OoC: Long post >.<
IoC:
Several warriors, including the group Julius had met before, had gathered to discuss the recent events affecting Willowbark. Among the many random inquiries of the townspeople there were the ones alluding to witchcraft, some of them even mentioned the town being cursed by The Devil himself whilst others simply blamed the war raging through these lands. According to old folklore, the times of the end of days would be heralded by great bloodshed, chaos, ruin and all sorts of unimaginable omens.
-"I bet the others already made it here..."- Julius thought as he opened the dual doors wide drawing some attention from several people. He smirked and then entered the building passing by several tables and through some of the crowded areas of the bar. One would think the bar would be near empty at this time but due to the recent events, not many of the survivors feel safe enough to simply go and sleep.
Julius then approached the counter and called the bartender (a middle age man sporting a long mustache) who happened to be cleaning the beer glassware. Julius made a gestured with his hand, pointing up with his index finger.
-"One beer this way please..."- The bartender looked suspiciously at Julius, but complied to the request by passing a large glass of beer to Julius. -"This one's on the house..."- said the bartender before leaving to attend other customers.
The bounty hunter then turned his attention to the group he meet early at the forest. He dragged one of the chairs towards the table and then sat next to them.
-"Well never expected you people to come. Oh now I know what you are... fefnirs...who could I have not noticed. Oh well, nowadays you don't know who's who anymore..."- he commented as he took small sips from his beer. -"Alright, time to get to business. First things first, my name is Julius, you may call me Jay if you wish. You already know what I do for a living so we can skip that... anyways..."- Julius spoke with a serious tone as he laid the bottle of beer on the table. He then pulled an old ragged map of the region. He then unfolded the map all over the table. The map had several marks on it as well as notes written on the corners.
-"This my friends, is a map of the region. As you can see it has several marks in red ink. These are the areas where disasters have occurred. Some time ago, all sorts of beasts starting sprouting out of nowhere. Sure we happened to have these attacks in the past, but not so many and with so little time separating them. Now..."- Julius pulled his knife and then stabbed the map in a point representing a mountainous region.
-"Not just monsters, now we have invading forces from the north attacking towns, villages and sometimes even big cities. Some of them had retaliated and successfully fended off these attacks while others weren't so lucky. Who leads them and for what purpose they are here are details beyond my knowledge. I intended to gather some information here and there when I stumbled across our recent pest problem. What intrigues me the most is that after attacking the town for so many hours the beasts simply ceased to attack and disappeared... and I didn't even get a chance to track down the source."- Julius pulled his knife and placed it back in its sheath beneath his coat.
Julius was then interrupted by a third fefnir. This one was different because she had more human characteristics than the other two.
-"I heard both sides of the conversation you three had outside, and I'm in the same boat as these two, I travel a lot. I hurried into the town when I heard things getting ugly ahead as I was making my way through that forest. Now that the immediate threat seems to have pretty well been dealt with for the time being, I will become bored if I don't have something to do real soon, ideally some good fighting action."-
The unknown female fefnir [BRIANNA] commented as she approached the group. Surprised by the amount of fefnir who curiously happened to be here by sheer chance, Julius gestured with his left right hand and then lead it towards a nearby chair. -"Have a sit. We still don't know what we are facing against so any help would be appreciated."-
Julius then returned his attention to the former discussion as he kept explaining the situation. -"I am sure the cause of the attacks must be nearby. Usually these beasts don't attack in large numbers, and hellhounds especially require someone to grant them power to sustain their physical forms in this plane. Hellhounds belong to another realm. The source was not obviously killed, but rather forced to retreat, hence why the hellhounds didn't disappeared immediately. My best bet would be that whoever summoned them here must be close... very close. I was about to investigate the forest to search for summoner's whereabouts when I found you people. I thought you had something to do with it at first, but then I realized you were as clueless on the subject as I was..."-
Julius made a brief paused to finish his beer then he left the empty glass on the table next to the map. -"We must make haste. I've heard the invading army had stationed a small unit somewhere inside the depths of the forest. The group isn't that large, I guess they could be around fifteen...maybe thirty, but it will be better if we go unnoticed. If we can't, we could go by the old divide and conquer and take them on. Also, we must also take in count the monsters the summoner could be conjuring to divert our pursuit..."- Julius then picked the map, folded it, and finally placed it back inside his backpack. -"Now, who wants to go on a little hunting trip? I understand if you back off...not many people would risk their necks but we must also understand that all of these could be part of something much more bigger than us. Things will get worst, so we either fight or we consume copious amounts of alcohol and we indulge in sex and decadence while awaiting the inevitable blast wave. As much as I will hate myself later for this, I vote for fighting. Oh but once this is all over we all go on a bender. Besides, who knows what kind of rewards we might find in our little quest..."- Julius said in a slightly more juvenile tone. He then shifted his attention to the male wolf who had black and red fur patterns and noticed his uneasy and serious behavior.
-"Loosen up pal [CRIMSON WOLF], you are as festive as a cemetery. With that serious look on your face you'll get half the town on our asses with torches and pitch forks. I know what will lighten you up..."- Julius turned towards the counter and clapped his hands to draw the attention of the bartender. -"Hey, another cold one here. Then send the bill to this table. Toss it towards me, I'll catch it."- The bartender sighed as he rolled his eyes. He then reached a bottle of beer and tossed it towards Julius. Julius caught the bottle in mid air and then he placed it before the male wolf with the black and red fur.
-"Alright, any questions? I suggest we rest, prepare, stock on supplies, make sure the town is safe and then off we go to our little expedition. I will be by the forest entrance by sunset. Why sunset? If those goons are patrolling, then we need as little sunlight as possible. Make it harder for them to spot us. If anyone doesn't want to participate then stay at home all nice and cosy while the big boys..."-notices the other two female fefnirs and rephrases his statement to avoid sounding sexist-"and big girls take care of the dirty work. Well I am off. Whoever needs me I'll be by the Inn. Later..."- Julius stood up, bid farewell and then approached the bartender. He pulled several gold coins and left them on the counter before leaving the bar.
[-EVENT-]
IoC:
Several warriors, including the group Julius had met before, had gathered to discuss the recent events affecting Willowbark. Among the many random inquiries of the townspeople there were the ones alluding to witchcraft, some of them even mentioned the town being cursed by The Devil himself whilst others simply blamed the war raging through these lands. According to old folklore, the times of the end of days would be heralded by great bloodshed, chaos, ruin and all sorts of unimaginable omens.
-"I bet the others already made it here..."- Julius thought as he opened the dual doors wide drawing some attention from several people. He smirked and then entered the building passing by several tables and through some of the crowded areas of the bar. One would think the bar would be near empty at this time but due to the recent events, not many of the survivors feel safe enough to simply go and sleep.
Julius then approached the counter and called the bartender (a middle age man sporting a long mustache) who happened to be cleaning the beer glassware. Julius made a gestured with his hand, pointing up with his index finger.
-"One beer this way please..."- The bartender looked suspiciously at Julius, but complied to the request by passing a large glass of beer to Julius. -"This one's on the house..."- said the bartender before leaving to attend other customers.
The bounty hunter then turned his attention to the group he meet early at the forest. He dragged one of the chairs towards the table and then sat next to them.
-"Well never expected you people to come. Oh now I know what you are... fefnirs...who could I have not noticed. Oh well, nowadays you don't know who's who anymore..."- he commented as he took small sips from his beer. -"Alright, time to get to business. First things first, my name is Julius, you may call me Jay if you wish. You already know what I do for a living so we can skip that... anyways..."- Julius spoke with a serious tone as he laid the bottle of beer on the table. He then pulled an old ragged map of the region. He then unfolded the map all over the table. The map had several marks on it as well as notes written on the corners.
-"This my friends, is a map of the region. As you can see it has several marks in red ink. These are the areas where disasters have occurred. Some time ago, all sorts of beasts starting sprouting out of nowhere. Sure we happened to have these attacks in the past, but not so many and with so little time separating them. Now..."- Julius pulled his knife and then stabbed the map in a point representing a mountainous region.
-"Not just monsters, now we have invading forces from the north attacking towns, villages and sometimes even big cities. Some of them had retaliated and successfully fended off these attacks while others weren't so lucky. Who leads them and for what purpose they are here are details beyond my knowledge. I intended to gather some information here and there when I stumbled across our recent pest problem. What intrigues me the most is that after attacking the town for so many hours the beasts simply ceased to attack and disappeared... and I didn't even get a chance to track down the source."- Julius pulled his knife and placed it back in its sheath beneath his coat.
Julius was then interrupted by a third fefnir. This one was different because she had more human characteristics than the other two.
-"I heard both sides of the conversation you three had outside, and I'm in the same boat as these two, I travel a lot. I hurried into the town when I heard things getting ugly ahead as I was making my way through that forest. Now that the immediate threat seems to have pretty well been dealt with for the time being, I will become bored if I don't have something to do real soon, ideally some good fighting action."-
The unknown female fefnir [BRIANNA] commented as she approached the group. Surprised by the amount of fefnir who curiously happened to be here by sheer chance, Julius gestured with his left right hand and then lead it towards a nearby chair. -"Have a sit. We still don't know what we are facing against so any help would be appreciated."-
Julius then returned his attention to the former discussion as he kept explaining the situation. -"I am sure the cause of the attacks must be nearby. Usually these beasts don't attack in large numbers, and hellhounds especially require someone to grant them power to sustain their physical forms in this plane. Hellhounds belong to another realm. The source was not obviously killed, but rather forced to retreat, hence why the hellhounds didn't disappeared immediately. My best bet would be that whoever summoned them here must be close... very close. I was about to investigate the forest to search for summoner's whereabouts when I found you people. I thought you had something to do with it at first, but then I realized you were as clueless on the subject as I was..."-
Julius made a brief paused to finish his beer then he left the empty glass on the table next to the map. -"We must make haste. I've heard the invading army had stationed a small unit somewhere inside the depths of the forest. The group isn't that large, I guess they could be around fifteen...maybe thirty, but it will be better if we go unnoticed. If we can't, we could go by the old divide and conquer and take them on. Also, we must also take in count the monsters the summoner could be conjuring to divert our pursuit..."- Julius then picked the map, folded it, and finally placed it back inside his backpack. -"Now, who wants to go on a little hunting trip? I understand if you back off...not many people would risk their necks but we must also understand that all of these could be part of something much more bigger than us. Things will get worst, so we either fight or we consume copious amounts of alcohol and we indulge in sex and decadence while awaiting the inevitable blast wave. As much as I will hate myself later for this, I vote for fighting. Oh but once this is all over we all go on a bender. Besides, who knows what kind of rewards we might find in our little quest..."- Julius said in a slightly more juvenile tone. He then shifted his attention to the male wolf who had black and red fur patterns and noticed his uneasy and serious behavior.
-"Loosen up pal [CRIMSON WOLF], you are as festive as a cemetery. With that serious look on your face you'll get half the town on our asses with torches and pitch forks. I know what will lighten you up..."- Julius turned towards the counter and clapped his hands to draw the attention of the bartender. -"Hey, another cold one here. Then send the bill to this table. Toss it towards me, I'll catch it."- The bartender sighed as he rolled his eyes. He then reached a bottle of beer and tossed it towards Julius. Julius caught the bottle in mid air and then he placed it before the male wolf with the black and red fur.
-"Alright, any questions? I suggest we rest, prepare, stock on supplies, make sure the town is safe and then off we go to our little expedition. I will be by the forest entrance by sunset. Why sunset? If those goons are patrolling, then we need as little sunlight as possible. Make it harder for them to spot us. If anyone doesn't want to participate then stay at home all nice and cosy while the big boys..."-notices the other two female fefnirs and rephrases his statement to avoid sounding sexist-"and big girls take care of the dirty work. Well I am off. Whoever needs me I'll be by the Inn. Later..."- Julius stood up, bid farewell and then approached the bartender. He pulled several gold coins and left them on the counter before leaving the bar.
[-EVENT-]
- Crimson Wolf might find an useful item if he investigates the areas were several hellhounds were last attacking in the town. The orphanage seems a nice place to begin with...[hint: bag of gold or anti-demon charm]
- Strike might stumble across Julius as the bounty hunter is on his way to the Inn...
- Zynthreo might find something handy at the weapon shop. [new weapon you would like to add to your inventory]
- Leo will get a reward if he revisits the Orphanage. [Hint: He can retrieve the sword once wielded by the possessed swordsman he killed. The sword still has traces of dark energy and it might help the group in "some way".]
