| The World of Teréth End - Chronicles - Othic |
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"Too often days swiftly pass / Weeping in the evening grass / There just is not enough time / Forthings you dreamt you'd do / The hours still drift by. "Too many years, too high a cost / Too many lessons earned but lost / And still you complain all the time / Cursing the days before you / Lamentng the days gone by. "And finally laying in your bed / Staring skyward, nearly dead / It all floods back one last time, / The chances that you left behind / But alas there's little left to do / ... but cry." Dirimoran song  |
Questions and Answers A pleasant stay at Bugaven's Feast and Sleep turns into a bloody hell as the inn is swarmed by murderous thieves. By morning the inn yard is lined with the dead. Feyd's thievery earns him a Dwürden's wrath and escort to Eironhold. Jak delivers barbaric "justice" with Punishment's gory blade. When morning came Kaithah still sat near Feyd, while Jak watched over the room. The prisoner's screams had subsided again, though he shuddered with every breath on the table top. Mishara and Nirst arrived after dawn to begin the interrogation. The uncooperative prisoner was shaken until he talked, suffering greatly from his leg wounds. He explained his name was Eeres, and that a bounty of 100 gold had been placed on the priestess's head for her death or return. Feyd in turn answered few questions, and at one point accused Nirst of being responsible for the ambush. Not amused, Nirst expressed his wish to take Feyd before Endren. No one dissented. During this time, Mishara found a prickly ball in the fireplace while searching through the room. The poisoned needles left the elf in screaming agony despite Alcerra's ministrations. In time, the Elve fell unconscious. Dammon opened the needled-ball to find a small iron amulet with an inscribed stone inside. Nirst explained that it was a key, but did not know what for. Alcerra resumed her duties of ritual and dragging the dead out of the tavern. After breakfast, Dammon and Jak wandered into town to buy some leather goods at Tamlana Fromdotter's Craft Shop. Afterward, Dammon wandered alone to the Curios Shop around the corner. The place was filled with a wide assortment of junk and trinkets. Soon a man invited him into the rear of the shop to look at some special items but a drew sword on Dammon in the store room. Dammon fired a barrage of Lallan's Lightning but the man slashed the mage to within a fraction of death. His vision blurry, his wounds severe, and the strange wind howling through his skull, Dammon ran out of the store and into the street. Whether he was pursued he couldn't tell as it took all his concentration to keep upright and moving forward. Returned to Bugaven's, Dammon explained his encounter. Jak, Nirst and Alcerra "suited-up" and returned to the shop to find it abandoned. After some looting, Nirst razed the building with his hammer and soon climbed from the rubble. That night Kaithah played for a small crowd in Bugaven's. In the morning, the group wandered north along the Barony Road. Just out of sight of Erhet, they were attacked by three half-stag half-eagle creatures which could not be hit by normal weapons. Mishara was heavily wounded before the creatures could be killed. Further along the road, they encountered two Ogdar named Ogrug and Onkgruk who were gathering water for the Keep workers. For the remainder of the walk to the Keep, the Ogdar shouted stories of how the dwarf workers were saved by the Ogdars' good graces. They also spoke of an Ortor camp they'd routed. Crossing the ridge the foundations of Eironhold came into view surrounded by its hundreds of tents and campfires. Nirst was greeted by a large dark-skinned man named Black Tom, another member of Endren's Seven. In the center of the Keep's foundations they were led to a sprawling grey tent and invited in by Endren. He spent a few minutes pushing coin-ladened chests around to make seats for his visitors, before Nirst told them of the reason for their visit. Endren's mood soured at this and asked Nirst to take Feyd outside while he prepared for the judgement. Outside, a group gathered. Endren stepped from the tent with a glowing sword, announced to the crowd that a judgement was to take place, and ordered that Feyd be untied. Nirst cut the iron free from Feyd's aching arms and wrists. Feyd looked about at the gathering crowds of Uren, Dwürden, and Ogdar, and then back at the dissapproving paladin. "Surely, there must be a way out of this," he thought as Endren brought the point of the shimmering sword to his chest and ordered him to "kneel". 20 Sep 1997
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Navigation People Black Tom
(Bbn8) Introducing Hammer of Mornhuld +4: This magnificent two-handed Dwürden battle hammer was won by Nirst Ohlmdamnor by defeating his master in 470 DR. Once/day the hammer may perform a Razing Strike full-action which sends destructive tremors through ground and walls. Non-Dwürden stoneworks and woodworks crumble within 1d4 rounds in an area 10 ft./level of wielder cone. Medium-sized or smaller people caught in the effect area must mave Reflex DC20 saves or be knocked to the ground each round they're within the cone. Razing Strike only works in the hands of a DwÈrden Lord (Ftr9+). |
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