Rebuilding (body clearing)
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Occasionally Cera, Jeni can be seen out of their tree helping with the piling the bodies into the pyr or bringing the busy clean-up crew drinkks of …"tea". If pressed Cera at least will admit it is made from squished spiders in the forest but it's good for you..really.
Jonni is out thereamongthe grimey crew when the others ned rest and tkaes his own shift to helpl gather bodies onto hte wagons or pile the seemingly endless number of bodies onto the foul smelling pyres.
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Bub was having a fine time. He was with Milla, helping Bryn, Vine and O'thara with the cleanup effort. The day was dark with the soot of burning gnoll carcass, and to Bub, that not only looked like victory, it smelt like it too. Everything was going great; great, that is, until he accidentally upended a cart of gnoll parts bound for the pyres.
Perhaps he was a little too ambitious in his choice of a near-whole chunk of hyena man. Perhaps too vain in straining to dead lift a corpse that still sported all its limbs save half an arm, and a head that was festooned with broken arrows that jutted awkwardly into Bub's angle of approach.
Perhaps - well, definitely - Bub had made an error, as the body, slippery from the showers that had come off and on through the afternoon, slipped from his grasp and landed squarely on the cart's front hitch. The weight of that one body was well equal to the remaining pieces still in the cart, and then a little more. Before Bub could curse his luck, smaller bits of meat were showering him as they were ejected from the cart, while the bigger chunks took the low road, tumbling right toward Bub and the even dumber look that had just replaced the regular dumb look on his face.
Amongst the ensuing jumble of limbs and torsos bounded an errant gnoll head. Bub did a near somersault as his foot caught the noggin in mid roll, falling hard on the damp earth, his fall in part broken by the squishy viscera that now littered the ground.
Disheartened by his own clumsiness, Bub began humbly picking up all that had tumbled, bounded or squished its way from the upset cart. Having finished the gnome took a breather, letting the afternoon rain wash the gore from his tough-guy tunic, gloves and pants.
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Bryn and Lilin sit taking a few blessed moments of respit from thier grizzly task. The pyres continue to burn and issue a rank sweet cloying oder of burnt dog. Vines approach heralds the completion of the heavy cleaning of the community tree by him and Othara and the making of a labor saving device requested by Bryn. In Vines hand is a yoke like device. She smiles and shoulders it with a nod and looks to Lilin. Retreating to the nook Lilin grabs two large cookpots with handles for water and hands them to Bryn . Now the scrubbing begins . Lilin makes haste to the tree and Bryn trods to the dwarf head for water. Water gathered each pot hooked to the ends of the yoke the burdens are now hoisted and taken back to the Community tree to be heated. This chore will be repeated many times til the place is sanitary and a new place is open for people to eat and sleep.
Anyone passing the community tree note the door proped open and hears the gay laughter of women as dishes clink and pots rattle .
Warning do not stand to close to the door you could get drowned when a bucket of waste water is pitched out
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Lilin also makes it known that anyone too squeamish to move the dead gnolls could help maintain the cleaning stations she and Bryn have set up around the camp, making sure the old rom wash basins are clean, and filled with warm water with soap nearby, they seem very intent on maintaining the health of the gali and volunteers, even during this grotesque period
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_Alvar Blackwood is known to welcome the efforts of Cike and others like him, the Order of the Watchful Repose, Kelemvorites etc. to help with the undead problem and any unrestful spirits. He always seems to be concerned about the hallowing efforts as well, encouraging them along to the point of annoyance.
People who know Alvar know that he's not particularly religious and has an aversion to magic, but from time to time, he is a bit superstitious and has even been heared to blame "spirits" for misfortunes. If asked about his concerns, he points out the numerous dead all around and says that unlike wars with the Eastlanders where the battlefield is abandoned after the battle, people are supposed to live on this battlefield.
He sticks close to the main fires at night mumbling in elvish about meddlesome spirits._
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tala over the days of work and watching her friends return is occasionally seen crying although she hides it well. Only the quick or those who know her well catch her at it. She makes it her business to see to the comfort of the workers especially those she does not know well providing food and drink and bandages as is the Rom way with visitors.
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Cike can be seen helping out from time to time but when the sun sets he draws his silver sword emblamed with an oak tree consumed in fire and patrols for Undead.
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Ocean has been spending time at the camp both using colourful language to describe the smell and spending long hours playing romany songs and dance music on her harp, bringing back memories of what was and keeping the spirits of the cleanup crew from being worn down by the scenes of devastation.
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Penny returns to the camp every few days to help with reloading the pyres with gnoll bodies. She seems genuinely glad to help with such a morose task, noting that though it doesn't look or smell very pleasant now, the camp will be alive again and cheerful in no time.
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_Oreth appears at the mouth of the gypsy pass, intentionally staying clear of any large groups of people, and just…watches, as everything is cleaned up. He nods, rubs at his left shoulder, and walks back out into the nars.
A few days later, he shows up in the camp again, and is seen retaking the oath. As soon as that is done, he walks up and worldlessly begins helping to move bodies out_
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Lyte and Pete can be seen often helping out in the Camp, carrying wood in from the forest. Despite the stench from the burning fur, Lyte offers encouraging words of a bright future for these people who have suffered much at the hands of the gnolls.
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*Milla has been seen helping Othar'a, Vine and Bryn tossing dead bodies in the fires. Along with her was a little fellow called Zesty Bub.
Between this and killing zombies, they all worked till they were exhausted.*
Milla Dannode'lin: Description; Story; Journal
Nathal Sterr
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Amith is seen walking up to the fires and setting broken shards of a great axe into a large crucible she shoved deep into the flames. She drags gnoll after gnoll to the blaze tossing them in like a smith would do to the forge with coal. After the shards melt down she pours the molten metal into ingot molds, and pulls them from the flames to cool. She is heard mentioning her husband is the bravest that she knows, and that from the ashes of the fallen foe, a new axe will be forged.
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Promentantly clad in robes of the Scarlett sisterhood , a petite elf can be found at the fires stoking them and hauling dismembered parts to the inferno.Her Husband Elord helping the drey teams haul the dead from the furthest reaches of the camp. Face reddened from the heat , sleeves rolled she ceaselessly toils as each new wagon comes to the common . Wearily she hugs her husband before he heads out with the next wagon team .
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Nicahh is seen helping out around the camp quite often. She tends to keep to herself mostly, although sometimes when multiple Sisters are near she takes a leadership roll, directing them with a warm smile. She makes it clear that if there is anything the Sisterhood can do to help, be it clean up or contribute monetarialy, to let her know.
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Belade spends every waking hour she can spare at the camp, going out to chop wood, rebuilding, patrolling the outskirts, helping with the dirty job of cleaning up the gnoll bodies and the mess they made of the camp, and healing those who need it. Those who know her can quickly see that she is tired, but she keeps on working, refusing herself the privilige of resting while there is still work to be done.
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A big troll, obviously a polymorphed wizard, was seen helping clear the gnoll bodies after the battle, using his massive trollish strength to gather the bodies and stack them like cord-wood. After accumulating a few such piles, he then turned back into Genzir and used his magic to burn them like cordwood.
Liberal use of prestidigitation helped in the removal of dog poop.
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Erugdish has been seen asking people how to read maps, then punching trees in frustration when he still dosen't get it.
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Jerr was seen among the first dragging bodies to the fires and piling them high. He seemed almost sad to leave, broken great axe on his back, as though dreading what would happen when he got home.
Several spoke encouraging words to him as he finally left the camp covered in soot and still holding the axe of his family, now a miss-shapen club
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Dentin visits the camp as it is being rebuild as many times as he is allowed to as a Defender, commonly along his patrols of the road. He then spends some time in the camp, travelling to what remains of the shrine and spending a while in quiet prayer.
He speaks with the various remaining Gali and Rom remaining, offering his services in rebuilding the camp.
He grants Gond's mending and protection from the weather to those working to gather rescources and rebuild the camp.
He offers advice and pointers on construction where he deems them necessary.
He uses the blessings of Gond to quickly burn pyres of gnoll bodies, the Flames of the Forge turning the corpses to ash within seconds.
