TYRANNICAL T'SKRANG TERRORIZES TOWNS
Kampung Gajah is the northernmost niall of the V'strimon Aropagoi. Situated at a bend in the Coil River, not far from Skyreader Island, it is, for most people of Throal, their first point of contact with the great T'skrang clans of the Serpent River. It is a peaceful place, though its position between Throal and the Floating City has created some amount of political turmoil.
Centrally placed, as it is, in the lowlands, Kampung Gajah is a hub for many namegivers, both resident and from nearby villages. Workers and professionals of all skills and trades pass through. This, apparently, has drawn the attention of the worst of all evils - slavers! Yes, fair readers, your eyes do not lie to you. There are slavers, here in Barsaive, operating in our own rivers and towns!
These pernicious pirates, these terrible tyrants, these sickening slavers are led by one Gerri van Drake, a T'skrang who might or might not be associated with Aropagoi K'tenshin. "She captains the Soaring Espagra," recounted Malonin Tyrnith, describing the river tyrant's paddleboat of despair. "I will avenge my sister," declared Bloodbeat, though it remains unclear what this had to do with the slavery situation. But who can blame her, fair reader? Oppression naturally and inevitably births thoughts of vengeance!
"No foul slaver shall escape my spear!" So said Rendar, Ork Cavalryman. He hastened to add, "Indeed, of all those assembled, I am the second among Champions of the Oppressed. Juniper, that wondrous and shockingly handsome hero of Throal, is of course the first."
Whatever the foul intent of these tyrants, who captured pastry chefs and cooks, carpenters and tailors, they were foiled by the work of heroes. Mal, Rendar, and Bloodbeat, as previously indicated, but also Nib, Windling Wizard, who explained in great detail the magical Pattern present in the splinters he had acquired. With this arcane knowledge, he was confident that Adepts would be able to follow the Soaring Espagra wherever it raised its sails of oppression. Of course, Juniper was pivotal in freeing the captives and driving the tyrant Gerri van Drake away.
"I only wish Juniper had not only freed me, but taken me with him. I want to be with him always. For serious. Do you know where he is now? I embroidered this for him," said Branwith Bord as he brandished a floral handkerchief. "I'm not pregnant or, actually, even in a relationship. But if I ever have a child, I am naming him or her Juniper," announced Laryma Ordescu.
Stay vigilant, good readers. Know that evil lurks on our great waterways and threatens our very freedom. Gird your hearts and raise your fists and let none of us be shackled ever again!
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