Aug 14, 2025 4:41 am
Boudica crosses her arms and looks sternly at Darius and answers Miyana's question, saying, 'He needs muscle. Isn't that right, Darius?"
A Matter of Faith - part II
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Aug 14, 2025 4:49 am
"Well, yes" he confesses "Those hills are swarming with goblins, as far as I know. And who knows what lurks in that old abondoned mine. You couldn't possibly expect me to go there by myself, right?" he then changes his tone a bit, once he remembers something "- and you folks seem to love these little cockroaches. So maybe you can help broker a deal or something? Get them to bugger off somewhere else? Maybe buy them off with some trinkets? This way we could all profit!"
Aug 14, 2025 2:48 pm
"And this is the man who is not to be trusted? Be interesting if this is all on the square." Seems Barns is interested in the deal. That and he could use some coin.
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Aug 15, 2025 4:31 am
Boudica rolls her eyes and says, "Let me get this straight... The goblins are pressing southward and raiding the roads, the Thyatian Crystal Order is here trying to conduct an Inquisition, there may be a shape changing child murderer afoot, and you want us to go explore an old mine in a remote location because...'it's so remote, there must be something valuable there'...? Do I have that rightly?"
Aug 15, 2025 4:42 am
"When you put it like that..." Darius shrinks abit in his chair as Boudica makes him feel ashamed of himself, if only a little bit. "I mean, it's not like I can do anything about these issues. And I thought they apprehended and hanged the priest who killed the child. I'm just trying to make a living here...". He tries to make excuses for himself, but the scolding he got leads him to reconsider (some) of his life choices. Maybe. "What would you have me do?"
Aug 15, 2025 4:47 am
Boudica regards him for a moment and sighs. Then she says, "Darius, I know you to be smart and resourceful, albeit self-serving and amoral. So use those virtues to aid us! Tell me, you who have traveled and know the land, who hears rumors and has a nose for discovery -- why might the goblins be raiding so far south? What is pushing them to do so?"
Then, having an idea, she holds up a finger, and says, "And if you really want to help us, perhaps you can help us gather a flock of sheep to drive to the tomb we left behind, to offer to the tribe of goblins? We gain access to the tomb, you might gain something valuable there, and we can ask the goblins about the raids."
Then, having an idea, she holds up a finger, and says, "And if you really want to help us, perhaps you can help us gather a flock of sheep to drive to the tomb we left behind, to offer to the tribe of goblins? We gain access to the tomb, you might gain something valuable there, and we can ask the goblins about the raids."
Aug 15, 2025 4:59 am
"I'm not completely amoral" he tries to excuse himself, before finally giving up and sighing to himself "alright, let me think. Goblins are cowardly wretches that wouldn't dare raid human settlement unless they knew they could get away with it. Or if they had no other choice. Stories I hear are of entire tribes moving east, not just sporadic raiding parties. So if I had to wager a guess, it would be that they can no longer eke out a living in their old stomping grounds. Maybe the Elves finally decided to clean house and drive them away from their forests. I dunno..." he shrugs again "That's the most plausible reason I can think of"
Aug 15, 2025 5:22 am
OOC:
COuld I get a bit of help on geography? Relative to Threshold, in what direction are the elven forests? And where were the original goblin stomping grounds? And they are moving to the east... does that bring them into the human areas near Kelvin? And where, relative to all this, does Halav say the beast men are gathering?
Aug 15, 2025 4:28 pm
OOC:
Assuming we are in Mystara, the Known World, the elven empire of Alfheim is to the west of Threshold. Halav has been ambiguous on exactly where the beastmen are, pretty much stating that they are gathering in the wilds.Aug 15, 2025 5:28 pm
OOC:
OK I've looked at the map. Here's my questions: Let's say we wanted to explore the area where the goblins are raiding from or perhaps where they are getting pushed out of. If we went to Mistamere, would that put us in that area? What about if we went back to the burial mound where we got the Halav sword? Or the area where the angry elf threatened the loggers? I'm tying to see if there is a spatial pattern, or what might be related to what. Or what!Last edited August 15, 2025 5:29 pm