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== {{Rise of the Runelords chapter|48}} ==
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== {{Rise of the Runelords chapter|49}} ==
 
 
As soon as the doors were well closed behind us and I had checked
 
that no spiders had followed us out I turned to the rangers. Honeypot
 
helped the last one of the regain consciousness. He opened his eyes
 
and I looked deeply into his beautiful bright steel blue ones. The
 
others found out that Fort Rannick had fallen to hordes of ogres as I
 
helped Kaven Windstrike, as he was called, to sit up. We decided that
 
we should return to Turtleback Ferry to heal and regain strength.
 
Dorothea and Gloriana started planning on how to burn the house down
 
and Velicia objected. I thought that that horrible house really
 
should burn, especially the kitchen. I almost felt sick just thinking
 
of it, but when Kaven asked who I was my thoughts returned to nicer
 
things.<br>
 
"I'm Nell." I said trying to come up with anything more to say.<br>
 
"You wait here while I bring the horses." I said breaking the uncomfortable silence and got up but kept my eyes on the now smiling young ranger.
 
 
 
I met Dorothea and Gloriana half dragging, half carrying the still
 
towards the house when I fetched Shalelu, the bear and the horses.
 
We entered the barn shaking the rain out of our clothes or fur.
 
 
 
The older ranger called Jakardros ??? stopped dead in his tracks when
 
he saw Shalelu and she obviously knew him too. They didn't seem to
 
like each other and she turned on her heel and marched back out into
 
the rain. Honeypot followed her.<br>
 
"It's all my fault. It's all my faul." Jakardros said over and over.<br>
 
Tears fell from his eyes. It felt very strange looking at a tough
 
soldier crying. I approached and tried to console him. I was joined
 
by Kaven and Vale Temros as the dark man was called.
 
 
 
Shalelu and Honeypot soon returned and Velicia joined them talking.
 
I was just adjusting my packs on Creampuff as Dorothea and Gloriana
 
returned and said<br>
 
"Let's go now."<br>
 
"Aren't you ready yet?"<br>
 
We finished up and I helped Kaven up on Creampuff.
 
 
 
As we left Dorothea set fire to the barn too. I thought that that
 
might be a little unnecessary. It was in the house they had all the
 
disgusting body parts. We went back the same way we came. I was
 
walking next to Creampuff helping Kaven to sit straight in the
 
saddle. I think he didn't need the help, but he didn't seem to mind
 
my hand on his hip.
 
  
 
Closing on Turtleback Ferry we could see a strange light over the  
 
Closing on Turtleback Ferry we could see a strange light over the  
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sure enough there was. Hurrying into the village to see how we could  
 
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  
 
help, we saw that it was Paradise's Gates that was burning. It was  
maybe 500 feet out on the Claybottom Lake.
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maybe 500 feet out on the Claybottom Lake. We ran up to the closest
 
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boat, where a fisherman stood pulling it ashore. We started to put it  
Vi kommanderar en båt
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back out to sea when he protested. We told him we would just borrow
 
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it to help out. He still didn't agree until he heard the commotion
Folk skeptiska
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behind him. There people talked about the rangers we saved. He asked  
 
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if we saved those rangers and when we nodded he helped us put the  
De märker att vi räddat rangers och vi får cred
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boat back to sea.
 
 
Då hjälper till
 
 
 
Vi ror ut
 
 
 
Jag spanar
 
 
 
Ingen kan ha överlevt det där
 
 
 
Velicia ritualskyddad från eld går ombord - letar
 
 
 
Jag spanar. Brann snabbt. Öppen båt. Taket rasade plötsligt som fälla.
 
 
 
Blixt slog ned och startade elden
 
 
 
Jag och Honey ser lik på vattnet
 
 
 
Servitris och utbyggdsjägare
 
 
 
Präst/borgmästare möter oss -Maelin Shreed
 
 
 
Säger att massor saknade ~30
 
 
 
De har hittills hittat 15 döda och räddat ~30
 
 
 
Han visar oss till sjukstugan där han bor
 
 
 
Många offer som brända
 
 
 
Han erbjuder oss att sova där men vi väljer att inte belasta honom mer utan bor på värdshuset
 
 
 
Där bor rangers också, fast gratis
 
 
 
Andra dricker vin
 
 
 
Jag pysslar om Kaven, men lägger mig ganska tidigt, runt midnatt
 
 
 
Sover
 
 
 
 
 
I woke up surprisingly well rested. After breakfast we went to  
 
question the survivors from the fire. We found most of them at the  
 
church. We asked them if any one knew where and how the fire started
 
but most just said that suddenly the whole barge exploded and they
 
were thrown into the water. When questioned closer some thought there
 
was a flash as of lighting just before the big bang. It turned out
 
that most of the survivors had been outside or near the exits. Very
 
few of the ones working there had survived. The owner was missing.
 
She had been a beautiful red headed woman. The Paradise's Gates had
 
been a gambling hall but also a brothel. From the descriptions it  
 
seemed that the whole barge had been too high class for such a back
 
waters place as Turtleback Ferry. Velicia told us that she was
 
completely sure that the attack on Fort Rannick, the strange weather
 
and the fire were allconnected somehow. I asked if anyone had seen
 
any seven pointed stars anywhere on the boat. I got no answers, but
 
some blushed.
 
 
 
When the meeting was over I walked up to a girl that had blushed. She
 
was one of the few who had worked on the barge. I took her to the
 
side and we started talking. After a lot of convincing she showed me
 
a tattoo she had on her butt. It was a seven pointed star like the
 
ones we had seen before, but I didn't study it too closely as it was
 
in a little embarrassing place. She told me that she was a member of
 
a very exclusive club she shouldn't talk about and that was their
 
membership symbol. Only the best of the employees could join and
 
there were less than ten members.
 
 
 
Returning to the inn I saw a merchant selling perfume. I had never
 
gotten around to buying it earlier, but this time I stopped. The
 
merchant had a very good smell, but he called it fragrance. It was
 
made by gnomes in ??? forest nearby. I was even cheap so I bought two
 
bottles.
 
 
 
We gathered and discussed what we had learned so far over lunch at
 
the inn. The food had been better at Pendaka and I had run out of
 
pies. I wished that I could bring someone that could cook for me
 
while traveling. Then I realized that Nathaniel had brought someone
 
along to help him out and nowadays I'm a noble too. I decided to
 
start looking for a good cook to hire.
 
 
 
Vale joined us and asked if he could use some of my ink I was using
 
to write in my diary. I said yes and he pulled out big sheets on
 
which he had drawn the layout of Fort Rannick and added even more
 
details to them. We started discussing ways of retaking the fort from
 
the ogres. After a while Shalelu and Jakardros joined us and they
 
were friends again. We talked for most of the afternoon and the
 
rangers had very much gathered strength. They seemed to be in a lot
 
better mood even though Jakardros still was bitter about his part in
 
leading the patrol that had been out when the fort was hit and Vale
 
was more of the silent type. At least Kaven had lightened up. He's
 
cute and funny. Anyway. We spent most of the afternoon that way and
 
then Honeypot said she would go out and see if she could find out
 
more about Paradise's Gates. I had an idea that maybe it would be
 
easier to get someone to talk about the tattoo if I also had one.
 
Gloriana used some of her magic to make a fake tattoo om my butt.
 
 
 
I looked around and found a male customer I recognized from the
 
meeting. I talked to him an put on my charm. We talked about
 
Paradise's Gates and I showed him my fake tattoo and he showed me
 
that he had one too but on the inside of his arm. I said that I
 
didn't remember how I got it since I had been so drunk and he told me
 
that he too had been drunk, but definitely remembered the beautiful
 
woman who did it. She was tall with red hair, green eyes and perfect
 
pale skin. It was the owner herself that had tattooed him. I excused
 
myself and left.
 
 
 
I returned to the inn. Kaven was down in common room. I ordered some
 
late night dinner and joined him in front of the fireplace. The light
 
from the fire danced over his face as he studied it. He looked
 
distracted.<br>
 
"Is something wrong?" I asked him.<br>
 
"I'm just tired." he answered turning to me.<br>
 
I looked him straight into his eyes, licking my fingers. His smile
 
melted me and put down the bowl and walked over to his chair and
 
kissed him.
 
 
 
Later we lay in bed and a sole candle lighted the room. He was
 
sleeping on his stomach. I slowly caressed his back, studying it in
 
the dim light. My hand followed the curve of his back down to...
 
That was when I saw it. He also had a tattoo in the small of his
 
back. I leaned over him and got the candle. Holding it next to him I
 
studied the tattoo. It was a seven pointed star looking exactly as
 
the ones we've seen before. I was about to wake him to talk about it,
 
when hot wax from the candle reached my thumb. I bit my lip and put
 
back the candle stick.
 
 
 
 
 
Nästa dag rider ut och spanar på fortet
 
  
Honey skickar kråka att spana
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[[Image:Smoke on The Water.jpg|150px|left|thumb|The burning barge, Paradise's Gates]]
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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.
  
Får reda på att det bor ogres i brandfarligt hus
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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.
  
använder gamla förrådet som kök
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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.
  
 
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Episode no. Episode 49
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.