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TRACE WOOD.

Posted by donsrFor group 0
riders
Thu 9 Apr 2020
at 16:36
  • msg #179

TRACE WOOD

  Kree turned to her,children..wives, Old ones...sick one.. slavers kill them  without a thought...warriors  train thier horses  to kill.. the best way to  defeat  mounted troops, is to make them fight on thier own...I will not  treat the  animals, any different than any other  enemy ....

 Ivy nods   as he pulls and arrow  from his  quiver,Pike men do it all the time... use animals to kill folks?  Expect those animals to be killed, back...

  as the Draw near the leader  shouts....HOLD!..we would have words with you!

 Kree   draws and arrow and sands in the classic  archer's stance,Stop your Mounts, Brigands... or you will walk home...should we decide to let you live..

 the   leader..purposefully, rides up another 10 Yards closer..Ivy grins  at this.

 You  name us Brigands!... I should name you, such!.. We are  troopers  of Tou!

 ..Brigands... Tou troopers?..not much difference is there, to  forest folk,who are harrassed  by Tou..
Tyri Shadowhand
player, 46 posts
Thu 9 Apr 2020
at 20:25
  • msg #180

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The frown did not leave Tyri's face at the explanation but of course she wasn't going to try and sway anyone else. It was her own opinion but she would follow the rest. Watching the interaction, she looked each of the riders up and down, internally assessing them.
Elandra Jalvian
player, 58 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Thu 9 Apr 2020
at 21:08
  • msg #181

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 Elandra looked at Tyri and said quietly to her," I would rather not kill the horses as well, I will go for the riders myself." Elandra had her crossbow aimed but her hands where glowing as well, she had the hand crossbow on a tether so if she drops it it will hang from her belt if she drops it to cast.
Krwyn
player, 321 posts
Thu 9 Apr 2020
at 21:49
  • msg #182

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Krwyn has his longbow drawn, an arrow nocked, but he is not aiming yet at one of the riders. He moves somewhat to the side, circling the riders for a quarter.
field
Fri 10 Apr 2020
at 05:31
  • msg #183

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  The   Leader    cantered up another yard or  two, two riders    moved out  to the left and right.  the other  rider   was  just  behind the  leader.. the other  three  unlimbered horsebows.

you would do  well, to watch your tongue.....or  my steed with stomp you into mush

..I will have you off your horse, and dead, Then  we will sell your horses as serpent bait, in  Ironmound's  Market place
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:40, Sat 11 Apr 2020.
standoff
Sat 11 Apr 2020
at 13:54
  • msg #184

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    Ivy's bow was nocked   but pointed down, he had no worried that he  could  send a  shaft into a  horse, before  they   could even get  moving, from thier standstill.

 ..My Cousin is not a idle chatter?. Speak why you are here and Move off, before an accident befalls you.

 The  leder Looks   disdainful  at Ivy , Kree  nocked  and   arrow, held it on  the  string with  one hand, while  his right hand drew a hawk's head, hilted Blade  from its  sheath.

 One of the side   riders  laughed,..you think you can sue  Both those  weapons at once?

 I will use one, then  the other.. Tour  Leader  will not see the end of the display...and I doubt if you will either.

 The  Rider next to the leader looked at his   companions, he was the only one who looked worried.

 We seek kree.Q...

 ..you have  found him. Congratulations...your life is now being measured in minutes..Turn and ride..or stay and die

 ,,WE..were sent to collect you...and  bring you to Tou for banditry  nad attacks  upon Tou  troops..

 Kree's eyes stared at the  Captain...your leaders  have sent you to your Death.. Ironmound   holds many friends of  Mine.. The trace wood  100 times that many...and there are people who live  in hidey Holes who are allies of mine, that you would not  wish  to face, or hope to survive... I  will  Give You the count  of three...

 He says aloud to  the Arrows,..The Young one behind the leader... wound him if you must, save his  horse to take the other's heads  back..let their  Horses  be  a gift to  the plains animals when we cut them down.

 The  two riders on the  side  and  face expressions that changed from anger, to horror , as they thought of thier Horses being  killed and left for scavengers.

 ...You have until....3..... 1...........2.....
Elandra Jalvian
player, 59 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Sat 11 Apr 2020
at 14:29
  • msg #185

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 Elandra had her hand crossbow held up but it was her left hand that was glowing with the power of the spell she was about to cast Guiding Bolt at the Leader. Elandra stood her ground and all she said was," May be Peace be with you all."
Krwyn
player, 322 posts
Sat 11 Apr 2020
at 15:24
  • msg #186

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Krwyn readies his bow, aiming at one of two riders i at the back of the small toupe. Although he understands Kree, he is at a loss how that leader could be so stupid and stubborn under the eyes of at least 7 or 8 veterans as the Red Arrows, He sure has no clue what he is up to.
Diana Hunt
player, 395 posts
Tue 14 Apr 2020
at 06:31
  • msg #187

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In reply to standoff (msg # 184):

Diana had her bow notched and ready.  Although, she, like some of the others, wondered how such a dimwit rose to power?  To ride right into the heart of Ironmond, and try and take someone like Kree?  Seriously?

Well, it was his death.

She chose her target, and then just waited for Kree's signal.
Lucy
player, 336 posts
Tue 14 Apr 2020
at 06:35
  • msg #188

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In reply to standoff (msg # 184):

Lucy chuckled listening to the conversation.  Did the idiots of Tou really think that Kree did what he did all by himself?  Did they not realize of know their enemy?  How stupid would you be to march right into the home territory of the man you are hunting and act like because you are from Tou that means something.

She notched her arrow.   Although, she would not be aiming at the horses.  She saw no reason to kill them.  They were just innocent animals.

Unlike the animals riding them.

She thought about putting her bow away, and just going in with claws and blades.  But put that thought away.  Now was not the time for claws and blades, it was the time for the bow.  She took aim at one of the riders.
fight
Tue 14 Apr 2020
at 16:26
  • msg #189

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  The Horse  Captain snarled.....THREE!!   He Horse  reared to attack kree with Hits   Hind Legs,    Kree  rolled forward  swinging his  sword, hard in a flat arc , nicks one rear leg, while  cutting the near leg in half.. The Horse  screams In pain and  surprise  and    Falls away from Kree, Pinning the  captain under  its   body as it thrashed about  In Pain.. Kree had  his  Bow  up and aimed at the feloow  who laughed  at him

 Ivy sent  a shaft into the  Captain ,  his  left shoudler  pinned to the groudn while this  steers  rocked over his  body..
Elandra Jalvian
player, 61 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Tue 14 Apr 2020
at 17:40
  • msg #190

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 Elandra raised her glowing hand and fired a Guiding Bolt at the nearest rider to her, that was not the Captain. After she fires she will roll and come up with her crossbow ready to fire.
Krwyn
player, 323 posts
Tue 14 Apr 2020
at 18:54
  • msg #191

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Krwyn lets his arrow fly, readying a second one as soon as the first is on its way. The first arrow is a flame arrow and it hits the right rider in the second row, engulfing him in flames. He waits with his second arrow: knowing hs companions, the need for another shot will be small.
short and sweet
Thu 16 Apr 2020
at 20:20
  • msg #192

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 As the others d exploded into  action. Only the   younger Rider  was  left.. the Captain Horse  was still    screaming in pain as  he  crushed the   hips   and thighs  of the  leader.

   Kree Looked  at  the horse to the left that had  an Arrow  in hits   neck  from him.. the   rider  was   down on the  ground...  the other horse , fro  some reason was still alive, but the  rider   dead.

  Kree  silenced  the   wounded horse, it   two him  three  solid , two handed    chops to  Finish it off...

 ..I don't know  if the  Mages  guild sent you becaus e of my last trip there... or  if  the  City's leaders sent you because    of Merchant's landing... I ...really do not care.... I do..take offesne, to people who have tried to bully thier way through this realm, acting  as if they were  Ironmound's right hand.... If  i recall the   tales/..Tou  Fell hard before the Dwarves of High Peaks...Elevs of  The Black Timber and the Plains elves....

 ..your service to your   city is  done....at least, you will never make  this mistake  again.  once more trhe  blade  came down, less  effort  needed
 to take  the  Captains  head... Then, not  wanting others  to  do the grim  work, he removed the other  two heads..   shoved them in the saddle  bags of the  wounded Horse and lead it to the  young rider..

 ..you take these horses  and these ehads   back to who sent you.... Do not  stop until you have reached   your City... Tell them Kree Quickshdaow  showed mercy, in not  feeding all  4 of you to the Serpents.. Go..before  my mind gets the better of mer


 Meanwhile  Ivy    went through the  sadled  backs of the  Dead ho9rse and the    goods  on of the Tou Riders.
Elandra Jalvian
player, 62 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Thu 16 Apr 2020
at 23:24
  • msg #193

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 Elandra got up and was going to try and heal the horses that where wounded, but Kree already took care of them, if there was anyone wounded that needed healing she would help them , or if any horse needed healing that was still alive. Elandra went to the dead horses lowered her head and said," May Amot give you Peace it was not your fault your riders where stupid." She says a few words from Amot's ancient texts and then gets up and says," I know taking out the horses is the easy way, but I could have possibly healed them, Kree next time please let me try before they go in Peace. I do not want to say anything out of line but it was not the horses fault good Kree."
over
Fri 17 Apr 2020
at 00:19
  • msg #194

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   When Ive  Bundled the  three  dead men's weapons,  they began to move...Ioach..i have  found out that you do not  treat  animals  any better then you treat Humans,. We have  killed slaves  who have become trustees to thier Masters.. Animals that  foolw thier master's into battle, are no less enemies  then soldiers who charge at someone's orders.... To keep  a horse  alive when it is  part of the warrior, is to put my people at risk.. that?  I will not  do..nor  will i in the future.

 ..Come, these  fools  cost us  time...
Elandra Jalvian
player, 63 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Fri 17 Apr 2020
at 03:02
  • msg #195

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 Elandra thought about what he said, and he was right they where trained by bad men unfortunately. Elandra smiled and said," Yes you are right I did not look at it that way, I am sorry. " Elandra was sad for the animals but it was probably for the best.

 Elandra got herself squared away and followed the others.
Tyri Shadowhand
player, 47 posts
Fri 17 Apr 2020
at 21:38
  • msg #196

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She didn't say a word, not one to argue with anyone and followed after. Animals could be retrained with work. She continued to dance along, humming softly to herself.
nearing the gates.
Sat 18 Apr 2020
at 16:13
  • msg #197

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 the rest  of the  day was  spent , taking an angle of the  road to get them  closer to the   southwest    corner of the massive  walls.

 a few  hours  they were with in 100 yards  of the 80 + fee walls. Granite from the High Peaks,  large   river stones  from the bottom of the storm river, and  slabs of    granite from the tunnels the 'Mound' dwarves  farmed out  of under the   city and the River as they made the   underground   trade road for  Dwarves from the High peaks.

 Long lines of merchants and travelers could be  seen as the   headed   north west to the main Gates

 ..You will  find  folks here   like  us, as much as they hate us..make usre your    insigna is easy for all to see...
Elandra Jalvian
player, 64 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Sat 18 Apr 2020
at 17:31
  • msg #198

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 Elandra walked with the others and when Kree spoke she made sure her hair clip was very easy to notice safely clipped in her hair.
Krwyn
player, 324 posts
Sat 18 Apr 2020
at 18:11
  • msg #199

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Krwyn takes his insigna and puts it better on desplay on his leather armor, walking in step with kree and Ivy. "What do you expect at the gates? Some guard squads with back up to take us into custody," he asks Kree
walking
Sat 18 Apr 2020
at 18:43
  • msg #200

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  Kree  shakes his   head,//nay, Good  Krwyn.  We are a mercenary Company. Any discord  we have  with   anyone  , other then Ironmound Residents, is   marked off  as   'outside squabbles'... even if  we should  fight in the streets. As long as we wear our
 marks openly and do  not kill City Guard or  helpless citizens..there is no  repercussions .


 ..having said that? there are a great deal of people who  hate the Arrows that is the  life of a sell sword. Some companies   might  be liked better inside the walls some outside..but.. we do  have the  'right  folks' liking us , scatterted about this town
Tyri Shadowhand
player, 48 posts
Sun 19 Apr 2020
at 19:15
  • msg #201

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Tyri laughed and gave her hips a shimmy, the tiny little arrow glinting in the waning light as it danced along with her. “Hard to miss mine...” she stated to herself, still pleased with the trinket. With a grin, she walked along, moving up beside Ivy. “So, what happens when we go inside? Are we to report to anyone? Do we split up?”
closer
Sun 19 Apr 2020
at 22:54
  • msg #202

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  Ivy nods to Kree.....we  first  go to the Docks, and  'The walk the Plank' Inn..its our headquarters, and makes a fair share of money with out having to kill folks...Then..Kree is goign to presetn himself  at the  Court..those  who wish to go with himn  will... no matter the outcome, Reedrick  will sort through those  who have appealed  to  our  Company  for aid...

 Its  a Big city inside...Knowledge... drink...food  and lust..death  and more death...

  Kree pointes to the far line..its shorter  and has people standing in groups.
Elandra Jalvian
player, 65 posts
Priestess/Cleric of Amot
Peace be with you!
Sun 19 Apr 2020
at 23:54
  • msg #203

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 Elandra couldn't keep her eyes of of Tyri's arrow symbol. Elandra followed the others and said," Okay that sounds good." She smiles at Tyri and says to her," Are you going with Kree or staying at the Inn or we could go shopping ?" Elandra smiled but she was nervous she really like Tyri, in ways she has never thought of with another woman but she was very curious and Tyri was so beautiful. She didnt realize it but she was staring.
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