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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #60 on: February 16, 2014, 09:20:43 PM »
Skulda spends the evening trying to determine the nature of the items they got off the dwarf and giant, asking for help from the other casters as needed.

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Before nodding off, she discusses what they might expect to see on their trip the next day, and tries to decide which spirits to call upon the next day.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #61 on: February 16, 2014, 11:24:43 PM »
After studying the array of magic items, Skulda is only able to decipher the properties of two of them.  Litr's ring protects against sword blows and the like, while the small ceramic bead that Bjartr found carries the power of the sun, and will shed its light when shattered.

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Ospak answers Skulda's quesions, letting her know that the road continues on as it has, through a mix of leafy and pine forest, though most of the leafy trees were pretty bare by now.  Trolls have been known to live in the forest south of this road, and occasionally raid farms.  The farms should be getting more regular the closer they get to Eyrrinberg; by the end of your travels tomorrow, the farms should all start to be within sight of each other, with no more than a mile of forest between each group of fields.  Even slowing the pace of the caravan a bit, you all should make it to Eyrrinberg by evening the day after tomorrow.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #62 on: February 17, 2014, 09:04:35 AM »
Skulda calls the spirits that she wants for the day (prepares spells), and then after breakfast summons a horse for herself. "Anyone else want a horse for the day?"

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #63 on: February 17, 2014, 10:10:32 AM »
Einar catches Thorgrim's eye and motions towards Skulda as he says, "I'm not sure how I feel about riding spirit horses."

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #64 on: February 17, 2014, 07:14:30 PM »
"If it's not too much trouble, I would like one, ma'am." Agni says while bowing somewhat exaggeratedly in a feeble attempt to look noble, when he notices Skulda is still affected by the lady spirit he saw last night.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #65 on: February 18, 2014, 09:30:39 AM »
Skulda summons another horse and says "Let's be off, then. If anyone else decides they want a horse, speak up."

In much the same tone, she says to the cat "Come, Thane."
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #66 on: February 18, 2014, 01:38:30 PM »
after silently watching the others, Three finally speaks softly of course, i'll take a horse
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #67 on: February 18, 2014, 01:40:52 PM »
To Einar he answers in low voice, "I have seen Hathran do strange things as well, and they work with the spirits of the land." He wondered for a moment if Skulda wasn't similar in any way. She seemed rather interested in spirits - surely she deals with them from time to time. He shook his head. "The sword does not question the ways of the arrow if they seek the same heart. All we need know is that she has proven to be our ally."

To Skulda's offer he shook his head. "No need. At this pace I can walk all day."

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #68 on: February 18, 2014, 03:16:51 PM »
yes, that is a form of magic that i have never see before.... very interesting
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #69 on: February 18, 2014, 03:20:24 PM »
Skulda summons a horse for the newcomer and says "It is a common spell."
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #70 on: February 21, 2014, 07:38:42 AM »
"It may be a common spell, it may be interesting, but it is still useful anyway. Now, let us make haste to our destination."


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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #71 on: February 22, 2014, 02:41:08 PM »
yes, lets get moving
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #72 on: February 22, 2014, 03:55:17 PM »
Skulda summons horses for those interested, and the caravan gets under way shortly after the sun rises above the horizon.  Lacking Skulda's raven for scouting, your group rides out ahead of the caravan, covering about two miles before turning back until the caravan was once again in sight, and one of you waved an arm indicating that all was well.

On your next scout you pass the next farm, noticing goats in a wicker pen and smoke coming from the smoke hole in the roof.  You enter the yard and a middle-aged man exits the home with some tools, and asks if he can help you.  When you ask about the abandoned farm, he tells you that a troll attack a couple months back killed the older landowner and one of his horses, as well as all his goats.  His wife had been visiting another farm at the time, but didn't want to live there by herself any more.  She was now living at a farm a few miles away, down a smaller road to the north, with her sister's family.  She had taken what she could along with her, and was planning to sell the farm in the spring.

You continue scouting back and forth, passing a few more farms with men working in their yards, chopping wood under the clear sky in preparation for the coming winter.  Though today's weather is nice, reaching the low-40's after just a few hours of sunlight, freezing nights will be upon the region soon.

After about three hours of your staggered travel you start to notice that there is no movement at the farms you pass, from either men or beasts.  The homes look well-kept, the split logs stacked in piles show the paleness of recently-split wood, not the weathered brown of fully-cured splits.  There is just no one around.

A quick check of the next farm you pass shows there is fresh hay stacked in piles on the far side of the longhouse, but the fires are cold, there are very little supplies left in the home, and there is no sign of any people or livestock around.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #73 on: February 22, 2014, 10:54:54 PM »
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"Hmm... how odd... more abandoned farms. We really need to find out what's going on here."
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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #74 on: February 23, 2014, 08:56:23 AM »
Agni frowns, looks at his sister's spirit, then says "We may be paranoid here, but we think the tanarukk are involved somehow. Let me consult something first..." The man then casts a spell that grants him greater insight regarding this matter.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #75 on: February 26, 2014, 12:56:08 AM »
Despite Agni's hunch, nothing of note comes to mind, and you all continue your trek ahead of the caravan.  You range out three quarters of a mile, then return, putting the caravan in sight, then gallop forward again, working the summoned beasts nearly as hard as you can.

The farms become more regular and nearly constant, with the fields of one farm separated from the next by a relatively narrow line of forest.  Just yesterday there might have been a few miles of forest separating some of the farms.  All the farms you pass seem similarly abandoned.  The wicker pens of some have been smashed through, or charred nubs of the wicker uprights arranged in a circle are all that remain of some of the pens.  You notice items dropped upon the road, or left in farm yards; things either deemed too heavy, or discarded as unimportant.  Beside the road you come upon a weaving loom, still bearing its half-finished work; the loom was made with nails rather than removable pegs, and would have been quite an unwieldy thing to move without a wagon.

Midday passes and you continue to see uninhabited and abandoned farms.  Your own thoughts start to bother you as you contemplate what might have happened to everyone.  You approach yet another empty farm, note the lack of people or activity, and put your eyes back on the road.  Most of you do, anyway.  Einar and Skulda notice the glint of arrowheads in the underbrush, and act instinctively before those arrows are loosed.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #76 on: February 26, 2014, 01:26:27 PM »
Skulda screams "AMBUSH! Archers in the trees!" and quickly causes the plants around the archers at the fallen tree to rise up and grapple them.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #77 on: February 26, 2014, 08:12:43 PM »
Seeing that Skulda is covering one flank, Einar goes after the others.  He attempts to hop off of his horse but his discomfort with the animal's nature makes his dismount take more time than he wanted.


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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #78 on: February 27, 2014, 01:20:46 AM »
The entangled tanarukk nearest the roots takes a wild shot at Einar, while the other two each launch an arrow at Agni.  The two tanarukk closest to Einar kept their arrows trained on target, also firing at Agni, while the one furthest to the west jerks to its right and sends its arrow at the threatening dismounted blond figure.  The arrows whistle through the leaves, and one arrow glances off of Agni's armor, but all the others fly wide of their targets, expending the trolls' advantage in a wasted effort.

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Re: Mythic Sagas: Chapter 1
« Reply #79 on: February 27, 2014, 03:36:56 AM »
Three lets out a piercing shriek and curls her hands, like claws towards each of the nearby tanarrukk.

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