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people missing. They had recovered fifteen dead and almost thirty  
 
people missing. They had recovered fifteen dead and almost thirty  
 
survivors. He led us to a cottage hospital where they were treated.  
 
survivors. He led us to a cottage hospital where they were treated.  
He lived there. Several of the survivors were severely burnt. He
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He lived there. Several of the survivors were severely burnt. As it
offered us to sleep there but we declined as didn't want to be any  
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was getting late he offered us to sleep there but we declined as  
burden. Instead we went to the inn.
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didn't want to be any burden. Instead we went to the inn.
  
 
When we got there we were treated with great respect. It turned out  
 
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the story of how we saved the rangers. The others drank wine and we  
 
the story of how we saved the rangers. The others drank wine and we  
 
told the story of the awful half-ogres. The mood of everybody rose,  
 
told the story of the awful half-ogres. The mood of everybody rose,  
but I was still shook up by the experience. I took care of Kaven,  
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but I was still shook up by the day's experiences. I took care of  
making sure he was comfortable, but the rangers were in such a bad  
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Kaven, making sure he was comfortable, but the rangers were in such a  
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bad condition that they went to bed early. I went to bed quite early
early too, at about midnight.
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too, at about midnight.
  
 
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Episode no. Episode 48
Date 2009
Game Master Abbe
Characters Dorothea
Gloriana
Honeypot
Nell
Velicia
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Closing on Turtleback Ferry we could see a strange light over the village. It had an orange-red color as if there was a big fire and sure enough there was. Hurrying into the village to see how we could help, we saw that it was Paradise's Gates that was burning. It was maybe 500 feet out on the Claybottom Lake. We ran up to the closest boat, where a fisherman stood pulling it ashore. We started to put it back out to sea when he protested. We told him we would just borrow it to help out. He still didn't agree until he heard the commotion behind him. There people talked about the rangers we saved. He asked if we saved those rangers and when we nodded he helped us put the boat back to sea.

The burning barge, Paradise's Gates

Rowing out, Honeypot performed a ritual on Velicia to protect her from fire. As we closed in I looked carefully at the burning wreck. I was sure there could be no survivors still there. We got close enough for Velicia to jump over and she searched among the flames. Still in our boat I searched for traces of what could have started the fire. I could tell that the fire had spread very quickly, almost like an explosion. The walls had collapsed immediately and the roof had fallen down, trapping most people inside. Velicia told us that it had looked like the fire had been started by lighting. Honeypot and I looked around and saw something floating in the water. It were the bodies of a trapper and a waitress. With a sad mind we returned to Turtleback Ferry.

We were met by the priest who was also the mayor. He introduced himself as Maelin Shreed. He told us that there were around thirty people missing. They had recovered fifteen dead and almost thirty survivors. He led us to a cottage hospital where they were treated. He lived there. Several of the survivors were severely burnt. As it was getting late he offered us to sleep there but we declined as didn't want to be any burden. Instead we went to the inn.

When we got there we were treated with great respect. It turned out that the rangers were held in high regard, staying for free at the inn, and when the locals heard that we had saved some of them we were heroes. We still payed for our rooms though. We were asked to tell the story of how we saved the rangers. The others drank wine and we told the story of the awful half-ogres. The mood of everybody rose, but I was still shook up by the day's experiences. I took care of Kaven, making sure he was comfortable, but the rangers were in such a bad condition that they went to bed early. I went to bed quite early too, at about midnight.