Welcome to Cove

July 16 2010
Patrol of Cove
Recruit Railen Morana

I began my shift with a general sweep of the area just outside the gates of Cove. One ettin had worked its way into town from the woods and I suspect is behind the lack of pies in Cove. I watched as it tiptoed towards the back door, hidden behind a barrel, then clobbered it before it reached the stone wall.

I made my way by the town gates and towards the pass. Moving from tree to tree I snuck towards the Orc fort towers that guard the front gate. As I slipped from the tree to hide behind the beam there, I stepped on a bone, cracking it underfoot. THis attracted the attention of a cadre of Orcs, along with Mr Brutus. I took out two of the group and looked up just in time to duck as the Brute passed over head. (Not sure it was a good thing. Perhaps being knocked out would have been better, but really that's not the way I want to go out of this world.) I poked the Brute in the foot, and curled the tines of my fork...so I ran back to the Forge and Loom to pick up a few repairs and a few men to assist.

Faden, Hoagie and Kal joined in the Patrol, and together we took out enough of the populace of the fort to keep their numbers down. We hacked and stabbed and impaled them with sharp sticks until the ground became slippery with mud mixed with their blood and our sweat. We collected the gold and arrows they had in their pockets to the sum of 32,428 dubloons and nearly 500 arrows.

It should be noted that there seems to be more frequent attacks, and their numbers are building. We must be vigilant or they will swarm Cove in large numbers.