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Just After Breakfast time, 30th Harvest

The Otari Story

by Tic-Tic

Fishy Business


Seein'as this cart is crawlin'along at a snail's pace, I thought it would be a good idea to write in my journal. Never really been one for writing, but I thought I would give it a go. here...
.... I suppose I had better get things up to speed

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Otari

So there I was in a crummy fishing town, the only good tavern there had recently burnt down (one of my better pieces of work I must say), with fuck all to do. A fishy little rumour was flappin'about the town. Somethin'was eatin'the towns fish stores and the fish master (or was it monger?) was paying top-crown for the problem to be solved.
Now seeing as I was short on a few-crown after the tavern torch-job, I went to the fishery to see what's what.

My Associates

When I got there I met the old bag runnin'the place, I also met the rest of my associates. (I'll probably write about each of these guys a little more at some point, once I know more).
  • So there was Kuru, a big strong Orc. As far as big-folk go he seems to be alright. Orcs've always been weird distant cousins to us Goboz.

Then there are the two elves.
  • There is Olyn, who seems to be a young elf. Quite clever but not the most experienced, I think they are a wizard (they have a book that they keep good care of).
  • Finally there's Merisiel, the elf rogue. Kinda reminds me of a lot of the usual punters that used to brood-about in The Blind Beggar. Quite sneaky, handy with a blade, probably has a tragic story.

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    Down We Went


    So with us'all gathered we went down into the fishy cellar with a big ole'in the wall that went deeper underground (not an expert, but I think that was their problem). The caverns led to a series of old ruins and tunnels buried under the town.
    Turns out Kobolds were using this run of tunnels to pinch fish for some reason. Kobolds weren't the only problem down'ere. Big creepy spiders, smelly fishmen, clattering skeletons and the like were also down here.

    The Bloody Cinder Rat

    The worst seemed to be a fiery rat, which I remember hearin' stories about. Cinder Rats, I think they're called. The thing burnt like you wouldn’t believe, but ye couldn't land a hit on the smoky git. Kuru was able to grab the thing by the scruff and drown it.

    The Plot Unfolding

    As we went deeper down, cuttin'nd burnin' Kobolds in our wake, we was able to piece together a story about what's bin'happenin'.
    Turns out The Kobold Boss had gotten themselves some sort of pet. They was feedin' the thing the stolen fish. All we knew about it at that point was that it came from a big egg, liked fish and 'ad smelly breath.


    Loot

    Before I write about fightin' The Big Boss and it's pet, I was able to find some shiny things;
    • A couple pints of Oil, an Emerald and some Lesser Health Potions that the Kobolds were keeping in a chest.
    Note to self, I'll have to try'nd see if I can't back-work the formula to this potion.
    • A glowing stone, called an "Everbright Stone". That was being guarded by the skeletons.
    • I also knabbed the carbonised remains of the Cinder Rat. Free carbon is free carbon.

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    A Kobold and His Monster


    The Kobold Boss

    So The Big Boss was another Kobold, I guess he thought 'imself some sort of king. He was sat in a fancy chair on top of a cliff surrounded by guards. Now those guards would have been a problem but Merisiel snuck up on the one watchin'over, while the rest of us creeped on the big boss.
    With a well-placed firebomb from yours truly, Kuru pushed the big boss off his chair and into the flames. With a few big swings of his axe, the boss was a bloody burnin' mess. Great Stuff. Meanwhile we mopped up what was left of the guards.

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    His Monster

    So next up was his pet, I had this gut feelin' that this was gunna'be a tough one. So as we passed through the passageway to the pet, I was clutchin' my bombs, ready for the trouble.
    The tunnel opened up into a large cavern filled with oversized mushrooms and a horrendous fishy rotten smell. But in the distance we saw it, perched atop a mushroom was a Green Dragon The thing was still quite young, but even a young'un could boil us down to fleshy lumps.
    So we approached cautiously, till I had a fuckin' heart attack when Olyn The Wizzard rushed ahead and started talkin' to the beast. With a firebomb ready I waited for the dragon to start meltin'folks…but it didn’t…they were just talkin'. Turns out the Kobold were goin' to use the Dragon to try and wage a war with the surface (Typical crazy kobolds).


    Talks With a Dragon


    So we got talkin to the dragon, it was kinda funny considerin' the thing was only a young it spoke in quite a gruff elderly tone. Probably some sort of weird dragon thing, I don’t know, I didn’t go to dragon school. But anyway we got talkin'.Olyn was trying to convince the dragon to be free and "follow its own path, you don’t have to listen to kobolds, you can do good yada yada yada". Turns out the Dragon has no interest in that.
    See this is where I remembered that Green Dragons have a bit of a thing for having underlings. They like the idea of ruling things and being social manipulators…so I had a little idea.[/in[
    I explain'to him about the world I am from, the world of the underground. I offered a partnership, together we'can build ourselves a little empire of crime instead of muckin' about with kobolds. He was keen for it and we metaphorically shook on it and introduced ourselves. He introduced himself as Drakzath. We said our temporary good-byes and told him we'd meet him just out of town in a few days.
    So we made our way out of there, told the fish lady that the problem was sorted. Took a stack'a'crowns and started a new chapter in our lives. We're goin' straight to the top or die trying.

Continue reading...

  1. The Otari Story
    Just After Breakfast time, 30th Harvest
  2. Otari Shopping Haul
    A bit longer after breakfast time, 30th Harvest
  3. Riding Out of Otari
    Well After Bedtime. 30th Harvest
  4. Camping at the Willowbrook Bridge
    Well After Bedtime. 30th Harvest
  5. Bandit Ambush & The Journey to Haverhill
    Getting close to Teatime, 3rd of Firewane
  6. Kuru is back!
    Jus'before bedtime 3rd of Firewane