Jiyyd Rumors
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*After the initial onslaughts, General Lyte can be seen among the defenders, thanking them for their efforts and listening to various ideas and plans.
She seems calm and professional, and neither dismayed at the ferocity of the orcs and giants, nor overly confident that the probing attacks were destroyed.
Teams of carpenters can be seen building new gates around the Legion hall. Sgt. William continues leading groups with shovels and earth elementals east of the town. General Theaon, accompanied by legion soldiers and inhabitants of the Silver Valley, are seen surveying border areas inside the valley, looking for possible entrances into it.
Major Uchi, builder of the town's best conversation piece, the huge and shiny steel well cap, is seen working on another large steel project.
Inhabitants guess on what this might be. Several theorize it will be a giant steel badger, that the legion will offer in tribute to the orcs, that the orcs will wheel to the orc chief, and that General Grag will pop out of the inside of it and slay the beastly thing, though, this seems a little bit fantastic an idea to some. More likely, wiser villagers note, it will be a steel ox.
Rumors also fly of some nasty battle out on the eastern road near Ormpur involving giants. More villagers are seen packing, with Peltarch seeming a desirable vacation spot.*
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Is it a message of hope? Some reports from the defences talk of another dragon in the area, a Silver, that might aid the insignificant speck that is Jiyyd. Maybe the Legion know more about the new ally. Maybe the council do.
Travelers from the pass mention hearing of sightings of Orcs to the north, circling to cut Jiyyd off from needed supplies from Peltarch. Following the recent fighting, the defences are hurriedly repaired and whispers say that a concerted assault would still break them.
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Ladies in crimson and black are seen throughout Jiyyd spreading the word that when the orcs choose to attack, or when Jiyyd chooses to take war to them, the Sisterhood is opened for any and all to stay at. There will be a healing station set up there for all to take advantage of.
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Legionnaire William and woodworker Ginger were seen heading into the trade hall with a large load of oak boards. Rumour has it the oak will be used in building defenses around Jiyyd.
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Rumour has it that the former Banite wizard known as Ezachiel can once again be seen walking the streets of Jiyyd in peace, undisturbed by the guards. He usually just walks straight to and from the Inn though, being too busy with the construction work to enjoy his new freedom.
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_In the midst of all of this work, Dwin leads 2 Rothe-pulled carts, piled high with something under oilskin tarps, directly into the front door of his farmhouse (carefully avoiding the pits and workers along the way).
After several hours he emerges, now riding in one of the carts with a discernable, sad look on his face.
He tosses a gold coin into his corn fields (possibly an homage to a certain Dwarven God?) and continues back to Jiyyd._
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*Citizens around Jiyyd note that while things are 'on the rise' west of town, with walls and cliffs popping up everywhere, that to the east, things are going down.
Massive holes are being dug, around the existing farms and fields, and especially along and on the road east. Wagons are carting the earth away west as fast as the massive earth elementals can dig it, and a tiny gnomish fellow is using string and some kind of looking glass on legs to carefully keep the sides of the pits straight. The holes seem to be chaotically, unpredictatbly placed, a hodgepodge of wide chasms reinforced with long logs with steeply slanting sides.
Farmers look aghast, looking off their properties down into deep pits. Some complain loudly to council members about their rights to bear wheat, and gripe that their chickens and pigs are falling in and getting hopelessly stuck in the deep earthen troughs. One farmer desperately runs to shoo away his ducklings, who are are in constant peril of squashing as they constantly waddle too close to one of the mighty elementals massive stoney feet.
Some more prudent familes are seen to start packing as if for long trips, boarding up windows, and laying giant-proofing charms, herbs and home remedies on the roofs of their homes.
One large barn roof has bright red letters painted on it, facing east, in a strange language. Those fluent in gianteese would recognize the following words, written in blocky, 8 foot letters …"Nothing tasty in here, Giant go home!"*
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_"Workers, with the aid of earth elementals, quickly repair the damaged wall. As they work, orcish catapults begin pounding the area with big rocks.
General Grag and a small group of strong defenders rise to the challenge, rushing out with speed and determination, destroying the artillery and small accompanying force, and then beating a hasty retreat back to the defenses, before a large response can be made.
Soon, the defense is once more intact, and new stones are set into place, thickening the walls and it is clear the Western Defensive Plan is coming together, despite the recent skirmishes threatening to damage it."_
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_A swift and staggering blow is dealt to Jiyyd's defensive effort as, late in the night, the sound of beating wings is heard over the long road. Blasts of icy breath rain down and in moments a long stretch of the partially completed defensive wall is reduced to ruins. Also ruined is the moral of many of those that aided in its construction only to see toppled so effortlessly.
Fierce orcs spill through the gap, attacking the builders mercilessly on the other side.
After several hours of fighting the attacks stop just as quickly as they began, leaving the name 'Sharn' engraved into the minds of all those that witnessed first hand the destruction he wrought._
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_Splitting time with the Western defenses, Engineer Sudoc and the overworked Legion monsters… er...,_mages _can be seen headed out to the East Road as well, accompanied by Legionnaires with shovels and wagonloads of lumber, under the direction of Sergeant William of the Legion. A couple of wagons covered with canvas tarps head east as well.
The wagons return in a steady stream, loaded with dirt for the earthworks on the west side of town, though it is anyone's guess as to where the earth is coming from, or where all the wood is going, since when the workers leave each day, the East Road looks much as it did before._
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Dwin offers to assist with the cow-launchers since the Union built and stored them for the last Orc war. he also recommends that the old ones be dismantled as they are now decades old and probably not fit for battle.
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Sudoc has been seen grinning ear from ear at all the new siege equipment,. He has also been directing the repairs of the old siege weaponry.
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_"Activity the likes of which have never before been seen continues around Jiyyd, much of it quite unfathomable to the common farmer.
Workers sit near the legion hall repairing a trio of damaged catapults, greasing axles and adding new ropes. Two catapults in good repair are quietly wheeled back away from the southern wall, to the rear side of the stone legion hall.
The third catapult, after have sat in readyness for years atop the hill near the bat cave, is rolled well back off the hill, where it is pegged to the ramp on the far side, which seems strange to some locals, as it cant be fired from there.
Recently, really big wagons have been seen rolling through town, pulled by large teams of oxen. On these wagons are massive single boulders, some 8 feet tall, which are then wheeled out of town towards the defenses.
Children returning from following the wagons are quizzed by locals, and it seems Umber hulks are setting the massive rocks on the edges of the plains facing new hills…purposes unknown.
A crew of dirty dwarvish workes bearing shovels and pickaxes march off east, instead of west.
The shiny plate clad General Lyte leads a score or more of....old ladies....with.....sewing equipment...into a nearby field, where they sit down to begin sewing what looks to be all the world like big, grass green blankets or picnic ground coverings maybe.
Many locals simply shake their heads, wondering what the beetle blue blazes is going on around Jiyyd these days.]/i]_
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RUmors of genral grag and a few other men going east to battle giants became true once their party was seen running like little school girls tot he healing wonders talking about giants ambushing them….
On another note General Grag is seen often hobnobbing with the peltarch and gypsy camp soldiers…
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Prior to Grag's expedition with another party - General Lyte, Major Uchi, Corporal Calendel and Private Laucian took a patrol East to check on the blockage at the Worg cave and make sure it was still intact. During this patrol they were pushed back to Jiyyd by several large Frost Giants, some beserking and hitting very hard! The party managed to down two of them as well and seriously injure two others before having to back down and return to the safety of Jiyyd.
Unfortunately this party was unable to locate General Grag and alert him to the danger in time….
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_A small patrol consisting of Grag, Sywyn, Wolf, Dentias, and Seth went out toward the east road. Only a few minutes later, battle shouts, lightning, and thunderous footsteps were heard to the east. Several giants ambushed the group and caused great harm to them. But the group was quick on their feet and managed to down some of the giants, until one of the giant casters chased the group off.
None fell to the giant's ambush, though they returned battered and bruised, covered in much of their own blood._
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Rumour has it Lily's turned in her citizen papers and moved to Peltarch
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A large group of many Guardians and several others traversed the dangers of the cold caves to bring iron ore to be made into steel to help strengthen the town gates. The iron was left at the Legion Hall for further work
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Moments later, Thersos left the jail and started hunting for the cat, without much success. After visiting Vroka and receiving a special blessing, he managed to quickly find the cat. The end result being a panther suffering from a javelin wound, before managing to shake the masked avenger.
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A bit of a disturbance in Jiyyd today. Apparantly a panther took a swipe at Justene and the young chessentan, Thersos, and then ran off and dissapeared. The mage Alba, present at the scene, argued to the guard that the "magical panther" was her "friend" and that it was trying to "shake hands". After Justene trying to arrest her, she dissapeared, leading to a chase around the town, though the girl finally reappeared and was persuaded to come to the jail cell, much due to the lizardin Steelfin who had arrived.
