Frengo

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@frengo my next post is up

@Absolis

If you fancy adventuring with the Rangers, I just presented you a golden ticket.

If not, have fun prancing around the countryside! :)

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Kalar Splint, Chief Ranger of Galuntrung Keep.

Traveling east along the Geshmere Road. 12 miles east of Merandin.

Kalar's hard stare softened into a mischievous smile, "No, nothing wrong with that at all. Still, it is odd that you would travel by yourself... but that will have to be a story for another day. I can see that your are no evident threat to myself or my men, and we've matters to attend to. Forgive my accusation, sometimes my manners escape me."

The Galuntrung Rangers were slowly walking back towards Kalar and the Wolf Girl, their pace hesitant and cautious. A quick nod from their leader set them at ease though, and they resolved to wait for him on the roadway.

Looking back at young bardess, Kalar gambled with his judgement. "We head for Okly, a small village a few miles down the road. I fear for its inhabitants, though I know not why; I can only say that something in my gut tells me fell things have befallen the settlement. The caravan we found ailed from there, and it was not the work of bandits, but something far more destructive. If we happen upon evil, we will need all the help we can get. For a few silver coins, would you be interested in accompanying us to the village? My mother used to tell me that in certain circumstances, a good bard can make all the difference, and my father often agreed when he was sober enough to manage. If Okly is okay, then we'll part ways, but if not, perhaps I could extend your contract."

The Chief Ranger rested on his bow stave, awaiting the Wolf Girl's response.

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@frengo and now my next post is up.

@Absolis

There ya go, I'm off to bed now. Will be able to get another post up tomorrow, probably.

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Kalar Splint, Chief Ranger of Galuntrung Keep.

Traveling east along the Geshmere Road. 12 miles east of Merandin.

Kalar smirked at the Wolf Girl's response. "Indeed, but my brothers and I are made of harder stuff than most." He turned his head to his men, who were looking for reassurance, and gave them a telling nod. One by one, they lowered their bows and started to clamber back into a loose formation. Looking back at Adria, he cleared his throat, "we're of no threat to you, Wolf Girl, though if time were on our side, I'd of no doubt sought some understanding of your peoples."

At the motion of Kalar's raised hand, his rangers began to trot onwards, parting down the middle to allow space for Adria as they passed her. Many gave her wary glances, but none dared stop to make a remark. In their eyes, the sooner she was long behind them, the better.

Kalar however was a little more courteous, but mostly because he had a Gods given duty to defend the innocent. He didn't sense much threat in the Wolf Girl, but he didn't sense weakness there either. She was hiding something, but he felt whatever it was would be irrelevant to his present mission. Nevertheless, he would warn her of recent events, and satisfy some of his curiosity.

Walking up to her, Kalar bowed his head slightly. "Kalar Splint, of the Galuntrung Rangers," he said with a half smile. "If you have not heard of me or my men, then we're man-hunters, or to put it flatly, we murder murderers. As it happens, a caravan was ambushed further down the road, two miles west. You don't look like you're capable of slaying twenty armed men, and burning women and children in their wagons with a fire strong enough to meld flesh and concrete." He stopped, eyeing the peculiar woman from head to toe. "Though I have been mistaken before. Tell me, Adria of the Wolf People, what has brought you to my kingdom's heartlands? Perhaps you have seen those responsible for the caravan's ambush?" His smile vanished, replaced instantly by an expression of stone. "Perhaps, you are in their keeping?"

The rangers had trotted on down the road someways, but were slowing their pace after having realized Kalar had not followed.

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Sure. There isn't much difference between the two, but the edited one has a bit more detail then the one on the CS list.

@Absolis

Cool, cool.

Post is up ;)

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Kalar Splint, Chief Ranger of Galuntrung Keep.

Traveling east along the Geshmere Road. 12 miles east of Merandin.

The cracked and worn paving slabs of the Geshmere Road had given way to surface water and mud. Leather boots squelched in the resulting quagmire, and each hundred yards became harder than the last as the filth stuck to the rangers' feet. Their pace slowed little however; forest fighters were more than experienced in off-road travel, and soiled slabs were a plus if nothing else.

Kalar led his men from the front, a tall figure of olive drab and shadows. A longbow, strung from end to end by horsehair, shifted uneasily in his right hand. His pace was graceful, not quite Elven, but his limbs flowed with efficiency and purpose. If he didn't have to keep waiting for his men to catch up, though this wasn't often, he'd arrive at Okly that much quicker.

If Liara didn't come running back the other way first, yelling proclamations of hellfire and imminent ambush.

And as the Galuntrung Storm continued it wrath, having picked up pace from the earlier lull, the group's visibility vanished beneath sheets of rain and a rising fog. Kalar's forced march had become too much of a gamble, and he was convinced by his own gut feelings to switch to a more cautious mode of travel.

Coming to a sudden halt, he turned to his men - but a flash of a silhouette out on the road caught his attention - and he looked back. Through the rain was a woman, her feminine and fragile form obvious despite the loss of visibility. Kalar first thought it was Liara, but something didn't feel quite right.

Not twenty feet away, this stranger abruptly halted, and looked back at the rangers. Bows were strung and swords drawn as Kalar's men started to scatter for cover, many of them foolishly convinced that the new arrival was potentially a fire breathing beast from the depths of the earth.

Kalar wasn't convinced though; he saw the houndish ears, and the tail. He'd heard tell of Wolf People, and he knew that immolating caravans was not one of their talents. He quickly motioned his men to stand down, but many still held their caution behind the strings of their bows.

"Dangerous for a Wolf Girl to be traveling the road by herself. Identify yourself, stranger, and do not dally. We've little time for games," Kalar yelled through the rain and the rising fog. His bow still held at his side, and his sword still in its sheath. Battle was obviously not an outcome he was expecting, even though his men looked ready to take on a whole regiment of children's fiction.

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@frengo yay! Cool kids table! Wonderful. I await your post in a few hours with bated breath. Cultural titan edited my CS into the character list, though it is the unedited one.

@Absolis

Unedited one? There's two?

Okay, could you do me a quick jimmy and PM the "current" version to me? I'm not sure if I've got the right one.

Cheeeeers

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Kalar is going to retire his bow and rangers garb to set up a tavern along the world's most popular road ;)

The Geshmere Arms, serving the finest nettle soup and watered down ale in the entire country.

Yes, that is his dream now.

...

Joking of course. @Absolis I'll get to Adria at some point today, but it wont be for a few hours (work and what not). Welcome to the cool kids' table!

@Cultural Titan, could you add Adria to the character list for me? I'm having trouble tracking it down; alternatively, Absolis could PM it to me. I'd like to do a thorough read of who I'm interacting with, all I remember is that she has a tail and was the result of some wolf genocide spell gone wrong :P

Cheers!

EDIT: NM, found it. Sending it to myself via PM.

Misery and Dust

Hello? Anybody alive?

@XxLyraxX

Still here, still alive.

Can I get a vital sign check? Say something if you're still in this.

@GingerBoi123@6slyboy6@AbysmalDemon@CandiBarr

It is okay to have lost interest, it happens, but it would be nice to know if that's the case. Thanks :)

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@Crimson Raven@IcePezz

Giving you both space to finish that interaction; Kalar and his rangers are marching onward down the road, and wont notice your characters unless an opportunity presents itself.