Hi Pop,
Not much to say today and I’m in a bit of a hurry, we’re in a mine with some orcs.
We left the village and took a ferry… ten gold a head to cross the water, and the same for the horses! Ah well, we were still ahead on the game, so I’m not too worried about it.
After we crossed the water we found an old man being chased by orcs shooting crossbows at him. Curio and Vesper put them to sleep using magic, and Vesper killed four of them.
I know it’s ‘not sporting’, Pop. Neither is five orcs chasing one unarmed and unarmored old man and shooting crossbows at him.
They tied up the leader and questioned him. When they didn’t need him any more they decided to kill him.
Turns out the goblin picked up one of the loaded crossbows while we weren’t looking. He did a good job shooting the orc before the orc knew what was happening, then asked me to reload the crossbow for him.
I know, I know, “can’t trust a gobbo”. I’m not too worried about it, to be honest. If he shoots the wrong person, not only does he stand a chance of being killed on the spot, I won’t reload the crossbow for him.
And he likes that crossbow.
The old man told us about some mines where the orcs had come in and captured everyone, then put them to work. We decided to check it out and see if we can rescue them.
So, I’m in a mine right now and we just killed some orcs. I’ll have to continue this later.
James.