• Episode 1, The Calling
• Episode 2, From the Last Inn
• Episode 3, A trap is sprung
• Episode 4, Escape has never been so easy
• Episode 5, A long trail with a dangerous end
• Episode 6, A new 'friend'
• Episode 7, A creature found, a friend lost
• Episode 8, A settlement in danger
• Episode 9, Forest of danger, and a tree-gate
• Episode 10, The road back
• Episode 11, Finding an old 'friend'
• Episode 12, The rains won't keep me down
• Episode 13, The Last Inn again
• Episode 14, A dangerous Quarter
• Episode 15, A Basement Showdown

ep1Episode One -- The beginning

------- You are all part of the company of the good Lord and Lady of the Land.
------- Recently, there has been a gradual decline in magic, protection and otherwise...
------- It is becoming a threat to the security of the outlying regions
------- You will be sent to discover, uncover, recover what you are able.

------- ****** GAME ON **************
------- You have each been brought to the east conference room, round a high, by summon of Lord Dak and Lady Dawn.
------- All members of the Lord and Lady's company, you find one another familiar, but not well known.
------- You wait in the room, together, for word.
* Decker takes a seat in an oversized chair and drapes his little gnomish legs over the edge.
* Saphira Hunter looks around the room, and takes in everything
* Saphira Hunter looks at the others in the room
Decker "So, what do you think the Lord and Lady want from us?
Waf is 6ft 190lb brown hair blue eyes.
Saphira Hunter "I have no knowledge of what they would want from us. Mayhaps it is to help them in some small way"
Althor is 6ft 180lbs black hair grey eyes elf
* Thalus is a halfling . He has long black curly hair (long for a halfling of course.) and crystal green eyes. He wears a tunic and some toughened leather pants.
Waf "don't know. might be important."
* Than_Atos looks around a moment.
* Than_Atos mingles.
* Saphira Hunter is 5'8 with flowing strawberry blond hair, and blue eyes
Waf "they sent for all of us. must be something important."
Althor "what are they keeping us waiting in here for"
------- You hear the strange sounds of shouting from outside the door.
Althor " they should atleast tell us what they want"
* Waf goes to see what is going on.
* Waf goes to check it out
* Althor goes along
------- As Waf opens the door, a sentry greets him, and says, one moment, the Lady is coming.
Waf "alright."
* Thalus looks up at the sentry
Althor "What's going on"
Decker Hmmm.
Decker I think we have our work cut out for ourselves.
* Saphira Hunter goes over to the door, and checks to see what the commotion is
------- As the door opens again, you are surprised that the Lady Dawn herself enters, followed only by 2 elves. She moves to the front of the room.
* Althor bows
* Saphira Hunter curtsies as she enters
* Waf follows athor's example.
Waf "greatings Mylady"
* Thalus bows to the Lady
------- Lady Dawn: "I beseech you pardon for such a wait. Is everyone here, Doran?"
------- One of the elves behind nods.
* Decker nods from the chair. "Good Day"
------- "Have you each become acquainted, then, whilst you waited?"
------- The lady looks at Thanatos.
* Than_Atos is about five eight, with dark browns hair and eyes. He's wearing a simple outfit of leather jerkin and brown pants and boots.
* Than_Atos bows to Lady Dawn.
* Decker is a small gnome about 3'3" in height. He wears a faded black cloak whose hood nearly covers his short cropped sandy brown hair, and allow just enough light in to allow his soft green eyes to twinkle. Along his belt hangs 5 throwing knives, while hanging from his left side is a plain short sword. A slight scar can be seen along the top of his scalp, an unfortunate accident of the adventuring life.
------- Lady: "You have been gathered from the surrounding regions, the elven quarter, the human quarter, the mixed quarter, and the land of the small people. Gathered to serve your people."
Althor "What is it that you wish of us mylady"
* Than_Atos sits back, waiting. Both good qualities in clerics and mages. :)
Decker "How may I be of service?"
------- Lady: "Pardon, I asked if you had all had opportunity to get acquainted..."
Saphira Hunter "My Lady, we have just met, we haven't had the chance to get well acquainted"
------- Lady: "Well, acquainted you must become, for your journey together necessitates it."
Waf "if you plan to send us out together we shall have plenty of time to get to know one another, mylady."
* Althor repeats himself
Althor What is it that you wish of us, mylady?
------- The lady smiles at Waf,"Indeed, O pious one."
Waf "my appologies mylady. i ment no offense."
------- "Well, you have noticed the strange goings on in each of your lands, yes? That magic is.... is fading?"
* Thalus glances quickly at the Lady and averts his eyes once more
Waf "i've noticed, mylady."
Decker "Well, to be honest... No. Magic is not too common in the land of the Gnomes."
* Than_Atos nods quietly.
* Saphira Hunter nods
Althor "what is it that you think we can do about that?"
Thanatos "I have noticed certain spells, both of the gods and other powers... failing."
* Saphira Hunter smiles at the gnome
------- Lady: "It is becoming not too coming in any of the lands... Decker, is it not? Even the spells of protection that our castle keeps over all of the outland regions is fading."
Althor "I don't know much about magic but that doesn't sound like a good thing"
Decker I nae haven't noticed, I've been away too long from the land that I hail from, and yes Lady, it is Decker.
Waf "My sevices are yours."
------- Lady: "I have been turning my direction towards the source, and it lies west, but so little more I know... It lies beyond my vision, we are blocked from seeing. But I have seen what I may through the keepstone, and it shows us a tree."
Waf "a tree?"
* Thalus nods at the Lady
Althor "Beyond the vision of the keepstone mylady?"
* Than_Atos blinks a little.
Thanatos "A tree. What kind of tree?"
* Decker gets a bequizzed look on his face
------- lady: "Not beyond, Althor, sturdy elf, but under and over it... somehow"
* Than_Atos frowns.
Thanatos "The tree it's self?"
Saphira Hunter "under and over it? as in she can see through it?"
* Thalus looks at Than_Atos
------- Lady: "We give you new goods, rations, the weapon and armor you choose, prepare to go, Doran will lead you to the stores. Nothing more do I know, Thanatos. But you must first go to see, see what we can not from here. That is the beginning of your quest. That is the beginning of our hope. Pray that is the end of this evil."
Althor "West is all you know for location though?"
------- The Lady Dawn enters almost a trance, stepping to the side. Doran speaks, "Can you all come with me now?"
* Than_Atos nods to Doran and shifts lightly.
* Saphira Hunter follows the Lady
* Althor follows doran
* Decker hops down from his seat and follows Doran
------- Doran moves to the door, behind the Lady Dawn, awaiting for you to follow.
* Thalus nods at Doran
* Waf also follows.
* Thalus treads behind
* Waf bows to lady dawn as he leaves.
* Than_Atos follows Doran to the door.
------- Out the conference room, you turn down a long corridor, adorned with tapestries depicting past victories protecting the outlands from wares. You ascend steps.
------- Entering the store room, Doran Speaks, "Choose, as fits your gifts."
* Than_Atos looks about, muttering to himself.
Thanatos What have you for maces?
* Waf picks up chainmail and a good mace.
------- Doran pulls down a shiny mace.
* Decker glances around, seems uninterested and waits by the door.
Thalus < What have you in the way of stabbing weapons?
* Althor picks up a good bow and some arrows
------- Doran "Thalus, these dirks at well crafted..."
* Than_Atos picks up a large footman's mace and simple chain armor.
------- Doran: "Come." He leaves the room. You notice now the halfling standing in the corner... perhaps guarding.
* Saphira Hunter smiles at the halfling
* Thalus takes the dirk
------- Down the corridor again, and down stairs, again and again, out a pier patio... you see a wagon.
* Than_Atos follows Doran, nodding to the halfling as he leaves.
* Waf follows the rest of the group.
------- The Lady Dawn is waiting for you all. (hold on proficiencies)
------- "Come, now, gather around if you would."
* Saphira Hunter gathers around
* Waf gathers.
* Decker looks at the wagon as he gathers along the edge of the group
------- Lady: "Hold out your weapons, so that they are all touching."
* Althor does as asked
* Saphira Hunter does as she is asked
* Decker draws his short sword
* Waf holds out mace.
------- Lady: "That's right, hold out your weapons, so that they are all touching."
* Than_Atos walks over and holds his weapon to the others.
* Thalus holds out his dirks to the others
* Waf touches mace to other weapons.
* Althor does the same
------- The Lady raises her hand over the circle of steel and iron, and prays under her breath. For a moment you feel lighter, or refreshed, or perhaps just more aware... and you see one another's faces for the first time it seems.
* Waf stands in awe.
* Althor looks around
* Decker gets a twinkle in his eyes.
Althor "what did you just do?"
* Saphira Hunter looks around and smiles at the group
------- The Lady falls back, another servant catches her. They depart.
* Waf smiles back.
* Thalus looks down in amazement
* Decker watches the lady as she falls, his brow arching slightly.
Althor "what did she just do?"
* Than_Atos watches Lady Dawn carefully a moment, frowning.
------- Doran: "Blessed you truly are. Come, we will ride fast in the wagon, between and past the human and elven quarter, at your journey's beginning."
Thanatos "Heft your weapon."
Waf "Doran, will the lady be alright?"
* Thalus puts his two dirks in his belt
Saphira Hunter "are we all in the wagon? or on horseback? horseback after all would be fastest"
------- Doran walks to the front of the wagon. Hay covers the back, drawns amazingly by six steeds, it looks ready to depart, complete with packs.
* Althor hefts his weapon
* Than_Atos steps off a quick moment to slip into his armor, securing his mace as his belt.
* Waf jumps into the wagon.
* Decker sheathes his sword and enters the wagon
* Saphira Hunter gets into the wagon with everyone else
------- "Yes, kind sir, she will be. She must."
* Thalus looks at Saphira Hunter and sighs
* Althor enters the wagon still wishing he knew what just happened
* Than_Atos crawls into the wagon and gets comforatable, digging in his pack for his travle spellbook.
* Waf offers a helping hand to the gnome.
Thalus < "I need help getting into the wagon."
* Than_Atos looks over at Althor briefly.
* Saphira Hunter gets out of the Wagon, and help the short people
Althor (to thanatos) " do you know what just happened''
* Waf offers other hand to the halfling.
* Than_Atos chuckles and nods to Althor.
* Saphira Hunter wonders how she got the short straw to do this... she certainly doesn't remember straws being drawn
* Thalus takes Waf's hand and smiles at him
------- Everyone aboard, the wagon departs.
Waf (to thalus and decker) "we need to get you two rings of jumping."
Thanatos To Althor: "She put a spell on our weapons and armor, to help us hit better and harder, and take more damage."
* Thalus gets settled in the wagon and nods at Waf
Decker "Thank you, but I am able to climb into wagons just fine."
Althor "thanks for letting me in on the secret"
Decker So, if I may ask, what are your professions?
Thalus < "So you won't ask me later....my name is Thalus."
------- The swift ride seems bumpy.
Waf "i am a cleric of war."
* Than_Atos nods to Thalus, then turns to Decker.
Althor "I'm a hunter & tracker"
Althor "I'm Althor"
Thanatos "I study magicks, both of the gods and mages."
Thanatos "I am called Than Atos. Than, more often than not."
Althor "nice to see you again"
Decker "Then I wish you well with your handling of magic. Myself, I am but a simple traveling adventurer"
Thalus "I am a treasure hunter....what I find is mine..what others aren't guarding is mine. I think that explains my profession."
* Than_Atos laughs a little.
Waf "been anywhere neat Decker?"
Decker "I'll remember that if I find my treasures missing" Decker smiles.
------- Oranos mountain, in the middle of the human quarter, passes on your right.
Decker "I can't say that I have. I've done a little travelling on the sea though."
* Waf ties his coin puoch around his neck.

Saphira Hunter "I travel, and I learn... but I have no place that I currently call 'home'."
* Than_Atos hopes the spells on his possessions still work.
* Thalus chuckles
Waf "do you like traveling the seas?"
Thalus "Do not worry...I do not take from fellow travelers...tho I might alleviate something from you if you make me mad."
------- The wood elf forest approaches on the left
Decker "I can't say that I did. The humans serve bad food in parts of the boat called Galleys. Made my stomach turn, but the sailors didn't seem to mind it."
* Althor looks out at the forest longingly
Waf "food is food. it keeps you alive."
* Than_Atos turns back to his reading, half-listening.
Decker "When it isn't working to kill you."
Waf "lol"
------- The wagon slides to the right, the horses screaming.
* Waf lol
* Than_Atos snickers lightly.
* Saphira Hunter grabs for the side of the wagon
* Decker glances over to Than_Atos. What book is that?
------- Saphira Hunter and Thanatos are thrown from the wagon as it halts.
Decker Ack
* Althor gets a grip on his seat
* Saphira Hunter sits up, stunned for a moment
* Thalus grasps the side of the wagon and holds on tight
* Than_Atos ' arms fly wide as he falls out, his book falling off the road as he lands on his backpack.
------- You hear Doran yell from the front: "SNAKE!!!"
* Waf makes sure decker doesn't fly away.
* Waf then looks to see what kind of snake.
------- Each of you saw Saphira Hunter fly over the front of the horses, into the ditch beside the road.
* Althor checks on Saphira Hunter
* Decker pulls himself up from the floor, and glance around
* Althor helps he up
* Than_Atos cries out, more in anguish than pain.
Thanatos "Damn it all!"
------- Glancing around, and checkin gon the others, you see Giant Rattler, over 5 ft. in lenght, before the horses.
Decker "What in the world"
* Waf jumps off the wagon and smashes the head of the snake with his mace.
* Decker pulls himself from the wagon and rolls to the ground
* Thalus hops off from the wagon and assesses the situation.
* Than_Atos gets up quickly, sloughing off his back back and drawing his mace.
* Althor takes sight on the snake from the ditch with his bow
* Saphira Hunter sits still... thinking that the snake is way too close for her liking
* Thalus decides to hang back
------- The horses pull the wagon off the road. With the wagon out of the way, you see it is ovr 10 feet long. The snake strikes.
------- The snake strikes out at the center of the party, extending its body. It hits the gnome.
Decker "OW!!"
* Waf tries to smash said snake.
* Althor gets behind snake
* Decker draws his short sword and regains his composure.
------- don't need init, just go for it.
* Althor chops a snake with long sword
------- Decker slashes with his short sword which flies out of his hand.
* Decker starts cursing in gnomish
* Thalus watches the battle from afar
------- Althor places his blade below the snake, and connects.
* Waf tries to smash snake.
* Althor follows suit with short sword
------- Waf misses with his mace swing.
Waf "damn!"
* Than_Atos runs over to the snake and takes a downward swing at it.
------- The snake strikes again at Althor and hits.
* Waf tries to smash the snake again.
* Saphira Hunter looks for a rock to throw at him, since her weapons are in the cart, and she isn't
* Than_Atos swings for the back of the snake's head.
------- Thanatos and Saphira Hunter hit the snake simultaneously, severing the head.
------- Thalus comes back from the rear.
------- You find Doran still in the wagon, who brings it back up to the road.
* Althor goes to remove the poison pouch from the snake
------- He has removed the dead horse from the front pull.
* Decker reclaims his sword as he sheaths his knife.
* Thalus cuts some meat from the horse and saves it for later
------- Althor sits on the ground, for he does not look or feel good.
Waf "who all got bit?"
* Thalus hops into the wagon
Decker "I did"
Decker "though apparently not as bad as our friend did"
* Saphira Hunter smiles
* Than_Atos mutters.
Thanatos "I'm alright."
------- You all gather the thrown equipment, and Althor into the wagon.
* Than_Atos moves back to his back and searches for his book.
* Waf prepares nutrilize poision spell, and casts on althor.
------- Waf patiently cures Althor on the last part of the trip to the Last Inn, on the fringe of the outlands.
Waf "you sure your ok decker?"
Althor "thanx waf"
Althor "I feel much better now"
Decker "Other than the pain of getting bit, I don't feel any different."
------- ********** BREAK -- GAME OFF ****************


ep2Episode 2

------- ******** Game On ***********
------- Saphira, Decker, Althor, and Galahle have been resting at the inn at the border of the kingdom, the Last Inn, after the long wagon ride to the edge of Quarter Kingdom. They are awaiting departure in the morning. It is late, 11 p.m.
------- Resting from the long trip, you still have many questions about your direction from here. The Lady said west, and spoke of a tree, but you long for more to go by. You wonder if any of the travellers in the common room could aide you in gaining any knowledge.
Althor i go to the bar and listen for rumors
* Decker pulls up a chair by the bar looking over the counter with interest in his eyes.
------- Dalthor hears of a tomatoe the size of a wagon, grown by Polly Marshall, in the Human Quarter.
* Althor laughes
* Saphira looks around the room, at the locals and the other adventurers
Althor "is that all the interesting news you people have around here?
------- Looking about the common room, you can count 15 tables, almost all occupied. Humans and Elves mostly, a few of the little people.
Althor "I heard about this great tree" "Any of you here about somethin like that?"
------- Sully Man at Bar: "eh?"
Althor "nothin about a big tree huh?" "oh well"
------- Sully Man at Bar: A big tree?
------- Sully Man at Bar: Hmm.
Althor "yes it's big and a tree"
Althor "your catching on"
------- The Sully Man seems to ponder the question.
------- Sully Man at Bar: You must mean the tomatoe plant at Poly Marshall's place. I heard it's the size of a tree.
* Decker snickers under his breath.
Althor "never mind"
* Althor goes over and talks to Saphira
Althor "hear anything interesting?"
------- Just then the door come open wide, and Jives, the servant of Lady Dawn whom you saw in the castle, but never heard speak, enters.
Saphira Hunter "I hear that there is a huge tomato"
* Saphira grins into her ale
Althor "smart ass"
Althor "greatings Jives"
Saphira Hunter "you did ask"
Saphira Hunter "hello, Jives"
------- Behind him are a few characters.
Saphira Hunter "jives, did you bring us more recruits?"
* Sentagur is a dwarf with his huge battle axe (compared to him ) on his back and a wolfs skin as a cape. He is 121 year old has 157 pounds and is 46 " tall. for his young age he looks very old and tired or its just his clothes?
* Saphira smiles at him
* Decker leans over the counter again, looking at various bottles.
Galahle Galahle introduces himself as 'Sir Galahle, Master magic shop keeper and founding member of the Magic Shop Guild' He appears to be a male grey elf wizard wearing a... bath robe? He is wearing the typical backpack that all adventurers seem to be wearing this year and is using a quarterstaff, decorated with steel rings and topped with a small glass ball, as a walking stick. And what bath robe is compleate with out bunny slipers?
Althor "addons to our little party Jives?"
Galahle Seemingly just so people wont mistake him for some lost soul in search of a bath tub, Gal wears a wide brimed wizards hat, with a jaunty tilt to one side. He is chewing on a pipe carved from wallnut. Ocationally he makes a few soap bubbles come floating out of it. He is eating something from a bag that sits open on his belt.
Galahle Gal, offers Jives some houshound candy for about the 10th time
------- Jives: Yes, Althor, my brother Elf brought you early, and these have joined the quest.
Althor "nice too meet you Sentagur, Galahle"
Althor "i see, well we can always use more help"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich is tall, about 5'10" and about 135lbs. She is wearing a red bodysuit with a black dragon at the left half of her tummy. She has a black belt with red stripes on it and carries a quarterstaff. She has long, wastelength ash-blonde hair and big green eyes. She has a small sack on the left side of her hip. She sits alone, stirring a hot drink with her finger.
Sentagur "nice to meet you too"
* Decker glances over at the bathrobed figure behind Jives, and rubs his eyes as he takes a second look.
Althor "nice too meet you too Jinx"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich nods, but doesn't speak.
------- Jives: Acquaint yourselves now, for you should retire soon...the rooms are prepared, though you'll have to double up. You shall leave early, I hear Lord Dak is coming himself to show you off.
* Galahle waves at Decker and asks him if he'd like a bit of the houshound
Althor "wow"
Decker "Househound?"
* Althor has another drink
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich wonders about doubling up...hmmm...
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich she perks up to see if there is any women.
* Saphira wonders about this also
* Saphira counts the number of females and the number of males in the party
Galahle "Houshound by good fellow, its a hard candy made from honny and molassas. suck on it, don't chew"
* Sentagur asks althor if he can tell him something about the quest
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich It looks like the two of us are together.
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich approaches Saph...It looks like we are together doesn't it?
Decker "Househound?"
Althor "I don't know a whole lot about what we're doing except that there is some great evil and that magic is going away"
* Galahle holds out the bag of Houshound to Decker and shakes it temptingly with a wide grin
Althor "oh yeah and it has something to do with a tree"
Saphira Hunter "at least there are two of us. Not something that happens a lot"
* Decker looks into the bag, sniffing at the contents.
Galahle you see little hard candys with in, they smell like honney and molassus
* Sentagur asks Althor "Althor what has a tree to do with magic"
Decker "Um, I think I might pass this time around... but thanks anyways"
Galahle Gal looks confused and disapointed, munches one him self and asks, "You sure?"
* Saphira looks around some more, after doing the greeting with our new companions
Althor "sorry i can't tell you more Sentagur"
Decker Hmmm, looks in to the bag again and extracts one candy from the depths.
Galahle "Now don't bite it, your suposed to suck on them"
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich Well, at least I dont have to worry about a guy peeking on me while im bathing...(a half smile)
Althor "but that's all i know"
Galahle Gals, Houshound tastes and performs as advertized
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich
* Sentagur takes his AXE from his back and cleans and polishes it
Althor "I don't know but it seems to be all that they can see about the reson it's happining"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich wonders where her room is.
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich Saph, you wanna find our rooms and get a head start? I have a feeling this might turn messy sometime soon...
* Saphira gets up from her table and walks over to a man sitting in the corner
Decker "Put together for you?"
* Saphira looks at Jinx "I'll be with you in a few"
Galahle Gal turns to Decker, "Yes my good man, I run a magic shop in this fair town. I have been complaining bitterly about this decline in magic for some time"
Galahle "Just goes to show that if you make a fuss the establishment will do something about it"
* Saphira walks up to the man and talks quietly to him
Decker "Magic shop? How do you keep the thieves away?"
* Galahle points questioningly at an empty seet beside Decker
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich goes to search for her room, bored of waiting. :P
Galahle Gal laughs, "Simple my good man, I hire the best of them to work for me."
Galahle "I just hired a kender to mind the item reciving room. since he's been there shoplifting is down 20%"
------- BarKeep (to Sentagur): You there! Draw ye not your blade in my house! Keester!?!
Galahle "ever one is to busy minding their own pockets to mind pinching my stuff" gal says with a flurish
Decker "Shoplifting must be down 20% because you can steal back from the Kender"
* Decker laughs.
------- A large man, no less than 7 ft. comes from behind the counter.
* Sentagur puts his axe back and asks the barkeep to bring him something to drink
* Althor goes to bed
* Galahle gives barkeep and sentagur a concered look
------- Barkeep: House ale, good sir? (He motions Keester to leave for the back.)
* Galahle takes a seat next to Decker and makes him self at home
Decker "Also somebody who enters with nothing to steal is going to have an easy time with the Kender"
Sentagur " thats good for me"
------- Several ales are produced on the counter.
* Sentagur takes his ale and drinks it all at once
Galahle "Oh the Kender is a good fellow, I belive his names 'Kipper' he does a good job minding his booth. and if you just him some shiny boubles he thinks its as good as any tip"
------- You notice at some point that Jives is gone.
* Saphira stands in the corner talking in low tones to a man
Galahle Gal sweeps his hand at the room and asks Decker, "So who all of these are joining us on our fine quest?"
Decker "Well, most of them have already sought rest for the night, as the night is no longer young."
* Sentagur stands up and goes to his room
* Decker looks around the room to see who is left.
Galahle Gal frowns but says, "Most wize, *YAWN* I could use some sleep my slelf" He scratches himself in a most undignified way
------- You all see a man, jump up from the corner, and sprint out the back hallway.
* Galahle offers decker another candy and stands to leave
------- Saphira was approaching him. She runs after him, tripping over a chair. His black hat remains on the floor.
Decker "Thank you but no, I still have the first that you offered to me."
* Galahle gathers his staff and pipe. he makes a few bubbles float around as he heads for his room
* Decker glances over at the commotion.
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich nods...
* Galahle is trying to ignore the fight and seem as if he has nothing to do with it
Galahle Gal asks barkeep for a key to a room
------- Barkeep: It's about time someone ran him out. Strange bird, indeed.
------- Saphira picks up the hat. It looks black.
* Saphira walks towards the door he exited
Decker "What do you mean by Strange Bird? Who was that?"
* Galahle clears his throught, "Barkeep, a room if you please"
Galahle Gal is starting to look nervous and agitated
------- BarKeep to Decker: "I don't know. He has been showing up, every third day or so, and jsut sits in the corner, watching everyone else."
------- Barkeep: "Definately from the Outlands, that's for sure."
------- Galahle is told where the room is.
Galahle Gal looks as if he is painfully trying to restrain his temper
Decker "Every third day? Outlands? Sounds like a character to me"
------- Barkeep: "Yep, a strange bird. Don't know why he left out the back tho."
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich goes into her room, slips out of her equipment, and tucks her nude body under the blankets.
Galahle Sundenly Gal acts as sweet as a dasy, "Thank you my good sir, a few copper for your touble" he bows flamboyantly and tosses a few coin on the counter
------- You all feel tired.
* Saphira walks back into the bar, and puts the hat on the counter, to the barkeep says "what can you tell me about him?"
Galahle Gal turns and leaves, a trail of soap bubbles drifts in his wake
Decker "Well I'd like to continue this conversation, but I must awaken early in the morn. Do you know which room is mine?"
------- BarKeep: "I know nothing about him, except taht he's a stranger."
------- Decker is shown his room.
Saphira Hunter "Thank you"
* Saphira picks up the hat and wanders to her room
* Saphira slips into her room, realizes that Jinx is in the room she was going to use, then climbs into the other one
Galahle Gal finds his room, kicks the smelly human bed into a corner, and screws some hooks into the wall to hang his hammok from
Galahle Gal puts his hat over his eyes and gets some sleep. some time in the night he goes looking for the bath room, his staff glowing softly in the dark
------- You hear a pounding on your door. Startled, you sit up, wondering the time. It is morning, but not light yet.
* Sentagur picks his stuff and leaves the room
* Saphira startled, sits up
* Saphira looks over at Jinx
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich is sprawled out across the bed, snoring softly, her arm hanging off of it, and her hair a mess.
* Decker rolls out of bed and rushes for the door, affixiating from the smell.
* Saphira goes over and wakes Jinx up
* Decker opens his door quickly attempting to get some fresh air.
* Saphira looks out the window to figure out what time it is
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich wakes up and blinks. 'Whaa..?'
Saphira Hunter "I believe we just received our wake up call"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich growls and sits up...'What're you doing? there isn't even any light out.
* Saphira walks over to the door and opens it
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich puts her stuff back on.
* Decker heads downstairs trying to catch up with somebody.
* Saphira grabs her stuff, and tells Jinx to hurry up
* Saphira heads out of the room and downstairs
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich is already standing there...holding her staff...she hops down the steps two at a time.
------- As you enter the common room, you find it empty. Except for a dog. And Jives.
* Saphira looks at the dog, and then at Jives
* Decker steps into the common room, looking at Jives and the dog with mixed curiousity.
* Saphira pulls out her brush, and brushes her hair
Saphira Hunter "What did you want us up for this early, Jives?"
------- Jives: I have returned, and have brought Lord Dak with me.
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich looks at the mut with some sence. And then laughs a little.
* Sentagur enters the common room and goes to a table to sit down
Sentagur "mornin all , what do we have today to do"
Decker "I assume the dog is Lord Dak. Isn't magic suppose to be a dangerous subject around here.:
------- Jives: "WHAT!?!"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich grumbles.
<Jinx_Stahnisavlevich You woke me up for all of this?
------- The barkeep enters, and speaks, "He is ready for you all. Come, Follow me."
------- The dog pants, and wanders out the front door.
* Decker turns a little reddish, but attempts to hide it.
* Saphira smiles at Decker, and puts her brush away before following Jives
------- Jives heads out behind the BarKeep, turning towards Decker as he does.
------- Jives: "Did you call Lord Dak a dog?"
* Jinx_Stahnisavlevich follows the barkeep
* Sentagur stands up and follows jives
Saphira Hunter "actually, I believe he was calling the dog Lork Dak, not the other way around"
Decker "Um... well... I... errr... um... thought he was...well... yes! I thought he was a shapechanged man.
* Sentagur looks around
------- All your life have you lived in Quarter Kingdom. You have heard tales of Lord Dak and Lady Dawn and how they have kept peace in all the provinces, by their deed, and by their magic. But never had you met him-- all four feet of the halfling that stands before you in this back room. Goodness permeates around him, as he stares out the window, from atop a bench.
------- Jives: "They are all here, m'Lord"
------- Dak: "Dak, Jives, call me Dak."
* Saphira looks at the halfling and smiles at him "hello, Lork Dak"
------- Dak turns, sits on the chair, "Come and sit."
* Sentagur looks the lord in his eyes "good morning m'lord it is plesure to meet you"
* Saphira moves to a chair
------- "I search for pleasure these disturbing days, Sentagur. But well met, all the same."
------- Dak: "Recently, there has been a gradual decline in magic, protection and otherwise...It is becoming a threat to the security of the outlying regions. You will be sent to discover, uncover, recover what you are able."
Saphira Hunter "we will do what we can"
Saphira Hunter "I'm still not sure where exactly it is that we are going"
Decker "What can you tell us of this tree, that we don't know of?"
------- Dak: "I know the Lady has told some of you of her vision. To the west, there is evil, growing and shrinking the magic of our land. And she has seen tree, tall and dark. That is all I know."
------- Dak: "And she sent these." Lord Dak waves to Jives, who gives a ring to all.
Sentagur "what are these for"
------- Dak: "The road goes west, long from here. Take it. Look for the tree where it should be. And the provinces thank you."
------- "They are to wear. Your steeds are prepared outside."
------- Dak turns back towards the window. He stays seated this time.
Saphira Hunter "Thank you, Dak"
------- Jives: "Well, come one."
Sentagur Thank you m'lord
------- Jives leaves going out the back door, from the hallway, to the outdoors.
* Saphira heads out towards the steads
* Sentagur looks once out the window and then follows Jives
------- Appropriate steeds stand ready for your departure.
------- You see steeds.
* Sentagur looks around "isn't someone missing in this group"
* Saphira looks at Decker "should someone go wake up Gal? or should we just put him across a horse, and let him sleep?"
Decker "Well I'm not going back up to his room to wake him... I'd rather be at the back end of a horse, but I suppose it is wise to wake him."
* Decker sighs, puts a chunk of cloth over his nose and goes upstairs.
* Decker starts knocking on the door.
Galahle you here elfish grumbling from inside the door
* Decker knocks some more.
Galahle Gal opens the door, throwing on his bathrobe he says, "The inn better be on fire"
Decker "Yeah, quickly get downstairs before the building goes up."
Galahle Gal looks at Decker evenly in disbelief
Galahle Gal gathers his hammok and gear and you learn a few new elfish swear words
Decker "Well, ok... maybe the chimney is on fire?"
Galahle Gal thumps you with his staff clearing you out of the way and heads downstairs in a foul mood
Decker "Hmmmph, how rude"
* Decker mummbles some gnomish words going downstairs, in reply"
Galahle Gal exits the inn, squinting in the dawn light and asks simply, "Which horse is mine?"
Galahle Gal looks around for a cart
Saphira Hunter "the one that has no person or gear on it"
------- It is still dark outside. A faint glow comes from the west, but only faint.
------- Decker settles on his pony.
Galahle Gal loads his stuff on his horse, mounts, and waits for you all to get a moving
* Decker swurms around in the saddle trying to get comfortable.
------- All aboard you head out.
* Saphira waits for everyone else to get ready
* Galahle motions with his hand "Decker, if you would be so kind as to lead"
* Sentagur settles up and waits for someone to lead
* Decker motions his pony forward.
* Decker starts riding along the road.
* Sentagur shows at the glow in the west and asks " deos someone know what are we going to do when we found the tree
Decker "I suppose we'll have to figure that out when we arrive"
Saphira Hunter "Hopefully we will figure it out when we get there"
------- As you follow the road, west out of the villa, you come to the Potom river the North/South border of the west edge of QuarterKingdom. The bridge looks safe.
* Decker rides across the bridge
* Saphira watches decker cross the bridge
------- Crossing the river, you realize why it was called the Last Inn. You see nothing around. You have entered the Outlands-untamed, undomesticated, unknown. The road continues west.
* Sentagur follows decker in safe distance
------- Fifteen minutes pass, and noone speaks.
* Sentagur looks around searching for tracks
* Decker pulls out a book and starts reading while he rides.
* Saphira follows Decker over the bridge
------- The sun has begun to rise before you, casting light into your eyes. The blaze brings tears.
* Decker pulls his book up so the sun doesn't glare into his eyes.
* Sentagur covers his eyes with his hand
------- An hour passes, and nothing changes. The surroundings are grassy plains.
* Sentagur looks around searching for tracks
* Saphira looks around as we travel, watching the landscape
------- The horizon is unbroken to the north and south, and to the west, it seems darker than it should.
------- You ride on, in the harsh terrain, and out of nowhere, a valley opens up before you.
* Saphira looks at the valley
* Decker looks up from his book at the valley below him
------- The road goes down into the valley... It seems over a mile long, and 500 feet deep.
Saphira Hunter "Decker, lead on"
* Decker motions his pony down into the valley, putting his book away as he does.
------- As you descend the grade, into the canyon, you struggle to maintain a safe speed.
------- You continue into the canyon, noticing fissures on occassion, cracks in the walls, and boulders lying abouut.

Galahle Gal rubs his sore nee, "Can we stop of lunch?"
Saphira Hunter "that sounds like a good idea"
* Sentagur nods
------- At the bottom, you find a nice spot to break.
------- You stop, round the steeds up, and break for lunch.
* Galahle dismounts giving the horse a most unkind look, finds a tree or nice shady spot and gets some sleep
Galahle Gal trys to bind his poor nee wishing he'd have though of it befor
------- You all find food in your packs and look for places to sit.
* Decker makes a small smokeless cooking fire and prepares to cook a small meal.
* Sentagur takes a good look of the valley
------- You notice a boulder, that would make a nice lean-to, except that it's still rolling to a stop after being hurled down at you.
* Decker looks up
------- Up, you see a Troll-like creature, boulder raised above his head.
* Decker yells up at the creature in a strange tounge
* Saphira runs away from the rock
------- ******* GAME SUSPENDED **********

ep3Episode 3
The party, breaking for lunch, fell prey to an ogre trap, deep in a canyon. Half of the party was killed. Decker, Saphira Hunter, and Sentagur survived, fleeing the troll and finding a cave, in which they were knocked out by a strange brazen. They sit chained in a cell.
Decker quiet mummbling and chain rattling can be heard near where Decker was chained.
-- Decker You have a 'snuffed' feeling as you end the Cantrip. Nothing happens.
-------: Sentagur is unable to break chains (bend bars)
^Deacon_Fr: "It seems as though I am much to weak to break my bonds, can anyone else free themselves?"
Decker curses in his own tounge
^Deacon_Fr: "Unless my ears have decieved me, we are all still trapped correct?"
Decker: As far as I know we are.
-------: Five hours have passed, as you ponder your predicament.
Decker listens to his stomach grumble.
^Deacon_Fr: "I am thirsty and hungry..."
-------: The only eqiupment you have on you is your body armor, and your other clothes. You belts, packs, weapons have been taken.
Decker tries to slip his hands out of the shackles.
-------: Your wrists hurt from the tight chains. And yet, clearly, they were not made for gnomes. With some lubricant, they might be freed.
Decker spits on the cuffs.
-------: The others hear Decker spitting. He seems still stuck as the rest of you.
Decker: "I wish I wasn't so parched, or this would be easier"
Decker spits again.
^Deacon_Frost^ tries twisting the chain out of the wall
-------: The chains seem to mock your every attempt.
Decker twists his wrists round and round working the spit between himself and the chains.
Sentagur trys again to reach the clink with his feet
Decker attempts to force himself out of the chains by pushing againist the wall with his feet.
Decker curses some more in his native tounge
Sentagur seeing decker doing this trys to push himself of the wall to break the chains
Sentagur: "i need just few feet to reach the clink does someone have something i can use"
Decker tries to slip out of his shirt, hoping that is the only thing keeping him held fast.
-------: Your shirt does not slip past the shackles.
^Deacon_Frost^ lets out a mighty roar, a.k.a. yells at the top of his lungs
Decker: "All I have is the clothes on my back."
Decker: Unless you want me to take off my boots
Sentagur: "anything even a shirt or something"
Decker: I'm rather attached to my shirt unfortunately.
-------: Frost fiddles with the drawstring in his underpants.
Sentagur: "pants?
^Deacon_Fr: "Is anyone skilled in the art of picking locks?"
Decker: You can't pick a lock without a pick.
Decker: Or a good substitue
Decker: I suppose in a few days I'll have lost enough weight from starvation to just slip out of these shackles. They are already kind of loose
^Deacon_Fr: "Yes, but I don't know if I can make it 'those few days'"
^Deacon_Fr: "Do you know where the clink is?"
Decker: Well most people die of thirst first.
Sentagur: "i know where it is"
^Deacon_Fr: "If I were to make a lasso out of my drawstring, would someone be able to fetch it?"
Sentagur: "like i sed i need something to reach it "
Sentagur trys to takes off his pants
-------: Sentagur removes his boots and pants.
-------: For what seems like four hours, you listen to Sentagur slapping his pants on the ground and draging them.
-------: Sentagur gasps excitedly.
Decker: Are you having fun over there?
^Deacon_Fr: I hope this has a point to it..
Sentagur: i ma hunting food
^Deacon_Fr: "Food?"
Decker: I frankly am thankful I'm only seeing this in underground vision.
Decker: I think this in the full light would be quite frightful to see.
Sentagur pulls back his pants on
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers up a handful of pebbles
^Deacon_Fr: "What did you find?"
Sentagur: "key bugs
Sentagur unlock the others
Decker rubs his sore wrists.
^Deacon_Fr: "THere is approximatly 1 hour until the guard comes in with our gruel"
-------: Sentagur surprises you by coming to unlock your shackles.
Decker: Gruel... Yum
^Deacon_Frost^ falls to the ground
^Deacon_Fr: "Shall we wait for the guard to deliver the food and ambush him"
Decker: I think we should go visit the guard now.
-------: All free, you gather your strength and wits, rubbing your sore spots. Decker's arm is movable, yet in pain. Frost is humped over from being chained for so many days.
Sentagur listens on the door if someone is outthere
-------: As Decker moves to the door, he notices there is no handle on the inside. No key hole, no nothing.
-------: Sentagur hears nothing
Decker: "Bastards"
^Deacon_Fr: "well, I suppose we wait for the guard"
^Deacon_Fr: "Ok Gents, why don't we sit and wait him out for an hour and ambush him when he comes in?"
Decker: Yes, lets.
^Deacon_Fr: "Act like you are still in your chains"
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ yes
Decker slides over by the door.
Decker: I think I'll wait here for the door to open.
^Deacon_Fr: "Alright, this is how it should go.. he comes in and delivers each of us our foods, when he comes to deliver my food, you sneak up behind him ok?"
Sentagur trys another chain and asks decker to help him
Decker: I have only 1 good arm right now.
-------: Sentagur is able to rip one chain and shackle from the wall.
Sentagur asks frost to help him with an another chain
-------: The group hears the door being unlocked. Decker hides in the shadows behind the door, Frost and Saphira are seated before their chains, and Sentagur stands beside his, with a chain hidden behind his back.
-------: The door opens...
-------: **************** Game Over *******************


ep4Episode 4 (3/10)
Free from their cell, the party heads down the corridor, approaching a guard posted outside a door.
^Deacon_Frost^ examines the ogre armaments
Decker grabs the back of Vitro's clothes.
-------: You approach the guard, its eyes closed.
Decker: "now is not a good time for that"
Vitro turns to Decker...
^Deacon_Frost^ silently whispers "Rhea Forgive me...."
Vitro: "As far as I see it, *any*time is a good time to slay that fuh-filth..."
^Deacon_Frost^ tries to snap the Ogre's neck in one swift movement
-------: As DF places his torch squarely in the ogre's abdomen, it lights afire, and lunges at him. They both topple to the ground.
^Deacon_Frost^ trys to roll on the ground and take off his shirt
-------: DF easily rolls out from under the Ogre, and keeps rolling, to put out his flaming shirt.
^Deacon_Fr: "Arrgh!"
Vitro runs towards the ogre, aiming to murder it.
Saphira_Hunter swings her chain at the ogre
Decker wonders why his day turned out so bad as he rushes the Ogre.
Vitro picks up the torch handle (or whatever it is called) and brandishes it as a weapon.
^Deacon_Frost^ wonders in the waaaay back of his mind, why the ogre didn't get up
-------: Rushing the ogre, each of you stop short, seeing that it hasn't moved since it lunged at (fell on) the Deacon
Saphira_Hunter moves to make sure DF is out of the way, and not being used as a pillow
Decker: "what is going on around here?"
Vitro stands to the side of the flaming ogre and watches it cook...
^Deacon_Frost^ gets up and tries to put the ogre out
-------: The ogre is put out, lying lifeless before a closed door.
^Deacon_Frost^ searches the ogre, both for eqipment and wounds
Decker starts checking the doors
^Deacon_Fr: "Looks like someone 'beat us to the punch'"
Decker: "I want to know who though, and why?"
-------: As you roll the corpse over, you see the pebbled ground- -- through the center of its torso. There is a hole so large you can see through it.
Vitro stands to the side... looking at the scene...
Saphira_Hu: "looks like something is beating us a lot tonight"
^Deacon_Fr: "I'm sure the answers will come in time"
^Deacon_Frost^ holds back vomiting
Decker: "I don't think I really want to meet it unless I find our equipment beforehand."
Decker: "ugh"
Vitro continues to stutter a bit... "Wuh-we should muh-move on..."
^Deacon_Fr: "Phew... I think whatever hit this thing, was rather large... probably magical judging by this hole"
Saphira_Hu: "That isn't a good thing. I do believe we need to find out gear though."
Saphira_Hu: "I know I would feel better knowing that I had my stuff back"
^Deacon_Fr: "Lets hop to it then.."
^Deacon_Frost^ goes in the nearest door to the left
Decker opens the double set of doors
Vitro continues to brandish his "Torchweapon" for the time being.
-------: Decker and DF open the doors before the guard. Peering inside, you start at the sight of empty tables.
Saphira_Hunter looks for other doors
Vitro follows behind the two others...
^Deacon_Frost^ moves in
^Deacon_Frost^ looks for any sign of bodies, or weapons
-------: You see tables, both overturned.
Vitro creeps in behind Deacon and Decker, holding his weapon firm in one hand...
Decker joins Saphira in checking out the last door as DF and Vitro check out this room
^Deacon_Frost^ turns the tables back over, looks at whats under them
-------: Looking around in the table room, you see cow flesh thrown off of plates (it seems that's why the human is still alive... cow meat is more tender). There is an opening to a room on the right.
Saphira_Hunter looks in the other room
Decker peers in behind Saphira
-------: Moving to the end of the hallway, Decker and Saphira find an open, broken door. Inside it is dark.
Vitro stands behind Decker and Saphira, his weapon and senses ready for anything...
^Deacon_Frost^ moves up right behind Decker
^Deacon_Fr: "Well, who's afraid of the dark?"
Saphira_Hunter looks around for a torch... I know we had them with us a few minutes ago
-------: As Deacon Frost moves behind, the light from his torch enters the room.
^Deacon_Fr: "May I go first?"
-------: The gnome, in the front, passes out as Saphira catches him.
-------: As light fills the room, the sight before you makes you feel faint.
Saphira_Hunter catches the gnome
Vitro raises his thin eye brow at what it may be...
^Deacon_Frost^ calmy makes his way into the room
-------: Hard to decipher, you see a heap, lying across a larger room, ogres, or parts of them, rather, punched into the wall.
^Deacon_Frost^ slowly makes his way over to the ogres
^Deacon_Frost^ keeps the torch at a "ready to swing" position
Vitro slowly gets a smile over his face... as he follows behind Deacon, also keeping his weapon ready...
-------: What appears to have been a large set of benches, or even laboratory lies in ruin, the amazing sight of the damage on the walls bewilders you.
-------: Decker comes to.
Saphira_Hunter looks around...
Decker: Uhhhh
Vitro looks for anything with worth...
Decker: Bad dream, uhhhh, bad dream
^Deacon_Frost^ walks back to decker
^Deacon_Frost^ lightly slaps him on the face
Decker: "ooowwww"
-------: Looking around, you determine that some 12 ogres have terminated here, or at least ended up here. Everything in the lab is destroyed, glass, wood, all splintered by something.
Vitro continues to step around the gore and carnage looking for something, anything...
Saphira_Hu: "I think we should look for some real weapons and get out of here. I don't want to be here when whatever it was comes back."
Vitro turns to the others, "Thu-there's nothing here... dead ogres... something big.. duh-dunno..."
^Deacon_Fr: "Sorry for slapping you sir, I thought you were unconcious"
Decker: "I feel.... ill"
Saphira_Hu: "We will leave in a moment, and try to get somewhere safer."
-------: After some examination at the broken door, the destroyed equipment, the damaged back wall, and the mauled carcasses, you make a ghastly deduction...
-------: It appears as if someone/thing has destroyed this lab by hurling the corpses at the equipment from in the doorway!
^Deacon_Frost^ gets a very grim look on his face
Vitro coldly walks around the mess back to the rest...
^Deacon_Fr: "I think whatever was here, is definitly a force to be reckoned with"
^Deacon_Frost^ goes back into the room with the tables in it
Vitro slowly raises his hand like he did before as he gets near Decker and Deacon...
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Vitro again
^Deacon_Fr: "Yes?"
Vitro: "I thu-think that whatever has done this has done it over muh-most of the dungeon.."
Saphira_Hunter looks towards the bunks
Vitro bats his eyes left and right nervously.
Vitro: (So that other door leads somewhere else?)
^Deacon_Frost^ moves out to the hallway
-------: The bunks are undisturbed, nothing more than wood planks.
Decker leaves the lab room in a hurry when he figures out that he is still there, and moves over to the hall to look down it
Vitro follows Deacon...
-------: Across the hall , it seems a corridor has collapsed. Rubble blocks the entire way.
Saphira_Hunter moves out of the room, towards the other door
^Deacon_Frost^ goes to the door down at the end of the hall on the left
Vitro: "I thu-think the same creature who kuh-killed the ogres was the same wuh-which collapsed the hallway.."
Saphira_Hu: "Yes, Vitro, that would make sense."
Decker: "maybe the giant desided to reclaim his dinner."
Saphira_Hunter searches around to see if she can find her gear
-------: Eventually, you all discover the entire campus is deserted, or dead. Here is the whole map of what you can see (not blocked by %% rubble)
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-------: Saphira leads everyone to explore the Storage room.
Decker: (Decker goes to storage and resupplies himself with his equipment)
Vitro creeps in slowly behind Saphira...
Saphira_Hunter looks in the storage room
Vitro scans the room as he follows in behind Saphira.
-------: Inside the storage room, you seen nothing of importance, other than some of your equipment.
^Deacon_Frost^ follows behind Saphira
^Deacon_Frost^ carefully sorts the equipment till he finds his
Decker quickly reclaims his sword, pack, and shield.
Saphira_Hunter gathers up her equipment, and does an inspection to see what is missing
Vitro looks for something that he may call his own...
^Deacon_Frost^ meticulously dusts off his equipment
-------: Among the Ogre dribble, you find all your armor and weapons.
-------: ********* End Game ************

ep5Episode 5
After stocking with supplies as best they can, the party leaves the canyon. They discover the Hill Giant in the middle of the canyon, torn in two, and decide to depart quickly. Deacon Frost and Vitro seem eager to join the expedition west. Deacon Frost invites everyone to go west, stopping off at the Halfling settlement which was his original destination.
Saphira_Hu: "If the settlement is about a day away, we should be fine... maybe a little hungry, but that shouldn't hurt us."
Vitro adjusts his belt a tad, making sure his new sword is secured.
^Deacon_Fr: "I'm not sure the village will have any food to spare though.. they are having a problem with sickness..."
Sentagur: "lets go to that settlement and hunt and search water on the way"
-------: Deciding to continue on, you rise up out of the canyon. Looking about, you see the road continuing, surprisingly straight, and to the west. About you the terrain is rocky.
^Deacon_Frost^ trudges along the road
Vitro follows behind Deacon, in formable fashion.
Saphira_Hunter looks around her, as she walks
^Deacon_Frost^ keeps an eye out for any signs of huntable animals
Vitro looks at Saphira... "What is the problem?"
Saphira_Hu: "My bow was broken by the giant.. I need to find something to make another with."
-------: After two hours, the terrain changes slightly. The side of the road slopes down to the north. You cannot see the end of it as the sun is still down.
^Deacon_Frost^ yawns and adjusts his belt
Vitro is growing tired.
Vitro is developing a slight limp, as well.
-------: Each of you grow weary, from the 4 hour walk. Vitro is especially weak, from his tenure in the cell.
Saphira_Hunter looks around the area to see if she can see some place that looks good to rest
^Deacon_Frost^ looks for anything that looks like it would provide cover from the elements
Vitro stumbles from the wear.
^Deacon_Frost^ tries to help Vitro stand
Saphira_Hu: "Sent, how are you doing?"
Vitro brushes Deacon away, "I'll be fine."
Sentagur looks for anything eatable(froots or something)
-------: All you notice as a possibility, is the beginnings of a slope down fromt he north side of the road.
Saphira_Hu: "does everyone want to rest for a few minutes?"
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers some firewood
Vitro stumbles away from the rest, keeping himself distant.
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers them up
Sentagur goes to search water
^Deacon_Frost^ gets some stones to make a fire
Vitro is sweating profusely. He removes his ;eather shirt to reveal quite a maze of scars criss-crossing his back - signs of whip beatings.
Vitro ties the shirt around his waist by its sleeves.
^Deacon_Frost^ looks to see where he can possibly get some stones
^Deacon_Frost^ catches glimpse of Vitro's back
^Deacon_Fr: "What the devil? What happened to you?"
Vitro without his shirt, can be seen that he is very muscular. However, torture seems to have eternally weakened his body.
Vitro: "I fell," he says coldly.
Vitro walks away a bit from the rest, taking a rest against a nearby boulder
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Vitro
Saphira_Hunter nods to herself, and looks for a place to set her stuff down
Sentagur asks Vitro "why did they do this to you"
Saphira_Hunter looks at Sent, and sees what he is doing
Vitro goes farther away from the rest, heading towards nearby foilage.
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Vitro still keeping an eye out for small rocks to make a fire pit
^Deacon_Fr: "Vitro, wait, I want to talk to you.."
Vitro stops... and turns...
^Deacon_Fr: "Don't lie to me, you didn't fall.. those have to be whip marks.."
Vitro has a rather large brand on the shoulder of his left arm - it is of a shield divided into four parts.
-- Saphira_Hunter The reality that you haven't slept in over a day ways heavy on you.
-- Sentagur The reality that you haven't slept in over a day ways heavy on you.
Sentagur: "maybe we should not make any fire this night"
Vitro: "Some of us have a past, old man - I imagine there are skeletons in your closet you've kept hidden from this group."
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, there are, but it's my job to help people like you.."
Saphira_Hu: "I agree about not having a fire tonight. We still don't know what is out there."
Vitro: "People like *me*... don't need your help."
Vitro turns away and heads back towards the foilage.
^Deacon_Frost^ still follows him
^Deacon_Fr: "Vitro you think your the only one that has been tortured, I've been there and done that before"
Sentagur: "we should rest tomorow is an long way to be walked "
Vitro continues to ignore Deacon.
Saphira_Hunter sits watching everyone moving around, then tries to focus on the area, and what might be out there
Vitro stops and looks at nothing more than small brush.
^Deacon_Frost^ tries to cut Vitro off so he has to face him
Saphira_Hunter looks at Sentagur "I feel that we still have a long way to go today."
^Deacon_Fr: "Who did this to you anyhow?"
Vitro looks over Deacon, "There's nothing here." Coldly he says, "Let's return to the rest of the group."
Vitro turns back to the others...
^Deacon_Fr: "Why don't you help me find some rocks for the fire pit."
Vitro nods.
Sentagur: "deacon let him go he is tired like we all"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks around for possible places with medium rocks for a fire pit
Vitro goes and sits where Sentagur and Saphira have decided to make camp.
-------: About 200 feet from the road, Vitro and DF stop, the others jsut behind. You all seem tired, some from lack of sleep, others from a long stay in the caves. Small stones lie about for a fire pit.
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers up about 15 small stones for a firepit
Vitro removes his sword and shoves it into the ground. He then sets out his leather top like a blanket, and rests upon it.

The party rest for the time, making a fire, and sleeping around. After Sentagur's watch, Vitro falls asleep. Noone wakes until 4 hours afer sunrise. As the members go for water, some party members notice items missing. Some water skins are missing and a track is found, as if the axe was dragged away.

Senagur is missing his axe.
Sentagur searces the camp for any footprints
Sentagur: "has someone else lost something"
^Deacon_Fr: "Lets gather our things and follow these tracks"
Saphira_Hunter looks at the axe tracks, and follows them, quietly
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Saphira
^Deacon_Fr: "Saphira, do you have a bowl or something?"
Vitro notes, "You can see that the axe had to be dragged... whatever it was, was either small or lazy."
Sentagur: "no only my axe is gone"
Saphira_Hu: "A bowl?"
Saphira_Hunter looks for a bowl
Saphira_Hunter hands DF a bowl, and then follows the tracks again
GM-Tolman: ok, Following the tracks, you go down the slope.
^Deacon_Fr: "Who would take our things?"
Saphira_Hunter looks around her, not just at the tracks
GM-Tolman: In the full light of day, you notice you slept close to noon. All around you see a valley coming down to the north and west. The road behind you, sits atop the slop.
Vitro follows behind Saphira and Deacon, keeping his hand on sword.
Saphira_Hu: "I'm not sure, but I hope it isn't that creature that killed the giant."
^Deacon_Frost^ goes wherever the tracks go
Vitro follows behind Deacon, keeping his eyes on the tracks.
Saphira_Hunter stops for a moment, and looks around at the terrain, and at the tracks
Vitro: "I doubt a creature of that magnitude would steal an axe...)
Sentagur: " i am sure it wold not have to drag my axe over the ground if it was that creature"
Saphira_Hu: "true"
^Deacon_Frost^ puts his foot up against one of the footprints in the sand and compares size
GM-Tolman: Rather than detecting a clear footprint, you can still follow a dragging track.
GM-Tolman: There is a rocky slope about you, with bushes getting taller as the slope goes down. You thinkyou see trees far to the north and west at the bottom of a valley.
^Deacon_Frost^ picks up the pace following the tracks
Saphira_Hunter looks for a few pebbles
Saphira_Hunter collects them, and pops one in her mouth
Vitro keeps his pace slow, trailing behind the two leaders.
GM-Tolman: For 15 minutes, you follow signs of a trail, it now turns straight north, around the bank of a hill.
Sentagur folows the group
Saphira_Hunter looks to see if we still have everyone, or if someone has wandered off on his own
^Deacon_Frost^ grunts and follows the trail
Sentagur makes his bow ready
Vitro keeps his sword ready as well.
Saphira_Hunter continues following the axe trail
^Deacon_Frost^ unstraps his Morning Star
Vitro keeps his eyes locked on the surroundings to make sure nothing funny happens.
GM-Tolman: As you turn around the north face of a hill, the trail continues into a collection of bushes, small trees, and a few large boulders.
^Deacon_Fr: "This is wrong. They could be 14 miles ahead of us by now!"
GM-Tolman: Sentagur begins to stray from the trail, up the hill.
Saphira_Hu: "I hope they didn't take our stuff that long ago."
GM-Tolman: As you enter the gathering of bolders and bushes, a cliff opens before you feet.
Vitro glistens with sweat. His brown scars grow bright on his tan back.
GM-Tolman: You all stop short of the cliff. The trail disappears. A 35 ft. drop lies beforeyou.
^Deacon_Fr: "What?!"
Vitro looks over the edge...
GM-Tolman: You see a rather tame climbing wall, leading down to trees below.
Vitro turns to the others and sheaths his sword on his "shirt belt".
Vitro: "We go down."
Sentagur searches over closely th place where the trail disappears
^Deacon_Frost^ starts the descent
Vitro follows close behind, Deacon, making sure not to slip.
Sentagur goes after deacon
Saphira_Hunter looks over the cliff
Vitro quickly makes it down the cliffside.
GM-Tolman: You reach the bottom of the climb...
Vitro waits patiently for the others to get down there.
GM-Tolman: Tall trees, about 4 of them, approximatley 35 ft. high are before you.
^Deacon_Frost^ dusts himself off
Sentagur searches for the trail
Vitro continues on ahead of the others...
GM-Tolman: You do not see any trails. The only way is through the trees, so full of foliage you cannot see through their tops.
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs and heads into the trees
^Deacon_Frost^ grips his morning star a little more tightly
Vitro throws his shirt back on over top of his chest.
Vitro moves at a quicker pace than the others, moving through the foilage rather quickly.
Saphira_Hunter looks around and then follows DF
GM-Tolman: You each hear the shrill of a voice, from up above: "MINE!"
Saphira_Hunter looks up
Saphira_Hunter stops and looks up
Vitro raises an eyebrow as he looks up.
GM-Tolman: Each of you see Sentagur's axe fall from the trees, upon Decker's head. He falls down.
GM-Tolman: ***************** Game Over ************************

ep6Episode 6
Tolman: **************** GAME ON ********************
Sentagur runs to help decker
^Deacon_Frost^ pulls his mace and looks up
-------: Figure: "MY!"
-------: You see a human, or almost human, descend a tree.
Sentagur examines deckers injury and puls him out of danger(if he cant walk)
^Deacon_Frost^ waits till the human reaches the bottom and rushes him
-------: The figure comes to the bottom of the tree, as DF rushes her.
Saphira_Hunter looks at Decker and sees how badly he is injured.
-------: DF rushes the figure, as she coyly steps out of the way. He falls.
^Deacon_Frost^ grunts as he hits the ground and slides
-------: (man, noppa's no better)
-------: The figure heads over to Decker, upon the ground.
Decker lays in a heap on the ground, not moving.
Sentagur points with his short bow at the figure and speeks one more step and you need new shirt
-------: Figure: Wait. My... let me. None of this did I meant atall.
Sentagur: "why did u took our staff"
Saphira_Hunter is looking over the wounds of Decker... and I just look at the woman
-------: The figure stops.
^Deacon_Frost^ slowly tries to get to his feet
Saphira_Hunter binds Deckers wounds
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at the woman
^Deacon_Fr: "What did you attack us for?"
-------: She is human, or human-ish. About 5 feet tall, she is bald, with a cloth that covers her ashy body. Her arms almost drag the floor.
-------: The figure moves past Sentagur, up to Saphira: "Please let me amend."
Saphira_Hu: "Are you the one that dropped the axe?"
-------: "No. I threw it, that's why I want to amend."
^Deacon_Frost^ slowly walks up beside saphira and the figure
-------: The figure, looks at Decker, lying on the ground, losing blood still, and back at Saphira.
-------: You see no weapon on her.
Saphira_Hu: "Why did you throw it?"
^Deacon_Frost^ whispers to Saphira "She must be primative... lets watch her closely"
-------: "Please, allow me amend."
Decker: Decker's eyes roll back in their sockets.
Saphira_Hu: "Please do."
Sentagur picks up the axe
-------: Kneeling down, the figure places both hands over the head of the gnome.
^Deacon_Frost^ dusts his cape off and the red fades from his cheeks
-- Decker You are fully restored.
Saphira_Hu: hehehe
Decker exhales a deep breath, the pallor returning to his cheeks.
-------: The figure rises, and walks four paces away. Stopping, she lowers her head.
Sentagur asks the woman what she is doing here
Saphira_Hu: "Why did you throw the axe?"
Decker opens his eyes and looks around
^Deacon_Frost^ stands back and observes teh situation
-------: Turning, the bald figure looks at the group. "It was yours."
Saphira_Hu: "were you the one to take it?"
-------: The figure nods.
Decker: "Where am I?" "Why am I covered in blood?"
Saphira_Hu: "Decker, you found your axe. That is all."
Sentagur: "why did you take it"
Saphira_Hu: "Why did you take it?"
^Deacon_Frost^ kneels down beside Decker "Your a victim of an unfortunate accident friend"
-------: Figure: "I needed water holders"
Sentagur: "but why did you take my axe?"
-------: Ima fully regretting the whole of it.
Decker: "Huh, accident?" "where am I? Who is this?"
^Deacon_Fr: (we are missing OUR waterskins aren't we?)
Saphira_Hu: "Is there water around here?"
^Deacon_Fr: "I'll explain it later, just get up for now"
-------: Figure: "Water in the plenty, from the running river."
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at the woman "You need water holders eh? How many 'water holders' do you have now?"
Saphira_Hu: "why don't you have any holders? and where are you taking the water?"
Sentagur: "where is water there is food. we shuld find something. as long as we are here."
-------: Figure: "Many, but not enough."
-------: Figure: "You I will show."
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at the figure suspisciously "Did you get water holders at the same place you got that axe?" (said while pointing to the axe)
-------: Figure: "YOurs, I did. I wanted them mine. But you may have them."
-------: The figure walks towards the cliff.
^Deacon_Frost^ follows the figure
Sentagur follows
Saphira_Hunter follows the figure
Decker stands, still covered in his own blood
-------: In an astounding site, she steps into a crack before your eyes, into a entry you did not notice, and that only the smallest of you can enter in order to follow.
Decker follows behind the rest of his party
Sentagur fals behind to help decker
^Deacon_Frost^ looks in after her in amazement
Sentagur enters the crack
Decker: "How are the rest of you going to get in?"
^Deacon_Fr: "I'll take my chances out here thanks"
Saphira_Hu: "I don't think we can. I believe we will need to wait for you."
Decker: "Very well then."
Decker follows behind Sentagur.
-------: Sentagur and Decker, as you enter the crack, the passage is rough, and natural. No light is seen, but it soon opens to a small space, where this figure hordes her loot. It is not a large supply, but enough to live.
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Saphira "So, what is your story?"
-------: Figure: "Good, you come. Here, your water holders."
Saphira_Hunter looks quizically at DF, "My story?"
Sentagur takes the waterskin
^Deacon_Fr: "Yes, tell me a bit about yourself..."
Sentagur: "what are you doing here alone or are there any others"
Saphira_Hu: "my services were required by the Lord Dak and Lady Dawn, and so here I am. What about you?"
Decker takes a good look around.
-------: Figure:"No others. Hipped here, alone."
^Deacon_Fr: "I am devoted to the godess Rhea, I have been my entire life..."
Decker: "Why no others"
Saphira_Hu: "Your whole life has been mapped out for you, correct?"
-------: Figure: "Why others? I was hipped here alone."
^Deacon_Fr: "Yes, hasn't yours?"
Sentagur: "why did you need our watersknis if there is enough water around here"
-------: "It is not close."
Saphira_Hu: "no, mine hasn't, or if it has, then fate changed it."
-------: "And I can not go to the running waters by day."
Decker: "Why can't you go by day?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Interesting"
-------: Figure: "The light in this place... burns me good."
^Deacon_Fr: "Have you been a campanion to these fellows your whole life?"
Saphira_Hu: "No, we have just met up."
Decker: "So the light hurts you?"
-------: "Hurts me soddin' good."
Decker: "So that is why you live here then."
^Deacon_Fr: "How were you captured by those beasts?"
-------: "Reminds me of home."
Sentagur: "where are you from"
-------: Figure: "We can go, no?" She moves over to a corner, and picks up what must be a worm and eats it.
-------: The figure heads out the passage.
-------: DF and Saphira see the figure appear again, almost from nowhere.
Decker follows the figure giving Sentagur a quizzical look as he does.
Sentagur takes one last look and follows them
^Deacon_Frost^ agains stares at the point she came from
Saphira_Hunter looks at them
-------: The figure turns, to look especially at Decker. "Made to walk good, a real stone cutter weren't you?"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Decker and Sentagr "Did you get them?"
Decker: "Yes, my kind are good stone cutters"
Sentagur gives back the waterskins to their owners
-------: The figure giggles, voice still strange with a shrill, speaking common, though strange enough, "Cutter, good to meet you."
Saphira_Hu: "Can you tell us where the water is?"
-------: Figure: "Cutter, you should see me home someday. Suit you it would."
Decker: "I would like that"
-------: The figure turns to Saphira, and points to the north. Her LONG arms amaze you.
Sentagur asks the womanif sh knows something abot the ogre base to the east and what happend to them
-------: Figure: "Ogirbash?"
Sentagur: "nevermind"
Saphira_Hu: "The ogres"
-------: Figure: "Theogris?"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at the sun
-------: The sun is hidden by the shade of the trees and the cliff.
Saphira_Hu: "ogres"
Sentagur: "ogres teh big ugly hairy stupid beasts"
-------: "Ima no rube, anda I seen many big uglies, especially with hair. But no ogres."
-------: The figure walks towards the trees.
Decker watches
-------: The figure stops below a tree, and begins mindlessly scraping under the leaves, at the roots.
Sentagur asks her what is she doing
-------: Figure: "Justa hunting. For the slimy ones. They hides under the leaves."
Sentagur: "good hunt then"
^Deacon_Fr: "Grubs.."
-------: Figure: "Yes, grubs."
-------: Figure: "You like grubs, Cutter?"
Sentagur asks her if she had seen anyone else passing by beside of us
Decker: "Um, not really"
Decker: "I like roots better"
-------: Figure: "Not pass."
-------: Figure: "Roots don't wiggle."
^Deacon_Frost^ glances around a bit impatiently
^Deacon_Fr: "There are people suffering, shouldn't we be getting on our way now?"
-------: The figure stands, as if to notice her formerly forgotten company.
Sentagur: "we should first visit the river refill our water skins ad find some food"
^Deacon_Fr: "Lets go then"
Sentagur is also for leaving if anyone doesn't have something better to do
^Deacon_Fr: "Let's go."
Decker waves good-bye to the grub eater"
-------: Figure: "Leaving?"
^Deacon_Frost^ heads off to the north, towards the river
^Deacon_Frost^ stops briefly
^Deacon_Fr: "yes, we have some people we must help... would you lead us to the river?"
-------: Figure: "What people? Close to the river, yes."
Sentagur: "what is your name"
^Deacon_Frost^ says "UUmmm, Shot people.. like him..but different" and then points to Decker
-------: Figure: "I am a poor soul, out of touch, it seems."
-------: Figure: "Ima Berk"
^Deacon_Fr: "What do you mean by 'out of touch'?"
-------: The figure looks at Decker, "Ah, like those up river?"
Sentagur: "where are you from"
Decker: "What ones up the river?"
-------: Figure: "Far away, I suppose."
-------: Figure: "The ones about your size, Cutter"
Decker: "What did they look like?"
-------: Berk: "Bigger than you, rounder."
Decker points to Sentagur "like him?"
-------: Berk: "er... yes and no"
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs and gets an urgent look in his eyes

The group follows Berk, as he leads them north, to a ridge over which lies a river.

Decker: "Thank you for your help"
^Deacon_Fr: "Thank you"
-------: "May you have a good ride!"
^Deacon_Frost^ bows down low to Berk
^Deacon_Frost^ stands and starts walking north
-------: "And if ever you want to see my home, and the pass is cleared, come see me again!"
Decker: "ok"
Sentagur: "be carefull there is a best outsde here somwhere"
-------: "I would love to show it to you, Cutter. To all of you. If the pass would clear..."
-------: The figure you call Berk scurries to the east, along the ridge.
^Deacon_Frost^ continues his advance to the river
-------: You ascend the ridge.
Sentagur after a short break continues to walk in the direckion Berk showed
-------: As you peak the ridge, looking back, you can see the other side of the valley, just a quarter mile across, surrounded by a ridge. It is an oasis, in otherwise rocky terrain. In front of you, down a small slop lies a river.
^Deacon_Frost^ observes to see which direction the river is running
-------: The river before you runs from west to east, not too strong.
^Deacon_Frost^ moves quietly up to the side of the river looking for animals along the way
Decker gazes across the terrain
Saphira_Hunter moves to the side of the river, and looks the water
-------: The rocky terrain is barren. The water moves slowly from west to east. It is clear, and contains life.
Saphira_Hunter takes a drink the water
-------: The water feels refreshing
^Deacon_Frost^ fills up his wineskin with water
^Deacon_Fr: "Can any of you fish?"
Decker takes a sip from the water also.
Decker: "Yuck, fish"
Decker shudders
Sentagur refills his waterskin also and drinks some of the water
^Deacon_Fr: "I am forbidden to use bladed weapons, so one of you must find a way to catch the fish... unless one of you has a net"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, but we need food."
Sentagur trys to grab deacon on his clothes
-------: Pondering the predicament, you see that to the west, the rocks, cliffs, ledges that seem to surround the river will make travel slow.
Saphira_Hunter looks to see what kind of fish there are
^Deacon_Fr: "I was thinking that this river runs west... the halfling establishment runs west also"
^Deacon_Fr: "I think this is the river that runs through the halfling establishment"
Saphira_Hunter looks for something to use to spear a fish
-------: Saphira realizes the trees just over the ridge has some straight branches.
Saphira_Hu: "That is good, DF... we should follow the river... after we get some food"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks for the biggest fish he can find
Decker: Lets hunt along the way and save some time
Saphira_Hunter goes over to trees and gets a branch to use as a spear
^Deacon_Fr: "One moment, I have an idea.."
-------: Finding a good spear, Saphira begins to hunt the fish.
*^Deacon_Fr I want to wade in the river if I must, find the biggest fish I can and cast hold person on it, then pick it up and carry it to shore
-------: DF wades into the water, and Saphira begins spearing.
-------: In ten minutes, Saphira brings in 2 good size fish.
Saphira_Hu: "Can someone skin these?"
Decker looks at the fish. I think I can cook them, but skinning them might be a different story.
Saphira_Hu: "Can you start a fire then, so that we can cook these?"
Decker: Sure, it might take a little bit, but it's possible.
Decker starts working on assembling fire materials.
-------: Decker, gets wood from over the ridge, and starts a fire as Saphira continues fishing.
Sentagur: "i think we shouldn't wait too long here there are people who need us in that village"
*^Deacon_Fr like wrap it in my cape and carry it to shore
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You have no fish.
Decker: "we will serve them no good purpose if we can't survive to arrive."
^Deacon_Frost^ wades back to shore and falls on his back on the ground
-------: Saphira brings in 2 more fish in 10 minutes. Deacon Frost finally comes out of the water, and Sentagur looks west.
-------: Pondering the predicament, you see that to the west, the rocks, cliffs, ledges that seem to surround the river will make travel slow.
^Deacon_Frost^ sits up and puts his hands on his face
Decker: "something the matter?"
^Deacon_Frost^ mumbles lightly and sits in silence with a disturbed look on his face
Decker: Sulking about your problems will not help solve them, but sharing them might.
^Deacon_Fr: "Rhea has forgotten me.."
Decker: Do not be so sure that your god has forgotten you.
^Deacon_Fr: "Then why does she not let me use my talents anymore?"
Decker: What affects those that weave the magic of wizardry also affects those that serve the gods.
-------: The fish cooks.
^Deacon_Frost^ shakes his head. "Surely Rhea wouldn't let this happen.."
Decker: Mayhaps that is your purpose, to stop this from happening.
^Deacon_Fr: "Maybe..."
Sentagur turns the fish to see if it is finished
^Deacon_Frost^ gets up on his knees and starts praying
Decker: though I will not be the one who will be able to tell you if that is such.
-------: The fish well-cleaned, well-cooked, and well-eaten, you seem ready to continue on, and wonder how to do so.
^Deacon_Frost^ silently gathers his things and looks ready to head out
^Deacon_Frost^ mumbles "West.."
Sentagur looks around for the best way to procide west
-------: Westward, no way looks hospitable to foot travel.
Decker: Looks like we may have to climb.
Decker: Or float down the river.
Saphira_Hu: how about if we make a raft or a boat?
^Deacon_Frost^ silently scuffs at the dirt about 10' from the party
-------: Remembering the ample supply of trees over the ridge, Decker and Saphira think of building a craft.
Decker glances over towards Sentagur's axe and then to the trees, and gets an "idea"
Saphira_Hunter starts getting some wood to create a craft.
They all follow suit. The task: to construct a raft, and pole up to the halfling settlement.

ep7Episode 7
Poling upstream, the group is attacked by two Water Trolls. In the battle, Decker kills one, but is halued off by the other, never seen again.
With an arrow shooting into his thigh, the troll swims on, out of sight, the fate of your companion seemingly sealed.
^Deacon_Frost^ curses
Saphira_Hunter tries to swim faster to catch up
-------: The waters seems to grow still and steady once again, the enemy long gone.
^Deacon_Frost^ gets to the boat and starts paddling it in the direction the Troll went
Sentagur is helping Deacon
^Deacon_Frost^ yells to saphira "Get on the raft.... you'll never catch him.."
Saphira_Hunter stops and catches her breath
^Deacon_Frost^ tries his best to dry off his armor so it doesn't get rusty
*Saphira_Hu Saphira_Hunter turns back to the group
-------: You see the two poles floating towards the raft.
^Deacon_Frost^ picks up the poles
Saphira_Hunter swims back to the raft
Saphira_Hu: "Anyone have any ideas what those were?"
-------: All on the raft, held steady in the stream, you ponder what to do.
^Deacon_Fr: "Shall we try to continue upstream to find the town?"
Saphira_Hu: "Did you want to go upstream to find it or downstream? down would be much easier"
Saphira_Hu: "We will need to stop soon anyway, since it will be dark, and I don't trust the waters"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Saphira "Wasn't he a friend of yours. Shouldn't you be praying for him now? I have no care what we do.. I don't care anymore.."
Saphira_Hunter looks at DF "Why do you not care anymore? There are always things to care about."
Sentagur: " i am for searching for Decker first"
^Deacon_Fr: "NO! There is nothing left to care about. Everything is gone. Just make a descision on the fate of the party soon please..."
-------: You hear something hitting the front of the raft.
^Deacon_Frost^ cautiously looks over the side
Saphira_Hu: "uh oh."
Saphira_Hunter tentatively looks over
-------: Looking over the side, you see the corpse of the dead humanoid drifting lifeless under the raft.
Sentagur looks in the direction of the sound
Saphira_Hunter moves to grab the humanoid and pull it onto the raft
^Deacon_Frost^ frowns and turns to the rest of the party
-------: SH begins pulling the HEAVY creature up.
Sentagur: "dont maybe it is an desease"
Saphira_Hunter turns its head up so that I can see it...
-------: The figure, half on the raft, does not seem to have any possesions, or even much clothing upon it.
Sentagur: "are we going to the town or to search for Decker"
^Deacon_Frost^ sits indian style in the center of the raft, moping
-------: Its frame appears thin and frail, but it evidently possessed surprising strength. ITs arms and legs are long and ungainly. The legs end in great three-toed feet, the arms in wide, powerful hands with sharpened claws. Its rubbery hide is colored a moss green.
-------: Letting go the useless corpse, realizing the uselessness of searching for thier lost companion, the group poles on upstream with an hour of light left.
^Deacon_Frost^ keeps an depressed look on his face
Saphira_Hunter tries to go faster
-------: The scenery changes slightly. Or, rather than changes, it is added to. the rocky rolling surface around becomes covered with occassional greenery, until eventually you see grassy hills ahead.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You see what must be the Halfling settlement about 10 minutes ahead.
Sentagur looks for the place where from the travell to land is possible
Saphira_Hu: "DF, do you know where this village is located? what we should be looking for to know we are close?"
^Deacon_Frost^ points a finger ahead and says in a monotonous tone "It's right up there..."
^Deacon_Fr: "Maybe ten minutes.."
Saphira_Hunter nods, and continues
^Deacon_Fr: "Those poor men and women, expecting relief and all I can give them is a compliment at best.."
Saphira_Hu: "What were they expecting you to bring them?"
-------: As you follow DF's finger, you see just a couple signs of civilization off to the right (east) of the stream: a well and a water bunker.
^Deacon_Fr: "Healing, food, warmth.... hope.."
*Saphira_Hu Do I notice anything under the water as we keep going upstream?
Saphira_Hu: "you can still bring them healing, correct?
*Saphira_Hu good
^Deacon_Fr: "Have you forgotten that I can't use my powers anymore? Rhea has taken them away remember.."
^Deacon_Fr: "Or at least she makes me feel terrible for trying to use them.."
Sentagur: "we could also try to find the source of their problems and eliminate IT instaed"
-------: As you arrive closer, you see a makeshift dock, combined with a pulley bridge, all before the river takes a sharp turn east, just beyond the hills of the village.
Saphira_Hunter agrees with Sent
^Deacon_Frost^ grumbles a little bit and continues sitting in his depressed style
-------: A halfing female comes to the dock, another halfing, a male, not far behind her.
*** Tolman is now known as Fern_Halfmoon
^Deacon_Frost^ points to the dock as if to indicate "Lets go over there"
Saphira_Hunter waves in a friendly manner to the halflings
Fern_Halfm: I am Fern, well met indeed, from where have you come? And to where are you going?
Sentagur: "hello we are here to try to help you"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, we are going to TRY and help..."
Fern_Halfm: "You have come to us as an end? But you are not halflings...?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Is anyone ill or in need of healing here?"
Fern_Halfm: "Ill indeed."
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
^Deacon_Fr: "Take me to them, perhaps Rhea will allow me to help them..."
Fern_Halfm: "Please, come ashore from your... uh, vessel."
Sentagur: "how long is this illness here!?"
Saphira_Hunter gives DF a hard look, then turns to Fern "we will help how we can"
Fern_Halfm: "Not just an illness, a curse. Come, we will talk. I'll take you to our steward. And meet my friend..."
Fern_Halfmoon points to the other halfling, now at the waters edge as well.
Saphira_Hunter helps to move the raft to the land
Kern_Balar: Greetings, I am Kern. A pleasure I am sure.
^Deacon_Frost^ steps onto the deck (assuming he wasn't there already) and moves over to the halfling at the waters edge
Saphira_Hu: "Hello, Kern"
^Deacon_Fr: "Hail"
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs a deep sigh again
^Deacon_Fr: "May we please be allowed to see the ill ones?"
Sentagur asks the halfling if he knows something about the green water creatures
Kern_Balar: "Is something wrong with your friend there? His heart seems heavy."
Kern_Balarin looks at DF
Saphira_Hu: "yes, his heart is heavy. We have had a long journey."
Fern_Halfm: "Mister Dwarf, they are Water Trolls, I am guessing to what you refer. Wet death, if they catch you."
^Deacon_Frost^ holds his frown
Fern_Halfm: "Come, all of you, bring your things."
Saphira_Hu: "We have noticed that. They have a companion of ours."
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers what little things he has and follows Fern
Saphira_Hunter gathers her items, and follows
Sentagur: "can you tell me something about them or where they are comming from"
Fern_Halfmoon turns back, looking at Saphira, before heading away from the river, "Then he has known the wet death."
^Deacon_Frost^ shifts the mace on his belt
Kern_Balar: "I hope for his sake that your friend did not meet such a fate"
Fern_Halfm: Walking towards what you thought was a well, you notice a complex water routing system. all around are hills, small and round, many with holes and doors.
^Deacon_Fr: "I'm sure he did, what stops a troll from killing him?"
Sentagur follows the group
Saphira_Hu: "We are hoping the same thing actually. Do you know where they call their home?"
Fern_Halfm: "Perhaps being full? I would not wish for it long, though."
Fern_Halfm: "They live under the waters."
Fern_Halfm: You see a couple halflings peer out their doors, but none others come to greet you.
Saphira_Hu: "are their caves or anything that they stay in when not searching for food?"
Saphira_Hunter looks at the houses as we pass them, and at the area in general
Fern_Halfm: "Come, into my home."
Kern_Balarin watches this group unsure of their intentions.
^Deacon_Frost^ keeps his eyes on the path, never deviating, obviously in deep thought
Saphira_Hunter follows Farn
Saphira_Hunter follows Fern
Fern_Halfmoon leads you into a doorway of a hill, down a short hallway into a sitting room. She sits.
Sentagur sits also
Saphira_Hu: "Can you tell us what this curse is that you were talking about earlier?"
Fern_Halfm: "Kerny, what do you think of an elf, a dwarf, and a human, all travelling here?"
^Deacon_Frost^ stands with his sholders straight, still not changing his frown
Kern_Balar: "I think it is rather unusual, even for a dwarf and an elf to travel together, not to mention all 3 of you travelling together.
Fern_Halfm: "Manners, me. Names. Surely, first we must have names."
^Deacon_Fr: "Deacon Frost is my name"
Sentagur: "I am Sentagur"
Fern_Halfm: "And I am Fern Halfmoon, at your service."
Saphira_Hu: "I am Saphira"
Fern_Halfmoon sticks a stiff elbow in the other halfling's side.
Kern_Balar: "Kern Balarin, also at your service"
Kern_Balar: "ouch"
Fern_Halfm: "Saphira, the curse lingers from what drove out our mothers and fathers so many decades ago."
Saphira_Hu: "Please explain more. I know nothing of this area."
^Deacon_Fr: "It probably is not a curse, more likely a disease that pluages this area.. please let me see them now.."
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs and looks harshly at Saphira
Kern_Balarin watches Deacon Frost's expressions.
Saphira_Hunter gives DF a look that says "what did I say" and then looks back at Fern
Fern_Halfm: "This was an age old halfling countryside, but many decades ago, a curse came. It was an evil presence, inside the village. From what we younger ones understand, it was in a homestead of our town shaman. He disappeared, and then strange things arose from his hole.
^Deacon_Frost^ crosses his arms across his chest and taps his foot in an impatient manner
Sentagur: "why did he disappear ? and was he ever found?"
Saphira_Hu: "What kind of strange things?"
Fern_Halfm: "And all who entered, never returned. Our parents ignored the home, on the outskirts of the village, but the curse of fear overtook them, and all abandonded KathaHills for the QuarterKingdom."
Fern_Halfm: "No, never was he found."
Saphira_Hu: "Other homes have been overtaken by this 'curse'?"
Fern_Halfm: "No, the evil presence is gone."
Fern_Halfm: "The old shaman homehole lies in ruins, caved in."
^Deacon_Fr: "I have other pressing matters to attend to, now may I please see those who are ill?"
Fern_Halfm: "But our parents say that the evil presence hasn't left this world, it has moved to the west, to plague the treants."
Saphira_Hu: "If the evil presence is gone, then how it the curse still around?
*Kern_Balar Well well well that explains the "tree vision"
Fern_Halfm: "OUr ills, Mister Frost, are hardship and insecurity."
Kern_Balar: "and water trolls"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we met those ones. They weren't very hospitable either."
^Deacon_Fr: "Then why did I come here? I thought that you had diseases that needed to be cured.."
Fern_Halfm: "We do, those who catch it leave, but some remain. We have two ill at Kopel's hole.
Fern_Halfm: "Deacon, they suffer from the bite of the GateTags. I will bring you to them."
^Deacon_Fr: "Thank you.."
Saphira_Hu: "the gatetags?"
Fern_Halfm: "Yes, one of the strange creatures that came long ago, little slugs, passing disease, burrowed into all our nice homeholes."
Kern_Balar: "they are most unpleasant, especially when you find one in your bed"
Sentagur: "is there anything i can do to help out Deacon frost"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, maybe, just follow me.."
^Deacon_Fr: "Can we go now?"
Fern_Halfm: "Let me take you all to an empty homehole."
Fern_Halfmoon stands, and goes out the home.
Saphira_Hu: "Is this one with those creatures in it?"
^Deacon_Frost^ follows
Sentagur follows Deacon Frost
Fern_Halfmoon points at the door, two holes over, "This family left nay 2 months ago. You can stay there."
Kern_Balarin joins Fern
Saphira_Hunter follows Fern
^Deacon_Fr: "Thank you.."
Fern_Halfm: "Deacon, come with me. Kern, can you show them into the hole?"
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Kern
Kern_Balar: "If you would please join me, I'll show you around"
Fern_Halfmoon and DF walk off.
Kern_Balar: "Just be wary to watch your heads as you enter."
Sentagur follows Deacon Frost
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ In here is the home where the two ill children are. So many have had to leave from being infested by the GateTags. Several have died."
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ walks up to the ill child and lays a hand over his/her forehead, for once his eyes turn soft and he shows sympathy
Saphira_Hunter follows around
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Taking you into see the children, you are moved.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Little girl: "Hi Ferny *cough*"
Kern_Balar: Fortunately this homehole should have enough room for you all to at least be comfortable. I'm sorry the bedding is not larger for you tall folk though."
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ stands beside the little girl "May I take a look at you to see if I can help?"
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Fern nods. The little children smile.
Kern_Balar: "There may even be some food left in the cupboards if you find yourselves getting hungry.
Saphira_Hu: "thank you for your kindness"
Kern_Balar: "Your welcome"
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ takes a look at one of the children to see what her symptoms are, and to see if he can help her
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ She might have a disease. they both seem week.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ weak, rather.
Saphira_Hunter looks around and gets comfy in the house... looking around at what all is left
Kern_Balar: "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
-- Saphira_Hunter You find a couples cakes in the cupboard.
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ mumbles something too himself
*Saphira_Hu anything else?
*^Deacon_Fr Cure Disease
*^Deacon_Fr on one of the little children
Saphira_Hu: "no, that will be all for me. I'm not sure of the others in my party."
-- Saphira_Hunter some bowls and implements
*^Deacon_Fr say a prayer before casting
*^Deacon_Fr concentrate totally
Saphira_Hu: "Actually, can you tell me anything about the water trolls?"
Kern_Balar: "What do you want to know?"
Saphira_Hu: "Anything about them at all. I know nothing about them except what I saw today."
*^Deacon_Fr 3
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Little Girl: "Ferny! My mouth is not dry anymore."
Kern_Balar: Well what I know of them is that they are similar to trolls that live on land, but that they live in the water.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Your spell feels succesful.
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ smiles brightly
Kern_Balar: Also they are very violent when they get hungry
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ mumbles "Rhea has not forgotten me.."
Saphira_Hu: "Do you know if they live somewhere in particular, I mean when they aren't scavanging for food."
Saphira_Hu: "I can't imagine them living under a bridge or something like that."
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ looks over at Fern and says "I can not attempt to heal the other one till I rest for a while.."
Kern_Balar: "A bridge? No nothing like that. As Fern said, they live in caves under the water"
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ Then come, rest for the nigth.
Saphira_Hu: "Do you know where the caves are?"
Kern_Balar: All I know is that they live under the water somewhere.
Saphira_Hu: "How long ago was it what your shaman disappeared?"
*^Deacon_Fr "Alright"
*^Deacon_Fr ^Deacon_Frost^ smiles brightly and follows Fern
Kern_Balar: It has been many years now, before I came here.
Saphira_Hu: "What brought you here?"
Fern_Halfm: The group reassembles in their temp homehole.
Kern_Balar: My family wished to settle here. I desided to join them, in order to help speed things along for them.
Saphira_Hu: "That is good of you."
Fern_Halfm: "Well, I will leave you, that you may rest from your journey. I will come in the morning."
Kern_Balar: "It is a trifle bit dull though"
^Deacon_Frost^ grins
Sentagur: "How many People live in this village"
Fern_Halfm: "You can meet all the others tomorrow, we are only 15 now. "
*Kern_Balar 20 or so?
Fern_Halfm: "pardon, but they stay in as the light falls."
*Kern_Balar nevermind
Fern_Halfm: "Kerny, I'm going home. See you tommorrow."
Kern_Balar: "good night Fern
Fern_Halfmoon leaves.
*** Fern_Halfmoon is now known as Tolman
Saphira_Hunter looks at her companions
Sentagur looks back
Saphira_Hu: "What did you find out about this area?"
Saphira_Hu: "Is there anything we can do?"
Kern_Balar: "Well, if you don't have any more questions of me, I too will leave for the night"
Saphira_Hu: "Thank you, Kern. You have been very helpful."

The party retires for the evening, in strange, short beds. They feel secure, safe. But are they?
*************** GAME OVER ******************


ep8Episode 8
The group meets Fern Halfmoon at the door of their homehole in the morning. Suddently, a bell rings off in the distance.
Fern_Halfm: "No!"
Fern_Halfmoon begins to weep.
Sentagur: "what is this"
Kern_Balarin looks confused.
Fern_Halfm: "Kern, that death bell must be for Rusty."
Fern_Halfm: "He must be dying."
Sentagur: "can someone answer me "
Sentagur: "deacon can u do something"
Kern_Balar: "Poor poor Rusty"
Fern_Halfmoon looks at the Deacon, "The little boy, who was with the girl you helped last night. He is dying."
Sentagur: "what happend to him"
Fern_Halfm: "The Gatetags got him. He has the disease."
^Deacon_Fr: "Well... I can go help him.."
Sentagur: "deacon can u DO something"
^Deacon_Fr: "Show me too him at once.."
Fern_Halfm: "Come"
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Fern
Fern_Halfmoon leads the group out the door, towards a hill 100 yards away.
Sentagur folows Deacon and fren
Fern_Halfm: Arriving at the hole into the hill, you all follow Fern deep inside.
^Deacon_Fr: "Fern... is the boy concious?"
Fern_Halfm: You see a little child, barely alive, shivering, a old lady nearby.
^Deacon_Frost^ 's eyes instantly tear up seeing the little child
^Deacon_Frost^ takes long strides over to the child
Fern_Halfm: "Mother, is he?"
Sentagur: "deacon can u help him"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yes... I hope.."
Kern_Balarin watches in silence
Madam_Half: "This is his last breath."
^Deacon_Frost^ examines the child quickly
^Deacon_Fr: "Then I must hurry.."
Madam_Halfmoon looks straight at DF, "Who are you, human?"
^Deacon_Frost^ closes his eyes
Madam_Half: "This the one that helped Sandy? and not Rusty?"
^Deacon_Fr: "I am Deacon Frost, follower of Rhea... savior of the sick and poor.."
Madam_Half: "Savior of every other sick, so it seems."
^Deacon_Fr: "I cannot heal everyone at the same time as much as I would like too.. now please let me continue.."
Madam_Half: The child is fading fast.
^Deacon_Frost^ lays his hands on the child and casts cure disease
Madam_Half: In a less than dramatic fashion, the last breath you saw the boy take, was indeed his last.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You feel repressed, magically speaking.
Madam_Halfmoon allows one tear to fall.
Madam_Half: "Fern, dear, tend to his body."
Madam_Halfmoon stands.
^Deacon_Frost^ is shocked
^Deacon_Frost^ falls to his knees and puts his face in his hands
Kern_Balarin turns his back on the dead.
Madam_Half: "My Ferny tells me you've been asking 'bout the wizard. Why do you speak of such vile treachery? You come feigning the same magic that destroyed our settlement over 100 years ago.
Kern_Balarin holds back the tears
^Deacon_Frost^ is still on the ground weeping
Madam_Half: Translation: I don't like y'all asking about the wizard. it upsets me to think about it. His magic was the ruin of our village, and now you come trying to use magic just like he... so I am obviously uncomfortable with it.
^Deacon_Frost^ sits on the ground, and scoots over to a corner where he sits emotionless
Sentagur: "if everything was alright with the magic this boy could be saved and so could mba many other . i mayself dont trust in magic wery much but i am on the mission to find out what is dsturbing it "
Kern_Balar: "What is this mission you speak of"
Sentagur: "so if u know anything tell us that could help us make this village safe again "
Madam_Halfmoon listens.
Sentagur tells Kern about the mission
Kern_Balarin listens
Madam_Halfmoon seems interested to hear about the disturbance in magic throughout the outlands. She wonders how is might relate to their initial troubles.
Madam_Half: "Come outside with me, all of you."
Madam_Halfmoon exits.
Sentagur folows
^Deacon_Frost^ stays
Sentagur goes back to help deacon up and then folows the woman
Madam_Half: Fern to DF: "Sir, you cannot stay here. It is a tomb for the dead, not the living."
^Deacon_Fr: "I might as well be dead.. I'm not worth the skin that covers me.."
^Deacon_Frost^ slowly stands and walks out
Sentagur: "deacon it is not your fault it is because something is disturbing the magic even this of the gods"
Madam_Halfmoon looks at DF, "You might be. Saving yourselves would be good as well. You have the bite."
Sentagur: (he has what)
Madam_Half: As you follow the aged halfling's eyes, you notice a mark inside your arm (much like a needle track of those heroin drugees on some movie.)
Kern_Balarin shows a expression of horror.
Madam_Half: "You should not have stayed here. Perhaps it will not affect larger folk such as yourselves."
^Deacon_Fr: "What is the bite?"
Madam_Half: "All of us here, have it."
Madam_Half: "Why do you ask of the wizard?"
^Deacon_Frost^ examines his bite..
Sentagur: "We want to know eanything that could help us neutrelize the curse and restore the magic in this land"
Madam_Half: "Well, all I can say, is that his magic lead to our destruction."
Madam_Half: "He spoke of another land, and then one night, there was a dazzle in the sky, and we never saw him again."
Madam_Half: "The wizard's hole, was... changed. It didn't go into his hill anymore. It went... some place else. Creatures emerged, the plague of the Gatetag worms increased, and we all fled to quarterkingdom."
Madam_Half: "The wizard's old hill is collapsed now. The hole is gone."
Madam_Half: "We should have nver had a shaman in KathaHills to begin with. It ain't natural."
Kern_Balar: Why doesn't somebody plug up the wizard's hill so nothing can get out.
Madam_Half: "Silly youngling, Kern. The hill is no more. When we returned, it was destroyed. But I believe the same problem is among the Treants to the west. Trouble resumes, always it seems."
Sentagur describes berk to madam halfmoon and asks her: "did u see a creture like this before"
Madam_Half: "If you are questing to find trouble. You will find it there."
Madam_Halfmoon ponders Sentagur's question. "Might be, perhaps not. But certainly the kinda thing we did see."
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs and gazes off into la la land
Madam_Half: "Animals, but not real animals. And people, but not right people. No halflings, or goodly gnomes, or stallworth dwarves. No humans or elves. Creatures more like it. But we've not a seen that since we returned."
Sentagur: "is it the one of the cretures that came from wizards hole"
Madam_Half: "I can't say, sir. But could've been. many a year ago."
Madam_Half: "And most of the creature came at night, so we took to our holes at night."
Sentagur: "do u think those worm things and the water trolls came from wizards hole too"
Madam Halfmoon: "In the beginning... there was a happy halfling village. It had a town shaman/wizard. One day, his home changed, and the wizard was never seen again. Instead, creatures emerged from the hill hole."
Madam_Half: "The GateTags came from there for certain. No trolls."
Sentagur: " deakon , maybe if berk comes from the seme place like those worm thing she also could know the cure"
Madam_Halfmoon hands Deacon Frost a pouch: "Here, this tallyleaf helps fight off the plague from the GateTags."
^Deacon_Frost^ takes the pouch
Kern_Balar: "this Berk creature knows the cure to Gatetag illness?"
Sentagur tells madam halfmoon about berk and his teory
Madam_Half: "Well, I never spoke to anything that came from the wizard's hole. I can tell you, if you are looking for the source of the trouble. Seek the treants place in the west."
Madam_Half: "Kern, if it could help the settlement, perhaps you should go with them. Only a couple of you are young and strong enough to go."
^Deacon_Fr: "We don't need any help.."
Sentagur tells madam halfmoon where we met berk and asks her if she knows a better wasy than the river
Madam_Half: "The river is dangerous."
Kern_Balar: I'd be happy to help.
Kern_Balarin smiles
^Deacon_Frost^ grumbles
^Deacon_Fr: "I don't suppose there is any way of talking you out of coming is there?"
Kern_Balar: "Nope, no way at all."
Sentagur: "deacon we need some one who knows the ways around here"
Sentagur: "do u know the ways KERN"
Madam_Half: "Well, Kern has never seen the treants, but he should know where they are."
^Deacon_Fr: "Fine then.."
Kern_Balar: Besides, you might need somebody with you who can translate the local language.
Kern_Balarin smiles again
Sentagur: "what is treants"
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
Kern_Balar: Trees that can talk.
Madam_Half: "Kern, you've been so restless here, anyway. Go with them. You have my blessing, in honor of your mother. Save your people, if you can."
Madam_Half: (hello, dgreenbean. Game in progress)
Kern_Balar: "Thank you Madam Halfmoon."
Sentagur: "cool i mean interesting"
Madam_Half: "Kern, take them now. Make sure they have provisions. We have many ponies. Let them each ride."
^Deacon_Fr: "We gonna ride ponies?"
Kern_Balar: "They are a little big for ponies don't you think?"
Madam_Half: "The would-be healer seems so. Let him try. Have a safe journey. We will await news."
Madam_Halfmoon returns to the hole to tend to the dead.
Kern_Balar: And good news I hope to return with
^Deacon_Frost^ sullenly follows whoever is leading
-------: Around a few hills, you see a couple dozen ponies corraled.
Sentagur folows Kern on his new ponie
^Deacon_Frost^ looks speculativly at the ponies
^Deacon_Fr: "No way. their too small.."
-------: Each of you finds a suitable steed, except DF. The largest pony, stands before him as he tries to mount.
Kern_Balarin laughes
^Deacon_Frost^ glares at Kern
Sentagur grins but manages to keep it down
-------: As DF mounts, his feet hardly leave the ground. He is on, but unsteady.
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
^Deacon_Fr: "I don't like ponies.. why can't you people ride normal horses.."
Kern_Balar: Because there is too much horse for us.
-------: With Saphira's and DF's pack on a spare pony, you are ready to head out.
Sentagur makes his equipment safe on the back of his ponie and waits for Kern to lead
Kern_Balarin leads on
^Deacon_Frost^ follows
-------: As the party heads to the river, you approach the river bridge pulley. It is big enough for two ponies at a time.
Kern_Balarin leads the way across the bridge, checking his equipment along the way.
Sentagur waits for all to get over the bridge and then follows hiself
-------: All across, you head out, towards the road, as you hear shouting behind you.
Fern_Halfm: "Kern!!"
Fern_Halfm: "Where are you going!"
Sentagur stops and turns arounfd
Kern_Balarin stops
^Deacon_Frost^ stops
Fern_Halfmoon shouts from the other side of the river, "You are leaving!?!"
Kern_Balar: "yes"
Fern_Halfmoon nods.
Kern_Balar: "I must go, for the good of our people, so people like Rusty don't die anymore"
Fern_Halfm: "Then go swift. We shall play housebreak again when you return."
Fern_Halfmoon turns to leave.
Kern_Balarin rides on
-------: The group heads to the road for a couple hours as the surrounding hills return to the rocky terrain that has become so familiar.
Upon reaching the road, the group, with its new Halfling, turn to follow it west. Will they ever discover where their quest should lead?


ep9Episode 9
In this episode, the group journeys west downt the road. When the road turns north, they continue west, heading for the forest in the distance. Camping on the edge of the forest, Deacon Frost wanders in to inspect a strange glow and is attacked by wolves. In the morning, they continue into the forest, a group with no direction.
-------- It is morning.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ looks around
-------- The forest, your destination, lies in the west on the horizon. You are now several hours journey from the road you left as it turned south.
* Saphira_Hunter looks around her as we journey
* Sentagur watches for tracks
-------- The ponies stand ready for their burdens once more, except for DF's.
* Kern_Balarin looks unconcerned
* ^Deacon_Frost^ pets his pony
* Kern_Balarin is wearing a tunic, pants, and no shoes.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ is wearing a mace at his side, a set of chainmail, a sling, a pouch with rocks in it, a wineskin, and a cape
* Sentagur is wearing an dwarven Chain and a battle axehe has also an short bow in his back (+ ring?)
* Saphira_Hunter is wearing her clothing. boots, a dagger in her right boot, a long sword, a quiver and her pack.
* Kern_Balarin also appears not to have any sort of weapons, or armor.
* Kern_Balarin continues to lead the way westard
* ^Deacon_Frost^ pets his horse, gives him some encouragment, then slowly gets on
-------- DF's pony moans, but seems used to the burden by now.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ follows Kern
* Sentagur goes last
* Saphira_Hunter gets onto her pony
-------- The group moves on, following Kern. Sentagur is last with the packing pony in front of him.
-------- Then morning passes as it is now midday. The rocky terrain has turned to grassland. The forest still hours away.
Deacon Frost "Should we stop and let the horses rest?"
Kern Balarin That may be a good idea. I'm getting hungry, and wouldn't mind you sharing some food
* Kern_Balarin smiles
Deacon Frost "Thanks.."
-------- The group halts for lunch.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ pulls out some food and starts eating
* Saphira_Hunter gets off her pony, and looks for some place to tie it up
-------- It is a beautiful day, the kind where the skies beg you to watch them all day long.
* Sentagur looks for a water source
* Saphira_Hunter looks up, and watches the sky for a moment
-------- The group notices Saphira watching intently at the sky.
Deacon Frost "What are you lookin at?"
* Saphira_Hunter points to the sky... "there a bird"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ looks up where she points
* ^Deacon_Frost^ squints to see what she pointed at
* Kern_Balarin looks up
-------- As you follow Saphira's direction, you see a bird, soaring through the sky.
* Sentagur looks in the same direction Saphira points
-------- It seems to drift down toward the ground is sweeping flights. It just might be the same bird you saw at your last campsite.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ continues to watch the bird, to see what it does
* Saphira_Hunter takes a closer look at it, and then looks for a place to tie her pony
-------- Saphira ties here pony to a bush.
Kern Balarin nice bird
-------- The bird appears to have a wingspan of 5 feet. It nears the ground.
* Saphira_Hunter looks back at the bird
* Sentagur ties his pony too and continues to look for a water source
* Kern_Balarin checks fishes around in his equipment for something
-------- Unusual, like no bird you've seen before, it swoops up higher...
-------- ...then turning it plummets downward.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ keeps his hand at his weapon
* Saphira_Hunter watches the bird, and looks around for cover, in case it comes after them
Deacon Frost "That is a large bird.."
-------- Descending 50 ft. from the party, it soars into the ground, disappearing below the surface.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ moves to the place to tie his horse, and keeps glancing at the bird
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stops in his tracks
Deacon Frost "What the..."
* Sentagur takes his axe and goes to the place where the bird dissappierd
Kern Balarin "What was that?"
* Kern_Balarin seems alarmed
Sapira Hunter "I don't know"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ quickly ties the horse to something and follows Sentagur closely, unstrapping his mace
* Saphira_Hunter looks at the rest of the party, not sure what to do
Deacon Frost "I think it's time to figure out.."
* Saphira_Hunter unsheathes her sword, and follows the others
-------- Upon inspection, you see the point where the 'bird' entered the ground. It looks as it would if any animal had burrowed there.
* Sentagur watches the ground carefuly
-------- The ground sits there.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ slowly approaches and digs a bit
* Sentagur searches for a long stick
-------- Digging in the 2 ft. diameter burrow hole reveals nothing.
* Kern_Balarin just watches from his pony
-------- The stick in the dirt reveals nothing.
Kern Balarin "Maybe you should leave the bird spirit something to eat?"
-------- Back to the equipment, the group finishes snacking on lunch.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ gets back on the pony
* Saphira_Hunter goes back to her pony, and gets out some food
-------- AFter the meal, the party sets out agian towards the nearing forest.
-------- The rest of the day brings you to the edge of a forest. Light is fading.
Sentagur "it is time for a break for today"
Deacon Frost "I'm getting a little tired, and I think my horse is going to die if we ride much longer.."
* Kern_Balarin looks at Deacon's pony
* Saphira_Hunter looks around and considers stopping
Sapira Hunter "Whenever you all are ready to stop, is fine with me."
* Sentagur looks for a good place for a camp
-------- DF's pony almost sighs.
-------- On the edge of the forest, the party makes camp.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stops and ties his horse
Deacon Frost "I'm going to find some fire wood..."
* Kern_Balarin takes a seat.
* Saphira_Hunter will take the last watch
Kern Balarin "I'll take first watch."
* Sentagur goes to search for fire wood
* Saphira_Hunter searches for wood after teathering her pony
-------- Sentagur and DF have achieved an outstanding fire.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stands back and smiles with satisfaction
Kern Balarin "Very nice"
Sapira Hunter "you did a wonderful job"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ once again wraps his arm around his pack before sleeping
* Sentagur checks his pony and his equipment again
* Kern_Balarin sits by the fire and watches his surroundings
* Saphira_Hunter lays down with her pack as her pillow... looking for someplace where her back will be protected
* ^Deacon_Frost^ dreams of sugar plum fairies
-------- The party sleeps, While Kern takes first watch.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ holds on to the sugar plumb fairy
* Kern_Balarin wakes up whomever was next
* Kern_Balarin pulls out a thick blanket and curls up on the ground.
-------- Sentagur takes over on watch.
* Sentagur wakes DF and shows him a light
Sentagur "its is your watch"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ groggily gets up and walks around a bit
* ^Deacon_Frost^ takes a swig of water
* Kern_Balarin mumbles in his sleep
* Kern_Balarin trembles in his sleep

------------Deacon Frost, noticing the bluish glow coming from somewhere deep in the woods, wanders into the trees. After 30 minutes, he encounters a pair of wolves. He attacks first, with little success as they retaliate.

-------- -- ^Deacon_Frost^ A wolf leaps past you, as another prepares.
-------- -- ^Deacon_Frost^ As your mace hit it in the side. it moves away. You hear a wolf howl in the distance. A wolf leaps from behind.
-------- -- ^Deacon_Frost^ It glances off your side as you turn.
-------- -- ^Deacon_Frost^ The wolves leap at you colliding together.
-------- Tired_GM: -- ^Deacon_Frost^ Your mace smacks it's side. Another wolf charges in front.
-------- As you stumble to the ground, both wolves pounce on you.
-------- Another wolf bites at you as you get up.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ swings again
-------- Your mace drives into the side of a wolf, which backs up momentarily.
-------- The other leaps at your feet and misses.
-------- A wolf leaps for your arm and you move ot the side.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ calls for help and casts command die on one of the wolves
-------- You feel horrible, as if your attempt to use magic was the very undoing of your self-esteem.
-------- A wolf leaps at you falling on a rock.
-------- The wolves stand at bay, snarling. You hear a howl in the distance.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ casts produce flame to see if he can actually cast something..
-------- Your feeling of lowliness increases as your attempt feels snuffed, leaving you empty inside.
-------- The wolves snarl and move a little closer.
* Saphira_Hunter wakes up and stretches... looking around
* ^Deacon_Frost^ swings at the closest wolf feeling like crap...
-------- DF's mace goes flying.
* Kern_Balarin mummbles more in his sleep
* Saphira_Hunter looks around the campsite for DF, and calls his name
-------- The wolves leap at you, provoked by your attack, the crash into each other in the process.
-------- The wolves stand snarling, you hear what must be others coming.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ calls out again and casts hold person on one of the wolves
* Saphira_Hunter gets out her book, and studies while on watch
-------- The wolves snarl, one jumping over the other, both having been hit, not wanting to feel it again.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ casts cure light wounds on himself
-------- You feel faint, from the desperation of having your attempts at casting snuffed. It is unbearable. Your morale is at a horrible low.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ pulls out his sling and a rock
-------- With more wolves coming, your demise seems inevitable in this stand off.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ backs up slowly and attempts.. ONE LAST TIME to cast Speak With Animals on the wolves
-------- The wolves circle, snarling and slobbering all over the place, waitng to see what you do with the sling.
-------- You stumble from the feelings of anger and fear that cruch your will.
-------- The wolves jump over each other.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ says to the wolves "Why do you attack me?! I don't want to be hurt anymore.. and I know you don't want to either.."
* Kern_Balarin rolls over mummbling more.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ keeps backing up, looking for a tree suitable to climb
-------- As you back up, the wolves stay put.
* Saphira_Hunter moves to wake up the others, and explain that DF is missing
* ^Deacon_Frost^ keeps his eyes on the wolves and keeps backing up
-------- The party awakes.
* Saphira_Hunter looks around for tracks to show where he went
-------- As you keep your eyes on the wolves, they keep their eyes on you.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ keeps backing up until the wolves either move.. or are out of sight
* Sentagur searches any heat traces around
-------- You believe he might be in the woods.
-------- You see nothing.
Kern Balarin "Yawn... what's the maaaaaater"
* Kern_Balarin stifles a yawn
* ^Deacon_Frost^ keeps backing up until the wolves either move after him, or they are out of sight
Sapira Hunter "Kern, DF is missing. I think maybe something happened. He wasn't here when I woke up."
-------- As you back up, the wolves cease their snarling. One turns an walks away, the other holds, still watching you.
-------- You are now a 'safe' distance from the 'frozen' wolf.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ turns and runs/limps back to camp
Kern Balarin "Maybe he went to the bathroom"
-------- As you try to run, you fall. Getting back up, you see the gash in your left thigh.
Sentagur "then i would see him"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ winces and hobbles back as fast as he can
-------- You hobble for 15 minutes and then must rest. You feel you are losing blood.
* Sentagur continues to watch for any heat traces
* Kern_Balarin gets up, streaches and yawns.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ rips a piece of cloth off his tunis and ties it around his thigh
Kern Balarin "You big folk worry too much
-------- The bleeding slows down, as does your strenght.
Sentagur "DEACON WHERE ARE YOU"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ winces as he ties the makeshift bandage tight
* ^Deacon_Frost^ gets up after a nice rest and continues wearily
* Saphira_Hunter goes in the direction that she thinks DF may have wandered in... taking a torch with her for light
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stops, gathers all his strength and yells "HELP!!!"
* Sentagur takes his axe and follows saphira
* Kern_Balarin sighs and produces his sword and armor from his pony bags
-------- You all hear, "Help!"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stumbles to the ground
* Saphira_Hunter moves in the direction of the sound
* ^Deacon_Frost^ gets to one knee and forces himself to hobble wearily toward Sentagur's yell
* Kern_Balarin runs over
-------- Moving into the forest, in about 15 minutes, you see DF, tattered and frayed.
* Sentagur starts to run in the direction trying not to hit a tree
Sapira Hunter do we see why he was yelling?
* ^Deacon_Frost^ falls again, and tries to reach the party
-------- You reach the Deacon.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stumbles up against a tree and stays there for a moment
* Saphira_Hunter goes to DF, sword in one hand, torch in the other
Sapira Hunter "What happened to you?
* Sentagur helps Deacon on his feet and looks for any other heat sources in the area
* ^Deacon_Frost^ vuagly says "Wolves", and points off into the direction he came from
* ^Deacon_Frost^ wobbles as he stands
* Saphira_Hunter looks in the direction, and tries to see the wolves
-------- You see nothing.
Deacon Frost "I don't feel.... well.."
Kern Balarin "Wolves? they normally don't fight big folk."
Deacon Frost "There were... many of them.. I think I need.. to lay down.."
-------- With the aid of his three companions, DF makes it back to the camp to rest.
* Saphira_Hunter looks at DF, and tries to see if he can make it back to camp
* ^Deacon_Frost^ tries to bandage himself the best he can, then fades off into a deep sleep
-------- You all watch DF sleep, light only 30 minutes away.
* Saphira_Hunter helps DF hobble back to camp, and helps to bandage him
Kern Balarin "He does not look well. He will need to see a healer"
Sapira Hunter "Kern, do you know a healer around here?"
Kern Balarin "There may be one back at the village, but around here, I don't know."
* Saphira_Hunter sits and studies her books, while DF sleeps
Sapira Hunter "Kern, I'm really amazed at how little you know about that village."
* Saphira_Hunter smiles at Kern
Sentagur "can someone help me find his mace while he is asleep"
Kern Balarin "Your quite humorous"
Sapira Hunter "sent, I will help you, if Kern will stay and watch DF"
Kern Balarin "I'll watch him"

-------- DF awakes after a couple hourse rest. It is still early morning.
Sentagur "how do u feel"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ groans as he tries to stand
Deacon Frost "I'm not feeling very well right now.. better than when you found me.."
* Saphira_Hunter closes her books as she sees DF waking up and moving
Sapira Hunter "Do you feel good enough to get on your horse?
Kern Balarin "Good to see you can still move.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ tries to simulate getting on a horse
Deacon Frost "I don't know If I can ride or not.."
-------- As you consider entering the forest, you realize the ponies will have a tough time at it indeed. It is thick enough that walking would be faster.
Sapira Hunter "DF, we can always tie you onto the pony"
Deacon Frost "I'm pretty sure I can ride.."
Deacon Frost "Although... I won't be much help if we get in a fight.. I lose my mace last night.."
Sentagur "why did u go in to the woods anyway"
* ^Deacon_Frost^ looks down at the ground
Deacon Frost "Well... there was that light and I wanted to go check it out and.."
Sentagur "next time u should wake one of us"
-------- (A sort of glow, blue-ish, from somewhere in the forest)
Deacon Frost "Well.. you all looked so peaceful... I made a mistake.. and I'll never forget it.."
Sentagur "Deacon do u want to search for your mace"
Deacon Frost "Well... unless one of you has a weapon for me.."
Deacon Frost "I don't like Sharp things either.."
Kern Balarin I have a sling
Deacon Frost "Well, I have one of those.."
* Saphira_Hunter rummages through her pack to see if she has a piece of cloth that DF can put a rock into, so that we can create a flail for him
* ^Deacon_Frost^ pulls the sling off his belt..
-------- Sling in hand, DF and the rest are packed and ready to leave.
Sentagur "are we going to ride or go"
Deacon Frost "I don't care"
-------- What do you do with the ponies?
Sapira Hunter "we keep loosing mounts... I would rather take the ponies with us"
Kern Balarin "We better take the ponies with us."
Deacon Frost "Are we gonn a have to walk?"
-------- In a 15 foot spread, the group enters the forest, looking for the mace, pulling the 5 ponies along.
* Saphira_Hunter also looks for a branch that would make a good bow
-------- After an hour into the woods, you find nothing. Saphira retrieves a branch that would make a nice bow.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
Sapira Hunter "DF, are you sure you went this way?"
Deacon Frost "Oh well.."
Deacon Frost "Umm.. yeah, I guess I did.."
Sapira Hunter "DF, did you follow it towards the light completely? or did you wave from it?"
-------- Heading on into the day, walking together now, you pass through lunch and midday with no change. DF occassionally rides to rest his leg.
-------- As the afternoon goes on, the thick woods occassionally have a bald spot.
-------- You see that occassionally a couple trees have been uprooted. Not cut down. No stumps are present, rather as if they had been ripped out of the ground.
* Sentagur searces for any tracks
Kern Balarin "This is unusual"
Sapira Hunter "Yes, I would think so."
-------- You continue Westward, into the woods, as the bare spots become more frequent. The occassional forest animal is seen, and you remember what your grandmother taught you, "They'll leave you alone if you leave them alone."
* Sentagur takes takes one better look at the uprooted spot
-------- The spot looks like a tree was pulled up and is gone.
* Saphira_Hunter looks at the holes in the ground, and at Sent, then shrugs
-------- The day goes on and night fall approaches.
Deacon Frost "We shouls stop and rest.."
-------- The party decides to make camp.
Sentagur "i agree and this time no one goes alone "
Kern Balarin "No sight seeing"
Deacon Frost "Ok.."
* ^Deacon_Frost^ sets his bedding up, and gingerly lays down, being careful not to hurt his leg
Sapira Hunter "Yes, but if the light is seen only at night... it might make sense to travel during the night... or maybe just make note of where the light is."
-------- As the skies turn dark, you see a glow, back behind you, north and east.
Kern Balarin "What do you think is causing this light?"
Sentagur "should we go to see what it is"
-------- The light has a definate origin from this close range. It must be about 150 yards away.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ stays silent in his 'bed'
* Sentagur looks at the ring he got at the begining
Kern Balarin Well it may be a good idea.
* Kern_Balarin removes his short sword from its hiding spot in his gear.
Sapira Hunter "It will be easier to see where we are heading to in this... well, dark"
-------- the party moves towards the light.
* Sentagur makes his axe ready
* Saphira_Hunter strings the branch she got into a nice bow, and takes her sword with her also
* Sentagur gives deacon his short bow for self defense
-------- Moving closer, you come not 50 ft from a large Tree. The opposit side of it seems to be the origin of the glow.
* ^Deacon_Frost^ politly declines the short sword "I can't use that.. it is forbidden.."
* Saphira_Hunter looks at the tree
-------- The tree sits there.
Kern Balarin "Wow, neat"
-------- The party still stands behind a tree, glowing on the other side.
* Kern_Balarin circles the tree to see the other side.
* Sentagur carefuly rounds the tree
* Saphira_Hunter moves around the tree in the opposite directinon.
-------- As you move around, what you see is bizarre. In what seems to be a magnificent hole in the trunk, there is a blue-ish sea of light. A faint hum emits, and it seems as if motion never stops.
-------- In addition, you see a snout protruding from the light.
Kern_Balar: "What is that?"
Saphira_Hunter goes over to see what the snout is... without touching the tree
Sentagur throws a stone into the light
-------: The snout coming from the light looks similar to an anteater.
-------: The rest of the 'thing' must be inside the tree.
Saphira_Hunter takes a stick, and touches the snout... to see if it moves
Kern_Balarin just stares at the thing
-------: The snout sneezes, moves a bit.
-------: The snout disappears into the light, then reemerges.
Sentagur pushes the snout back into the light with a stick
-------: The snout grunts, moving into the light.
Saphira_Hu: "Sent, I want it to come out, not go in"
Kern_Balarin steps towards the snout
Sentagur: "then pull it out"
-------: Kern finds his arms disappears into the light as he moves close.
Kern_Balar: "Um"
Saphira_Hu: "I'm kinda scared to."
Kern_Balarin steps back
Saphira_Hunter smiles at Sentagur
Kern_Balarin tries to touch the tip of the snout with his finger
-------: You do not feel anything
Sentagur: "what da heck someone has to do it"
Sentagur steps into the light
-------: Sentagur disappears
Saphira_Hunter watches Sent disappear
-- Sentagur You are in a cave, an animal is before you
*Sentagur* i make my axe ready
Kern_Balar: "You think he'll come back... better yet, do you think we should go get Deacon
-- Sentagur It is like an anteater head, but also a body low to the ground, with large front claws. It swipes at you.
-- Sentagur It misses falling over
-- Sentagur Your axe cracks into its head.
^Deacon_Frost^ looks for a nice long branch to use as a staff
Saphira_Hu: "That might be a good idea, Kern"
Kern_Balarin runs to get Deacon Frost
-- Sentagur The animal is tangled in a chain attached to its hind.
Saphira_Hunter watches for Sent to reappear
Saphira_Hu: "Sent are you there? can you hear me?"
^Deacon_Frost^ sits by a tree
-------: Your swing severs its head, and you hear a rumble.
Saphira_Hu: hehe
-- Sentagur You are in a cave, you feel light, and you hear a strong wind. A tunnel leads forward. The light is behind you.
Kern_Balar: "Deacon!!!! Sentagur disappeared into the light"
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You hear them calling.
-------: Sentagur appears from the light, axe bloody.
Saphira_Hu: "Sent, are you ok?"
Saphira_Hu: "What happened in there?"
^Deacon_Fr: "What?"
Sentagur: "yeah i think i killed someones pett"
^Deacon_Frost^ gets up
Saphira_Hu: "Why do you think it was a pet?"
Sentagur: "well i didnt see it at first but it was chained to a wall"
-- Saphira_Hunter You feel a renewed sense of magic. Not complete, but renewed.
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You feel a renewed sense of magic. Not complete, but renewed.
Saphira_Hu: "was there anything else chained to a wall?"
-------: Deacon arrives to the tree light.
Sentagur: "no i didnt se anything else but a cave"
Saphira_Hu: "DF, do you feel anything new?"
Sentagur goes back in the tree
-------: Sentagur disappears into the light.
Saphira_Hunter looks at the others "I'm going in with him"
^Deacon_Fr: "yeah.. I do.."
Saphira_Hunter follows Sentagur into the light
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Saphira
-- Sentagur You see the chained corpse. A domesticated room, you hear wind blowing through the tunnel ahead.
Kern_Balarin not wanting to stay outside, goes in too.
-------: All into the tree, you are standing in a cave.
Saphira_Hunter looks around
-------: The area is domesticated. You see an animal, lying chained and lifeless. You hear a howling wind come from the tunel up ahead.
Kern_Balar: "Where is this"
^Deacon_Frost^ limps up front
Saphira_Hunter shurgs, and listens for the wind

You see a shriveled man walk into the tunnel.

Shriveled_: "What the... what bodies lie here?"
Saphira_Hunter: "Who are you?"
Shriveled_: "Where could you have...? I see."
Shriveled_: "I see indeed."
^Deacon_Fr: "Sir.. where are we?"
Sentagur: "i am sorry that i killed your pet but it attacked me"
Shriveled_: "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already."
Shriveled_: "Die now."
Saphira_Hu: "Why are you doing this? What do you have to gain?"
^Deacon_Frost^ takes up a fighting stance with his staff
Shriveled_: "Gain? Blow crazy. Muhahahahaha"

You and everyone flies backward through the light, landing on the ground outside the tree.
Saphira_Hunter gets up and looks at the others
Saphira_Hu: "Does anyone know what just happened?"
Sentagur trys to catch his breath
Saphira_Hunter goes back to the tree "I believe that something is very wrong, and he is part of it"
^Deacon_Fr: "I have no idea.. I don't feel well though.."
Saphira_Hunter moves back to the light, after seeing where everyone else landed
^Deacon_Frost^ moves back in as well
-------: Inside the light, you see the cave, as you did before, the wind trhough the tunnel seems loud. The figure is gone.
Sentagur goes back also and examines the thing
^Deacon_Frost^ moves down the tunnel further
Saphira_Hunter examines the "pet" also
-------: The 'pet' is dead. It almost looks like an anteater, with large body, low sitting. Down the hall, you see several tunnels leading off. The sound of the wind does not cease, and begins to bother you.
Saphira_Hunter looks at the others "Are you ready to go down the hall?"
Saphira_Hunter prepares her bow
Sentagur: "I am ready"
-------: Looking into the tunnel, you see several branches. The wind begins to bug you.
Saphira_Hunter walks down the hall, and looks at the hallways
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at all the hallways
-------: As you move down the hall, the light from the gate fades, and darkness is everywhere.
Sentagur goes deeper in to the tunel and trys to see withe infravision
-------: You notice that branches come fromt he tunnel up and down and left and right. The sound of the wind whistling is unbearable almost.
^Deacon_Frost^ follows Sentagur
Saphira_Hunter stops and rummages through her stuff for something to use as 'earmuffs'
-- Sentagur You recall the words that Berk the creatue by the river said to you, "you should see me home someday. Suit you it would. Nothing but tunnels."
-------: Senatgur sees nothing. As you step into a hole, you do not fall, rather, you begin to walk downward.
^Deacon_Frost^ still follows
Saphira_Hunter follows Sent
Sentagur: "maybe we should go out of here and visit berk. she said that she is coming fom a place like this
-------: You are haveing a hard time seeing each other.
Sentagur: maybe this is where she came from"
-------: Your sense of direction is already shaky. There is no straight, only leftup, or down right, or left, or then right.
Saphira_Hunter keeps walking
Sentagur trys to find a way back to the portal
-------: As you wander the tunnels, you see Sentagur head back.
Saphira_Hunter looks at Sent.. then backtracks, figuring he knows something she doesn't
^Deacon_Frost^ heads back as well
-------: The whistle of the wind bothers you immensely. Your direction continues to be confused as you realize that everytime you step into a new tunnel branch your gravity changes below your feet.
-------: Together, you all find the gate room once you see the light it gives off.
Sentagur goes out
Saphira_Hunter stands in the gate room for a moment, then follows Sent
Kern_Balarin looks around
-------: Exiting, the contrast in sound overwhelms you. You realize that you could not spend much more time in the tunnels without something to help.
-------: All of you outside the tree, Df and Sent weak from their wounds, decide what to do.
Sentagur: "do u remember what berk said about her home"
Kern_Balar: "Berk?"
Saphira_Hu: "No, I don't remember"
^Deacon_Fr: "Can we rest a bit... I'm very tired.."
Saphira_Hu: "Yes, I think that we all need to rest."
Sentagur: "berk told us that her home is full of tunels and caves"
Sentagur: maybe this is her home
^Deacon_Fr: "For some reason, I feel weak after that spell.."
Sentagur: ""
Saphira_Hu: "That is possible."
Saphira_Hu: "It looks like someone may have moved in"
Kern_Balarin looks confused
Kern_Balar: "Who is this Berk you speak of?"
Sentagur: maybe we should ask her about this place"
Sentagur explans to Kdern who berk is
Saphira_Hu: "Can we get back to her easily?"
Kern_Balar: "Ah"
-- But where should the group go? And what of the words of the shrivelled man, "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already."
Saphira_Hu: "And, we need to find the other pet that he has hatched. If we can't find Berk quickly, then what?"

The party decides to depart swiftly... to find the one they call Berk.
************** Game Over *************



ep10Episode 10

Recap: The party, cast out of the depths of a magical tree gate, reentered, to search for the villanous presence that discovered them. They found him not, instead wandering a little, found much wrong. They wandered a bit, into strange caverns, windy and whistling. The tunnels were too much to navigate, combined with the treacherous winds. They found their way back to the gate, to lick their wounds. The man's final words haunt them: "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already."
-------: It is now almost midnight.
Saphira_Hunter looks at the other two "Do you want to set up camp? or do you think we can find Berk in the dark? She said, '"Ifn ever you'd like to see my home, come see me. Especially if you can clear the way.'"
^Deacon_Fr: "Set up camp... It's a few day's journey, and I want to rest my injuries more.."
-------: You have camp made 200 yards away, with the ponies.
Sentagur looks back to the portal and says "what ever we do we should do it fast"
^Deacon_Fr: "What is the order of the watch going to be?"
-------: The gate continues to glow a pale blue light.
Saphira_Hu: "I agree. After all he has already hatched another, or at least that is what he said."
Saphira_Hu: "I will take last watch, if DF promises not to wander off this time on his watch."
^Deacon_Fr: "I... I'll try not to wander to far."
^Deacon_Frost^ is saying prayers to Rhea before he sleeps
Sentagur: "deacon if u have to go wake someone"
^Deacon_Fr: "Ok.."
Saphira_Hu: "How about you promise not to wander off without waking someone?"
^Deacon_Frost^ settles down in his normal fashion, wrapping the strap of his backpack around his arm and clutching his make shift staff tightly
Sentagur is checking his equipment and polishing his axe
^Deacon_Fr: "I promise I won't.."
Saphira_Hunter finds a nice log to rest against, and lays down, using her pack as a pillow
-------: Saphira and DF fall asleep.
-- Sentagur You hear nothing, but continue to see the glow from the direction of the tree.
*Sentagur* watching to the tree and listening to anything from that direction
-- Sentagur ok, watch over.
Sentagur wakes Deacon
Each of you, as you sleep, dream of the encounter inside the tree.
You see a shriveled man walk into the tunnel.
Shriveled_: "What the... what bodies lie here?"
Saphira_Hunter: "Who are you?"
Shriveled_: "Where could you have...? I see."
Shriveled_: "I see indeed."
^Deacon_Fr: "Sir.. where are we?"
Sentagur: "i am sorry that i killed your pet but it attacked me"
Shriveled_: "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already."
Shriveled_: "Die now."
Saphira_Hu: "Why are you doing this? What do you have to gain?"
^Deacon_Frost^ takes up a fighting stance with his staff
Shriveled_: "Gain? Blow crazy. Muhahahahah"
You and everyone flies backward through the light, landing on the ground outside the tree.
^Deacon_Frost^ wakes up gruffly and scratches his chin
-- ^Deacon_Frost^ You hear nothing, but continue to see the glow from the direction of the tree.
Saphira_Hunter wakes up, and looks around, seeing that everything is still as it was
^Deacon_Frost^ goes back to sleep
-- Saphira_Hunter You hear nothing, but continue to see the glow from the direction of the tree.
*Saphira_Hu at least it is consistant
*Saphira_Hu I plan to study my spells
-------: The glow of the tree fades into the glow of a new day.
Saphira_Hunter wakes up the others when her shift is over
-------: All feel refreshed. Though still tender from last night's encounter. DF is still wounded from the encounter with the wolves.
^Deacon_Frost^ wakes up and takes a drink from his wine skin
^Deacon_Frost^ gathers his stuff and looks at his pony, pets it then heaves himself up on top
*Saphira_Hu k
^Deacon_Fr: "Are we ready?"
-------: DF's pony, though more able than ever, still moans under DF's weight.
Sentagur picks up his stuf and stores it on the back of his pony
^Deacon_Fr: "There isn't any chance we pass by a town on our way is there?"
^Deacon_Fr: "I need a new mace.. this staff just won't do.."
-------: The party, witht the packing pony in tow, heads east out of the forrest. You are able to follow your path for the most part. It ends up you have to walk the beasts most of the way.
-------: You see a few forest animals, but otherwise, find the edge of the forest an hour before nightfall.

After making it to the road, and after a night of camping, Kern heads for his home, saying he'll catch up on the main road. After two days travel down the road, the travel has been exhausting, but safe. Now, the party has made camp and sleeps in a lean to discovered on the road side.

Sentagur wakes DF
Sentagur: "i saw a horse rider and tryed to stop him but he just went past me"
^Deacon_Fr: "Which way did he go?"
Sentagur: "east"
^Deacon_Fr: "What did he look like?"
Sentagur: "red and yellow colored siluete in the dar"
Sentagur: "dark"
^Deacon_Fr: "Red and Yellow... hmmm.. so you didn't see him up close?"
Sentagur: "no he was to fast and it was dark"
^Deacon_Fr: "Oh well... I'm sure he won't pose a threat.. get some sleep now.. I'll take watch.."
Sentagur goes to sleep
-------: Df, take over the watch.
^Deacon_Frost^ shakes Saphira lightly "Saphira wake up.. your watch... there is a horesman that ran by on Sentagurs watch.. keep an eye out.."
^Deacon_Frost^ lays down and goes back to sleep again
Saphira_Hunter opens her eyes and looks at DF "Ok, I'll keep an eye out."
Saphira_Hunter gets up, and watches the road
-- Saphira_Hunter An hour into your watch, you hear hoofs coming swiftly down the road, from the east.
*Saphira_Hu Saphira_Hunter goes to see where they are coming from, and to
-- Saphira_Hunter Upon the road, the rider is coming straight at you, from the east, and will be upon you in about 10 seconds.
*Saphira_Hu Saphira_Hunter moves out of the way
"Saphira_Hunter goes to see where they are coming from"
-- Saphira_Hunter The rider is going right past you in the dark night.
*Saphira_Hu Saphira_Hunter tries to flag down the rider
-- Saphira_Hunter The figure slows down, just past you. It is a short horse.
-- Saphira_Hunter The rider is as short as the horse.
^Deacon_Fr: (Saphira must be raising an army...)
*Saphira_Hu Saphira_Hunter tackles the man on the horse
-------: As the figure on the pony is reaching down for something in its pack, the elf leaps at the rider and the both go tumbling.
-------: Saphira is on the ground, the rider standing over her.
-------: The figure kicks at Saphira, then halts as he recognizes her.
Kern_Balar: "What in the name of the gods are you doing jumping me?"
Saphira_Hu: "Kern! I hadn't expected to see you yet"
Saphira_Hu: "I didn't recognise you, and you weren't slowing when you saw me."
Kern_Balar: "I didn't expect to be attacked for being early"
Saphira_Hunter giggles from relief
Kern_Balar: "Besides you appeared to be a highwayman"
Saphira_Hu: "It is good to see you anyway."
Saphira_Hu: "I'm just glad you aren't a highway man"
Kern_Balar: "I can't say my beating heart can say the same yet."
Saphira_Hu: "were you the rider earlier?"
Kern_Balar: "Rider?"
Saphira_Hu: "Yes, Sent said that he saw a horse and rider on his shift. Or rather DF told me that."
Kern_Balar: No, unless I passed you further down the trail and you sped up here just to jump me"
Saphira_Hu: "We are camped right up there. If you want to get a little rest."
-------: An hour remains before sunrise.
Kern_Balar: "No, I'll be fine for a little while longer"
Saphira_Hunter nods
-------: As Saphira takes up her watch, Kern, exhausted from his night trip, tries to fall asleep.
Saphira_Hu: "Anything interesting happening at your village?"
Kern_Balar: "No"
Saphira_Hunter takes a possition to watch the road
-------: As you sleep, you dream similar to the last couple nights. This time you are running down a tunnel, the wind all around you, whistling. You are searching for something, or someone.
-------: As you run down tunnels, your feet stop touching the ground. Then you look behind you and see a shriveled figure down the tunnel. You see a shriveled man walk into the tunnel.
-------: Shriveled_: "What the... what bodies lie here?"
-------: Saphira_Hunter: "Who are you?"
-------: Shriveled_: "Where could you have...? I see."
-------: Shriveled_: "I see indeed."
-------: ^Deacon_Fr: "Sir.. where are we?"
-------: Sentagur: "i am sorry that i killed your pet but it attacked me"
-------: Shriveled_: "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already."
-------: Shriveled_: "Die now."
-------: Saphira_Hu: "Why are you doing this? What do you have to gain?"
-------: ^Deacon_Frost^ takes up a fighting stance with his staff
-------: Shriveled_: "Gain? Blow crazy. Muhahahahah"
-------: You and everyone flies backward through the light, landing on the ground outside the tree.
-------: You awake to the morning.
^Deacon_Frost^ wakes and stands
^Deacon_Frost^ gets a puzzled look on his face
^Deacon_Frost^ takes a drink of his flask
^Deacon_Frost^ looks around
Sentagur wakes up screeming "no not again"
Kern_Balarin tosses in his sleep
^Deacon_Frost^ looks over at Sentagur
Saphira_Hunter goes over and shakes Sent awake. "You are only dreaming."
Sentagur: "this damn dream wont let me sleep"
^Deacon_Fr: "This is strange.. ever since a few nights ago.. I have had the same dream..."
-------: You all hear hooves coming down the road.
^Deacon_Frost^ grabs a staff and runs into the lean to
Sentagur goes to the road and takes a look (with his axe)
Saphira_Hunter looks in the direction of the hooves, and readies her bow
Kern_Balarin stirs from his sleep, and looks to the road
^Deacon_Frost^ observes the road from the lean to
-------: The rider, seeing Sentagur and Saphira coming, slows down. It is an elf upon horseback, coming from the East.
Rider: "Hallo. I am bring you no ill."
Saphira_Hunter puts her bow down, at least points it down
Saphira_Hu: "hello. What can we do for you?"
^Deacon_Frost^ steps out of the lean to and walks over near the man
Sentagur puts his axe back and nods
Kern_Balarin pulls his blanket around his body and stands
RiderDan: "I am Danti. I have no business with you. Now, I need nothing, but haste. Are you from the Kingdom?"
Saphira_Hu: "Yes we are."
RiderDan: "How long since you've been home?"
Saphira_Hu: "About a week."
Sentagur: "why is there something wrong"
^Deacon_Fr: "3 weeks..."
Kern_Balar: 2 days
Saphira_Hu: "WHat has happened?"
RiderDan: "Wrong? You truly don't know."
Saphira_Hu: "No, we truly know nothing."
^Deacon_Fr: "No we don't.. cut to the chase.."
^Deacon_Fr: "What has happened.."
RiderDan: "Quarter Kingdom is in danger"
Saphira_Hu: "What?!"
^Deacon_Fr: "From an attack? From what?"
Saphira_Hu: "What do you mean it is in danger? from what?"
RiderDan: "Magic is gone."
Saphira_Hu: "Completely?"
Kern_Balarin looks confused
RiderDan: "The human quarter, is in chaos. Some evil."
RiderDan: "They say a creature is hidden, and noone is trusted. Noone."
^Deacon_Fr: "Hmmm... is there talk about a strange looking creature?"
Saphira_Hunter looks at the others "We need to find Berk even faster than we thought."
Sentagur: "what is with the short quarter"
RiderDan: "Can you belive it? Something evil INSIDE the kingdom."
Saphira_Hu: "Sent, I wonder if there is a creature for each quarter."
Sentagur: "we should hury and find Berk now too"
RiderDan: "Pardon, but I needs go on."
Saphira_Hu: "Where are you headed?"
RiderDan: "My family is far to the northwest, down the road."
RiderDan: "May the gods keep you safe."
Saphira_Hu: "And you too."
RiderDan: "Swift now, steed."
RiderDan rides off down the road.

********** Game Break ***************


ep11Episode 11
After travelling on into the east, the group discovers the departure from the road that leads to the strange creature they call Berk. They wind their way north, to the valley of trees where she dwells. Berk speaks of seeing their old companion, the 'cutter' whom they lost in the river a week ago.

Saphira_Hu: "I hope he makes it back to his home safely. Was he well enough to travel?"
OneCalledB: "Well, travel he did."
Sentagur: "We have been troubled. By what might be your home, and an old mad mage"
Saphira_Hu: "a strange old man, with a creature."
OneCalledBerk raises up. You now see her fully, grey skin, bald head, and arms hanging almost to the ground.
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, a magic snuffer.."
Saphira_Hu: "I think the animal, which looks kinda like an aardvark, actually pulls in magic or something. Sent killed one, and the feeling of magic being more correct was felt."
^Deacon_Fr: "You heard of it?"
OneCalledB: "You, saw it where?"
Saphira_Hu: "in a tree with a blue light."
Sentagur: "in a cave in a tree"
OneCalledB: "The gate. You went to the gate?"
Kern_Balar: "Gate?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, we went to the gate.."
OneCalledB: "I told you I'd go with you if you wanted to see my home."
OneCalledBerk looks at Sentagur, almost hurt in his eyes.
^Deacon_Fr: "When we went inside the cave it was really dark. Torches couldn't even light it.."
Saphira_Hu: "We didn't mean to go without you, Berk. We just ended up there."
OneCalledB: "Is it blocked still? By that spellslinger, and the bladxptetr beast?"
Saphira_Hu: "Yes, they are still there... actually, one beast is killed, but he said that he has hatched another.:
OneCalledB: "You killed the bladxptetr beast? Mighty bashers you must be."
OneCalledB: "Hatched?"
Saphira_Hu: "Yes, he said 'hatched'"
OneCalledB: "Bladxptetr beasts don't be hatching."
^Deacon_Fr: "Berk, I'm not sure we killed THE bladxptetr beast... it was awfully small.."
OneCalledB: "There was an egg at the gate, when I got hipped on the other side."
OneCalledB: "Big, and red."
^Deacon_Frost^ spits a bit as he tries to pronounce Bladxpetetr
OneCalledB: "A bladxptetr beast is no small body. It rules in my land, going where it likes, tearing through the stone at will. But not smart, no."
Kern_Balarin looks a bit confused.
Saphira_Hu: "What does this beast look like?"
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Kern
OneCalledB: "A strong, 7 or more feet tall hulk of armor with claws."
Kern_Balarin gives Deacon a look like he has no clue where the conversation went.
OneCalledB: "Oh, sorry, you mean the egg. Well, I never saw what came out of the egg."
Saphira_Hu: "I meant the bladxptetr. I still wonder what did all the damage at the place we were held captive."
OneCalledB: "Damage is her specialty."
^Deacon_Fr: "That almost slipped my mind but.. please calrify for me Saphira... is the Bladxptetr the creature we killed in the mouth of the cave?"
Saphira_Hu: "That is what I am wondering... or that creature that we saw the wake of when we left that dungeon we were in."
Saphira_Hu: Burk is talking about a large creature... which sounds like what we saw that happened to that dungeon. However, the aardvark type animal was much smaller."
Saphira_Hu: "one could be just a much smaller version of the other though.:
Kern_Balar: "Maybe it is having young?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Kern.. didn't the wizard say he just 'hatched' the big one though?"
Saphira_Hu: "That is a very scary thought, and very real."
Saphira_Hu: "yes, I believe that is how he frazed it"
OneCalledB: "Well, the wild spellslinger, a shriveled little figure, all hairy, attacked me with a large Bladxptetr beast, but i did see a large red egg inside the gate."
Kern_Balar: "Maybe it's evil magic, though most magic is evil"
Saphira_Hu: "Kern, we are sure the man is evil."
^Deacon_Fr: "Well.. there is one thing for sure.. that the mage is either breeding them, or creating them... and we must destroy him before he creates or breeds more.."
Saphira_Hu: "Berk, do you have any idea where he would keep something that large?"
OneCalledB: "I shouldn't have been awandering in strange tunnels anyhow. But I did find this land, with sky and all. And trees. I love the trees."
OneCalledBerk looks at Saphira.
Saphira_Hu: "You are from somewhere beyond the tunnels?"
OneCalledB: "Keep what?"
OneCalledB: "Beyond, no. From the tunnels."
Sentagur: "and the more important thing is how do we kill those Bladpextr things"
Saphira_Hu: "Where he could keep the eggs, or the creatures that come from them."
OneCalledBerk kneels below the tree and picks at the ground.
Saphira_Hu: "sent, you did a good job with the first one."
Saphira_Hunter smiles
OneCalledB: "The egg? I never saw what came from it. Something smaller than a Bladxptetr beast. They don't even come from eggs."
^Deacon_Frost^ stands by and observes
Saphira_Hu: "Then we might have two different beasts we need to deal with, in addition to the old man."
^Deacon_Fr: "I say we go take care of the old man first...."
Sentagur: "i am for to get rid of the old man first"

So, The Bladxptetr beast Berk spoke of is obviously not the thing Sent killed. And instead of finding a big red egg like Berk, we found the aardvark pet magic-munching creature.)
^Deacon_Frost^ looks at Saphira with a impatient look in his eyes
^Deacon_Fr: "What do you say?" To saphira
Saphira_Hu: "Berk, will you help us. We can't navigate the tunnels."
OneCalledB: "Tunnels of my home? Is the way open?"
Kern_Balar: Maybe we should worry about the monster near the kingdom first?
^Deacon_Fr: "Berk, we all seem to be having nightmares of the same sort, do you know why?"
Sentagur: "ok björk can you help us find that mage so we can make this world more secure again"
OneCalledBerk looks puzzled at DF, "not at all."
OneCalledB: "The SpellSlinger?"
Sentagur: "yeah what ever"
Saphira_Hu: "Berk, will you please come with us and help us?"
OneCalledB: "I would take you through the tunnels, if the way in not blocked."
Saphira_Hu: We can decide which we are going after in what order... but we need to leave."
^Deacon_Fr: "I really... REALLY need to stop by a town... I am ill prepared to do anything with... this.."
Kern_Balar: "I agree"
Saphira_Hu: "we didn't see any blocks from where we were."
^Deacon_Frost^ wrinkles his nose at the crude staff he is wielding
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we can do that... but that means we need to travel that much faster.:
^Deacon_Fr: "Berk.. do you have a mace in there?"
^Deacon_Frost^ gestures to the rock
Sentagur: "if there is an other magic muncher in the quarter kingdom we should search it first"
OneCalledB: "Maze? No, no traps at all."
Saphira_Hu: "I agree. That should be our first priority."
^Deacon_Fr: "No Berk.. M-A-C-E.. it's a weapon.. can Sentagur or Kern go back with you to see if you have one?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Into your home in the side of the cave?"
Sentagur describes the worms to Berk, the ones in the halfling village that have caused the illness. He asks her if she knows something
Sentagur: "no there was no mace in the cave i think"
OneCalledBerk turns to Sentagur, "Ah, gatetags. Those little worms can be a problem to othersider."
Sentagur: "i didnt see one as i was there"
^Deacon_Fr: "Sent, was there any type of blunt weapon back there?"
Kern_Balar: "what do you know about them?"
Kern_Balarin looks concerned
OneCalledBerk looks at Kern again. "You are new."
Kern_Balar: "I was thinking something the same about you"
OneCalledB: "You are a spivy one. Little, too. Made for walking? You should see my home."
Sentagur: " can we go back to the worms"
OneCalledB: "Don't go to the worms. They are nasty, give infections."
Sentagur: "i think one of those thought i was lunch"
OneCalledB: "We have gatetags at home, but they are not a problem. It's when they come to othersiders… through a gate."
OneCalledB: "Just don't live near a gate."
Kern_Balar: "Your home are in these tree caves?"
Kern_Balar: The gatetags come from gates?
OneCalledB: "Why would anyone be making their homestead besides a gate? No peace at all."
OneCalledBerk nods to Kern.
Kern_Balarin face pales as he realizes why his village has been bothered by gatetags
Kern_Balar: "There is or was a Gate near my home"
Sentagur: "is there a cure for the illness"
^Deacon_Fr: "I cured someone that had the illness... so it has to be a common disease.."
OneCalledBerk digs under a root again.
Kern_Balar: "We should be going, if we can't do anything else here"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah but where? I need to go to a human town, with human things, and humans.."
Saphira_Hu: "I will meet you at the ponies, whenever everyone decides they want to leave."
Saphira_Hunter heads up the cliff towards the ponies
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah.. I guess I better make my way up the slope too.."
^Deacon_Frost^ follows
OneCalledB: "A leaving? "
Sentagur: "beark can u go with us"
OneCalledB: "To where?"
Saphira_Hu: "berk, we would like you to come with us. But we can't stay here and talk. There is too much at stake."
Kern_Balarin gets ready to go
Saphira_Hu: "to the tunnels."
Sentagur: "we should search that magic munching thing first
^Deacon_Frost^ climbs the slope
-------: Berk: "Tell me when You go to my home. Survive there without me you would not."
-------: Berk climbs a tree.
Sentagur: "berk can u give us any advice how to find this magic (addict) munching beast"
-------: "I cannot"
-------: Berk: "I saw no small creature, only a large red egg. It looked almost like a fruit."
-------: Berk: "Fare well. We will meet again, perhaps. I'm sure. Tell the Cutter hello for me"
Sentagur: "yes we will if we see him"
-------: All up the slopes, ponies untied, the group sets out for the road.
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
^Deacon_Fr: "So where are we headed?"
Saphira_Hu: "We need to go to the kingdom and find that creature."
-------: The group, mounted, approaches the road. Light will last only an hour.
-------: You hear swift hooves galloping from the East.
^Deacon_Frost^ looks quickly in the direction of the hooves
Saphira_Hunter tries to flag down the rider from the East as he approaches
Jerec stops
Kern_Balar: "Try not to knock this rider down."
Sentagur: "hello friend"
^Deacon_Fr: "Hail"
Saphira_Hunter laughs "sure, Kern."
Jerec: "hello"
Saphira_Hu: "Hello."
^Deacon_Fr: "What brings you to these parts good sir?"
Saphira_Hu: "do you have any news of the kingdoms?"
Jerec: "I was jsut heading back to the kingdom after delieving a message"
^Deacon_Fr: "What message?"
Sentagur: "and to who"
Jerec: "To Agathos of Werea"
Saphira_Hu: "What kind of help do they need? I mean could we be of help?"
Jerec: "Lord Dak sent it to Agathos of Werea"
^Deacon_Fr: "Well... we might be headed to the kingdoms... actually I'm not sure if we are or not..."
Saphira_Hunter gets more interested at the name of Lord Dak
^Deacon_Frost^ looks questioningly at the rest of the group
Saphira_Hu: "What did Lord Dak say?"
Sentagur: "we ourself are on a mission sent y lord dak"
Jerec: "not sure i was only told to give the message never ask what help they needed, it might have to do with something with the evil in the human quarter"
^Deacon_Frost^ taps his fingers impatiently on the saddle
Jerec: "so you might be the group?in the message then"
Saphira_Hu: "ok... what was the message?"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we might be that group."
Jerec: " 'We need them to send Agathos to us.' That is the message. He also said, 'I have a party west, seeking to aid the kingdom, if you find them, tell them we have need of them.'"
Sentagur: "then we are going back"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we need to get back."
Saphira_Hu: "thank you for finding us
Jerec: "i didn't really find you. It must have been fate"
Sentagur: "we should hurry, the kingdom is in danger"
Saphira_Hunter smiles "yes we must have."

-------: Hearing the words of Lord Dak repeated by rote, from the mouth of this rider, the group determines to head for the kingdom, to search for the hatchling. How will they find it? Have they any clues? The rider joins them in the direction of the kingdom, the kingdom in danger.

-------: Darkness falls, darker and quicker than can ever be remembered.
********* Game Over *********

ep12Episode 12 Headed for the Kingdom
Deacon_Fro: "Hmm... is there an eclipse or something planned for now? It sure is dark"
Jerec looks around
Deacon_Frost looks to the moon
Sentagur looks woried in to the sky
Deacon_Fro: "That's not a good sign. There is no moon..."
Kern_Balar: Anybody else think this is really bad.
Jerec: "maybe just a new moon"
------- Looking into the sky, you see no stars... no moon. Perhaps it's high, thick cloud cover... Perhaps it's worse.
Sentagur: " we should hurry all this strange stuff is makig me nervous"
Deacon_Fro: "We need to get some sleep.."
Sentagur: "ill tka the first watch"
Sentagur: "take"
Jerec: "yes we do i been riding for 9 day straight about"
Deacon_Fro: "I'll go second"
Jerec: "I will go last"
Kern_Balar: "Your just taking sleep watches when the sky is going crazy?"
Sentagur takes his axe and something to eat and prepares for the watch
Kern_Balarin looks concerned
Deacon_Fro: "Just try to get some sleep Kern.. I'm sure it's something natural."
Deacon_Frost settles down in his bedding
Jerec looks around for place to tie his horse
Kern_Balar: "I've seen too much weird stuff for 2 of my lifetimes in the past 3 days to dismiss this as NATURAL"
Sentagur: 2and if we dont stop it it is going to get weirder"
Deacon_Fro: "Just get some sleep.. I'm gonna get worried if the sun doesn't come out... but until that time.."
------- Warily, the party makes camp, nearby the road. Sentagur takes first watch.
Sentagur looks for a good place for thewatch outsid the range of the camp fire light
Kern_Balarin sleeps with a dagger near his side
Deacon_Frost sleeps clutching his staff tightly
Jerec pulsl out his blanket and goes to sleep
Sentagur wakes deacon
Deacon_Frost wakes up
Deacon_Frost goes to wake up Kern
Kern_Balar: Yawn
Kern_Balar: My turn already
Deacon_Fro: "Yep"
Deacon_Frost quietly settles into his sleeping spot
Kern_Balar: Can't you wake me up when it's light out
uneventfully.
Deacon_Frost opens one eye "Nope.. it's your turn now.."
Deacon_Frost closes his eye and pulls his blanket up to his shoulders
Kern_Balarin wakes up Jerec when his turn comes along.
Jerec streches and yawns "hmm quiet night"
Kern_Balar: Yeah, too quiet. Enjoy
Jerec rolls up his blanket put it in his bag
------- As the rest of you sleep, you are disturbed by a dream:
Kern_Balarin curls up against a tree and sleeps
Jerec start circling the encampment
------- In the darkness, you run through a long tunnel. You see the exit, and sprint faster and faster, seeking the light outside the entrance...
------- As you fly free of the opening into the tunnel, you find not light, but more darkness, and then a shriveled figure.
------- "Well, You're too late. I've hatched another pet inside your precious kingdom already!"
------- You see the daylight coming, but not as brightly as it should.
Jerec wakes everyone up
^Deacon_Frost^ sits up
^Deacon_Fr: "That dream.."
Kern_Balar: "When I find that old man I'm going to give him something sore to sleep with
Sentagur checks his stuf and makes ready fro the trip
Jerec: "look" points to the sun
^Deacon_Fr: "I wish it would go away..."
^Deacon_Frost^ looks up at the sun and squints
------- The day appears covered by dark, haze, or perhaps storm clouds...
Kern_Balarin removes his sunglasses and cleans off the lens.
------- After rousing the bunch, the group mounts. It is clear that Jerec need not go the slow pace that the ponies make. As you prepare to depart, it begins to rain.
Jerec: "shall we get riding?"
Jerec puts up his hood
Kern_Balar: "I think this is going to be a rotten day"
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs
------- DF's pony moves up to him, almost excited to have his burden once again. The pony has indeed grown strong.
^Deacon_Frost^ smiles and pats the pony on the head
^Deacon_Fr: "He's little but he sure is a scrapper.."
Kern_Balar: "I think he has taken a liking to you."
^Deacon_Frost^ calmly gets up on the pony
Sentagur pots his axe away from the rain
^Deacon_Fr: "I wish I had a mace..."
------- Three hours east down the road, through the now heavy rain, the rocky terrain moves slowly by, and then you see the familiar canyon opening up before you.
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs as he pulls a splinter out of his hand from the staff
Werea, which you did.
^Deacon_Fr: "Let's be careful as we move through this canyon, I don't want to be a prisoner again..."
Jerec looks around
Kern_Balar: "You've been here before I see"
------- Descending into the canyon, you see nothing surprising. As you near the bottom, continuing down the road, you see the familiar boulders lying about.
------- What you do not see, is the corpse of the hill giant that assaulted you.
^Deacon_Frost^ scratches his head
^Deacon_Fr: "Well.. what.. where are the bones.. or the corpse of the Giant?"
Sentagur searches for some weapons that could be left here after the fightwith the giant
Kern_Balar: "Giant? What giant?"
Jerec: "yea what Giant?"
^Deacon_Fr: "Well.. I guess there was one out here that trapped my friends.."
^Deacon_Fr: "And it was cut in half by something.. it SHOULD still be here.."
------- Seeing nothing of interest lying about (like weapons), you do see the precipice on the north side that holds the entrance to the cave some ofyou are too familiar with.
^Deacon_Fr: "I mean... it's not like it could walk.. heh.. cause you see it's legs were seperated from its body"
Kern_Balarin looks around for tracks or something wrong
Jerec watches the top
^Deacon_Fr: "Should we go look in the cave?"
Jerec: "no, we need to get back to the kingdom"
Sentagur: "we shoud continue our trip"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah, your right... let's get going"
^Deacon_Fr: "I don't like this place anyhow.."
Kern_Balar: "For some reason I agree"
^Deacon_Fr: "I hope whatever killed all those ogre's and cut that giant in half doesn't live here.."
------- The party begins its ascension out of the canyon. You hear a boulder being tossed at you..!
^Deacon_Frost^ spurs his pony out of the way
Kern_Balar: "Ahhhh"
^Deacon_Fr: "Not this again!"
Jerec ride faster
------- Turning, you realize that the rain has made the slope rather slick. A rock must have become unsettled.
Kern_Balarin tries to move out of the way
Sentagur spurs his pony to move fater out of the canyon
^Deacon_Frost^ also spurs his pony to move faster
------- The party continues up out of the canyon, a long ride in the difficult, wet pathway. Out of the canyon, you continue on, long into the wet day. Night is approaching, almost difficult to tell, since the day never got that bright to begin with. You imagine you're about a 10 hour ride from the last inn at the west edge of the Kingdom at this pony's pace.
^Deacon_Fr: "Perhaps we should stop and rest"
Jerec looks around
Sentagur watches for a good spot to camp
^Deacon_Fr: "I hope this rain stops soon..."
^Deacon_Fr: "My armor might get a bit rusty..."
------- Looking around, the rocky terrain has given up to slightly more hospitable grasses. Shrubs are more common. A good camp site is easily found.... a dry one is another story.
Kern_Balar: "Then don't wear it"
^Deacon_Fr: "What if we get in a fight then?"
Kern_Balar: Then you can wear it
Kern_Balarin smiles
^Deacon_Frost^ sighs and rolls his eyes
Kern_Balar: Or don't get into a fight to begin with
Kern_Balar: That's an even better way to keep your armor in shape
Jerec: "yea the fight is over by the time he gets it on"
^Deacon_Fr: "I'm tired..."
^Deacon_Fr: "I hope I don't dream of the same thing tonight.."
Kern_Balar: "I hope I don't dream tonight"
Jerec: "let rest"
Jerec dismounts
^Deacon_Frost^ dismounts
Sentagur: "i am going to take the first watch like always"
^Deacon_Fr: "I'll go second again"
------- Darkness comes quickly, but the rain pours on. No light can be seen from the sky as you prepare your tarps and best cover from the rain. Sentagur begins his watch.
Kern_Balarin moans
Jerec: "I will go last again"
------- The rain slows to a sprinkle, and your watches passes uneventful.
Jerec lays down and goes to sleep
Sentagur wakes deacon
^Deacon_Frost^ wakes
^Deacon_Frost^ groans because he is cold and wet
^Deacon_Frost^ shivers a bit as he wakes Kern up
^Deacon_Fr: "Your turn... the rain has slowed a bit.."
^Deacon_Frost^ coughs
Kern_Balar: "2 more hours, that's all I ask"
^Deacon_Fr: "No way... I need to get warm.. i might catch something.."
^Deacon_Frost^ snuggles down in his bedding, trying to find warmth
Kern_Balar: "Well feel free to use my tent if you need it.
*^Deacon_Fr Is it cold?
^Deacon_Fr: "You got a tent?!"
Kern_Balarin sits in the cold
Kern_Balar: A small tent
^Deacon_Fr: "Don't bother.."
Kern_Balar: Barely room for 2
^Deacon_Frost^ falls asleep
*^Deacon_Fr Ok
Kern_Balarin wakes up Jerec soaked and wet
Jerec streches
Jerec: "i hate rain
Jerec: "
Kern_Balar: Well it's a sprinkle now so enjoy
Jerec circles the camp
------- As you sleep, you remember one dream vividly:
------- You dangle from a tree, or rather stand on its branch, though upside down. You hear a voice, but see no face, high and shrilled.
------- "There was a bladxpetetr beast, 7 or more feet tall hulk of armor, having the claws. But there was an egg, about to hatch when I got hipped on the other side."
------- "Big, and red, it was, almost like some kind of fruit. I never sees what came of it."
------- Suddenly, the voice thunders into a laugh.... "Too Late!"

Kern_Balarin screams in his sleep "Leave me alone you horrid old man"
Jerec walks over and walks everyone up
Jerec: wakes
Jerec: err
^Deacon_Frost^ sits up again
^Deacon_Fr: "Well.. at least that dream was slightly different.. but still that old man.."
Sentagur: "this damn dream dont even allow me to relax in my sleap"
^Deacon_Fr: "I think someone is playing mind games with us.. It's not natural to dream like this.."
^Deacon_Fr: "I'm assuming you all had the same dream I did."
Kern_Balar: Tree hanging
^Deacon_Fr: "Yep.. that would be the one.."
^Deacon_Fr: "I think this Wizard can manipulate dreams.."
^Deacon_Fr: "THat or his little familiar.."
Kern_Balar: I think I really don't like this wizard
^Deacon_Fr: "And I think I agree.."
^Deacon_Fr: "The sooner we get to town.. the sooner we can solve this"
Jerec: "what dream is it? i slept peacfully"
^Deacon_Frost^ checks his things, and gets his pony
Jerec get hsi horse and mounts up and pets him
^Deacon_Fr: "I think it has something to do with the wizard we encountered a while back.."
^Deacon_Fr: "You weren't with us.."
^Deacon_Frost^ mounts his pony
------- The light of morning comes, though not bright. A dark haze covers the sky still, and the sprinkling rain remains.
Kern_Balar: "Why can't we have nice weather"
Kern_Balar: "My clothes are still soaked!"
^Deacon_Fr: "Sometimes Rhea just isn't fair to us.."
------- As DF's pony feels the pressure of his companion on his back, he springs to the road, ready for the journey. The other steeds, soaking and wet, are not so forthcoming, even Jerec's horse.
Jerec: (that like owen today tellme he is at work"
Sentagur takes something to eat on the way
^Deacon_Frost^ pats his pony on the head
^Deacon_Fr: "I think this pony is special Kern.."
Kern_Balar: "He seems to enjoy your company now at least"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah... what a nice horse.."
^Deacon_Fr: "Pony I mean.."
------- Preparing to move on, the party mounts, and heads east, straight on to Quarter Kingdom. The rain increases, and travel is slower.
Kern_Balar: "I know the feeling of having a good pony."
Kern_Balarin pets his
Kern_Balar: "I've had this young guy for years"
^Deacon_Fr: "A horse is only as good as his master.."
Jerec: "this horse was given to me by the lord"
Sentagur watches for any tracks or unusual stuff
^Deacon_Fr: "I don't associate much with Lord Dak"
Kern_Balar: "I don't know Lord Dak"
Jerec: "I don't really knwo him i'm just one of the guards"
Kern_Balarin contines riding on, letting the conversation drift from his ears and taking in the other sounds around him
------- The grows long as the grop makes its way to the edge of the kingdom.
Jerec glances around
Sentagur watches for enything unusual along the road
------- The rugged outlands behind you, down the plain ahead of you can see the elven forest on the right, the high mountain on the left, and the last inn far off in the distance, straight ahead.
Kern_Balar: "A dry bed... oh I'm getting excited"
Sentagur: "i hope this time we are going to get through the night without the dreams"
^Deacon_Fr: "Yeah.. that would be a plus"
Kern_Balar: "Really nice"
Jerec: "i don't have to worry about that
------- The inn up ahead is about 10 minutes off.
Kern_Balar: I might make it so you should if you keep up with that
^Deacon_Frost^ hurries his horse on, trying to get to the inn quicker
^Deacon_Fr: "I need some dry clothes..."
^Deacon_Fr: "i can't wait to get there.."
Jerec: "we must go to the human quarters tomorrow"
^Deacon_Fr: "Ok.. but I need to get a mace first.."
^Deacon_Fr: "Anyone have any money I can borrow?"
Kern_Balar: "I need a nap first"
Jerec: "because that is where the evil presence is"
------- Getting close, you hurry faster. In a strange bit of confusion, you hear a yell, and the hear an arrow slinging over you head.
^Deacon_Frost^ hurries his horse off the side of the road
Jerec: "wt?!
Jerec goes to the side and rides up
^Deacon_Frost^ follows beside Jerec
Kern_Balarin jumps from his pony and slaps it forward to safety
^Deacon_Frost^ whispers "Why are they firing at us?!"
Jerec: "i dunno"
Kern_Balarin draws his dagger and hangs low to the ground
^Deacon_Fr: "Maybe we should leave the horses here.."
------- You hear a voice, "Hallo?!? Sorry. Who's there?"
^Deacon_Fr: "we are friends.. do not fire at us.."
^Deacon_Fr: "WE come in peace.."
^Deacon_Frost^ tenativly leads his horse back on to the road
Jerec: "it is I Jerec guard of Quarter Kingdom "
------- "Friend or foe of the Lord and Lady?"
Sentagur: "yeah i only wont some good bed"
Jerec: " Friend "
^Deacon_Fr: "Friend of the Lord, and The Lady"
^Deacon_Frost^ puts his hands up to show he is unarmed
Kern_Balar: "A halfing, trying to stay alive on unfriendly road"
Jerec: "I was on mission of Lord Dak and i think i foudn the group he was looking for"
Sentagur: "and i was here before togethor with lord and the lady and some other friends"
------- You see a soldier, a bit tattered. "Then, come and enter. You will find rest in the Inn. And Jerec, you have returned from Werea? Good. I was to watch for you."
Jerec: "yes i have Returned from Werea"
------- ******* Game Over *********

ep13Episode 13
The party stows their ponies and enters the inn, finally convinceing the InnKeep and his large son, Keester, that they are friendly visitors.

Sentagur trys to catch the conversation between the people around
Jerec: "we need 7 rooms right?"
Saphira_Hunter looks around again and wonders why the innkeeper isn't talking
Saphira_Hunter counts on her fingers "Where are you getting 7?"
Jerec: oops
Saphira_Hu: "We have 5 in our party. Unless you are planning on getting rooms for others."
------- The conversation at a minimum in the room, you hear two elves speaking of the rain, and a human mumbling in the corner to a couple others about killing their neighbor.
Jerec walks over to the Innkeep
------- The InnKeep emerges from the back room.. "Here's your rooms. Five of you? Fine."
Jerec: "ok how much?"
------- InnKeep: "Pay your tab in the morning. Same it's always been. I thought you said you'd been here before?"
Sentagur asks the innkeep "can i have a breakfast tomorow and can u wake me early"
Saphira_Hunter looks at the Innkeep.
Jerec: "i don't usally use the inn"
------- A longer inspection of the room reveals three humans in the corner, 2 elves at one table, and another 6 half-elves and humans scattered about, in twos.
Saphira_Hu: "We have been here, he wasn't with us last time, he is new."
Saphira_Hunter smiles
------- InnKeep: "Your request, Mr. Dwarf. You bets. Early to rise."
Sentagur: "thatnx"
------- The InnKeep exits.
Jerec: "well i dunno aobut you but i'm gonna go to my room"
Sentagur goes to one of the humans (one that looks inteligent) and asks him about news from the kingdom
Jerec heads to his room
Saphira_Hunter heads over to the two elves "Hello."
------- Rud: "Surprised you'd talk to me, Dwarf."
------- (hehe)
Sentagur: "why that"
Kern_Balarin looks to see if any of the persons assembled in the room could be considered "trouble" other than the kill your neighbor group
------- Rud:"Well, you and your group, you look like more hunters come to keep us in the Human Quarter."
Sentagur: " we was not in the kingdom for long time so if u have any news that could help us"
Sentagur: " i hearsd there was trouble in the human quarter but didnt know what it is"
------- Rud: "So you don't know? The last couple weeks have been aweful. Some evil presence in the quarter province turning everyone against each other."
Sentagur: "and you are a human so maybe you could help"
------- Rud: "Beats me what it is. I'm just getting out, to keep my sanity."
Sentagur: "can u tell me if anything alse unusual happen"
------- Rud: "Just folks acting suspicious of folks."
Jerec closes his door and take off his armor and look for a place to put it
------- As he says this, another man turns and watches the conversation that most of the room has been hearing, "Rud! Who do you think you are?"
Sentagur: "any killings or monster sightings or something like that"
Sentagur turns to the human and takes a look
------- Rud: "Mr. Dwarf, I don't know nuthin about such things. And Spike, you shuddup"
Kern_Balarin mummbles a nearly silent "Uh oh" under his breath.
Saphira_Hunter turns to the man who said that
------- Spike: "You want to step outside? Or you wanna me to kill you dead right here in front of your new little friend?"
Sentagur: "what is your problem Spike"
Sentagur keeps his hand near his axe
Saphira_Hu: "Spike, we realized that something was wrong while we were on the road, as the sky looks very strange. We are trying to find out how that is affecting this area."
------- Spike looks a Sentagur, and picks up a chair... then he pauses...
------- Keester emerges from behind the bar and stares at Spike, as he puts the chair down, and leaves through the front door.
Sentagur moves his hand to hgis axe
Sentagur relaxes
Jerec sets his bcakpack on the floor next to the bed and lock the door just as he leaves the room.
Sentagur: "thank you Rud "
Sentagur turns away and leave to his room
------- Rud: "Yes. But I'd not make trouble if I's you."
Saphira_Hu: "Rud, what exactly is going on? How long has everyone been on edge like this?"
Jerec walks to the main room of the inn
------- Rud: "Couple weeks. And I told your friend. I don't know anything."
Jerec waves to the group
Jerec steps up
Jerec: "you guys get anything?"
------- Rud: "I don't mean to be rude, lady. Sorry."
Saphira_Hunter walks over to Rud and sits next to him
------- Rud: "YOu looking for something?"
Saphira_Hunter smiles softly at Rud "Yes. I have a feeling you know a lot more than you are saying. If your friends object to you saying anything infront of them, then maybe you and I can find a nice quiet room to talk."
------- A dog wanders in the front door. It moves towards Jerec.
Kern_Balarin watches the dog
Jerec: "hey boy! how are you!"
Jerec pets raife
------- Rud:"Lady, I am sorry. But I don't know anything about why things are bad. And I don't know anything about any monster like your friend asked."
Jerec hands raife some food
Jerec takes a set and listens
Saphira_Hunter pulls out a few coins from her pouch, and gives them to Rud.
Saphira_Hu: "Thank you for what you did tell us. Please let me know if you think of anything more."
------- Rud: "Maam, I appreciate your situation, and would love to help. But I don't know anything."
Jerec: "maybe raife could find what we are looking for"
Saphira_Hunter nods. "That is alright, Rud. I understand you don't know anything else."
------- Rud looks at Jerec: "What ARE you looking for?"
Sentagur puts his stuf in an corner of his room
Jerec: "what ever is causing the problem in the human quarters"
------- The InnKeep emerges, refilling mugs around the room.
Kern_Balarin stands up and steps outside for a moment
Jerec: "hey Innkeep don't mind my dog being in here?"
------- InnKeep: "So, this is your dog, eh? Well, I hope you'll be taking the freeloader off my hands."
Jerec: "yea, i will pay you i was running a message for lord dak"
------- Rud still looks at Saphira, expecting a reply.
------- InnKeep: "Oh yes, that's right. The road guard told me. No payment."
Saphira_Hu: "We are looking for things out of the ordinary, and trying to figure out what the evil is that exists in these kingdoms."
Jerec: "ok thanks" nods to the innkeep
Saphira_Hu: "There are many many strange things going on of late."
------- Rud: "Well, I know no more than that."
Kern_Balarin reenters the inn with the saddle bags from his pony
Saphira_Hu: "we left here about two weeks ago, because of magic weakening, and return to find many people rather unfriendly. I think there is definately something strange happening."
Saphira_Hu: "however, if I don't know what is happening, then I won't be able to tell when it is back to what would be considered 'normal."
Jerec: "guys i'm gonna head to bed tell me if you get anything"
Jerec wlaks to his room "come raife"
Sentagur secres the door to his room before he goes to sleep
Saphira_Hu: "We know that someone is trying to create creatures to do harm to the area, but we aren't sure of the extent of that harm."
Saphira_Hu: "That is why we need the help of you and your friends. So that we understand the situation better."
Jerec open his door. walks in. let raife go in and then locks the door
------- Rud: "Well, I know nothing about creatures... just that everyone knows that the Kingdom is in trouble, with the magic problem you mentioned, making Lady Dawn ill and all. And some twisted presence in my quarter."
Jerec lays his clothing out to die and goes to bed
Saphira_Hu: "She is ill? do you know how so?"
------- Rud: "No, just what you know. That magic is faded all together, and stays ill trying to keep the magical protection up around the Keep."
Saphira_Hunter nods, and takes a drink of her ale
Saphira_Hu: "I didn't realize that she had fallen ill. Thank you for letting me know that."
Kern_Balarin lugs his saddle bags up to his room leaving Saphira to her own devices in the dining room below.
Sentagur checks under his bed
Saphira_Hunter looks around the inn again
------- Looking around, Saphira sees the rest of her party has retired for the night.
Saphira_Hu: "Thank you again, Rud, for that information."
Saphira_Hunter stands up, downs the rest of her ale, and walks upstairs
------- Rud: "Well, I told you nothing. I hope you figure out what exactly you're looking for. Then maybe you could find it. Night."
Saphira_Hu: "good night. I hope we find it too."
------- All snug in your bunks, the night passes.
------- After a night of rest like you could not remember, after your weeks of wilderness travel. The InnKeep wakes you early and leads you all to the breakfast table.
------- Served before you are hardboiled eggs, and cakes and cherry tomatoes.... It reminds you of a dream you might have had.
Saphira_Hunter gets her stuff together, and wanders down to the table
Jerec get fully dressed and make sure raife is awake
Sentagur enjoys his first good meal in weaks
Jerec leaves his room and goes tot ake raife outside

Jerec tell raife to stay and goes in and get some food
------- At the breakfast table, you remember your dreams the past few nights. Staring at the egg, you recall the wizard's words, "You're too late. I've hatched one in your precious kingdom already."
Kern_Balarin drags his saddle bags downstairs and sits with whomever his eyes meet first from his group
------- Looking at the tomatoe, you recall Berk's words, "I never saw what hatched out of that egg. Huge it was, and red, like some kind of fruit."
------- Jerec, unlike the others, thinks of his cute dog, Raif Rayff.
Saphira_Hunter looks at the food, and then at the others
Kern_Balar: "Looks good, doesn't it?"
Kern_Balarin takes a bite and pretends to like it
Kern_Balar: Yum
Jerec eats his food up
Saphira_Hunter looks at Sent, "What color was that anteater thing?"
Sentagur ignores the memorys and dreams so he can eat in peace
Sentagur: "brownish"
Saphira_Hunter nods again, and continues eating
Saphira_Hu: "Anyone have any ideas on where we should look?"
Jerec: "human quarter"
Saphira_Hu: "We know that the human quarter is moving towards a state of choas, I wonder if the others are."
Kern_Balar: Well from overhearing... er I mean from your excessly loud conversation with Rud, the Human quarter sounds like a good start.
Saphira_Hunter grins at Kern "nice to know you haven't taken to evesdropping."
Kern_Balar: "Eavesdropping got boring long ago, usually was romance gossip and such... not that I'd know or anything"
Saphira_Hunter smiles to her plate
------- After meal conversation, the party decides that the human quarter must be the place where the new creature was 'hatched' since the chaos in the kingdom seems to be based.
Saphira_Hu: "Course, you wouldn't know, Kern."
Sentagur pays the InnKeep and makes ready to leave the Inn
------- The party settles its tab, and then meets at the stables. The InnKeep comes out.
------- InnKeep: "Where are you going, may I ask?"
Saphira_Hu: "To the human quarter, insearch of a creature that looks kinda like an anteater."
Saphira_Hu: "or inseach of a crotchety old man. Not sure which we will find first."
------- InnKeep: "Mercy. But where in the quarter? It's so large, surely you must have more information than that?"
Saphira_Hunter looks at the others in the group.
Kern_Balar: "Well we could look for strange glowing lights too."
Jerec: "not really, unless you have some?"
Saphira_Hu: "That is all that I know. We haven't been able to find out anything else, except what he said."
Kern_Balar: "And maybe that Lady Dawn person might know more"
Saphira_Hunter looks at Kern, "She is feeling her powers drain. I'm not sure she can help. She told us that we were looking for a tree to begin with, and didn't have more info than that."
Jerec: "so your suggesting that we go to the palace?"
------- InnKeep: "Well, teh Lady never leaves Four Corners Keep since she's been ill. Where does the 'anteater-like' creature come from?"
Kern_Balar: Well if she knew the tree then maybe she knows something now, since it is closer to home
Saphira_Hu: "we think it comes from an egg. someone hatched it in some tunnels."
Sentagur: " we should also report to lord dak about what we saw"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we do need to report to them."
------- InnKeep: "An egg? Well, what kind of egg?"
Jerec looks to the others
Saphira_Hu: "We don't know actually. That is one of the problems."
Jerec make sure his ready to go
Kern_Balarin prepares his pony while everybody is talking
Saphira_Hu: "All that we know of the egg is that it is huge."
Kern_Balar: "your welcome to scrammble it if we find it"
------- InnKeep: "Ok" He looks at Kern quisically.
Kern_Balarin just smiles
Saphira_Hu: "would you know of anywhere around here that someone could hide a huge egg? any ruins or tunnels?"
------- InnKeep: "No, fraid not. Probably couldn't, the way folks gossip."
Saphira_Hu: "have you heard anything about someone seeing a huge egg?"
------- InnKeep: "Fraid not."
Jerec: "hey why don't we just try looking maybe someon over in the human quarter can give us information"
Saphira_Hu: "We need to leave then. Hopefully, the next time we are here, everyone will be back to normal."
Saphira_Hunter gets her horse tacked up, and gets her pack fastened on
------- InnKeep: "Very well."
Jerec mounts up and exit the stable and whistle to raife
Kern_Balar: Isn't there a mountain near the human quarter?" Maybe we should look there also while we're near the quarter."
------- InnKeep: "Oranos mountain is easy to see, sure enough. In the middle of the human quarter."
Saphira_Hu: "That is a good idea."
Saphira_Hu: "First we should probably go see Lady Dawn and Lord Dak, and see if they have any information."
Kern_Balar: "Thank you"
Jerec waits outside for the others
Kern_Balarin leads his pony outside
------- The InnKeep stands there, pondering your inactivity.
Saphira_Hunter gets on her horse, and heads out, looking to see if everyone else is going too
Kern_Balarin feeds his pony a little handful of oats.
Jerec pets the horse
------- The InnKeep waves and reenters the Last Inn, as the party rides downt he road.
Jerec: "so where are we going to? the palace or the human quarters?"
Saphira_Hunter waves at the innkeep
Jerec waves
Saphira_Hu: "I think we should go to the palace first, then to find that mountain."
Kern_Balar: "lets stop at the Palace first, just so you can "check in"
Jerec: "i don't need to the guard reported for me"
------- The seven hour ride to the palace leaves you tired... you are met at the gate.
------- Guard: "Hail. Have you business?"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we are here to see Lady Dawn and Lord Dak"
Jerec: "we request and audience with them about the problem in the kingdom"
Jerec: an not and ...
Saphira_Hu: "Can we go in?"
------- Guard: "Lady Dawn will see noone."
Saphira_Hunter ponders for a moment. "Unfortunately, we need her help, as she sent us on a mission, and we have found some news that changes what we thought was happening."
Saphira_Hu: "Will you at least allow us in to see Lord Dak?"
------- Guard: "Follow me."
Jerec: "we need information about the problem in quarter kingdom, like where it might be coming from"
Jerec follows him
Saphira_Hunter follows the guard
------- The guard leads you into the keep, down a hall, into a room with tapestries, "wait here."
Kern_Balarin leaves his pony and follows
------- A halfling enters the room, comes in and sits.
Kern_Balarin starts starting at the tapestries with a glow in his eyes.
Jerec stands around the place and looks at the tapestries
Saphira_Hunter looks around at the tapestries
Sentagur takes also an look around
------- Lord Dak: "Saphira, Sentagur, some of you have returned. I had that news last night."
------- Lord Dak looks around, "You have new friends... What seek you?"
Saphira_Hu: "yes, we arrived back here last night. We found the tree that lady Dawn wanted us to find, but we were told that there was another creature already hatched."
Jerec bows to Dak
------- Lord Dak: "A creature?"
Saphira_Hu: "We came to see if Lady Dawn has any idea on where we might seek this creature."
Sentagur tell Lord Dak everything the group "surrvived or not"
Saphira_Hu: "Also, we understand that many things have changed in the human quarter at least. Have you heard about any of the other quarters?"
------- Lord Dak: "Well, the Lady knows nothing... just that there is an evil presence about. She is weakened by her attempts to protect the keep's magical defenses."
Kern_Balarin stands stands about keeping his wandering eyes to himself
------- Lord Dak: "Well, the rest of the kingdom seems to be following suit behind the Human quarter."
Jerec: "then what we are looking for must be in the Quarter kingdom"
Jerec: oops human
Saphira_Hu: "Do you have any idea about any tunnels under the kingdoms?"
Sentagur: "that means that what ever is cousing this it is in the human quarter"
------- Lord Dak: "We have had sentries after sentries search the human quarter, but could not find where the evil presence originates. It is a large province."
Kern_Balar: "Has anybody seen any strange lights or glows?"
Jerec: "wait, what if it is here in the palace?"
Saphira_Hu: "We are most possitive that it would be in tunnels... possibly where a tunnel would reach above ground."
Sentagur: "have you searched the mountain"
------- Lord Dak listens to Sentagur tell the whole tale of your journeys..."No, no lights, Sir Halfling. And no, nothing in the keep, Jerec. There are no tunnels, Saphira. Yes, we searched the mountain, Sentagur."
Jerec: "any towers?"
Saphira_Hunter nods and looks around the room, thinking
------- Lord Dak: "Well, it seems you have fulfilled your journeys, and they led you back here. To finish, find what is in the human quarter. This wizard you speak of behind a gate intrigues me, but first we must destroy the evil within our kingdom."
Sentagur: "if we could only see where the magic is flowing to"
------- Lord Dak: "Go then. If you have seen one of these creatures.. then perhaps you can find the other. Find what we could not. Save Quarter Kingdom."
------- *********** Game Over ***********

ep14Episode 14
-------- Recap: Leaving Four Corners Keep, at the heart of Quarter Kingdom, you hear the parting words of Lord Dak. Words of hast, and of challenge, and of last hopes:
--------Lord Dak: "Well, it seems you have fulfilled your journeys, and they led you back here. To finish, find what is in the human quarter. This wizard you speak of behind a gate intrigues me, but first we must destroy the evil within our kingdom."
--------Lord Dak: "Go then. If you have seen one of these creatures.. then perhaps you can find the other. Find what we could not. Save Quarter Kingdom."
Saphira Hunter nods to Lord Dak in recognition
Jerec bows to Dak and start to leave the palace
Sentagur bows to the lord and leaves
-------- The group departs, heading west down the central road, on their way to the Human Quarter. But where in the province shall they go?
*** Tolman has set the topic on channel #rpgirc to Game On. Can they find Kern or the beast, and save Quarter Kingdom?
Saphira Hunter looks for a tavern, as she wants directions
Jerec: "should we try the moutains?maybe he in a tower of some kind too..."
Saphira Hunter nods to Jerec, "The mountain is a good idea."
Sentagur: "mountain it is!!!"
Saphira Hunter heads her horse/pony towards the commerce district
Jerec follows
Sentagur takes his pony and follows the two
-------- As the group moves off of the central west road, onto a route deep into the Human Quarter, you are reminded why it bears it's name.
Sentagur: (maybe there r no humans there)
-------- The houses immediately around bear the standard marks of human habitation. The way winds down at straight lines and 90 degree turns off to the side. You see humans about.
-------- The sky, still dark, produces rain one more. A light drizzle falls upon your brow. Your mounts move slowly down the now cobblestone path.
Jerec looks for the darkest part of the cloud
Saphira Hunter continues urging her horse towards the commerce district
-------- After a few hours, what must be night is quickly approaching. You arrive at the Central Commerce District. You see about you shops and taverns and trading posts. But most of everything seems boarded up.
-------- As you pass along, everyone seems to hide from you.
Jerec: "shall we go to the shop?"
Saphira Hunter: yes, we do need some items
Jerec: "crampons , and rope"
-------- You see a general shop, possibly open.
Jerec rides over
Jerec jumps off his horse and ties him up
Saphira Hunter rides over to the store, and looks to see if it looks open
-------- The door is ajar.
Sentagur checks the surrounding
Jerec entersslowly
Saphira Hunter walks over to the door, and looks cautiously in
-------- It is dark inside the store.
Jerec: "hello?"
-------- Boy's voice: "Mommy?"
Saphira Hunter looks in the direction of the voice
Saphira Hunter: "Hello, anyone here?"
Jerec: "no,is your mother missing?"
-------- From behind a counter opposite the door, you hear the voice again, "Mommy, where have you been?"
-------- A man's voice comes from the back of the store, "Sky, who are you talking to?"
Jerec: "sir, is your store open?"
-------- Teel: "Come to shut me down again, eh? Well GET OUT!"
-------- The man draws a bow, stringing an arrow pointed at the door.
Jerec: "no i'm here to buy things"
Saphira_H: "Actually, Sir, we came to buy some things"
-------- Teel: "Buy? Buy what?"
Jerec: "I need rope and Crampons if you have any"
-------- Teel: "Well, I haven't got any ro... oh."
Saphira_H: "oh?"
-------- Teel: "I've got rope. No Crampons, though."
Saphira_H: "can we buy some rope from you?"
-------- Teel: "Hehe, you want to buy rope? Here, what's your pleasure, 25', 50' 100'?"
Jerec: "ok that is fine, we will take the rope
Jerec: "50 foot"
-------- The shopkeep looks at Jerec, handing him the rope. "And you're not here for trouble? Sorry I've no crampons."
Saphira_H: "how much is it for 50 ft and for 100 ft?"
-------- Teel: "One gold coin for 50 feet, ma'am"
Jerec: "no problem" hands him a gp
Sentagur enters the shop
-------- Teel gasps at the dwarf entering the door.
Saphira_H nods
Saphira_H looks in the direction that Teel was looking
Sentagur: "Are you coming jerec"
Saphira_H: "he is with us... very harmless"
Jerec: "coming where?"
-------- You see a bead of sweat forming on Teel's brow.
Sentagur: "sir i ahve one question if you have time ? to the man"
Saphira_H looks back at Teel
Jerec: "teel calm don't thre will be no problems here"
Saphira_H: "Would you have any idea how to get to Polly Marshall's"
-------- Teel: "No problems. Right. I, uh..."
-------- The man now surprises you with a shout: "NOW!!!"
Saphira_H looks around her, while reaching to draw a weapon
-------- Two figures come at you from behind a chifferobe in the corner.
-------- Teel hops the counter and races at Saphira, and two men from the right rush at Sent and Jerec.
Saphira_H draws steel against the man rushing her
Sentagur grabs his axe and trys to hit the first man
Jerec draw sword and take a swing "stop now or be killed by a guard"
-------- (hit, roll damage. )
Saphira_H: "what is the meaning of this?"
-------- Each of you swing at your attackers, and each are felled.
Saphira_H: "Sky, are you still here?"
Saphira_H calls out
-------- You hear nothing from behindthe counter.
Saphira_H walks over to the counter
Sentagur: "what is going on here , we wanted only a rope"
Saphira_H: "I have no idea what is going on around here."
-------- Teel: "Go. Leave us. Spare us."
Saphira_H: "What is going on?"
Saphira_H: "why did you attack us?"
Jerec: "smart move"
Jerec sheaths his sword
-------- Teel: "Why did you come here? Have mercy, leave us be."
Jerec: "let leave"
Sentagur: "you heard him why did u attack us!!! "
Sentagur: "can we have our rope now"
Jerec walks out the shop and unties hsi horse
-------- Teel: "You have the rope, just go. take what you want, but spare us"
Sentagur: "no i want to know why r u so frightend"
Saphira_H walks over to Teel
-------- Teel recoils and screams.
Saphira_H: "then tell us what this is about.. if we have a bounty on us, I would like to know."
-------- You get no response out of the shivering figures.
Saphira_H gets some supplies from the shelves, and walks out
Sentagur pays for things they took and leaves
-------- Outside, the drizzle continues. YOu think you saw a figure watching from across the street, but ran when you emerged from the shop.
Saphira_H looks in the street to see what other buildings are there
Saphira_H puts the rope and torches in her saddle bags
-------- As the sky darkens, you continue down the cobblestone, examining the buildings, most of which seem closed up. You do spy a tavern, possibly open, down the way.
Saphira_H leads her pony to the tavern
Jerec follows
-------- A sign dangles above the door: "The Muck and Mire"
Sentagur goes behind carefuly
Saphira_H looks at her fellow travellers, and ties up her pony
Jerec: me ties up teh horse and wounders in the travern
Saphira_H walks slowly to the door
Sentagur follows after tying up his pony
-------- As you enter the tavern, a long hallway leads ahead. A common room appears to be through a doorway on the left.
Saphira_H opens the door to teh tavern, and walks in
Saphira_H walks through the doorway to the left
Sentagur stays few steps behind and then follows
-------- Entering the common room, you sense the shady atmosphere... dank and dark and almost dangerous. There are several folks standing around the edges of the room, leaning on the tables. Two men are in the center of the room... they are wrestling.
Jerec looks around
Saphira_H looks about, and looks for a barkeep
-------- As you make your way into the light of the room. The action stops, and all dozen of those in the play stop, turn , and stare.
Saphira_H: "sorry, was I disturbing anything? I didn't mean to."
Jerec: "anyone seen anything weird around here?"
-------- Bum1: "I seen a guard, a skirt, and a midget... that's pretty wierd"
Saphira_H: "you've never seen a skirt before? I would say that was weird."
-------- The large man growles at Saphira as a few others chuckle.
Jerec: "have you all seen anything weird..i mean something really weird"
-------- Bum2: "Hey shorty, your mom's got a sense of humor."
Saphira_H looks around at the bums and to see if she can see a barkeep in this room
-------- One of the men turns to Jerec, "He said... the wierd thing around here is you."
Sentagur: "who rare you calling a shorty?"
-------- A man steps towards Sentagur, "You... shorty. "
Jerec eyes the guy
-------- The man before Jerec speaks, "Unless you got a reason to be here, I'd suggest you're in the wrong place."
Jerec: "I have the right to be here. because i'm a guard of the city"
-------- The first man speaks to Saphira: "What do you want?"
Saphira_H: "I am looking for Polly's place. Can you tell me where it is?"
-------- Bum1: "Polly? Polly Marshal?"
Saphira_H: "yes"
-------- Bum1: "What business you got's with Polly Marshall?"
Saphira_H: "We want to see the tomatoe plant."
-------- Bum1: "What you getting at?"
Saphira_H: "We were told it was something that we really needed to see."
-------- Bum1: "Well, that large tomatoe she had agrowing I heard about few weeks ago?"
Saphira_H: "Do you think she sold it or anything by now?"
-------- The other men in the room look on.
Saphira_H: "I really wanted to see that"
-------- Bum1: "Couldn't say what happened to it."
Saphira_H: "Can you tell me where she is living?"
Saphira_H: "I hope she still has that tomatoe"
-------- Bum1: "Maybe I could"
-------- Several men laugh.
Sentagur: "yes you could"
Saphira_H: "I would really really appreciate it if you could."
-------- Bum1: "Tell ya what... I point ya to Polly's Place, ifn you can win a wrestling match."
Saphira_H looks the bum over... who do you want to wrestle?
-------- Bum1: "Not you... you shorty." (he points at Sentagur)
Saphira_H looks over the other bums to see what they look like?
Sentagur: "every time "
Jerec: "must be afraid of his own race"
-------- Bum1: "Not me, but Lenny." The men chuckle around the room, and seperate, leaving it evident that Lenny is a hulk of a man smiling in the corner.
Sentagur takes a run and trys to hit the man with his heat in the tummy
-------- The dwarf charges the huge one called Lenny, his head meets the torso of the man.
-------- Lenny pounds on top of Sentagur's shoulders.
-------- The man kicks at Sentagur who is kneeled before him. Sentagur falls backward.
Saphira_H walks slowly around the room
-------- The man misses with a punch. As hoots and hollers come from around the room.
Sentagur stands up and circles the man
-------- The man misses with another punch.
-------- The man lands a punch across Sentagur's ear as he circles around.
-------- Bum2: "Toss him over your head, Len!"
-------- He swings and misses, as Sent drops to the floor.
-------- Sent kicks and misses the man, and is not quite vulnerable spread out ont he floor.
-------- The man falls down upon sentagur, but has achieved no hold as of yet.
Jerec: "yea!"
-------- Lenny topples over as Sentagur plants a foot right in his belly. He gasps and rolls over onto his back.
-------- Standing up, the dwarf kicks the man as he lie the ground. The heap moans a bit more, seemingly out of breath.
Jerec: "i think you won"
Saphira_H: "looks like we won"
-------- Lenny attempts to sit up as Sentagur sits upon his chest, punching.
-------- Bum1: "Ok, ok. Jeesh." He moves over to Saphira. "Y'all are ok. You can stay here tonight. Polly Marshall's place is in the farm district. The last homestead down Furling Row."
Saphira_H: "which way is that?"
Sentagur: "you could have told us that right away"
Saphira_H: "Why wouldn't we be allowed to stay here anyway?"
Sentagur stands up and helps the other wrestler up
-------- Bum1: "West of here, just 2 or three hours."
-------- Bum1: "Then north around Oranos mountain. It's the grasslands."
Saphira_H: "Thanks for your assistance."
-------- Bum1: "Tike! Pick up Lenny. Kris! Give these folks a couple rooms."
Jerec smiles
-------- A short, round man heads to the doorway, "Follow me."
-------- *********** Game Over ********

Episode 15
------- As night went on, and Sentagur shared in a bit of gloating from his victory in the common room, the group was led upstairs into clean, but dungy rooms. The night passed noisily, but uneventfully.
Sentagur: (did i get my ale)
------- It is now morning, not so evident from the dark sky, but from the change in activity in the streets below your window.
Sentagur looks out
Saphira_H looks out the window to see if it is even darker than the day before
------- The sky seems dark, with the same sprinkle as the day before.
Saphira_H gathers up her stuff, and heads downstairs to get together with the others in her party
Sentagur takes his stuff and goes downstairs to meat the others
------- As the group heads downstairs, you wonder if Kern will find you, and then you notice that Jerec is gone.
------- You also notice that the common room and the whole Muck and ------- The place is empty.
Sentagur: "where is Jerec "
Saphira_H: "I thought you might have seen him."
Kern_Balar: "What a homely place!"
Sentagur: "i didnt seee him since yesterday"
------- You see Kern appear in the doorway.
Saphira_H: "Do we know where we are going? I still think we need to go to Polly's farm, and look at that tomatoe that she has."
Saphira_H: "great to see you, Kern"
Kern_Balarin wipes his hairy feet on the floor
Kern_Balarin is dressed quite unKern like. He is dressed in black studded leather with a black cap with a red feather. Strapped to his side is a simple short sword. On his other side hangs a simple pouch and a sling. Various other assessories hang from his pack sling on his back.
Kern_Balar: "Likewise"
Kern_Balar: I'm not quite liking the reception everybody else has given me, except Jerec.
Saphira_H: "Do you know where he is? It would be nice to get going as soon as possible
Kern_Balar: "He said he had guard duty things to do. I'm sure he'll catch up"
Kern_Balar: So we still going to the mountain?
Saphira_H: "Then we should head for Polly's. I have a feeling that the old man had his egg set there. After all, Berk said that the egg she saw looked like a big tomatoe, and Polly had a huge one that last time we were through here."
Kern_Balar: "Polly?"
Saphira_H: Yea, she has a farm near here
Kern_Balar: Who's Polly and why are we gardening all of the sudden?
Kern_Balarin looks confused
Saphira_H: "Kern, we aren't gardening. The old geezer that blew us out of the tree trunk said that he hatched another creature."
Kern_Balar: "I'm not dressed for gardening!"
Saphira_H: "Burk said that the egg looked like a big tomatoe."
Kern_Balar: And, what does that have to do with farming?"
Saphira_H: "and Polly had a huge tomatoe... sounds like it could be our missing egg."
Kern_Balar: Ah
Kern_Balar: I see
Sentagur: "so are we going to visit the tomatoe lady or are we going to the mountain"
Saphira_H: "we are going just past the mountain."
Saphira_H: "right now it is the best lead we have as far as where we want to look for this."
Kern_Balar: Then lets go pull up some tomato.
Saphira_H grabs her bag and walks out of the tavern
Kern_Balarin taps his short sword and smiles.
Sentagur: " kern where did you get this outfit"
Sentagur also packs his equipment and follows Saphira
------- As the group departs, you head west down a main road, as the bum from last night instructed. As before, people around seem entirely unfriendly, or at least untrusting. The rain dampens everything as your ponies trudge on.
Kern_Balar: "What this old thing... Well I've always had it, though haven't had the chance to use it much over the years.
Saphira_H wanders out and gets her pony saddled
Kern_Balarin tries to buff some rust off of a stud.
Saphira_H: "you look very dashing with it."
Kern_Balar: Thanks.
------- Your thoughts turn to Deacon Frost, who went his separate way at the Last Inn. And you wonder if Jerec will find you. And you wonder what will you find if you discover the hatchling you search for...
Saphira_H: "I hope Jerec finds us. Too bad he needed to do guard duty."
------- After nearly three hours, you encounter Barling Road, a cobblestone path which heads north into the farm district.
Sentagur watches for anything unusual during the way
Kern_Balarin watches the rain fall.
Saphira_H watches for any bright lights, and keeps on the lookout for old men with bad breath
------- As you head north, Mount Oranos passes on your right, and the signs of homes becomes less frequent as you move into the farming district.
Saphira_H continues looking around
Kern_Balar: "So how long until we pull some roots?"
------- The surrounding terrain has become all fields. Some is grassland, and some sections have been tilled, ready for planting. Up ahead, you see a path on the left with a sign... "Furling Row"
Saphira_H: "Should be fairly soon, Kern. I'm not sure which place is hers."
Saphira_H heads towards the Furling Row sign
Saphira_H: "It should be the last house on this road."
Sentagur follows saphira
------- As you look down the row, you see 4 houses, each almost a quarter mile apart. You begin the trek down.
Kern_Balarin starts checking his gear, making sure everything is properly strapped and such
------- Passing the first two homes, each about 100 meters off the Row, you see noone, but as you pass the penultimate house, you turn, hearing a sound, seeing a Dwarven women rush into her front door.
Kern_Balar: "Did I just see a dwarf?"
Saphira_H watches the woman, and keeps down the road
Sentagur: "maybe we should ask someone here about things that are happenening"
Saphira_H: "that is what I saw too. I thought something might be wrong."
Sentagur: "ill go and ask her some questions"
Sentagur goes to the house where the dwarven woman wint into and knocks on the door
Kern_Balar: Are you sure that's wise? Something feels wrong about this whole situation.
Saphira_H will wait here, since it doesn't seem that she wants to see anyone... especially not part human."
Saphira_H: "I agree, actually a lot feels wrong, but I can't place it
Sentagur: (knock knock)
Dwarven_wo: "What do you want?"
Kern_Balar: It's that 6th sense we have.
Sentagur: "hello i wanted to ask you a few question if i may"
Dwarven_wo: The door opens, and the woman comes ontot he porch.
Dwarven_wo: "A dwarf? HOw came you here?
Sentagur: "Hello my name is Sentagur"
Dwarven_woman sits on a stool, peering off, "And I am Kyra."
Sentagur: "i am on the mission to find out what is happening here and to try to distroy the evil if i find it"
Kyrah: "Evil is all around, so it seems."
Sentagur: "can you tell me anything about the situation here , any strange things that happend or any creatures that you have seen around here"
`Kyra`: "I know nothing."
Sentagur: "and what do u know about an tomatoe that is supposed to be somewhere here"
`Kyra`: "Tomatoe? At Polly Marshall's... Her tomatoe?"
Sentagur: "yes "
Sentagur: "what do you now about it?"
`Kyra`: "Well, got rid of it near a month ago. Took it to her basement."
`Kyra`: "She must have eaten it, the wierd human... cause she's had nothing else to eat..."
`Kyra`: "She hasn't left her home in over a month... I'd know. She would hafta walk right by me."
Sentagur: "where did she find that tomatoe "
`Kyra`: "Find? I suppose it grew, or, I don't know. Mister, it is good to see a blood, but I better go back inside."
`Kyra`: "Sir Sentagur, stay away from Polly, she's strange anymore."
Sentagur: "That means that strange things started to happen with the tomatoe"
`Kyra` moves for her front door.
Sentagur: "thank you for the advice but i have to find whaever is evel here and distroy it" (the noble me)
`Kyra` nods, and enters the house, shutting it quickly.
Sentagur heads back to his group after thanking Kyra
Saphira_H: "What did you find out, Sent?"
Sentagur tells anytihing he found out to the others
Kern_Balar: So it's domesicated now?
Sentagur: "we should check out the house and the basement "
Kern_Balar: A house plant
Saphira_H: "yes, that would be a good place to check."
Kern_Balar: Quite
Saphira_H waits for Sent to get back on his pony, and rides towards the house
------- You three approach the house. It is a singlestory home, standing at the end of the row. The grounds show no sign of upkeep. A walkway leads to the front door, through the tall grass.
Kern_Balar: "Looks like nobody is home"
Saphira_H: "I don't think she is going to walk out and say a warm hello."
Sentagur circles the house watch through windows and checks the surrounding
------- Nothing stands out from the house as you view it from afar on each side.
Saphira_H looks around with a look of sorrow on her face
Sentagur knocks on the door
------- The group comes up to the porch as Sent knocks. The door opens in time, and an elderly lady peeks out a cracked door.
Kern_Balar: "Good Morning"
Saphira_H continues towards the door
------- The lady speaks, in a monotone voice, "Oh, hello, I'm sorry but I don't need any.", and shuts the door.

-------...The party repeats the knock, and receivest the exact same response from the woman. Sentagur has his foot broken attempting to force entry. Two of the members search around the back of the house, and Kern discovers a trap door around back, where all descend into the cellar to find an enormous beast. It does not seem hostile, but Sentagur claims it is similar to the one found inside the tree days ago, only of monstrous proportions, wallowing down in this cellar.
------- After much chaos, they manage to kill the enormous beast which does not put up much of a fight. But as they do, they feel the ground shake and feel an explosion of power fly into the world. Then, they hear a rumbling and see fallen stone coming from the north wall.

Saphira_H looks at the north wall.
------- A beast, nearly 8 feet tall, and very wide, covered in armored plates moves forward from the stone.
Sentagur makes his short bow ready for new attack
------- It's mandibles and bug-like eyes move on you, four of them, with its black form slowly approaching.
Saphira_H holds her sword tight, and readies herself
------- The creature is a bloody pulp of flesh. Part of the head against the north wall goes flying, as do several other rocks being thrown from the north wall. And from the wall, something emerges, somehting like you've never wanted to see.
------- A beast, nearly 8 feet tall, and very wide, covered in armored plates moves forward from the stone.
------- It's mandibles and bug-like eyes move on you, four of them, with its black form slowly approaching.
Kern3: "AcK!"
Sentagur shoots his arrow at the eyes
------- Each of you feel confused, as you look upon the creatures four eyes. It raises two huge claws slowly, ready to swing down.
Sentagur shoots his arrow at the eyes
Kern_Balarin stabs at the creature
Saphira_H swings her sword at the creature
------- Sentagur, as you aim at the eyes, you are confused and miss horribly.
------- Saphira and Kern hit the armor plates on the beast. It doesn't move back, but swings a claw at each.
Sentagur tries to atack the creature from the side after he missed with his bow
------- The creature swings and misses Kern, but nails Saphira to a wall, penetrating her flesh with a bladed claw.
Saphira_H: "ouch"
Saphira_H tries to hack at its claw
Sentagur tries to attack creatures heat from the side
------- The slow creature turns, nd you notice it must be 5 feet wide, and enormously strong for haven tosse Saphira so easily and movethrough the stone into the room.
Saphira_H moves to get up, and attack the beast with her sword
------- All of the pary attacks and hits the creature, as their blades bounce off the touch plated insectlike covering.
------- The creature bites at Kern, biting down on his backpack and obliterating it, ripping it off his shoulder.
Kern01: "AhhhhH!"
Saphira_H tries to cast Magic Missle at the creature
Kern01 attacks again
Sentagur tries to hit the beast between the plates
------- Sentagur swings and bounces his axe of its armored head. Kern buries his sword into its torso, and Saphira casts.
------- The creature recoils from the blows, as the magic missile hits it, but it still attacks.
------- A claw comes down on Kern and Saphira
Saphira_H attacks again with her sword
------- You each take much damage, and as the creature bends to bite the dwarf, it topples over onto its face as he steps out of the way.
Sentagur tries to hit it between the plate joints
Kern01 stabs with a blaze of anger
------- As each of you miss, the creature rises.
Sentagur tries to hit it between the plate joints
Saphira_H stands and tries to hit the creature again
------- Sentatur nails the beast , nearly severing an arm.
------- The creature swings its claw, biting at Saphira. One claws sticks Sentagur, as he is lifted up, impailed on its claw.
Saphira_H stands and tries to hit the creature again
------- The creature turns and tosses Sentagur against the stone wall.
------- The creature moves over to Sentagur
------- Kern's blade manages to slip under a plate of armor, and sticks the creature in the back, and remaining lodged..
Kern01: "Yeah that's right, get away from the dwarf ugly!"
------- IT roars and falls on top of Sentagur. The roaring creature hauls itself up and then crawls away.
- Kern01 continues to swing at "ugly" with a nasty halfling rage
------ The beast moves away and disappears into the wall, leaving rubble behind him
------- Suddenly, a door from the south wall swings open, and you see the old lady.
Saphira_H turns to look at her
Kern01 turns ready for the old bat to turn into the old man
------- She speaks, but the voice is different. It resembles the mad wizard you heard in the tree, "YOU!!! Who are you? I should have finished you at the gate. Augh!"
Saphira_H: "We are here to make the world right again, and end your evil ways."
Saphira_H swings at the old woman.
Sentagur: "dont u get it old man, there is noone intereested in your presence"
Kern01: "And we hate your pets"
------- PollyPuppet: "You will never stop me. I will return. I will have your precious kingdom! I shall attack from..."
------- She is cut short from Saphira's swing.
------- The woman dodges her swing, and then picks up saphira and tosses her.
Saphira_H lands on the ground
------- The lady moves to Kern.
Saphira_H moves to stand back up
Kern01 stands his ground between the wizard and the rest of his group
------- The lady prepares to attack the halfling...
------- Kern beheads her, as she falls.
Sentagur tries to stop the bleeding in his chest with a cloth

------- All is quiet. Saphira knows a peace she hasn't in some time. Kern knows a sense of adventure he's always longed for. Sentagur knows he's dying.
Saphira_H moves to bandage sent
------- As the group helps Sentagur out of the house, you see a troop of guards approaching the house front.
------- Jerec leads them.
Saphira_H looks at Jerec
Saphira_H: "hello, Jerec"
------- Jerec: "I went to get my guard troop, but I see we miseed a battle."
------- A halfling comes to the front of the group. You recognize him.
Kern01: You're late Jerec
Saphira_H: "hello, Lord Dak."
Lord_Dak: "All is well. My Lady Dawn has told me so, just now. How did you do it?"
Sentagur: "mylord "
Lord_Dak: "Magic flows through the kingdom. "
Saphira_H: "Yes, it feels well to me too."
Lord_Dak: "Sentagur, Saphira, and your companion, Kern, all have done much to save the kingdom. There is something about you, Hunter, and you dwarf, and you, halfing and newest champion of Quarter Kingdom."
Sentagur: "but the fight is not over"
Kern01: "Yes the old wizard still lives"
Sentagur: "and that creature that attacked us"
Lord_Dak turns to Sentagur, "Well, come, ride with me to Four Corners Keep, heal, receive your reward, and we'll talk about this wizard. I wish to know more. You will be honored."
Saphira_H: "we killed one creature, but the other got away."
Lord_Dak: "Perhaps there still remains more to be done, indeed."
Lord_Dak: ****** GAme Over ******
Lord_Dak: ******** Thus ends Saga 1 *********