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7th of Wealsun

The Slumbering Ogre

by Tycho Ralesh

I can’t recommend withstanding a dragon’s breath, but their treasure does sooth the pain. With a little coin, I’ve commissioned real work on the Ogre. Till now the crew was clearing out the wreck, scrubbing down what wasn’t rotten, and stripping out what was. Viviana had identified the primary structural repairs needed, but we had no means to begin.
 
Now, Anca is replacing and repairing the worst interior timbers and removing the cracked mizzen mast. Viviana has turned her attention to making Kaz’s crucible forge stable at sea...which she thinks madness. When pressed though, she admits that it will work safely enough. "That is if he doesn't fire it up in a squall!" She always screams like Kaz can't hear her. I'm pretty sure she does it to annoy him. Tall's been putting it all to story and song. You can see it in their eyes, when they look at the ship. The subtle curl in the corner of their lips. They see her high on the sea, just as I do.
 
Of course, the loyalty of any crew passes through their gullets. When I told Darius that the galley and mess were the first interior expansions, he was ecstatic, well for him. He has done remarkably well with remarkably little. Now he has room to feed an army, and there will be space for the army to feed. The crew is much obliged.
 
Our experience with Vargo also prompted me to commission a Brig. Malachai still believes he can reform that lunatic; I’ll have Kaz forge some cell bars just in case.
 
A humble beginning for the old girl, but a welcome one.

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  1. Background
    1st of Readying
  2. The Fouled Stream
    20th of Readying
  3. Words with Lord Summerford
    21st of Readying
  4. I Believe You Mean Warlock
    23rd of Readying
  5. Miner Difficulties
    27th of Readying
  6. A Victory Celebration
    28th of Readying
  7. In response to Ilias
    1st of Coldeven
  8. The Winged God.
    14th of Coldeven
  9. A Patron's Favor
    15th of Coldeven
  10. A Traitor to the Folk
    16th of Coldeven
  11. The Scions of Elemental Evil
    11th of Planting
  12. A Gift to Palor
    24th of Planting
  13. First Conversations with Morley
    25th of Planting
  14. Roots of the Humble Ogre
    26th of Planting
  15. At the Temple's Steps
    24th of Flocktime
  16. Trapped in the Labyrinth
    25th of Flocktime
  17. Warmth of the Light
    27th of Flocktime
  18. The Horizons of Mind
    1st of Wealsun
  19. A Whoelsome Diversion
    3rd of Wealsun
  20. Pursuing Derider
    4th of Wealsun
  21. Rising Filth
    4th of Wealsun
  22. A Winged Shadow Flees
    5th of Wealsun
  23. The Slumbering Ogre
    7th of Wealsun
  24. Paradise Defiled
    22nd of Wealsun
  25. One Man's Salt
    23rd of Wealsun
  26. A Song of Whispers
    28th of Wealsun
  27. Lost No Longer
    3rd of Richfest
  28. Revelry and Memory
    4th of Richfest
  29. Many are the Guards who Wait
    28th of Reaping
  30. Lament
    2nd of Goodmonth
  31. The Maelstrom Blade
    16th of Goodmonth

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