints of the wooden beams.
Roped stone blocks continue to rise and lower around the wooden frame and the foremen keep a sharp eye on every detail as they watch their designs take shape._
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A hin in Legion colors wielding a bastard sword can be seen coming from the north. As he approaches the construction site he sheathes his bastard sword, making clear to the dwarves he has no hostile intentions. He then approaches Beorn and begins to speak with him.
((ClownBaby, check your PMs.))
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_Rain or sun, the dwarves continue to work unhindered. Shifts of tired, sweaty dwarves constantly stream into the Rats and Bats cave to rest their aching muscles while fresh, eager dwarves with various tools in hand stream out to take their places.
The loud sounds of the construction echoes through Sam's Hole, resounding up and down the Nars. Several dwarves hang suspended from ropes over the South edge of Sam's Hole, working the cliff and preparing it to hold significant weight while surrounding trees are cleared away and the once grassy hill is reduced to a leveled foundation for the construction to spread.
A team of workers with shovels and picks begin digging their way downward at the center of the construction's foundation and before long they are out of sight, only their echoing shouts coming back up. Pallets of timber and smooth stone blocks are lowered into the shaft and sent back up to be restocked again.
Pulley systems creak as rothes are whipped by their masters and ropes are pulled tight, lifting huge stone blocks into the air. The dwarves work in perfect unison to lower and place them wherever the foremen point. Scaffoldings are raised beside the forming walls with dwarves on every level working meticulously at their own tasks, retaking measurements and ensuring the stones will stay in their precise positions.
A longsword wielding dwarf stomps along the site, giving a helping hand here and there, mostly helping to tap the kegs. He spends most of his time with the armored guards, keeping his beady eyes narrowed North, but everytime he looks over the busy construction site, a scarred smile spreads through his thick tangly beard._
