Camp Bon Fire Rumors and Stories
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_In light of or in spite of recent happenings, Cherry throws herself into the training sessions even training by herself with the archery targets and combat dummies.
When not keeping busy training,, she has the little stoen of hers out and set in her Grandma's tree are near the heartfires in prayerful meditttation. It could rumoured that a couple times, when the bright light of the moon breaks through the forest canopy, she has been seen near the waterfall into the chasm toward the south edge of Camp, nude and clasping that very same stoen of hers in two hands while keeping an all night vgil until the mon set and sun rose. For most of the vigil a soft white glow from her stone wrapped around the girl while she chanted her prayers.
On aside note, Cherry often wears the sakuras Celebring routinely ifts her behind her ear. Only recently has she stared placing them behind her left ear instead of the right. The older blossoms are dired and added toa wreath that hangs in Cera's tree._
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_A quiet talk at the fire about Celebring entering the black-armband forces, took a turn by the arrival of the ghost of Aelthas. After provoking him with a sneer regarding his sexual preference, he turned to newly arrived Ezachiel, calling his preference of black and green with a devlish smile.
As Celebring retired for the night, the follower of Azuth and the black-haired Wolf scout came to the conclusion that it would be wise to follow Aelthas's ghost to find his bones to bring to Jeni.
Later that night, a bruised and battered company was seen travelling back from the Jiyyd deep swamps towards the gypsy camp._
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_The Gypsy Warriors of the Black Armband seem to have taken another as their own, or at least include him in the early hours of training before dawn. He is one known as Celebring, having lived there for quite a few years, developing a reputation as a skilled and respected Wizard…
He seems very calm and focused during their training, detached even. However, it is not his spellcraft he focuses, but rather his proficiency with a beautiful Elven Longsword and a finely crafted Oak Longbow, along with the other Warriors. He seems practiced enough already in the traditional forms of Elven Swordsmanship and Archery, but leaves room for improvement among the elite.
Of average strength, yet greater stamina, it is still a struggle for him to keep up with the other Warriors, but a struggle he seems determined to overcome.
On another note, he seems to be one of the few familiar faces to greet the Lavender-haired girl, Cherry with a faint smile and a bow of the head. With an almost endless supply of Sakura's* he presents her with graciously each time he sees her, it has become a near daily ritual, or perhaps it has already been for some time._
*Cherry Blossom
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A messenger from Norwick has been seen of this late loitering by the Heart fires of the Romani camp, inquiring the residents where one could establish contact or send word to one known as 'Ragnhald'.
"So yah. Wonderin' ye seen dis warrioress dat our scout, Jerr, called her 'Ragnhald' or somethin'. Described as ya typical Maya of Norwick militia 'cept she uses a giant toothpick with its pointy end made of a tooth of some o'l giant lizard instead of axe eh. Was it dragon or lizard? Nay remember dat bit.
Tell 'er dat Norwick has a work proposal for 'er dat Jerr specifically recommended this Ragnhald…Raggie- Rabbie- BAH! Whateva her 'ard-ta-pronounce name be! Tell dis toothpick wielder dat our Seneschal, Harmonee, be wantin' audience with 'er eh/
So ya'll simply tell her to drop word in Norwick if she is interested. Offer won't be holding out long since our Seneschal not da patient sort, being an iron lady and all with Norwick in a knee-deep crisis now heh. So she betta make up her mind quickie quickly soon.
Here ya go, ale's on me to show me thanks for 'elp!"
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It seems that more than one lavender haired lass has joined the men in their training of a dawn, and if the slightly younger of the two seems to push herself harder and further than she needs to or perhaps even should then perhaps the answer lies in the looks she occassionally gives Aelthas. Looks both of challenge and of yearning.
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A group is rumored to have encountered a frozen ogre in the pass. The group apparently went looking from whence the ogre came only to be met with fierce resistance from the hobgoblins. Returning to the camp many hours later battered and bruised the party disbands quickly and goes their separate ways finding what rest they may.
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_In the early hours before dawn one day, a sleepy, lavender haired, lavender eyed girl makes her way out to training dummies in the southeast of the pass. Rubbing he sleep from the corner of her eyes, she just makes it out of her grandmother's tree with the last bite of her breakfast sandwich, an improvised sandwich to eat n her way out the door.
Cherry looks for familiar faces among the gathering men, a number of them taller and a bit older than her. It was an intimidating thing, but finding Alexi meeting her there bolstered Cherry's youthful spirits and helped her ignore moost of the stares she felt. They were mostly in her head.
Her first hours of training among the Warriors was demanding and quite grueling, but as exhausted, out of breath and aching as she was in ever muscle as she was by the end, Cherry manged tohold her own. Perhaps she proved slightly more impressive in the martial training than a young mage might be expected, if not as skilled as those dedicated soley to the arts of bow and sword._
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_After a trip with Raver to the gnoll lands, Camina was seen walking through camp with a pack full of supplies. After a short talk with Raver at the fires, it seems the two may not be parting on the best of terms.
Camina was seen entering Jonni's tent to speak with him, obviously getting ready for a long trip somewhere by the looks of her pack._
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Word spreads of stone badgers found in the spider woods. Trouble anyone?
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_A bugbear was seen in the Inner Camp today. It attacked no one, and could not be found when searched for.
While the searchers had gone to the Outer Camp to discuss this, flaming catapult missiles began raining down in the outer Camp.
A punitive raid was led into the gnoll lands, by William where the catapult was located and destroyed.
A search for additional catapults found none.
The only serious injury was Alexi, nearly killed when he slipped and fell into the Cold Caves._
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Cherry leaves word with her grandmother and Jeni, she wouldike to talk with Raver about maybe doing her part her part in the defense of Camp. Petrhaps by join in with any other trainiees the wrriors have.
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Those travelling in the spider woods would notice that the large tree just shy of the gates has a length of red cord hanging from one of the thicker branches.
Anyone inquiring as to how it got there would hear mention of a Priest going by the name Anselm, spending some time by the tree recently.
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Attached to a few trees, a couple of posters turn up, they advertise a
@b78682b7aa=[size=18:b78682b7aa:((If there's fees to be paid, please contact me (Pavel) about these))
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A tall dark-haired woman stops at Cera’s tree. She pauses there a moment before going in. The guards nod at her when she shows them some old worn oath papers. She nods politely to them before hesitantly going into the tree. When she comes out, she looks around the camp as if she has been here before. She glances toward one of the empty fires before slipping off into the darkness.
Rumors about the woman can be heard floating around. She has been seen with Jerr and was friendly with Dart. The two men seem to know her well.
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Word goes around that this isn't the first time. Rhistin's been surprised by a lone Headsman when she was tanning in the inner camp. Upon the defeat of the Gnoll together with the Master Tanner, she rushed to the hearth fires to find Melanie willing to go with her to find out if the gnoll was a maverick. The two found two small pouches containing the remains of an unfortunate oathtaker. Being the most sturdy of the two, Melanie carried the body over to Jeni.
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A lone gnoll apparently made it into camp adn killed one Romani before others cold take it down. Cera's granddaughter was among the first to discover the man's body minutes after his death. Getting one of the Romani who had been pre-occupied with taking down the gnol before it killed anyone else, she had help to carry the body to her grandmother's tree.
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_In recent weeks, the lavender-haired girl, Cherry, iis reported by the guards to almost always look down when being escorted inside her grandmother's tree, except when asked to look up. The guards probably often hesitate to even let her in, with her more recent sullent and paranoid behavoiur. Only the the word of her grandmother who knows what Cherry is really suffering through, assauges the guards' supsicions that Cherry has notsuccombed to influneces aimed at harming Jeni.
When out around the Camp, she is seen most often sitting in quiet prayer or meditation, clutching that small stone ofhers tight. and more tha once has she's given a frightened shriek and run off in a panic with nothing seeming to be around to cause such terror._
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_People are talking about a fight in the tree near Shady's shop between Aelthas and the dwarf that spit in the Romani, Mira's face some time ago and was told to not come back.
Master Nefzen is heard saying he was asked to leave or be removed and he told Aelthas to remove him, so the Commander obliged and the Warriors were seen dragging his unconscious body to the pass were he was given time to heal and told to not come back again, this time with something more severe as punishment if he returns._
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_In all quietness, a familiar figure has returned to the camp. Tall, blonde and as barelegged as ever, the warrioress known as Ragnhild is once again spotted around the camp's heartfire on occasion. Her merry and energetic spirit seems strangely subdued though, and much of her time is spent in close vicinity of her daughter Lycka. Stepdaughter Asha also appears to stay close to her sister, who looks to bear the doting with some annoyance.
Lycka is not quite as recognizable as her mother. The thin and gangly girl that left for the Glaciers is now approaching her fifteenth year and beginning to grow into her looks in an eye-catching manner. Though not quite as tall or as strongly built as her mother, Lycka clearly has inherited much of Ragnhild's curvacious figure as well as her light blue eyes. Her hair is the same unusual silvery white colour as her father Zoma's. Lycka also shares Zoma's paler complexion and many of his facial features, leaving little doubt as to her heritage. Unlike both of her parents though, she is startlingly pretty.
Many of the camps inhabitants may recall Lycka as an athletic, lively child, always running, climbing, playing and singing. The young woman Lycka appears more frail somehow, her family often hovering anxiously nearby whenever she tries anything more strenuous. She often lingers near the Gypsy Warriors as they train, though oddly enough does not join in. Instead she sings, her clear, sweet voice trailing through the camp._
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*over heard near the heartfires
William: Are you going to make Steelfin Second Lieutenant?
Raver: Nae, want to see how he does with the fellas first. Squad Leader for now.
