[center]============================================================ [b][u]The Guild Contract Board[/u][/b] ==============================================================[/center] The Contract Board in the main room of the Guild Hall is where hunters can find information on current bounties out for various creatures. It is not entirely clear where most of them come from, but given their mysterious appearances most members believe Merlin adds them. Where he gets his information is even more of a mystery. Some civilians in the world that know about the Guild may pass along contracts when they find strange activity in an area. Sometimes a fellow member may post a contract. These are usually considered favors and don't pay much if at all, but it is always worth having a high ranking member owe you one. [b]Contract Set-Up[/b]: [I]Contract Rank[/i] (1-5, 5 being for newer recruits) -- [i]Suggested Party Size[/i] (some enemies require more hunters) -- [i]Contractor Name/Location[/i] -- [i]Suspected Monster[/i] (when available) -- [i]Additional, Specific details of the contract[/i] [center]================================ [b]Current Contracts[/b] ==================================[/center] Rank 5 -- 2 -- Frank Mercer / New York City -- Vampire [indent]--Multiple murders in the last few weeks, all with strange bite wounds on the neck. I don't think it's the same one as before, could use Guild assistance, again. May have tracked it's hideout.[/indent] Rank 5 -- 1 -- Hood / Providence -- Witch? [indent] -- I'm calling in a favor. I have a friend in Rhode Island, Jessie, who I keep in contact with regularly. She stopped sending letters last week and I'm worried. She thinks there is a witch in Providence. I warned her to wait until I could get there. I'm tracking a Skinwalker trying to run west and need someone to go check on her. Just find out what's going on and let me know, don't need one of you kids getting killed.[/indent] Rank 5 -- 3 -- Alfred Newfield / New Orleans -- Troll [indent] -- This is more of an investigation. As some of you remember, last year we had a series of troll attacks during Mardi Gras. I want some members to keep an eye on the city and report back regularly. If a troll does show up again, we'll assess new orders at that point.[/indent] Rank 1 -- 2 -- California [indent] -- Omens have been spotted near some of the gold mining camps in California. I need eyes out there now and Snow is busy. See me if you want to volunteer. ~Merlin[/indent] [center]============================================================== CONTRACTS IN PROGRESS =====================================================[/center] [u]Playing With Magic[/u] [b]Location[/b]: Havensburg [b]Contractor[/b]: Village of Havensburg, written up by Paul. [b]Problem[/b]: Witches? [b]Details[/b]: Paul heard a traveler in the brothel talking with one of the Companions. He was talking about his time in Havensburg and that the people were hearing chanting coming from the forest at night. The chants sound like rituals and the village suspects some of their girls are practicing witchcraft. The Companion inquired further and told Paul that the village has no authority beside their village leader. He is a brutish and strict man that is very angry about the event. Investigation is needed immediately into the matter. We all know that witches are nearly extinct and so these girls are likely just living out the rumors they've heard. None the less, the village is scared and those girls are in danger. [b]Out of Character Information[/b]: The village of Havensburg is a small logging community along one of the railroads. Their village leader, Matthew Galley, is a large and strict father figure in the community. He is the only authority for miles and so the village is used to handling their own problems. Upon arrival to the town, the hunters would find that Matthew has two of the suspected girls detained. They are locked in a room and appear beaten and neglected. He has been 'lightly' torturing them for the whereabouts of the last girl that has not turned up yet. [b]Havensburg Description[/b]: It was only lacking more people, being that the small town's train station seemed to be staffed by less than a dozen men. As the smoke and steam from the stopping of the train engine faded away the town was revealed more fully before them in the fading light. There was a mixture of wooden buildings and brick buildings, but far more wood. There was a warehouse and office for the train station to their right, and a general store towards their left. She could see other signs poking out from rows of buildings down the main road from the train: a saloon, a bank which also housed a telegram service, then on the general store side of the street there was a notary public, and a courthouse with a jail that really didn't look large enough to be either of those things. It looked like the end of the road faced an Inn, with something that looked like a row of workhouses next to it. Otherwise, the other buildings seemed to be residences or storage buildings. If there was a church, it was likely to be on another street over or so where there were more residences. Eulalie figured the same would be true for the houses of anyone well-to-do. [u]Apple Hearts[/u] [b]Location[/b]: Kingdom Guild [b]Contractor[/b]: Snow [b]Problem[/b]: I lost my mother's locket and want it back. [b]Details[/b]: My mother's locket is all I have left of her and would really like to have it back again. It is a small pendant in the shape of an apple. The first hunter to get it back to me will have my appreciation. I last remember having it upstairs when I was checking in with Merlin. It might have fallen off in the tavern on my way up or somewhere in Geppetto's shop when I crossed over to the library. [b]Out of Character Information[/b]: The locket is solid gold and Rumple has been eyeing it for years. He constantly offers Snow deals in an attempt to get his hands on it, but she refuses every one of them.