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Entry tags:
- ! open,
- { adelaide leblanc },
- { alayre sauveterre },
- { araceli bonaventura },
- { beleth ashara },
- { bruce banner },
- { cyril ashara },
- { eirlys ancarrow },
- { ellana ashara },
- { galadriel },
- { gavin ashara },
- { gorse hissera-iss },
- { jamie mccrimmon },
- { korrin ataash },
- { lace harding },
- { maria hill },
- { maxwell trevean },
- { pel },
- { sabriel },
- { salvatore },
- { samouel gareth },
- { varric tethras },
- { zevran arainai }
THE FALLOW MIRE
WHO: Open to all
WHAT: The Inquisition sends forces to the Fallow Mire to deal with undead, plague, and missing scouts.
WHEN: Firstfall
WHERE: The Fallow Mire: Inquisition camps, Fisher's End, The Tavern, etc.
NOTES: For more information about the setting and RP opportunities in it, check out the OOC Post.
WHAT: The Inquisition sends forces to the Fallow Mire to deal with undead, plague, and missing scouts.
WHEN: Firstfall
WHERE: The Fallow Mire: Inquisition camps, Fisher's End, The Tavern, etc.
NOTES: For more information about the setting and RP opportunities in it, check out the OOC Post.
The trip down the mountains from Skyhold is no walk in the park, and south of the Hinterlands the land turns wet and miserable, subject to seemingly endless storms. Villagers have tried to carve out a meagre existence in the Fallow Mire, but their lives are under constant threat by a tidal wave of undead rising from the murky waters flooding much of the region.
The Inquisition has sent a sizeable force, and travel back and forth between the Mire and Skyhold happens as often and as quickly as conditions allow. The camp is a neat patch of tents on the largest bit of dry land to be found. "Dry" is relative; everything's still pretty muddy. There are several clusters of tents, tucked between rock outcroppings and abandoned buildings, the least leaky of which are being used to store what supplies the Inquisition has managed to haul in over the difficult terrain. Campfires are numerous and fill the area with a constant smouldering glow and low-hanging cloud of smoke that mingles with the morning and evening fogs. It's lovely, really.
Fisher's End barely even counts as a village-- just a haphazard handful of ramshackle buildings perched on the edge of the swamp-- but it does have a single tavern. It's a dreary-looking wooden shack like every other structure in the area, distinguishable only by the lamp still lit above the door and the sign that swings creakily in the breeze. Whatever was painted on it has long since worn away and been molded over. The place is just known as "the tavern" because it is literally the only tavern for miles and miles around.
Inside is dim and smoky from peat-burning fires in the two grates. There are a half-dozen tables with benches, none of which ever seem quite level on the uneven floor. The bar is tended by Thorolf, a grizzled bearded fellow with a local accent so thick he's almost unintelligible. No matter the time of day he serves a simple fisherman's meal of hard bread, salted fish, and a hunk of strong cheese. His cellar is stocked with exactly three varieties of alcohol: one ale, one wine, and one spirit, all of which are strong and dark. There aren't many locals left, but there are usually a few hunched over a mug or huddled around the fire.
The Inquisition has sent a sizeable force, and travel back and forth between the Mire and Skyhold happens as often and as quickly as conditions allow. The camp is a neat patch of tents on the largest bit of dry land to be found. "Dry" is relative; everything's still pretty muddy. There are several clusters of tents, tucked between rock outcroppings and abandoned buildings, the least leaky of which are being used to store what supplies the Inquisition has managed to haul in over the difficult terrain. Campfires are numerous and fill the area with a constant smouldering glow and low-hanging cloud of smoke that mingles with the morning and evening fogs. It's lovely, really.
Fisher's End barely even counts as a village-- just a haphazard handful of ramshackle buildings perched on the edge of the swamp-- but it does have a single tavern. It's a dreary-looking wooden shack like every other structure in the area, distinguishable only by the lamp still lit above the door and the sign that swings creakily in the breeze. Whatever was painted on it has long since worn away and been molded over. The place is just known as "the tavern" because it is literally the only tavern for miles and miles around.
Inside is dim and smoky from peat-burning fires in the two grates. There are a half-dozen tables with benches, none of which ever seem quite level on the uneven floor. The bar is tended by Thorolf, a grizzled bearded fellow with a local accent so thick he's almost unintelligible. No matter the time of day he serves a simple fisherman's meal of hard bread, salted fish, and a hunk of strong cheese. His cellar is stocked with exactly three varieties of alcohol: one ale, one wine, and one spirit, all of which are strong and dark. There aren't many locals left, but there are usually a few hunched over a mug or huddled around the fire.
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It was a shame he wasn't better at ice magic, otherwise he'd offer to make a path for her to walk on. Something he should consider progressing in with Lady LeBlanc when they returned to Skyhold. "Do you want a lift or anything?"
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"I think I can-" She takes another step in the direction of land, even if it is a small spit of dirt, slow and cumbersome due to how thick and heavy everything she's wearing has become, and because this place never likes to be easy, her other foot sticks fast. Now she sighs. "-yeah, uh. Now I think I'm well and truly stuck."
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Wary of how high the water is actually getting, Sam slows his pace, eventually coming to a stop to watch Harding. She looks fine for all but a moment and then suddenly stops. Judging by how she's leaning forward, trying to pull something, it's obvious that something has gotten stuck. "Hold on," he sighs, trudging back towards where the Dwarf was. Once he's gotten close though he offers an arm for her to grab onto so he can help yank her out.
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"Alright. Count of 3. 1. 2. 3-" He eases in pulling her out, not wanting to pop something out of place if the mud doesn't cooperate right away.
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Harding tugs at her stuck fast leg, until she manages to wiggle free. Slightly, and she avoids crashing face first into the water to boot thanks to those great scout reflexes or the fact Sam is right there and so she doesn't fall.
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Harding chuckles. "Less okay than I first figured, though," she reassess. How fast could they get those rafts built and could they be here in the next five minutes? If only. "I'll make a note for dwarves not to come this way, unless aided by our qunari. Or helpful mages."
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Nah.
"-why not."
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"Patrols always this fun?"
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"You never really know," she muses. "The Hinterlands had bears, the mire has undead... bogfishers... mud, and grumpy locals. Clearly the place to be."
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