{"id":1829,"date":"2024-08-23T20:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:05:48","slug":"write-up-22nd-august-2024-a-debt-forgiven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/write-up-22nd-august-2024-a-debt-forgiven\/","title":{"rendered":"Write-up 22nd August 2024 &#8211; A debt forgiven?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Having captured Uktannu, Uktannu&#8217;s ship the &#8220;<\/i>Farshad&#8217;s Bounty<i>&#8221; \u00a0the logs and cargo, all of which pointed to a strange trade with a previously unknown group of Kurrim in the marshes to the south of Spah! There had been Kurrim about the ship, some dressed like the Zhuezhi of Khanedarya, others in a simpler fashion, strange to the Haraxans.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>Our cast<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Farshad \u2013 Merchant of the Rule of Ishtir, musician and Agent of the Rule<\/li>\n<li>Fetnah \u2013 Shaman from a long time ago, and a forgotten and lost land, and agent of the Rule<\/li>\n<li>Smersh \u2013 Larcenous Priest from long time ago, and a nation long gone, Databdara (Magistrate) and agent of the Rule<\/li>\n<li>Utana \u2013 Noble of the Rule of Haraxa, Agent and Acting-Databdara (Magistrate) of the nation<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Juan \u2013 Foreigner from the far west, warrior, healer and Agent of the Rule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Absent<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Arpaesis \u2013 From the far western land of Ta-Khemet, student of Arcane Lore, and agent of the Rule, currently studying books of Lore<\/li>\n<li>Dhran the White \u2013 of humble origin in Ishtir, warrior, agent of the Rule, currently studying in the capital and trying to unionise<\/li>\n<li>Jalabu \u2013 Noble of Dilmun, Merchant-Adventurer and agent of the Rule, currently coming to terms with his inner demon, literally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight was mostly catching up, resting, and training, Farshad taught all the rudiments of swimming. Fetnah strengthen her bond with he spirit ally, Smersh, studying the law and customs with Utana&#8217;s seemed Wiser at the end of it, Utana studied with Farshad and Jos\u00e9 Juan, improving his knowledge of far lands, and the tricks to survival, and so on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1831\" src=\"https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414-300x261.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414-300x261.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414-1024x890.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414-768x667.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414-1536x1335.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/its-them.me.uk\/salienthurcheon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0414.jpeg 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDespite the evidence that his name had been vilely and unfairly traduced, Farshad still received unwarranted and undeserved abuse.<\/p>\n<p>As they studied, and prepared for an expedition to the marshes of the South, a ship arrives, bearing Jalabu&#8217;s cousin Hamid and his closest \u00a0thugs. Hamid, regretting his deal with Jalabu had come for Jalabu or Farshad, to take their debt in blood.<\/p>\n<p>However, this time Farshad had a surprise. He presented Hamid to Uktannu, or vice versa, and showed the suspicious merchant the ships logs. Hamid was slow to be persuaded that this was a solution to the mysteries, fraud and hatred, but eventually agreed ro worth through the documentation, from the ship and the cave, and make copies with the aid and supervision of Smersh&#8217;s scribes. These he would take, along with Uktannu, back to their family to face punishment.<\/p>\n<p><em>We didn&#8217;t quite gets to a pool on how long Uktannu would take to escape and reappear as a recurring villain, but the players came close to that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, with Utana&#8217;s oath that, should Uktannu escape, he would make Hamid pay, there we left it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having captured Uktannu, Uktannu&#8217;s ship the &#8220;Farshad&#8217;s Bounty&#8221; \u00a0the logs and cargo, all of which pointed to a strange trade with a previously unknown group of Kurrim in the marshes to the south of Spah! 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