Oct 31, 2020 9:05 pm
Caranthiel, Astrid, Finrod, Winfred and Vidar rumble back into Esgaroth on their wagon. There's no festival on, this time, and as such, feels a little anticlimactic, considering the adventure that was concluding. More than one player-hero will have a sneaking "where is our greeting?". Nevertheless, when you get the Tollhouse, mentioning the name of Leiknir gives a suspiciously* smooth entry under the Gatehouse, without even a token searching of your wagon!
As you lumber into the market square, a wet teen climbs out of the water between it and the next house and splashes up to you. They are sufficiently grubby that their gender is indeterminate.
"You'll be the group Master Onar told me to find. I'm Edda. Did you have a good trip? Was there treasure? Can I see the traeasure? Was there monsters? I've never seen a monster, although I've been told about lots by the bigger kids. Do they bleed black? I hear they don't bleed like us."
The stream of questions only briefly stops to direct you where to put the wagon, and where you're staying: The Dragon's Arms. It's a large pub with some stylised dragon wings painted onto its wooden facade. The common room is huge, and well filled with Men and Dwarfs. Few Elfs though. The few snatches of words you hear are all about trade, roads, weather, etc. You're assigned rooms, on the Leiknir account says Inga, who hands you your room and meal tokens. She gives you a polite smile but will move onto the next arrival the moment you stop talking to her.
Edda will help unpack in the hopes of a penny. "Anyways Master Onar says you should come to him tomorrow, the first hour after sunrise. Hey HEY did you bring a dead body!? Why did you bring a dead body back? You rescued someone! Wow. Do you need me to find a healer? I know a healer". Edda wants this penny.
The near-corpse of a man is still breathing steadily, but not waking. That's all he's done on the return journey.
Starting at pace as I want to introduce em's character in the next scene. For the things I've starred, consider these some points to consider - how suspicious is your character at the smooth entrance to Laketown? Are they pleased to be back? How did they find the return trip?
Also yes my Lord of the Rings is a bit more Guy Ritchie than Peter Jackson.
Finally, you're not getting a Fellowship phase immediately, but you will be getting one soon. What I will do is start a separate thread on Fellowship activities in a week or so and we'll do it in parallel, as I figure it'll take a bit of time to explain for those who haven't done one before.
As you lumber into the market square, a wet teen climbs out of the water between it and the next house and splashes up to you. They are sufficiently grubby that their gender is indeterminate.
"You'll be the group Master Onar told me to find. I'm Edda. Did you have a good trip? Was there treasure? Can I see the traeasure? Was there monsters? I've never seen a monster, although I've been told about lots by the bigger kids. Do they bleed black? I hear they don't bleed like us."
The stream of questions only briefly stops to direct you where to put the wagon, and where you're staying: The Dragon's Arms. It's a large pub with some stylised dragon wings painted onto its wooden facade. The common room is huge, and well filled with Men and Dwarfs. Few Elfs though. The few snatches of words you hear are all about trade, roads, weather, etc. You're assigned rooms, on the Leiknir account says Inga, who hands you your room and meal tokens. She gives you a polite smile but will move onto the next arrival the moment you stop talking to her.
Edda will help unpack in the hopes of a penny. "Anyways Master Onar says you should come to him tomorrow, the first hour after sunrise. Hey HEY did you bring a dead body!? Why did you bring a dead body back? You rescued someone! Wow. Do you need me to find a healer? I know a healer". Edda wants this penny.
The near-corpse of a man is still breathing steadily, but not waking. That's all he's done on the return journey.
OOC:
Starting at pace as I want to introduce em's character in the next scene. For the things I've starred, consider these some points to consider - how suspicious is your character at the smooth entrance to Laketown? Are they pleased to be back? How did they find the return trip?
Also yes my Lord of the Rings is a bit more Guy Ritchie than Peter Jackson.
Finally, you're not getting a Fellowship phase immediately, but you will be getting one soon. What I will do is start a separate thread on Fellowship activities in a week or so and we'll do it in parallel, as I figure it'll take a bit of time to explain for those who haven't done one before.
