Epsiode 40

[Bynw]

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[19:34:10] <.Bynw> |   The Winds of Change - Episode 40
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[19:34:13] <.Bynw> |      Beginning Adventure Recap
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[19:34:16] <.Bynw> | Having spent a whole day trading goods
[19:34:17] <.Bynw> | and services with the local villagers
[19:34:18] <.Bynw> | and also exchanging news from the
[19:34:20] <.Bynw> | capital the "merchants" were exhausted.
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[19:34:22] <.Bynw> | The following morning they have packed
[19:34:23] <.Bynw> | up their tents and wagons and once more
[19:34:25] <.Bynw> | travel down the muddy marsh trails.
[19:34:26] <.Bynw> | Moving closer to the border of Egora.
[19:34:27] <.Bynw> | But at the merchant pace it will take days
[19:34:29] <.Bynw> | of travel to reach the border.
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[19:34:33] <.Bynw> | Today's Game Date: 12 Novembre 463 NE
[19:34:34] <.Bynw> |         Game Time: mid-day
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[19:34:37] <.Bynw> |        End of Adventure Recap
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[19:35:39] * +Seth massages his hands after having played his fiddle all day long to attract customer attention
[19:36:39] <+Seth> ::his voice low for the other lords to hear alone:: "It has been a long stretch since I've had to put in a real days work."
[19:37:10] <+Charissa> "well, maybe it's about time then" ::Charissa jokes::
[19:37:31] * +Ryethon shakes his head at Seth
[19:39:33] <+Seth> ::Looks disgusted:: "Bah! I was not meant to be a laborer. I hope we don't have many villages to pass through on our way, My hands are throbing already." ::continues rubbing his hands::
[19:40:14] * +Coch arrives with a few bottles of wine and cups for all  and says "Anybody thirsty?"
[19:40:14] <+Jack> ::shrugs:: "Ya do what ya have ta do . . . "
[19:40:30] <+Seth> "I need a drink and a honey haired barmaid. I don't suppose this rag tag village has a proper tavern. Anyone know?"
[19:41:35] <+Ryethon> "I belive we should be heading out. There is much ground to cover and not much time to do it. Lest I remind you what it will cost us if we are late..."
[19:41:36] <+Seth> ::His face beams:: "I'll take a bottle, right here. Lo....er, master Coch you are always thinking in the right direction."
[19:42:05] <+Jack> "I think General Ryetheon is right."
[19:42:05] <+Coch> ::places all but one bottle down and pops the cork and begins pouring::
[19:43:12] * +Ryethon coughs loudly to cover Jack's statement
[19:43:47] <+Jack> ::softly:: "Ooops . . ."
[19:44:35] <+Seth> ::Throws Jack a hard stare, then turns to Charissa:: "Yes, of course. Your right my lady, time to move on."
[19:45:07] <+Charissa> "let's go people."
[19:45:40] * +Coch corks the bottle, picks up the rest, and returns them to the wagon
[19:45:41] * +Jack hoists the last of the baggage on a pack horse.
[19:46:50] <+Jack> "Ready to roll."
[19:47:35] <+Ryethon> "I shall ride ahead to scout the path."
[19:48:49] <+Seth> ::Jumps to the back of his horse, bottle in hand, and takes a swig straight from the bottle as he gets his mount moving::
[19:49:21] <+Ryethon> "Careful, Seth we don't want to get the horse drunk off of your fumes."
[19:50:39] * +Coch mounts up and prepares to ride
[19:51:13] <+Seth> ::chuckles at Ryethon and hoists the bottle up for a toast before taking another swig::
[19:52:23] <.Bynw> *the ride out of the village is smooth ... unusually so for the usual muddy & soaked bogs and swamps
[20:00:01] <+Seth> ::Smiles pleasantly as he rides:: "I predict that we will have unusually fair weather on our trip. The signs have shown it."
[20:00:29] <+Charissa> "that would be very nice"
[20:00:53] <+Ryethon> "Bah, give me rain."
[20:01:09] <+Seth> "Not would be....will be my lady. It will be nice. I predict it."
[20:01:40] <+Jack> "Cover our tracks?"
[20:02:00] <+Ryethon> "Not really, I just like the rain."
[20:02:34] <+Seth> ::Sneers at Ryethon:: "Stand under a privy." ::takes a swig of the wine bottle:: "I'll take a warm afternoon and a bottle of wine at my leisure."
[20:03:10] <+Jack> "I kinda like the variety of both."
[20:03:16] <+Ryethon> "Leisure is all you care for."
[20:03:40] <+Seth> ::Grins widely:: "You see to me heart Master Ryethon,"
[20:04:15] <+Charissa> ::retorts "who doesn't?"::
[20:04:59] <+Ryethon> "It isn't that hard, since you wear it on your sleeve and freely give it to any maiden who catches your eye."
[20:05:24] * +Jack chuckles
[20:07:00] <+Seth> ::Lets loose a hearty and spirited laugh, a very rare thing for him.:: "Am I supposed to feel bad about that?" ::continues laughing and takes a drink::
[20:07:37] <+Coch> "General, Seth works hard and plays hard, surely even you can appreciate that?"
[20:07:42] <+Ryethon> "The only people who feel bad at hearing the truth are those in denial of it."
[20:07:47] <+Jack> ::aside to Rytheon:: "He's in a good mood.  Don't jinx it."
[20:10:01] <.Bynw> *by night fall another village is reached along the trail and following another day of trading goods & services*
[20:10:04] <+Seth> ::Eyes Jack and smiles a bit:: "That I am, that I am. Feels good to be leaving this sludge filled swamp."
[20:10:27] <+Ryethon> "All joking aside, we should remember who we are, and where we are going and why. It is a very solemn duty we have."
[20:11:18] <+Charissa> "agreed General"
[20:11:27] <+Jack> ::nods to Rytheon:: "Nooo . . . I won't soon forget what I felt . . . "
[20:11:56] <+Ryethon> "I didn't think that you would Jack."
[20:12:14] <+Jack> ::softly:: "Never again.  Not on my watch, at least."
[20:13:00] <+Seth> ::Looks a bit confused:: "I'm at a loss Master Jack. I'm not understanding you?"
[20:13:17] <+Ryethon> "Had you easily forgotten such a thing, you would be a truer evil than those we face. and I would slay you outright."
[20:14:07] <+Jack> "Seth, the last village hit . . . I felt . . . what they did."
[20:15:20] * +Jack 's eyes begin to tear up as he relives the memory, then his features harden.  "Never again'"
[20:15:55] <+Seth> "Is that what caused you to lose conciousness at the....at home?"
[20:16:16] * +Jack nods "That was it."
[20:18:23] * +Seth nods solemnly
[20:18:25] <+Ryethon> "Nobody should ever feel what you did, the fact that such evil exists in this world...."
[20:21:02] <.Bynw> *as the group continues moving northward towards the border they encounter stories of the attacks on the border villages and a few refugees that did manage to escape the slaughter*
[20:22:33] <+Seth> "Yes, it is a difficult burden to bear the ability to foretell sometimes." ::his eyes glaze as he seems to recall something painful in his memory::
[20:23:55] <+Coch> "A speedy death to all those involved is fair" ::looking around at the other Lords::
[20:24:18] <+Charissa> "aye."
[20:24:34] <+Ryethon> "Coch, you shall be hard pressed to beat me to it."
[20:26:12] <+Coch> "I can shoot a rifle a fair distance General"
[20:26:40] <+Coch> "But I'm sure there will be enough enemies for everybody"
[20:27:59] <.Bynw> *after the 3rd day of travel the merchants are growing closer to the "war zone"*
[20:30:24] * +Seth continues to drink in the saddle everyday
[20:33:08] <+Seth> "We are nearing the boarder, I expect another days travel and we will reach the meeting place with the troops."
[20:34:21] <+Coch> "Are we planning to stay under cover?"
[20:35:14] <+Ryethon> "It would be adviseable for us to move with much stealth. I doubt even dedicated merchants would be comming this way with the news that is comming from this area."
[20:36:13] <+Seth> "Once the troops are gathered they will break off under the Generals orders and begin the distraction. We will pose as merchants fleeing to the capital for protection during the conflict and enter the capital under that pretense."
[20:36:35] <+Coch> "Understood"
[20:38:37] <+Seth> "Once inside the capital her ma....er Charissa will inform us where the bulk of the nobels are and we will strike. We'll have to plan the details when we are in the capital."
[20:38:59] <+Charissa> "aye"
[20:39:08] * +Ryethon sighs
[20:40:38] <+Ryethon> "It burdens me to send my men into this, they are still so green."
[20:41:16] <+Ryethon> "By the end of this though, they will be hardened, veteran soldiers."
[20:41:44] <+Coch> "Those that live through it General"
[20:42:08] <+Ryethon> "You need not remind me of that fact."
[20:42:33] <+Coch> "But that is a soldier's life and they will not be forgotten for this sacrifice"
[20:43:04] <+Ryethon> "True enough."
[20:43:15] <+Ryethon> "Shall we procede on?"
[20:43:31] <+Charissa> "aye"
[20:43:57] <+Seth> ::Looks about the group:: "Your men will have saved Warp Wood from evil men and defeated a much greater force. It is their job and they will be remembered for it. These are evil and sadistic men, I hope none of you are hesitant in killing them. Anyone of them spared is sure to rise up and spread a call to arms to the people. We will be over thrown and hanged, no quarter can be given."
[20:45:04] <+Charissa> ::nods soberly::
[20:45:15] * +Jack nods
[20:45:23] <+Coch> "None will be asked for and none will be given"
[20:45:26] <+Seth> "Being a lord is not all finery and comfort, these are the hard actions that nobility must be willing to do in order to insure the protection of the people."
[20:47:02] <+Ryethon> "That was never a misconception on my part."
[20:49:13] <+Seth> ::Nods:: "I hope so. The men, women and children who died would want justice, not needless mercy for men who deserve death and worse."
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[20:50:02] <+Seth> ::Takes a drink:: "I plan to make examples of these men to those who would follow in their foot steps."
[20:50:02] <+Charissa> "Justice will be done."
[20:50:50] <+Coch> "As you wish my Queen"
[20:51:10] <+Seth> ::Takes a drink from a bottle in his saddle bag::
[20:52:14] <+Coch> ::laughing::"Lord Seth I starting to think you should buy a winery"
[20:52:33] <+Charissa> "he would drink up all the profits"
[20:53:09] <+Coch> "In his case I think breaking even would be profitable"
[20:55:11] <+Seth> ::Smiles:: "owning a Tavern has crossed my mind."
[20:57:51] <+Seth> "A Tavern to end all Taverns, yes I think that would suit me to the bones. Don't you think?"
[20:58:38] <+Coch> "A person in his element is a fine sight to behold"
[20:59:01] <+Seth> ::Salutes Coch with his bottle::
[21:00:06] <.Bynw> *as they leave the last village behind before they meet up with the army it has been close to 5 days of travelling. as merchants they have enough goods and services and are ready for their final leg into Engora.*