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Rumours:
A man
named Henry Lanial was arrested for drunken loitering on the Narrow's Bridge. The
Shardu Lounge has hired a dancer from another continent to entertain customers.
She is fur-covered and easily insulted. The
Kileine attacked a group of treasure hunters two weeks ago, leaving one young
woman to stagger back to town missing an arm.
She was interviewed by the city council and Captain James and then
escorted from the city. The will
not tolerate the disturbance of the swamp people. The
Elysian fishing family are still missing and are now presumed drowned, the
search for them has been called off. The
father was an experienced fisherman who was well-liked in the area.
Still, accidents do happen. Grimes
Jex was ejected and banned from the Knight's Dream Inn, after he drunkenly
claimed that 'Reann couldn't sleep with his eyes closed' to anyone within a mile
radius. The Brank mountain dwarves sent a small representative
envoy to Norek to insist that humans be kept from the mountains, not only to
respect the privacy of the dwarves native habitat, but also because many Lugroki
have been seen. Consequently the dwarves are currently in a state of unease and
would hate to kill someone 'accidentally.' Sentinels
found Remin Erutan dead in his home near the Slice Bridge, apparently mauled by
a wild animal. The exotic dancer
from the Shardu Lounge was supposedly seen with him the night before. Brigands
attacked a caravan while only three miles from the city.
The last time brigands dared to approach this close to the home of the
Norinth was six months ago. The
Leader of the Arcanus died recently of old age. Procedures for selecting a new Leader are proceeding
smoothly. The
Elven King Liras is considering allowing limited entry to his realm by special
permission. A child
was kidnapped from the field behind Yuth Aron's home in the Bindwater Province.
Greely Streve, a local inquisitor found the child and received a reward. Grimes
Erutan arrived in town last week looking for hi long lost brother, Tilkso. He
plans to search the area for several weeks and can be contacted at the Capstone
Sleepery if anyone has information about his brother. A reward is offered. King
Liras Alinar was dismayed by the unauthorised arrival of several
"guests" on the western border of his kingdom and dismissed them
curtly. (Elven longbows can be very
persuasive.) Three
caravans have been destroyed in the last month. Never has brigand activity reached such a level. The
players have been offered a 'courtesy discount' at most of the merchants in town
in gratitude for their services to the community. Humar
Winnoy, Norek's Military Councilor was seen leaving the city gates with Dunna
Revin, Norek's Councilor of Magic, on his arm.
Tongues will wag! A force
of Lugroki outside the walls of Norek were decimated by a force of seven Norinth. A
merchant from Haalkitaine is offering Jussi gems for sale at the cost of 1000gp
per glimmer (a jewellers measure). Lord
Boshkar of Vorn has joined forces with two provinces bordering Lakyran.
He brags of invading Norek soon. The
prints of a Dragon were found twenty miles south of Gryphon College. A sea
monster attacked a merchant ship near the harbour of Lethys; a warning has been
issued to all sailors and navigators in the Bay. Humar
Winnoy again won the right to be the Military Councillor during a recent
festival. A man
claiming to bean envoy from Lord Boshkar arrived with a present for the Council.
Due to the Council's neutrality the present was not accepted. The
guards at the west gate claim to have seen a great dust cloud at the base of the
Brank Mountains, but the source of the cloud is unknown. The
third moon of Kulthea is coming into accordance with itself.
Tidal waves are just one threat listed as possible threats to local
businesses. A black
robed Mage, has been seen near O'Banthi. Apparently
he healed a young man who had been in a nasty fall and was near death.
He disappeared soon after. “Damn
priests are getting everywhere, they’ve put people out of business and some
still claim that the couple which disappeared a week ago were taken for
re-education.” The
council is weakened heavily by the disappearance of Prince Keir. (Who, rumour has it has gone to search for the Sea Drake
Crown. “It’ll
be a good thing to see those things on the heads of Kings again.” Say the
locals. “It’s been too long.” Meanwhile
Lugroki armies mass not 50 miles from the border. The
Thieves Guild is under increasing pressure from the Norinth “Watchers of
Fate” a military group unallied to the church There
is a rumour going around that Festi is selling stale bread. Lord
Boshkar has dispatched an envoy to the city, to assure the Council of his
peaceful intentions. His envoy is
his son-in law, a general in his small but well trained army. The Council know that he is here to spy and so they show him
the Norinth and the defences of the city as well as recount to him what history
has shown happens to Norek’s enemies. The murder is
currently under investigation by Captain James of the Sentinels and he is being
pushed by the other members of the Council for results.
Particularly because of the upcoming visit of Lord Boshkar's envoy from
Vorn. The victim was Gustav Morony, he was the personal assistant of Guthrin, the Commerce Councilor. Guthrin's large intelligence network caught wind of a drug-smuggling operation going on between Norek and Lethys. A caravan was due in the city within the month, but Gustav did not detail which one, only saying that the ship had landed at Cynar and was being observed by agents mentioned only by their codenames - Bill & Ted. Apparently Ted had booked passage on the ship back to Lethys, hoping to discover more information about the source of the drug. Ted had drawn against the treasury to hire a band to follow the caravan, but has not been heard from since. Temple
of Cay & Innlotu Pahal snippets And Cay delivered us from the evil of the
Unlife and to honour this mighty lord a great temple was erected.
The people of this land came from miles around to offer tribute. And the lord was most pleased and the temple and its clerics
were blessed. A great Paladin - Innlotu Pahal - fell in battle with the Unlife near
the end of the Second Era and as buried in the nearby Temple of Cay.
Great protective enchantments were laid over him as the forces of
darkness rose against them. The temple was magically sealed and the clerics took up their
weapons and prepared their mightiest spells as the Unlife swept down the hill in
a black fog of destruction and evil. Library
Titles
Kulthea - Gods and
Peoples A History of U-Lyshak Norek - Weathering the Storm Norek - A Bridge Too Many? The Lords of Orhan |