i head into the city.

-Rocco

 

When the cleric brings Rocco outside the gate, he looks around and exclaims. "Where is this bear cub?" Rocco looks at the spot where the cub was tied. She seems to be gone.

 

-Nex

 

-Ross

 

Most of the messages are about needing certain items or magically spells. Finally, on a worn-out paper, Ares finds some hope.

 

"Apprentice wanted. Required to have magical talent, decent physical strength, and combat abilities."

 

-Earth and Kemios

 

It is around afternoon and your stomachs growl at you. The five gold coins that the departing villagers were given had been a pretty hefty sum of money out in the farms, but here in town, it wouldnt last for too long. The small iron gate squeaks as the guards rush you in, closing the gate quickly before the bandits arrived. The town wall was a conglomerate of palisade and trench on the peasants quarter, magnificent crumbling marble on the old quarter, and newly built stone walls on the merchants, artisans, and noble quarters.

Ares takes the poster and examines it in more detail.

 

(Be back later, just finished making Chorizo, tomato and potato soup :grin: )

i look around for a place i could get some food, and for a healer i could learn from (maical or practical, doesnt matter)

Grim attempts to follow the group to the city (let me read up).

-Rocco

 

"A druid came by while you were in the city, and took the bear with her into the forest. Druids are strange people, but their skill of healing animals is unmatched. If you had any sympathy, you would've let the cub go with her."

 

-Ross

 

(Yum, that sounds tasty)

 

The poster had a rough map scrawled on it. It seems magically engraved, by the accuracy of it.

 

-Earth

 

Earth finds the Horseheads inn. It sells a full meal of bread, ale, and beef for only 5 silver pieces (half a gold coin). Earth notes that there seemed to be healers heading further into the city towards the merchant's and artisan's quarters, but there were some wizards and clerics heading right instead of left into the old quarter.

 

-Grim

 

It is around afternoon and Grim's stomach growled at him. The five gold coins that the departing villagers were given had been a pretty hefty sum of money out in the farms, but here in town, it wouldnt last for too long. The small iron gate squeaks as the guards rush you in, closing the gate quickly before the bandits arrived. The town wall was a conglomerate of palisade and trench on the peasants quarter, magnificent crumbling marble on the old quarter, and newly built stone walls on the merchants, artisans, and noble quarters.

i head into the inn and ask for some bread, meat, and water. once im done, i pay, and head left to the artists and merchants quarter.

I mutter angrily about the bandits, hoping that they all burn to death. I then look for something to do to earn money, since they took all of mine.

oh. wait. nvm! i forgot i dont have any money. i go to the healers in the merchants and artists quarters, and see if i can be aprenticed to any of them.

Grim looks around for any fliers or any other things for work or apprenticeship.

-Rocco

 

Rocco wanders into the peasant's quarter, where he is directed to a line of shops in the merchant's quarter. After a bit more walking, the houses on the sides of the streets seem to become larger and more oranate. A bustling square dominates the center of the area, where merchants are haggling for sums of money peasants could not even start comprehending.

 

Rocco sees a shop on the side of the street, called Retech's Emporium of Aventuring Equipment.

 

-Earth

 

The healers don't seem to need apprentices, especially ones as downtrodden as you. However, Earth spots an employment area in the peasant's quarter, which may have some jobs.

 

-Pieis and Grim

 

There seems to be a group of people in the corner of the peasant's quarter, searching for employment. Once in a while, an employers comes their way and offers a job, before giving them some information and leaving.

Ares follows the map on the poster, revising what little magic he knew on the way there so that he could make a good first impression.

Grim waits around idly flicking sparks off of his fingers in the peasant quarter.

Theros gets bored and looks for some buildings to wall-jump between.

-Ross

 

Ares follows the map precisely, ending up next to a house at the end of a small alleyway. He figures out he can conjure relatively small wind gusts capable of knocking over small objects, as well as lifting smaller objects like coins and pennies.

 

-Grim

 

All of the employers seem to have gone for the day. The remaining peasants are dismayed and begin heading home. Grim realizes that night has begun to fall and that he hasn't eaten yet. The stalls have begun closing, but he remembers the Horseheads inn nearby.

 

-Kemios

 

Theros starts leaping up on the buildings, but they feel rather unstable. Night has begun to fall and Theros feels quite hungry from the day's travel.

Whats my status?

Whats my status?

 

Wherever you were when you left. Normally I don't bot for people, but you can have someone else play for you.

Theros tries to walljump into a window.

Ares knocks on the door and waits for a response.

-Rocco

 

The shopkeeper greets you with a firm handshake. "Out a bit late, eh? The store is almost closed! Hmmm, iron battleaxe...medium quality. I'll give you five gold pieces for it. Is that fair?"

 

-Pieis

 

Theros expertly jumps into the open window of a peasant family eating dinner. They are incredibly startled, and the father rushes to find his weapon.

 

+0.1 Acrobatics

 

-Ross

 

A glass orb floats over your head and begins glowing. It states clearly. "Please state name and purpose of visitation."

Theros says, "Hello everyone. Not meaning to bother you, but I'm starving. Do you have anything you could spare?"

 

He takes what they give him (if they give him anything) and walljumps back out the window before the father tries to shoot him or something.

Ok, I'll just assume I was zombying across with the group? Thats basically what I said I would do.

 

"Right, anything need doing people?"

-Pieis

 

The frightened family hands over a leg of chicken and a loaf of bread, before Theros hops out of the window. He lands safely on the ground. Thankfully, no one saw his little escapade.

 

-Rocco

 

"Well, lots of hunters who come into the town to sell their goods use archery often. If you wanted truly good archery instruction, you might want to go to one of the archery schools in the area, training soldiers for the ranger corps. It'd make you adventure through the woods if that's your thing. If you can be my part-time apprentice, helping me with certain tasks, I could recommend your name to the head rangers."

 

-Edel

 

Edel arrives in Avernum. There is an old restricted quarter if you take a right and the peasant's quarter if you take a left. Otherwise, taking a left and continuing past that will lead you to the merchantile and artisan's quarters.

"I'm here about the poster on the noticeboard, the advertisment for an apprentice"

Theros hungrily devours the food before walljumping around the peasant quarter some more.