Highlights from Talon’s Tall Tales (Session 53, 4/22/15)
After Talon rejoins the group, he spends the next couple of days while Uthruk and Chuq are training hanging around the townhouse. He doesn’t go over to the Cock & Bull Inn and is generally quieter than before his captivity, but here and there he reverts to his old form and tells tales of his exploits (new and old) to the party — basking a bit in the awe of the other hirelings. Here are some interesting tid-bits that come up during these stories:
– The exact details of how he chased the su-monsters away from Em tend to be in flux from one telling to the next
– It sounds like he and Em spent the largest chunk of their time in the jungle among the islander tribe fleeing the Dark King
– Grimtooth is waging a war on two fronts against the Black Paw and his allies and the Dark King; it is going poorly and she is losing ground
– Em was despondent when he found her and several times just laid down in the jungle and asked Talon to leave her; he begged, pleaded, cajoled, and used the story of his time with Grimtooth to keep Em from giving up completely (he clearly feels protective of her, but not too hopeful)
– Em has always insisted that Aubrey Grotecop is her child’s father, but Talon has pieced together what Alaine Grell did and thinks the issue of paternity is less clear (and also thinks Em knows this)
– Em told him about the attack on the mining camp; she said that the attackers were well-armed dwarves led by a ‘metal-man’ (a dwarf in some kind of heavy armor)
– According to the islander tribe that almost betrayed Talon and Em, the Dark Lord is an islander warrior-king who wears a shining crown and plans to conquer the coastal villages and city-states. He was willing to bargain with the islander tribe for Talon and Em because he wanted information on those settlements.
Dwarves involved in the slaughter of the slaves, and wearing a metal suit. Just what we need a dwarf in power armor, if it’s like the suit Axel has, but we don’t have a power cell for it.
Exactly what was thinking. Obviously Desric still has mine, right? We would’ve seen it on one of our visits?
Well, you could march across the street and ask Desric if he still has it before you leave Midmark. It’s not in his yard or front office, but you’ve never seen any other parts of his residence.
Is their a specific detail that makes you think the dwarves’ intent was slaughtering the slaves versus just Silverthorne (SIlverthrone?) Mining Co. competitors?