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FH.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid
.Normal/Alfar... Ma<br>
...Kevin
Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma<br>
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry..
Fe<br>
W2.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat
Normal/Human ..Ma<br>
...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe<br>
...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3
Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
Fake-Kell/Raki........Raki..............Normal..Normal/Shifter..??<br>
R4.Wout
Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
R4.Alex
Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra<br><br>
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* Dorhak's
IBT<br><br>
[Decalis 2nd,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Cholan's
Tavern]<br><br>
Dorhak
is enjoying the warm fire and warm food. The cold ale is<br>
a bonus. But
when the wine and hard booze is pulled out the real<br>
party
begins. Dorhak begins to speak of his adventures to anyone<br>
that spends 5
minutes with him. Dorhak though turns off the<br>
general public as
he tries to share his stories with his dirty hair<br>
and beard as well
not bathing for a very long time.<br><br>
But
Dorhak is very happy as he has ale, food in his belly<br>
and gold!
Rather he will once these human sell all this loot.<br><br>
Toward
the end of the party Dorhak and Pyan begins to try to<br>
sing a Dwarf
Song. They weave back and forth in a way that<br>
might be
considered dancing for a person who is on fire.<br><br>
[Decalis 3rd,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Z'leyra's
manor]<br><br>
Dorhak
wakes up with a very bad hangover but finds himself<br>
in the stable?
Unsure how he got here. His tunic is a bit messy<br>
with ale and what
may be a bit of his stomach contents. Dorhak<br>
stumbles outside
to find himself on the grounds of a estate. A<br>
human tells him he
is at Z'leyra's place. Dorhak yells that<br>
the human should
not be yelling but he wasn't. Dorhak glances<br>
at the shiny ball
in sky and realizes most of the day is gone.<br>
It must be late
afternoon!<br><br>
The
steward comes out and brings a tray of food and water.<br>
Water? Is
this human serious! The steward directs him to<br>
a open table to
eat. Dorhak gets the hint that he may not<br>
be so welcome
inside until he clean sup. Dorhak enjoys his<br>
ham and eggs but
avoids the water. He giggles as he has<br>
some fresh ale
from the tavern he must've gotten last night.<br>
The steward
strongly suggests Dorhak travel to the local<br>
bathhouse and use
a robe supplied. Bring the clothes and<br>
they'll get them
cleaned. But when the stewad suggests a trim<br>
of his hair and
beard that draws the line.<br><br>
As
Dorhak walks to the bath house he does finger his stringy<br>
hair. It
does seem rather too long. Some might think he a small<br>
bear than a noble
dwarf. Maybe he could trim just a bit off.<br>
Plus hair away
from his hairs helps in combat! But these silly<br>
human customs of
bathing is silly. Dwarves may be 10 in a tunnel<br>
and never bath for
a month or two. But it is the Healer's place<br>
so best go with
the custom for now.<br><br>
Dorhak
falls asleep in the warm bath water and wakes up<br>
smelling
nice. Did some worker drop perfume in the water?<br>
But it does smell
like a nice plump dwarf female just after<br>
she bakes
bread. Dorhak takes the cutters and trims a bit<br>
but not much of
his great beard. Though he does comb out<br>
the crumbs and is
that a dead caterpillar?<br><br>
Dorhak
bags his very smelly clothing and goes back to the<br>
manor as the sun
is low in the sky. As he walks he smells<br>
the city. So
this is human culture? But it smells like a mix<br>
of boot leather,
horse droppings and soups in the air. Is<br>
this how it smells
all the time? No scent of rock or dust<br>
in a cavern is
missing and makes Dorhak miss home.<br><br>
Dorhak
hands over his clothes to the steward and enters<br>
the warm
place. He sits in the parlor and considers the<br>
past events before
a dinner is made for everyone.<br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 4th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Z'leyra's
manor]<br><br>
Dorhak
wakes and goes through his gear outside in the<br>
cool air. It
seems his gear is in good shape aside from<br>
his clothing which
is being taken care of now. Dorhak lunges<br>
in the patio chair
and feels the warmth of the sun on his now<br>
bare upper
face. This place is fine but it is human not a good<br>
simple home like
dwarves live. He wonders if there is a cave<br>
somewhere he could
stay? Probably not. So he thinks he<br>
should rent a
place until he can figure out his next step.<br><br>
Before
he can even think on things the guard approaches<br>
and says he has a
delivery. Surprised he finds a wagon with<br>
a barrel on
it. He helps drop it off and the driver says<br>
he paid for ale
from Cholan? He did? He doesn't recall. The<br>
driver says he
paid 2 copper for 20 quarts of fresh ale. Really<br>
20 quarts?
That could last a few days. But 2 copper? Dorhak<br>
figures that is
worth it.<br><br>
Dorhak
uses the spout and fills his mug. Nice ale indeed.<br>
The guard asks him
to place it a bit hidden so Dorhak places<br>
the keg in the
barn for easy access.<br><br>
Dorhak
spends the rest of the afternoon and some of the<br>
evening
resting. He considers writing his thoughts and adventure<br>
material but can't
read or write. Maybe he can express such<br>
things in a
sculpture. Dorhak looks around this manor is<br>
devoid of art in
the way of sculpture. Maybe he can suggest<br>
some pieces for
Z'leyra?<br><br>
Now
that the steward is more cordial since he has cleaned<br>
up and trimmed he
asks him if he knows of places to rent.<br>
The steward
explains he is welcome here and even inside in a nice<br>
bed. But
Dorhak knows this place is already crowded. That Kiet<br>
fellow talks about
maybe getting a place as well. The steward<br>
doesn't know of
places but will ask around. Dorhak asks about<br>
places around
stone markets. The steward does know there are no<br>
stone quarry areas
around Sivas. A quarry is maybe a day away.<br>
But he keeps this
in mind as he asks some of his own contacts.<br>
Dorhak wonders if
Kiet could check that fellow Kell's things<br>
for stone
merchants? He'll have to ask him later on that. But<br>
for now ale and
rest! Maybe some grapes and those tasty warm<br>
pastries!<br><br>
[Decalis 5th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Z'leyra's
manor]<br><br>
Dorhak
eats the finn breakfast at the manor and decides<br>
his agenda
today. To get a teacher and do some shopping. <br>
He grumbles as he
eats his eggs making the cook a bit nervous<br>
until he explains
its not the food. Its the idea of this<br>
learning to ride a
horse. On the plains he was like a kid on a<br>
log riding.
These humans do love their horses. But the other<br>
dwarves would
laugh at him. Most dwarves don't ride period.<br>
Course most don't
even leave their own mountain. But if these<br>
humans want to do
more riding and get him very bad saddle sores<br>
so be it. He
profited quiet well in this short time with the<br>
group. Maybe next
time it'll be better! If it means riding a<br>
creature 3 times
his size so be it. <br><br>
At the
gate Dorhak pretends to pace as if considering things.<br>
But in fact he
needs to get some advice. Asking Kiet or<br>
the others might
be a bit embarrassing. So he decides<br>
to chalk it up and
ask the guard where he might find a horse<br>
teacher. The
guard considers it a few minutes then mentions<br>
a ranch in the
north west of city that has folks there<br>
that teach
folks. He gets the directions as he doesn't know<br>
this city
well.<br><br>
Dorhak
then knows he needs to go to a market and get some<br>
shopping
done. But first he needs a place. Dorhak decides<br>
to go to Kaylle's
library. After all he is not human so<br>
might treat him
nicely. Walking there he feels strange<br>
begin so cleaned
up. At the library he finds Kaylle over<br>
a book.
Kaylle welcomes the dwarf after hearing his details.<br><br>
"A place to rent for half a year? Near stone cutters.
This<br>
city doesn't have
much stone workers. Most have to bring<br>
stone in town to
do stone work. There is a section of town<br>
in the north east
from what Thig told me. It is like<br>
a artist
enclave. It is a neighborhood of 2-3 blocks of<br>
just
artists. Actors who come to town rent a place<br>
for a month or
two. That sort of thing. I'm sure they have<br>
a lot of places to
rent. It isn't a great place as its<br>
not too upper
middle class bit a bit lower. I'm sure there<br>
are some sculptors
there. But if you need just stone workers<br>
that cut and no
real art skill those are probably far to<br>
the west near the
quarry."<br><br>
Kaylle
the Scholar adds, "Fremea's....teacher Etain<br>
has been into real
estate stuff lately. He can be<br>
tracked
down. I think he is teaching at some schools<br>
around
town."<br><br>
Dorhak
is surprised to hear Etain is a Elf. That might be a<br>
good sign as well.
Dorhak leaves and heads to tto the markets.<br>
Dorhak hates all
these humans as he can't see much above them.<br>
It is like weaving
through water with human flesh to find a<br>
decent stall or
shop. After 3 shops that looked like goblins<br>
who banged on
metal and call it armor he finds a nice armor<br>
shop.
Entering he asks for chainmail.<br><br>
The
clerk in his 30s looks at Dorhak. If he hadn't have a<br>
bearded he'd be
kicked out thinking he might be a kid. "Is<br>
this for some play
acting?"<br><br>
Did he
just imply he is some juggler clown actor? Dorhak<br>
tries not to kill
the man. Dorhak explains what he needs.<br><br>
"Very well. I assume you can pay?"<br><br>
Dorhak
draws out his money bag and shows some coins.<br>
This is when the
man perks up like any merchant shown<br>
true influence -
money. He takes Dorhak's measurements.<br>
He explains it'll
have to be a human sized chainmail that<br>
is cut down to
size. Dorhak agrees. Clerk demands half<br>
up front.
Dorhak grumbles but agrees and pays 7 gold for<br>
now. If the
others don't sell the loot and get him gold<br>
he'll be in a bit
of bind.<br><br>
Clerk
brings out some chainmail and marks where needs to<br>
cut and
re-design. "Come back in 3 days and we'll see<br>
how it
fits?"<br><br>
Dorhak
looks a bit more around the markets to get an idea<br>
of what to expect
in future. Then he heads to the ranch<br>
he was told
about. After arguing with 3 ranch hands that the<br>
small guy is in
the wrong place he finds a ranch supervisor.<br>
"Yes.
We teach. Will you ride ponies or full horses?"<br><br>
Dorhak
places hand on his mace in his belt. Does this guy<br>
think he can only
ride a kid's pony?! Dorhak counts the<br>
insects on the
ground to calm himself. Dorhak explains and the<br>
man nods.
"Sure. No problem. Ranif is your guy. He is
off<br>
delivering horses
to a town in the east." Dorhak gives the<br>
direction to Z's
place. The man says he'll be there in the<br>
morning.
"If you want to learn for a month it'll be it will<br>
take 3
silver."<br><br>
Dorhak
heads back to the manor as it is getting late and<br>
he hasn't had ale
in hours. There he finds Etain in the<br>
parlor.
"I'm told you need a place?" Dorhak explains his<br>
idea and the Elf
nods. "The stone cutters is a bit restrictive.<br>
But I will check
with my contacts. Give me a few days?"<br><br>
[Decalis 6th -
11th, 1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
wakes up and rushes outside the manor. He doesn't<br>
want the others
knowing what he is about to do. Not now<br>
at least.
The teasing would be too much. When he sees<br>
a scruffy middle
aged man in hard leathers approach the<br>
gate he stops him
and learns he is Ranif indeed. He is<br>
leading two
horses. He explains over time he'll bring<br>
different horses
for his skill improvement. Dorhak asks<br>
to head outside
the city and use the hills. Ranif doesn't<br>
care as he is
paying. The man is leery of this small<br>
person even
climbing a horse without falling. So Ranif<br>
has to help him up
for a few days until they can get<br>
a stool to help
him up.<br><br>
For
the next week Ranif teaches Dorhak how to ride.<br>
There are many
falls and bruises. Sore rumps and banged<br>
head. But to
his credit Ranif does not laugh. A man used<br>
to seeing
mishaps. It takes 3 days before Dorhak learns to<br>
wear padded
clothing to at least help with falls. The first<br>
day is only riding
in a circle. The thing bored Dorhak. He<br>
can't believe
humans like this! Round and round and round.<br>
He wonders if he
could just pay a person to drive him in a wagon?<br>
Save the effort
and just kill Ranif now?<br><br>
[Time: 11:14
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
is rushing to some trees to relieve himself and<br>
check his rump
sores. The first day of riding is like<br>
a slot riding a
tree limb in river rapids. Very sloppy.<br>
Dorhak stands and
relieves himself and closes his eyes<br>
to relax.
Suddenly a noise from the bush he is watering<br>
makes him
wary. A goat emerges from the bush and begins<br>
to shake his
head. He has seen goats do this as if they<br>
are a bit
upset. The goat begins to bay and shakes his<br>
head ready to
charge. Dorhak begins to step back. He<br>
isn't afraid of a
goat but he is sore already from work.<br>
Dorhak rushes off
back to Ranif. <br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 7th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 10:29
am]<br><br>
Today
Ranif teaches how best to steer the horse with<br>
the reigns and
with feet. Suddenly a kid's laugh is<br>
heard.
Dorhak turns around and sees a group of 5. Two<br>
men and 3 kids
under 12 or so. The kids are laughing<br>
and staring at the
small man on the large horse.<br><br>
The
adult man asks for a certain farm. Ranif isn't<br>
sure but gives
directions to a large farm half a mile<br>
away so they
should give better directions. The family<br>
of 5 walk away as
the man tries to keep the kids from<br>
laughing.<br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 8th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 4:10
pm]<br><br>
Dorhak
rushes to see his chainmail after riding all day back<br>
and forth.
The clerk helps him dress. Then Dorhak stares at<br>
himself in the
mirror. It fits almost perfectly. The clerk<br>
says it does need
to breathe especially if one rides horses.<br><br>
The
dark grey with red trim over padding looks great.<br>
The red cloak is
nice as well. Dorhak tells the clerk he<br>
is happy.
Dorhak pays the rest of the gold mainly for<br>
the custom
work.<br><br>
"You know you look nice. But it reminds me of a certain<br>
kid's
story...something about a little girl all in red riding<br>
around?"<br><br>
Dorhak
growls and storms out. Dorhak considers smacking<br>
the man but with
city guards around he'd spend a few days<br>
in jail. <br><br>
[Decalis 9th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 10:14
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
has not fallen in over 30 minutes! He is surprised.<br>
This stupid horse
named buttercup for some stupid reason<br>
likes to drop
him. OR so Dorhak believes.<br><br>
Today
Ranif is trying to slope climbing with the horse.<br>
simple slopes to
balance the riding and rider. As he is<br>
climging one hill
a couple miles from the nearest farm he<br>
suddenly
falls. The horse looks back at him and Dorhak<br>
swears he
laughs. Dorhak grunts and gets to all fours.<br><br>
Behind
him some 40 feet away is Ranif walking besides<br>
his horse.
Suddenly Ranif shrieks and points. Dorhak<br>
glances over his
left shoulder behind him and sees 3<br>
small ferret like
dog things leaving the bushes. Each<br>
is silver-brown
furred and have green eyes. The wolverine<br>
like beasts are 2
feet long and 1 foot tall. Two suddenly<br>
dart toward
Dorhak. While one darts toward Ranif.<br><br>
Dorhak
stands and grins. The cute little things<br>
would make great
pets. But he notices their claws and<br>
fangs flare
outward. These cute things mean business.<br>
Dorhak grabs his
mace just as two leap for Dorhak.<br><br>
First
one leaps at Dorhak who dodges and misses. The<br>
second one claws
Dorhak's left middle ribs but his leather<br>
armor protects
him. Dorhak is amazed these small things<br>
would want to
fight?<br><br>
The
third charges Ranif who tries to mount his horse.<br>
But the thing is
much faster than a human. It leaps toward<br>
Ranif but misses
as Ranif panics and moves to the side.<br><br>
Dorhak
yells for Ranif to bring his shield. Ranif<br>
looks like yeah
sure when I get away first!<br><br>
Dorhak
swings his mace at #2 and hits in the side<br>
doing 12
points. But suddenly Dorhak yells out as well<br>
as it seems he was
just hit or bite. Confused he has<br>
no idea what just
happened. But it sure hurt!<br><br>
Creature #1 clamps down on Dorhak's right leg and does<br>
5 points of
damage. The second tries to bite down on<br>
his groin but
misses.<br><br>
Ranif
runs and leaps onto his horse. But as he begins<br>
to grab the reigns
the 3rd creature leaps and rips open<br>
his neck with a
claw. Ranif screams and falls off the<br>
horse.
<br><br>
Dorhak
grunts he may not only lose his teacher but<br>
he'll lose his
deposit! Dorhak breaks off and runs to<br>
help Ranif.
But as he does the two behind him chase<br>
and they are
extremely fast. #1 leaps onto Dorhak's back<br>
and claws him for
5 more points. <br><br>
The
third creature charges Ranif but the horse kicks<br>
him away saving
Ranif.<br><br>
Dorhak
is now only 5 feet from Ranif but knows if these<br>
things get to his
back he could be doomed. He twirls and<br>
bashes one but it
escapes away in time.<br><br>
Both
charge Dorhak with #2 biting his arm but his leather<br>
armor protects
him. Creature #1 finally misses in his<br>
strike.
Confused by this large horse attacking Creature #3<br>
charges the
horse. These things are insane it seems Dorhak<br>
figures. The
creature tries to bite down on the horse's leg<br>
but fails to
hit.<br><br>
Ranif
gets to his feet. The neck wound must not be<br>
his main
nerve. That's good. Ranif begins to reach<br>
for the saddle but
reaches for the shield. He grabs it<br>
and throws it at
Dorhak.<br><br>
Dorhak
barely sees the shield flying but falls to his<br>
feet 2 feet
away. Dorhak leaps for it and puts it on his<br>
arm.
Creature #2 leaps at Dorhak just as he raises his<br>
shield and it
slides off. Creature #1 fails to make<br>
contact.
Creature #3 charges Ranif but the rancher dodges<br>
the nimble
beast.<br><br>
Dorhak
begins to back up toward Ranif to protect him.<br>
But as he does he
swings his mace. He fails to hit #1.<br><br>
Creature #1 and #2 leap toward Dorhak but both hit his<br>
shield.
Creature #3 charges behind Dorhak and leaps but<br>
Dorhak raises his
mace just in time and deflects the beast<br>
without even
knowing.<br><br>
This
gives Ranif time to mount up and flee Dorhak curses.<br>
he didn't just
leave him alone! Dorhak bashes #3 with his<br>
mace ding 13
points. But again for some reason Dorhak is<br>
hurt by the
blow. He is starting to suspect these things<br>
have
magic?<br><br>
Creature #2 leaps but collides with shield. The other 2<br>
fail to make
contact with Dorhak.<br><br>
Dorhak
bashes #1 with mace doing over 27 points killing the<br>
creature but again
Dorhak takes pain? Dorhak considers<br>
fleeing as well if
these hits of his will kill him. But<br>
fleeing is not the
dwarf way!<br><br>
Creature #2 clamps down on Dorhak's back but doe snot<br>
penetrate his
leather armor. Creature #3 fails to hit.<br><br>
Dorhak
bashes #2 doing 8 points of damage and the creature<br>
stops moving but
this time the pain is expected and Dorhak<br>
is wounded again
some weird way.<br><br>
Creature #3 leaps but fails to hit Dorhak. Dorhak fails<br>
to also hit
beast.<br><br>
Dorhak bashes #3 doing the final damage to kill but in<br>
the process
is hurt again. He notices #2 is still breathing.<br>
Dorhak does
not want to kill him as he'd take damage.<br>
Dorhak looks
around and yells for Ranif. <br><br>
Ranif comes back and Dorhak tells him to stomp him with<br>
his
feet. As the rancher kills the beast he takes damage.<br>
Dorhak
giggles slightly. Dorhak checks Ranif's neck wound.<br>
It was close
but could've killed him.<br><br>
Both head into town to get healed by a healer since<br>
Z'leyra is
still away.<br><br>
[Time: 4:47
pm]<br><br>
A healed and tired Dorhak gets back to the manor to find<br>
Etain
waiting. "I found you some places." Dorhak
groans<br>
not a good
day. But they both walk. Mainly for Dorhak to<br>
avoid yet
another horse today and to give them time to talk.<br><br>
Twenty five minutes later they arrive in a section of town<br>
in the north
east of Sivas. It is a lower middle class area<br>
Etain
explains. This neighborhood of 6 streets is often<br>
used by
artists. Actors, musicians, entertainers, dancers<br>
and
sculptors to name a few. Etain shows the first place<br>
which is a
place for rent with a yard 50 by 50 a very small<br>
area.
But has 2 bedrooms and one kitchen/living area. The<br>
hovel itself
is 20 feet by 20 feet. It rents for 12 CC a<br>
month.
Etain finds this a bit steep but most artists can<br>
make some
decent money. The second place is a section with<br>
a house in
north, house in south, 2 on the east and 2 on the<br>
west.
Forming a square. In the center of these 6 hovels<br>
is a small
field/yard 80 by 80 feet. Etain explains it<br>
is a
communal work area for any artist. The place here<br>
for rent is
same as last one but has a bit of paint stains.<br>
Etain says
it rents for 15 CC a month.<br><br>
Dorhak decides right away when he sees a dust pan of<br>
stone
dust. Sign of a sculptor here Perfect. If he<br>
can work
here in the yard and maybe learn from the sculptor.<br>
Dorhak
agrees and will pay for 6 months in advance. He pays<br>
the owner 9
silver for 6 months. <br><br>
Dorhak enters his place and finds 2 beds. But he asks <br>
if he can
get rid of one bed to use it as a storage room.<br>
The kitchen
has cabinets and a old table. It'll do. Dorhak<br>
sleeps that
night as he is extremely tired.<br><br>
Days later Dorhak learns the creatures were called Omari<br>
that
attacked him earlier. <br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 12th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
takes the day off from horse riding and goes<br>
to market.
He orders stone for work he will try to do<br>
on
eventually. He asks to have it delivered to his place.<br>
He then searches
for decent stone working tools. These<br>
humans have bad
tools. After 12 sets he finally finds<br>
one set and
decides to buy it.<br><br>
Dorhak
then buys some food and drink and other supplies<br>
for his new
hovel. <br><br>
[Decalis
13th-18th, 1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Over
the next 6 days Dorhak continues to work on his<br>
horse skills
again.<br><br>
[Decalis 15th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[time: 12:40
pm]<br><br>
Dorhak
encounters a group of 9 well armed men. They<br>
question why he
and Ranif are around this area. After some<br>
intense questions
the riders leave and watch the two from<br>
afar.
Dorhak gets the impression these warriors were<br>
protecting
something but its unknown what.<br><br>
[Decalis 18th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[time: 10:07
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
and Ranif encounter 15 people walking through the<br>
hills with
backpacks and bags. Based on how they are dressed<br>
in robes and
leathers the impression is these people are<br>
religious
pilgrims. They do stop and try to preach the word.<br>
But Dorhak just
ignores them best he can until they leave.<br><br>
[Decalis 19th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
is happy to have a older man in his 50s offer to<br>
teach Dorhak some
of his stone artistry. They both work<br>
on various small
items that can be easily carried like<br>
plaques or small
stone figures. Dorhak for the first time<br>
smiles at the work
today. It has been a long time since he<br>
worked in
stone. As he rests for lunch he watches a lady<br>
paint a landscape
picture.<br><br>
[Decalis
20th-25th, 1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
spends the next 6 days doing more horse training.<br>
He finally learns
to trot and ride fast. <br><br>
[Decalis 20th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 4:06
pm]<br><br>
Both
Ranif and Dorhak are heading back to city to end<br>
the day.
When suddenly 3 riders on horses approach from<br>
around a large
boulder. They demand Dorhak's money and<br>
horse while
laughing. Dorhak pretends to dismount in<br>
surrender and
hands the reiss to Ranif for his horse. Dorhak<br>
begins to rummage
through his bag for coin and yells for<br>
Ranif to ride on
as they are only half a mile from the<br>
city gates and
guards.<br><br>
The 3
bandits had already dismounted eager to get their<br>
goods. When
Dorhak reaches behind him and puts his shield<br>
on. He grins
and spreads his feet.<br><br>
After
almost 45 seconds of fighting the men using daggers<br>
and sword are
killed by Dorhak. He only takes 3 damage<br>
past and to his
nice shiny new chainmail. Dorhak collects<br>
the weapons and
money pouches from the bandits and finds<br>
12 copper.
Ranif comes back a minute and half later<br>
with guards.
They are both cleared due to self defense<br>
issues. The
guards drag the bodies as Dorhak collects<br>
the gear he just
looted. <br><br>
[Decalis 24th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 3:12
pm]<br><br>
Dorhak
encounters a mother black bear and a cub while<br>
riding.
Knowing how fierce mother cubs can be Dorhak<br>
and Ranif ride off
to give them space.<br><br>
[Decalis 26th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
spends the day with retired sculptor Sayway. <br>
Sayway which is a
odd name but humans are odd folks to Dorhak,<br>
sits on a soft
patio chair as he directs Dorhak. Give him<br>
enough lemon and
prune juice the old fellow is happy.<br><br>
Seems
the old man still knows a few folks in town who can<br>
maybe later allow
him to make stone work in public places.<br>
Sayway did some
statues that were once at the old city council<br>
building and one
large one for the courthouse.<br><br>
[Decalis 27th -
Janaq 1st, 1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
continues six more days of learning how to ride<br>
the horse with
Ranif's help. Dorhak begins to ride fast<br>
and hard. At
least he is padded and takes minor damage<br>
when he
falls. But it seems Dorhak really likes how his<br>
red cape flaps in
the wind. HE thinks its fun. <br><br>
[Decalis 29th,
1635TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 8:56
AM]<br><br>
While
riding to chase Ranif's horse to learn "chase<br>
"
Dorhak<br>
encounters a lone
sheep. He stops and licks his lips. A nice<br>
sheep dinner would
be very nice tonight! He begins to walk<br>
toward it speaking
softly. He raises his mace as he talks<br>
sweetly to the
poor little lamb. Then stops when a voice yells<br>
at him. He
looks up to see a boy maybe 12. "That's mine!"<br>
The sheep herder
comes and gathers the lost sheep.<br><br>
Dorhak
growls especially when the brat talks about him<br>
looking like a red
bird. He mounts up and plans to get some<br>
nice lamb chops
tonight at some tavern.<br><br>
[Janaq 22nd,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Today
Dorhak continues work on stone designs. He finishes<br>
a nice plaque for
Cholan's tavern. The ex-sailor will pay<br>
him 5 copper for
it!<br><br>
[Janaq 3rd-5th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Next 3
days Dorhak continues to train more. He has learned the<br>
skill well and
developed it nicely.<br><br>
[Janaq 6th-8th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Next 3
days Dorhak trained in his new magical short sword.<br>
The looted weapon
has a nicely crafted blade. But when he<br>
was told by the
Sidh this Mana Sensing thing is on it he has<br>
no clue what that
means. They tried to explain it but he could<br>
only think of ale
and stone work so was distracted.<br><br>
Ranif
helps to teach short sword for Dorhak with a slight<br>
bonus on his
fees. <br><br>
The
first day Janaq 6th Dorhak encounters a draft horse that<br>
enters his
yard. It keeps trying to get close and Dorhak<br>
finally figures he
is lost and hungry. Dorhak enters his hovel<br>
and finds a half
apple. Another neighbor a dancer brings some<br>
carrots. A
local boy then takes the horse to some guards for<br>
them to find his
owner based on his brand. <br><br>
<br>
[Janaq 9th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
spends another day working with stone. He tries<br>
to make a small
statue for a dancer's front porch. But<br>
the left arm
breaks so he has to try it again.<br><br>
[Janaq 10th-15th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
spends the time at hss hovel practicing fighting<br>
with his magical
short sword. He kills hundreds of shadow<br>
enemies as he
fights the shadows.<br><br>
[Janaq 10th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 11:47
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
goes to a local tavern for lunch. He decides to<br>
walk as it is
nearby. He gets the usual snickers from his<br>
red armor and
cape. Most humans in this city dress is uubdue<br>
colors like browns
and blacks. To be colorful is rare it seems<br>
but he doesn't
care. <br><br>
At the
tavern as he waits for his beer and ham he overhears<br>
two young
adventurers. Seems these 2 are destined to track<br>
down some foul
beast in the south hills. Something about a<br>
reward by the
village. Course the beast has killed a dozen<br>
others trying to
do so. But these brash young fools seem<br>
inclined to do
so. He is tempted to offer his service but<br>
it is at least 2
days out and back. He has plans. Plus<br>
a few chickens and
copper isn't enough.<br><br>
[Janaq 11th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 11:10
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
is distracted by his short sword training to noise<br>
by a neighbor in
the north hovel of the courtyard. The<br>
painter who is an
older woman yells at some uniformed patrol<br>
man. It
seems the patrol is serving papers on her property<br>
and she is to
leave.<br><br>
Dorhak
comes forward now distracted by the noise. The lady<br>
explains the
situation. Dorhak is fond of the lady as she has<br>
done some nice art
pieces. But her looks make her a bit awkward<br>
to hire. But
she still sells pieces. Dorhak can't see the mean<br>
guard serve
eviction papers so decides to toss down the 2 silver<br>
to pay her
fees. The guard demands Dorhak pick up the coins from<br>
the dirt and hand
it over. But Dorhak turns around and stomps off<br>
to work.<br><br>
The
guard grumbles as he dismounts and picks up the coins. The<br>
lady rushes to
thank Dorhak but is a bit leery hugging him not<br>
sure how to hug a
small man without hurting him. <br><br>
[Janaq 12th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 9:20
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
heads to town to get more food supplies. His small<br>
pantry is bare
now. There is a local general shop about<br>
a half mile away
from his hovel. He exits with a bag of<br>
food and finds 3
men around his horse. Seeing this they<br>
stop trying to
steal his horse and laugh. "Miss I'll take<br>
that nice red
cape." Did he just call him a miss with<br>
his
beard?<br><br>
Dorhak
calmly places his bag on the ground. The three<br>
men surround
Dorhak and demand his gold. One reaches for<br>
his gold bag as
they draw daggers. Dorhak considers the<br>
saying manners
maketh the man. Then draws his mace and<br>
begins clobbering
time.<br><br>
Some
18 seconds later the three men are on the ground<br>
dead. Dorhak
only takes a minor 2 point wound from a lucky<br>
slash to his right
hand. The shop clerk calls the guards<br>
and Dorhak loots
the men but only finds a few brass bits.<br>
Not even worth
taking. Dorhak places bag on his horse<br>
and mounts
up. But he knows fleeing a crime scene is very<br>
bad so
waits. The guards come and he explains what he had<br>
to do.<br><br>
The
lead guard threatens to arrest Dorhak and the<br>
dwarf gets the
hint that he doesn't like dwarves or<br>
small
humans. But the clerk backs up Dorhak's story<br>
and the guards let
him go.<br><br>
<br>
[Janaq 16th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
<br>
Dorhak
asks around the markets for a teacher who could<br>
teach him city
skills. But most look at him like he is<br>
a bit
insane. Finally he asks one of Z'leyra's manor<br>
guards on his off
time to help teach him some city<br>
survival
skills. He agrees to do so.<br><br>
Dorhak
spends the rest of the day and evening working on<br>
2 statues that are
small for carrying purposes. He<br>
completes the
first and it is well made he decides. The<br>
use of the bird's
eyes and claws are especially crafty.<br><br>
[Janaq 17th-22nd,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Next
six days Dorhak practices with Ranif on his short sword<br>
skill. For
these days he learns better parry techniques when<br>
not using his
shield.<br><br>
[Janaq 17th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 7:16
am]<br><br>
Dorhak
wakes up this cold day to some light snow on the<br>
ground.
Before Ranif comes to help with sword training<br>
he walks around
the neighborhood for exercise. As he<br>
does he notices in
the yard of a middle sized hovel a<br>
small wedding is
taken place. There must be a family and<br>
friends of 40
folks there. Dorhak feels a bit home sick<br>
for the time with
other dwarves. He passes without staring<br>
and kind of is
interested in that nice cake. But it<br>
seems he is not
invited.<br><br>
[Janaq 19th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 9:15
am]<br><br>
Ranif
decides to practice at a nice park that has some<br>
wooden targets
setup by local constables. As they pass<br>
a large group of a
wagons Dorhak notices a strange animal<br>
with a hump in his
back? Dorhak stares at the odd creature<br>
as it smacks on
something. The owner seems to be driving<br>
a large wagon of
farm food with the beast behind it tied<br>
up. As
Dorhak decides this thing should be killed for<br>
its mercy the
creature turns and suddenly spits at Dorhak.<br>
he wad of food and
spit hits Dorhak in the chest.<br><br>
Dorhak
pulls his mace in anger but is stilled when<br>
three guards on
horse stop to see what is going on with<br>
the traffic
jam. Dorhak tries to wipe the gunk from his<br>
nice red chainmail
and moves on. Later he learns the<br>
creature is called
a camel?<br><br>
[Janaq 2sth,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 10:50
am]<br><br>
Ranif
and Dorhak are training in the park when suddenly<br>
from the trees
something pelts them. The darts hit Ranif<br>
first then Dorhak
in the neck. As Dorhak yanks the dart<br>
from his neck he
suddenly feels dizzy and falls to his<br>
back.
Suddenly from the bushes a group of 5 men charge and<br>
tower over
Dorhak. Two lean down and begin to pull out<br>
his coin bag and
remove his weapons. Dorhak tries to<br>
move but the dart
must've paralyzed him.<br><br>
Is
this it? To die in some part with a smelly ranch hand<br>
at his side?
Three of them men try to figure out how to<br>
remove the red
chainmail. As they do that a voice is heard<br>
from out of
sight. It sounds like a old man. He tells<br>
them to stop or
they will suffer.<br><br>
The
men laugh and stand. A shadow comes within sight<br>
line and Dorhak
sees a old man in his 70s with nice robes<br>
and carrying a
staff. As the men surround the old man<br>
the man begins to
speak in a tone he doesn't know. Then<br>
suddenly the men
begin to fight among themselves?<br><br>
The
old man just watches as the men stab with daggers<br>
and sword each
other. Confused Dorhak watches as one<br>
then more fall to
their own allies. The last one who<br>
survives stands
confused. When the Master beams him on<br>
the head.<br><br>
The
Master leans down and grins. "A dwarf in this<br>
land is
rare. You will be fine soon. It will wear<br>
off. Take
nothing and move on."<br><br>
[Time: 11:01
am]<br><br>
The
drug wears off and Dorhak gets to his feet. He helps<br>
Ranif up but looks
around. The old man is no where to<br>
be seen.
Dorhak considers looting the bodies but the<br>
old man's warning
rings in his mind. They both decide<br>
to leave for the
day.<br><br>
[Janaq 22nd,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
<br>
Ranif
and Dorhak are doing more sword work at his rental<br>
hovel when he
notices 5 well dressed people in a wagon<br>
laughing and
moving past on wagons. It is a family and<br>
they explain they
are off to Maren city.<br><br>
[Janaq 24th-26th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Three
more days of learning sword.<br><br>
[Janaq 27th-29th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Lofo,
Z'leyra's manor guard, teaches Dorhak city skills for<br>
the next 3
days. He explains was in a previous life taught<br>
by a grifter who
was known to be a minor thief. So Lofo will<br>
teach him how to
spot marks, trail and track folks in the<br>
city as well as
spot possible trouble. Lofo refuses to teach<br>
pickpocket or to
actually take targets but will help at least<br>
teach basic
skills. <br><br>
[Janaq 30th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
does more stone work. But he is a bit distracted<br>
by the home sick
mood he is in. His first statue is<br>
a disaster and he
smashes it in anger. The old man<br>
sculptor tells him
to work on simple stone walk stones<br>
with
designs.<br><br>
[Janaq 31st-Febris
5th, 1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Lofo
helps teach Dorhak more city skills. On the 3rd day<br>
Dorhak tries to
trail a merchant as a technique. On the<br>
5th day both see a
pickpocket try to steal from a messenger<br>
and prevent
it. They get the thief arrested.<br><br>
[Febris 6th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
continues to relax and work on stone pieces for<br>
his artist
improvement.<br><br>
[Febris 7th-12th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Next 6
days Lofo continues to help Dorhak improve his<br>
city skills.
On the 5th day they encounter a brawl at<br>
a market and Lofo
shows how to dodge and weave through<br>
the crowd without
taking damage.<br><br>
<br>
[Febris 13th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
The
day is rainy so Dorhak has to work on his stone pieces<br>
in his own
hovel. It causes severe dust inside taking almost<br>
2 hours to clean
that evening.<br><br>
[Febris 14th-19th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Logo
shows how best to keep his horse from being stolen<br>
in a city while
inside a store or such. Simple tricks<br>
like unclipping
the saddle to prevent one mounting and<br>
falling out - thus
causing a scene is interesting to Dorhak.<br>
Since Dorhak has
no horse Lofo uses his own to show this.<br>
IN the past Ranif
supplied horses to loan for a few days.<br><br>
[Febris 20th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
is hired to make a small statue for Kaylle's library.<br>
It should be a
scholarly man holding a book and looking<br>
serious.
While the statue is only 6 inches tall it is a bit<br>
of challenge
making sure the arm holding the book doesn't<br>
break as it is
chipped away. In the end the statue is<br>
completed after
several late night days previously worked<br>
on for minutes at
a time. Kaylle is happy but Dorhak doesn't<br>
like the man's
head as its not real expressive.<br><br>
[Febris 21st-24th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
The
next 4 days Logo continues to help and train Dorhak<br>
in city
things. This time they work on inside places. How<br>
to avoid bar
fights and best to spot bad clerks and places<br>
of bad food.
Dorhak finds this stuff a bit boring but it<br>
is part of
it.<br><br>
<br>
[Febris 25th-Marqi
22nd, 1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
For
the next few weeks Dorhak relaxes and works on his stone<br>
pieces. Only
2 of those days does his teacher not help so<br>
he has to work
alone. Dorhak continues to have stone sent<br>
to his hovel to
restock his supplies.<br><br>
[Febris 26th-Marqi
22nd, 1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
Dorhak
is delivering two stone door knobs to a house<br>
in a nicer
neighborhood. But today he notices 5 thugs<br>
picking on 3
women. The women yell for help so Dorhak<br>
attacks the thugs
and takes them all out with no damage<br>
on himself.
Three are knocked out so they are arrested.<br><br>
[Febris 28th-Marqi
22nd, 1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
[Time: 7:18
pm]<br><br>
Dorhak
enters his hovel for supper of nice stew when he<br>
notices a young
boy around 11 hiding in the storage<br>
room he converted
from a bedroom. Dorhak is not known to<br>
be very empathy
oriented. But when the boy is seen with<br>
bruises the
runaway explains why he is here to avoid his<br>
father.
Dorhak knows there are laws to just not allow<br>
some kid to run
away. But he decides to let the boy stay<br>
the night.
In the morning he tricks the boy by taking<br>
the kid to
Fremea's place. She is known to house abused<br>
kids. Fremea's
mother talks the boy out of staying. She<br>
explains she will
have to warn the family by law. But<br>
only if can find
another relative. Dorhak shrugs and<br>
leaves to get back
to his stone work.<br><br>
[Marqi 2nd,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br>
<br>
Dorhak
is rudely interrupted by 4 pilgrims who say they<br>
are off to a
monastery in the hills. They wish to give<br>
the dwarf a nice
set of flowers. Dorhak is not rude but<br>
takes the flowers
and leaves them later in some other person's<br>
yard.<br><br>
[Marqi 18th,
1636TH]<br>
[Sivas,
Marentia]<br><br>
As
Dorhak works on his stone pieces 4 patrolmen stop Dorhak.<br>
They are here to
question him on days past when he killed men.<br>
They distract him
for a hour for these questions then leave.<br><br>
Actions?
Comments?<br><br>
Next
Update....Soon..<br><br>
GM: A fun but long
IBT. Simple and Efficient.<br><br>
GM:
Expenses<br><br>
Expense
Price<br>
Ale from Cholan - 2
CC<br>
Ranif
Fees
- 40 CC<br>
Healing fees
- 4 CC<br>
Chain mail custom -1532 CC<br>
Rental Hovel
- 90 CC 6 months till Ma 1636<br>
Stone materials - 80 CC<br>
Eviction fee paid - 20 CC <br>
Stone tools
- 14 CC<br>
Bandit loot sold + 212 CC<br>
Cholan's plaque + 5
CC<br>
Stone items sold + 42 CC<br>
Taverns, Food, etc - 37 CC <br>
Total -1745 CC<br>
+ 259 CC<br>
-1447 CC<br>
GM:
Skills:<br><br>
Skills Expertise
Notes<br>
Mace
56 x14 +1 EL<br>
Horsemanship
56 Learned, +3 EL, 2 Partial<br>
Short Sword
36 +3 ELL<br>
City Survival
50 Learned, +2 EL<br>
Artist (stone) 72
+14 EL<br><br>
CEP:
258 +1 CEL/OCV/DCV!<br><br>
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