Chapter 3: Thistletop

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May 29, 2025 7:56 pm
Khel walked into the house, watching all the corpses and carefully walking to not step on any of them. He looked up at Grimwulf and said, "I am glad that you are alright. That was going to be a grave accident, but thanks to Saldrina, nothing serious happened to you. We have to be careful while crossing such perilous hurdles."

He turned in the direction of the neighing sound and said, "What is that? We should check it out. There seem to be a lot of buildings here to explore, and everyone can have more of these goblins. I guess the whole camp knows about us now."
May 30, 2025 4:35 am
Ignoring Khel, Grim walks over to Saldrina and gives her a bear hug, lifting her feet off the ground. Placing her back down after a moment, with a smile and appreciative look, "Thanks for saving my life, I'll try and do the same if it comes to it."

Looking back at Khel, "Aye, the same. Those sound like horses. The green bastards are afraid of them I believe, and seem to have locked them up. Surprised they didn't just kill the whole lot."
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May 30, 2025 5:21 am
Saldrina gives a broad smile. "I'm just glad I was there. You're a good friend and I would hate to lose you!"
May 30, 2025 6:45 am
Chigaru nods at the conclusion that the sounds were probably captured horses. "If they are horses they might be recently captures. Maybe their riders are too. We should separate to search faster but stay in groups of two or three. I'm going to check this east side." He looks at the others to see who will come along.
May 30, 2025 11:56 am
Getting closer you can see through holes in the outbuilding. And the sounds do in fact come from a horse. An angry and starved warhorse have been locked inside the building. How they have gotten a war horse through the nettles and over the bridge you have no idea.

To the eas you see a stairwell leading up to the watch tower as well as another door to the north.

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May 30, 2025 2:47 pm
Responding to Chigaru, "Not so sure on that. We don't know how many goblins there are, and the buggers can easily overhwhelm. If their masters are here too, only adds to the headache. Group vote?"
May 30, 2025 3:28 pm
Wess says "I'm not afraid of goblins, but want to be done with the place as soon as possible."
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Jun 1, 2025 11:18 pm
Remarking to Wess "Well, if we're in a hurry, Saldrina, Chigaru, and I should go as one group, with you, Khel, and Shalelu as the other. Let's not stray too far apart though, if one of us gets overwhelmed."
Jun 2, 2025 1:42 am
Wess gives a nod of agreement "Sounds good to me." he then turns to Khel "Why don't you, and your powerful magic, lead the way?"
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Jun 2, 2025 2:22 am
Not bothering to wait for the vote results, Chigaru heads east and checks the first set of double doors.
Jun 2, 2025 2:22 am
Saldrina nods. "Which way?" she asks Grimwulf.
Jun 2, 2025 2:53 am
As Chigaru moves on, "Looks like he's made our decision for us." and follows along.
Jun 2, 2025 9:11 am
Khel nodded at Grimulf and then turned to Wess, "I wouldn't consider myself to be good at close combat. But, if you insist, I will go ahead." He then tried the door on the west, checking whether it was locked.
Jun 2, 2025 1:42 pm
Khel and Wess leads Shalelu into the west and see a door to the north which has been nailed shut. A double door further to the west stands ajar as that's where the last goblins came from. That leads to western watchtower and another set of double doors to the north. They lead back to the training yard.

Chigaru opens the double doors to find a small hallway to the north. It leads to another set of double doors which seems to be locked. When you try the door you can hear lots of feet shuffling around behind it. You also hear a voice command: "Be ready to ambush them. They'll never see it coming."

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Jun 2, 2025 4:31 pm
Wess tries to smash open the door that is nailed shut. "Watch out" he says to the others before he throws his shoulder into it.

Rolls

Athletics⭐ - (1d8-1, 1d6-1, RA)

1d8-1 : (4) - 1 = 3

1d6-1 : (3) - 1 = 2

Jun 2, 2025 4:53 pm
Khel turned to Wess when he saw the nailed door towards the north, "Can you break this door open? I want to know why it is kept shut like this."
Jun 2, 2025 5:16 pm
Wess groans in pain and frustration "I guess not. looks like the fight took more out of me than I thought."
OOC:
I gotta rest soon and clear this fatigue, lol
Jun 3, 2025 7:01 am
Wess bounces back as he hits the door. You think you could easily get the door open by prying it loose, it would just take time. The sound of Wess crashing against the door don't seem to cause any reaction you can hear.
Jun 3, 2025 7:32 am
Khel rested his hand on Wess's shoulder, "Well, we can check this later once we regroup with others. For now, let's proceed with the exploration." He will then move to the west door and climb the stairs to reach the watchtower.
OOC:
Checking the watchtower for a better vantage of this place and also scouting to see what is going on outside. Like whether new waves of goblins have come?
Jun 3, 2025 8:42 am
Chigaru looks at the others and makes a quiet gesture, then backs away. He whispers, "They know we're here. I say we let them wait until they get bored. If they come out, we reverse ambush them."
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