Lawmen in the northern plains of Darguun uncovered a bloody scene recently. The remains of at least three humanoids and one living construct were discovered scattered across a relatively small area along a well-traveled road. No arrests have been made in what authorities are so far only calling “another senseless massacre.”
M’Tundaar, a Bugbear Barbarian, bounty hunter, mercenary, and favorite at open mic nights in Rhukaan Draal said, “This isn’t the worst massacre I’ve ever seen in terms of numbers of bodies, but it sure was the bloodiest. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get that scene out of my head. If it wasn’t for the fact that we found the Half-Orc’s head intact I would have been hard pressed to even figure out that he was humanoid considering the state of the rest of him.”
M’Tundaar refused to release some details, describing the remaining victims only as two Goblinoids and a Warforged who “had markings indicating that he originated in Breland” and “had seen a lot of battle prior to his last skirmish here in Darguun.” M’Tundaar also said there were other “strange things” that could not be explained. “There was some rock wall that never was there before. I don’t know where the heck that came from. It’s a mystery to me.” There were also some suspicious markings on the ground that looked as if some kind of carriage accident had taken place. “I’ll be damned if I can find any pieces of a carriage, though,” M’Tundaar said.
In a possibly related story, Ookla, one of Rhukaan Draal’s city officials said that he had reports of a party of seven people who had instigated several fights in the city only days before the massacre in the north. According to one pre-teen Goblin, who refused to be named, “the party included a Half-Orc and a Warforged, who choked me, shoved silver pieces in my mouth, and tossed me away like a sack of garbage. Even before that I saw the Half-Orc hitting some of the sellers in the open market. I don’t think I’ve been so scared in all my life.”
Sellers in the market were more reluctant to talk, but one said he remembered a suspicious group that included a Half-Orc and Warforged, as well as a “female Hobgoblin who got fresh with me,” but “refused to say even one word. It was like she didn’t understand me at all. The Half-Orc kept telling her what I was saying. It was weird.”
For now the “weirdness” will probably continue. More slaughter will probably take place and more questions will be raised. The real question, however, is “Will we ever get any answers to this shocking rise in violent crime?” The answer is probably “No.”
Ariel Longshanks, Darguun Examiner
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"but one said he remembered a suspicious group that included a Half-Orc and Warforged, as well as a “female Hobgoblin who got fresh with me,” but “refused to say even one word."
Why do you need words when actions speak so much louder? ;)
(DM's note: Ogres/half-ogres are Giants, not goblinoids. They only spoke goblinoid because they were born & raised in Darguun.)
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