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Isaac Hawkhurst

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From the desk of Hubert Locke
« on: October 08, 2009, 07:22:41 AM »
Somewhere in Stormwind...

A black shrouded figure moves through the night silently, carrying a bulky package. The figure stopped, waiting in the shade of a deep doorway, watching the building on the opposite side of the street.

A great iron strapped, oak-door swung open. An old man, hunched with age and dressed in blue, grimy overalls, stepped out into the chilly autumn air, a huge ring of keys cradled in his hands.
The figure watched the old man lock the door and shuffle off towards the Pig & Whistle. The figure waited a few minutes more until the sounds of footsteps faded away, before dashing across the street to the Alliance Herald office.

Flushed with an excitement he’d not felt in years, the figure pushed the package through a large brass post-box. With the delivery made the figure dashed off again, melting into the shadows and disappearing into the night.
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Re: From the desk of Hubert Locke
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 07:23:53 AM »
The next morning...

After sorting out the Chairman and the Chairwoman’s coffee and cleaning out the kitchenette, the Herald Intern began sorting through the postbag.

“A letter from the Cathedral, asking for donations to repair the lead on the roof. BIN!”

Ten minutes later...

“An invoice from Perry for premises rental and insurance costs. BIN!”

Half an hour later and much more junk mail...

“And what might you be?”

The Intern carefully lifted a heavy bundle, wrapped in black paper, tied together with blue twine and a tag with a blue quill pen.

Peeling back the black paper the Intern revealed the package’s contents, a pile of iconographs and a letter...
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Re: From the desk of Hubert Locke
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 07:26:20 AM »
From the desk of Hubert Locke.

On the night of the 2nd of October a caravan carrying a large amount of gold and gems was ambushed whilst travelling through Elwynn Forest.

The caravan, protected by mercenaries of the League of the Sword, was engaged by the combined forces of the Matchlocks and the Panther’s Wrath at the foot of the Tower of Azora. The fighting was fierce and violent, many combatants suffering wounds for blade and gunfire. One member of the Matchlocks was rumoured to have attempted pulling the gold teeth out of the mouth of a fallen mercenary.
 
Grabbing as much loot as possible the Matchlocks withdrew, unfortunately leaving one of the Panther’s in the grasps of the mercenaries, in response the Matchlocks took a young night-elf hostage and galloped off with their spoils. Moments later a few Matchlocks assaulted the mercenaries to liberate their Panther allies.

The haul of cash and gems stolen by the Matchlocks roughly totalled 3000g. Amongst the loot was an ornate and precious rifle belonging to a chap known as Azoron, who was none too happy about this.
Shortly after the ambush, Azoran and a tall gent by the name of Liskan confronted the Matchlocks to negotiate the release of the hostages and the return of Azoran’s precious rifle. The Matchlocks soon made their escape in rafts across the river into Duskwood and dispersing.

It is believed that Azoron and Saon of the League of the Sword have declared open warfare against all members of The Matchlocks in response to the ambush.


To the Editor:

Feel free to write a good story about this brilliant crime.

I look forward to reading about it soon.

Your sincerely,

Hubert Locke

« Last Edit: October 08, 2009, 07:49:58 AM by Isaac Hawkhurst »
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Re: From the desk of Hubert Locke
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2009, 07:48:24 AM »
OOC:

Contacts from this event:

Ambushers
The Matchlocks: Liau
Panther's Wrath: Lorr

Mercenaries
League of the Sword: Saon, Azoron

Caravan Owner
Rumoured to be: Dewhit

Others
Liskan
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