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Within moments a few came to walk me in.  They made mock of my age and the limp I effected.  They  grabbed the riens of my mules and I thought to stop them but it occurred to me that they were unlikely to harm them.  There was plenty of meat around without butchering mule.
 
Within moments a few came to walk me in.  They made mock of my age and the limp I effected.  They  grabbed the riens of my mules and I thought to stop them but it occurred to me that they were unlikely to harm them.  There was plenty of meat around without butchering mule.
  
As I was brought to the hetman of this gang of ruffians the people of the Vale watched me in silence and fear.  I could hear someone in my cabin being abused.. I silently cast my sense into the room and found two ruffians and one of the young girls that lived in the vale.. The one inhorsed went to sleep as I cast Personal Paralysis.  Having someone frozen on top of one is better then having them die. The other however got the full Lorgus powered Cardiac arrest that made his heart erupt from his chest like a paint-filled balloon.
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As I was brought to the hetman of this gang of ruffians the people of the Vale watched me in silence and fear.  I could hear someone in my cabin being abused.. I silently cast my sense into the room and found two ruffians and one of the young girls that lived in the vale.. The one inhorsed went to sleep as the sleep spell as I cast Personal Paralysis.  Having someone frozen on top of one is better then having them die. The other however got the full Lorgus powered Cardiac arrest that made his heart erupt like a paint filled balloon.
  
 
The Hetman looked up at me,
 
The Hetman looked up at me,
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Once the people were assembled the hetman stood and put his hand on by shoulder, a sword in his other hand.  He slapped my back to start me.  Some part of him may have wondered at the shoulders that did not feel frail.
 
Once the people were assembled the hetman stood and put his hand on by shoulder, a sword in his other hand.  He slapped my back to start me.  Some part of him may have wondered at the shoulders that did not feel frail.
  
“People of Veksvale.  I know, i've never liked that name.  But it seems we have guests and I intend to make them welcome.”  
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“People of Veksvale.  I know, i've never liked that name.  But it seems we have guestsI intend to make them welcome.”  
  
Twisting my arm up and over the hand on my shoulder, turning, striking the hetman and twisting his head sideways with a horrifically crunching sound.  Stepping away as the body falls like a cut marionette.  Gripping his broadsword in the left hand, drawing it from the sheath as he fell away. .  
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Twisting my arm up and over the hand on my shoulder, turning, striking the hetman and twisting his head sideways with a horrifically crunching sound.  Stepping away as the body falls like a cut marionette.  Gripping his broad sword in the left hand, drawing it from the sheath as he fell away. .  
  
 
Stepping to the nearest brigand, the iron knife shifting to its Bowie knife form and dragging the broadsword against his cheek, sheering the top of his head clean off above the teeth.   
 
Stepping to the nearest brigand, the iron knife shifting to its Bowie knife form and dragging the broadsword against his cheek, sheering the top of his head clean off above the teeth.   
  
Several steps more ended the brigands who had been on either side of the hetman, his boon companions, his lieutenants, in a fall of edged steel amongst the surprised warrior.  The last had steel in his hand but he had fear in his eyes.  I sheered his arm clean at the elbow as his blade bounced of my skull. I left his screaming as he bleed to death.   
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Several steps more ended the brigands who had been on either side of the hetman, his boon companions, his lieutenants.   
  
Only a few moments had passed, but that was enough for the brigands to know death had come for them... They broke and ran.
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Only a few moments had passed, enough for the brigands to know death had come for them... They broke and ran.
  
 
And the saying told in realms from Amber to Chaos was apparently true in this world too.  Run, and you just die tired.  
 
And the saying told in realms from Amber to Chaos was apparently true in this world too.  Run, and you just die tired.  
  
I hunted them.  They made no attempt to hide their trails and it probably didn't occur to them they needed. It wouldn't have mattered.  I could track them by sign or Sigil and i was inspired to be thorough.
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I hunted them.  They made no attempt to hide their trails and it probably didn't occur to them they needed. It wouldn't have mattered.  I could track them by sign or Sigil.
  
When I returned I found them cleaning the vale and stacking the dead.  They had wandered down my trails and collected remains.  They were building a bonfire.  A merry blaze it would be.
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When I returned I had remembered to I found them cleaning the vale and stacking the dead.  They had wandered down my trails and collected remains.  They were building a bonfire.  A merry blaze it would be.
  
As the fire burned the people of Veksvale finally asked me what I was?  I tried telling them I was just a soldier, and one without a country.  They were not convinced but they made me realize that while I had come here a stranger, a traveler, I had made a home for these people.  So this scattering of homesteads needed a center as much as they needed a leader.
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As the fire burned the people of Veksvale finally asked me what I was?  I tried telling them I was just a soldier, and one without a country.  They were not convinced but they made me realize that while I had come here a stranger, a traveler, I had made a home for these people.  So this scattering of homesteads needed a center.
  
 
=='''Fort Vek'''==
 
=='''Fort Vek'''==

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