Foril followed with Laithia and after she posed her question to Reedrick, Foril smiled and bowed slightly to the dwarf, "Thank you sir.  You've a heart of solid lead!"

Krius acknowledged Justin's reply with an odd half smile. Krius looked at Laithia and introduced himself "Greetings." He turned toward Reedrick Orebender "The Watch sir? No, I have to say no I have not." Krius felt a little out of place and shifted nervously.

Laithia bid everyone a good night and taking Foril's hand led him back up and through the Plank to Kree's room. Like Kree, it was a no nonsense room with a large bed, a small table with two chairs and a desk plus a armoire. Throwing her stuff on one of the chairs, she sits on the bed and kicks off her boots. Letting out sigh, she leans back on the bed trying to relax and forget about what happened to her today.

In reply to Krius Faragoth (msg # 143):

Hath Thee need of sustenance Justin asked indicating the foods that had been laid upon the table whilst they team planned

"Yes, Justin thank you." Krius thought a bite of food may help settle his nervousness. "Aye I will need all of my strength to achieve our tasks." He said as he picked up a small assortment of fruits and nuts. "We have much too do and I have a lot to learn" he muttered as he took a bite out of the roasted leg of some unfortunate woodland creature.

Krius washed his meal down with a large ale.

"Ah that is much better my friend" he said to Justin. "Now to learn of the evils of this land and our place in it."

....

   Fetcher Brings the  Big fellow into the Inn. It is fairly crowded as it is near noon.

 save  for a Big table near the hearth, there a many empty chiars there..but  no one dares sit. a Dwarf with Black hair  and beard sits there , going over some parchments.. he has a Helmet that has one horn on the front, like a Unicorn. On his leather armor is a Ruby red arrow..

 Reeedrick? This is Aramis..Just got of a boat...looked like someone  we could use?

 Reedrick reaches into his  pouch and  tosses Fetcher 2 gold coins, he  grabs them  with his right  hand ,like a  frog's tongue with a fly..Ye get the rest ifin he signs....

 Have a seta Aramis...I'm Reedrick Orebender...I run this place of the Crimson Arrows fer me friends...when i don't get ta go out killin' slavers and such...

 a woman appears at the tanle  she Places a Mug of Ale  by Reeedrick and he says,Tell 'er what ye want..food , drink..its on me..no matter if ya join or not.....

 The woman as a red metal arrow on her blouse, as  a nasty looking   dagger on her belt.

Glad to meet you Reedrick .Bring me also a mug of ale.
And what else? The best dish you have today.
Our trip was long enough. And the seas stormy.
Nice place you have here. Ironmound is a jewel.
But Its awful thats in a civil war,  what the heck,
thats life. I'm here to fight the evil,
win lots of gold, and make proud my island.



Aramis reveals his sword and axe. Put them on table.

Look at them, made from the hands of gods,
as a gift to me. Made from precious, unknown metals,
to fight the dark forces.

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  The Dwarf  waits for the waitress to  come back. She sets  a Mug of ale down and a large  Bowl of stew, along with a loaf  of fresh bread and butter. She  sits a sandwich  in front of Reedrick.

   Right then, I will spell thisn out for you...you can  Join the army..or the navy, you'll earn gold..get inta some fights. Or Ya join a company..if your on the charter of a Company, it can keep ya out of the Arena should  you get into a street fight or some such thing...I offer you a chance to Join the Arrows..should you Join, I'll be sending you out  to link up with  a Group on a mission..some folks  came back from there..some..well..didn't make it..so I must assume they can use the Help....

i aint afraid of the arena,
the gods offered me this body,
to fight , kill and honour them.
i dont like the groups much,
but tell me,
whats this mission,
and how much gold offer?

  Reedrick  studies the  Big fellow with a careful eye,..ye might last a while in the arena..there have even been people who live...but i wouldn't bet on ye...

 ...the Mission is  secret ...they were sent to retirves some on that the  HArgen bastards have taken in a raid....The gold? will depend on whether they get that person back..or Nay...and  then the coin is divided up among the survivors...and ..of course, the company gets its  share.

wanna help.
with all my heart,
ya are good people,
good hearted,
but i swear to the holy gods,
when i am alone,
i fight like a shark of the azure sea.


give me a mission alone,
and ill bring back their blood

  The dwarf  rubs his  beard a Bit and says,First?  Ye got to decide ifin ye  want ta be an Arrow...then..I can send you somewhere....elsewise?..you'll need to  join another company..or Go to the gates and see what bouties they have up?

i'm in reedrick,
will join the arrow,
i'm open ears,
what to do next.

The barbarian turns to the woman,

bring us some wine

 Reedrick  nods to the Girl and she  moves off to the  bar.  Right then, here's  what yer gonna do..You can either  catch a boat here...might be cheaper  in Bowshot, which is right down the road a bit....and You will take it to Olant.

 The Girl come s back with the Bottle of  cold  wine ( Ironmond Vinyards) a a pair of Glasses. She places a small  wooden box on the table  by Reedrick and she leaves.

 Reedrick  opens the  Box, there are dozens of  Red Arrows, some of Gem stone, some of Metal some of  painted wood. Reedrick looks at Aramis  and closes his eyes, pulling out  a silver arrow with Red flethchings  and a red arrow head.

 ..ye pin that where  folks can see it....somehtin' happens..word  comes back to me, or those in Razorhawk Village...some towns guards will even leave  ya alone when they see the Pin...

 Mind ye.... he shakes a stubby finger at him,..there are all manner of  companies out there..some good..some dark...some, like us?..in ebtween, so's  we have enemies on both sides....what them good ones don't understand, is that we do whatever it takes   to get the job done...and we don't treat them dark folks with tender care...if ya get me meanin'

 Now..back to yer  mission....You get to Olant..Olant is at the base of the Furman's  Chain..all the  towns there are allied with Ironmon,except  Olant..they say they are neural...but the  town  is as dark as they come.... When ya get to Olant..yer to Seek out the  Unit  Lead  by an Elf, Kree Quickshadow...he's  a mean once...and that's the truth...but he'll nay suffer a slaver to live...or a person ta be a slave....If..ye  find them, ye  find out if they need help...if they do..ye  come back and  see me...if they don't  then you help escort them back...once that's over..we'll get ya  another  job, or ye can stay with Quickshadow's group..first?..ye got ta find them.

thanks Reedrick,
for offering the job,
you help a lot,
am new in these places,
first trip, first shadow,
'll take the boat from here to olant.


have a nice map,
a sailor gave it as a gift


he opens the map on the table
and points to olant


its close

Aramis gets out of the tavern, and explores all around
. He is curious to see this place and its stores
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...leaving the Walk-thePlank Aramis   heads   to the North Gate...the North River  gate is opening slowly, even from where he is on the docks, he can see the   Huge Iron rods  moving outward, and the  top of the Wall raising like a  drawbridge, to allow  an Ironmound River Navy warship to come through..the   bright on North west-Northeast way  has risen as well, and traffic  has  stooped. Aramis is a Good Mile  or Mile and  a half away from that  main road...A few  Yards  down from  'The Plank"  is the  Dockside rest..it has a few people coming and Going.

 a Large man with a scar on his face has a booklet and he is asking for those who wish to try their luck, to fight  prisoners in the arena...ther edoesn't  seem to be too many takes.

 The Dockside rest is at the End  the docks heading North...aramis can either take the path along the shore...or a small path that leads to  the small side streets...

Aramis returns back to the docks
and searches for fetcher,
and a boat to olant.

 H He notes, that  the Docks  end where he is  standing, However the  go up to the  south gate direction for about a mile or so...there are Plenty of ships at the docks.

 and  some smaller fishing  boats are  down by the shore, past the end of the docks.

Aramis moves towards the plenty of ships at the docks.
he is asking there for a ticket to olant.

  As he  heads down the docks, most of the ships have pulled in. None seem to be heading  West to Olant.

 after  a good hour or so, he finds a Serpent Fishermen, he and his crew say they'll take him to Olant for 10 Gold, if he will help defend the ship, if they need it.

Aramis gets in the fishing boat,
agrees with the captain,
and goes and sits in a corner.
He shines his sword,
and prepares his axe,
for combat.

 The Dwarf  sailed  for  a few weeks Up the  River, from Engar, then turned  into the   Storm River, in hopes of  reaching  Ironmound

  The  weeks  had  showed him some fighting between  ironmound  river navy and Pirates, or slavers, he had seen the serpents  rising out of the water to snatch a deer or  something from the shore line, and  even seen a school of  small 2 foot long  ones  Bumping against the   hull of his   boat.

 When he finaly sailed Under the Huge  arches of the  City, the river guard pointed him to the largest  dock area in the city.. a dock worker Guided him to the west end of the Dock and said it would cost him 1 gold per night.

  two  people  spotted the dwarf,  a tall Human who looked a bit  scruffy, and a rather  little fellow who hailed him first.

  Hey! Son-of-the-stone!..looking for Good food, good  drink and..maybe ..work?... I got  just the place for you..The Walk the Plank...

 THe  Tall Guy pushed the Little fellow  away, ..fergit the  shrimp!...you wanna come with me..if its coin and food yer lookin' fer!

Baku looked curiously at the two men as he approached, he held up a hand in greeting to the shorter man.
"Work sounds good, and a drink to wet my whistle. Where is this Walk the Plank?"
 As he speaks he hops up on the dock and ties up his skiff, not wanting it to float away.

 Baku can see the dockworkers take  care of the smaller boats  and ships, while the  bigger merchant ships   must be cared for by the crew, though they do pay berthing  fees.

  ..My Name is Fethcer... Follow me...where you from, I normaly try to find  folks who aren't from Ironmound itself..

 He rgins at the Tall Fellow  who snarls  at him, but the tall man moves quickly down  the wharf as some folks exit  a Merchant ship.

  Fetcher Points out to the huge  river...don't see sites like that very often, I'm bettin'
 Two Huge  Ironmound  Warships were warping out of the docks across the River, One was  getting ready yo head  East, the other  west.... The masts were High on both. They'll have to open ht eGates and Raise the bridges  for them..Masts are too tall..those are the Sea Navy ships, they rotate them out...One month at Sea..one month at Mouri..then back home for  2 months... Damn Red Isle Halflings  and the Red Elves..keeps them  busy..Now?..River Nay folks have it nicers,,they  make a patrol..about a month, maybe twp?..then come back home for  2 months..

 By this time they reach the "walk-the-plank"... the sign above the door as  a little  man toddling across  the plank until it falls of..then it zips underneath to the top again ..and starts all over..Fetcher grins at the sign,some say its  clockwork, some say its magic? I don't want to know...it's an eye catcher though!

When Baku realizes that he diesn't need to care for his bost he leaves it in the dockworkers hands and walks up to Fletcher.

"Nice to meet you fletcher, most people call me Red, I'm not from around here that much I can say."

After answering the man Baku just follows him as they walk along, nodding that he doesn't see such a sight often, probably never based on his mouth sitting agape. As he hears of the Red Isle Baku shutters almost inperspecably.

He laughs at the sight of the sign as he crosses the plank into the place which starts his new life.