Battle 2: Black Falcon Corsairs

A few weeks later, Bart encounters a band of dark skinned humans – Black Falcon Corsairs. Both sides attempted to capture an abandoned wooden fort between them, but the pirates reached there first, scaling up the wall from one side. Gul grabbed most of the crew to charge a small group of the pirates coming in from the side, unfortunately a loud bang and hundreds of projectile from a blunderbuss raked the small group sending several of them out of action, including Gul. Elsewhere Todd led the charge to take the fort smashing in through the gate to engage the pirates hiding there. Unfortunately the muddy floor in the fort proved unstable for the huge mighty orcs where a lucky hit sent Todd into dream land. With the shaman unconscious, Bart decided that the fort was “unclean” and pulled out his crew.

After the skirmish, Pascaul volunteered to pry out the lead pellets embedded in Gul’s body from the blunderbuss with his dagger. Unfortunately, a slight slip pushed his dagger though Gul’s lungs which proved ultimately fatal. In the middle of the third night, the delirious Todd suddenly wakes up screaming at the top of his quite considerable vocal range, “Blaaaaack Faaaaaaalconnnnnnn!!!!!!”

As the grouchy warband trekked back towards settlement, Jonny came across a well. Trying to reach in for a drink, he fell in discovering a pretty native artifact at the bottom of the well. Just as he climbed out of the well, a rabbit ran past him and straight onto the side of the well, breaking its neck. Quite happy with his late afternoon snack, Jonny broke of one of its paw as a keepsake.

Back in town, a sizable orc and goblin element has built up around Gumbo the squig importer. Picking up a big’un to replace Gul, proved easy. Pronouncing the newcomer’s name was more difficult, and in the end, Bart decided to rename him Ballaguthon. Hopefully he will not have the same fate as the previous orc that held that name. At the same time, Todd had “BF” tattooed on the inside of his left eyelid and a hourglass on the right.