Toryn: Hello player I haven't met before! :)

Toryn: My name's Andre aka Toryn the self righteous paladin ;)

Rand: Hey Andre... you know me... Vince, Petra's BF

Toryn: Hey man what's up! :) Good to see you again!

Toryn: The advantage of being in the same room as Petra is you can sneak peeks at her gamemaster notes :P

Evil GM: Evening

Toryn: So pass on any secret info you find to us eh? ;)

Evil GM: Aikira will be absent today, btw

Toryn: Hey it's the Evil GM! Reading everything I just said! :P

Toryn: Damn that sucks!

Evil GM: Well, it's going to suck more than him when he wakes up in the same bed as "The Tailor" next week

Toryn: maybe we can just haul his unconscious body around with us or stow it somewhere? E.G. it was an extremely effective sleep song / spell ;)

Toryn: Damn you type faster than I do! Will have to wait and see what you say before making my (unnecessary as you can see from above) comments

Rand: I will try, then again, you know how fierce she is and i don't want to get banned to the couch you know :)

Toryn: As far as we know Ro is going to be here though right?

Rand: should be

Evil GM: He was just asking if I was in yet...no doubt he's wrapping something up in everquest (online version)

Evil GM: Howdy, howdy

Toryn: And speak of the devil!

Ro: muwhahahaha i'm the faceless hag

Ro: Terris Thule

Evil GM: Give me a moment, I'm setting up a map

Toryn: Hey we should trade descriptions of what each other's characters look like for Rand's benefit...

Rand: BTW, andre... do you have MSN or something?

Toryn: I do - should I log into msn instant messenger right now?

Rand: nah, just gimme the address, could be nice to chat sometime ;)

Ro: yeah :)

Toryn: To be honest I'm never on it unless someone specifically tells me to be on

Ro: oh btw Andre, Cinderella wont be attending today.

Toryn: When you have a 4 and 2 year old crawling over your lap screaming for your attention you'll see what I mean ;)

Toryn: (chuckles) - you mean sleeping beauty right?

Ro: ye

Toryn: Okay character appearances!

Rand: Well, you will at least be on during these games, so some out of game chattering might be possible then :)

Toryn: Toryn is 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, in his early 20's , black hair cut short in a military style, piercing blue eyes - good looking in a movie star way (or as much as a 15 Charisma will allow you to be), usually has a stern expression on his face - heavy looking armor (banded mail), shield

Toryn: Ro does Rand already know what you look like?

Ro: like in the pic ;-)

Ro: sec need to look it up myself to get all the details

Toryn: True except she also has long incisors and is dressed in hides right?

Toryn: by "hides" I mean crude looking leather skins

Ro: not long, just a bit longer

Toryn: and unusually good looking for an orc - beautiful by human standards

Ro: maybe not to humans though.

Ro: As she is green

Ro: and has crimson eyes

Toryn: 5 feet 5 inches, 110 pounds, light green skin, red hair...

Toryn: Okay Rand's turn! What do you look like?

Rand: Rand is a young human without any dictinct appearance. He looks almost bland. His hair is dark blond, vaguely blue eyes and a normal posture. All that makes him stand out is his surgeons robe (white, plain cloth) and always present bag of medical materials. He doesn't look sturdy at all, actually, he looks like staying away from a fight is his best option.

Toryn: Good looking or average looking?

Toryn: Also height, weight, apparent age?

Rand: Below average i would say... but only a little below

Toryn: ok- height, weight, apparent age?

Toryn: (OOC - also Vince can I get your e-mail address again?)

Rand: Height, 6'1", weight 180ish lbs apparent age 21

Evil GM: Ok, you guys ready to start??

Ro: always

Rand: my email address and MSN addres is bazzek@xs4all.nl

Toryn: yep ready to start!

Rand starts examining the corpse, looking at the physiology with great interest

Rand: okay, just testing a hotkey... gotta make more

Ro: eh?

Ro: hotkeys?

Ok, last week we left off in Farnaught, the orc camp. After a battle with the orcs who were pretty persistant in attacking the outsiders, the dark elf and paladins managed to make a lot of the orcs dead and unconcious.

When all was said and done, the dark elf was going to go after the half orc, but she put him to sleep. And that's where we're at.

Toryn: (OOC - "go after" as in was going to attack her with his sword on the assumption she'd grow up to be a bloodthirsty monster like all other orcs)

Petra (Evil GM): er, if I remember right Aikira was going to smack Ro around

Ro looks at Toryn, points at the Dark Elf and says 'ta maturz?'

Toryn: Toryn smiles warmly at Ro and says clearly " I'm afraid I don't speak Orcish"

Toryn: Toryn points at himself and says " Toryn - friend "

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora walks over to where Brother Eric is bending over Lili on the ground.

Toryn: "This is unfortunate" mutters Toryn... "After reading my father's journal I have a feeling you and I might have much in common - but I can see that communication is going to be a problem"

Ro looks at Toryn with big eyes and repeats him ,' fliend'

Toryn: Toryn pats Ro reassuring on the shoulder then walks over to Lili

Toryn: " Is she all right? " asks Toryn concernedly looking down at the squire

Ro crawls over to the Dark Elf, pokes him and calls out,' Fliend, foowd?' pointing at the Dark elf

Lili is laying on the ground unconcious, a nasty looking wound on the side of her head.

Brother Eric looks up at Toryn

Brother Eric (grave): She isn't doing very well

Toryn: " There isn't any chance the Lightbringer might honor us with the miracle of healing perhaps? "

Brother Eric: We can only pray that he will

Brother Eric turns his attention back to Lili and starts praying

Toryn: " I shall add my prayers to your own then "

Evil GM: Everyone give me listen rolls

Evil GM: Toryn, you hear a horse nickering outside of the camp

Ro pokes Lili

Brother Eric looks up and swats at Ro's hand

Toryn: " We have a visitor " announces Toryn loudly pointing in the direction that he heard the noise - Toryn stands up

Coming from the south of camp, a stranger rides in on his horse.

Toryn: Toryn glances at Ro and says " Hurt " pointing at Lili

Ro chickens at Toryns call and crawls away thinking he's mad

Rand: Hello all. Are these Orcs dead or just unconcious? Because if they are dead, i would like to examine them to learn more about their physiology. That way i can do more then just bandage the wounded of them.

Rand: If any of you need your wounds healed and ailments cured, let me know.

Rand dismounts his horse and scurries towards the first body

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora looks up at the visitor then starts talking quietly to Brother Eric, figuring Toryn can handle the stranger.

Toryn: " Well you seem like a friendly sort! " states Toryn.. " We are Knights of Truth - in service to the glorious Lightbringer - I am Toryn, this is my superior Captain Kal ' vora and this is "

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora nods to the stranger

Toryn: Toryn glances at Ro " A most unusual - but apparently not hostile - orc woman whose name I don't know "

Ro crawls behind Toryn

Toryn: Toryn pats Ro reassuringly

Ro crawls away from Toryn as he tries to touch her

Rand: Well, my name is Rand and i am a cleric, or atleast, they call me that. My devotion is to Druzzil Ro, the goddess of Knowledge.

Toryn: Toryn glances at the sleeping dark elf and says warningly " Beware of that one - I don't think he's allied with the forces of darkness but he is extremely hostile - he's asleep, not injured "

Toryn: (OOC - Toryn has 4 ranks in Knowledge - Religion - does he know who that is or does he have to make a roll ?)

Rand: Strange for someone to be asleep in the middle of a just passed battle ground.

The other paladins gather around Lili and Brother Eric

Evil GM: Give me a knowledge religion roll

Ro crawls back over to the Dark Elf saying 'narfik throquum' and starts to drag him towards the campfire

Rand: Can i be of assistance to your fallen comrad over there or do you guys have it covered?

Brother Eric stands up

Evil GM: Yup, you know who Druzzil is. Most commonly arcane spell casters worship her and there's an arcane academy in Freeport that is dedicated to her as well.

Toryn: (OOC - do I know if she's allied with the forces of Good, Evil or neither ? )

Ro stands up and picks up a short sword and walks back to the sleeping Dark Elf near the campfire

Rand walks over to Ro and the unconcious Dark Elf to inspect both for injurries. Rand makes sure to be non agressive or hostile in his approach

Toryn: Toryn takes up a position between Ro and the Dark Elf shaking his head "no " to Ro

Evil GM: She's generally nuetral but if push comes to shove, she allies herself with the good aligned gods

Ro: narfik throquum

Ro: gggdddd food

Toryn: Toryn points at the sword, then at Ro and says " Yours"

Toryn: Toryn pretends to make a chopping gesture at the dark elf then shakes his head and says loudly " No ! Not food ! "

Ro looks at Toryn not knowing what he means

Ro looks disappointed

Toryn: " I don't suppose you speak Orcish ? " says Toryn hopelessly glancing at Rand - " And I don't believe the dark elf is injured but our squire could most certainly use some healing aid if you can offer it"

Toryn: Toryn gestures in Lili's direction

Rand: Hmm... i see you two have an interesting communication problem here. Let me see if i can reason with her.

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora gets up and walks over to Toryn

Ro backs away as the captain approaches

Rand gestures for Ro to come to him and sits down

Ro stares at Toryn

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: Toryn, Lili just died. I think you have a good command of the situation here so we're going to go over to the druid's grove to see if any of the clerics of Tunare happen to be in residency for a ressurection.

Toryn: Toryn looks pale - " What !?! "

Toryn: " I blame myself - I could have used the healing gifts the Lightbringer has bestowed upon our order "

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: Why don't you see if these strangers would like to accompany you to Brighthaven, they need to be warned that the orcs are raiding again and moving their camp from Blackfist. We'll warn the druids.

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora puts his hand on Toryn's shoulder

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: It's no fault, and with the blessing of the Lightbringer, we'll be able to bring Lili back soon.

Toryn: Toryn tries to smile and nods in obedience to Captain Kal'vora.. " Brighthaven - warn them that the orcs are raiding and moving their camp from blackfist - it shall be done my lord "

Toryn: " Do you want me to bring the dark elf with us ?"

Ro crawls over to Lili 'madurz'

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora looks at the dark elf and sighs.

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: We'll bring him along with us and I'll speak to him when he wakes.

Rand walks over to an Orc corpse as obviously Ro has no interest in coming over. He grabs out his scalpel and starts disecting the corpse, trying to learn the intricate details of Orc physiology

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: Have this young lady ride behind you.

Ro: maaaannn ggggggdddddddd food taek

Toryn: " Of course"

Toryn: Toryn gives Rand a startled look but ignores him for the moment and walks over to Lili's body

Toryn: kneeling next to her he holds her hand in his and murmurs " I didn't have a chance to tell you how brave you were in your first battle squire"

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora: Oh, and take care of the rest of these orcs...I have prayed and my answer is their life is forfit. They will only raid and kill more innocents.

Toryn: " I pray that the LIghtbringer sees fit to return you to us "

Toryn: " Done my lord "

Ro looks up to Toryn 'madurz fliend'

The paladins mount off and ride in the direction of the druid's grove

Toryn: " Pass my compliments on to her when she wakes if she's returned to us Lord "

Toryn: (Toryn tells his captain before they ride off)

Captain Dmitri Kal'vora nods gravely

Rand is rummaging around in the Orc corpse inspecting the lay of it's bodyparts.

Toryn: Then after they're ridden off Toryn stares intently at Rand - for a long time - being blatantly obvious about it

Toryn: (OOC - Detect Evil )

Evil GM: After several minutes pass, you're pretty sure he's not evil

Rand gets up and walks to another Orc corpse

Rand starts examining the corpse, looking at the physiology with great interest

Toryn: Toryn gives Ro's shoulder a gentle squeeze and says " I am sorry "

Toryn: And follows through on the Captain's orders after warning Rand

Ro looks at Toryn amazed and nods 'flied'

Toryn: " Rand, I have orders to kill the remainder of these orcs - I'm letting you know now"

Ro: *fliend

Rand: Huh? what? I am sorry, what did you say... i kinda got caught up in studying these Orcs

Ro: ta maturz

Toryn: " Rand I have orders to kill the remainder of these orcs before they harm any more innocents - I'm going to do that now "

Toryn: " with the exception of our young lady orc here of course "

Rand: Okay, please dont maim them too much so i can study their corpses.

Some of the orcs start moving around, groaning

Toryn: Toryn walks around slitting each orc's throat, grimacing as he does so " There's no honor in this " Toryn complains

Toryn: " But if it is the Lightbringer's will so be it "

Evil GM: after about 15 minutes Toryn manages to kill all of the Orcs

Ro: Ro looks in horror as Toryns slits the throats saying 'werm food bettrrrr'

Toryn: Toryn checks the orcs for gold, anything valuable, and gives anything he finds to Ro

Rand walks over to another Orc, one that looks to be bigger and stronger then the others. He gets out his Scalpel and starts his duty to learn anything he can.

Toryn: Toryn looks at Ro and grimaces.. " No eat "

Ro whines saying 'throquum'

Ro: hngry

Toryn: Toryn rummages around in his pack for provisions and gives Ro something no doubt dried and not very tasty looking, like most field rations are

Rand: "Toryn, is there any water here or nearby so i can wash my robe. I think i did a bad job on these corpses

Wish (Ro): is a field ration big?

Toryn: (OOC - orcs carrying any gold or anything else valuable? )

Evil GM: Give me a spot roll

Vincent (Rand): No it's not... about candy bar size

Ro swallows the ration as a whole

Toryn: Toryn manages a weak chuckle...

Evil GM: Toryn -- you notice several chests, bags, and barrels in one of the lean-to's

Toryn: Toryn sorts through it looking for anything valuable and / or anything else of interest - maps, writings, et cetera

Toryn: Or rations for Toryn's hungry friend

Rand grabs a load of smoked rabit from his backpack and hands it to Ro

Rand: "here, good food"

Ro starts to jam it in her mouth crawling away from Rand

Rand chuckles at the pretty Orc girl

Evil GM: Toryn finds a painting, a bow, some full plate armor, a long sword, an axe, a backpack, some vials of liquid, some holy symbols, manacles, a flute, and some smoke bombs as well as 32 plat pieces, 523 gold, and 1,000 silver

Toryn: " Very generous of you " says Toryn gravely ... " No I'm afraid I don't have any water we can use to clean your robe, I think we need to save it to drink as necessary - you'll have to forgive me I'm a bit distracted - one of my companions in arms just died"

Toryn: " Well ! " exclaims Toryn... " Looks like the orcs accumulated quite a bit from their victims! "

Rand: My condolences then, if i knew i might have done something to safe her.

Toryn: (OOC - any bags all the gold, plat, and silver can fit into? )

Toryn: toryn shakes his head " I stood around like an idiot talking assuming Brother Eric would heal her - I could have added my prayers to his own.. anyways"

Ro crawls over to a well in the camp to drink from a bucket

Toryn: Toryn gathers al the gold, plat and silver

Toryn: Walks over to Ro and points at it ... " Money " .. then points at Ro " Yours "

Toryn: Toryn chuckles weakly again " Buy lots of food ! "

Evil GM: There's a backpack that you can get most of the coins into, then there's potato like sacks you can get other stuff into and attatch it to saddle bags.

Rand: I have a feeling she has no idea what to do with money... i suggest you hold on to it for her for now

Ro puts a platinum piece in her mouth. Finds out its not eadable and throws it away

Toryn: " True, true " mutters Toryn

Toryn: (OOC - does Toryn recognize any of the holy symbols ? )

Evil GM: Give me a knowledge religion roll

Evil GM: You reconize one of them since you've seen it often enough....it's a symbol of Innoruuk

Rand: Toryn, why were you and your friends here. I haven't seen anyone for days while trying to find herbs and plants.

Toryn: Toryn glares at the symbols, tosses them under his mount's hooves and has his mount crush them into tiny pieces

Vincent (Rand): Andre... to do an emote like that type /em galers at ....

Toryn: " Apparently there's a number of undead in the town - well former town before it was abandoned in any case - of Farnought - we were riding there to clear out the undead"

Ro points at the symbols 'ewil' (rolled 12 btw)

Vincent (Rand): should make it unnessecary to type quotes around what you say too :)

Rand tries to clean up his splorched robe as much as possible

Toryn: (OOC - what were the captain's orders again? Deathfist orcs are riding for the city of ?? )

Ro laughs at Rand

Vincent (Rand): and type /ooc then what you want to make an out of character comment :)

Rand looks at Ro, smiling, calm

Toryn (Toryn): what were the captain's orders again? Deathfist orcs are riding for the city of ???

Evil GM: To go to Brighthaven to warn that the Deathfist orcs are starting to raid and camp farther away from where they normally do

Rand: What are you laughing about girl, you like me all in reds?

Ro: lob

Ro starts to laugh harder

Rand walks over to Ro, keeping enough distance not to scare her, but getting closer so talking to her gets easier

Toryn: " On top of that " adds Toryn frowning at the festivities " The deathfist orcs are riding for Brighthaven and we need to get there and warn them "

Toryn: Toryn looks at the holy water

Ro points at Rand while looking at Toryn 'Lob?'

Toryn: (OOC - Toryn wants to see which deity the holy water's name has been blessed in )

Ro walks over to Toryn points at the holy water and says 'fik'

Wish (Ro): sorry if orcish might sound strange lol but i'm using orcish from LoTR.

Vincent (Rand): no problem, i never was good in Orcish anyways

Evil GM: Toryn - the water was blessed in the name of Quellious, the goddess of peace

Ro touches Toryns shoulder,' fliend Tolyn, meeh Ro'

Toryn: Toryn's face darkens... " This blessed water must have been taken from a member of our sister church, by force! " Toryn shakes his fist in anger at the dead orcs

Ro scares awya

Toryn: Toryn glances at Ro - "Your common is improving - she's doing well under your tutoring Rand "

Toryn: Toryn gets himself under control and touches Ro's shoulder reassuring " No not you"

Toryn: toryn stows the vial away (OOC - one vial of holy water or more? )

Ro nods yes ,'meeh Ro'

Evil GM: one

Rand points at himself "Me, Rand"

Ro: rrrrrrrnddddd

Toryn: (OOC - sorry evil GM - how much gold, platinum and silver again? )

Rand: Yeah, almost right..... R A N D

Ro: RRRRRRRAaaaaaaaa Ndddddd

Evil GM: 32 plat, 523 gold, 1000 silver

Rand: That is right, Rand

Evil GM: Oh, and upon further inspection you notice the longsword is of masterwork quality

Ro nods happily

Toryn: Toryn looks up at Rand " Would you prefer to carry the vial of holy water or should I ? Depends on how good of a shot you are with thrown vials of liquid"

Toryn: Toryn looks at Rand doubtfully taking Rand's non-warrior like appearance into account... "Also, do you know how to handle a longsword ?"

Rand: Me throwing???? well, let's say it simple, i can't throw if my life depended on it

Rand: And i never had one in my hand... i have a mace, but never used it before

Toryn: " If you don't mind I'll keep this longsword for myself then - put it to better use (defending innocents) than these cursed orcs "

Toryn: " No offense" adds Toryn looking at Ro

Rand: Honestly, i have never been in any fight before, my study and work for Druzzil have never led me to anything like that

Rand: By all means, i wouldn't know what to do with it and i don't like fighting anyways

Toryn: " It takes all sorts of different talents to fight the forces of evil " exclaims Toryn..

Wish (Ro): bah forgot skil bonus +6

Vincent (Rand): LOL

Toryn: " You're teaching Ro Common for example - perhaps she'll become a valiant warrior some day "

Ro walks over to the axe and starts to swing it around performing some strange orc axe dance

Rand: Me... teaching her... don't think so... more like making her mimick me...

Ro: mimmmmiiiiiiccccccccccc

Rand: And she is pretty good at that

Ro throws the axe aside and picks up the flute and starts to blow some tunes

Rand: for crying out loud... she takes the hardest word in a sentence and almost has it right, but simple words are too hard

Toryn: Toryn points at the flute then points at Ro " Yours "

Wish (Ro): grmph that is an 18 what i rolled

Toryn: (OOC - sorry evil GM tried to look it up with no success - masterwork sword gives you +1 bonus on attack rolls ? )

Rand shakes his head looking up at the sky, doing a silent prayer to Druzzil for knowledge on how to teach this creature some normal language skills

Ro puts the flute between her hides and picks up the axe again

Evil GM: Toryn - yes

Ro walks over to Rand saying ,'fliend'

Rand: And you are my friend too, Ro

Toryn: Toryn examines the potions

Toryn: Then looks at Rand and calls out " Druzzil Ro is the mistress of magic is she not ? You might have more luck identifying these than I "

Evil GM: There's clear liquid inside the potion vial

Rand: Hey, let me see those potions, maybe i can figure out what they brew there using some of my skills as a herbalist

Rand looks at the vials studying them intently, looking for color, residue, smell and viscosity

Ro: eh?

Toryn: It's obvious from Toryn's speech b.t.w. that Toryn is educated - gives the impression of someone who belongs to the upper class has the whole distinguished thing going on ( Sorry that should have been mentioned earlier)

Rand: Hmm... these are no potions, these are vials of acid

Evil GM: and btw, there's 10 vials of acid there

Rand: They may come in handy later on when you go to that city you talked about

Rand hands the vials back to Toryn

Toryn: " I suppose I should hang on to these too, yes"

Toryn: "Hmmm..."

Toryn: Toryn hands Ro a rock then points at some small target, a window maybe

Toryn: Toryn picks up a rock and tries his luck seeing if he can break the window

Vincent (Rand): WTF

The sun is starting to set

Wish (Ro): ROFL

Toryn: then points at a window and points at the rock in Ro's hand

Toryn: Toryn glances over at Rand

Vincent (Rand): and i thought my PC was on the frizz again, or my eyes just lost it

Toryn: " Trying to see what her aim is like - if it's good she might be able to hurl the vials of acid as well "

Ro throws the rock at the window

Wish (Ro): +4 ...

Evil GM: you hit the window

Toryn: ' Hmmm... of course the problem is she might try to eat the acid"

Ro beams a charming smile to Toryn

Toryn: " I'd better hang on to this for now but I'll keep her aimi in mind too, it's good"

Toryn: Toryn smiles and pats Ro on the arm "Good!"

Ro blushes

Rand: yeah, it is... and i agree, keep that away from her... acid burns are nasty and hard to heal.

Toryn: Toryn looks at Rand " Point well taken - do you think we should make camp here for the night ? "

Toryn: " Actually on second thought perhaps a bit further away "

Toryn: " If more orcs come back here and see us sleeping here they should be able to figure out what happened - and I expect they won't be happy about it "

Rand: A bit further away is a good idea, noone knows if the orcs come back

Toryn: (OOC - is Rand on a horse? )

Rand grabs the reigns of his horse and walks after Toryn

Ro: olc ded

Evil GM: Toryn - yes, on an old nag ;-)

Vincent (Rand): yes, apparently i am

Ro points at a dead orc

Rand: Leave them, come

Rand gestures to Ro to leave the corpse and come with him

Toryn: Toryn points at his horse then leads Ro over to it by the hand assuming she comes with Toryn

Toryn: " No offense my friend but I'm not sure your mount could bear the weight of two riders "

Ro follows toryn like a puppy dog but doesn't get close to the horse

Toryn: " Which is a shame, if she rode with you you could go on tutoring her as we rode "

Rand: Heh, i was not planning on riding her again today... she's old, she deserved a rest after all the walk we had

Ro: food?

Toryn: Toryn mounts his horse, smiles at Ro reassuring and extends his hand to Ro

Rand: Later

Ro looks at the horse with big eyes

Toryn: " No hurt " says Toryn reassuringly

Ro shakes her head and backs off a few steps

Toryn: Toryn looks at Rand " Ride off but not too quickly - hopefully she'll follow us and overcome her fear of the horse"

Rand: Let's just walk. I think she fears horses and mine needs a rest anyways

Ro: kuf alai

Rand starts walking in the direction Toryn set off for.

Toryn: " Excellent point" says Toryn.. "However she will have to get over the fear of horses, there will come a time when we'll have to move quickly - try to work on that when you're tutoring her if you could ? "

Toryn: Toryn follows Rand

Rand: me, tutoring her... damn, what did i get myself into this time

Toryn: (OOC - anything else as far as loot goes that Toryn did not examine?

Ro: damn

Toryn: (we have the axe which I believe Ro took, the flute which Ro also took, the holy water and acid, the coins, plate armor )

Petra (Evil GM): think we got it all...are you taking the painting??

Toryn: (OOC - what's the painting of ?)

Petra (Evil GM): some noble lady

Toryn: (OOC - bring that too )

Toryn: " Sorry to delay things further" announces Toryn, "Just one more thing "

Petra (Evil GM): you got everything then

Toryn: Toryn tries the plate armor on for size

Rand gestures Toryn to be more quiet

Rand: You don't know half of the animals i found here, none of them are friendly

Rand looks around nervously

Toryn: " True " says Toryn quietly " But this armor could help us not get eaten by said animals "

Toryn: (OOC - does the plate armor fit? )

Rand: Still... i am covered in blood and prolly look like a snack to said animal

Petra (Evil GM): yes, it's medium sized

Rand jumps and screams

Rand jumps and screams

Rand: I saw an animal... look, there

Rand points at some bushes

Toryn: Toryn draws his new longsword and advances

Petra (Evil GM): Toryn, you find a rabit running away

Rand cowers behind his horse

Toryn: "food! shouts Toryn in Ro's direction pointing at the rabbit

Toryn: Toryn tries clumsily to clank after it then gives up

Toryn: In the very heavy plate armor

Ro speeds after the rabbit with unnatural running speed while singing a song

Rand climbs on his horse, pulling his legs up on the saddle

Evil GM: Give me a reflex save Ro

Rand prays the beast goes away

Rand falls of his mount hitting the ground with a soft thud

Toryn: (I'm going on the assumption Rand looks frightened ) - Toryn looks at Rand in amazement... " It's just a rabbit my friend "

Evil GM: you manage to pounce on the rabbit Ro

Rand: Those are the vilest of them

Toryn: " I'm sure the scholars of the mistress of magic haven't had much combat training but still I can assure you that it's no threat"

Ro grabs up the rabbit by the ears and walks back proudly

Evil GM: Everyone make listen rolls

Toryn: " What, you think it will sprout long fangs and try to devour your neck? "

Wish (Ro): bleeeh i rolled the D12 for that lol

Rand looks at Toryn, wondering if he can trust him to his word

Rand: Won't it do that ?

Toryn: " No ! " exclaims Rand

Ro brings the rabbit to Toryn

Toryn: " What part of Norrath are you from ! ? ! "

Rand: Sorry, i am just so uncomfortable in the open air, anything that moves scares the crap out of me

Everyone give me listen rolls please

Toryn: " I see.. good job" says Toryn reassuring patting Ro on the back

Wish (Ro): i did :) that is my 9

Rand: I am from freeport, and have never traveled much further then the common lands. I always tried to be abck before dark too

Toryn: " I am from Freeport as well - it is good to meet a fellow citizen "

Rand screams and jumps on his horse again, pulling his legs up, shaking violently

Rand: That howl, that nasty howl *sob*

Rand: It must be the mother of what Ro just caught and it will come and eat us no doubt

Ro: modder

Toryn: " I doubt there are any giant rabbits out here " chuckles Toryn - " But there's always the possibility of a wolf or something more dangerous - what direction did the howl come from ? "

Rand: I think it came from taht way... *sob*

Ro follows the conversation slowly translating what she can

Rand points in a northern direction

Toryn: (OOC - sorry Evil GM, that's full plate or half plate armor ? Full plate is +8 to AC, half plate is + 7 )

Evil GM: toryn - full plate

Toryn: Toryn walks cautiously in the direction Rand indicated

Toryn: sword drawn

Ro starts to sing her lulaby while poking the rabbit

Evil GM: Toryn, spot roll

Toryn sees darkness

Evil GM: have you guys built camp yet??

Toryn: (OOC - not yet)

Toryn: (OOC - does Rand still hear the noise and so forth or do we just go back in time and pretend that never happened? )

Evil GM: Nope, the noise hasn't re-occured

Vincent (Rand): do not click the bottom icon on the right when you have your character sheet in front

Rand: It happened, i am just cowering on my horse now

Toryn: " Hmmm ... I say we ride out out of here " Toryn pauses to slit the rabbit's throat that Ro is pointing, points at the rabbit then Ro

Toryn: (OOC Toryn's carrying his old suit of banded armor too if it will fit, maybe on Rand's horse)

Toryn: Toryn mounts his horse, looks at Ro sternly and holds his hand out " Come "

Ro starts to tare the rabbit apart with her teeth

Toryn: Toryn points in the direction of the noise and makes a scary face, making fake claws with his hands... " Danger ! "

After a lot of re-arranging you're able to fit everything on the two horses and in backpacks, but much more can't be put on the poor animals

Toryn: Toryn then holds his hand out to Ro " Come ! "

The sun has completely set

Toryn: Toryn sighs " Never mind we'll have to camp here - Rand you and I are a close fit, please try my armor on and see if it fits you "

Ro shakes her head 'kuf alai'

Toryn: " Or I'm assuming we are anyways Rand - you look to be close to the same height and weight as me - you're what, 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds? "

Rand: I don't like wearing anything else then a cloth robe, it hinders me when healing or disecting things

Ro throws away the carcass of the rabbit

Rand: 6 feet tall and 180 point, a little under

Rand: So keep it and sell it or so

Toryn: " On the other hand that flimsy cloth is all that stands between your tender skin and the claws and teeth of the vicious animals you just mentioned"

Rand: true... but i think i'll just cower behind you then :)

Evil GM: So, are you guys making camp here for the night or moving out a ways??

Toryn: Toryn shakes his head... " I hope you won't regret this decision "

Ro sits down

Toryn: " We can't ride out in the dark " says Toryn looking around

Toryn: " We'll just have to hope the orcs don't come back and camp here for the night "

Rand shrugs

Rand: Druzzil will protect me if needed, i'll just lie really close to the fire

Toryn: I'll take first watch - Rand if you wouldn't mind I'll wake you in the middle of the night to take the second watch - given the language barrier I don't know if we should have Ro take a watch just yet "

Rand starts getting some wood and stacks it to make a small fire

Ro walks over to her cage and lies down in it

Ro walks over to her cage and lies down

Rand grabs his flint and steel and attempts to start the fire

Rand: Okay Toryn, i will take second watch

Rand: Let me brew something to help you stay awake for first watch.

Rand grabs a small kettle and does a bit of water and some leaves in it, letting it boil

Toryn: Toryn smiles at Rand " That is much appreciated - I told you, it's good to meet a fellow citizen of Norrath's most civilized nation"

Ro pulls some hides over her in the cage and crawls away in a corner of it

Rand: Well, Freeport being civilised is something we need to discuss at some point... but yeah, always nice to meet good people

Toryn: Toryn looks around at the huts - anything with a bed inside of it?

Evil GM: No, there's some raggid hides on the ground that stink pretty badly

Rand hands Toryn a cup of some dark brown fluid

Rand: Here, slowly drink this, it may help you stay awake easier

Toryn: " Thank you and the Lightbringer's blessings be upon you " replies Toryn...

Rand walks to the fire and crawls in his bedroll hoping he can fall asleep easy

Toryn: " Now get some rest you'll need it for the second watch tonight - I will protect your slumber from the beasts of the night "

Evil GM: Toryn, listen roll

Rand: *mutter* should have made a sleeping potion *mutter*

Through Toryns watch, the night stays silent save for a wolve's howl far, far in the distance or the cry of an owl.

Rand tosses and turns sometimes snoring, sometimes wimpering

Toryn: Toryn quietly murmurs prayers to Mithaniel Marr praying that he allow squire Lili's soul to return to her body through the night

The night is clear and according to the stars half the night has passed

Toryn: Toryn gently shakes Rand's shoulder.. " Awake my friend - I'm afraid it's time for your watch "

Rand snorts and turns over

Ro is sitting in her cage staring at the to men wide awake

Toryn: Toryn shakes Rand's shoulder more vigorously

Rand: Huh?!? Huh?!!

Rand: Oh, it's you

Toryn: Toryn glances at Ro, surprised... Toryn lays his head on his hand, pretending to sleep, then points at Ro

Ro shakes her head

Toryn: " Yes I'm afraid it's time for us to exchange positions now "

Rand gets up and pours a cup of the same brew that Toryn had, hoping it will clear his head

Toryn: "Can you try to convince her to sleep? " Toryn gestures at Ro while speaking to Rand... "she'll have a hard time keeping up with us tomorrow if she doesn't get some rest

Ro smiles at Toryn

Rand: I can make her a drink that helps her sleep

Toryn: Toryn smiles back but with a look of concern

Toryn: " Excellent - assuming you can get her to drink it that is "

Rand grabs his kettle again and starts boiling water, adding some leaves and herbs to it

Ro raises an eyebrow at Toryn

Toryn: " Hate to leave you with this task but I should follow my own advice "

Toryn: Toryn frowns at Ro, repeats the laying his head on his hands and going to sleep gesture, and points at Ro

Rand grabs a cup, fills it half with water and half with the brew (to cool it and make it less strong)

Rand walks over to Ro and hands her the cup, motioning her to drink

Ro sniffs it

Ro sips it slowly

Vincent (Rand): it smells somewhat sweet but almost watery

Ro gulps it down

Vincent (Rand): soft sweet flavor but mostly like tea or warm water

Wish (Ro): don't care for flavor lol

After many hours of quiet, the sun starts to glow pink with the sunrise

Rand: Finally, sunrise..

Rand gets up and starts gathering his things and loading them on the horse

Rand then walks up to Ro and softly strokes her head, waking her up

Toryn: Toryn's still asleep - the stern look never leaves Toryn's face

Wish (Ro): the potions was just to help me go to sleep or to actually put me asleep for a while?

Ro wakes up with a big yawn, notices Rand's hand on my head, scares, pushes him away and crawls away in her corner of the cage shaking her head at Rand

Rand backs off and shows his hands gesturing he had no intend at anything

Rand walks over to Toryn and shakes him telling him to wake up

Ro sneaks out of the cage to the well to drink

Rand shakes Toryn even harder, rattling his armo

Toryn: Toryn opens his eyes, stretches, yawns, and walks over to don his armor again smiling broadly at Rand " See friend? You've done well for your first watch! You spent the night outside the city out in the open without a scratch on yo - well done! "

Toryn: (OOC - all sorts of penalties apply if a PC sleeps in his armor the following day, lack of rest )

Ro: food?

Rand: I would have prefered more sleep, but oh well, sharing a fire with someone means you share the duties

Vincent (Rand): i still rattled your armor by throwing it around though

Rand grabs some more rabbit and gives it to Ro

Rand: Shees, she eats like a whole army regiment

Ro jams the rabbit her in mouth

Toryn: Toryn chuckles... " I suspect her fellow orcs weren't feeding her well if they had her trapped in a cage "

Toryn: " I'll tell you something about the Knights of Truth" adds Toryn staring speculatively at Ro

Vincent (Rand): cooked rabbit is about 20cm by 10cm by 10cm btw... if you jam that in your mouth you can park a car in there too

Rand: Sure, but let's get on the way first

Toryn: " We have been gifted with the ability to look into a being's soul and see if any darknes resides there"

Ro jams as much rabbit in her mouth as she can

Toryn: "darkness resides there"

Rand gets on his horse and gestures Ro to follow him and Toryn

Toryn: " I see none in her soul, unlike her fellow orcs which is odd "

Rand: Interesting...

Toryn: (Toryn has gone into speech mode and continues rambling the entire time he mounts his horse)

Toryn: " The same applies to the dark elf which is unusual since as I'm sure you know the dark elves have allied themselves with the forces of evil "

Rand starts to semi ignore the paladin, he nows some about the order Mithaniel Marr and thinks he can wing it if pressed

Toryn: " He's still quite aggressive nonetheless - he insisted on attempting to attack Ro though Ro was crawling away from Ro, pleading that she was harmless "

Ro: meeeh Ro

Evil GM: Ok, unless there's something very specific you guys want to do, I'm going to fast forward you guys to Brighthaven

Rand: Nah, we'll swap stories about our youth and teaching

Rand: I will keep training Ro in Common by talking to her and probing her along

Toryn: (OOC - nothing specific I want to do here aside from bringing down any wild game I see for Ro or pointing it out at the very least)

(Insert the travelling music from Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail here)

It takes a full six days to reach Brighthaven, however, since to get there quickly you must pass the Wizard's pyramid (the place where Wizards are able to transport to), most anything dangerous leaves you alone incase you're wizards

On the seventh evening....

The sun is setting in the autumn sky and a chilling breeze is picking up. the sky is growing dark quickly and the night is sure to be cold. Ahead, you can see the inviting glow of warm fires shining cheerfully through the windows of small houses of what must be Brighthaven.

Ro just walks next to Toryns horse glaring up at him from under her eyelids

Toryn: " Excellent ! " exclaims Toryn... " We can purchase food here and any other necessities "

Rand: Let's press on to the city, having a good night sleep will do me good

Evil GM: Everyone give me spot rolls

Toryn: Toryn pats Ro's shoulder reassuringly... " Safe " says Toryn pointing at the city

As the group rides closer to the village, the women and children scatter into their respective homes as strangers approach their town.

Evil GM: everyone sees this

Ro grins

Toryn: " I am Toryn of the Knights of Truth - I serve Mithaniel Marr, the Lightbringer - we are from Freeport and mean you no harm ! "

Toryn: calls out Toryn

Finally arriving into the town, a few men stand around waiting to greet the riders.

Obed steps forward to meet the group of riders.

Obed: I am Obed. You'll have to forgive our less than hospitable greetings. You see, our town has fallen on dark times and we thought you might be servants of the Barrow King.

Ro: food?

Toryn: " Soon " says Toryn reassuringly patting Ro's arm

Obed looks over at the orcish looking woman

Toryn: " She's harmless I assure you " says Toryn'

Obed: Ho! you travel in the company of orcs?!

Ro makes herself small as Obed looks at her

Toryn: " She was held captive by her fellow orcs "

Obed nods in understanding

Ro: meeeeeeh goooood noooo bad

Toryn: "And if you look closely you'll see she's comely, very much so"

Obed: Ah, she must be special then, usually orcs kill their weakest

Toryn: " Unusually so for an orc - to me that suggests human blood "

Ro: meh no week

Toryn: Toryn's face grows thoughtful as he says this

Obed steps closer to Ro and peers at her

Ro looks at Toryn nervously

Obed: Ah, my eyes aren't what they used to be. I used to be able to spot all the pretty lasses from across town.

Toryn: Toryn smiles and pats Ro's arm reassuringly

Obed smiles at Ro and winks

Toryn: " She doesn't speak very much Common" explains Toryn

Obed nods

Rand: been trying to teach her some, but the progress is slow but steady

Ro: steety

Obed: I can see that. Maybe she'll be blessed with being a quick learner

Toryn: " This is Rand of the Order of Druzzil Ro, goddess of magic"

Toryn: Toryn gestures of Rand

Toryn: Toryn gestures at Rand

Obed nods in Rand's direction

Rand nods at Obed

Obed turns to the other men standing behind him, peering over his shoulder.

Toryn: " I never asked - does that make you a wizard? " asks Toryn looking curiously at Rand

Rand: Actually, i am a cleric, fascinated by knowledge

Obed: Shoo, I will take care of these visitors myself. They're harmless and don't appear to be agents of the Barrow King. Now, go back to your women and children I say!

Rand: Who is this Barrow King, pardon my asking

Toryn: " We bring other grim tidings " says Toryn darkly - " In addition to your troubles with the Barrow King the deathfist orcs would appear to be riding your way "

Toryn: " But yes please do explain who this Barrow King is "

Obed: According to local legend, the Barrow King is a restless spirit from an age long past. This malevolent spirit is said to loathe all life. It seeks to destroy the living whenever possible, especially delighting in the suffering it can inflict upon its victims before it snuffs out their lives.

Rand: Hmm, sounds like a fun fellow *snort*

Obed: There's more to tell, but it's chilly out here and my old bones can't handle the cold anymore. Please, please, be guests in my home and we can discuss both the orc problems and the Barrow King

Obed gestures in the direction of his home

Rand follows Obed, intrigued by his tale

Toryn: " Undead " says Toryn grimly... " Initially my fellow knights and I were sent to root out the undead in Farfield - they trouble your home as well I see "

Toryn: Toryn follows Rand as he says this

Toryn: and pats Ro's shoulder reassuringly gesturing for her to come with

Obed: Ro manages to sneak some food out of Rand's pack, who is completely clueless

Toryn: Does Toryn see this?

Evil GM: Nope

Ro starts to eat the food walking behind Toryn

Obed glances Ro's way as she sneaks the food and winks

The group arrives at a modest looking house that looks well taken care of

Obed opens the door and gestures his guests inside

Obed: Please, come in and be my guests

Ro gives back the leftovers of the food she took to Rand

Wish (Ro): took from

Rand nods at Obed and steps into his home

Toryn: " We thank you for your hospitality" says Toryn gravely

Obed nods at Toryn

Rand looks at the leftover food and wonders where it came from

Obed: I could do no less for a group of travellers

Ro grins at Rand

Toryn: " Now I know normally you'd be quite insulted if we offered to pay you - but I will warn you, our friend Ro " Toryn looks at her " will easily consume all the food in your larder - can we offer you some sort of recompensation ?

Rand: Did you steal from my bags?

Obed gestures at a table near the fire with several chairs

Obed: Please, sit

Rand shakes his finger at Ro, berating her while smiling

Toryn: " What ??? " Toryn interrupts himself looking at Ro, startled

Ro raises her shoulders smiling sweetly

Obed hobbles over to a chest and opens it, pulling out a great bear hide

Rand: I think she grabbed food from my bags before we moved in, she must be hungry still

Ro: charisma roll for a sweet smile :D

Obed goes to the fire and places the bear hide infront of it

Obed gestures at Ro

Obed: I believe you'll find this more comfortable than chairs m'lady

Obed looks at Toryn

Rand gestures Ro to go sit ion the rug

Obed: Well, I won't accept money, however, I think I may have a task you can repay me with

Ro looks at Toryn what to do

Toryn: " Please tell us more of this task "

Toryn: Toryn looks at Ro, sits, and gestures at Ro to sit next to Toryn

Ro sits down on the ground next to Toryn

Obed sits and makes himself comfortable, meanwhile a woman comes out of the kitchen with loaves of warm bread and rabbit stew

Toryn: Toryn pretends to be looking at Obed intensely during this time as if waiting for Obed - actually he is Detecting Evil

Rand 's mouth waters

Obed: Feel free to eat while you listen to my tale

Obed smiles

Toryn: tries to get it in before Obed starts talking if possible

Ro grabs some food and crawls away with it in a corner of the room

Obed: There's enough for all, including seconds and thirds. Our house is blessed with good trade.

Obed: But...my tale

Obed: The first raid on our illage happened a little over three months ago. We awoke in the morning to discover that the Cooper family's house at the edge of town had been sacked and the entire family was missing. We mounted a search party, but found no trace of them.

Obed lifts his gaze to the Kithicor Woods.

Obed: After the third such attack, we sent a messenger to seek aid from Freeport, he never returned.

Obed turns to face the party.

Obed: We had no idea who or what was attacking our village...until last week. Creatures in black robes drifted out of the woods to the west and began setting houses on fire. Then, they seized four of our bravest men and carried them, screaming into the mists.

Obed throws his mug of ale into the fire, suddenly angry.

Obed (angry): The only creature capable of this evil is the Barrow King, who lives in the burial mounds to the west. But I swear, we have done nothing to focus his anger upon us, nothing!

Obed wearily stands, leaning heavily on his walking stick. Slowly, he lifts it, pointing at each of you in turn.

Obed: If it is the Barrow King, the Gods' help us all!

Obed sits back down, sighing, wearily

Obed waits for the group's reactions

Toryn: (OOC - results of Detect Evil? )

Rand ponders on what Obed just said

Ro sits there completely focussed on her food

Obed: No evil in the house

Evil GM: Sorry, didn't notice you wanting to detect evil ;-)

Toryn: " The servants of the Lightbringer are always happy to assist those in need - especially if they are threatened by the foul servants of the undead! " exclaims Toryn

Rand: So you say that these creatures are incorpreal?

Ro looks up seemingly interested at Toryns words

Toryn: " Who knows, the very same ghost could be controlling the forces at Farfield as well "

Toryn: "This Barrow King .... "

Obed: We're not sure if they're incorpreal or not..but as I said, they're getting much braver and coming in the day

Petra (Obed): Farnaught

Toryn: (OOC - oops - Farnaught not Farfield )

Obed: However, I would be grateful, as would everyone in our town, if you could look into the source of these raids

Ro tries to give Rand some food back to make up for the stolen food saying ,' soowy'

Rand: What could we possibly do against that kind of foes?

Rand looks at Toryn

Obed: Living this close to the Kithacor woods brings interesting things at night, but nothing has been so bold as to raid our town

Rand pats Ro on the shoulder, smiling at her and saying "it's okay"

Toryn: " You're referring to the spirit that Obed mentioned Rand ? "

Rand denies the food though

Rand: Yes, i wonder what we could do against something like that and since you seemed fearless of it i hoped you had an idea

Toryn: " Undead who are not incorporeal can be dealt with by a mighty enough sword arm if the Lightbringer wills it to be so"

Obed nods at Toryn's words

Toryn: " But spirits - good point... the holy water could do some damage to it but... "

Rand: But Holy water of Quellious is not that powerfull against them i bet... as she's the good of inner peace

Obed: If I were younger, I'd go investigate myself....if time could only be reversed

Toryn: " The priests of my order can enchant their weapons in order to help us do battle with the body-less legions of the night - I don't suppose Druzzil Ro has taught you any similar tricks "

Toryn: " by any chance ? "

Toryn: " No no ' smiles Toryn reassuringly patting Obed on the knee " I'll be happy to assist you with this "

Rand: No, Druzzil hasn't bestowed something like that on me yet.

Obed smiles in relief

Ro unused to the heat the fireplace gives falls asleep in the corner she is sititng in with her arms around her legs

Obed: I am willing to pay a hundred gold pieces if you can get to the bottom of these raids and find our townspeople

Toryn: " Do you have any priests here Obed? Or any magical weapons we could borrow - we would of course return the weapon to you after dealing with this menace "

Rand gets up, grabbing the pelt, draping it around Ro's shoulders

Campaign saved.

Obed: As well as supply your group with any necessities I can if you're willing to go. But please, let me not push this upon you tonight when you're weary. Talk amonst yourself and give me your answer in the morning.

Obed stands.

Toryn: " A hundred gold pieces? You are quite generous! Are you certain the town can afford this ?"

Obed smiles brightly

Rand thanks Obed for the food and pledges to help together with Toryn

Obed: Obviously you haven't heard much about the Kithacor forest in your learnings, have you?

Toryn: " No I'm afraid I know far more about my birthplace than I do of the world outside it - ignorant that way "

Rand shudders at hearing Kithicor Forest

Obed looks at Rand

Obed: He knows

Rand: Kithicor is a vile place, during the night it is said that the undead roam there freely, during day it is like any other forest

Rand: It's a very dangerous place at night and not safe during the day. Bad things happen there

Rand: Names i have heared for beast are Ghoul, Festering Hag, Skeletons, even skeletal armies

Rand: so you can see it's a very bad place

Toryn: Toryn smiles broadly slapping Rand on the shoulder.. " what better place to hone your mettle with that mace you mentioned then? We'll make a warrior out of you yet! "

Rand cowers away at the thought

Obed: yes, yes...ever since the battle the forest has been haunted at night. This is the only safe entry point into the forest, in the day mind, to travel to High Pass.

Rand walks over to Ro and check on her... he tries to lie her down so she can sleep comfortably

Toryn: " Of course I can't pressure you into going along with me but I certainly intend to help these good people - but if you don't want to I will of course understand .. you haven't had any military training "

Obed: Our little village has prospered since caravans and travellers stay the night here and since it takes an entire day to travel from High Pass to here, our inn is where they lay their head once they leave the forest.

Obed looking at Toryn

Rand: I will help, but i doubt i am usefull in a fight... my mace weighs a ton and lifting it is hard enough already

Ro doesn't wake up while Rand lies her down

Obed: so you see, a hundred gold pieces we can greatly afford to figure out this mystery

Rand: I can heal you during and after a fight though and Druzzil even gave me the ability to give you some courage as well

Rand nods at Obed understanding their wealth

Obed: But, as I was saying as I was getting up here...the chests along the wall contain all you need to sleep. Hides and pillows. Please help yourself to our kitchen as well.

Toryn: " That's all that's needed my friend, bravery ! " exclaims Toryn squeezing Rand's shoulder in a friendly fashion.. " And it's good to know you can heal us - I'm certain there will be at least a few injuries !" toryn looks happy at the prospect of battle with the forces of evil

Obed: In the morning, willing to help or not, I will see what we can do to get your lady there properly outfitted.

Toryn: " Are you sure about allowing us free access to your kitchen? " asks Toryn glancing nervously at Ro

Rand walks over to a chest, grabbing extra hides and pillow, bringing them to Ro, making a comfortable bed around her and tugging her in

Obed: Till then, I wish you all a good night

Obed climbs the stairs

Toryn: " And you as well " calls out Toryn after Obed.

Rand grabs another load of hides and pillows and makes a bed of his own with his own bedroll, soon he's vast asleep

Toryn: " We may offend Obed by doing so " states Toryn before poor Rand's head can hit the pillow

Toryn: "but we need to keep watch here as well "

Toryn: " The undead and their minions haven't attacked the town YET "

Toryn: " But for all we know they could start tonight "

Toryn: " And a sleeping target would be an easy one to kill "

Petra (Obed): second, vince had to hit the potty

Toryn: " I wil take first watch and wake you in the middle of the night "

Rand: not again... don't you think they have a towns guard ?

Toryn: Toryn frowns ... " I'll go out and chat with him - very well then, you go ahead and get a good night's rest "

Toryn: Toryn walks out looking for the town guard assuming there is one

Rand: If needed, wake me... but i suspect they have a guard out being first town out of the forest

Obed: Give me a spot roll Toryn

Rand falls asleep so fast you may think he broke the soundbarrier

Wish (Ro): lol

Standing by a lamp post is a tall, extremely well built man surrounded by 5 other men. The man wears some hide armor and carrys a broadsword on his back. The other men are wearing chain armor and carry short swords at their side.

The tall man is at least a foot taller than the rest of the men and upon closer inspection has blue tattoos on one side of his face

Rand starts to snore loudly

Toryn: Toryn stops, detects evil once again - tries to stay where he can't be seen if possible

Ro wakes up from Rands snoring, and lies in all silence looking at Toryn

Vincent (Rand): Ro: Toryn is outside :)

Wish (Ro): oops missed that

The man looks Toryn's way as he stares at him

Modren: No evil detected

Toryn: Toryn smiles and holds his hand out in a gesture of greeting calling out " Defender Toryn of the Knights of Truth, servants of Mithaniel Marr the Lightbringer, greets you my comerades in arms "

Modren nods towards Toryn

Modren: You be needing something, sir (adds it almost as an after thought)

Modren says something to the men standing around him and they scatter leaving him alone with Toryn

Toryn: " It would be safe to assume you are the guardsmen for this town my good man? "

Modren nods

Toryn: Toryn reviews all the info he gave Oben (deathfist orcs on the way to his town, undead spotted in Farnaught)

Modren: I am Modren Fishcatcher, fish catcher by day and the Town Marshal at night and when need arises.

Toryn: " It is very noble of you to defend the town in your free time - I admire that"

Toryn: (then Toryn recaps the info mentioned above)

Modren waves his hand at Toryns concerns about the orcs and the undead

Modren: Living on the edge of that damned forest, and damned it truely is, leaves orcs and undead in a far off village a minor concern.

Modren: And thank me not for my duties as town marshal, this town made it of me.

Modren shakes his head and mutters something about the mayor and elders under his breath

Ro lies awake waiting for Toryn in meanwhile hoping he's ok

Rand starts to snore even louder (yes, it almost sounds impossible)

Toryn: " Nonetheless my friend - if you were truly unwilling to perform the task you would have simply left and gone to another town to live no? There's some nobility there whether you want to admit it or not " Toryn smiles at Modren - " But let's not argue about that... " Toryn reviews all the info Oben gave Toryn.. " Is there anything you can add good sir? Anything else you might know of ?"

Modren (grave): naught but the cursed supersticious people in this town and their Barrower King.

Modren rolls his eyes heaven ward

Toryn: Toryn points out where he and the others are sleeping " We sleep at Obed's home - feel free to call on us should any evil threaten this night and we will gladly lend our sword arms to you ... perhaps I could take second watch, let you get some rest? "

Evil GM waves his hand dismissing Toryns offer

Evil GM: oops

Modren: I have the town's militia to boss around, go, sleep

Toryn: " Very well then - a pleasure meeting you my friend" Toryn heads off to Obed's house

As you go back to Obed's house, you feel a tug on your sleeve just before you get to his doorstep

Toryn: Toryn looks in the direction of the tug

A cloaked figure stands just behind him, with a hand on Toryn's sleeve

Toryn: " Can I help you? " Asks Toryn suspicously

The figure reaches up and draws back the hood revealing a woman with long red hair pulled back in a braid and slightly pointed ears. She's not drop dead gorgous, but she's comely in a half elvin sort of way

Toryn: Toryn looks less suspicious... " Thank you - it's a bit uncomfortable dealing with those who keep their face hidden - it makes one assume they have secrets they want to keep from you"

The girl smirks

Toryn: (OOC - if Toryn detects evil it's safe to assume he can't listen to or absorb anything being said to him at the time ? )

Girl: yup

Evil GM: detecting evil?

Toryn: (OOC - no , Toryn will listen to what she has to say)

Evil GM: k

Girl: I've heard that you'll be going to see the Barrow King?

Rand turns over violently, muttering about werebunnies and yowling in his sleep... then he continues snoring at max volume

Toryn: " Correct - I don't think we've been properly introduced - I am Toryn of the Knights of Truth, servants of the Lightbringer, Mithaniel Marr "

Tala: Ah, well, you can call me Tala

Ro lies there not making a sounds, so used to orc snoring Rands snoring is not even keeping her out of her sleep. While she awaits toryns return

Toryn: (OOC - " It's as if Iknow you from a past life" murmurs Toryn - kidding, kidding )

Toryn: (OOC - actually I think this is all taking place outside Obed's house isn't it? Maybe Ro hears?)

Evil GM: Yes, outside of his door and Ro can make a listen check if she wants

Evil GM: Toryn, make a sneak check please

Toryn: (OOC - ? By sneak you mean a Dexterity check? I don't have Move silently or anything like that )

Evil GM: Yea, dex is fine

Evil GM: Ro can hear Toryn speaking to someone just outside the door

Toryn: (OOC - actually it's more like - 6 when you include the armor check penalty)

Toryn: e.g. a result of negative 6

Ro hears Toryn speak to someone out the door. But stays in her bed (old slave habbits)

Petra (Evil GM): Toryn's being pretty loud, as per usual...not even trying to whisper.

Toryn: (OOC - yes, definitely! )

Vincent (Rand): only my snoring is giving him cover

Wish (Ro): and the fact i can barely understand common language :p

Toryn: Toryn looks at Tala expectantly

Rand sputters and slowly wakes from his sleep, wondering who was snoring so loud

Tala: Well, I'd like to go with yer group if yer goin to see the Barrow King

Ro looks at Rand putting her finger to her mouth for him to be quiet

Rand slowly starts realising that Toryn is yowling so loud outside and that that woke him up

Toryn: " I see " says Toryn slowly... " If you'll excuse me for a few minutes there's a certain ritual we Knights of Truth go through - I'm going to stand here and stare at you without saying a word for a few minutes" ... and Toryn proceeds to do just that (Detect Evil)

Rand looks at Ro with a face showing "why"

Ro taps her ear

Evil GM: After several minutes, no evil is detected

Rand wispers

Rand: Can you understand?

Tala calks her head to the side, staring back at Toryn

Toryn: Toryn looks more reassured.. " Well the Lightbringer says there is no darkness tainting your soul, so that's a good thing "

Ro lifts her shoulders and starts to shake her head

Tala raises her brow at Toryn

Tala: Well, that be good, I suppose

Rand: But you understood me?

Tala: Anyhow...would you need the likes of me on your trip? I know where the sacred barrows are and can get you there.

Ro puts her finger on her lips again with a glare and a hiss showing her teeth

Rand looks somewhat surprised at Ro

Toryn: " May I ask what your reasons are? Your motivation if you will... The priest of Druzzil Ro who accompanies us seeks to broaden his knowledge of the bodies of the living creatures around him so he travels with us to broaden his knowledge... the orc girl travels with us since she speaks little common and needs a guide to the outside world... but I don't know what benefit you would gain from it"

Toryn: " You live here in Brighthaven? "

Tala (angry): My mother was taken by those, those, things! I want to get her back!

Tala: And yes, I be living here

Toryn: " Oh ! " says Toryn in sudden understanding (completely believing her of course without a moment's doubt) ... " I'm sorry, I had no idea - of course, we'd be honored to have you accompany us... and I imagine you want to defend your home from these minions of darkness as well I imagine"

Rand goes back to sleep, assuming Toryn will tell what happened in the morning, soon he starts snoring again

Tala nods at Toryn

Toryn: " I'll have to check with my companions of course, make sure they have no objections, but I can't see why they wouldn't "

Toryn: " So I'm assuming you'll sleep at your home tonight and we'll see you first thing in the morning?"

Tala: Then I thank you and I'll be back tomorrow to see what your companions words are

Tala slips the hood back onto her head and heads into the darkness

Toryn: " Wonderful - may the Lightbringer's blessings be upon you as you slumber"

Toryn: Toryn walks inside and chuckles when he sees Ro lying there awake...

Toryn: Toryn gestures at the house " Safe" .. Toryn curls up next to everyone else after getting out of his armor and says " Sleep " to Ro

Ro beams a smile at toryn and taps the hides next to her for toryn to lie down

Rand starts snoring louder again

Petra (Tala): /em wonders how she can get Toryn raped this campaign

Toryn: (OOC - fortunately there are no amazon type villager women around - don't know if Tala has a wand of silence though)

Petra (Evil GM): you never know.....

Toryn: Toryn visibily remembers something, sits up, and starts meditating out loud

Toryn: " Ohhhmmm.. Lightbringer.... Ohhhmmm ... Praise Your Name... Ohhhmmm.. Mithaniel Marr... "

Ro sighs, turns around and goes to sleep

Toryn: and does that for a good half an hour (practicing his Meditation and Concentration Skills)

Toryn: then falls asleep as well...

Toryn: (OOC - oops - meditation and channeling skills)

The night passes without event and too soon it's morning. The smell of breakfast on the stove drifts through the house.

Toryn: And prays again for the return of Squire Lili's soul to her body

Rand wakes to the smells of the food

Ro sits up in her bed with her nose in the air trying to sniff

Toryn: Toryn wakes up, sings a brief praise to the Lightbringer, and shakes Ro awake assuming she's not already shoveling lots of food into her mouth

Rand starts the day with his usual routine, but also making up because he kinda forgot outside and prays to Druzzil

Obed comes down the stairs slowly, cane in one hand and rubbing his eyes with the other

Toryn: " We slept well tonight Obed - thank you for your kindness! " calls out Toryn

Obed sits himself at the table as his wife brings plenty of food for all

Toryn: " Given the previous night out on the cold ground by our campfire before arriving here we are particularly grateful" - Toryn chuckles

Two young boys come running into the house after doing morning chores, one of them dumping some leather items on the table.

Obed nods and smiles at Toryn

Obed: I would suspect so, and oh! The boys have scrounged up some clothing for your friend here.

Toryn: Toryn claps Rand broadly on the back when Rand is done praying " See, two nights outside of Freeport and you're still alive - and it is good to see someone else who gives the gods their proper worship ! "

Toryn: Toryn looks at the clothing

Obed holds up some leather leggings, and a leather tunic

Toryn: " You are too kind sir - let us pay you for your generosity "

Rand coughs loudly after the smack on his back

Obed: Nay, nay...you're to rid us of this great burden on the town. It's the least I can do to outfit you for your adventure!

Ro tries to find out how everyone is sitting on a chair and copycats them sitting at the table

Obed holds out the clothing to Ro

Rand stretches after his praying and gets up, asking Obed where the waterpitcher is so he can wash himself

Obed: Here, yours (holding the clothes out)

Ro: food?

Toryn: " We thank you then - is there a tailor in town ? I was hoping to purchase some leather armor for these two " Toryn looks at Rand and Ro

Obed: No, no....put on.

Obed puts the clothing on the table and mimics putting on a shirt

Ro: on?

Rand: All i need is water to wash my robe, i don't like the constraints of anything else then cloth

Obed: Yes, on (again mimics putting on the shirt

Obed: Of course there's a tailor in town.

Toryn: Toryn shakes his head ... " Leather armor is very light , not constricting at all - and I"m telling you, you need some sort of protection in a fight "

Ro drops the hides she is wearing, standing there in her birthday suit and tries to pull the pants over her head

Rand: I'll take my chances, i have a feeling Druzzil wouldn't like me in anything but cloth

Toryn: Toryn visibly pales and grabs his shield,holding it in front of Ro

Rand looks at Ro, somewhat shocked and walks iover to help her put it on

Obed bursts out laughing while his wife glares at him from the kitchen

Toryn: " I should have predicted that would happen " murmurs Toryn still looking shocked

Ro starts to blush as she obviously did something bad, but she doesn't understand what

Rand motions Ro to put her right leg into the right side of the leggings

Toryn: " Keep working on teaching her Common " says Toryn looking at Rand.. " there are definitely a few things we need to go over "

Obed chuckles

Rand continues to motion Ro in dressing her, eventually getting her dressed properly

Ro follows Rands motions putting on the clothes

Obed: Well, she has to learn some time and better than out in the public eye, aye?

Rand: Yep, i agree Obed, besides, as a cleric i have seen many naked women for medical purposes, i don't flinch at it that much anymore

Ro starts scratching the sleeves and legs like nuts in the leather

Toryn: " True " says Toryn, the shock starting to wear off .. Toryn looks at her clothes with a warrior's eye - will they provide any protection in a fight ? (e.g. do they look like they qualify as leather armor? )

Obed: Yes, they're actually leather armor Obed is giving her

There's a knock on the door to the house

Toryn: " This is most generous! " exclaims Toryn after finally taking a good look at the clothes... "We thank you Obed"

Obed: Come in, come in!

Toryn: " That's probably Tala " says Toryn

Rand looks up while washing his robe, standing around in his briefs

Rand: Who is Tala

Ro: Taalaa

Toryn: " By the gods does anyone around here know the meaning of modesty ? " mutters Toryn

Rand: What?

Rand: I need to get these stains out with salt water... can't possibly do that when wearing it

Tala walks through the door and drops a pack on the floor.

Toryn: " She has asked to accompany us on our quest - evidently her mother was killed by the same dark forces that haunt the local forest "

Rand: ah, well, fine with me... what skills does she have?\

Tala: G'mornin all..

Rand: Monin'

Toryn: " Tala this is the priest of Druzzil Ro , goddess of magic, that I mentioned - Rand ... and the orcish girl, Ro "

Tala looks at Rand and mutters something in a foriegn language

Tala looks at the orc woman who's scratching at the arms of her armor like nuts

Rand ignores the woman and continues scrubbing his robe, almost having the stains out.

Tala pulls a dagger out of it's sheath at her belt and walks up to Ro

Toryn: " And yes that's a good question - I am trained as a warrior - Rand heals and can bolster our courage through the divinity of his goddess... Ro can sing people to sleep, some sort of magic I take it"

Tala: Can I help? (looking Ro in the eyes(

Ro backs off,' noooooooh meeeeeeh goooood

Toryn: Toryn steps in between Tala and Ro " Sorry - I should have explained Tala - she speaks practically no Common and probably thinks you are about to attack her "

Rand wrings out the robe, holding it up, nodding approvingly

Tala: Ah..

Ro: Taalaa good?

Toryn: Toryn pats Ro's arm reassuringly .. " It's all right" toryn soothes her

Tala steps around Toryn where Ro can see her and mimics taking the sleeves off her own shirt

Rand wrings out the robe a few more times before walking over to the fire to hang it to dry a few minutes (warm wet clothes are much more comfortable)

Tala *with her dagger

Toryn: " I believe so " says Toryn looking speculatively at Tala...

Tala looks at Toryn out of the corner of her eye

Ro raises an eyebrow at Tala and nods

Tala steps up and begins to carefully cut the arms off of Ro's armor

Ro looks at Tala with big eyes

Rand waves his robes in front of the fire, seeing the fabric dry rather quickly as it always seems to do

Tala: Hold still...don't want to start cutting you instead..

Toryn: Toryn makes reassuring gestures at Ro but watches Tala closely

Tala after several minutes, one sleeve falls off the shirt onto the ground

Rand holds up the now dry robe and smiles... perfectly dry and clean

Rand puts his robe back on and walks to the kitchen to score a good breakfast

Tala carefully works on the other sleeve until it falls off as well

Ro looks with a excusing grin

Toryn: Toryn frowns at Rand " Expect to have dirt, grime and blood encrusted on that over the course of our adventures - I wouldn't be too concerned with cleanliness "

Tala: There...no more itches

Rand: keeping the robe clean is as much comfort as respect to Druzzil my friend... so cleaning it is more then just cleaning

Tala picks up the discarded sleeves and tosses them onto the table then finds a chair and sits

Toryn: " A religious custom! Forgive me I had no idea !"

Tala: So, do I get to come or what?

Toryn: " And Tala - again Rand brings up a god point - we appreciate your willingness to help but at this point we still don't know what areas you're skilled in "

Tala resheaths her dagger

Rand: It's probably something that the casters rubbed off on my... and yes Tala, you can come, the more the merrier

Tala grins

Tala: Well, I'm good with a bow...

Rand: Just tell us something about you and your trade, skill etc

Ro picks out the flute and starts to play some songs

Rand: That is good, anything else?

Rand rummages through the food while listening to Tala

Tala: And I've learned a bit about disarming traps...

Rand: Nice, then again, i prefer setting traps for animals...

Tala: Well, sometimes I have ta help ma with the traps out in the woods. Have to help arm and disarm them...kinda tinkered with things more complicated. Never know when that's useful and all.

Toryn: " You must be a ranger ! " exclaims Toryn

Rand: Could be

Toryn: (OOC :P )

Tala: Well, me hopes someday I'll earn that title

Rand ponders a bit on Tala's story, but is not fully convinced

Toryn: " Rangers are warriors of the outdoors" explains Toryn , looking at Rand (and totally taking what Tala is saying at face value) - " They are a valued addition to any group of adventurers "

Tala: She got 23 on her bluff

Vincent (Rand): disregard... understood i believed her

Rand: By the way

Rand: If any of you need your wounds healed and ailments cured, let me know.

Rand: And make sure you leave a corpse as much in tact as possible so i can study it

Toryn: " Do you owe allegiance to one of the woodland gods perhaps Tala? Kanara? Tunare? Kanara or Brell Serilis ? "

Campaign saved.

Tala: Nay, nay...I believe in the individual nature spirits. The sylphs and dryads...but gods?

Tala shakes her head

Tala: If there be gods, would they let this happen to our village?

Rand: Depending on who has the most power here... who knows

Toryn: Toryn chuckles.... " You shall see their handiwork soon enough - there are many like you who disbelieve until they witness the miracles bestowed upon our faithful with their very own eyes... "

Tala rolls her eyes

Rand shakes his head at Toryn's speech

Toryn: " You'll see " insists Toryn

Tala jumps up out of her chair

Ro stops blowing her flute and looks over

Tala: Well, shall we be going? it's morning and I don't relish being trapped in the forest at nightfall

Rand looks at Tala

Rand: But of course, let me grab my bags and load my old nag

Toryn: " We should stock up on food first - rations " says Toryn looking over at Ro

Rand walks out with his bags to saddle his horse

Ro walks over to the table and picks up something to eat (only a bit)

Tala: er, I think it be best to be leavin the beasts here.....

Toryn: " Also - Tala I don't suppose you have access to any magical weapons? There's a possibility we'll be fighting a spirit "

Tala: tis only about 2 hours away, the sacred burrow and no need to be injuring perfectly good beasts

Rand turns around at Talas remarks.

Tala: er, nay...no magical weapons. I just be the daughter of a simple forester.

Rand: But then i have to carry all my equipment around on my back... do you have any idea how heavy that is ?!?!

Tala shrugs

Tala: Then bring the beast...don't say I didn't warn ya

Toryn: Toryn looks over at Obed.... " Do you know of any in the town friend? Or a priest who could bless our weapons perhaps? "

Rand sighs, clearly disappointed at not having his horse to carry all his belongings around

Rand: I don't want her to get hurt, she has been friendly and faithfull over the years

Obed: Well, we just had a shipment of most of our magical items leave for Highpass a fornight ago and haven't gotten anymore. I'm sorry on that account..

Ro looks at Rand clearly a question on her face

Obed picks up her pack

Toryn: " Very well - the Lightbringer shall provide "

Tala: *tala picks up her pack

Tala heads out the door

Petra (Tala): and we'll leave it here till next week

Rand follows Tala, gesturing Ro to come along and join him so they can talk

Toryn: " You're certain you don't want my old armor - or even the plate mail I'm wearing? " Toryn asks Rand

Ro looks at Toryn what to do

Rand: Yes, i am sure

Toryn: Toryn follows, smiling at Ro and gesturing for her to follow

Ro follows Toryn in his footsteps

Toryn: Toryn looks at Ro - is she carrying the axe she was looking at earlier?

Toryn: waaayyy back at the orcish camp ?

Toryn: Or the short sword she picked up ?

Toryn: Toryn also looks at Rand asking " You have your mace? "

Ro: i'm dragging the axe along

Rand: Yes i do... all scratch free and stainless

Toryn: Toryn stops and helps Ro pick the axe up and take a practice swing - does it look like she knows how to use it?

Ro laughs at Toryns swing

Evil GM: She had been messing around with it back at the camp

Vincent (Rand): big time even

Ro takes the axe from him and starts to make some movements

Evil GM: lol

Toryn: Does she visibly struggle to swing with it as if it's too heavy ?

Wish (Ro): +6 for perform :p

Vincent (Rand): get better dice Kenny

Wish (Ro): i keep forgetting the modifier lol

Evil GM: lol, she's ok with it. not as impressive as back at the orc camp

Rand swings his mace, to comfort Toryn

Rand puts the mace down, puffing after such a swing, clearly not used to its weight

Ro stops showing off with the axe and beams a smile at toryn (18 on charming smile roll) lol

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