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R3 Balrog................Balrog............Warrior.Normal/Human
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?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human
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R4 Tom Crockett..........Caladan...........Wizard..Normal/Human
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R1 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human
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W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human
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W2 Sergi Sallent.........Jordi.............Wizard..Normal/Elf
Ma<br>
R4 Tim Falkenberg........Malradh ben Kasha.Merc....Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry
Ma<br>
Do Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Artist..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human
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W3 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human
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R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human
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W2 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human
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Animals: Ventrius/Pogo Thig's dogs, Firesnake of Caladan's,<br>
Z'Leyra's Eagle, 2 Draft Horses, Wolf - Boyzdar<br>
6 Captured Zen'da Horses<br>
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[Recap]<br>
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]<br>
Doing a surprise attack from above/behind (helps being<br>
invisible) Z'leyra will shove her rear claws thru the
hawk's<br>
wings, firmly grasping the wingbones with her claws (if
it's<br>
wings get broken - tough). Using her own wings to lower
them<br>
safely to the ground she will use say <in Eagle>
"Call off<br>
the birds, NOW! Send them away." Then warn the hawk
by<br>
lightly grasping its neck in her beak.<br>
<br>
If the eagle continues to be attacked by the birds she
will<br>
kill the hawk.<br>
<br>
Once on the ground she will turn back to human form
(retaining<br>
her grasp on the hawk), tell the hawk or man to stay down
and<br>
be silent and await the eagle and Ben'Dar.<br>
<br>
Once they have arrived she will truss up and gag the hawk.
She<br>
will fetch her clothes and staff, get dressed and then
question<br>
the hawk with Ben'Dar's sword at it's throat.<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]<br>
Ben'Dar quickly deposits everything of interest and value
into<br>
his own saddlebags and pulls a length of bandages out.
He<br>
would normally just leave his fallen enemy to be eaten by<br>
scavengers, but this is a special case and he needs
information<br>
from this man. So he begins wrapping the bandages around
the<br>
gaping wound in the man's chest. Though he has little
skill<br>
in such matters, he does what he can to staunch the
bleeding<br>
somewhat.<br>
<br>
Once he has finished bandaging the man, he ties his hands
and<br>
feet securely and then goes to Tef'wo to offer praise and<br>
some food treats. "You continue to surprise me, my
friend.<br>
I am truly honored to have a magnificent steed such as
you,"<br>
he murmurs in the big horse's ears as he rubs its neck
and<br>
nose affectionately.<br>
<br>
All the while, he keeps glancing up at the aerial
acrobatics<br>
of Z'leyra's eagle and its attackers, all the time
wondering<br>
where Z'leyra is. He keeps track of where the birds are,<br>
trying to determine where his friend is (since she is<br>
invisible).<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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[Info - For Reminder for you and me, easy quick view]<br>
Group 1 - Balrog, Kasha, Thig, Strie'bog, Trembyl, Unali, Zaka
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Group 2 - Caladan, Chion, Xian, Jordi, Farseeker<br>
Group 3 - Z'leyra, Ben'dar<br>
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[New Stuff]<br>
<br>
Octaqi 17, in the 163rd Year [TH]<br>
<br>
[Meanwhile somewhere in the open plains - Location 7 miles<br>
south-east of Caladan's village. Roughly 2.5 hour ride.<br>
Time: Roughly 12:22pm]<br>
<br>
[Map Information - Current Location <br>
- is 8 Miles SE of Caladan's village (2.6 hour ride)<br>
- is 3.5 Miles E of 2nd Gravesite (1.6 hour ride)<br>
- is 5 Miles E of Elder's Village (2.1 hour ride
roughly)<br>
[Stats on distance are tracking time. +1 mile since last
update]<br>
<br>
[Seconds pass as Z'leyra closes the gap toward the Hawk.<br>
Meanwhile she keeps one eye on the eagle. Birds continue<br>
to dart straight for the Eagle. Birds of all shapes and<br>
sizes. Even a small tree owl. As the Eagle sees itself<br>
surrounded in a haze of birds something interesting
happens<br>
to Z'leyra's eyes. The Eagle closes its wings and seems<br>
to fall to the ground at a angle. But as the birds close<br>
in a red wave of energy seems to spark from the eagle
itself<br>
and hit 11 of the birds around it. Six of the birds
burst<br>
into flames and the others are stunned and begins to
fall.<br>
The eagle then spreads its wings to gain elevation again.<br>
As a small owl comes straight for it the eagle does
another<br>
amazing thing...a beam of red energy seems to shoots from<br>
its eyes and hit the owl. The owl bursts into a small<br>
fireball. But the time has run out....<br>
<br>
Just as Z'leyra circles and dives for the Hawk out of the<br>
corner of her eyes she notices 5 birds close in and<br>
3 of them hit the eagle dead on. Feathers go flying as<br>
the Eagle begins to fall quickly to the ground....<br>
<br>
A flash of memory hits Z'leyra...she recalls that night<br>
when Grok attacked near Cetric's village. The Giant<br>
attacking the party. There was a flash of red streak or<br>
heat in the air above her. But it was too dark to ever<br>
tell what it was. Until now....<br>
<br>
Z'leyra's claws dig into the Hawk but at the last second<br>
the Hawk twists and the right claw digs into the neck of<br>
the hawk as the left digs into the left wing. Z'leyra<br>
at the same time yells her threat. But as she ends she<br>
hears the distinctive snap of bone. Likely that of the<br>
neck. The Hawk becomes a solid stone of dead weight as<br>
it stops to struggle. The Hawk must be dead?<br>
<br>
GM: Dang. Good Severe Hit :)<br>
<br>
[Z'leyra turns the Hawk toward where the Eagle is falling<br>
and sees it getting closer to the ground as the birds<br>
seem confused and try to find another target. The birds<br>
crazed by something then spots the Hawk which has slowed<br>
down, seeing as they couldn't catch up when it was
flying<br>
fast, and aim straight for it. Just then Z'leyra sees<br>
the eagle hit the ground and flip on its back with a<br>
dustful crash....]<br>
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[Meanwhile Ben'dar quickly bags the man's loot and pulls<br>
out the roll of bandages from his saddlebags. He brings<br>
rope as well to the sleeping man. He tries to open the<br>
shirt to find the wound but its matted with blood and<br>
takes a second longer to rip the wet leather. The wound<br>
is pretty big as a spear tip. He begins to pack about<br>
3.5 feet of bandages around the wound unsure of exactly<br>
the best method. He glances up just in time to see<br>
a flash of wind among the dark cloud of birds. Confused<br>
he looks down and ties up the man's hands and legs with<br>
the rope from his horse. As he stands though he sees<br>
a Eagle (Z'leyra or the other eagle?) fall quickly to<br>
the ground and impact about half a mile away.]<br>
<br>
GM: The Eagle is down. Dead? The Hawk is limp. Dead?<br>
Birds are now turning toward the only visible target in<br>
the sky the Hawk. The spell? Doesn't seem to be broken<br>
which is unusual? The invisibility spell is about to
end.<br>
Actions? :)<br>
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[Meanwhile somewhere in the mountains to the east of<br>
Woundenal's Cabin Time: c. 10:35am]<br>
<br>
[Chion replies to Xian about being a slave.]<br>
Chion: "I said I have travelled as a slave through
L'P'nth<br>
lands before."<br>
Xian: "I see. The word as caught me. You mean
impersonated<br>
a slave. I understand now."<br>
<br>
[Chion replies to Farseeker about the language issue.]<br>
Chion: "No. Thats part of being a slave or captive, and not
a<br>
spy, now isn't it?"<br>
Farseeker: "Just will be dangerous if you can't
understand<br>
their language."<br>
<br>
[Chion hands Farseeker his staff.]<br>
Farseeker: "Whoa! I don't know about these things.
Just<br>
place it right there against the wall. I don't want<br>
it to explode or backfire..."<br>
[Chion places the staff near Farseeker against the wall<br>
for safe keeping. He heads to one of the female rider<br>
horses and grabs a bedroll as his was left at Cetric's<br>
camp. He places it on the ground. He then grabs<br>
a canteen of water and pours some on loose sand to make<br>
mud. He then messes up his clothing and face with<br>
specs of mud. To ruin his clothing more he rolls on the<br>
ground a few times wrinkling, mudding and making them
dirty.<br>
He takes his knife out and gently slashes his left upper<br>
arm for a small bleeding cut. He lets it bleed enough<br>
to dampen the tunic and arm. ]<br>
<br>
GM: Already had a 3 point wound can't recall when but
likely<br>
from the Tests. So total of 4 damage now. The other<br>
wound helps in the story though. <br>
<br>
[He hands over his weapons and other gear to Farseeker<br>
for safe keeping. He places the bedroll in a sack and<br>
places it on the ground. He looks down and then decides<br>
to remove one boot from his left side. Chion then looks<br>
at the others.]<br>
<br>
Xian: "Close enough to a slave."<br>
<br>
From Chion:<br>
[Chion will ask before we leave specifically if anyone has<br>
something they wish to have him find out. He'll make an<br>
attempt to find that info out in addition to anything
about<br>
the current mission. With any luck he'll be captured,
thrown<br>
in a cell, and left to rot for a little while. When he's<br>
sure they aren't coming back for a bit (after the first<br>
questioning session perhaps) he will use invisibility and<br>
insubstantial spells to go about his business. He'll try
to<br>
get a layout and feel for the place while being jostled
into<br>
his cell.]<br>
<br>
Xian: "Yeah. Ask the big bad guy what he's doing and
what's<br>
his plans. Who knows he might spill everything to you<br>
before they kill you!"<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "Basic intelligence information. Strength
of<br>
numbers. Any unusual activities or rooms. Leadership<br>
of the castle. Purpose of the people being there."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Yes all that. Woundenal would not have
suggested<br>
this place to investigate if it weren't for some piece<br>
of information we need. It could be as simple as<br>
intelligence for him or the crux pin to the whole Zen'da<br>
thing."<br>
<br>
Xian: "We should figure out a time limit. How long do
you<br>
wish to stay in there without some form of rescue? An<br>
hour? Till night?"<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "Oh! Find out what they're having for
lunch<br>
I'm getting hungry!"<br>
<br>
[Chion shakes his head and begins to walk around the
corner.<br>
He begins to walk awkward as only one boot is on his feet.<br>
A minor limp begins to start. He checks his person and<br>
finds he does have a Sai left. Even a slave would have<br>
some weapon on him to defend against animals and bandits.]<br>
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GM: I wasn't sure if you did or didn't carry at least one<br>
weapon. As the above it fits but can be confiscated.<br>
If you don't take it then omit the above and some portion<br>
of the below. It won't matter much to overall effect.<br>
<br>
[As Chion carries the sack he lets it drop to the ground a<br>
few times to show a bit of exhaustion for those who might<br>
be seeing from the castle. He glances at the sides of<br>
the ravine in the east and west to see if he spots
anything<br>
up close but doesn't. As he nears the castle it begins to<br>
grow in size. Its clear from the mix of stone and solid<br>
mountain rock wall the castle was likely built from a
large<br>
open cavern. Likely there is a wide area inside. Even<br>
more likely theres caves and would be easy to hide things.<br>
Even more likely its a well defended spot as it likely has<br>
an underground water source. Nice castle to have. As
Chion<br>
nears shadows form and the sun still beats down from the<br>
east (left). Little noise other than his crunch and stomp<br>
of his feet is heard. He squints to get a view of any<br>
window or slits. He spots a few slits but its hard to
tell<br>
if its occupied or not...minutes pass as he gets closer.]<br>
<br>
[As Chion nears he notices the front wall of the castle
seems<br>
to go up 25-30 feet from the ground. It looks about 220?<br>
feet wide which is bigger than it looks from the distance.<br>
There seems to be no walkway or turrets that Chion can
see.<br>
As he gets within 30 feet he can see now there are a few<br>
small windows on the top about 25 feet? from the ground.<br>
Maybe 4 of them. But its dark inside. The shadows are<br>
everywhere as the castle is tucked into the mountain wall.<br>
As he gets within 10 feet he sees the moat is in a semi<br>
half circle going from left to right (Chion's facing south<br>
so his left to right or running east to west). It looks<br>
like the moat ends in the mountain walls itself and likely<br>
goes further into the mountain. The moat banks are about<br>
50 degree slants. He sees the water is a bit gray and
murky.<br>
The moat is about 10-15 feet wide from bank to bank. So<br>
it would be a good jump to cross. On the castle wall
though<br>
the stone are slick looking and likely no where to hang on<br>
if you could cross. What's in the water is anyone's
guess?<br>
The moat banks seems to be made from loose sand making<br>
climbing up and down hard. Another good defense item.<br>
As he begins to stop he sees the large castle gate. Its<br>
pulled up as most drawbridges are. Made of wood and
chains.]<br>
<br>
[Chion fakes a slight stumble but gains his balance. He<br>
then stands tall and puffs his chest out..]<br>
Chion: "Hail in the Keep! I come seeking aid with
information<br>
of a terrible incident!" in Katai.<br>
<br>
[Back around the corner...]<br>
Farseeker: "What did he say?"<br>
Xian: "Don't know. I think he spoke in Katai but don't know
it."<br>
[Caladan shakes his head and doesn't know it either]<br>
<br>
[Seconds pass as Chion gets nervous...seconds turn into a<br>
minute...then two...Chion begins to think the Castle is<br>
empty? But then another minute later he sees something<br>
move in one of the window slits. If its an archer he<br>
prepares as he is in the open. Then a window about 15<br>
feet up opens slightly and only darkness is seen. Seconds<br>
later the chains are rattled. Chion backs up slightly<br>
and prepares. The drawbridge begins to shake and then<br>
lowers. Chion keeps an eye out all over the castle for<br>
any attacks. As the drawbridge begins to hit the ground<br>
gallops are heard. Three horses begin to storm out of<br>
the castle. Three male riders exit and surround Chion.<br>
While they surround Chion they look around as well keeping<br>
an eye to the walls and the two paths into the ravine.<br>
Two footmen come out slowly with a 3rd behind them. The<br>
footmen stop at the edge of the drawbridge. Six to one<br>
odds. Chion grins inside. The men have spears or maces<br>
and leather armor. The 3rd one behind the footmen seems<br>
to be the leader in some half military uniform. He is<br>
wearing chainmail and has a sword.]<br>
<br>
Leader: "Hok Dak Muc"<br>
[Chion doesn't understand L'p'nth so he repeats his words<br>
except the first sentence. The men look confused.]<br>
<br>
[Meanwhile behind the curve..]<br>
Farseeker: "Ahh.. I just thought of something. If
those<br>
riders come this way the plan is gone. We may want<br>
to mount up and get ready to leave if they do. Can<br>
we hide the bodies?"<br>
[The three frantically begin to prepare for that
situation..]<br>
<br>
[The leader issues a order. The footmen come closer. The<br>
riders pull up weapons. This must be it. But as the<br>
footmen get closer they motion for Chion to raise his
arms.<br>
Chion slowly does. One man searches Chion. Chion
somewhat<br>
expected this. The man pats down Chion and finds the<br>
Sai. They pull it and sheath it in their belt. One rider<br>
is given the sack. The leader then gets a nod from one of<br>
the footmen. The leader gestures for Chion to come
forward.<br>
The leader eyes him over as if deciding what to do. Tense<br>
seconds pass... then the man nods. He waves for Chion to<br>
follow. Chion is escorted by the footmen with the leader<br>
forward into the large 80 foot gaping entry way. High
above<br>
a iron gate is seen. The entry spans about 120 feet back<br>
into the darkness. Chion's eyes has to adjust to the<br>
darkness. He glances without being too obvious. To the<br>
right is a smell of horses. A large wooden door is seen<br>
likely where the horses are kept. High above a central<br>
hole with a wood covering is seen. Must be the classic<br>
hot oil hole for invaders? There is probably archer slits<br>
in the entry but the darkness hides them. The horses
follow<br>
and remain for a few minutes. As the four on foot walk<br>
to the large entry inner door Chion sees a iron door to
the<br>
left. The iron door is opened and Chion enters a smaller<br>
room that looks like to be a Guard Sentry area. There are<br>
about 4 others here (soldiers). They eye Chion. The man<br>
waves Chion toward a chair. The leader then talks to<br>
another solider who goes running through another door.<br>
Chion starts to speak but with the stares he gets he
doesn't<br>
get too far. The leader stands to the side watching Chion<br>
as if seeing through him.]<br>
<br>
[Meanwhile around the corner...]<br>
Caladan: "They aren't coming....he's inside."<br>
Farseeker: "Whew. Ok. Now if he just lives through
it."<br>
<br>
[Meanwhile back in the castle...a guard sees Chion's wound<br>
and others start to murmur. The leader barks something<br>
and a solider brings some water to Chion to drink. It<br>
was in a bowl and there would likely have not been time<br>
to prepare anything in it like a poison. The guard<br>
places it on the table near if Chion wants it.]<br>
<br>
[About 4 minutes later a female enters the room from the<br>
other door. She is wearing flowing robes and has a cloth<br>
covering her face. But this is not too untypical for<br>
L'p'nth. Her eyes are seen, green but not the rest of<br>
her face. She stands about 5' 6 and about 130 pounds.<br>
She is in her early 20s it seems? She gets a quiet<br>
chat by one guard then walks toward Chion. Chion gives<br>
his opening remarks again.]<br>
<br>
Female: [In broken Katai] "What situation do you have for
us?<br>
Who are you? What are you doing here? We don't get any<br>
guests. in fact your the first. What is your position?<br>
[Job? or station?]"<br>
<br>
GM: Ok. That's enough for tonight :) Chion you can reply.<br>
Theres about 8 in the room including the female. She<br>
doesn't seem to have weapons but others do in the room.<br>
Course there could be hidden weapons. As she talks Chion<br>
hears the rattle of chain. The drawbridge must be<br>
raising again. I have the start of a map. I'll have<br>
it in the next update for the parts you see so far. Its<br>
a bit work in progress now. <br>
<br>
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[Meanwhile at Zaka's village - Location 6 miles south-east<br>
of Caladan's village. Roughly 2.5 hour ride.<br>
Time: Roughly 11:03am]<br>
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GM: Strie'bog if you don't want to heal for experience
then<br>
Thig can do so. Just let me know. Your choice. If<br>
you have other actions let me know. If not Thig will<br>
handle the healing next update. <br>
<br>
Dead - 4 Male Warriors<br>
8 Male enemy warriors<br>
1 Elder [Laku]<br>
3 Villagers (Adult female, female teenager, young
boy]<br>
<br>
Party Status:<br>
Player Damage Mana Status<br>
Unali -1 / - 3% -- Minor Wound from previous
action<br>
Kasha -7 / -25% -- Moderate Wound from village
combat<br>
Balrog -5 / -33% -- Moderate Wound from village
combat<br>
<br>
Villager Status [Survivors]<br>
2 Male Warriors [Still knocked out but wounded]<br>
1 Elderly women [Moderate damage]<br>
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Next update Friday...<br>
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For Group 1 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
For Group 2 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
For Group 3 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
<br>
GM: Delay in the update due to a few things. I wanted to<br>
congratulate Z'leyra for +1 in MEL. A big deal!<br>
BTW I think the last update I posted a draft I keep<br>
before spell checking. Don't know if I sent the checked<br>
version. :< Sorry if I did.<br>
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