Jakardros sat in the commanders quarters taking stock of the situation as the letter he penned slowly dried. The letters commander Lamatar's penned to someone in the shimmerglens were found adding to the mystery of what happened to him? and why the fort was taken so easily?
"Rider!" Vales voice was hear, everyone rushed to defense but the rider was a local from Turtleback Ferry.
"the flood water will wash the village away, some are trying to cross the river and the children from the school are missing" said Cesten Orlandi the Innkeeper of The Turtle's Parlor begged the group for help to evacuate the village.
The Ranger began collecting gear to head out to help out and the adventuring party looked on.
Jakaros asked "why are you not preparing to leave?'
Charles answered "we must stop the orcs & ogres from controlling the dam"
The dam regulates the flow of water and it has not been closing and something was up, the adventures had to put a stop to the dam flooding even more villages downstream.
with a few more minutes of debate the Rangers and Adventures decided to part ways and accomplish two things at once.
In silence the rangers unknowingly departed into a well placed trap.
Hours later they witnessed Tillia and five children trying to cross the skull river back from an outing earlier that day and the flood rains would possible take all their lives?
As Val swam out to the boat, Shalelu speared it with an arrow that was attached to some rope and the rest began pulling it to land, not one or two but many tentacles breached the surface of the water near the boat and a giant head began swimming towards the boat.
The Black Magga, just spoken in rumours split the surface of the water ready for a quick meal and picked up Tillia Henkenson the school teacher and went straight down thirsty abdomen of the Magga herself, one meal down six to go.
Vale and the children are in trouble.
The rangers began peppering the creature with arrows as Vale and the children began running for the safety of the shore.
The creature began to retreat after grabbing Vale and carrying him off into deeper water and the rangers witnessed Vales last moments as he was rammed down the throat of the Black Magga for ever remembered as one of the few to survive the fall of fort Rannick.
Jut then Jakaros shock of a spell looking around a women sitting in the window of the taller home finished her incantation to her dismay Jakaros steel resolve pushed the mind controlling thoughts out and one of the smaller hovels burst open and orcs and a heavily armed one watched out, Doomsmasha, no wonder the towns folk were not present to help the rangers it had all been a trap.
Kaven turned on the party firing into Jakaros and trying to block Shalelu flight as she began to back up in fear of being overrun by the orcs & Doomsmasha.
Jakaros animal companion Kibb was gutted by orcs as they moved on to Jakaros & Shalelu.
Shalelu looked at Jakaros and he screamed "run" she took off back to the fort.
Doomsmasha's Wyvern landed a short distance away and Kaven and a orc began the chase to catch Shalelu.
Doomsmasha grabbed Jakaros and dragged him into the hovel for questioning.
When Jakaros awoke he was not tied up but Doomsmasha sat in front of him, he was packing his saddle bags.
"Tell my half brother I will be at the Dam waiting for him.
Jakaros did not say a word as he knew they were already there.
Doomsmasha left the hovel had a argument with Lucrecia and they both mount the wyvern and took flight.
The rest of the orcs began burning the hovels around them, "go ooman" said one of the orcs as they moved out of the village.
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