Jiyyd Rumors
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_A guard on the tower spotted a battle on the road to Jiyyd. It seems lightning was called down on a group of dretches and a drow mage. As the lightning came down, a man, who would be later found out as Aghila, snuck up and stabbed the drow in a sensitive spot. The heavily bleeding drow knocked Aghila down with a spell that looked like a green hand that had punched him. A man covered in bark, pursued the drow as it tried to run away, though the wounds Aghila had inflicted slowed him down and the druid finished the drow off.
The dretches were easily dispatched after the drow was killed. It seems the druid Wolf and Aghila had saved the town from a potential invasion of dretches.
Their teamwork and coordination is what slew the beasts. The two had no time to plan action and did well at this "spur of the moment" attack._
//thanks to Andelas (Fyre) for this little encounter, fantastic fun. Kudos to Aghila as well.
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Temperature levels seem to plummet dangerously low during the days in and around Jiyyd, and return to normal at night, the reasons for the cold can be left to speculation
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Words spreads of a group of miners attacked by…what was described by one of the miners as "lawn ornaments”. What ever this means is up to interpretation, some think gargoyles or some other fell creature. Though further information was given when he said "an no a farkin fishin rod atween 'em...wee shites"
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_In the wee hours of the morning, a cloaked Dwin-sized dwarf marches into town leading a dozen or so dwarves and several Rothe-drawn carts of considerable size and durability.
The dwarves briefly have a conversation outside the Jiyyd Crafting hall, where a few ale bottles are raised and some quick words of encouragement can be overheard. Then they get to work.
As the sun rises, the carts are already heavily loaded with large, heavy items, each draped in oil-cloth. The sounds of heavy work can be heard inside, with an occasional profanity yelled (as is common with Dwarven work sites.)
By mid-day, the carts are loaded high and the Rothe (encouraged by a dwarf walking 5 paces ahead with an open ale bottle) start their slow journey through the west gate and beyond._
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The purple hin was seen storming into Jiyyd recently in a very beat up, tired, and ticked off manner. He from the East and spent several hours pacing, yelling, and gritting his teeth all the while mentioning drow, coming close and getting an ear. After talking for a while to the silver elf who apprently new what was going on he then retired to the valley, still looking very angry.
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Once again the Rats and Bats is sealed off by Tactical Squad men. A crowd gathers outside and rumours of big spiders having been seen spreads through the crowd. Horbag, Zoma, Elen and Ael are seen rushing through the crowd into the cave.
Time passes and noises can be heard from within. The crowd leans in as far as they can to try and hear or see anything. A bloodcurdling scream is heard from within. One of the guardsmen tell the crowd
"Move along, nothing to see here!"
At that very moment an explosion is heard and a mushroom shaped cloud billows from the cave with a stench of burning corpses and other delights.
The crowd recoils from the stench.
After some time a slimey and (unsually)smelly Horbag comes out.
"Whats yous alls looksis ats? Was just some Huges spiders dat made peoples into dems own spiders eggs. Dat rest-oh-rant closed da rest todays to cleans up bits, but come backsis tomorrows for a new Spider legs spec-i-als, and spread da words, mes looksis someone worksis guards mes place when mes nos eres."
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After clubbing the buggery out of a new patch-eyed recruit in the Whore, Mercy, lumpen sloop, age undisclosed, engaged in conversation with a gentleman of orcish stature by the fire. Tempting the greenish interlocutor with the promises of distant employment and wealth, the pair left together, destination unknown. A source close to the priestess, who wished to remain anonymous, related the attendant twinkle in the eye as she left can only lead to trouble.
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A short elven woman with silver hair can be seen spending much time at the fire. A small baby wrapped in various cloths is carried carefully in her arms. The small pointy eared child peers about with a set of silvery eyes. A smile almost always on the mothers face when she holds him.
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Twelve bodies lay outside Vrokas house, covered in tiny bite marks and scratches. Many of the townsfolk are heard talking about the ruckus at the Rat and Bats Restaurant. Rumours include tales of giant rats killing all inside the restaurant, that a brave tatical team went in to try and clear a path but alas to no avail. The Big Red, Horbag to some, owner of said restaurant was then to have charged the place with some other adventuerers. Those that venture into Rats and Bats see a pale and somewhat twitchy Radnack behind the bar. A new set of slogans for Rats and Bats slowly spreads through Jiyyd,
"Rats and Bats Restaurant, come for the food, stay for the fight"
"Rats and Bats Restaurant, bring your own weapons, for the food fights back"
((thanks to DM_Apparition for the most entertaining event, and the OMFG helmet…LOL!))
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There are rumors that even more evil gnomes were encountered east of Jiyyd, as a mining party was returning to town.
Two townsfolk and at least 5 gnomes fell in the ensuing battle.
There is also talk of a recent serious attempt to rid the mysterious city of Mintas of the nasty undead that has recently taken it over. A quite large and formidable party of mixed persons, legion, sisters, and crafters of various races and persuasions all pitched in and took on hordes of very dangerous undead.
The group succeeded in destroying a great many undead, the story goes, until they finally faced a truly fearsome undead knight.
Their combined efforts brought the thing down numerous times, with plenty of close calls on the parts of the heroic adventurers, but to no avail, as it seemed to turn to dust and then pop back into existance over and again, wearing down the heroes slowly, until at last they were forced to withdraw.
Vexed but undaunted, the group is heard discussing possible strategies for a future, successful attempt to clear this strange old city of this awful plague that encompasses it.
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_There is discussion of a Legion Patrol of the road to Ormpur and the worg caves which ran into two gnomes in purple and white armor. Yelling battle cries of "Bones for Vix'thra," the gnomes were dispatched after a hard battle.
Invaluable aid was provided by Z and the druid known as Wolf._
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A large and solid party of adventurers were led out to the caves in search of a missing hin girl by the infamous Black Sail, Devlin. Suspicion and talk upon their beaten and bloody return is that there was no missing girl and he'd found word of some treasures and ruins to desecrate and loot.
There must have been some truth in that, for the happy adventurers were seen distributing finds in the square of Jiyyd. All returned well except for a half-orc who seemed less seasoned than some of the older hands. Of note were Sir Shannon's might in combat against the undead horde and the druid, wolf's, steadfast support of the pack.
// Thanks to DM Sunshine for a frantic and tense series of battles in the darkness.
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Star rolls her eyes <e>Ginger is nice lady but if told her sky was green she believe you even if look up and see blue.</e>
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_A curious sight.
An elf that is rarely seen, wandered in to Jiyyd, dressed in her black and red armour and scratching her bum. The veterans would know her, and with her the age old legend that where the elf went, trouble and chaos followed.
To most new people it was just an elf, and nobody gave her much notice as she lined up with a group of adventurers discussing heading out.
Barly any time had passed before a hin made some comment about her armour, which prompted the elf to make a reply in the form of this. "It is made of skinned 'alflings."
A moment silence and a look of confusion later, Ginger stood face to face with the elf demanding her to hand over the armour, wanting it confiscated. The elf looked at the hin in disbelief, and with it a few rounds of insults and shouts, the elf was seen going "Piss off, I am goin' home", wandering to the gate.
Head turns as Ginger charged and attacked the elf. Out of nowhere darkness surrounded the two, leaving no traces of the elf, and Ginger was last seen running in the direction of the Nars.
Rumors goes that Ginger is wanted for assault.
What happened to the elf? Was her armour really halfling skin? All this remain uncertain, but there is destined to be one age old veteran out there snickering going "the legend still holds true."_
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Word spreads of a large group of adventurers recently making the trip east though the worg cave to mintas. Seems Ginger and the Chancellor of Norwick rounded up the group to search for ancient artifacts and treasure within the ruins. They returned days later, all in good health, with stories of an undead horde and what they thought to be a death knight within the temple in mintas. From the stories told, the group could not find a way to destroy the death knight … the creature simply re-appeared again and again to battle Shannon, Steelfin, Aelthas and the other brave adventurers there that day. (( sorry, cant remember everyone atm )) The party was eventually forced from the ruins with what items they managed to uncover before the appearance of the death knight.
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Rumors of an unknown man appearing in Jiyyd with no Belongings and nearly frozen to death can be heard throughout the town. The man seemingly suffering from a case of amnesia can be seen standing up top the watch tower, as if he is on Duty, on other occasions the man is seen spending time at the Sisterhood with Children and has even been witnesses spengding long hours in silent contemplation by the waterfall in the Silver Valley as if he is waiting for someone
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Daerus was seen entering the tavern with Melanie Stern. The innkeep noted that he had several arrows protruding from him and inquired as to what occurred. The innkeep's recollection of what the scarred knight told him is that Daerus and Sarvalos chanced upon the bags of a fallen adventurer. Not able to identify the owner of the property as all bodily remains had been dragged off by dire wolves, Sarvalos picked up the pack and the two searched for the body to bring back to town. Daerus told him that they were then set upon by a very quick and very hostile elf. Daerus believes that the elf is a bandit and may have had a hand in the death of the unfortunate and unknown adventurer.
All else the innkeep would say on the matter is that Melanie attended to the Crimson Knight's wounds and then both went on their own ways.
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((That is a great rumour. ::Is still giggling::))
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Attack of the Jellies!: When desserts go horribly wrong
Cries and screams of horror can be heard across the town of Jiyyd.
"THE DESSERTS ARE HUNGRY! ITS THE JELLIES! RUN!" _A hysterical scream could be heard from one of the patrons as he flees from the Rats & Bats.
As soon as the stampeding crowd fled the cave, giganatic cube like jellies began squirming its way out of the cave in a snail-like manner and began digesting the unfortunate cows and chicken by the ranches.
Fortunately, a group of adventurers were present to quench the hunger of the jellies by basically hitting them hard enough with something bigger than the usual teaspoons and forks. Their bravery finally led them to the jellies' lair which was the cooking cauldron in the Rats & Bats.
What actually really happened inside the restaurant with the encounters between the adventurers and the jellies were not known but the town commoners noted there was a loud rumbling explosion coming from within the caves. A strong smell of krick (A special orc spice) lingers out of the cave, causing the folks in Jiyyd to suffer from a brief teary eyed, running nose moment.
One of the adventurers, a white haired one eyed swordsman could be heard remarking in a grumpy manner regarding of the incident,_ "I won't be having desserts for quite awhile, especially ones with funny names like 'Kutuulhoo jellies' which you are suppose to eat, not to be eaten!"
Truly, the Rats & Bats is only meant for brave adventurers with an infinitely hungry stomach to venture into.//Thanks DM Appar, I was ROFLing all along
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Rumor has it Grag and Keira are the newest item.
When Jerr hears this he laughs and thanks the teller for brightening his day. He leaves the gates giggling softly to himself.
