Vorn

Vorn is a dwarven ranger played by Phil.

Arriving in Perenth

Fortune was a bit too dwarven for your tastes. So much destruction in the name of gold or wealth or shinies or whatever it was this week that had everyone in a tizzy. Perhaps the trip down the mountains to the city of Perenth was to prove to yourself that there was a place for you out there. A place to tend to living things, hunt, fish, survive! At least a place where you can hear yourself think would be preferable to the hustle and bustle of Fortune.

The first few days in Perenth proved vastly different from Fortune. By no means a small town; the city is full of life moving here and there. However, the people here are genuinely interested in each other. Neighbors still share a cup of sugar and stop to make conversation in the square. You could sit and watch the marketplace for hours as people pass here and there. They are less interested in you, a stranger, a dwarf, an outsider.

As the days pass you notice the whispers are more hushed, less smiles and time for talk. The people are concerned by a growing darkness across the sea. Much of this town's livelihood comes from fishing and trading, but the men that come off the seas are ragged and worn with bad news and dark tales from every port. You enter your favored tavern, the Maiden Mermaid, one evening to find the bartender nervously eyeing patrons, strangers, and regulars alike. Tedan, the burly man behind the counter washes glasses as you sit at the bar. He slides you a tall glass of fine dwarven mead before looking directly at you. In hushed tones he begins to speak to you, probably because you see eye to eye due to your similar ranger nature. "Travelers from near the coast talk about a rising darkness. There are things out there. Things that steal animals, and children. No one has seen what they are, their true shape, but they are quick, dark, and lethal. They say we are safe here in the city, but I don’t know how long that will last..." he pauses to notice he has been cleaning the same glass for the past several minutes and dart his eyes again around the tavern.