ThetaOrionis01 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Lurel considers for a few moments longer, the need to choose his words carefully tempered by Thaill's message. "I believe we have a good reason to seek you out - whether you consider our reason good enough to talk to us, that is your decision. Very well. Things are ... amiss in Levdia. It is hard to describe it any better, without going into a lot of detail.. and I have just had news.. time is pressing. The 'wrongness' in Levdia has been traced to an item that is not in its proper place - an arrow. We need to track down the proper place for this arrow to be. And all enquiries about arrows are leading to the Black Slayers." He pauses for breath. "But there is more... I do not know how it all connects to our mission to replace the arrow. Things are going on in Branden Forest - I suspect the Lindan Yar may be involved. In the forest, Ford here found a dead man - with an arrow sticking out of him. If this is your business and none of ours, we will not pursue this. If, however, it is not your business but someone else has been using one of your arrows, then maybe you might want to look into it." He shrugs. "In brief, this is why we have come to seek you out. Maybe we have been following a false trail... then I don't know what to do other than to investigate what is going on in the forest. Will you talk to us?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 There is a silence then suddenly the scene is brilliantly illuminated. You are facing maybe a dozen men all middle aged and distinctly unfit. Their leader nods. "Follow me to our temporary HQ. What you say troubles me. I'm afraid any missing arrow will not be one of ours as ours are individually numbered. I will explain about them in a minute. But the Lindan Yar... We are here because of the Lindan Yar. Well, when we are back at HQ you must tell us all about it." OOC> I'll post the explanation of the arrows on Monday when Switch is back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Lurel exhales audibly with relief. "Very well, let's go. I've had a bad feeling about the Lindan Yar ever since they first started following us, and I'd be keen to hear what you can tell us about them." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 Ford sighs in relief, and is surprised to see the state of the Black Slayers, although he tries not to show it. 'I was expecting muscley 25 year olds armed to the teeth... oh well...' He follows the others to the HQ quietly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 The pace is quite fast but they talk as they go. The area they inhabit is very makeshift. No arrows are immediately visible. What you do see are two other members who are much taller and fitter, they seem to blend into the room as if they were not really there. They are a little scary. "We are the enforcers of the guild laws. Rarely does it require us to take a life but when we do it is made very clear. We break an arrow across the corpse in a particular way. Of course this could easily be copied so the arrows are also numbered in a unique way. We are here only to carry out the disposal of two men from the Lindan Yar. We had no arrows so bought fifty. I numbered them all myself yesterday and there were fifty there. Do you want to see them?" "The Lindan Yar are a guild that operates very close to the edge of guild law. Until recently they have however always been just inside it. Recently one of the most popular narcotics 'cheweed' became unavailable. Suddenly someone in the Lindan Yar seems to think they have found a new supply. But because it is scarce they are trying to change the rules, behaving as if guild laws were nothing. We have to demonstrate that they are wrong. Words were used first. Our agent did not return and may well be the corpse you found in the forest. The men we seek are around this area. I wish I knew more about this supposed 'new' supply." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampede Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Siffli examines the arrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 Siffli observes that the arrows are neatly bundled into groups of ten. They are all the same size and shape. There are however only four bundles placed on the table in front of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThetaOrionis01 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Lurel frowns. "You mentioned 50 arrows. But there are only 40 here. What happened to the other 10?" He looks at Ari. "These arrows - are these the ones your friends made?" He sighs. "I think Ari's people are in great danger. They are looking after some children who were born to cheweed-addicted parents... if I understood correctly. I hope I am wrong, but I fear that it is this which may be attracting the Lindan Yar." He frowns, trying to remember what the Held members told them about the children, "Ford, Ari, Midge - can you remember anything else about the children?" He tries to contact Thaill, to tell her about the Lindan Yar and the new source of cheweed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Ford ponders. "All I remember is they were in pretty poor shape. Their parents went crazy and died due to the cheweed shortage in their town. Most of the children weren't going to live very long... Ari's people had to ration out the remaining cheweed supplies to keep the children alive, since their bodies were dependant on it. There was one little girl who seemed to be unaffected by the stuff..." He sighs sadly. "I think that's everything... although I might be forgetting something." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchik Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 Thail responds to Lurel first. "I cannot move from here until the problem with magic is resolved. Have you found your arrow yet? I will pass on what you say next time a member of the Held comes to see me. I think there are 90 men in the forest at the moment. The Held is watching them but not worried at they have a fighting strength of 200 or so. But the Held are used to ranged weapons and they are away from their village. I am more worried than they are. Come back as soon as you can." Ari confirms that the arrows look right. The slayers look at each other and then nod to the two sinister figures. "We have these ready for our execution." The one whp speaks sounds hardly hman and it makes you shudder, A final bundle of arrows is handed to Ford, the nearest to the man. He counts 9 arrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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