Sunday, December 23, 2007

"I Ain't Got No Body" by Ariel Longshanks

Ookla, Rhukaan Draal city official and Head of the Orcish Clan Mock, released a statement this morning regarding the disappearance of two bodies, or at least the remains of two bodies, from the city morgue. "We are shocked," said Ookla, "and will not rest until we find the ghoul who stole these bodies. It's an outrage." Sources close to the investigation state that the missing remains were from a dismembered Half-Orc and Warforged. Two other bodies, initially reported as Goblinoid and later revealed to be Giants, remain in the morgue, though no word on their autopsies has been released.

In a related story, the Black Market price on Warforged parts has skyrocketed in recent months as Warforged in all parts of Eberron are requiring replacement parts. Cleve d'Cannith, artificer and former Warforged creator said, "Da cheap-ass parts we bought from fact'ries in da Eldeen Reaches back inna day was crap! I told my boss back den dat we should use up-market parts from Breland. Shit! Even da stuff brought in from Cyre back den was better dan dat stuff from da Reaches. 'No,' he says. 'You can't beat da price o' sweatshop goods.' Now we're paying da price, with all da Warforged fallin' apart. It's no wonder da market is going tru da roof." Mr. d'Cannith has recently opened a shop in Sharn called "A Little Piece" that sells used Warforged parts and has recently contracted out for new parts. "Sure, no more new Warforged are allowed to be created, but dere's no law against makin' spare parts. I got a boomin' business. I been shippin' stuff all over Khorvaire and make a lot of shipments to Xen'drik, but what surprised da hell outta me was dat I got some orders from Aerenal and Argonnessen. Who da hell knew dey even had Warforged out dere."

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