I made my way to Menethil Harbor which is still rather
flooded since the cataclysm. The
townfolk are working on getting it cleaned up but it seems to be taking them
some time. I checked at the inn for a
room and a hot meal and struck up a conversation with the innkeeper. He told me if I was looking for some work, to
talk to a couple of people in town who had some tasks that needed done. I thanked him for the information and retired
for the night. I was up early the next
day and looked these people up. The
tasks were pretty easy – kill sharks in the surrounding area, get some crab
meat for stews and kill the murlocs who were attacking travelers on the road
into Menethil.
Once I had completed all those jobs, the innkeeper told me
to go see Shilah Slabchisel at Swiftgear Station just northeast of
Menethil. So I headed that way killing
off a few murlocs I had missed earlier.
She seemed to be somewhat anxious and when I told her the innkeeper had
sent me she seemed to relax a bit. She
told me that a shipment of gold ingots from the royal treasury had been stolen
by the Mosshide gnolls and asked me to help her retrieve them. It sounded like an easy enough job so I
agreed to help. The gnolls really aren’t
very smart or good fighters. I checked
all their camps that I could find and managed to retrieve a good amount of
ingots in a couple of days. Shilah was
appreciative for what I was able to recover even though there were still a good
deal missing.
I mentioned to Shilah that I had seen some Dwarves out there
while I was retrieving the gold. She
told me she was aware of their presence and that they were Dark Iron Dwarves
and when I indicated that I didn’t know anything about that branch of Dwarves
she gave me a brief history of her people.
We couldn’t figure out what the Dark Irons were up to so I went back to
scout them out a bit. I noticed that
they were capturing the Mosshide gnolls but I couldn’t find any clue as to
why. I decided to try to disrupt their
operations by freeing as many gnolls as I could. I wasn’t as successful as I would have liked
but I did what I could before being forced to retreat back to Swiftgear
Station.
Shilah hadn’t been idle while I was scouting, she had found
a camp of Dark Iron Dwarves just to the east of our location and found out that
the leader of this small group, Yorla Darksnare, was up there. Shilah put forth to me that if Yorla was
removed the Dark Irons would probably leave the area. We decided it was the best plan we had and
several hours before dawn found us making our way to Yorla’s camp.
There were only a few guards around and we dispatched theme
quickly and quietly. Moving as quietly
as we could, we scouted the tents and located Yorla’s. We need a distraction because we knew this
wasn’t going to be easy. Shilah found
some gunpowder and we tossed around the idea of just blowing up the entire camp
but decided against it because we could guarantee that Yorla would be killed in
the explosion. Instead, Shilah set up
smaller explosions to destroy their weapons and some of the tents giving us the
chance to kill Yorla in the confusion and it worked like a charm.
At the sound of the first explosion, everyone poured out of
their tents to see what was going on.
Then there were several other explosions which the majority of the
Dwarves started running toward. Yorla had
emerged armed from her tent at the first explosion and before she could start
shouting orders, I charged her. She was
good. She sensed my attack and countered
it. I knew I couldn’t let this fight
drag on too long and I pressed my attack forcing her back into the tent and
limiting her mobility (and mine as well).
Since I knew what was going on, I had the advantage of not being
distracted by the commotion going on outside and it proved to my advantage as I
finally managed to get in a killing blow.
According to our plan, Shilah should have already started making her way
back toward Swiftgear Station and I quickly darted out of the tent and with a
quick look around to make sure I was unnoticed, I headed that way myself.
Hidden in a copse, we watched as the Dark Iron Dwarves put
out the fires and assess the damage to their camp. One of them finally wondered why Yorla wasn’t
among them and went to her tent to check on her. He came running out almost immediately. There was much talking, yelling and
gesturing. From the snippets of
conversation that came to us upon the wind, it seemed that we managed to kill
Yorla’s second in command with the explosions and the rest of them didn’t know
what to do. With them in discord, we
returned to Swiftgear Station to rest up and grab a bite to eat and discuss our
next move.
That evening, Shilah returned to the Dark Iron’s camp to
scout them out and when she returned to Swiftgear Station, she told me that the
Dwarves had moved out of the area. She
figures they are returning to Shadowforge City for further instructions. With this problem resolved, I decided to move
on. Shilah told me that if I was looking
for more work, I should probably head to the Greenwardens Grove. Tomorrow I will head that way.
Kahlee
((currently Level 28))
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