Wall Stormers #90

 Its been a hard long year, the fields have not grown any better than before, and the guilds keep voting to send out more kids to their deaths. My first born lost his life out there, and yet it didn't stop my second born from going out. Yet, he returned, returned with enough iron to make a new ploughshare and more.

The Guilds divided up the loot, as parent we were afforded new stone and new wood for our house, and indeed an upgrade to my plough. We're thankful for that, but I look at the neighbours, who've lost their children and I wonder. Maybe I should have gone out instead of my firstborn. I won't let my 2nd born out again, in the excitement he got married and are now with child. 

I have the muscles of a farmer, so why not. 

The Start of Summer

Its not the 9th year, sending kids out to clear the walls. Lets be fair, its always a volunteers job. the survivors return not just rich, but also proud, looked upon by the others as someone who matters.

Yet not all missions go as planned. Last year, some kids let loose an abomination. Something described as a body of bodies, all glued together, yet it could come apart if needed. 20 feet high, multiple heads and arms. sick, twisted. Worse, it was at Merchants gate, usually the safer of the gates, but sadly the harder to defend, due to the overhanding customs gate house.

So, the three who discovered it, and seven more of their kin, the ones who survived, but not found enough to retire, plus some new kids, and 12 guard, were sent out to clean it all up.

The Guards reported back, something else was out there.

The Zombies were tougher than usual, there were stranger ones, and then the beast appeared. The fight was furious, and fast, as the priests summoned the word of Ignatious Flageston Mortantius Fury, and burned the ground, escaping back into the gate as the street was lit with holy fire. Several heroes were scorched, many infected by the blood and are now in hospital being treated. But, word has it, the abomination was purged.  

Once returned, some of our adventurers, not happy that they'd returned empty handed, snuck out into the city the next morning, grabbed a few items from a building (decorative iron chairs) and managed to improve their standing at the adventurers guild.