Re: Loria Stronghold
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:17 pm
You have to be careful when dealing with some Trykers, an old Fyros trader was explaining to the younger Fyros seated next to him.
What do you mean? the younger one asked with the casual disinterested that conveyed the idea that he was much more interested in what he was drinking.
Unaffected, the elder homin continued, Well, you know the Tryker guild that calls themselves Nexus? The same bunch who have loudly been proclaiming that the Lakelands are for the Tryker or some such?
Well, it would seem that they drove another Tryker guild, The Guardians of Jena, I think, from the outpost in Loria.
Good for them, said the younger one, motioning the bartender to refill his mug, The more Karavaneers get harassed, the better.
Quite, replied the trader, but Nexus is, or at least was, devoted to the Karavan. It seems their religious loyalties change as easily as their racial ones.
Perhaps they simply want an easy route to power, the younger Fyros said.
Well, obviously, said the elder, And have you heard the latest news? Those old Fyros stalwarts, The Soul? You know, the ones who control the Vedice supply? Well, it seems Nexus allowed them to march in and take the Whirling outpost in Loria. In exchange, Nexus moved into Flaming Forest, and now controls the Vedice Sap.
The young homin put down his mug, and looked incredulously at the Fyros next to him. You mean The Soul traded their nearly unassailable position in the Flaming Forest for an untenable and less valuable spot in the Lakelands? The Guardians of Jena will want the outpost back. I have seen Whirling; it is a hard spot to defend. Are The Soul really counting on the loyalty of a guild who has proven their deceit in the past?
Now you understand, the trader said, sagely, It would seem this is the first strike in a wider Tryker campaign. The Soul has been baited out of their stronghold in the desert, and they will be at a disadvantage when the Guardians of Jena attempt to take Loria back.
And should The Soul loose? Do you honestly believe that Nexus will magnanimously surrender the Vedice sap? I am telling you, this was a planned move. The Tryker are invading the desert, and The Soul has been set up for a fall.
Wretched Trykers, the younger Fyros said after finishing the contents of his mug.
What do you mean? the younger one asked with the casual disinterested that conveyed the idea that he was much more interested in what he was drinking.
Unaffected, the elder homin continued, Well, you know the Tryker guild that calls themselves Nexus? The same bunch who have loudly been proclaiming that the Lakelands are for the Tryker or some such?
Well, it would seem that they drove another Tryker guild, The Guardians of Jena, I think, from the outpost in Loria.
Good for them, said the younger one, motioning the bartender to refill his mug, The more Karavaneers get harassed, the better.
Quite, replied the trader, but Nexus is, or at least was, devoted to the Karavan. It seems their religious loyalties change as easily as their racial ones.
Perhaps they simply want an easy route to power, the younger Fyros said.
Well, obviously, said the elder, And have you heard the latest news? Those old Fyros stalwarts, The Soul? You know, the ones who control the Vedice supply? Well, it seems Nexus allowed them to march in and take the Whirling outpost in Loria. In exchange, Nexus moved into Flaming Forest, and now controls the Vedice Sap.
The young homin put down his mug, and looked incredulously at the Fyros next to him. You mean The Soul traded their nearly unassailable position in the Flaming Forest for an untenable and less valuable spot in the Lakelands? The Guardians of Jena will want the outpost back. I have seen Whirling; it is a hard spot to defend. Are The Soul really counting on the loyalty of a guild who has proven their deceit in the past?
Now you understand, the trader said, sagely, It would seem this is the first strike in a wider Tryker campaign. The Soul has been baited out of their stronghold in the desert, and they will be at a disadvantage when the Guardians of Jena attempt to take Loria back.
And should The Soul loose? Do you honestly believe that Nexus will magnanimously surrender the Vedice sap? I am telling you, this was a planned move. The Tryker are invading the desert, and The Soul has been set up for a fall.
Wretched Trykers, the younger Fyros said after finishing the contents of his mug.