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R3
Balrog................Balrog............Warrior.Normal/Human
Ma<br>
?? Chris
Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma<br>
R4 Tom
Crockett..........Caladan...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma<br>
R1 Marcel
Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma<br>
W3 Ryan
Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma<br>
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 Ma<br>
W3 Wout
Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe<br>
R3 Scott
Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma<br>
W2 Alex
Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe<br>
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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Game Update #77 in sequence (file #284]<br>
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Admin notes: Another post I never got from Rob
tonight. It<br>
is below and not on the list. Unsure as to
why. I checked<br>
out the reports for the list and could not match
his email<br>
address with it. So unsure as to why it
didn't get to me.<br>
Most folks aside from Chion (for some reason -
hint hint) post<br>
directly to the list. From that point I
then copy it to the<br>
website. So that's one way to check if
your post got to me.<br>
If its not on the site within about 24 hours it
never got tome.<br>
So you can check that way. if its private
email than I may<br>
or may not do that, depending on what's in
it. <br>
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[Recap]<br>
<br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Z'leyra would have
left the draft horse at the village<br>
unless it was
needed for hauling party equipment.<br>
<br>
Z'leyra will
always offer to heal using her skill(s) but at<br>
the moment, being
low on mana, she prefers others to do the<br>
healing
spells.<br>
<br>
Z'leyra will tell
Corona about the Claw and that it likely<br>
allowed the
graverobber to order the wolves and birds to<br>
attack us. She
will advise Corona to keep its distance from<br>
the graverobber
until the claw is taken from him.<br>
<br>
Z'leyra gestures
at the wolves and says "These wolves attacked<br>
us, not our
horses, while we were looking at tracks. We<br>
wounded them such
that any normal wolves would have run but<br>
they kept
attacking us, so we killed them. We figured only<br>
strong magic or
strong influence would have made them attack<br>
us so. We had to
accept the possibility that a wolf shaman<br>
had ordered the
attack on us. By your expression it is not<br>
you that ordered
them to attack us. Indeed, after the birds<br>
attacked and we
heard about the Claw we decided it was the<br>
Claw's user that
ordered these wolves to attack us. I regret<br>
that these fine
wolves became tools for the graverobber and<br>
died following his
commands."<br>
<br>
"As to why we
didn't bury them, we were not sure if that is<br>
how they
would want their bodies treated, some prefer the<br>
natural
recycling of creature eating creature, others prefer<br>
cremation
and we were in a hurry to catch up with the<br>
graverobbers. So we didn't stay and left immediately."<br>
GM: Ack. Corona
can fly high. Assuming there is a range<br>
on the item.
<br>
<br>
From Ben'dar: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Ben'Dar nods at
Z'leyra's words and says somberly to Cetric,<br>
"We did not
go out of our way to attack these, but merely<br>
defended
ourselves from their vicious attack on us." Then<br>
he looks out
on the trail of their enemies that they are<br>
following,
sensing it growing "colder" by the moment. More<br>
brusquely,
he adds, "As Zleyra said, the plains will take<br>
care of
these corpses well enough. It is the natural order<br>
of
things. Let us keep moving, as we have more urgent tasks<br>
to attend
to."<br>
GM: Ack. Thanks.<br>
<br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Z'leyra, knowing
she will need her rest and not having a<br>
shovel will allow
her horse to graze without its saddle and<br>
she will catnap
while the graves are dug. When the graves are<br>
ready she will say
a few words "Spirits, welcome these brave<br>
wolves. They are
honored by us. We hope that they shall do<br>
well in the spirit
world. They will welcome to be reborn."<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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From Strie'bog: [Re:
Actions]<br>
At the site of the
wolves, Strie'bog notes Cetric's dismay.<br>
After Cetric
speaks, and after Ben'dar and Z'leyra's words,<br>
Strie'bog
dismounts and retrives his shovel. "I will help<br>
you Cetric, as I
am fond of wolves as well." With that,<br>
he starts to dig.
To the questioning glances, "The trail is<br>
already old, and
though nature will take care of the corpses,<br>
it can do the soul
good to say good-bye things that hold<br>
meaning for
us." Looking at Z'leyra, "would your heart<br>
not feel saddened
by the loss of an egale? Though I do<br>
not hold the bond
that you and Cetric hold, and may never<br>
know that wonder,
I do have a friend who is a wolf. And<br>
truth be told,
there are some sites that freeze my heart<br>
and make tear well
up in my eyes. The gods though have<br>
given us ways to
ease these pains, even in small actions."<br>
He will then help
Cetric bury the wolves.<br>
GM: Ack. Thanks.
For the story I'll give it when the<br>
party moves on in
that update.<br>
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[New Stuff]<br>
<br>
Octaqi 18, in the 163rd Year
[TH]<br>
[Meanwhile somewhere on the
plains]<br>
Time: Roughly
11:35am] [Day 48 of Trip]<br>
<br>
[Cetric listens to Z'leyra's
words while he inspects the<br>
dead wolves.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Not the
horses? So they were affected by this<br>
Claw
thing..." [he nods] "It was not me who did this.<br>
as you figured
correctly. I would...never..have done<br>
this. Wolves
are the kings of the plains. Such excellent<br>
creatures of
nature..." [after a few seconds] "I<br>
would say they
could be left alone but since they have<br>
been dishonored in
this fashion" [he waves his hand<br>
over the skinned
flesh] "they must be buried so the spirits<br>
can't see this
dishonor and seek revenge."<br>
<br>
[Cetric listens to Ben'dar and
just stares for what seems<br>
like hours but only a
couple of minutes. He shakes his<br>
head and shows no
emotion.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Young are always
impatient. Always eager to<br>
do things.
You may leave us. I and my warriors will<br>
remain here.
We need each other. You and your friends<br>
are not from this
area. We know it. We are guides for<br>
you as we
travel. You need us for that. We need you<br>
to track the
person through her ways" [she nods to<br>
Z'leyra]
"this will only take a short time. We've lost<br>
hours already
because you didn't return till the next<br>
morning.
Another few minutes will mean nothing."<br>
[He continues to
stare at Ben'dar for a few seconds then<br>
glances at
the rest of the party as if waiting for<br>
something.]<br>
<br>
<br>
[Strie'bog dismounts and gives
his speech above while he<br>
retrieves his
shovel. Cetric stands and before Strie'bog<br>
can place the shovel
into the ground he stops Strie'bog.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "No. Thank
you for the shovel. But ..this is my<br>
responsibility. My duty. I must do this."<br>
<br>
[He grabs the shovel from
Strie'bog with a gentle movement<br>
so not to offend then he
begins to quickly shovel the<br>
dirt..]<br>
<br>
[As Cetric digs Caladan
quietly walks his horse over to<br>
Ben'dar and
whispers.]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "You know
shamans. I shouldn't have to explain<br>
it. but
maybe you've forgotten the Zen'da shaman way.<br>
A shaman is tied
to a certain animal. Z'leyra has her<br>
eagle.
Cetric his wolf. Luan "Fast Hand" in the<br>
north his
snakes. When these animals are attacked<br>
they can and do
often go berserk. They will defend<br>
the animals or
kill anyone that attacks them. You<br>
two are just lucky
he was not here when this occurred.<br>
Its a strange
thing that is hard to explain. I don't<br>
feel the same with
my snake but I do know the feelings<br>
of such
actions."<br>
<br>
[Minutes pass...around 25
minutes later the sun is at<br>
its highest point in the
sky. Cetric has now dug<br>
a good 4 foot size grave
big enough for the wolves.<br>
He throws down the
shovel and picks up the skinned<br>
wolf. He murmurs a
few words that aren't understood<br>
or heard too well.
He then gently lowers the skinned<br>
wolf into the ground and
then stands. Sweat is wiped<br>
off his head and he
turns to Strie'bog.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "What I had to do
is over. You may finish the<br>
sides to widen it
up for the others."<br>
<br>
[Cetric then graves a water
canteen from a warrior and<br>
drinks it. While
he does he glances at Ben'dar.<br>
Strie'bog quickly helps
out as he intended and widens<br>
the sides to fit all the
bodies. As he does this<br>
Cetric goes and picks up
his drum on the ground. He<br>
then turns to
Ben'dar.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "I know it was
you. You had to have skinned<br>
him. The
disgrace you do to the spirits. It doesn't<br>
take too much to
figure out. Z'leyra is a shaman<br>
and would never do
this...at least I would hope so.<br>
But you...have
trophies...those claws and fangs of<br>
the animal you
kill..you wear them with pride. Many<br>
warriors do.
Many lodges allow it and encourage it.<br>
But to sit
there...and not tell me the truth....is<br>
worse than doing
this. Maybe you didn't realize what<br>
it would do or who
it would hurt. But hear this...<br>
for now we need
each other...but when this is over...<br>
we may have a
score to settle....unless...you are<br>
willing to do the
right thing here and now? I<br>
assume you still
have the skins on the horse."<br>
<br>
[At this Strie'bog stops and a
blanket of tension<br>
hits the area. The
Warriors who support Cetric<br>
sit tall in the saddle
hands on weapons if this goes<br>
to a fight. Oddly,
Cetric only places a hand on the<br>
drum and not his daggers
or other weapons. He<br>
stares coldly at
Cetric.]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Cetric you
should not--"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Stay out of this
Sundancer!"<br>
<br>
[Caladan turns his horse
around so Ben'dar is only<br>
a half foot away from
Ben'dar and whispers with<br>
Caladan's back to Cetric
and the others.]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "This is not
good. Cetric is popular on the<br>
plains. If
he dies --"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Sundancer!
This is between me and him. Not<br>
you or your
father."<br>
<br>
[Caladan twirls his horse
around and walks the horse<br>
a few feet
away...]<br>
<br>
[The wind blows Cetric's long
hair as if the spirits<br>
are supporting
him....the chill hits Ben'dar as<br>
if that's another
spiritual thing but its just the<br>
weather..he
hopes...Cetric shows little emotion but<br>
then again he didn't
before he tricked the party<br>
during the
tests....]<br>
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Next update Friday....<br>
<br>
Actions? Comments?<br>
<br>
Depending on what occurs next we should be able
to move<br>
on next update. I have a few maps to work
on that I<br>
couldn't get to this weekend. :<<br>
I know short update. But this is a
critical Character<br>
Personality thing :) <br>
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