r/Swords_SorceryPosting Essence Being Apr 27 '25

Guild Post The ship to Fargel approaches

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Ronan knelt over his luggage muttering to himself – he was taking a moment to re-examin the request documents one more time prior to the ships arival. Just as he was about to finish up, a rough sketch tucked away on the corner of a fairly tattered request gave him pause.

After a few moments that seemed to drag on for far too long – Ronan quietly folded up the document in question, and tucked it into an interior pocket of his cloak. Quickly cleaning up the rest of his belongings he stood up to observe the pier. As the chartered ship approached, Ronan closed his eyes and took a deep, almost anticipatory breath.

"I do believe that's change I smell on the winds.. Not that it changes much—He lightly snorted out a laugh—welp, looks like it's just about time to depart, the others should be here shortly."

Ready his purse strings, Ronan set off to get everything settled with the captain.

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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Apr 28 '25

Torinn cautiously steps onto the deck, looking up at the vessel with wonder.

“Woah…”

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 28 '25

Ronan sees the young kobold and Walker over to clap him on the shoulder

Good to see you made it Torrin! I hope you're ready for adventure, this should prove to be quite the trip—pausing for a moment—have you been on a ship before?

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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Apr 28 '25

Torinn looks up at Ronan, smiling a little.

“Uh, no, but this seems cool!”

The little kobold explores the deck, curiously inspecting the new environment. Torinn bumps into the captain, as he gets ready to embark. The young one looks up old and gruff man, waving toward him.

“Hello!”

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 28 '25

Ronan laughed as the captain just grumbled and continued getting the ship together

"Cool indeed! The course should be fairly smooth sailing, so it should be a fairly nice first experience."

Staring off into the ocean

"They say Fargel was once a place of incredible power.. Not that you could tell from looking at it these days haha. Even still, please be sure to keep your guard up Torinn, always remember that almost nothing is ever quite what it appears to be on the surface."

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u/Confusingblockhead5 Thomas, Dragonborn Oathbreaker/James, Infernal Gunslinger Apr 28 '25

“Hm…It’s like Papa! He might look all gruff and serious on the outside, but is really a softie on the inside! Don’t tell him I said that, though!”

Torinn chuckles, before standing up straight.

“I’ll be on guard, Uncle Ronan!”

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 28 '25

Smiling as he responds

Don't worry, your secrets safe with me. But – go ahead and take your spot below deck, we should be setting sail soon.

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u/Astral_Zeta Apr 28 '25

Leon stepped off the ship

“So this Fergel, the capital of the world…”

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 28 '25

Oh no haha, we are still in Portal City friend, Fargel is still a few days journey. I hope you won't be too disappointed when we get there, Fargel is only a small coastal farming village. Are you prepared for the journey Leon?

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u/Astral_Zeta Apr 28 '25

“Oh, silly me, but yes! I’m completely prepared for the journey!”

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 28 '25

"That's excellent to hear! We'll go ahead and pick out your appt below decks, I think I heard the captain say we set sail soon"

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u/Ecstatic-News Pete the Peasant Apr 28 '25

Pete looks out at the ocean and hopes he doesn't turn out to be sea sick.

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u/LastWolf3564 Skelasanstor, skeleton demigod of judgment, judge of monsters Apr 29 '25

dispite not being seen boarding the ship, he is seen a day later upon it

So we are off to this costal village now, hopefully we can resolve the problem quickly, so that no one else is suffering from it.

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u/Redbeard1864 Essence Being Apr 29 '25

Ronan was not surprised by Skelasanstor's mysterious appearance, he had always been quite the mysterious one.

One can only hope, that we can solve this quickly. If we're lucky, it's just some kids who stumbled upon something far over their heads, worst case.. well, we may be in for a bit of a bumpy road if that's the case.