[HQ Ignorance] Scene 33: A Meeting In the Bowels of Seguarane

Mon Nov 5 03:23:19 UTC 2007

With great relief your politeness and diplomacy seems
to have the desired effect [marginal success].
Although the bazak are not entirely certain why their
food supplies have come to a screaming halt or how
getting rid of the king will fix this their natural
suspicion is weakened by your positive news and their
hunger [marginal failure].

"We take you", Rotterex snarls. "Secret ways, made by
bazak, not known my the Wizards and their rat-zapping
magics. Into the third chamber, yes? Sneak up from
below. Very dangerous, the third chamber. Bad wizards
there - but much food. You come now."

[Next two scenes will be posted tomorrow, so any last
minute changes get them in now.]

--- Erica Hoehn <caseopaya at yahoo.com> wrote:

> "Greetings Rotterex.  I am very sorry to hear of
> your plight.  I know how dangerous the outside world
> is, it's much safer and pleasant underground.  I am
> very sorry to hear that some of your clan have been
> injured by this."
> 
> Kalen thinks that the damned plant is partially
> responsible for this problem but knows that the
> distraction is necessary in order to get to the
> broken king.  He wonders how he should explain this
> to Rotterex.....
> 
> "I think my companions and I might be able to stop
> this" Kalen says haltingly, considering his words
> carefully as he doesn't wish to be attacked. "Once
> we have gotten rid of the king, things are likely to
> return to their former state and you will be safe in
> this underground haven.  But first we need to get to
> the king"
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au>
> To: HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 October, 2007 9:55:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [HQ Ignorance] Scene 33: A Meeting In
> the Bowels of Seguarane
> 
> 
> Several of the bazak pounce upon the offerings of
> canned stew. They grimace as they chew into the
> culinary delights of the Mostal, but nevertheless
> they
> eat ravenously. Kalen now notices that they are
> indeed
> somewhat thin.
> 
> "You will call me Rotterex", says the talking Bazak.
> "One there was many people coming in and out of this
> city and there were plenty of scraps for us to feed
> on
> in the eve. Suddenly, several days ago, all that
> come
> to an end. We have been forced to come out to the
> surface, in the day even, and the humans protect
> their
> food with ferocity. Already several of our number
> have
> been blasted by their magics and their spears."
> 
> "And now you have arrived", Rooterex looks
> suspiciously. "One would be tempted to think you
> have
> something to do with this..."
> 
> A disconcerting sound of teeth bruxing echoes
> through
> the chamber from the other bazak.
> 
> 
> --- Erica Hoehn <caseopaya at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Kalen says to the leader of the Bazak - "As you
> > said, I would not make good eating, a bit stony
> and
> > hard in fact.  Can I entice you with my tin of
> stew?
> >  Why is there a food shortage here, I would have
> > thought that with the number of people in the
> > fortress there would have been plenty of eating
> for
> > you and your children?"
> > 
> > He opens a tin or two from his supplies to show
> his
> > good will to the Bazak.
> > 
> > "Mayhap I can help you, my friends and I are
> trying
> > to enter the castle to rid the land of the broken
> > king.  After he is gone things may return to a
> more
> > fruitful land and this lovely stonework can be
> > restored? Are you willing to assist by directing
> > me?"
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au>
> > To: ignorance at mimesisrpg.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 5:18:08 PM
> > Subject: [HQ Ignorance] Scene 33: A Meeting In the
> > Bowels of Seguarane
> > 
> > Scene 33: A Meeting In the Bowels of Seguarane
> > 
> > Aided by the communications of Icthya with the
> > birds,
> > fishes and rats a point of ingress to Seguarane is
> > discerned; from the riverside, beneath the
> fortified
> > harbour where a small number of knights and
> wizards
> > still hold the winding clifface path to the Outer
> > Wall
> > there is an entrance which eventually leads to the
> > city well.
> > 
> > In the early hour of the morning Icthya and many
> > Aldryami launch a series of spectacular raids
> > against
> > the harbourside. None are designed to penetrate
> its
> > significant defenses and all are designed to draw
> > attention away from the Mostal Kalen. It is only
> > through the magics of Icthya and his own hardy
> > constitution that allow the stone man to travel
> > beneath the water; he cannot swim (indeed, he
> sinks
> > like the stone from which he is made), but he can
> > walk
> > along the river bottom. Following a fish summoned
> by
> > Icthya, Kalen travels beneath the harbour into a
> > tunnel that leads into Seguarane city.
> > 
> > The first stop is an bronze gate under the water,
> > nominally designed to prevent the entrance of
> large
> > fish and also as an afterthought to prevent the
> > entrance of any imaginative thieves. The magic on
> > the
> > gate is weak and old however, and Kalen evokes the
> > Iron Dwarf magic of Unstoppable Advance, easily
> > shattering the defenses and bending the bronze to
> > his
> > will.
> > 
> > After traveling some hundred yards or more in the
> > pitch darkness, Kalen's Earthsense detects a
> landing
> > and makes his way onto it. The stonework here is
> old
> > and impressive; Kalen is impressed by the quality
> of
> > the masonry and concerned that one so broken the
> > Guilarm The Fat could have taken control of such a
> > structure. He only hopes he can "repair" the
> > situation
> > before the fecund Aldryami growth tears apart the
> > fine
> > craftsmanship.
> > 
> > Again journeying another hundred yards, Kalen
> comes
> > to
> > a halt. Finally his poor hearing hears the
> scuttling
> > of various noises around him. Grasping about on
> the
> > wall, he encounters a torch, which he brings to
> > light.
> > As his Earthsense told him, he is in a chamber,
> some
> > twenty by ten yards across. What it did not tell
> him
> > was he was not alone; Kalen scans his surrounds
> and
> > finds himself surrounded by large rodents, almost
> > two
> > feet in lenth, with razor sharp teeth and scale
> > hide.
> > "Bazak!" Kalen exclaims to himself, calling the
> > rubble
> > rats by their proper name. One or two or even ten
> > would be little threat to an Iron Dwarf; but a
> score
> > or more?
> > 
> > One of the runners hops up onto a stone with
> > disturbing ease. It has red eyes, and white hair
> > with
> > an agouti hood. It sniffs at Kalen then,
> amazingly,
> > it
> > speaks. "Stoneman. Not very good eating. But food
> > has
> > suddenly become scarce, our children are many and
> we
> > hunger. Why should we not eat you?"
> > 
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