Rumors of Late Spring, 822

  • Low tide has smelled extra bad these past few days.
  • Everything is fine in Salendale.
  • Hurzicht have snakes for hair; that’s why they keep their heads covered.
  • Spriggan hearts still taste like figs!
  • Fauna is good at math.
  • Did the Lothlan in Luvik really name themselves ‘Evil Ones’?!
  • The Patron is coming!
  • Alchemy is actually the name of a spirit that alchemists all worship. The “art of alchemy” is really just trying to emulate Alchemy.
  • Eleanora has decided to study engineering
  • A weirdly large number of Oak Harbor denizens have been complaining about headaches
  • Nephros is an incredibly prolific writer
  • Petulengro is a pretty cool name, but you can’t use it to make up Aldenwords for Aldenfun.
  • The Hurzicht are planning some sort of secret festival. Clearly they aren’t very good at keeping secrets.
  • Nothing tastes better with sausage than a fine East Ohtyran wine.
  • Every story Lee tells is true.
  • Some of the refugees are starting to realize Oak Harbor’s not all that safe either.
  • Wizards are really into circles these days
  • The cheese is alive… it’s… alive!
  • Florica is considering moving the family out of Oak Harbor to somewhere more metropolitan.
  • Laurenzo has newfound vigor and inspiration, and is spending the majority of his time at the forge.
  • Vidgor Ganish is a worthy nemesis for anyone.
  • You’ve heard of the No True Velliar logical fallacy, right? Ask one about Salendale and you’ll see it in action
  • Wizards are really into triangles these days.
  • Will Ficus become the next Gatekeeper? Don’t hedge your bets.
  • There is a Hydra that has been disrupting trade on the Mariola river.
  • Where did I bury my treasure? Finder’s fee 30%!
  • Who is that standing over there? There is like a giant spider next to them, and it’s not trying to eat them.
  • There are not nearly as many spiders around but a few are still out there.
  • The necromancers are targeting Thon and Strigford specifically.
  • Wizards are really into nonagons these days
  • Kael is a Voidic Spellsinger.
  • The real estate market around here is awful. People are dying to sell their porpoerty.
  • Leopold is looking for someone from Kresa named Huxton.
  • Sometimes a rock is just a rock… but not always.
  • If Shane looks confused, give him an apple, it helps jog his memory.
  • Wilbur spends so much time at the docks you’d think he’s a Peleset. Maybe Eleanora is trying to recruit him.
  • The alchemists guild is stock piling acorns, but for what?
  • Odie has a crush on a Davenstern messenger, so she’s started writing lots of letters. Zevvi is jealous.
  • Nephros is out for blood.
  • Oak Harbor is becoming a popular destination for culinary tourism.
  • Dock workers are unhappy with the WFTC, a ship named ‘The Larion’ went missing, and they refuse to acknowledge it at all.
  • muddy paw prints on a scrap of paper with an alchemical stain
  • I heard the Velliar made bigger, even more deadly spiders. Here’s hoping they don’t get loose.
  • Did Kael become a weaver?
  • Porkchop’s got the good mushrooms. You know. The GOOD mushrooms.
  • The Golden Acorn are the heroes of this story.
  • Lee, Dame Eleanora, and Mogudad McDough are among the top local contenders for best non-Hurzicht hat.
  • Alchemists just eat the components, then dreamcraft elixirs out of the visions all the mana gives them.
  • The library has been filled with gleeful hooting in the evenings.
  • Öykü has been gathering fruit and singing something goofy about old Paw-paw, wise elder-berries, a man-go, and a pear-son they met.
  • There’s also something about Great-Grape-Grandmother’s wine and old Pome-granny
  • The Velliar aren’t the source of the super giant spiders.
  • The art auction is really a cover for the Consignment Guild’s smuggling operation.
  • A new mystic asked Shane to teach him how to swordfight. That same mystic died later that day to a rat spirit. Couldn’t help but notice he never gave Shane an apple for the lesson…
  • Noren is going to summon the Dragon of Earth to town.
  • Necro-spider eggs make for good mayo, if you can survive the taste test.
  • Need to put holes in a meat-suit? The town smith’s are now mostly available at the forge and in the tavern for all your weapon enhancement requirements.
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