Dale Logs - 2012

January 2012

• 5th --- Iach Celduin: The right priorities: Clemont ensures the badly injured Lorthrain is tended.
• 5th --- Iach Celduin: Fireflies!: Magnus discovers that it's not only stars one sees when pain strikes.
• 7th --- Express delivery: Saereda acts as courier for a mysterious package.
• 8th --- Iach Celduin: Recruit them young!: The healers' attention to the gravely injured Lord Lorthrain finally bears fruit - or was it young (tempalt) Dwenn's yelling?
• 10th --- Iach Celduin: Twilight skirmish: Whilst a picked band of Dale-landers destroys the Isengarders' seige weaponry, the Morians pursue the larger 'decoy' army toward the forest.
• 12th --- Iach Celduin: Tongue-tied: The female soldier Wray finds a fellow with a knife may have the solution to an... urgent problem.
• 14th --- Iach Celduin: Dawn daring: Scouting parties led by Dale-lands and goblin forces clash (incomplete).
• 16th --- The search goes on: Edwyn returns to the library to see what he's paying for.
• 16th --- Iach Celduin: Trouble in the tunnels!: A small force of goblins breaks through the Dale-lander's second barricade, though sans 'boomers'.
• 17th --- Iach Celduin: Battle for Iach Celduin (Part 1): The Barding relief force arrives at last!
• 24th --- Digging up the hatchet?: Isobel and Arla find that misunderstandings are a prime source of conflicts.
• 26th --- Tying the knot: Arla and Loren's wedding reception. All Esgaroth is invited, though the couple may regret their generosity when one particular citizen arrives to offer his congratulations.
• 31st --- The last first kiss: Is the newly-wed Arla already looking for extramarital adventures - and with Brev of all people? Well, surely not in front of an audience...

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February 2012

• 3rd --- Business, not pleasure: Brev drops by the Taurdain suites. His purpose? Business.
• 8th --- The surgeon's in: A scholar ventures below to discuss the infirmary.
• 9th --- Out of the way!: A brief encounter turns unpleasant when neither Alaric nor Isobel will budge.
• 9th --- In search of a thief: Louse reckons Tristan is acting suspiciously.
• 20th --- MeoRAWR!: Arla and Kanyaria have at each other with fists and daggers while a shocked audience observes.
• 22nd --- A Prince Behind Bars: Prince Bard visits Lady Arla Taurdain in the Stockade, to discuss her upcoming trial, and the events surrounding it.
• 22nd --- Heavy Burdens: Lady Isobel Taurdain stops by at Girion Place to speak with Prince Bard regarding her cousin's plight.
• 29th --- The trial: Exactly what it sounds like - the trial of Lady Kanyaria and Lady Arla.

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March 2012

• 1st --- Preparing for a journey: Arla and Loren are leaving town; Brev and Aravis witness their departure.
• 2nd --- Fresh air: Isobel and Brev take a stroll, and some opinions are aired.
• 4th --- Boyfriend? What boyfriend?: Louse's finely-honed ability to jump to conclusions is giving Isobel headaches.
• 6th --- Ceasefire: Four ladies convene in the Fiery Flagon.
• 7th --- Two households, alike in dignity: Guildmaster Alaric pays a visit to Lady Isobel Taurdain - and he's in an unusually good mood.
• 10th --- What's in a name?: Brev shares a name or two and Oriana hints that she's a lady of mystery.
• 13th --- A humble petition: Lord Dedron exchanges pleasantries with a trio of visiting Elves and bends his ear to a request regarding the Underdecks Infirmary.
• 15th --- Karath concerns: Oriana attempts to gauge the mood of the common-folk regarding the recent trial. Perhaps Brev was not the best person to ask?
• 16th --- Party all night (sleep all day?): A birthday party takes place in the street outside the Taurdain residence.
• 20th --- Shepherd's pie, fisherman's stew... carpenter's lunch?: Isobel stops by Brev's workshop to share a piece of news or two. And, more importantly, lunch.

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April 2012

• 1st --- A dark and stormy night: Louse witnesses a fragment of a mysterious business transaction.
• 3rd --- A matter for question?: No sooner is Lord Barlin home than problems come calling at his door.
• 7th --- Worth her weight in gold: Scampre finds Louse's opinion most invaluable.
• 12th --- A few loose slates: Brev takes a break from mending Saereda's roof.
• 16th --- The wanderer's return: Isobel returns to Esgaroth, and Kanyaria makes a surprise announcement.
• 17th --- Fish out of water: What's Isobel doing in the Fishtale in Brev's company? Scampre's attempts to find out aren't exactly welcomed.
• 17th --- Hobnobbing nobs: There's an inpromptu party in Girion place and both commoners and nobles enjoy themselves.
• 19th --- Hey ho! To the bottle we go!: Two noble ladies indulge, perhaps a little too much.
• 24th --- Of herbs:The travelling herbalist Hewin makes friends with Isobel Taurdain. Or not.
• 26th --- Herbs revisited: A mysterious concoction is discussed in the healer house down below.
• 27th --- The end of an Arathmor: Alaric proves that people in Merchant Houses shouldn't throw stones.

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May 2012

• 1st --- A heart to heart: Brev doles out some good advice to one of the apprentice scribes.
• 5th --- Flying stools!: Oriana is the unfortunate victim of flying furniture! In the ensuing brawl a King's Man comes to the rescue ... [INCOMPLETE]
• 6th --- Of heroes: Goodness and honour are praised in the Market Square.
• 8th --- Drunk in charge of a Green Shirt?: Louse rounds up a drunken stray - only to find out this one's a Girion!
• 11th --- Whack-a-rat!: The Warden Riordan comes across a young would-be entrepreneur.
• 14th --- Assault and battery?: [INCOMPLETE: SECOND HALF ONLY]There's violence afoot outside Girion Place. What do open bedroom windows and dropped shoes have to do with it?
• 15th --- Dockside Dawdling: What could two Taurdain, one Arathmor and one carpenter (unrelated) have to say to one another?
• 18th --- In search of the past: Master Gidon stops by the library, looking for some answers.
• 19th --- Winter solstice: Some Telling Tales: An evening of stories and Brue's special wassail.
• 20th --- Winter solstice: Conquer the conker!: It's age versus use and Decks versus nobility in the annual Conker championship.
• 21st --- Winter solstice: The burning flame: The annual bonfire that marks the beginning of the new year is lit.
• 24th --- Chill and frosty morning: Brev guides his sick wife Caoimhe through the marketplace. Oriana's efforts to warm up an icy atmosphere with spiced apple tea are countered by Scampre's own brand of fire
• 26th --- Dear Oriana: A patient herself in the Healing House, Lady Oriana nevertheless has to advise others.
• 28th --- Revenge of a rogue?: Oriana's visit to Brev's workshop reveals that perhaps Scampre hasn't forgotten a certain incident involving a stool ...
• 29th --- In the ghetto: Delling is the centre of a boisterous party in the Fishtale and even receives congratulations from one Greenshirt...
• 29th --- Buns in the oven: What could Caoimhe and Mistress Beate, the baker's wife, have to talk about?

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June 2012

• 1st --- Uncooked goose: Malris has a mission in the Market!
• 2nd --- The importance of being earnest: Ellinor of Taurdain has a chat with the barmaid Khyla about both this and that.
• 2nd --- Town Hall Tete-a-tetes: Quiet conversations, but one carries less unsavoury connotations than the other.
• 4th --- Wine and Crumpets: Lady Oriana of Karath and the young woman Caoimhe discuss matrimony.
• 5th --- In search of the past: Karath Questions: Gidon has some questions for Lady Oriana, at Brev's prompting.
• 10th --- A cradle delivered: The eager Girion parents-to-be receive a new piece of furniture and extend an invitation.
• 12th --- Metre or yard?: There's an outbreak of rhyming couplets in the Training Yard!
• 12th --- In search of the past: A name of fame: Brev seeks information from Scampre, and perhaps learns more than he bargained for.
• 14th --- In search of the past: All in the intonation: Meddoc or Maedoc? It's a hard question to ask without speaking ...
• 17th --- Eastward bound: Departure: The travelling party leaves Esgaroth.
• 19th --- Eastward bound: Of herbs and hot water: Mistress Aebbe and Lady Isobel exchange a few words on the topic of herblore.
• 20th --- A whole new world: Caoimhe introduces Ban to news of the rest of Middle-earth, over whiskey.
• 21st --- Beware the dagger: Ailith has a shiny new dagger, much to Alger's and Brev's chagrin.
• 21st --- In search of the past: Friends in low places: Scampre delivers the promised details.
• 22nd --- In search of the past: The end of the road?: Gidon learns a few things about his supposed kin that he'd rather not have known.
• 24th --- Old friends, new friends: A blossoming new friendship? Things turn increasingly awkward when some of the men in Caoimhe's life start showing up.
• 24th --- Eastward bound:' Buhr Mahrling:' The travellers finally arrive at the next destination.
• 25th --- Eastward bound: Horses for courses: Riordan's Iago draws some almost-local attention.
• 25th --- Cold caller: Ban is unpleasantly surprised to learn who's looking after the Infirmary.
• 26th --- Spot the difference: Ailith takes it into her head that her poor long-suffering guard might have the measles.
• 27th --- Eastward bound: Mother knows best: Aebbe takes Oriana to meet her son, the Karath lady's childhood playmate.
• 27th --- Bad hair day: Caoimhe has a wound tended and gets a haircut.
• 28th --- Burning the midnight oil: Ban, working late in his office, has an unexpected visitor.
• 29th --- Till Court Do Us Part: Brev and Caoimhe dissolve their union in front of a self-righteous clerk, while Ban keeps it peaceable.

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July 2012

• Taken at the Flood: The Taurdain suites are near flooded by a steady stream of visitors.
• 5th --- Drink the whole town dry: It's guys' night out for Jamis, Loren and Ban.
• 5th --- In search of the past: Family resemblance?: The brothers Meuric are observed in the Fishtale.
• 10th --- LONDAROTH: Homewards bound: The travellers reach Londaroth.
• 10th --- The world through a bottle: Loren intrudes upon Brev's peace but at least he came bearing gifts.
• 11th ---Home at last!: The intrepid adventurers return after their foray deep into Easterling land. But is one of their party really dead?
• 12th --- Sketchy trade: Caoimhe plies her latest trade in the Market Square. Though not very well for she forgets to charge!
• 13th --- The winning hand: Ban plays a round of cards with Delling. Careful, Rhinvan, don't you know that this minstrel always plays to win?
• 13th --- The high risk conversation: Ban Rhinvan once again pays a visit to the Taurdain residence and ends up with more than he bargained for.
• 16th --- The Honest Truth: Oriana has a conversation with Caoimhe on the delicate matter of respectability.
• 18th --- Noble thoughts: Lord Arathmor and Lady Isobel bandy words in the market.
• 19th --- Loose ends: Louse, Ban and Caoimhe have a conversation on wide-ranging topics.
• 23rd --- Sink or swim?: Two noble ladies and their friend seek a quiet bathing spot.
• 23rd --- In search of the past: Brief update: A dinner invitation is discussed.
• 23rd --- Iach Celduin: No stone left unturned: Corporal Brenton (Ban) arrives determined to follow Lord Lorthrain's orders to the letter.
• 24th -- Meet the parents: Caoimhe gets more than she bargained for when she meets Ban's parents, and there are plenty of surprises all around.
• 25th -- Mirkwood: The caravan in Mirkwood: A hapless caravan coming towards Dale from the west is ambushed by orcs - but from where?
• 26th -- Daggers at dawn: Falstaff bungles and Loren watches warily while Brev shows Ban how to use a dagger. (What?!)
• 26th -- A matter of size: How much infirmary is too much infirmary? Ban, Brev, and Isobel discuss the proposed expansion.
• 27th -- Mirkwood: The enemy revealed: A patrol under Lieutenant Harthon and Corporal Brenton ends in tragedy and the discovery of a threat to the Dale-lands.
• 30th --- The matter of a birthday: What do you give to someone who (presumably) has it all? Lady Niamh thinks that a box to keep a bottle of wine in might be the ticket.
• 31st --- Taking chances: The Gambling Hall attracts a more upscale clientele, as a self-justifying moneylender, his pregnant fiancee, a merchant, and two Arathmors descend upon it one night.
• 31st --- Hunting for something?: Oriana listens to a request from Brev - just what's the connection with the phrase 'tit for tat'?
• 31st --- An apple a day ...: Louse tries to negotiate on the price of an apple.

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August 2012

• 1st --- Straight to the point?: Ban practises his dagger skills; Lady Isobel is on an errand of mercy.
• 2nd --- A Public Proposal: Jamis draws far too much attention to himself, but Saereda doesn't seem to mind that much.
• 6th --- Iach Celduin: A call to arms: Corporal Brenton sets Iach Celduin into a tizzy with news of the orc threat.
• 7th --- Iach Celduin: Smoke and mirrors: Corporal Brenton and Sergeant Mordrin find and engage orcs far closer to Iach Celduin than seen for a year.
• 8th --- Passing the Buck: Saereda makes a surreptitious handoff to Ban, and the two discuss the latter's Infirmary project and its messy politics. Perhaps a little too loudly...
• 13th --- Don't draw the noble's blood: Under Brev's guidance, Ban and Kanyaria spar. There's only one rule... (backdated)
• 11th --- Londaroth: Fear itself: The combined assault of uruks, uruk-hai, and a mysterious shadow upon Londaroth is defeated by forces under Prince Bard, but not without cost...
• 12th --- Londaroth: Better out than in: Gerik brings the unconscious Oriana in for tending.
• 13th --- Londaroth: Time to get moving: Jamis announces the army's return home.
• 14th --- Londaroth: Hidden meaning?: Oriana has something on her mind - but what? If only Brev spoke Elvish ...
• 15th --- B is for ... Brev?: Brev's compensation for teaching Ban the dagger is lessons of another kind.
• 16th --- Visiting hours: Lady Oriana has a few visitors - one of whom is more affectionate with the wounded than is wise...
• 17th --- Absent no longer: After being gone for years, Bernar, Lord of House Karath, returns to find his sister Oriana wounded - and unforgiving.
• 17th --- Good stewardship: Bernar, the returned Lord of Karath, finds the Steward keeping secrets from him. The impropriety!
• 19th --- The chain of command: Bernar, t'he Lord of Karath, confirms his suspicion: Oriana is having him watched.
• 20th --- Bound by hand and heart: Ban and Caoimhe celebrate their wedding feast with friends, family, gifts, and surprise visitors.
• 21st --- Honor and duty: In recognition of his services to House Karath and Oriana, Bernar bestows upon Gerik the title of Lord.
• 21st --- Clash of the Titans: Isobel and Jamis face each other down.
• 21st --- Old family, new friends: Riordan almost doesn't recognize Bernar, who offers the moon to Brev for saving his sister's life.
• 21st --- A shutter loose?: Loren assists with some carpentry and allows his thoughts to become a little unhinged.
• 22nd --- Of negligence and debts: Bernar and Oriana discuss Caoimhe's character and Bernar's past.
• 22nd --- Handle with care!: Brev learns - reluctantly - how to hold a baby.
• 23rd --- Horse sense: Lady Isobel and the High Warden Riordan exchange words in the stables.
• 25th --- An education: Bernar dares to venture into the library in search of that elusive thing, education. Gerik and Louse show up to throw their two cents in.
• 25th --- Straight talk: Bernar and Kanyaria trade barbs after Bernar helps Saereda load her cart. Also, what's this talk about dwarf figurines?
• 26th --- Lord, interrupted: Bernar's studies receive welcome interruptions from a steady, endless stream of visitors.
• 27th --- A push in the right direction: Ailith attempts to give Alger a little friendly encouragement. It should come as no surprise that the Lake is involved ...
• 28th --- Like father, like son?: Riordan meets a young man who claims a very interesting parentage. And just what was his mother's name, again?
• 28th --- Just browsing, thanks: Bernar inspects the wares at Conwy's Goods. Saereda helps him find the perfect gift, while the Lord seems to have a purpose in mind for young Tristan ...
• 28th --- Dinner discourse: The Flagon provides the setting for a very pleasant dinner.
• 29th --- Troubles doubled: Riordan exchanges pleasantries with a pair of polite, if frosty, Arathmor nobles. Louse lurks about picking up wrong ideas.
• 29th --- Fifty shades of red: Alger, Bernar, and Ailith trade pleasantries before Isleen arrives and goes crimson. Brev assists his fellow healer, while Isobel is looking for someone.

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September 2012

• 3rd --- Double the Rio: Riordan has a word with his supposed offspring.
• 4th --- Buhr Marling: Business Unstated?: Master Warden Riordan arrives in Buhr Marling to ... buy a boat, perhaps?
• 5th --- Buhr Marling: Two sides to every tale: Riordan confronts the boatbuilder Farad and finds their recollections don't quite match up.
• 5th --- Dancing Queen: At her wedding ball, Ailith proves that some traits are indeed hereditary.
• 11th --- The shoe is on the other foot: Brev pays a visit to the leatherworker Rheda and seems to have a sudden interest in the crafting process.
• 12th --- More cops on the beat!: Lady Ailith of Girion informs Loren that it's time something was done about the numbers of Watchmen in the Underdecks.
• 17th --- Workshop interlude: The High Warden Riordan returns from his recent travels and... goes looking for Brev?
• 18th --- Good relations: A misconception regarding Riordan's interest in that young man Riolan is laid to rest.
• 18th --- Watching the ships roll in':' Lady Oriana returns from her travels and Riolan and Riordan happen to be there as she disembarks.
• 18th --- All in a good cause: Brev asks Bernar for money.
• 25th --- Of Councils and carpentry: Brev delivers a report requested on the state of repair of the Underdecks.
• 28th --- Midwinter music: A bardic evening in the Flagon attracts visitors and noble entertainers.
• 30th --- Tell me a story: Brev tells a tale in the Great Hall. Isobel attempts to speed things up, while Gerik is called upon for input.

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October 2012

• 8th --- Do me a favour?: Brev seeks Ailith's help in soliciting more funds.
• 11th --- Late-night beggar?: A house-call to Arathmor that's perhaps just a little out-of-hours ...
• 12th --- The Taurdain Inquisition: Is there a monopoly on good works? Apparently so, as Brev finds out to his cost.
• 23rd --- The trumpet shall sound: Riordan intercepts a Dwarven visitor to Karath Manor, who's looking for ... a trumpet?
• 25th --- Showered in knowledge!: Louse has a little mishap in the library when Jherinor startles her.
• 29th --- Mulling it over: Louse asks Ailith for drinking advice - and Ailith herself remembers that she was supposed to speak to Isobel about the Infirmary. What was it she was to say, again?
• 29th --- More than a pretty face: Riolan is up late ... or early; Brev does his good deed for the day and gains a new admirer.

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November 2012

• 6th --- Drinks on the House!: Oriana and Raedwald reveal their true feelings under alcohol's influence.
• 8th --- A Louse by any other name: Innocent little Sian comes out with a far-from innocent name for Louse - and cites Tristan as the source.
• 11th --- Throwing down the gauntlet: Louse decides to get her own back. Tristan is left wondering what hit him ...
• 18th --- Kiss and make up?: Louse and Tristan find an unexpected source of unity.
• 27th --- Pulling out the rug: A meeting with Lady Niamh, supposedly regarding the Wharf crafts project, takes a rather alarming turn for Brev.

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December 2012

• 6th --- Feaguing a jade: Brev learns, courtesy of Loren, that ignorance with regards to horse care isn't always a bad thing.

• 25th --- A Return, With Interest: Ban tells Isobel of his errand to claim his son. and they return to the Infirmary project.
• 26th --- Cutting it close: Bernar gets a cut on his unarmored head in the training yard. He and Brev chat while the latter sees to the wound.
• 27th --- Civil disturbance: A handful of nobles and Brev get caught up in an angry crowd after a fight erupts between two guildsmen and the Watch brutally suppresses rumor of Lord Roskar Arathmor's death.
• 27th --- Black sheep: There's an Arathmor woman in the King's Men?!
• 29th --- Squaring the circle: Bernar has a commission for Brev and asks Tristan to become his ... square? Perhaps Sian needs to clean his ears ...

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