There was more. Tension was rising, as more and more people crowded into the inn with stories of death and destruction. The deputies repeated the knight's assurances that everything would be okay, but they couldn't sound convincing, even to themselves.
Agitation and unease rose in waves. The deputies tried to keep people calm, but their attempts had to be made more and more frequently to less and less effect. Finally, they heard a sound they'd been dreading. A giant of a man, who Oranef had been keeping an eye on for the past half hour, threw a punch that could have cracked the ribs of whomever he had hit. What had provoked him was impossible to tell. The room was so crowded that people stumbled and fell like dominoes around the impact. It was as if the giant had aimed his blow at his whole corner of the room, and the people he'd jostled certainly took it that way. Soon they were pushing each other out of the way to be the first to get back at him. The situation threatened to devolve into a full brawl.
The first thing that Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. thought of was to leap up onto a table and bellow through cupped hands, as loudly as he could, directly into that corner of the tavern, “STOP IT!!” Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions.'s deep voice carried through the noise of the crowd, and a few people looked up as if expecting him to say more. Then someone leapt at the giant and tried to knock him from his feet, and the crowds attention shifted again. After that, Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions.'s primary concern was staying alive. While Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. shouted ineffectually at the brawlers, Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. dodged around until he could climb up to the rafters. From that vantage point he did his best to deny the element of surprise to whomever he saw had it. No matter that most of his bellowing was in Terradian; even in Rouchplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigLanguage
Rouch
Rouch is the vernacular, or common tongue, spoken throughout Rang. Because of Rang's influence, it's also a trade language in the surrounding kingdoms.
Sarnam
Sarnam is the “old tongue,” spoken by the priests of Andritha. Most of the nobly-born are familiar with the language. he was mostly unintelligible amid the din. Barely anyone he shouted to took the warning for what it was, and for every dirty punch he saw about to be thrown there were half a dozen others already connecting; but all the same he tried.
The crowd was so thick that every movement sent ripples through it. Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. watched as the ripples spread by one fight agitated other groups into other fights, like the tiny turbulent swirls in a river that follow the primary rush of water. Soon, the room was becoming much more crowded. People on the edges were shoved against the walls because there was nowhere else they could go. The stage was taken over, and the musicians huddled together to protect their instruments. The ones who suffered most were those who couldn't move away – the men and women whose legs, arms or backs had been broken during the quake. Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. seemed to realize that the crippled people might be in trouble, and he tried to force his way through the crowd, but progress was slow and painful. Oranef was shouting something from atop the bar, but no one could hear his weak voice. Behel was nowhere to be found – no, there he was. He has joined in the fight; he was shoving a man a foot shorter than him into a cluster of other people.
Looking around, Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. motioned frantically to Oranef, trying to catch his attention, then started scrambling through the rafters toward the bar, in search of small objects to fling into the crowd. Coins, nuts, chunks of bread, anything. Distractions seemed to be key here – keeping people from trampling the injured ones to death, and clearing a way for Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak.. And -where- was Vanatra, his hawk?
Things to throw were plentiful; debris from the earthquake were still lying everywhere. And to some extent, Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions.'s strategy worked, though Oranef couldn't figure out why the Terradian was lobbing bits of wood and broken mugs into tight groups of people. The debris stopped some fights and started others, but everyone who was hit moved back and looked for the source. This allowed Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. to thin out the areas around the injured.
It still took Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. a long time to make his way through the crowd, and he was once clipped on the shoulder by a mug-handle that Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. had aimed at someone else. By the time Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. got to where he was going, the fighting had slowed, giving Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. the opportunity to climb down from the rafters. He threaded his way over to Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. with considerably more ease, despite the occasional parried punch thrown at or near him. Everyone was exhausted, both from the long night and the brawl.
“Thank you,” Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. shouted over the noise, rubbing his shoulder. He surveyed the injured, many of whom had been shoved around during the brawl. When Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. got closer, Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. was almost able to speak at a normal volume. “Some of these people won't make it until the morning.” Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. stumbled, almost landing on an occupied stretcher, when one of the brawlers was shoved into him. “There aren't enough competent physicians here, and no medical supplies at all. If the fog cleared, we could run them to the temples without any chance of getting lost. Oh, no….” He put his hand to his head and shook it.
Ten feet away, past dozens of injured people, Mineasia was crouched over a woman in particularly bad shape. How she had gotten out of the children's room and made her way through a live brawl unscathed was anyone's guess.
Out of all the people crammed into the tavern, surely -someone- might be familiar enough with the city to know the way from inn to temple, fog or no. The problem was getting everyone's attention at once long enough to investigate. Someone bumped Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. from the side, making him catch Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak.' shoulder for balance; he took the opportunity to communicate this idea as best he could right into Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak.' ear, hinting also that the scholar was much more suited to pulling it off. “I will take her to her room,” he added, indicating Mineasia with his chin.
When Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. was closer to Mineasia, she looked up and then returned to her examination. “Her legs are broken,” she said, “and her ribs here and here.” She pointed to two places on the woman's chest. “The ribs are pinching like a bird's talon, so she has trouble breathing.” Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. blinked and looked the woman over. Her legs were obviously broken and in need of splinting, and clearly her breathing was shallow and laborious – either the girl had some damn good anatomical training or she was making it up, and she sounded so certain of herself that Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. couldn't convince himself it was the latter. He turned to shout for Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak..
Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak., when he heard the diagnosis repeated, didn't even look at the woman. He called for one of the physicians and explained the situation as if what this five-year-old girl had said was fact. Mineasia was already looking at the next injured person when the physician started putting pressure in the right places to separate the broken ribs. “He has a fever,” Mineasia said, “but it's not in his head. It's here.” She gently touched the back of his neck, and it was soon discovered that a shard of pottery was lodged so deeply into that point that it couldn't be seen by a casual observer.
Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak. sighed to Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions.. “Let her help. I will deal with the consequences later.”
Exhausted, confused, rattled by Johannesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigMaster Johannes Eltermann
Johannes Eltermann is very tall, and slightly more slender than average, and has a well-defined, delicate bone structure. His hair and eyes are dark brown. He keeps himself well-groomed and clean-shaven, and tends to dress in plain but well-tailored clothing in dark, formal colors. The lack of ostentation flaunts his taste. He currently wears good-quality traveling clothes with matching boots, a belt, from which a dagger hangs, and a cloak.' intimation of impending trouble, Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. backed off. The scholar, acting as intermediary for Mineasia, passed her diagnoses through a filter of credibility so the physicians would do as she pronounced; otherwise, no one might have been saved. Daluarplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDaluar Sulanguan
Daluar is a wiry, coal-skinned Terradian in the gray-and-blue uniform of a Calipperi soldier. He keeps both his face and head clean-shaven, and his leather armor in good condition; he has even tried to shape the rough patches on the collar, vambraces, and headband into regular contours. A rapier frogged at his hip, a quiver and longbow on his back, and a couple of pouches on his belt comprise most of his possessions. himself was far too weary to think hard about it, and keeping an eye on everyone in the inn was taking all of his attention anyway, making sure no one started a new brawl. At some point, making the rounds, he found himself asking people, in halting Rouchplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigLanguage
Rouch
Rouch is the vernacular, or common tongue, spoken throughout Rang. Because of Rang's influence, it's also a trade language in the surrounding kingdoms.
Sarnam
Sarnam is the “old tongue,” spoken by the priests of Andritha. Most of the nobly-born are familiar with the language., whether they knew how to get to the temple. Mineasia's eerie pronouncements notwithstanding, many would still not make it without proper care – and possibly not even then.
Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of grabbed Sahl and shouted that the thing was about to collapse; everyone should get out as fast as they could. While she stumbled over the shifting rubble herself, she waved her hands in the direction she thought people should go – cross-wise to where the post looked like it would fall, and away from places where pieces would fly. Many, including Sahl, Sir Jerenil and the baron, were still on the part of the floor stilted six feet off the ground by the post.
Though the men were not accustomed to heeding the words of women, a woman wearing a sword and speaking in a voice of command was not to be ignored, especially when any confident voice was a blessing. A great deal of groaning and creaking from the wood presaged the fall of the main post, as people ran and dragged others off, Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of shouting the whole time, giving directions to those who did not seem to understand what was going on. As far as Sahl could see, Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of's recommended direction was the best. It took them away from the central post and the surrounding unstable land, without forcing them to dive into the lake. It also lead off the stilted platform as fast as possible. He immediately urged Sir Jerenil and the other man carrying the baron in that direction.
Soon, even crawling became difficult, as the floor continually shifted to the left, and the edges crumbled away. A stilt far behind them cracked, and sent a good chunk of the floor tumbling. People were rolling to the edge and jumping off, heedless of their injuries, but Sahl, Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of, Sir Jerenil and the third man kept dragging the baron along. The baron himself had the best view of the post, as long as he kept brushing the debris off his face. Though he still had trouble breathing, he managed to gasp at the progress the post was making. No one else dared to look, and the fog and dust soon took most of the view away.
At the treacherous edge, the two bearers jumped down while Sahl stayed on the platform to pass the baron to them. Suddenly, there was a crack and a great tearing sound, and Sahl and the others found themselves tumbling to the ground amidst a cloud of dust and debris.
Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of was the first to recover. She had managed to stay on top of everything rolling underneath her, and was on her feet when it ended. Sahl, alert to every falling piece of rubble, chose to protect the baron at his own expense. As he tumbled off the edge, he grabbed the baron with both arms and pulled him along with him. When more and more rubble fell off the edge after him, Sahl arched his back slightly and acted as a shield for the injured baron.
It was ten minutes before Sahl saw light again. Sir Jerenil and five other men, all pretty banged up themselves, were rapidly pulling boards and bits of furniture away. When they had finally cleared enough, Sahl rolled over, exhausted. He didn't think his back was broken, but he was almost certainly bruised and bleeding all over. Plenty of time to think of that later, after he'd had a chance to rest.
When the shaking finally stopped, the Temple of Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of still stood, though all of the stained-glass windows were shattered, and several of the icons and statues had toppled. Alderin, the High Priest, opened the doors of the temple to see vague signs of destruction through the almost impenetrable fog. Homes were in ruins, some leaning askance, looking like drunken brothers of the stately buildings they had been just minutes ago. He was still standing there when Adrith arrived with the first of the injured. “We will have to be ready to heal many,” she said, “and to shelter even more.”
“Aye, Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden., so it seems. Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of help us in our time of trouble.”
Not a minute passed before a family arrived, carrying a grandmother with an obviously broken leg. “Our house fell down,” the man said. “We have nowhere to turn but to the temple, and mother is bad hurt.”
“Welcome to the shelter of Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of,” Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. said. “Are any of the others of you hurt?”
Getting a shake of the head, she directed them to bring the grandmother to the main meeting room, and set the healers of the temple to setting and splinting her leg, and giving her strong herbal tea to ease her pain.
By bits and drabs, a trickle, then a stream, then a flood of injured and frightened people came to the temple, and soon Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. was needed to do her healing, so she delegated the task of determining who needed her miraculous healing, who could get by with mundane healing, and who was merely frightened, to a pair of priests and several acolytes. Alderin saw all this and said, “Priestess, you are in charge of the hospital. Use whatever of the temple you need. Those whose plight is hopeless, send to me. I and my Priests will give them what comfort we can.”
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Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. organized the able, whether homeless and seeking shelter, or frightened and seeking solace, into teams; some to arrange beds for the injured, using materials at hand; straw pallets covered with blankets, coats, whatever; the women to boil water to wash the open wounds of the injured; strong men to carry the injured to the healing stations.
Most of the injuries were cared for by the temple's healers, with splints for broken limbs, herbal poultices for bad bruises and contusions, and so forth. The worst injured she healed herself. There were many with serious internal injuries, so she was very busy, and soon exhausted by her efforts, but she kept on. At one point, nearly depleted, she asked an acolyte to bring her some food, fruits if available. The acolyte, looking at her as though she were a saint, brought her apples and rare imports like oranges and peaches, that were in the cold cellars of the Temple, kept for special occasions, and Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. ravenously consumed all, with a word of thanks.
Fortunately for Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden., most of the injured that came to the Temple had minor trouble, and were adequately cared for by conventional healing, so she had time to oversee the operation. To her surprise, when she went through the wards where the moderately injured were bedded, they seemed to recover more quickly; as she walked and spoke to the injured, their moans and groans reduced, their faces, formerly contorted in pain, relaxed.
As she passed, one young man called out, “Are you the witch? The one they call Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden.? The one that can call water out of nowhere?”
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Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. smiled. “I am Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden., but no witch. I am a Priestess of Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of, and my goddess has seen fit to grant me powers, mostly of healing. Fear me not. I am only human, as you. I make mistakes, being human, but my heart is good. I do what Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of commands. Do you likewise, young man, and follow your heart and what Andrithaplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigAndrithanism
Based on original ideas from Karl Schinke (Ardith). Symbols for aspects other than the Mother, along with the artwork, were contributed by Myron Wyles (Halaren).
Andrithanism and its variants are the dominant religion in Rang and the surrounding kingdoms. Within the boundaries of asks of you.”
Soon thereafter, Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of, Sir Jerenil and a crowd of men arrived at the temple, carrying Baron Huerten and Sahlmanplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSahlman El Musafir
Sahlman's hair is blue-black and graying. His skin is dark and weathered. A huge handle-bar mustache sweeps down to cover much of his lower face, and Sahl is always careful to keep it properly groomed. He is generally very particular about his clothing, equipment and appearance. Sahlman wears the desert robes of his homeland, with headgear that blocks out the sun and hangs over his neck. He wears light trousers and high hard boots, and when his robes are wet, the hard links o… on makeshift stretchers. Everyone but Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of was injured in some way, but their focus seemed to be on keeping the baron comfortable, more than on their own injuries.
Sahl smiled as he caught sight of Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden.. “I knew you would be here. I have no serious injuries, but I should rest for a few hours and then get back to finding survivors.” Under his breath, Sahl whispered, “Take good care of the Baron. He'll be important in the days to come.” Sahl retired to a pile of straw in a corner with a blanket for company.
Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. and the most skilled of the healers did their best to keep the baron alive. He slipped in and out of consciousness throughout the night, but try as she might, Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. was too exhausted to call upon her healing powers.
Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of went in and out, helping the teams Sahl had put together as well as she could, and occasionally coming back to check on her friends.
An hour after Sahl came in with the baron, a new influx of injured people started to arrive, one by one, every few minutes. When asked where they were coming from, they were happy to explain. The First Knight, being one of the few large buildings still standing, had become a place of refuge, but it didn't have the resources of the temple. It seemed safest, however, to keep the injured holed up. It was just too dangerous to drag them through darkness and fog amidst all the rubble. Then A coal-skinned foreigner had taken charge of the situation. He blazed a trail through the fog, setting up stakes, ropes and heavy chunks of rubble that wouldn't easily by kicked out of place. The trail wound about, but kept to the safest areas, near exterior walls of still-standing buildings when possible, and crossing streets along heavy beams pulled from crumbled houses. He placed markers close enough together that each was well in sight of the next and previous, and stationed people at intervals along the road, especially where the route looked obscure, to help others along, and offer their assistance when they saw anyone struggling with a burden.
This explanation did not come in one piece. It was collected in fragments from dozens of men, while priests rushed away in the middle of conversations to take care of some screaming patient or other.
Some of the men also mentioned a little girl who was telling physicians how to do their jobs. The more skilled healers in the temple could see that more than one of the injured people from the First Knight had had narrow brushes with death, prevented by quick and precise attention to the areas where they needed it most.
By the time Sahlmanplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSahlman El Musafir
Sahlman's hair is blue-black and graying. His skin is dark and weathered. A huge handle-bar mustache sweeps down to cover much of his lower face, and Sahl is always careful to keep it properly groomed. He is generally very particular about his clothing, equipment and appearance. Sahlman wears the desert robes of his homeland, with headgear that blocks out the sun and hangs over his neck. He wears light trousers and high hard boots, and when his robes are wet, the hard links o… rejoined the town's efforts, there was a small network of trails leading from temples to other large buildings. Under Sahl's renewed leadership, these trails became major thoroughfares, with increasing numbers of increasingly exhausted teams rescuing trapped people from beneath their own roofs.
Ardithplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigArdith
Ardith's long hair is tied in a bun with cords dyed with berry juice, two each of red, blue and black. She wears an unbleached linen shift and bodice, a deerskin jerkin, and low brown boots. Ardith always wears the Sign of Andritha on a chain around her neck. The Sign is a three inch circle of copper with a large onyx in the center, obviously quite heavy, but Ardith wears it with the ease of one long accustomed to the burden. and Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of were both PCs for this turn. Yay! Karl wrote most of the temple scene himself, including the dialog with Alderin.
Nice turn, everyone. I'll send out an introduction to the text turn shortly.
Sahlmanplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSahlman El Musafir
Sahlman's hair is blue-black and graying. His skin is dark and weathered. A huge handle-bar mustache sweeps down to cover much of his lower face, and Sahl is always careful to keep it properly groomed. He is generally very particular about his clothing, equipment and appearance. Sahlman wears the desert robes of his homeland, with headgear that blocks out the sun and hangs over his neck. He wears light trousers and high hard boots, and when his robes are wet, the hard links o… is down to 20/36 HP.
Kayplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigKay Wanderwit
Kay is an attractive, eighteen year old girl. She has dark brown hair, tanned skin and hazel eyes. The bow she carries is of a very fine quality. Kay wears brown calfskin breeches, and a green wool vest. When traveling, she wears brown deerskin breeches and a red linen vest. Her old cloak is black, and made of fine but worn wool. She has become a close friend of gains a level. Look at her character sheet to see what new selections have to be made. She gains 10HP.
Here's a rough map of the Trader's Lodge during the chaos
