As Graxxy makes his leave, he begin to look for tracks. He is able to locate what appear to be footprints of a larger bipedal creature that was wearing boots. On further investigation, he also finds footprints that appears to be of a creature of some sort that uses four legs. It is a creature about 2 feet long. The prints have claws, but they do not seem to be of a bear or a dog.
The bulky one looks at the chunky one and says "Go fetch the lass some water. Remember they came to help..." The chunky one mumbles to himself as he walks towards the homestead. The bulky one turns to Gorlok and says "Apologies, we are just exhausted the attacks have happened every other night for the last few weeks and it has just been exhausting on us. We haven't been able to sleep well and I think it is finally starting to get to him.."
Ulala moves behind a tree and tries to free herself from the hangover demon that seems to be possessing her on this earlier morn.
Percy continues follows Graxxy to the barn and looks around the smoldering mess. The heaviest burn seems to be started at one of the corners of the barn as if lit by a torch from the outside. What is left of the barn is a complete mess and is not structurally safe. If there was anything alive inside that barn before this started, it is now a piece of charcoal at this point...
Loramir continues silently staring into the sunrise.
"Well it has been sparse attacks around the farms. Always at night. I have never caught one but the farm two over from here." The man points in a south west direction. "Had orcs come and try to rob them during the day. He said they even had stuff with them already, so they must of already robbed the barn or something. I have been lucky enough here for not to have the orcs attack in the day. My daughter would be even more scared than she already is! Now with regards to last night, I heard the horses going crazy this morning while it was still dark, so I came outside to see the blaze on the barn. I saw two humanoid figures, smaller than me for sure, fleeing in that direction." The man points to where Graxxy is looking at the ground at the prints "I guess the orcs are getting revenge from you capturing their leader or something. Which makes this in a way all your guys fault..."
“oour fault heh? tha way aye sees it, if it wernt fer us, youd be missin lot more then some old barn....and yer daughter...well lets jus say shed hav summtin ta really beh afraid of. bess beh thankfull fer wut youve still got lad.”
with more force then necessary gorlok pats the farmer on the back and joins graxxy to relay what little information hes gathered.
The group nods in agreement and decides to follow the mysterious tracks. They lead North then slightly East. After a few minutes of tracking, the prints begin to become harder to find, but due to Graxxy's expertise, or luck, he is able to track them to the river North of Odaigo. The tracks seem to head East from that point and continuing following the tracks, the group finds a man-made sewer exit coming from the river bank. The exit about 10 feet wide and about 8 feet tall. Water is flowing out of the center of the exit but it is not deep enough to inhibit movement. The tracks appear to lead you to this drain, however it is hard to see if they continue inside or not.
”aye, few orcs ive met would travel secretly thru tha sewers lik soom rat. no doubt theyd wage battle in open fields runnin an screamin lik the beasts they are. mahbeh som truth to tha halfbreeds words afterall eh?”
Ulala, feeling a bit better after receiving some water, begins to turn blue again upon looking at the sewer entrance. "I'm not going in there." she says flatly.
Looking into the sewer pipe, the group notices that after about 7 feet, there is a large metal bars that block entry further into the sewer. The center of it seems to be in hinges and there looks to be a locking mechanism.
“ill cover this side o tha mouth if you and ya fearsome net wants tha other. elf, Ya meh wan ta find a gud spot behind the cover o sum tress, if ets a quick bugger yud be ar only hope ta slow em down...tha lot of yas get comfy. weh could beh waitin fer awhile”
Percy sits over next to the tree as well and takes some small beads out of his bag. He begins using different magic sparks on them, practicing with one hand, crossbow in the other.
a quiet " Reach for the skies!" comes from the beads once or twice as well as the sounds of clockwork ticking.
Loramir slowly undresses and walks over to the river and begins swimming around as the maker made him. Still silently, he continues to swim, enjoying the autumn weather...
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As night approaches Gorlok and Graxxy post up next to the sewer exit. Gorlok peers into the sewer entrance and waits to see what he sees and hears. His focus is sharp but nothing ever opens the door. A few giant rats appeared periodically throughout the night but they seemed to be skittish to something and may have detected your presence at the front of the door. At another point, a few bats flew out of the entrance (Not sure if you are going to try and catch?)
gorlok drops his face into his hands and lets out a sigh of boredom.
“aye, weh could beh here all week, not sure if meh patience can bare et...Wut seh weh break down this blasted gate and tek on whatever surprises awaits us...hell id settle fer beaten on these rats”
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As Graxxy makes his leave, he begin to look for tracks. He is able to locate what appear to be footprints of a larger bipedal creature that was wearing boots. On further investigation, he also finds footprints that appears to be of a creature of some sort that uses four legs. It is a creature about 2 feet long. The prints have claws, but they do not seem to be of a bear or a dog.
The bulky one looks at the chunky one and says "Go fetch the lass some water. Remember they came to help..." The chunky one mumbles to himself as he walks towards the homestead. The bulky one turns to Gorlok and says "Apologies, we are just exhausted the attacks have happened every other night for the last few weeks and it has just been exhausting on us. We haven't been able to sleep well and I think it is finally starting to get to him.."
Ulala moves behind a tree and tries to free herself from the hangover demon that seems to be possessing her on this earlier morn.
Percy continues follows Graxxy to the barn and looks around the smoldering mess. The heaviest burn seems to be started at one of the corners of the barn as if lit by a torch from the outside. What is left of the barn is a complete mess and is not structurally safe. If there was anything alive inside that barn before this started, it is now a piece of charcoal at this point...
Loramir continues silently staring into the sunrise.
“don sweat it lad, Aye can oonderstand yer frustrations...weh had quite the day too ya know.”
Gorlok recounts the previous days battles with fabulous detail and grandiose exaggerations
”musta been damn near 100 orcs, had us surrounded on all sides they did, chopped em down one after anotha but they kept a commin....”
after a long winded and fantastic story gorlok finally gets to the point and explains why they’ve come to the farm.
”weh need every detail ya can muster. wutd ya see, wutd ya hear, who else is sufferin from tha attacks...everthing.”
"Well it has been sparse attacks around the farms. Always at night. I have never caught one but the farm two over from here." The man points in a south west direction. "Had orcs come and try to rob them during the day. He said they even had stuff with them already, so they must of already robbed the barn or something. I have been lucky enough here for not to have the orcs attack in the day. My daughter would be even more scared than she already is! Now with regards to last night, I heard the horses going crazy this morning while it was still dark, so I came outside to see the blaze on the barn. I saw two humanoid figures, smaller than me for sure, fleeing in that direction." The man points to where Graxxy is looking at the ground at the prints "I guess the orcs are getting revenge from you capturing their leader or something. Which makes this in a way all your guys fault..."
“oour fault heh? tha way aye sees it, if it wernt fer us, youd be missin lot more then some old barn....and yer daughter...well lets jus say shed hav summtin ta really beh afraid of. bess beh thankfull fer wut youve still got lad.”
with more force then necessary gorlok pats the farmer on the back and joins graxxy to relay what little information hes gathered.
Graxxy points down at the tracks after listening to Gorloks debrief.
”We gotta get down to the bottom of this. The truth is at the end of these tracks. I say we follow them and see what we can find” says Graxxy.
Percy nods in agreement. "If these do not lead us somewhere we can try those other farmers he mentioned."
The group nods in agreement and decides to follow the mysterious tracks. They lead North then slightly East. After a few minutes of tracking, the prints begin to become harder to find, but due to Graxxy's expertise, or luck, he is able to track them to the river North of Odaigo. The tracks seem to head East from that point and continuing following the tracks, the group finds a man-made sewer exit coming from the river bank. The exit about 10 feet wide and about 8 feet tall. Water is flowing out of the center of the exit but it is not deep enough to inhibit movement. The tracks appear to lead you to this drain, however it is hard to see if they continue inside or not.
gorlok strokes his beard curiously.
”aye, few orcs ive met would travel secretly thru tha sewers lik soom rat. no doubt theyd wage battle in open fields runnin an screamin lik the beasts they are. mahbeh som truth to tha halfbreeds words afterall eh?”
Graxxy peers into the sewer pipe.
”Pretty dark. Anyone have a torch I can use to light the way for those of us who can’t see in the dark?” Asks Graxxy.
”I may need you to lead this one Gorlok with your dwarf eyes.” Says Graxxy
Ulala, feeling a bit better after receiving some water, begins to turn blue again upon looking at the sewer entrance.
"I'm not going in there." she says flatly.
Looking into the sewer pipe, the group notices that after about 7 feet, there is a large metal bars that block entry further into the sewer. The center of it seems to be in hinges and there looks to be a locking mechanism.
" if we know they have nightly raids, we should be able to stake out this entrance and ambush them when they come out again."
Rough map of the current entrance to the sewer. Let me know where you guys would like to try and do.
“aye, its a ambush then es it.”
gorlok turns to graxxy.
“ill cover this side o tha mouth if you and ya fearsome net wants tha other. elf, Ya meh wan ta find a gud spot behind the cover o sum tress, if ets a quick bugger yud be ar only hope ta slow em down...tha lot of yas get comfy. weh could beh waitin fer awhile”
“Sounds good. Keep one alive this go.” says Graxxy.
He takes his shield and net and sets up opposite side of Gorlok.
Ulala takes a nap behind a nearby tree.
"Sometimes waiting is the best option."
Percy sits over next to the tree as well and takes some small beads out of his bag. He begins using different magic sparks on them, practicing with one hand, crossbow in the other.
a quiet " Reach for the skies!" comes from the beads once or twice as well as the sounds of clockwork ticking.
“ZzzzzZzzzZzzzz....!!!”
definitely not sleeping on the job, gorlok snaps to attention focusing deep into the darkness
perception: 20
Loramir slowly undresses and walks over to the river and begins swimming around as the maker made him. Still silently, he continues to swim, enjoying the autumn weather...
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As night approaches Gorlok and Graxxy post up next to the sewer exit. Gorlok peers into the sewer entrance and waits to see what he sees and hears. His focus is sharp but nothing ever opens the door. A few giant rats appeared periodically throughout the night but they seemed to be skittish to something and may have detected your presence at the front of the door. At another point, a few bats flew out of the entrance (Not sure if you are going to try and catch?)
gorlok drops his face into his hands and lets out a sigh of boredom.
“aye, weh could beh here all week, not sure if meh patience can bare et...Wut seh weh break down this blasted gate and tek on whatever surprises awaits us...hell id settle fer beaten on these rats”