The Hold, Late Evening

The fuzzy dwarf is clearly distracted by the flash of knee from Harmony, and his head is also pulled out of focus by the captain’s shouts (3 and 4 against your rolls, both the trick and the taunt are successes) . Blendin takes his opportunity, striking out with a fast left hand that’s poorly aimed in an unsuccessful attempt to draw his target off-balance (Ag trick at -2, failure) , but the distracted dwarf hardly notices. Blendin twists at the waist, striking a clean fast blow against the dwarf’s chest with his right. Unfortunately, as the blow lands his feet slip on the sand, and very little power is transferred to his target (Hit with raise, but only 5 damage even including the joker bonus. No effect.) .

His target moves to box the wildlings ears (Ag trick, -2MAP, massive failure) but the wildling deftly ducks the blow. Unfortunately, Blendin doesn’t see the fast knee rising up (Wild attack, hit on this one. Target is at minus 2 to hit until next action. 11 damage. Blendin is shaken and has 2 wounds, pending soak) . The crowd “OHHH”s as the wilding is lifted off his feet.

Next round is 9c blendin, kc, Kimball. Kimball will act this evening on my ride home. You’ll have until then crew to try and save your wildling friend from an inglorious failure in the arena. Blendin, you probably want to soak now, with the joker boost. However, there is a crazy option, too. If next round he lands another blow and deals damage, you can soak then, and potentially remove your wounds from this attack without spending a benny for a second soak. Remember, if you decide not to soak here, you will be @ -2 due to wounds (a total of a 4 point shft) when you attempt the later soak. This is a gambly move, but it might save you a benny (it will probably end in tears). Also, if he misses, you won’t draw the soak opportunity. Your call. Might be a good time for those pep talks, guys.

8pm, The Hold, Lecherous Priest

Harmony stands next to the Captain, who is still shaking his head in disbelief, and Xisco who is haggling with Peppard, the local bookkeeper here in the Hold. The arena to the Battlelord here on Tarvala is in a refloored section of the Lecherous Priest’s former hold, a long narrow space with a high row of rough-hewn benches for viewing the action below.

The young woman is wearing her new armor, looking more dangerous than her companions know her to be, but the combination of armor and distractions in the Arena below have kept the usual group of men at bay.

The Void, Second Watch

The crew waves as the ship lifts from its berth in the field. The stalks bend back into place as the sails begin to fill. The captain is at the helm (sailing roll 7 before mods) and points the ship towards the nearest shore.

As they curve outward, avoiding the treetops by mere inches, the crew takes a few minutes to scan for trouble; they note the elven watchtowers here are empty as they pass, and offer no threat (best notice roll was 11).

Taz, having been informed of the happenings in the cave, suggests keeping the details of their task from the crew, at least for now. He suggests focusing on putting Tooly’s skull to rest, refitting, and then letting the crew know when they have a choice to stay with the vessel. He makes it clear his duty is to his comrades, and his old uniform trousers are freshly brushed when next you see him.