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The Enemy Within Revisited Cast:
Gustav Myrthenbaum the Dilettante (Davy White) Falco the Apothecary (Michael Morgan) Hargrin the Troll Slayer (Kevin Bronakoski) Bran the Amber Wizard (David Crapper) Rutger Abend the Zealot (Chris) So, apparently gettin' different people's views is important to the group. It's my turn again so here ya go. After arrivin' at the base of a very high waterfall, we met a couple of human women who would take us to their village, Unterbaum. We had to climb several hundred stairs dug up through the earth to the top of the falls. It was obviously dug by humans, no pride in their work. Uneven steps and a rope railin' if ya can believe it. Rutger seemed to lose his wind about three quarters of the way and we shamed him into makin' the rest of the climb. It was quite the view at the top and I stayed well away from the edge what with there bein' no proper ramparts and such. The ladies had a cart and drove us to their village. Unterbaum looks pretty much as all the rest of the human villages do. The village Elder, Vorster, met us when we arrived and seemed pleasant enough. They don't get many visitors so we got a nice healthy dinner for free. Bran shows up, he's the strange one that can turn into a raven, and pretends he doesn't know us. This part I still don't understand .. Oh and they call him Corrobrand or some such thing. After dinner we talk about where we'll be goin'. It seems that some time ago a great chunk of evil fell from the sky and has corrupted the land in the area called the Devil's Bowl. Lots of decay and nasty creatures have sprung up there, so that is a piece of good news for me. It seemed that Gustav didn't feel the same and tried to weasel out. We convinced him to go. The next mornin' we proceeded to venture into hell. I say this cause we had to learn to use a thing called a canoe. It was the most sad excuse for a boat you can possibly imagine. Brand was teachin' us how to actually flip it and right ourselves since it apparently flips all the time. He was givin' piss poor advice and after several unsuccessful attempts, we retired for the night. The next day started the same and after swallowin' quite a bit of water I realized that there was a better way and easily righted meself. We took off up the river Narn to the Barren Hills. The first night went by fine other then the vicious blood sucking insects. The next day we made it to a section of the river that was too dangerous to travel so we did somethin' called a portage where you pick up your boat and carry it around the bad part on land. Right as we started to walk we were greeted with a loud growl. by Hargrin
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The Enemy Within Revisited Cast:
Gustav Myrthenbaum the Dilettante (Davy White) Hargrin the Troll Slayer (Kevin Bronakoski) Bran the Amber Wizard (David Crapper) Rutger Abend the Zealot (Chris) There’s water water everywhere and I feel like i’ve drunk every drop of it. The Barren Hills they said, a treacherous chaos infested wasteland of twisted branches, and nature forsaken foliage that clung to life but only barely. A rock blasted mound of jagged, razor like rocks that threatened to slice our legs or break an ankle with every step. It was tough, but I was ready for all of that. I’ve climbed the mighty misty mountains, escaped from hordes of goblins in the legendary black fire pass, and even clambered alive if somewhat badly smelling, from the sewers under Ubersreik, But nothing, I repeat nothing could have prepared us for this ‘water’ Now I’ve nothing against water per se, and unlike Falco the pungently smelling ex rat catcher I regularly bathe, at least once a month, and sometimes even twice a month whether i’m in need of it or not. But this was not the luxurious bathing kind, more the white water furious roaring waters kind.. Watching Bran the crazy Raven guy roll the canoe looked fairly straightforward but oh how wrong I was. With nought but some flimsy coconut like helmet for protection we proceeded to capsize our canoes not once, not twice, but countless times. For myself I was determined to not give in and to carry on until success was assured. But my thoughts soon turned to self preservation when I watched the dwarf who’d already expressed doubts about the manner of our journey upriver, pass out from sheer exhaustion and fatigue. His stomach distended like some huge balloon no doubt filled with half the water from the riverbed. At that it appeared that our guide Bran had seen enough and decided we should all head back to Unterbaum for another nights rest and recovery and to allow us to pump the dwarfs stomach of river water and let him rest awhile. And rest we did in those dry beds with not a drop of water in them safe and secure in the knowledge that we’d not have to see them boats again this night. But alas day 2 came and for a time it was more of the same. Paddle paddle, tip, sink, swallow water, half drown, spit water and rinse and repeat. After a while though it seems our instructor gave the order for us to press onwards up the river. I am fairly sure however that this had more to do with our instructor tiring of our pathetic efforts than us being deemed somehow canoeing experts. I have to say for all my uselessness with the paddle the dwarf in particular looks less than seaworthy and I did my utmost best to avoid sharing a boat with him. I am quite sure it will be several weeks until all the water in my ears finally decides to leave my cranium and let me relax. And I must say that while I was not sorry to leave behind our ex captain Badigon the Boatman behind I am starting to understand a little more about why he may have been the cranky whinger that he was. Perhaps a life on the water really does make one a salty old sea dog. by GM Noely |
Noely Been a fan of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay since the 80's. The Enemy Within always stood out as a classic and at the time, and arguably since there was nothing like it. And these pages are my homage to it. Welcome!Enter adventurers! Leave your weapon at the door, grab an ale and make yourself at home. And don't forget to subscribe while you're here. Archives
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