The Latest Word Around Orm

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Those close to Orm's adventuring community are often gossiping about where exactly these week long expeditions are disappearing. Such exotic items like the automated stalls vending a depleting supply of snacks and cool drinks have would-be profiteers wondering about where such treasures are to be found. It seems like the supplies are limited as new snacks have appeared not wrapped in the mysterious sleeves of the original offerings and some drinks varieties have run out with no replacement as of yet. These treasure-driven ponders are not the only topics the people of Orm are discussing. Here is what else folks are talking about:


Orm is for the Ormens!

A growing nativist sentiment in Orm is making it harder for the city-state's assorted dungeon refugees, time-lost freed prisoners, and marooned elves to forage a new life. The talk around the Burning Witch is that these troubles are tied to the anti-adventurer sentiment that has been fostered since the sacking of Orm. Others point out that seeds of the movement stretch back to at least the founding of the Container. In the vat spawn community center's early days, nearly nonexistent crowds would listen in front of the institution to the anti-vat spawn screeds by a lone firebrand. Weekly protests are now drawing an eve- growing crowd in front of the Container. Participants take in grievance-filled rhetoric on how life in Orm is being transformed to center around the adventuring class and those they have brought to the settlement in their orbit.

Dungeon Delicacies Contest

The Order of the Dragon's Bronze Dragon is looking for a skilled culinary artist to prepare a feast for the Hunter's Moon. Those interested in applying must submit a sample dish using at at least the meat from one monster and other ingredients collected from the exotic underworld of 'The Complex' or from the Twilight Shores. A fortnight remains before the Hunter's Moon, so interested chefs must act soon.


A Most Mischievous Ball 

The court of the Impossible Fortress is abuzz with the Rani's announcement of an exclusive ball being held on Mischief Night. While over a month away, those expecting an invite already planning for the elaborate costumes and splendid masks they will display at the festivities. It is believed that half a dozen or so of Orm's most distinguished adventurers will be among the invitees. There is an undercurrent in the city-state that such revelries will be in poor taste as it is too soon since the horrific events of the Mischief Night two years ago.

Duke Klavis of Far Anterra Seeks Work Crew

The Holy Empire-That-Is visiting noble, Duke Klavis, is assembling a team of top engineers, skilled stone masons, and brave roustabouts for a high-risk assignment. The wages of the work crew will be paid for by the Duke but will operate under a team of adventurers that will more than likely include Bludoon, Exodi Errai, Fancy Jean-Yves Beauvollier, Kiddo, and the Journeyman Crannoc. Word is that while nobleman's coffers are paying for team, the adventurers will have to pay a wereguilt of 100gp per lost crew member. If things go truly poorly, the Duke may expect further compensation for his troubles. 


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