Camp Bon Fire Rumors and Stories
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Raver and Aelthas' Warriors are seen going out on patrols and coming back beaten and bloody.
There are reports of hobgoblin raids and orc scouting parties through out the Pass.
Though the Warriors maintain a presence near the Long Road, more and more they are sticking close to the Camp, patrols within and around increasing.
Raver is often seen stalking the Pass between Peltarch and Norwick, prowling into areas not normally walked, a worried expression on her face.
She's overheard telling Jonathan that the Camp needs to be bringing in more supplies, and be preparing to defend the Camp.
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_Ragnhild lets it be known that she and her fellow Guardians have good experience in protecting caravans in the past, and will gladly assist in safeguarding any supplies that are needed in the warplagued south.
When not running back and forth to Norwick and Jiyyd, Ragnhild can usually be found in the camp with her children. Of late, her maternal efforts have extended not only to the children from the sisterhood, but also to the redheaded warrioress known to most as Melody. Ragnhild keeps an ever watchful eye on the latter, who seems to spend most her time absorbed in dropping little pebbles into the water._
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More and more reports have been coming in from scouts as well as a few of the guards stationed in the pass of ogres harassing travellers and caravans along the road south from Peltarch. Small skirmishing usually scatters the ogres, but it is clear that they are targetting caravans of supplies heading south above all else, with hit and run tactics.
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A beaming Star, newly wed to Llach Blackwood in a ceremony at the Wolves Den after the Festival there, keeps a close eye on all the children, whomever is looking after them. Her gaze as often outwards to the Pass as inwards to the Camp.
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Ragnhild welcomes any children brave enough to stomach her cooking to stay with her, Lycka and Asha. While her husband Zoma is away fighting the orcs, she seems to have chosen to stay with the children at the camp - no doubt a difficult decision to make for the fierce warrioress. As the life of a house wife is ill suited for her restless nature, Ragnhild soon makes up games for all the children to play, all of a somewhat rough-and-tumble, martial nature. The present favourite seems to be mud ball war, a game that leaves all participants incredibly dirty and also scores many casualties amongst innocent stand-bys.
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tala makes her cave open to a few of the children and seem to be busy tending the twins and the orphans. She seems to mutter about making more soup already and didn't we just deal with the dieing. He mutterings seem to just be her being her and not particularlly ill natured
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Many of the younger children are housed in the large tent of Jerr, one of the eldrs of the camp as well as a Sister. The rest are spread through the camp with families and taken well care of.
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_Early one morning the camp wakes to a bunch of refugees around the fire, being given food and drink by the Romani. The fifteen or so children and the twenty or so women from the sisterhood have been evacuated to camp by the gypsy guards that Aelthas had stationed near Jiyyd. The women being led by Nicahh herself.
It appears the orcs may be on the move and it doesnt take long after the guards say what may be their final words to friends and family, that they are seen leaving camp once again to head back to Jiyyd to stand with their Commander and the rest of their fellow soldiers.
Word is also left that Aelthas needs Raver in Jiyyd as soon as possible._
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Amazingly enough, Raver doesn't seen to mind all the saluting, she just smiles broadly at the pink armbanded warriors and goes on about her business.
She is seen, however, in a deep conversation with her men that may have something to do with Aelthas….. as several of them are seen looking his way and laughing heartily.
If some one were also to happen to glance her way whenever Aelthas salutes, they'd see her salute right back, one fingered of course.
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_All the pink armband gypsies seem to be saluting Raver everytime she walks by them. After she passes, they can be seen chuckling a bit, but move along quickly to get some distance between themselves and her.
Oddly enough, they are never seen saluting Aelthas and even he is seen saluting Raver with the men, joining in the laughter afterwards._
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Attached to a few trees near the outer camp are some of the following posters.
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Will spends some time in a small room under a different tree, once cured.
Anyone who asks is told he is recuperating from the curse.
When not there, he and Raver are seen about the camp sitting close together, talking quietly, laughing or joking, but usually sharing a cloak.
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_News quickly spreads that the cursed ones have been cured, but not before a heated argument took place as to what to do with the bones that were discovered. Eventually, they came to an agreement, which ended up to be the right one and all the afflicted slowly regain their old strength.
Its now safe to give, all those who were cursed, a big hug_
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tala thanks Elissa and offers her a smoked deer shank and some trail rations
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Hearing about those unfortunate souls, Elissa calls at the camp and begins to spread that she's more than willing to part with specially prepared herbs that can ward off misfortune in exchange for minor gifts. She mentions that while wine would be acceptable, she'd prefer it if not everyone gave her that in exchange.
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_Ragnhild is very distraught to hear of Lilly and Serenity having fallen sick too, as well as continuing to worry about her other friends in the same situation. To protect her family, Lycka and Asha have been strictly confined to the inner camp. The two lively girls are less than happy about this, causing much headaches for Zoma, who can be seen dashing about in a flowered apron trying to keep them under some sort of control.
Ragnhild paces around the camp, spear clutched in her hands. Circling Cera's tree at what she believes to be a safe distance, she calls out:_
"I kan not read, and uhm, my sort cooking not ever helped annione get better, but please know that I here iff need me. Iff there something that need smacking, you have my speer."
Sabre has not been seen in the camp since she stumbled out into the pass after Raver and Williams wedding feast, too drunk (and possibly unwilling) to accompany the now cursed adventurers down to the cold caves.
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tala brews many teas passing them through the door into the sick peoples tent. She has also taken to baking her special trail bread, nutty and soaked with a honey syrup of some sort. The occasional pheasent soup or badger stew make their appearence as badger and birds present themselves to her bow. Her young children having been moved to the den for awhile.
Rilia has been totally absent from the camp since the break out.
Belin stops visiting her kin's cave
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_The cursed ones kept in Cera's tree left to go to the cold caves. When they did not return for several days, the druid Wolf gathered a rescue party in case something had happened.
The rescue party returned shortly after they had left, along with those who were cursed. It seems nothing was found in the cold caves, based on what was said. Sadly, two of the rescue party became cursed themselves: Lilly and Serenity. Though Z and Wolf were exposed also, but did not seem effected. The others in the rescue party were well away and were not exposed at all.
Oddly Wolf, who has been exposed to the curse three times, was still not effected. But, even though he wasn't feeling any symptoms, some others took caution and stepped well away from him._
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That said, Will advises Tala that he is looking to rebuild the ruin on the opposite side of the Roost from where Kharbeh's tent was, and has no intention of doing anything to her tent.
_The rare scent wafts in the breeze that swirls around the clifftops. Sometimes earthy and pungent, sometimes sweet and fragrant. A scent without known source. And when climbing the threacherous route to this crumbling ledge one is always touched with the feeling of being watched, and then… just prior to reaching the top... the half-sound of scurrying can be sensed on the clifftops.
The ruins themselves seem to whisper at night... voices just beyond hearing. Sometimes soothing... sometimes urgent. There are times too... on cold nights, when the fire hasn't yet been lit, when you will find the stones to be warm to the touch... as though a fire has been burning for hours. Even the tree limbs seem to creak when one is turned away from them... like they move when not being watched._
((Any dev interested in enhancing this little area… I always meant to have a script that would require a 'Climb' check to use the transition points... both up and down on either side. This was meant to be a perch... part of a larger clifface that saw the majority of it destroyed by cataclysmic forces.. a precarious place. Cheers and thanks for thinking of this old elf.))
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_A group consisting of Natanya, Shannon, Wolf, Maya, Will, Mina and Aelthas went into the Cold Caves to look for signs of the recent earthquakes. All came out a bit bruised and bloody, but alive.
All but Wolf came back looking slightly ill.. although not anything serious at the moment, they seemed short of breath, a bit pale and shoulders slumped a bit.
Soon after they went to talk to Jeni, coming out looking less than happy._
