The Tanner's Flagpost - Celina Zabinski - 19/10/21
Oct 27, 2021 15:55:40 GMT
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Post by Celina Zabinski on Oct 27, 2021 15:55:40 GMT
What's That Coming Over The Hill Is It A Monster?
No... it's just Langston Farstep
Written by Celina Zabinski
Celina gets to Fort Ettin and takes in the place. It’s been a while since she’s been here. She spends her evening gambling with one of the locals and wins. Pleased with herself she goes to bed and wakes up early for the job the next day.
She heads to the hall to meet Coll as per the message. She sees a room full of familiar faces. She sees Ivan, Varga, Felix, Oziah and Faust. Everyone gathers around Coll and he tells them the mission. That he will pay 100 gold each if our group can go help the tanner who’s flagpole has gone missing. He mentions where to go and that it’s a bit of a journey.
As the group leave, Oziah offers Faust a lift on Demios. She mentions she wouldn’t want him to break a hip or anything. He looks quite tired for some reason. He gladly accepts the lift and mentions something about being up all night doing a spell. Suddenly, Varga comes over and introduces her pet Cleaver to everyone. Celina had already seen Cleaver before. However this time was different. Cleaver can actually talk now. It was Faust who cast the spell which could make Cleaver talk. Celina finds this rather amusing and fascinating. She talks to Cleaver for a bit and then watches as Varga continues introducing him around to everyone. He seems to be clever from what Celina can gather. Celina continues to keep an eye on Cleaver as they walk. The group walk for a good while until it starts to get quite late. Everyone agrees it’s a good idea to rest up for the night. Faust does his dome spell again and everyone has a peaceful night. Nothing happens during the night.
The next day everyone gets up and then continues on their journey. They eventually come across a house and can see lots of leather goods around. Celina thinks they’re definitely in the right place. A man comes out of the door and greets everyone. Asks if anyone is interested in buying any leather goods. Oziah declines and mentions the group were sent to help with the flagpost. He immediately sounds delighted and tells everyone what he knows. That this flagpost was past-down from his grandmother and says it holds such sentimental value to him. That it’s a symbol of how well his business is doing. He went out to sell leather on day and when he came back it was gone. He tells us we can explore around if that would help. He pulls out a seat to sit down. Faust asks if he had a spare one to sit down as he was feeling quite tired. The tanner immediate goes to get a spare seat. Faust sits and summons his pet octopus, Octopus Prime and gets it to look around for him. Ivan pulls out a box and out comes a Dove and it flies around looking. Celina stares at all the pets around the place. She didn’t realise there were so many.
Felix is actually the first to point out the trail where it appears the flagpost was dragged. Alongside it are big footprints. The group decide to follow the trail and see where it ends up. They follow it for a while until they come across an entrance to a cave. Varga pulls out her weapons and mentions there might be a manticore in there. The group are doubtful but everyone proceeds to head into the cave. Once the group get in, Celina is able to make out two figures in the distance. They appear to be orcs. Oziah darts ahead and her cape billows along with her speed. She tries to reason with these orcs however it’s clear they aren’t going to cooperate. A fight breaks out. Celina sneaks up alongside the walls of the cave and launches an apple with her catapult spell. “Ahhhh fruit”, shouts one of the orcs as it quickly dodges the apple. Celina is annoyed it didn’t do any damage to this orc. Celina then decides to try a different approach. She casts ‘Suggestion’ on the orc and suggests to the orc didn’t he want to tell his commander how he truly felt before taking his next attack. He looks confuses and doesn’t move. Celina sighs again with another one of her spells not working. The commander of the group comes out and announces they are the entrails clan and that they will slaughter everyone. Oziah at this stage tells the commander that the group are just here for the flagpost. The commander appears to think about this for a moment and notices there’s not much of their group left. She surrenders and says the group can have the flagpost. Varga seems to be disgusted at how the orcs surrendered and walks off in a huff. Oziah leads the remaining members to the corner of the cave and keeps watch on them. Ivan spots a chest and Celina follows right over. Ivan opens it and in the chest is a lot of gold. Celina also realises that there’s something more to do this chest. That there’s a magic ring that the orc has and a potion. However, she dismisses that thought and focuses on the gold. She can’t help it. She decides to try and steal some of it with her invisible mage hand. “What would happen if I took a few piece”, Celina thinks. However Ivan is right beside her so she starts to distract him by talking to him. But it fails to work effectively as Ivan notices her hand moving and some of the gold moving in the chest. He mentions that she’s stealing gold. Then he says he didn’t realise she’s a magic user and that it is very suspicious. He’s not sure he believe that she’s just a shopkeeper. Celina panics for a moment and curses at herself for how bad that all went. She thinks quickly and offers Ivan an apple. Which he gladly takes. Oziah shouts over to Celina to stop stealing gold and that we are all sharing the loot. Faust walks over as well and says that we are all friends here and that sharing is the best. Celina sighs and doesn’t take any extra gold.
The group decide to explore the rest of the cave and they head around the corner. Faust says behind and says he’ll keep watch with Demios. As the group round the corner they can see the flagpost in what appears to be a large pool of water. Felix immediately dives in and is out of view. Ivan runs and jumps directly onto the flagpost. Celina looks around at the top of the flagpost and stares at the knots holding it together above. She debates whether her mage hand could untie them. However suddenly, Ivan shouts out that he’s stuck on the flagpost. He can’t move. Celina panics and thinks “If Ivan can’t get off the post there’s something really wrong”. Celina knows the barbarian is quite strong. She is just about to rush over to help her friend when suddenly there’s a shift in the air. There’s a clinking sound and the pole starts to slowly move down into the ground. Everyone panics and then in the back corner of the room emerges a man in a cowboy hat.
He starts talking and it sounds like the tanners voices but suddenly the voice sounds different. He walks over to the group and mentions our group did exactly what he wants us to do. He also introduces himself properly as Langston Farstep. Laughs that he’s glad no one guessed his anagram for the tanners flagpost was his name along. Langston mentions he’s tired of adventurers getting in his and Jack’s way . He says he’s giving us a warning. Celina shouts to Langston that she doesn’t understand why he’s sick of adventurers and what his plan is. Celina uses detect thoughts at that moment to see if she can learn anything. All she gets is that he just wants freedom. Faust walks over and says to him that he needs to listen here. Langston is having none of it and says sometimes an example needs to be made. He lifts his hands up and uses the disintegration spell pointed at Faust. Within seconds Faust turns into a pile of dust and Faust is no more. The whole room goes silent. Stunned at what just happened. Oziah is the first one to move and she is full of rage. She launches at Langston. Celina decide to follow her as well, rapier out. However Oziah get stuck at an invisible barrier blocking anyone from leaving. Celina notices it as well. All they can do is stare at the pile of dust that once was Faust and shout at Langston. Langston smiles and vanishes into thin air. Celina pushes back her immediate sad thoughts. She takes a deep breath and focuses on how to escape, since it appears they’re now trapped in this place and Ivan is still stuck to the pole. Celina looks around and suddenly she can see Varga throw some vile onto the pole which Ivan is on. Then suddenly Ivan’s strength come through as he manages to rip himself free from the pole. Felix pops out of the water looking horrified saying he saw some creature down there and we need to leave. He asks how everyone is and looks around. He notices Faust isn’t there and asks where he is. Oziah is the only one that says “He didn’t make it”. Celina walks quickly away from that conversation and she spots a crack on one side of the far wall. She shouts to everyone this might be a way out and starts following through. Out of nowhere Celina hears a sound behind her and notices Varga is following her and that she’s smashing a path along the way. Creating a bigger gap. The group manages to get out and they head towards where Faust was. Everyone is silent. Ivan scoops up Faust’s ashes into a tin box. Celina shouts and says she’s going to use her revivify spell. She gets Faust’s ashes closes her eyes and begins the spell. However as she’s doing it she can tell it’s not working. Celina feels devastated. Faust was one of the first people she met in Kantas and a fellow Tiefling. She liked the old man and enjoyed hearing his poems. Though she’d never admit it out loud properly. Frustrated with everything Celina shouts and gives Ivan back the box with ashes sadly. Varga carves some signs into the ground and places her axe down in honour of Faust. Celina joins her and places and apple on top of the axe.
The whole group stand there in silence for a while. Everyone too stunned to talk. They split the money in the box and tell Coll. Felix does a portal back to Daring Heights which everyone agrees to go to, except Oziah. Oziah gets on Demios and darts off out of there quickly. Not talking to anyone. The remaining people get to Daring Heights, Felix immediately disappears away from everyone. Celina suggests a drink in a tavern to the others which they agree too. Celina, Varga and Ivan order their drinks and sit in silence. Not sure what else to say to each other and trying not to let their emotions out. “Rest in peace Faust. You did not deserve to die that way”, Celina thinks to herself and gets angry thinking of Langston. She imagines throwing an apple right into his face.
No... it's just Langston Farstep
Written by Celina Zabinski
Celina gets to Fort Ettin and takes in the place. It’s been a while since she’s been here. She spends her evening gambling with one of the locals and wins. Pleased with herself she goes to bed and wakes up early for the job the next day.
She heads to the hall to meet Coll as per the message. She sees a room full of familiar faces. She sees Ivan, Varga, Felix, Oziah and Faust. Everyone gathers around Coll and he tells them the mission. That he will pay 100 gold each if our group can go help the tanner who’s flagpole has gone missing. He mentions where to go and that it’s a bit of a journey.
As the group leave, Oziah offers Faust a lift on Demios. She mentions she wouldn’t want him to break a hip or anything. He looks quite tired for some reason. He gladly accepts the lift and mentions something about being up all night doing a spell. Suddenly, Varga comes over and introduces her pet Cleaver to everyone. Celina had already seen Cleaver before. However this time was different. Cleaver can actually talk now. It was Faust who cast the spell which could make Cleaver talk. Celina finds this rather amusing and fascinating. She talks to Cleaver for a bit and then watches as Varga continues introducing him around to everyone. He seems to be clever from what Celina can gather. Celina continues to keep an eye on Cleaver as they walk. The group walk for a good while until it starts to get quite late. Everyone agrees it’s a good idea to rest up for the night. Faust does his dome spell again and everyone has a peaceful night. Nothing happens during the night.
The next day everyone gets up and then continues on their journey. They eventually come across a house and can see lots of leather goods around. Celina thinks they’re definitely in the right place. A man comes out of the door and greets everyone. Asks if anyone is interested in buying any leather goods. Oziah declines and mentions the group were sent to help with the flagpost. He immediately sounds delighted and tells everyone what he knows. That this flagpost was past-down from his grandmother and says it holds such sentimental value to him. That it’s a symbol of how well his business is doing. He went out to sell leather on day and when he came back it was gone. He tells us we can explore around if that would help. He pulls out a seat to sit down. Faust asks if he had a spare one to sit down as he was feeling quite tired. The tanner immediate goes to get a spare seat. Faust sits and summons his pet octopus, Octopus Prime and gets it to look around for him. Ivan pulls out a box and out comes a Dove and it flies around looking. Celina stares at all the pets around the place. She didn’t realise there were so many.
Felix is actually the first to point out the trail where it appears the flagpost was dragged. Alongside it are big footprints. The group decide to follow the trail and see where it ends up. They follow it for a while until they come across an entrance to a cave. Varga pulls out her weapons and mentions there might be a manticore in there. The group are doubtful but everyone proceeds to head into the cave. Once the group get in, Celina is able to make out two figures in the distance. They appear to be orcs. Oziah darts ahead and her cape billows along with her speed. She tries to reason with these orcs however it’s clear they aren’t going to cooperate. A fight breaks out. Celina sneaks up alongside the walls of the cave and launches an apple with her catapult spell. “Ahhhh fruit”, shouts one of the orcs as it quickly dodges the apple. Celina is annoyed it didn’t do any damage to this orc. Celina then decides to try a different approach. She casts ‘Suggestion’ on the orc and suggests to the orc didn’t he want to tell his commander how he truly felt before taking his next attack. He looks confuses and doesn’t move. Celina sighs again with another one of her spells not working. The commander of the group comes out and announces they are the entrails clan and that they will slaughter everyone. Oziah at this stage tells the commander that the group are just here for the flagpost. The commander appears to think about this for a moment and notices there’s not much of their group left. She surrenders and says the group can have the flagpost. Varga seems to be disgusted at how the orcs surrendered and walks off in a huff. Oziah leads the remaining members to the corner of the cave and keeps watch on them. Ivan spots a chest and Celina follows right over. Ivan opens it and in the chest is a lot of gold. Celina also realises that there’s something more to do this chest. That there’s a magic ring that the orc has and a potion. However, she dismisses that thought and focuses on the gold. She can’t help it. She decides to try and steal some of it with her invisible mage hand. “What would happen if I took a few piece”, Celina thinks. However Ivan is right beside her so she starts to distract him by talking to him. But it fails to work effectively as Ivan notices her hand moving and some of the gold moving in the chest. He mentions that she’s stealing gold. Then he says he didn’t realise she’s a magic user and that it is very suspicious. He’s not sure he believe that she’s just a shopkeeper. Celina panics for a moment and curses at herself for how bad that all went. She thinks quickly and offers Ivan an apple. Which he gladly takes. Oziah shouts over to Celina to stop stealing gold and that we are all sharing the loot. Faust walks over as well and says that we are all friends here and that sharing is the best. Celina sighs and doesn’t take any extra gold.
The group decide to explore the rest of the cave and they head around the corner. Faust says behind and says he’ll keep watch with Demios. As the group round the corner they can see the flagpost in what appears to be a large pool of water. Felix immediately dives in and is out of view. Ivan runs and jumps directly onto the flagpost. Celina looks around at the top of the flagpost and stares at the knots holding it together above. She debates whether her mage hand could untie them. However suddenly, Ivan shouts out that he’s stuck on the flagpost. He can’t move. Celina panics and thinks “If Ivan can’t get off the post there’s something really wrong”. Celina knows the barbarian is quite strong. She is just about to rush over to help her friend when suddenly there’s a shift in the air. There’s a clinking sound and the pole starts to slowly move down into the ground. Everyone panics and then in the back corner of the room emerges a man in a cowboy hat.
He starts talking and it sounds like the tanners voices but suddenly the voice sounds different. He walks over to the group and mentions our group did exactly what he wants us to do. He also introduces himself properly as Langston Farstep. Laughs that he’s glad no one guessed his anagram for the tanners flagpost was his name along. Langston mentions he’s tired of adventurers getting in his and Jack’s way . He says he’s giving us a warning. Celina shouts to Langston that she doesn’t understand why he’s sick of adventurers and what his plan is. Celina uses detect thoughts at that moment to see if she can learn anything. All she gets is that he just wants freedom. Faust walks over and says to him that he needs to listen here. Langston is having none of it and says sometimes an example needs to be made. He lifts his hands up and uses the disintegration spell pointed at Faust. Within seconds Faust turns into a pile of dust and Faust is no more. The whole room goes silent. Stunned at what just happened. Oziah is the first one to move and she is full of rage. She launches at Langston. Celina decide to follow her as well, rapier out. However Oziah get stuck at an invisible barrier blocking anyone from leaving. Celina notices it as well. All they can do is stare at the pile of dust that once was Faust and shout at Langston. Langston smiles and vanishes into thin air. Celina pushes back her immediate sad thoughts. She takes a deep breath and focuses on how to escape, since it appears they’re now trapped in this place and Ivan is still stuck to the pole. Celina looks around and suddenly she can see Varga throw some vile onto the pole which Ivan is on. Then suddenly Ivan’s strength come through as he manages to rip himself free from the pole. Felix pops out of the water looking horrified saying he saw some creature down there and we need to leave. He asks how everyone is and looks around. He notices Faust isn’t there and asks where he is. Oziah is the only one that says “He didn’t make it”. Celina walks quickly away from that conversation and she spots a crack on one side of the far wall. She shouts to everyone this might be a way out and starts following through. Out of nowhere Celina hears a sound behind her and notices Varga is following her and that she’s smashing a path along the way. Creating a bigger gap. The group manages to get out and they head towards where Faust was. Everyone is silent. Ivan scoops up Faust’s ashes into a tin box. Celina shouts and says she’s going to use her revivify spell. She gets Faust’s ashes closes her eyes and begins the spell. However as she’s doing it she can tell it’s not working. Celina feels devastated. Faust was one of the first people she met in Kantas and a fellow Tiefling. She liked the old man and enjoyed hearing his poems. Though she’d never admit it out loud properly. Frustrated with everything Celina shouts and gives Ivan back the box with ashes sadly. Varga carves some signs into the ground and places her axe down in honour of Faust. Celina joins her and places and apple on top of the axe.
The whole group stand there in silence for a while. Everyone too stunned to talk. They split the money in the box and tell Coll. Felix does a portal back to Daring Heights which everyone agrees to go to, except Oziah. Oziah gets on Demios and darts off out of there quickly. Not talking to anyone. The remaining people get to Daring Heights, Felix immediately disappears away from everyone. Celina suggests a drink in a tavern to the others which they agree too. Celina, Varga and Ivan order their drinks and sit in silence. Not sure what else to say to each other and trying not to let their emotions out. “Rest in peace Faust. You did not deserve to die that way”, Celina thinks to herself and gets angry thinking of Langston. She imagines throwing an apple right into his face.