I finally got around to putting up the latest log:
Here it is! Log 3. Joining us this time is Urvad (played by Necro), a worker at the capital.
Quick summary time: We got together and made some characters a week before the story started. In the first session, Dumat, Vallan, Edos, and Oddom, are sent by the King to avenge their families' deaths at the claws of the great Dragon. If they return with it's bejeweled left eye, they will each recieve a wonderful prize. They set off, sleeping in the friendly human Morul's hut on the way. Once they arrive, they see a group of humans has just slain the dragon and taken the eye for themselves! The dwarves attempt to negotiate for the eye to no avail. As they plot some way to get it, the humans get lost in the cave system of the Dragon's lair. The dwarves return to the entrance and debate whether to ambush the humans. Oddom's dragon egg (which he had pilfered from the lair) hatches, and the other dwarves start talking about the hatchling. As they talk, the humans emerge from the cave! (For a better summary, look at Sappho's on page 2).
In the second session, we learn the story of Vallan and Dumat's arrival at the capital years ago. We then rejoin the group at the cave entrance. Dumat, Oddom, and Edos take cover behind a boulder, and Vallan has climbed to the top of the entrance, waiting to drop large rocks on the humans as they emerge. Oddom tries to keep his new baby dragon quiet, while the others try to remain hidden, throwing rocks (and a nearby rat) and firing a crossbow. The sun has just set, so the dwarves have an advantage in the dark. As the human leader walks out to confront them, Edos pickpockets the eye from her, just before Vallan strikes her down. The dragonling gets hungry, and escapes Oddom's grasp, leaping at the remaining humans and taking one down. As it feasts on the man's face, two more miniature dragons emerge and join it. The other humans decide to retreat back into the caves. The tired dwarves decide to go home with their eye, leaving the baby dragons behind. On the way they argue about what they should tell the king. They make it back to Morul's place before collapsing in sleep.
Finally, in the third session (the latest so far), they make it back to the capital. They finally settle on telling the king it was they who slew the Dragon, and the humans ambushed them. (They want to take credit for the Dragon, but stay true to the evidence at the scene, in case the king sends someone to deal with the babies.) As they approach the capital boasting of their deed, they meet Urvad, who is on his break outside. Urvad informs them that the king is now in prison, overthrown by the prince. The dwarves are stunned, but they go see if they can claim their prize. The young prince rules harshly, and refuses to meet with them and honor his father's promise. They are kicked out of the city, and informed that anyone wishing to immigrate must travel to the immigration office, located in a fortress to the south. The dwarves (well, mostly Dumat) are outraged that all their possesions and rooms have been taken, and they are being treated like strangers instead of heroes.
One sympathetic guard lets on that he knows who they are, but the prince claims the king had killed them by sending them on the quest. If their succesful return was made known, he could not hold power, so anyone who speaks of them will be punished. The guard tells them to get immigration papers in the south and start their lives over. Urvad goes to see the king (on display in the prison). It turns out the king is something of a bumbling fool, and cannot help them after all. In fact, he seems to think his son was simply mistaken, and he doesn't grasp that no one supports him anymore. He refuses to say where he kept the prizes.
As Urvad lets the rest of the group know this (out at the cliff face), a crazed dwarf comes running outside, screaming something about "rough...color." He runs at them, brandishing a dagger. Edos quickly cuts him down with his axe. The guards at the entrance seem indifferent to the maddwarf, and Dumat moves to finish him off with a crossbow bolt to the head. Vallan protests, but the crossbow jams and breaks as Dumat pulls the trigger, sparing the babbling dwarf. Vallan comes over and bandages his wounds (and searches his pockets). In despair, Dumat throws away the eye they worked so hard for, but Vallan quickly snatches it up so he can sell it later. The dwarves now ponder how best to proceed. Vallan wants to get the crazy guy to a bed, then somehow get their prizes, Edos is at a loss on how to get them, Dumat seems to have lost all hope, and Urvad (who has nothing much to lose, it seems) is willing to help them restore the king to power. Oddom is there, somewhere. Or not. What will happen next!?
*whew* I didn't really do it any justice, go read the logs for the good stuff! Most of it is awesome and hilarious. Also, come watch or play with us, it'll be fun.
[ September 29, 2007: Message edited by: Turgid Bolk ]
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