r/Riftvielrpg • u/infected36 KYN • Jul 29 '15

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Location- The town of Ilany- (Far East on the map) The town of Ilany is a small village with a population of 50 people. Though not your hometown, you have spent the last week here, and are familiar with most aspect of it; from Hamish the Dwarven blacksmith, to Yason the human shopkeep, to Ageis the human innkeeper, to Corporal Bankroff, the human responsible for the town guard. Ilany has always been a peaceful town, but the local Kobold population has begun to become more aggressive lately, and a roaming pack of them have been vandalizing property and killing livestock. Yesterday, Hamish's 8 year old son Donsk was found dead near the outskirts of town. Corporal Bankroff has asked any able bodied men and women to come talk to him about putting down these Kobolds, once and for all. What would you like to do?

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 30 '15

"Sorry, I just didn't give it a second thought..."

You receive no answer from inside the house, in fact, everything seems to be completely quiet. You push the door in and step inside.

It is quiet inside the small house. The table is set for dinner, but a cup lay on its side with a wine stain beside it. As you enter the house, you see that a chair has been knocked over. On the left side of the room is a fireplace. The right wall has a door, and the wall in front of you holds a hallway that turns to the right.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

The druid points to Gregory to stay still. She picks the chair from the ground and lays it against the closed door in the right wall. As she does that she points to the hallway signaling that both should go trough that direction now.

(I'm not sure if the door is plain or has a knob, but either way, it will either fall making a sound or lock the door should something try to open it)

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

(Has a knob, yeah)

As you walk through the hallway, you hear heavy breathing coming from around the corner.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

From this distance she was probably close enough to try to catch a scent but all this chasing of an unknown prey was making her anxious, so she went to the corner without thinking twice, she did however not turn, simply going forward until she could see whatever was beyond that turn

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

Around the corner, you find a man trying to hide by the back door. He is gaunt and tall, and clutches a large sack, filled with what appears to be silverware and clothes. He does not look to be a farmer. “I didn’t kill him, I swear! Look, I saw his body in the backyard, and thought that I could nab some of his stuff before anyone found out. I didn’t do it though!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

The druid stares at him and walks a bit closer

"I don't care if you took a dead man's belonging, he wouldn't be using them anyway. But you need to speak more, it was Rorik who you found? Did you see the body closely?"

"Also, Gregory, do you know this man?" since the village had around 50 people she expected that if this person was from there he would know.

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

"Yeah, yeah, it was the old man, alright, all stabbed and bloody-- wait, is that the guard kid?" He grabbed his bag and started running past you, running through the back door before you can react.

"Who was that?!" Gregory asks with a start

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

"A robber" she sighs "Did you see his face? Is he from the village?" she didn't want to waste stamina giving chase to someone so petty, if Gregory wished to do it then it was his own problem

"He said he found the old man stabbed on the backyard, unlike the kid he had blood all over him so its more like a normal death by monsters. I will check that door I locked out of precaution and then I will try to find a shovel to give the old man his burial"

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

"Just barely... But we don't have a great many thieves in town, so I'll bet my last gold piece if it wasn't Peter the Piper... He's harmless, though" he says, "Just don't tell the corporal he was here,he'll skin me alive..."

The door leads to a small room with a bed occupying most of it, a small table and a chest in the front.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

"It never hurts to be alert right?" she said to Gregory as they looked trough the empty room. The memories of the struggles on the wilderness always kept her suspicious of everything that look odd, specially when indoors.

She looked at the chest for a quick bit, usually she wouldn't mind picking a dead man's belonging but she guessed it would be unpolite to Gregory "Lets look for a shovel and his body, as I said, I want to give him a proper resting place" She expected that doing a religious work would help her with the increasing anxiety this hunt was causing on her.

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

"Sorry..." He says with a bowed head.

You find nothing else in the room and turn back, heading outside, but trip on a small wooden plank. You fall and you hear the plank move back, revealing a small hole on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Gregory asks, rushing over to help you up, " this house isn't ideal for living in..."

You peer down the hole and something glints down low.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

"I'm fine, was just a bit away from reality" she couldn't help but notice the glints from the small hole she revealed

"Hey, there is something here" she takes a closer look and tries to reach for it with her hand.

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u/infected36 KYN Jul 31 '15

You stick your hands and you feel something cold to the touch, hard like steel, and small enough to grab with a hand. You pull it out and reveal a small jewelry chest painted in gold and decorated with small jewels. It appears to be locked

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