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Alias/Player
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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 #84 in sequence (file #308]<br>
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Admin notes: Couple website changes.
1. Updated the map with<br>
position of thief and village now entering (this
update).<br>
2. Bottom of the page a new link. Here you
can view info on<br>
people and names of the adventure mentioned
previously. Just<br>
a file for a reminder if case you don't
remember. Also this<br>
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and what<br>
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[Recap]<br>
<br>
From Ben'dar: [Re:
Actions]<br>
OOC: Going
back in time just a bit....<br>
<br>
IC: Caladan
said, "Travel at night much less camping on<br>
the plains is
fairly dangerous. Wolves and snakes are one<br>
thing. But
other..." [he looks out into the darkness] "...<br>
monsters exist out
there."<br>
<br>
Ben'Dar responds
to Caladan with a wink and a teasing grin,<br>
"Don't worry
Caladan. Z'leyra, Thig and I will take care of<br>
all the
scary monsters out there tonight so that you can<br>
travel in
safety in the morning."<br>
<br>
As the trio
departs camp, Ben'Dar says to Z'leyra and Thig<br>
with a puzzled
look on his face, "Why are you leaving your<br>
horses behind? It
is no trouble for me to lead all three<br>
animals so that we
may ride instead of walk in the morning."<br>
<br>
OOC: Back to
the present moment.....<br>
<br>
Ben'Dar nods in
response to Caladan's suggestion and<br>
looks/moves around
for a few minutes until he locates a<br>
stream or pool of
water for the horses to drink. Hopefully<br>
he finds
one. He says, "This looks like a fine place to<br>
stop to care for
the horses." He pulls over and begins<br>
feeding and
grooming Tef'wo, stopping to eat only after<br>
his horse is fully
cared for. (If Z'leyra announces the news<br>
of the ransacked
village, Ben'Dar's actions will change.)<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
<br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]<br>
<"Thanks
Corona"><br>
<br>
Z'leyra will tell
her companions what Corona has informed<br>
her of about
trouble in the village. She will make a marker<br>
for the following
party to see and carve a message about<br>
trouble in the
village to the NE.<br>
<br>
In reply to
Ben'dar, she says "If I rode under the spell I<br>
am under I would
ride the horse till it died."<br>
<br>
Regardless of what
the rest do Z'leyra will then continue<br>
tracking. She will
try to make it easy for people to follow<br>
her path and will
try to avoid dangers like holes that might<br>
harm horses in the
dark.<br>
GM: Ack. Actually the
party is with you they have been for<br>
a couple hours now
from last update. <br>
<br>
From Ben'dar: [Re: more
actions]<br>
Ben'Dar will stop
to let Tef'wo drink, then turn to the rest<br>
of the party upon
hearing the news of the burnt village from<br>
Z'leyra. He
says, "We should go immediately to lend aid.<br>
But Z'leyra is
compelled to continue tracking. Who will go<br>
with her this
night? I will go to the village and see what<br>
can be done
there. Who will go with me and who will go on<br>
with
Z'leyra?"<br>
<br>
Ben'Dar will ride
on to the ransacked village and help however<br>
he can.<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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[New Stuff]<br>
<br>
Octaqi 18, in the 163rd Year
[TH]<br>
[Meanwhile somewhere on the
plains]<br>
[Day 49 of Trip]<br>
<br>
[Caladan listens
to Ben'dar about monsters then replies]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "You
don't understand. There are things out there<br>
on the
plains that have been known to take out entire<br>
Zen'da
warrior parties as large as fourteen warriors."<br>
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<br>
Octaqi 19, in the 163rd Year
[TH]<br>
[Meanwhile somewhere on the
plains]<br>
Location: 38 miles south
of Caladan's village roughly<br>
Time: Roughly
6:00pm] [Day 49 of Trip]<br>
<br>
[Z'leyra turns around
and relays the information to the<br>
party about the
village. Corona flies high to the sky<br>
and flies toward
the village 2 miles away. Z'leyra then<br>
continues walking
southward. Ben'dar mounts Tef'wo and<br>
asks who is going
where.]<br>
<br>
Thig: "I will
continue with Z'leyra. I was able to get<br>
two hours
sleep when we met the party while I rode<br>
my
horse."<br>
<br>
Kasha: "I'll join
as bodyguard as well."<br>
<br>
Cetric:
"Fine! Let's get to this village. Lodd lead the<br>
way."<br>
<br>
[Kasha, Thig and Z'leyra
continue southward. Thig flies<br>
and leads the way
as Kasha and Z'leyra walk slowly rather<br>
on purpose so not
to get great distance out.]<br>
<br>
[The rest of the party
heads toward the village to the south<br>
east. The
horses run fast to get to the village and get<br>
there within a
short time. But by now the sun is at the<br>
horizon and will
be gone very soon. As the party gets<br>
within 50 feet
they slow down as they spy the village.<br>
Ben'dar is in the
lead and sees the various Tipi in the<br>
twilight
light. Unsure if enemy is still around its best<br>
to enter
slowly.]<br>
<br>
[It looks like there are
15 Tipis arrange in a circle about<br>
100 feet wide like
that of Caladan's village. As the<br>
party nears they
split up. Some going in between Tipis<br>
and others between
others. The smell of smoke is everywhere<br>
but no fire is
seen. Nothing is heard as the party spreads<br>
out. Several
dismount and in groups check the interior of<br>
some Tipis.]<br>
<br>
[Suddenly a tall man
exits one Tipi almost hitting Farseeker<br>
but stops when he
notices him. In the dim light the man<br>
speaks.]<br>
<br>
Vlad: "Its me
Vlad. I've not found anyone alive yet.<br>
Something bad has happened here."<br>
<br>
[Caladan grabs a piece
of wood from the ground and casts<br>
a spell to light
it. Others go to the central campfire<br>
which is
smoldering ashes now. They light some torches<br>
and spread out to
investigate.]<br>
<br>
Lodd: "Clan Nemat
has twenty families...around 60-75<br>
people
should be here."<br>
<br>
[Once light enters the
village from the torches the vast<br>
amount of damage
is seen. Almost immediately bodies are<br>
found. As
the party spreads out and searches another odd<br>
thing is
discovered. There are creatures all over the place.<br>
<br>
Dead snakes.
Dead Dogs. Dead cats. Dead birds. Thousands<br>
of insects are
stomped on and crushed under foot. There<br>
is even two wolves
who were killed by two men before they<br>
themselves bled to
death it seems. The battle in this village<br>
must've occurred a
full day before or maybe half a day. The<br>
damage to the Tipi
is enough to burn most of them to shreds<br>
but the fire is
well out and only ashes and smoldering smoke<br>
is left which
indicates the fires occurred hours ago.]<br>
<br>
Balrog: 'Who would do
this?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "I don't
know but these creatures....the thief<br>
must've come
here for food and in doing so summoned<br>
many friends
to attack the village through the claw. But<br>
if that item
can call all this...it has great power."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Even this
family dog ...it attacked its master.<br>
There
are bite wounds on this child and mother. The<br>
dog
killed them before it was killed by a warrior<br>
with
this spear. Its one thing for creatures to<br>
attack
someone but a family pet...awful."<br>
<br>
Lodd: "These blue
insects are poisonous?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Don't
know. But even if not a swarm of them could<br>
hurt or kill
a person. One bee is harmless but a swarm<br>
of bees or
ants can kill a person. This boy here is<br>
covered with
many of the dead insects. Looks like some<br>
warriors
tried to burn many of them."<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "This
snake is deadly from its red stripes. It<br>
was chopped
in two by this lady but she must've been bit<br>
by it and
died from the poison."<br>
<br>
[Sadness seems to
overcome the village as bodies and bodies<br>
are found.
After an hour a count is determined. There<br>
are 42 bodies. The
bodies seem to consist of:<br>
Male Female<br>
Infant
1 -<br>
Kid [2-12]
4 3<br>
Teen [13-10]
3 6<br>
Adult [20-50] 5
12<br>
Elderly [50+]
3 5<br>
<br>
Vlad: "We can't
bury this many. It will take days."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "We don't
have that much time. But we can<br>
return to do
it."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Leave
them here?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "I suggest
we gather the bodies into two or three<br>
Tipi. Keep them in there and then leave someone to<br>
guard
the bodies. At the very least if we fail that<br>
person
can go and get help to bury and follow up on<br>
our
failure."<br>
<br>
Vlad: "I'll stay
and do that duty."<br>
<br>
[Balrog notices Caladan
using his torch to inspect all the<br>
bodies as if
looking for something.]<br>
<br>
Balrog: 'What's
wrong?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "I know
some of these people."<br>
<br>
[Suddenly from the
eastern edge of the village a yell is<br>
heard.]<br>
<br>
Corr: "I hear
people out there!"<br>
<br>
[The party heads to the
area quickly and all that is seen<br>
is darkness.
jordi uses his eyes and then is the first<br>
to see forms in
the darkness. Weapons are drawn but<br>
then crying is
heard. Kid's voices. The party rushes<br>
out on foot with
torches to investigate and finds a group<br>
of 18
people. There are 5 adult warriors all who are<br>
hurt with various
wounds. There is one elderly male and<br>
5 adult
females. The other 6 are kids under 12 in age<br>
from 3-12 it seems
(4 females, 2 boys).]<br>
<br>
[It is quickly
determined the children are in good shape<br>
other than some
scraps and cuts. One warrior is pretty<br>
hurt but the
others should live.]<br>
<br>
Balrog: "If Z'leyra
was here she could heal the warrior."<br>
<br>
[The young male was
helping one adult female when he notices<br>
Caladan in the
torch light. The male stops and looks.]<br>
<br>
Male:
"Caladan?"<br>
<br>
Caladan:
"Praelux?"<br>
<br>
[Both men quickly
embrace.]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "This is
my cousin Praelux. I was hoping he was<br>
still
alive. What happened here?"<br>
<br>
Praelux: "We don't
know for sure. Its as if the spirits<br>
turned
against us...nature itself..."<br>
<br>
[A female speaks up who
seems in shock.]<br>
<br>
Female: "We are
being punished for something!"<br>
<br>
Praelux: "It was a
day ago...the sun was coming up. Many<br>
were still
sleeping....when the screams were heard. Then<br>
it was pure
chaos....dogs attacked their owners...birds<br>
seemed to
fall from the sky and attack people cooking and<br>
preparing
the meal...snakes entered Tipis and attacked<br>
as if they
had godly courage...then bugs came out from<br>
everywhere..."<br>
<br>
Child: "I won't go
back!"<br>
<br>
[Adult female soothes
the young girl but she starts to cry.]<br>
<br>
Praelux: "We were
able to kill many creatures but they just<br>
continued...we fled...we were chased by...our horses!...<br>
the warriors
helped to defend...but ..the horses...we had<br>
to kill
one...back there...the others rode off...its<br>
madness..."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "There was
no one person attacking the village?"<br>
<br>
Praelux: "No...I
saw no one...I should've stayed...helped<br>
fight..."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "You may
have saved these kids...sometimes<br>
retreat is
better than dying..."<br>
<br>
Vlad: "He's
right. There is no dishonor in this..."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "We can't
let the kids back into camp. One they<br>
will be
scared. The bodies must be moved first. it<br>
will be
horrific. We should keep them out here for<br>
now till we
move the bodies into a few of the Tipi. Then<br>
they can
sleep in the Tipis that are in good shape. "<br>
<br>
Balrog: "Can you do
your thing for the kids?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Me?
You mean make them sleep? Yes. But if<br>
there is
another attack. Which I doubt. We may<br>
need them
alert for now. Till we move the bodies. Maybe<br>
after things
settle down I can do something. Can anyone<br>
heal the
warrior?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Might as
well camp here. Let's get to those bodies."<br>
<br>
[Unali and Caladan stay
with the kids and other Zen'da to<br>
keep them company
while the others head back and move the<br>
bodies and try to
move the dead animals as well.]<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "What is
the range of this claw?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "If it
covered this village...100? 150 feet? but<br>
the thief
must've been nearby somewhere. Maybe double or<br>
triple
that?"<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "Unless
he was still a eagle and using the Claw<br>
and flying
overhead? Then it would be less of a range."<br>
<br>
[It takes about 45
minutes to clear the village. By now<br>
a large campfire
is set and roaring. The kids and others<br>
are led
back. Caladan has to make the young hysterical<br>
girl go to sleep
by his spell touch to get her back though.]<br>
<br>
Cetric: "This has
to be the Bova. Not even the Ser'manda would<br>
do
this! If we only had more warriors we could raid their<br>
villages!"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "No proof
yet of this. If we only react with violence<br>
it will
start a war. I suspect this was only one man who<br>
did
this. One man bent on nothing but getting food and<br>
testing the
claw's powers."<br>
<br>
[As dinner is made and
the kids begin to settle down after<br>
almost a full day
of no sleep the camp settles down to<br>
a quiet
time. Watches are set.]<br>
<br>
Corr: "Should
someone ride back to our village to warn<br>
Gib'borah
and rally more warrior lodges?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Vlad can
if we fail. I suspect though it may be<br>
too
late. if we don't get the claw and stop the thief<br>
it may be
too late to stop."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "That's
another thing. If we do get this claw.<br>
What do we
do with it?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Destroy
it."<br>
<br>
Farseeker:
"You...wouldn't want to keep it yourself?"<br>
<br>
Cetric: "No.
Its clearly an abuse of nature. For a shaman<br>
to use it is
disgusting. Does this surprise you?"<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "A
little."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "If the
claw can be destroyed."<br>
<br>
[A bit later the sole
elderly male walks to the group sitting<br>
around talking at
the campfire.]<br>
<br>
Elder: "I saw
him...it was a eagle that landed right there...<br>
it changed
to a man..he was wearing something I could<br>
not see...a
warrior came at him ...but the warrior was<br>
suddenly
attacked by another warrior as if that warrior<br>
was
insane...I was watching from that Tipi...hoping it<br>
would not
find me and the 3 kids I was hiding there before<br>
we could
escape ...the man gathered some food and then<br>
walked into
the distance out of view.."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "This thief
is mine...I will teach him a less-"<br>
<br>
Praelux: "No.
I saw my uncle killed by a wolf...if this<br>
man caused
that I seek revenge."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "No.
You should stay here and help the others."<br>
<br>
Praelux: "No!"
[He stands up with fists drawn] "I will go<br>
and act like
I should have yesterday. I will see this<br>
thing to the
end. I will do it with or without you<br>
cousin."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "You have
grown to a young man before my eyes but<br>
you
are still not experienced."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Who
is?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Stay out
of this Cetric."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "If you
are going to go you will do as we say.<br>
There are
ways to handle things better than others.<br>
Better than
jumping head strong into a situation. Deal?"<br>
<br>
Praelux:
"Deal."<br>
<br>
Cetric: "Since we
are all staying. We might as well get<br>
a burial
detail going. There are 13 of us and another<br>
5 able
bodies here. Three or four can dig per hour<br>
and take
breaks. We could have them all buried by<br>
sunrise."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "That's
fine."<br>
<br>
<br>
[Meanwhile back in Caladan's
Village...]<br>
<br>
Trembyl: "Why did you decide to
stay?"<br>
<br>
Xian: "Strie'bog requested
it. But I sense more may happen<br>
here so I wanted to stay
just in case."<br>
<br>
Trembyl: "What did you think of
that rider coming in today<br>
with that
report?"<br>
<br>
Xian: "I don't know. But
doesn't sound good. Maybe the<br>
villagers got scared who
knows."<br>
<br>
Trembyl: "The others will soon
find out maybe."<br>
<br>
Xian: "Yes. Let's eat
some dinner..."<br>
<br>
Next update Monday....<br>
<br>
Actions? Comments?<br>
<br>
Don't forget map and new info link on bottom of
page.<br>
<br>
Next update we will move on and continue
tracking. There are no<br>
night encounters for Z'leyra or the camped
party. Actions/comments?<br>
<br>
We could end this adventure by end of next
month.<br>
<br>
Will add Praelux info to the People section of
the new link.<br>
<br>
There have been hints all along in the last 2
dozen updates<br>
so hope things are starting to clear up.
:) Being in the<br>
last few updates its the last time to act but
next update it<br>
will be a new day so will report new Mana and
health info.<br>
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