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Off to the Fens.

Posted by GNFor group 0
GN
GM, 422 posts
Tue 29 Nov 2022
at 02:40
  • msg #1

Off to the Fens

The journey from the keep is peaceful, the sky is clear, not a cloud up above.  As you approach the function in the road south of the keep you see far off in the distance to the west, a caravan of four wagons heading to towards you.
Thromm
player, 257 posts
AC:16+ HP:24/24 Init+1
PPer:20; PIns:20; PInv:10
Tue 29 Nov 2022
at 06:03
  • msg #2

Off to the Fens

By the time they reached the junction, Thromm was singing an old dwarven drinking song with the gusto of the doomed. If you already knew and sought your end, there was freedom in that. THromm lived his life in the moment and at break-neck pace. He had no time for worries. Still, as the caravan was spotted, his singing quieted but did not stop. Enjoying a fine day was not the same as being incautious; seeking your doom was not the same as inviting it.
Tegan
player, 356 posts
AC:20; HP:26/28; Init:+2
PPer:10; PIns:12; PInv:10
Tue 29 Nov 2022
at 23:16
  • msg #3

Off to the Fens

"They are headed our way," Tegan said as he eyed the approaching caravan.

"I wonder if they have any news of what lies up ahead."
Nthanda
player, 279 posts
Warlock, AC 15, HP 17/18
PPer 20, PInv 19, PIns 13
Tue 29 Nov 2022
at 23:19
  • msg #4

Off to the Fens

"Well, we can wait here and ask when they come," Nthanda said stepping of the road and sitting in the grass, preferably under the shade of a tree.
Zenphar
player, 408 posts
Wood Elf | Ranger 3
AC 16 | HP 28\28
Wed 30 Nov 2022
at 07:38
  • msg #5

Off to the Fens

Nthanda:
we can wait here and ask when they come

"Fair enough." Zenphar, stands under the same tree where the drow warlock is sitting. "Of course, they are coming from the west and we are heading east. Still news is news."
GN
GM, 423 posts
Thu 1 Dec 2022
at 04:47
  • msg #6

Off to the Fens

After half an hour or so the caravan comes to the cross section.  The first of the wagons being drawn by four large horses, turns onto the road to the keep.  Driving the wagon is human dressed in dark blue clothes with a yellow crescent moon on his chest.  Beside him is a dwarf in the same uniform with a fiery red beard. The next wagon is probably a minute or two behind the first.
Tegan
player, 357 posts
AC:20; HP:26/28; Init:+2
PPer:10; PIns:12; PInv:10
Sun 4 Dec 2022
at 16:47
  • msg #7

Off to the Fens

Tegan casually walked out to the edge of the road. He halted near to the first of the incoming wagons, and called out "Greetings!"

"Any news worthy of repeating? We are venturing out of the keep, and heading in the direction of the Fens."

Thromm
player, 258 posts
AC:16+ HP:24/24 Init+1
PPer:20; PIns:20; PInv:10
Mon 5 Dec 2022
at 02:22
  • msg #8

Off to the Fens

Thromm stood silently as Tegan approached the wagons and tried to solve the puzzle of their origin as a game to amuse himself. Coming from the west, the wagons were probably not from the area. They could be locals returning home, he supposed, but thought it unlikely. Travelers or traders, most like. Leanaeing to the side, he saw the dwarf on the other wagon then turned around to look east. He rubbed idly at his bearded chin and looked as far east aas the road would allow. There was the chance the wagons would turn and head north to the keep; there was the chance they were traveling past along the road east. That was dangerous territory as their own recent explorations had attested. He waited and listened as he made room on the road for the wagons to pass.
Zenphar
player, 409 posts
Wood Elf | Ranger 3
AC 16 | HP 28\28
Mon 5 Dec 2022
at 03:25
  • msg #9

Off to the Fens

While Tegan and Thromm speak to the caravaners, Zenphar casually spins an arrow while watching from the tree, and speaks quietly to Nthanda.

"Hmmmm. Looks like they are wearing a uniform of sorts. But the blue does not match the orange of the Keep guards.

Perhaps the moon is the insignia of their trading coster?"

GN
GM, 424 posts
Mon 5 Dec 2022
at 10:40
  • msg #10

Off to the Fens

The driver pulled the reigns drawing the wagon to a halt.  "The trip has been quiet.  Haven't had to crack a skull in days, but I guess I can't be surprised.  The High Moon Company had only agreed to travel out here because people promised us the road is now safe."  The dwarf called down.
"I heard that there is a new church being built out here.  Things must be going well if the clergy are spending money."  The driver added as he tried to calm the horses.
Tegan
player, 359 posts
AC:20; HP:26/28; Init:+2
PPer:10; PIns:12; PInv:10
Tue 6 Dec 2022
at 16:23
  • msg #11

Off to the Fens

Tegan chuckled at the mention of a new temple. "I would not bet the farm on that temple coming to pass."

Smiling, he added, "Mayhap it will, but the one who is the driving force behind making it happen is a Half-Orc who, shall we say, becomes easily distracted."

"I would not be at all surprised to hear that Ukhtusk has decided that 'tis time to go kill somebody or something, and that he has scampered off to the Wilds instead of staying around to oversee the construction of a temple."

Nthanda
player, 280 posts
Warlock, AC 15, HP 17/18
PPer 20, PInv 19, PIns 13
Tue 6 Dec 2022
at 23:17
  • msg #12

Off to the Fens

"I am surprised the news traveled so far so quickly.  Suspicious, you might say," Nathanda says in a lower voice, mostly aimed at her companions and not the merchants.
GN
GM, 426 posts
Tue 13 Dec 2022
at 10:18
  • msg #13

Off to the Fens

The driver chuckled at comments from Tegan.
"If the church isn't built there will be a lot of people dressed in red.  The company was sent an order a ridiculous amount of red cloth.  The High Moon will be paid either way, the Keep can't afford to have bad debts with the trading company or shipments will dry up."  The dwarf adds but does not share the same humour has his companion.
Zenphar
player, 411 posts
Wood Elf | Ranger 3
AC 16 | HP 28\28
Thu 15 Dec 2022
at 02:16
  • msg #14

Off to the Fens

Nthanda:
I am surprised the news traveled so far so quickly.

Zenphar stifles a chuckle, "It sounds like Ukhtusk requested the supplies, so it was not a matter of gossip!"
Nthanda
player, 281 posts
Warlock, AC 15, HP 17/18
PPer 20, PInv 19, PIns 13
Thu 15 Dec 2022
at 02:20
  • msg #15

Off to the Fens

"Well, I am ready to proceed," Nthanda says to her companions, though she keeps eyeing the wagons to see what other wares are carried to the Keep.  She also keeps herself hooded and as much out of sight of the merchants as possible.
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