You are Grakeln a shipmaster whose father Grake does not like you to mention his name. You are in the employ of your Uncle Grittwey and have command of two of his cogs the Mahaut and the Lettys. Originally you were a Kavenkazid a cave dwarf from Hakhul. However 27 years ago you were found guilty of running a dicing den and banished from the Kavenerth for fifty years. Your Uncle Grittwey gave you employment as a crewman on his ships. Sailing up and down the waterways from the Nymphwater to the Sundering Sea you have worked your way up to your present position. Currently King Dearth of Varadh has committed his realm to assist the Lawic Host fighting the Chaotics in the North. Even in alliance with the haughty elves! With money to be made shipping supplies up to the host, justified racial resentments have had to take a back seat. Now however, exciting new developments are taking place! The news is that the Host is destroyed so there will be no one to supply. However you have just managed to take prisoner the elf Princess Voluptia whose recently insulted all dwarfdom! Sending your two cogs back to safety, you took her ashore. You intended to take her to Tegliff’s Tower but the flag was not flying and the area seemed infested with demons and wolves. You had seen three elf hanoes coming downstream so there is no turning back. You expected them to follow your cogs but half an hour later you looked back and saw a distant clump of figures behind us. A bird flew up from them, heading straight towards us! Obviously a trained spy! Fortunately there was a large wood ahead and after entering it you decided to turn right. Under the trees you hoped to lose the bird and you called a halt so it could not hear us. However it flew down low to spot us. So Coin shot it down with a quarrel. You carried on within the trees as far as we could. Then looking out we could see a half-timbered house perched on a crag. Downfel’s House! You had seen it once when out hunting wolves with Tegliff.
“That is Downfel’s house. He will help us fight off those elves I am sure!”
“Downfel! Surely we should have nothing to do with him!” exclaimed Proodi. “He was banished in perpetuity for bigamy!”
“But this is Amelia not Varadh! He is at liberty to live here?” demurred Sorri.
“But I heard that his house was also a refuge for other lawbreakers! We could get a bad reputation going there!” said Proodi.
“Well we are taking no less than the most disreputable elf in all history to him!” laughed Drip. “How will our reputations fare with her amongst us?”
“Our reputations will not be commented upon if those elves catch us!” You warned them. “Downfel is a fellow Kazid who is duty bound to help us. We must go to him or we are like to be lost!”
Grakeln’s party Grakeln, 5 crossbow dwarves (Drip, Sorri, Proodi, Grath & Coin.)
Plus as a prisoner gagged, hands bound Princess Voluptia.(normal move 7”)
Grakeln Lea Mo 6", Fa 7/14, TR 5, SR + 5, D-5, C-4, W -3, A +1, Ob 1.0, Me +2 –0 = +2 sword st 0
Shield parry 7+ St 4, Speaks Kazid, Simnith, Reads Runes Tengthin. Tinderbox
Crossbow dwarf Fol Mo 5", Fa 6/12, TR 3, SR + 3, D-5, C-4, W -3, A +1, Ob 0.8, Me +0 –0 = 0 st 0
Latch Crossbow 5" 5+, 10" 6+, 15" 7+, 20" 8+, St -4 +1 to hit if rested. 12 quarrels Fires alternate moves. Speaks Kazid, Simnith Reads Runes. Tinderbox.