Veksel, Trials 12th
Marley awakens in a small room
the others are there, sleeping
Eventually 3 small lizard people enter the room, Kobolds
a little dragon-like in appearance
They speak Draconic
The one that speaks is name Krix
We are in the city Kurtle
another one of them, Vhob, found us on the beach 2 days ago
He keeps referring to us (sans Coletrane) as Folrein (Pale Ones)
other Folrein were here, hundred or so years ago, said more would come
Coletrane has them take us on a tour of their city
its like a cavernous system built into a cliff side
lots of kobolds start to follow us around
This is not a primitive civilization
Their library is small, about 10 books
some are on magical theory
Krix shows us a map
mentions green, tusked people living in a village to the north, called orcs
Krix says we are supposed to drive them off
Other races: Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears, lizard people, ogres, giants, trolls, fey
The kobolds trade goods, but the orcs harass them
The kobolds seem scared of fey
They ID what Marley saw trying to tempt him into the water as a fey, but would say no more
We spend some time getting used to our new environment
making weapons and learning the local language
They have the same gods we do
They mention someone named Nulgrim
"When Nulgrim comes, he'll want to see us"
He's one of the wandering traders they deal with, a Hobgoblin
Anton makes us some weapons
in exchange for materials the kobolds want one of us to accept an Orc request for single combat
We take a trip into the wilderness
see some wolves, extinct back home
we find small pieces of the ship along the coast
never a body though
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Nulgrim visits
he's pretty shocked to see us, he also refers to us as Folrein
He's much easier to talk to than the kobolds
Coletrane asks him about this Folrein legend
The stories go that the Folrein arrived, fought with the Hadraen empire
first seen at a strange tower NE of here near a river
wielded great magical power
last seen walking northeast to a bay
Current geopolitical situation is mostly City-States, that empire is no more
some small communities
We ask him to explain the orc situation with the kobolds
there is a tribe of orcs in the plains north of Sevity, called the Svartenese
they want to take Kurtle
We discuss how to handle the Svartenese
Krix says they will be here next month, during their god's month
Anton wants to talk, and avoid bloodshed
We decide to wait for their arrival
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The Svartenese arrive
They are pretty surprised that Krix accepts the challenge for us
one of them, a female, is more interested than shocked.
she has a symbol of Rake-tar
Anton and Marcellus try to negotiate
it does not work
We settle on a fight tomorrow
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Fight day
Marcellus overhears the female orc (Uwem) giving a pretty shitty pep talk to their champion, Cral
she also doesn't properly buff him, fails at the spells intentionally
An enlarged, divinely favored Anton makes extremely short work of him
Uwem says a prayer thanking Rake-tar that this destruction has come, and delivering the Folrein for more change
Cral offers his longsword, Sumnash, as a trophy
Coletrane was able to identify it as a Nightmare Blade
Coletrane approaches Uwem and confronts her about tanking her spells
She mentions our coming was foretold in a dream she and her chieftan had just prior to arriving at Kurtle.
Uwem interpreted it as aiding us would be in her god's favor