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Anger at Spelsa's use of the bowl without proper preparation and permission soon evaporates as he takes in the vision of the young girl so distraught. Merlin grabs Spelsa and orders her to stop screaming and tell him what she saw in her vision. Spelsa sobs, and with difficulty controlling her emotions tells Merlin what she saw.....
"Merlin," she says, "One of the Queens party is in mortal danger! I see him fall with all the others fighting around him."
"Who girl!" Merlin demands.
"I can't tell! The image wasn't clear enough!", she replies as she slumps to the floor.
Merlin is worried as the Queens party has no communication devices to use. He knows what must be done.

Queen Lorry Rayne's party lands at the docks of the Lunar Isles, and the party leaves the boat. They take notice of a shadowy figure following behind, dressed in the gear of a Fremennik whom they assume is just another passenger. This new man stands by the bank on Lunar Isle while the Queen and the Princess conduct business with the leaders of the Moonclan. Some of the men, growing bored of all the politics, inquire of the island's attractions. They notice a beautiful lady is tending a garden north of the town that looks as if she requires a few able bodies to help her in bringing in the crops. Miss Pauline suddenly becomes a person to get to know and chat to for the men. Jura Mist agrees that the men can go out and explore, but cautions them that they must travel in a group.

Vlarkin, Psycotropy, Firemakers, and Manny venture out to the north of the town.

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Kid Arthur

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Unfortunatly, they become lost and find themselves surrounded by Suqah, many many Suqah! Manny the Jester is first to react as new enemy has surrounded them. Manny reaches into his Jester outfit and removes his juggling clubs, three from each pocket, and starts twirling them. He threw one from each hand, and scored knockouts with both clubs! Vlarkin removes his two handed dragon sword. As they move in his hands, it all becomes a blur of fury! Suqah die in a haze of rendered flesh and flying metal. Psycotropy is standing just behind Manny, and the cook fires off a volley of cook's knives between Manny's flying clubs. Up goes one, and then the other club is used for hitting the Suqah with deadly accuracy. Firemakers was standing near a small shed when a Suqah burst out of the scant shelter, and swung a mighty axe hitting Firemakers a deadly blow.
At that moment, in stepped the mysterious Fremennik with axes in both hands felling the Suqah that had attacked Firemakers. Before it hit the ground, the Fremennik was at Firemakers' side applying herbs and salves to try to heal the fallen warrior. By the time the others had finished killing the remaining Suqah, a massive flash erupted in the middle of the battlefield, and Merlin appeared and in a faint form, but with a blinding sheet of lightning and every form of magic swirling around him waiting to be unleashed. Runes in the magical sheet explode towards everything on the battlefield. Friends gain spells of Vengance and Heal Other, while the foes are vaporized into nothing under a barrage of all the attack spells.

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30-Apr-2018 23:53:35

Kid Arthur

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Merlin turns and sees Firemakers fallen body and launches the rest of the spells at the Fremennik bending over his body. Horrendous flames of all colors fly at the Fremennik and are completely absorbed into his body to Merlin's great surprise. "Absorbed maybe, but hurts like a....." Ryou mumbled, and then spoke, " Hello Father, did you really need to use ice spells/ I'm freezing now." Ignoring the comment, Merlin walked over to his son and knelt down next to the fallen body of Firemakers and sadly sighed, "He is gone."
Merlin stood and called all to gather the enemy's weapons, most notably, the great axes. The men scrambled to grab all of the axes knowing why. They would need wood, and lots of it. Trees were felled, and the wood collected in a massive pile under the supervision of the Fremenik Ryou, Merlin's son! When the pyre was completed Merlin cast a unknown spell on the wood and it floated as one huge mass in a perfect pyre, Ryou performed a slight gesture and Firemakers' body appeared on top of the pyre.

Queen Lorry Rayne, with Princess Fierysfury, and Jura Mist walked out of the meeting with the Moonclan's leader. They saw the huge magical pyre and the body it held. They weeped for the loss and for the glorious burial such a brave warrior deserved. Jura Mist was asked to light the pyre. As he fumbled though his pockets for the runes he was to use to create a fire spell, Merlin walked over to and touched him.

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30-Apr-2018 23:54:01

Kid Arthur

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Jura Mist felt the raw magical energy as it coursed through him, and he called upon a bright and hot fire spell which he held in his hand for just a moment before pushing it towards the magical pyre. The pyre lights with a tremendous roar. Merlin pushes Firemakers' pyre out to sea, and all watch as it disappears over the horizon. Tears reach each and every eye as Firemakers makes his final journey home.

King Kid Arthur finished up his talks with the leaders of Miscellania. With both peoples happy with the arrangement, they all wander out into the courtyard where a feast was laid out and began to eat and talk. Shouts of seeing something impossible coming ring throughout the castle, and everyone looked to the sky to see a massive funeral pyre with a mighty wizard floating beside it. "Merlin!", King Kid Arthur calls out, and Merlin floats down to the king explaining the strange and tragic events of the day. Everyone hears the conversation and all bow heads as one in respect to the fallen warrior. Merlin waves his hand at the funeral pyre, sending it out over the sea. It's flame growing stronger the further it travels away from them. Just as the pyre travels just beyond their view, a mighty boom shakes them, and a magnificent display of shooting bright balls of color erupt in all directions. Farewell brave Firemakers!

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30-Apr-2018 23:54:33

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In separate places and with heavy hearts, the King and Queen decide as one that it was time to return to their home. Separate ships docked at Rellekka. The King and Queen's parties, together again, head out of town. As they travel, they recount the details of the battle on Lunar Isle. Much back slapping, hugs, and tears are exchanged as the general mood changes from one of sorrow and loss, to thoughts of glory and new adventure, Adventuring isn't the safest hobby after all.
They all arrive at Camelot, and walk through the gates into a garden of sheer beauty taking note of the one man tending the roses with love and care, Bomber the Master Gardener. As he sees the group, he nods and says, "Mernin'", and then resumes work on the roses.
A few days pass, and no one notices Bomber forming up his gardening students. They are a brutish bunch of fellows, better suited to the battlegrounds of the world than the gardens of Camelot. Special hardened men unable to use anything they don't win in battle, the Ironman Guard consists of Axax, Audrey, Atro, Giff, Dan, Ol Jack and Squishy. They all tend the gardens with Bomber, but normally carry tools and push wheelbarrows full of plants or mulch and manure for the lush gardens surrounding the castle. On this day however, Bomber has his small kit packed, very small, it consisted of a small scrap of paper with a crude drawing on it of some beast, a quill and ink and some parchment bound into a well worn book with all manners of stains on it and leaves sticking out of it.

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30-Apr-2018 23:55:02

Kid Arthur

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It contains the master gardener's life works of knowledge. The castle occupants rest and recover from the march from Rellekka, and continue to mourn for the loss of Firemakers. They are all unaware when Bomber and his squad slips out of the castle grounds and make a fast run to the place where revenge will be swift and brutal. On they run into the night, pausing for a hurried meal of rabbit that each man had caught. Axax struggles with the body of a larger beast that he killed. The Ironmen teased Axax about his proposed meal of a curious beast with a single large horn protruding from its forehead. Bomber scratched his head at the sight and wondered if that creature Axax was about to eat could be a suitable substitute for a horse. Within an hour, the march was on again. Apart from a few skirmishes and a few gains for some of the men in the way of equipment, the march was uneventful. As they reached Rellekka, the ship was waiting for them to travel to the Lunar Isles.
The boat docks at Luna Isle and Bomber's Boys boil off the boat running north towards the town then veering off to the east, leaving Bomber to talk to Captain Bently and explain the rush. Bomber sighs and says just one word to Captain Bently, "Ironmen". The Captain nodded sensing this is all he will get from Bomber.

Bomber's Boys are unarmed except Axax and Giff. Axax with the horn of his last meal the Unicorn, and Giff carrying a small knife he smacked a Highwayman for near the Sinclair Mansion. The Ironmen reap havoc and chaos among the unsuspecting Suqah,

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30-Apr-2018 23:55:33

Kid Arthur

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They gain weapons and armour as they kill the massive monsters that felled Firemakers a few days before. Numbers of foes of the battlefield dwindle till a cry rings out. Audrey yells out, "I got a full set!" The rest of the Ironmen groan as one, "Again!" Each man collects a full kit of gear not for further battle, but to dress a statue of a stone Suqah in the tribute to Firemakers, a suitable memorial to a fallen friend.

Bomber strides up to his "boys" and looks the last remaining Suqah sitting on the ground surrounded by the grim and deadly group of Ironmen. Bomber addresses the Suqah who appears to be the chief of the tribe, and says, "Submit to me and my men and work with us in peace or join your kin in death." The Suqah looks at Bomber and his formidable crew. After pausing for only a second to think, he looks up with a crooked smile and asks, "What kind of work?"

Bomber and his mighty Ironmen gather all the items that they are able to carry and then round up about 50 Suqah. They begin their march to the boat back to Rellekka. Captain Bently was shocked when the massive Suqah climbed onto the ship with heads bowed down in submission. Bomber talked with Captain Bently and offered him the use of the mighty Suqah for the voyage to tend the ropes of the ship thus giving the sailors a well deserved rest. The ship docked at Rellekka and a few gasps of surprise were heard from the townsfolk as the mighty group left the docks.

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30-Apr-2018 23:56:00

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The run back to Camelot begins as a fast paced race until Axax spots a gathering of his new favorite food and calls a halt to the return home. Bomber tells the Suqah to catch the unicorns. When each of them are holding firm to a squirming unicorn under each arm, and Axax with one in his arms, plus an additional two baby unicorns stuffed into a sack slung over his back, the march begins again. The men move quickly, seemingly unburdened by even the additional weight of their new load.

The Master Gardener and his men slip back into the grounds of the castle and let the unicorns roam the gardens freely. The Suqah find quarters in a few of the stables and barns scattered around the grounds. Unbeknownst to the residents of the castle of their adventure, the Ironmen melt back into the gardens, tending them as if they had never left. Bomber makes his way to report to the King of the lightning raid, the newly acquired Suqah workers, and the possible new land transport in the form of the Unicorns!

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30-Apr-2018 23:56:26

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The Round Table part 3

The castle and it's occupants go through the daily routine of upkeep and maintenance of the grounds, tending of the new herd of unicorns, and carefully watching the new workers that Bomber had doing all the heavy work. No one noticed a man walk into the gates and down the path to the courtyard of the castle. The man was dressed in fine jet black silk clothing that had a strange ever changing color pattern.

Meanwhile in her chambers, Queen Lorry struggled with the keen loss of one of her guards as she thought about the monument Bomber and his Suquhs were building. Her thoughts then turned to her chief guard, Nexitum. Nexitum had taken a month of rest and relaxation in the wilderness of all places! Queen Lorry looked to a cage holding a hawk. Haukka, the familiar of Nexitum, preened it's jet black feathers before stopping to peer at the queen. She opened the door of it's cage and commanded, "Find your master and bring him home." Haukka flew straight for the open window and out of sight in an instance. Unknown to the queen, the hawk's destination was merely just around the corner of the castle. As Haukka flew past Ecentrah's window on swift and mighty wings, Ecentrah glanced up. Stirred from her musings, she crossed to her window, curious about the destination of the hawk. Peering out, she noticed the man dressed in the strange black outfit, and watched as Haukka flew straight to the man dressed in black, landing on his left shoulder and nuzzling the man's ear.

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30-Apr-2018 23:56:58

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A bird of prey showing such affection didn't go unnoticed by Ecentrah. "That could be only one man," she screamed and quickly grabbed her bow and three arrows, "Nexitum has returned to the castle!" The hawk startled by the scream flew straight back to the castle.

Ecentrah scribbled two notes and tied them to two of her arrows. Taking careful aim with her bow, she fired the two noted arrows, as well as the third, at the man dressed in black. Silent, straight, and swift, the arrows flew towards his unprotected back. Just before they found their mark, the man spun catching one arrow in each of his hands and the third in his teeth. He chuckled while spitting out the arrow he caught with his teeth while taking notice of the notes attached to the arrows in his hands. Carefully he removed the notes and read them. The first read, "Welcome home, Nexi" while the other stated, "I missed you, and, as always, so did my arrows."

Nexitum wandered over to Bomber, who had been an audience to the display. Grinning and shaking his head, Bomber said, "Well met, Nexitum." Raising an eyebrow, Nexitum replied with a question, "Suqah?" Bomber nodded, "Aye. Are they not fine and strong workers?" Laughing, the two men shook hands and gave each other a hearty slap on the back before Nexitum spun on his heels and ran towards the castle.

Meanwhile, Ecentrah had ran from her room towards Queen Lorry's chambers and banged so loudly on her doors that they shook, dislodging a cloud of dust that slowly fell to the ground.

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