Fangorn. The trunks of great trees rose like the pillars of some immense hall, their branches meeting to weave a canopy overhead, so that what sunlight filtered through took on the hint of green and gold. A still and ancient place, the atmosphere hushed, where time was measured in the passing of seasons, not the headlong rush of minutes and hours. In the day, a place of light and life, but as darkness fell, shadows pooling beneath the giant trees else reaching out with grasping hands, [Character] found herself ill at ease, every quiet rustle or furtive animal cry causing her to jump. So that when, even as she made camp for the night, there came a thunderous crashing, she rose, startled, to her feet, as there emerged from the trees a huge figure. Man- like, almost Troll-like, it was, but nearing fifteen feet in height, clad in bark for a hide, whilst its arms were covered with what looked to be smooth brown skin. Each foot contained a total of seven toes a-piece, and as [Character] glanced upwards she saw a long grey beard draped downwards, rough, almost twig-like, beneath a carven face from which deep, deep eyes gazed upon her, seeming to search deep the recesses of her heart. “Hrum, what have we here?” rumbled the creature, its voice like some very deep woodwind instrument. “And why do you disturb the rest of Treebeard?”
NPC Encounter
Possible locations: 2316, 2317
Options | Loyalists | Neutral | Usurpers |
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Ask for DRINK | ? | ? | ? |
ATTACK the Ent without warning | ? | ? | ? |
Ask for FOOD | ? | ? | ? |
FLEE from the Ent | ? | ? | ? |
Ask for information about (NPC or Character ID) | ? | ? | ? |
Reply that “I was doing NOTHING, merely passing through” | ? | ? | ? |
Reply that “I wish to LEARN of the ways of the forest” | ? | ? | ? |
Reply that “I am seeking an ancient ARTEFACT Perhaps you could help me look?” | ? | ? | ? |
Seek to RECRUIT Treebeard to her cause | Recruited* | ? | ? |
*Recruiting an NPC is not guaranteed, success is based on many factors incuding emissary rank and nation relations.
Command: 60, Mage: 20, Stealth: 10
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Build fortifications at 1/2 timber cost