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Chapter 10
Bandits of Silverfield
DM: Lady Hawk
Started: 2/15/00
End: NA
Chapter 10
Giants
Posts from 1/16/01 to 2/14/01
Talorc posted Message 1534 Dated : January 16, 2001 at 13:33:21 Subject: Re: The Game Talorc draws himself up to his full height and affects a regal air. He bows with a flourish, and announces in a booming voice, "I am Talorc ud Soldar uth Clanna T'aelon... at your service." He holds his pose for a moment, then goes back to leaning easily against the wall, he winks and smiles at the fey creature, "But you can call me Talorc." ;)
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DM posted Message 1535 Dated : January 16, 2001 at 15:12:01 Subject: What's what Lady Moon takes the bag and gentally spills the contents onto the table. She picks up each item, turining it over and over in her hand. "Well, the Silver Braclet seems to be magical and it holds a potion of healing and a dagger." She puts it back into the bag. Next she picks up the Gem Incrested Brouch. "While this is very pretty it is not magical." She adds that to the bag. She picks up one of the Three Small Silver Elven Stautes. "These are hard to read...I think they are magical...but what they do is not being shown to me." She puts everything back into the bag. "Is there anything else?" OOC: I updated the website. PLEASE look over the item page and tell me if I missed anything!
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Talorc posted Message 1536 Dated : January 16, 2001 at 22:22:12 Subject: Re: What's what "Oh, yes...these as well, if you please." he gingerly adds his black short sword and cloak to the pile.
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DM posted Message 1537 Dated : January 17, 2001 at 08:38:27 Subject: A few more things Lady Moon picks up the short sword and turns it over once. "This is a well made sword...I think is can add to your attack abitilits. I also believe that it has another ability, but I can't see it." She hands the sword back to Talorc. She spends more time with the cloak, looking at the symbles on it. "This is a veyr nice item...I am sure it is magical...It will take some time for me to figure this one out..." Letta pushs past Talorc and thrusts the silver hand mirror into Lady Moon's hands. "Yeah yeah, but what about this? It showed me an image of Marcus and Xia when they were looking for the flower. What's up with it?" Lady Moon raised an eyebrow at Letta and her lack of maners, but looked at the mirror. "Well, it appears to be a gazing mirror. It can show you what you are looking for if you have seen it before and spend a good amount of time looking into it and concentrating upon what you are looking for."
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Akeesha posted Message 1538 Dated : January 17, 2001 at 15:10:39 Subject: Re: Ah...alright Akeesha takes the feather and braids it into her hair, saying "Thank you very much, it is very pretty."
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DMLH posted Message 1539 Dated : January 18, 2001 at 09:25:05 Subject: Where to next? Letta smiles at Lady Moon's words. She replaces the mirror as Talorc gets some of his items looked at. "Well. this has been fun and all, but must be going. Lady Hawk is still being tormented by bandits. Which reminds me. Where are we off to next?" She looks back and forth to all of the party members. "We can search the lands for some bandits, check out the places and people attacked, return to Lady Hawk's and tell her what has happened so far and see if she has any new information for us to go on, or we can just go to Lord Silverfield and ask him if he is behind the attacks." Letta smiles a little evil smile at the last part.
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Talorc posted Message 1540 Dated : January 18, 2001 at 13:30:31 Subject: Re: Where to next? Repacking his belongings about himself, Talorc prepares to depart. "Well, where do we go now? I'm all for going to the area of the attacks...and getting waylaid." The small man smiles maliciously.
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marcus posted Message 1541 Dated : January 18, 2001 at 14:05:32 Subject: Re: Where to next? "I agree let's go to thee place where attacks have been happening to try to find clues." Marcus slides on his backpack getting ready to leave.
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Sarothai posted Message 1542 Dated : January 18, 2001 at 17:55:32 Subject: A possibility "With a little bit of modification, that doesn't sound like too bad of a plan," Sarothai remarks. "However, I have a couple of suggestions... Firstly, I don't think that just going out there and just blindly acting as targets is a terribly bright idea, although if we could gather enough intelligence to arrange an ambush, it would definately be workable. Secondly, why don't we go to the Elves and ask them if they know anything about the bandits ;)"
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Akeesha posted Message 1543 Dated : January 18, 2001 at 18:04:14 Subject: Re: A possibility As Akeesha fades back into invisibility, she comments "I definately like the idea of trying to set up an ambush, I am most definately well suited to such a tactic."
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Sarothai posted Message 1544 Dated : January 20, 2001 at 14:18:15 Subject: Re: A possibility Sarothai leans on his bow and says: "If we can find out approximately where they're going to be hitting next, we can than have Marcus, Letta, and Soldar go out as the bait while Akeesha and myself set up in position to hit them with arrows when they make their attempt. What say you all to that suggestion? Granted it relies upon information that we currently do not have access to, but hopefully we'll be able to remedy that problem."
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DM posted Message 1545 Dated : January 20, 2001 at 17:17:38 Subject: The Plan Letta nods with what everyone is saying. "It sounds like a plan! But what have the bandits been attacking? Marcus? What did you tell me?...Oh! Farms and travelers! I guess we can pretend to be travelers...We can hid our weapons and armor....but the question is where to go? We can't just wonder around and around hoping that they will jump us. What can we do?" She looks over to the others and then to Lady Moon. Lady Moon's face is unreadable and she offers nothing.
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DM posted Message 1547 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 10:27:24 Subject: Recient Attack Lady Moon looks over to Marcus, "There was a man who came to me yesterday. He came from the South and he said he saw a farm on fire. He stopped but didn't see anyone there. He guessed that the people got out and headed to the next farm for help. He didn't stick around...he heard about the attacks and was afraid that the bandits would get him."
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Talorc posted Message 1548 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 13:33:50 Subject: Burn baby, burn Burn baby, Burn! :music: "Well, I think we're probably too late to save the farm...but I'm all for heading that way in "disguise" to see what we can attract", opines the small man quietly.
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DM posted Message 1549 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 14:21:22 Subject: What to wear? Letta looks about the party and their armor and weapons. "So what should we do to hide who we really are?"
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Sarothai posted Message 1550 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 16:56:32 Subject: Re: What to wear? "Well, I think that a good start would be to try and get some info from some people that would most likely have the most knowledge of this area: The Elves. In any case, as I said before, the three of you can be the travelers, while Akeesha and myself position ourselves in hiding sothat we can take them out with arrows as they come upon you. Once they have closed with you (assuming they don't break off their attack) Akeesha and I will close to melee." Sarothai smiles :) and asks, "So, what do you think of that as at least a basic plan of action?"
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Akeesha posted Message 1551 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 16:59:12 Subject: Re: What to wear? "I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't need to do anything to hide who I am," Akeesha remarka out of nowhere.
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marcus posted Message 1552 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 17:55:40 Subject: Re: What to wear? "Well i dont have any big weapons so i can hide them in my cloak. "
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Talorc posted Message 1553 Dated : January 22, 2001 at 22:02:50 Subject: Re: What to wear? "I only carry short swords, and slung in a manner they are easily hidden under my cloak." , Talorc advises. "I think we can probably find our way ourselves, though...After all, we don't know WHO the bandits are..." "Anyway, we should provision ourselves as best we can here, and get moving." Talorc spins on his heel, and walks from the wagon.
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DM posted Message 1554 Dated : January 23, 2001 at 09:59:59 Subject: Gear Letta follows after Talorc out of the wagon and away from Lady Moon. She reachs out and takes ahold of his arm getting him to stop or at least slow down for the others to catch upo. "What should we get? Maybe some rope? A net or two? Should we have some fake wears...or a wagon?" She asks this to Talorc and the others when they catch up.
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Talorc posted Message 1555 Dated : January 23, 2001 at 13:25:15 Subject: Shopping Talorc slows for a moment, pondering. He speeds off with Leeta (and anyone else available) in tow, "So...we need a wagon, some pseudo-expensive looking wares...a horse (or two)...what else?" , the words tumble in a torrent from his mouth. "I have some money..."
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DM posted Message 1556 Dated : January 23, 2001 at 14:26:53 Subject: Goods Talorc, You (and any who go with you) find: * An old wagon (no sides or top) for sale for 50 gold * A work horse for 25 gold * An ox for 10 gold * 100 feet of Rope and 2 50foot nets for 30 gold * 2 boxs of herbs 5 gold * 5 Reems of good cloth for 30 gold (blue, purple, white, and 2 brown) * 3 Chickens 1 gold * Glass wears 10 gold * A lagre box of commom cloths 3 gold ........Anything else? You are looking for? What do you want and not?
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Sarothai posted Message 1557 Dated : January 23, 2001 at 15:40:52 Subject: Re: Goods As Sarothai trots along with Letta and Talorc on their shopping spree, he comments "This seems like a pretty good collection, both for passing ourselves off as merchants, and for capturing the bandits if/when they take the bait... However, we're going to have to come up with some sort of concrete plan, and some more info on the bandits, if we're going to be able to use nets to catch them"
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Akeesha posted Message 1558 Dated : January 23, 2001 at 15:44:36 Subject: Nothing, thanks As Akeesha buzzes about their heads, she remarks "I don't see what the need for nets is? I've got arrows that will allow us to capture some of them alive."
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marcus posted Message 1559 Dated : January 24, 2001 at 15:43:36 Subject: Re: Goods "i will hide in the back of the wagon we can try to set it up so there is a space in the center that i and someone else can hide in, but get out of quickly. if we have one person driving the wagon it might be more likley that they will try to take it. Any other suggestions?"
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Sarothai posted Message 1560 Dated : January 24, 2001 at 16:44:20 Subject: A Plan? "That sounds pretty good to me. To expand upon that, how about it be you and I in the wagon Marcus? Also, I'm thinking that it would probably be best if Letta was driving the wagon since she will be one of the least threatening of us. I'm thinking that maybe we should have a 'guard' to try and make it seem like a little less of a setup; my suggestion for the guard is Talorc... Once again going with the one who probably seems the least threatening. Any suggestions or comments on my elaboration of Marcus's plan?" Sarothai leans back and regards the rest expectantly.
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Sarothai posted Message 1561 Dated : January 24, 2001 at 16:44:21 Subject: A Plan? "That sounds pretty good to me. To expand upon that, how about it be you and I in the wagon Marcus? Also, I'm thinking that it would probably be best if Letta was driving the wagon since she will be one of the least threatening of us. I'm thinking that maybe we should have a 'guard' to try and make it seem like a little less of a setup; my suggestion for the guard is Talorc... Once again going with the one who probably seems the least threatening. Any suggestions or comments on my elaboration of Marcus's plan?" Sarothai leans back and regards the rest expectantly.
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Akeesha posted Message 1562 Dated : January 26, 2001 at 13:09:10 Subject: Re: A Plan? "The plan sounds pretty good to me, I can stay on the wagon also, just perched on top; no-one is going to be able to see me anyways" :) ***************** End Of Article ******************
Talorc posted Message 1563 Dated : January 28, 2001 at 21:24:42 Subject: Deja vu? Talorc looks at the elf, "Didn't you just say...?" He looks bewildered for a moment, then shakes his head and heads out to purchase their "goods".
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DM posted Message 1564 Dated : January 29, 2001 at 11:16:16 Subject: Off Down the Road With the wagon loaded, everyone takes their places as they head off back towards Goodberries and the place of the last attack. Letta takes the ranes and eurges the horse forward. She keeps the pase slow and steady. She tried to keep it relaxed and kept remiding herself to not look around so much. Akeesha sat on the edge of the wagon, invisable. She would change places from time to time keeping a look out. Marcus and Sarothai makes themselves comfortable in the back of the wagon hidden under a few blankets, behind some wooden boxs. Talorc acts as a guide walking about 10 feet ahead of the wagon. From time to time he would stop and let Letta catch up. He would swing up and let her know what he saw...nothing, no sign of bandits. As the sun started to set behind the mountains, Letta pulled the wagon off the raod to make camp. She hopped down and rounded the wagon to the back. She took her time gettinkg out her bed roll. "Well," she whispered,"I don't see anyone. And Talorc hasn't seen anyone all day. The farm that was attacked is not that far away and we will be there in the morning. I packed some food in the little cheast. It should be right next to you. Get some sleep." Letta turned and plopped her gear down and then headed off to help Talorc make a camp fire.
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Sarothai posted Message 1565 Dated : January 29, 2001 at 13:06:12 Subject: Re: Off Down the Road Sarothai starts helping Letta and Talorc with the campfire and dinner preperations saying, "Marcus, Akeesha, and I should probably maintain our current arrangements in case the bandits come after nightfall."
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DM posted Message 1566 Dated : January 29, 2001 at 14:04:46 Subject: Cover? Letta looks at Sarothai. "If they were following us they know about you....but I doubt it. But that's a good idea. Though I hope they don't show up at night since we can't have a watch without totally blowing our cover." Letta looks about at the growing darkness. "It'll be dark real soon. Hey Talorc, we should get alot of wood for the fire. Gotta keep it up for the night..." Letta smiles as she heads off into the dark woods in the seach for wood.
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Akeesha posted Message 1567 Dated : January 29, 2001 at 17:30:09 Subject: Re: Cover? Akeesha flits over to the others and whispers, "Even if they know about Sarothai, they don't know about me and in this type of situation I can be the more dangerous of the two of us. Also as far as watches go, you, Talorc and myself can share the watches. I'll take first watch, that way even if they did follow us and see Sarothai, they'll think us careless, since everyone they can see will be going to sleep ;)"
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marcus posted Message 1568 Dated : January 29, 2001 at 18:20:55 Subject: Re: Cover? Marcus decides to stay up for a couple of hours listening but staying hidden. After a couple of hour he falls asleep.
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Talorc posted Message 1569 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 09:57:47 Subject: Re: Cover? Talorc nods slightly, and mutters his agreement under his breath.
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DM posted Message 1570 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 11:36:54 Subject: Everyone wakes up Letta agrees with the others and they splite up the night into shifts. The night is filled with the normal sounds and goes by uneventfully. In the morning everyone wakes up to the sound of horse hoves hitting the hardened earth that made up the road. Letta jumps to her feet along with Talorc and they peek around the wagon to see a man riding a horse at a full run towards the party heading towards Goodberries. The man has no armor on and the horse is a riding horse.
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Talorc posted Message 1571 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 13:17:39 Subject: re:Everyone wakes up Talorc moves to the roadside at a fast scramble. Waving his arms at the rider he shouts, "Ho there! What's the trouble?! And more importantly, is it coming this way?" He looks for any markings(heraldry) on the horse or rider.
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Sarothai posted Message 1572 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 14:46:52 Subject: Prepared Sarothai remains hidden in the wagon, strining his bow in case there is trouble.
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Akeesha posted Message 1573 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 14:49:19 Subject: Re: Prepared Akeesha takes to the air to see if she can see what it is that the man is fleeing from.
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DM posted Message 1574 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 15:18:19 Subject: The Man with a Horse The man hears Talorc's calls to stop and pulls up next to him and Letta. Akeesha sees a clear road and surrounding area. Only the cloud of dust from the horse can be seen wafting through the air. The man has a slightly wild look about him, as if his mind was going a million miles an hour. "I am on my way to Goodberries! Lady Hawk must know of what has happened!" He pulls on the ranes to calm the over worked horse. "What's happened?! We are in Lady Hawk's servace, we could help!"Letta grabs the bridle and the horse calms at once. The man looks at the two before him and then nodds to himself as if answering some unasked question. "Lady Moon has fallen ill! It's black magic! The carnival was attacked by giants! But they weren't....mormal?...they looked dead! I'm sorry but I have to hurry!" The man turned his horse back toward the rad and Goodberries.... OOC: You have time ask another question.
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marcus posted Message 1575 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 17:04:50 Subject: Re: The Man with a Horse Marcus decieds to lay low till he finds out what is totally going on. This wagon sure is uncomfortable.
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Sarothai posted Message 1576 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 17:21:46 Subject: Re: The Man with a Horse Sarothai stands up, knocking an arrow, though not drawing, and says, "Who are you, and why should we not believe that you are in league with these undead giants?"
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Akeesha posted Message 1577 Dated : January 30, 2001 at 17:28:31 Subject: Re: The Man with a Horse Akeesha flys down to Letta and whispers in her ear, "There doesn't appear to be anyone following him, although it's hard to tell with the cloud of dust his horse kicked up on the way." She then flys over to Marcus and Sarothai to relay the message to them as well.
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DM posted Message 1578 Dated : February 01, 2001 at 10:53:05 Subject: Re: The Man with a Horse The man looked annoyed by Sarothai's insinuation of his making things up. "I don't have time for this! I have to hurry to Goodberries and inform Lady Hawk. Good day!" He gives a kick to the horse's sides and he is off. Letta turned to the other, "Oh my! What should we do? I don't know if we can do anything for Lady Moon, but she did help us....maybe we should go to Lady Hawk's?"
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Sarothai posted Message 1579 Dated : February 01, 2001 at 17:21:17 Subject: Ooops Sarothai shrugs, glancing sheepishly at his comrades as he puts his bow away. "Okay, I guess he was for real..." As he hops down from the wagon, he remarks "I personally am in favor of checking out the attack on the carnival, it might be related to the bandit attacks. And, in any case I'm not a healer, so there isn't much I could do for Lady Hawk."
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Talorc posted Message 1580 Dated : February 01, 2001 at 19:54:38 Subject: Re: Ooops "OOOPS? OOOPS?"Talorc mutters to himself."Ahh, well...If I'd opened my yap, we'd have fared no better..." Aloud he offers in a serious, soft tone,"Lady Hawk is a powerful noblewoman, I am sure the most able are at her disposal. Hmm...I doubt we can truly offer much...on the other paw...er, hand...I doubt the carny-folk have the protection they need to combat this threat. My vote is for the carny." "Then again, it might just be that I've never seen a dead giant walking! Sounds neat!!"
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DM posted Message 1581 Dated : February 01, 2001 at 20:37:10 Subject: Ooops? Letta smiles and shakes her head at the two men. "I'm for checking on Lady Moon, too. I got to know a few of the people there and they seem nice and I would hate to see something bad happen to them. What about you two?" She turns and looks back to the wagon not knowing where the pixie is off to now.
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marcus posted Message 1582 Dated : February 01, 2001 at 21:37:50 Subject: Re: Ooops? Marcus stands up "I'm for going back to help Lady Moon. She has helped me alot it's the least I could do. Let's go time is wastin."
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DM posted Message 1583 Dated : February 02, 2001 at 11:28:32 Subject: Back to the carny Everyone piles back into the wagon and heads back to the carnival. With the new information about the attack on the carny and Lady Moon no ones pays much heed to hiding only getting to back as quick as they can. (OOC: if you want to hide you can, just say so.) The trip back takes little time since you are hurrying. Before you can see the carnival you can see smoke wafting up into the air. When it comes into view you see that a lot of the tents have been burned and the merchants' carts have been trashed. There are people working on repairs. They look up with a start as you make your in. There are some men with weapons out, not at you but apparently on guard. Letta jumps down from the wagon and runs over to a man whom you recognize as the animal keeper. "What happened?! Who did this? What's wrong with Lady Moon?" She starts in on the man. "Whoa! Slow down! Giants attacked us early this morning. It was so fast...we didn't have any warning, they were just all of a sudden on us. There were others with the giants, in the background giving orders, I think. We tried to fend them off, but...we lost a few people, though they seemed to be after Lady Moon. They left as quickly as they appeared. We went to Lady Moon to get healing for the injured...but she... was just lying there. She seems to be asleep, but we can't wake her. We sent a man to Lady Hawk's for a healer. I hope that will work..." He looked off into the ruins of the carnival. Letta looked about as well not knowing what to do next.
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marcus posted Message 1584 Dated : February 02, 2001 at 17:07:42 Subject: Re: Back to the carny "Where is Lady Moon maybe I can heal her." Marcus waits to be led to her.
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Akeesha posted Message 1585 Dated : February 02, 2001 at 17:30:29 Subject: Re: Back to the carny Akeesha flies over so that she is hovering in front of the animal keeper. "I am not a large spider!," she exclaims as she pops back into visibility. "Which way did the giants attack from, and where did they go when they left?"
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Sarothai posted Message 1586 Dated : February 02, 2001 at 17:43:28 Subject: Perimeter Sarothai readies his short sword and heads off to check the perimeter for tracks leading away, glancing back over his shoulder he calls, "I'm off to kill me some giants, who's with me? :mad: Not waiting for a response he proceeds to searching the outlying area for signs of the giants' exodus. OoC: Sending rolls for Tracking
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Talorc posted Message 1587 Dated : February 03, 2001 at 08:47:24 Subject: Re: Perimeter Talorc's eyes slowly sweep the area, anger at arriving too late to do anything smoldering in them. A cigar materializes in his mouth, and ignites itself a moment later. "I'm all for it," he grunts around his cigar,"'Sides,they've got tab ta settle up here..." He turns and stalks of in the opposite direction from the elf. "If we both search to the right when we get to the perimeter, it should go quickly," he says loudly to the bowman. (Sending Rolls)
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DM posted Message 1588 Dated : February 05, 2001 at 18:31:11 Subject: After Giants Talorc and Sarothai head off to the East. The tracks are not hard to miss and who ever they were made no efford to hind their tacks. There are over turned trees and trampled brush. You can see that trail leads to the mountains, though the thought crosses your mind of this being a set up...why else make it so easy for any one to follow. After about fifteen minutes of walking you come across a man who appears to have been crushed to death. His features are pretty much gone. His gear (leather armor and a short sword) are also mangled beyond use or repair.
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The man appears a little suprized by Akeesha's sudden appearacne, but not in the Pixie herself. "Lady Moon is in the juglar's wagon. Bellonna is talking care of her. You are welcome to try and help her, Marcus, but I don't know what luck you will have. The messanger should have reached Lady Hawk's by now. We should be hearing back from her any time. As for where the attackers went...over there towards the mountains. A few men went after them, but we haven't seen then since. I fear the worst."
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marcus posted Message 1589 Dated : February 06, 2001 at 16:01:22 Subject: Re: After Giants Marcus heads to the jugglers wagon. Walking inside Marcus looks over Lady Moon and uses his ability to lend health. sending rolls
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Talorc posted Message 1590 Dated : February 06, 2001 at 16:23:02 Subject: Re: After Giants Talorc continues on the trail of destruction, silently smoking his cigar. (Using Heightened Senses)
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Akeesha posted Message 1591 Dated : February 07, 2001 at 12:17:09 Subject: Re: After Giants Akeesha heads off in the direction that the man indicated, fading from view as she goes.
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Sarothai posted Message 1592 Dated : February 07, 2001 at 12:20:26 Subject: Re: After Giants As he heads along the path of destruction with Talorc, Sarothai glances over and asks, "Talorc, do you think it might be a good idea to wait and see if any of the others are coming with us?"
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Talorc posted Message 1593 Dated : February 07, 2001 at 13:17:57 Subject: On the trail "Prob'ly...", he mutters under his breath as he keeps walking. "Actually, it is the smartest idea I've heard all day.", he says as he continues on down the path.
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Sarothai posted Message 1594 Dated : February 07, 2001 at 17:33:38 Subject: Re: On the trail Sarothai picks up his pace so that he's along side Talorc. Once he's accomplished his he grabs the human's arm and says, "Maybe I'm just being dense, but if you agree that it is a good idea, why aren't we stopping so that they can catch up?" Having said that he stops, without letting go of Talorc's arm. Ooc: Just in case it's necesarry sending roll for Str check to bring Talorc to a halt
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Talorc posted Message 1595 Dated : February 07, 2001 at 19:49:41 Subject: Can't touch this... "I'm impatient... AND I don't like people touching me..." , he stops and looks the elf in the eye, "besides, I'm not dense." With that he becomes insubstantial, and continues down the trail. "Go fetch them if you like, I'll just scout ahead a bit..." "I promise, I won't get into any trouble..."
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Sarothai posted Message 1596 Dated : February 08, 2001 at 18:43:46 Subject: Oh, no you don't Sarothai glares at Talorc's back for a moment, then snaps, "You don't think I'm going to actually let some uppity human get himself killed trying to grab all the glory do you?" That being said he continues after his erstwhile companion, grumbling to himself about the nerve of some humans.
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DM posted Message 1597 Dated : February 09, 2001 at 09:15:30 Subject: Marcus....ouch! Marcus, you try to help Lady Moon but you just manage to give yourself one h*ll of a headache. After a few minutes you feel beeter. You check Lady Moon to make sure you didn't hurt her too, but see that she seems no worst. Looking closely you see that there does not seem to be any wounds on her body. A spell maybe or she might have an inturnal wound. Either way you are not sure you can help her...
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DM posted Message 1598 Dated : February 09, 2001 at 09:36:02 Subject: After some giants Akeesha catchs up to Talorc and Sarothai. The two men are headed farther up the trail and seem to be agrueing with each other, (something about waiting and humans). It stricks you that the path was made with a great force. There must have been about five giants to make such a swath of destruction. Talorc (Using Heightened Senses) can not pick up anything out of the ordinary. It kind of desturbs you that such a desturbance seems to have left no sign of who did it...maybe its just that they are farther ahead of you then you first though...well they are giants after all... Sarothai keeps up with Talorc thinking about how bothersom humans can be. You look about trying to find any clues when low and behold you spot another body tossed to the side of the path. This one isn't crushed, just missing a head :) After about an hour of walking you reach the mountains' base. The trees have fallen way to revial bare grey rocks. The trail you have been following has faded with the greenery. You are standing at road, you can go up the mountian or back toward the cross roads and the carnival. There dose not seem to be anything out of place. Marcus, if you want to catch up to the others you can now. OOC: sorry for the bad spelling...not in the best of moods right now.
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marcus posted Message 1599 Dated : February 09, 2001 at 17:08:39 Subject: Re: After some giants Marcus worried about Lady Moon and wanting revenge sets out to join the others and find who did this. Leaving the wagon and looking at the swath of destruction Marcus gets angry and calls for the others.
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Sarothai posted Message 1600 Dated : February 09, 2001 at 19:24:50 Subject: Re: After some giants Sarothai glances up the moutain, and towards the crossroads and asks "Well oh brave and mighty Talorc, which way should we go? Personally I think that the most probable route is up the mountain." With that, he starts searching again for some sign of passage of the adversaries. OOC: Sending tracking roll
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Akeesha posted Message 1601 Dated : February 09, 2001 at 19:31:56 Subject: Children! Akeesha flies down and hovers by Talorc's ear and remarks a trifle loudly, "He can be rather annoying at times, but he is good at what he does, so why don't we all try to play nice so that we can get the job done? Having said her piece she starts searching the area for signs of passage also. OoC: Sending tracking roll
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Talorc posted Message 1602 Dated : February 10, 2001 at 10:01:48 Subject: Re: After some giants Talorc's ears twitch at the commentary. Without turning, he stage-whispers,"Never said anything 'bout bein' brave or mighty, I just said I wasn't dense...like you," He begins picking his way up the mountainside.
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Akeesha posted Message 1603 Dated : February 11, 2001 at 20:21:30 Subject: Up the mountain Akeesha shakes her head, wondering what she is going to do about her two companions, and takes to the air. She's flying up the mountain to see if she can spot any signs of the giants from the air. OOC: Just a note, she's still invisible
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DM posted Message 1604 Dated : February 12, 2001 at 10:35:32 Subject: Here giant, giant, giant! Letta returns with Marcus as the group starts up the road that leads up the mountain. Marcus remembers his last visit to the mountains and the Goblins that call them home. He wonders if Lady Hawk has sent her people to the Goblins to start talks... The road is well worn into the stones and dirt. But here and there the trackers can spot a track of their quarry. The trek is rough going. About fifteen minutes of walking bring you to a "T" in the road. There are tracks leading both ways. The ones towards the Goblins' home have hoof prints...(was there anything about horses?)
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marcus posted Message 1605 Dated : February 12, 2001 at 12:30:33 Subject: Re: Here giant, giant, giant! "We should go this way and check on the goblin village up this way to make sure they are ok. i don't remeber horses in there village." Marcus looks concerened.
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DM posted Message 1606 Dated : February 12, 2001 at 14:36:10 Subject: OOC: Marcus OOC: Hey Marcus, where you one of the people who first investigated the goblins? Its ok if you can't remember, I can go through the posts from way back when. I was hoping that you could remember.... I have them all saved off on the website if anyone wants to read.
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Sarothai posted Message 1607 Dated : February 12, 2001 at 15:53:17 Subject: Goblins? Sarothai gives Marcus a strange look and asks, "Okay, what gives? I think I follow the logic of going to the goblin village in the course of looking for giants, but I don't understand why we should care one way or another if they are okay. As far as I'm concerned we should be trying to make them tell us where the giants are, not worrying about the current state of their health."
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Akeesha posted Message 1608 Dated : February 12, 2001 at 20:05:22 Subject: Re: Goblins? Akeesha flys at top speed in the direction that Marcus indicated the goblin village lay, thinking What does it matter why, let's just see if we can catch those oversized corpses.
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DM posted Message 1609 Dated : February 13, 2001 at 09:07:16 Subject: The Goblins Letta looked at the fellow elf. "Those goblins are lead by three leaders that were raised by humans who tought them there is more to life them death. The main leader is a kind priest. Our last incounter didn't go very well....a mage, who thought too highly of his skills, desided we should kill them... The goblins are in the beginning of a civilazation and are skilled in some fighting and spells. " Letta looked amoused by a thought. "They put the mage in his place...They were too kind if you ask me. They should have done the world a favor and offed the mage." She looked in the direction of the Goblins home. "We should catch up with our winged friend." Letta starts walking after the Pixie. (OOC:Yes, I know she's invisable:) )
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Akeesha flies ahead of the party following the road toward the goblins. She dosen't spot any giants along the way. (OOC: How high are you flying?)
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Akeesha posted Message 1610 Dated : February 13, 2001 at 13:48:16 Subject: OOC: 30' above treetop nt nt
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DM posted Message 1611 Dated : February 13, 2001 at 22:06:36 Subject: Up the Trail w/Akeesha At 30 feet you can stay above the sides of the road for a little while, but as you go follow the path higher the walls grow higher as well. Soon the reach 50 feet and its a good bet that they will keep climbing. You can see some of the others start to follow you after a mintute or two of talking. OOC: Are you going to try to stay above the sides of the path?
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DM posted Message 1612 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 08:39:03 Subject: OOC: .....Marcus....... OOC: Never mind, you were not one of the people who scouted out the goblins when the party first met up with them.
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DM posted Message 1613 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 08:42:46 Subject: Up the Trail w/Akeesha At 30 feet you can stay above the sides of the road for a little while, but as you go follow the path higher the walls grow higher as well. Soon the reach 50 feet and its a good bet that they will keep climbing. You can see some of the others start to follow you after a mintute or two of talking. OOC: Are you going to try to stay above the sides of the path? (This is the same as the post below, just trying to keep things neat:p )
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DM posted Message 1614 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 08:53:47 Subject: The rest of the party [or down below] The group heads off towards the goblins' village. Letta watchs the sides of the mountian's riase above your heads. "I have a bad feelling....I don't know what it is...but something or one is watching us." Letta says rapping her arms around herself. When the sides of the mountain reached about 50 feet over your head a sign came into view. It was hand writen in a few differnt langues, one of which was common. It said: Hail the village of Chan. "Well, I don't remember that," said Marcus.
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Sarothai posted Message 1615 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 13:55:46 Subject: Re: The Goblins "Hmmm, the leaders are goblins that were rasied by humans... I guess that's a bit of an improvement. In any case, we don't seem to have any other leads as to where the giants are."
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Akeesha posted Message 1616 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 14:01:06 Subject: Re: Up the Trail w/Akeesha OOC: The point was to maintain an altitude where I'd be able to see anything developing, so yes. BIC: With the mountain sides starting to rise above her, Akeesha decides to climb some more, so that she stays about 20-30 feet above the sides. Akeesha mutters to herself, "I better start checking around for signs of an ambush, 'cause this doesn't look good for my compatriots" OOC: Sending roll for Alertness
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Sarothai posted Message 1617 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 14:07:30 Subject: Re: The rest of the party [or down below] Sarothai glances around and remarks "Well, if there is someone watching us, I hope they're friendly. If they're hostile, then we definately have a problem. I can just picture what I could do to a group of enemies if I set up an ambush in this area." With that Sarothai sheathes his sword, and starts stringing his bow. "If there is an ambush set up, I want to be able to return fire." ;)
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Talorc posted Message 1618 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 19:48:57 Subject: Re: The rest of the party [or down below] "Seem like nice 'nuff people..." muses Talorc."You sure their not?"
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marcus posted Message 1619 Dated : February 14, 2001 at 21:30:32 Subject: Re: The rest of the party [or down below] Marcus move up to the edge of the village and starts to head towards the leaders tent. "Hello me and my friends would like to talk to your leaders."
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