Post by Effigy on Aug 11, 2013 22:26:50 GMT
(Sunday, 9th of Arodus 71 A.C. Late Afternoon)
It had been an adventurous few days for the party leaving Hammerstad. Constantine had received reports of suspicious characters heading back and fourth from Hammerstad and heading north west, however upon initial inspection there were no roads or rails heading in that directions. Luckily the group had two rangers that easily tracked down the hog run the they must had been using. The walk initially took them through deep forest.
"Damn these pests!" Effigy shouted swinging his hammer through the air trying to squish bugs. They had been on him all day and his skin felt like it was on fire. "Wizard can you not do something?" He screamed at Constantine who just laughed and continued forward.
Another swing from Effigy went wide and slammed into a tree. A loud crack reverberated through the forest and birds took off. The entire party stopped (almost rolling initiative) and unsheathed their weapons.
Effigy looked around at everyone ready to fight at a moments notice. "Was me, F sorry." He pointed to the tree he hit and it was teetering over. "I missed bug."
They continued into the forest for what felt like days to Effigy before coming to a clearing going up the mountain side. A strange aroma had been filling the air for the past couple miles that had Effigy curious. When they stopped at the clearing it looked like most the other members had finally noticed it as well. "Smells like spice." One of them said.
"What is this spice?" Effigy asked as he continued to walk forward.
"Stop Effigy," Constantine whispered, "Spice is a powerful drug used as a sedative in medical work, but more often used for recreational purposes. Where there is a spice farm there are usually brigands."
The group continued forward at a slower space. Everyone, even Effigy now, was on guard for action. It had been a long day and they were all tired, the last thing they wanted to deal with was an ambush.
As they approached the spice farm they could see it stretched for acres. Small bushes with bright blue flowers. It gave off an odour that Effigy found very pleasant. In the distance there was a small house and barn. It was odd however that there was no one working the fields, no one sitting around the house, and no one processing the plants. There was no one at all.
"Let's check the barn first, see if there is more of this spice already hung to dry." Constantine ordered and they moved in formation over to the over sized doors. Effigy put his eat to the door and he could hear something moving inside. It moved slowly and had very clumsy movements. He motioned to Constantine that he picked up 5 different locations inside where he heard the movement.
Constantine gave him the signal to go ahead. Effigy let loose a Orc war cry and crashed through the door. Sending splinters and shrapnel flying. On the other side were five skeletons wearing what was left of their formal lives as brigands.