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Dec 15 5 tweets 4 min read
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Meanwhile, in Ath Cliath…
Adventurer Rognvaldr Jonsson is making the rounds of the taverns, trying to raise skatt for a dragonslaying expedition. He’s carrying the scorched talon of a dragon he claims he wounded…
#AthCliath #FateOfTheNorns
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…two months ago, somewhere in “remote Hibernia.” He hewed the talon from “the claw that was seeking to slay me,” and it’s an impressive thing: a curving nail as long as a tall man stands. Rognvaldr says the wyrm…
#AthCliath #FateOfTheNorns
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…lairs in a cavern “full of gold,” and investors will all get “a helm-full, or more, each” if he can kill the dragon. Seithkona and galdrs may get more: ichor and scales and more from the wyrm itself, with…
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…which to work magic. Shares are 12 skatt each, and Rognvaldr has reportedly sold almost a hundred. Cynics are wondering if Ath Cliath will ever see his face again. He won’t be the first “vanished dragonslayer.”
#AthCliath #FateOfTheNorns
There are real vanished dragonslayers, as opposed to the pretenders. We should delve into their lore someday. In between the daily craziness of Ath Cliath that demands our attention, and that we share on our Patreon:
patreon.com/AthCliathRPG

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