Pitmuck, Trammel, Chesapeake (PaxLair Times) – June 20, 2013 – by Ashlynn – Since Dudley vanished from the realm the goblin Pita Tinkles has been left in a terrible state. Moping around during the day in a permanent state of depression and bawling her eyes out at night. It has been hilarious to watch.
But the other goblins have not been idle! They concocted a plan to seek out Dudley on behalf of Pita, and sent out a call for non-goblins to help them. Being curious as to where the journey would take us I simply had to go along.
Last night a small group of goblins and several volunteers met at Pitmuck to follow up rumours that Dudley had been seen in the Tokunese city of Zento. Even some of the new City Governors decided to take a break from their bureaucratic duties and lend a hand.
The group headed to Zento and spoke with a number of dockworkers who stated they saw a person fitting Dudley’s description head west in a large ship. Though it was a pretty vague clue, the goblins were determined to follow it up and off we sailed in a ship of our own.
After some time at sea we found ourselves under attack by many sea serpents and sea elementals. It seemed like they were protecting something and soon enough, we spotted land ahead. A few small islands that appeared to be inhabited.
The inhabitants however were not friendly. They were of the savage sort and even with Niva aboard, they would not listen to reason. Clearly the only solution was to murder all of them lest we end up boiled alive in a metal cauldron and eaten.
Making landfall on the second island yielded some results. After dealing with the hostile residents and rolling their corpses into the sea, we discovered some of Dudley’s belongings. A torn black robe, a spellbook, an armoured vest, and a torn note. Of Dudley there was no sign, but one of our companions did note the lack of blood at the scene.
The note was stained and torn but read as follows:
There isnt a lot o—– is quick. There was some sort of infecti—– ——ortant that you don’t try to find me until I can find some kind of cure. I hope this will manage to reach Pita so she knows that I’ll be back as soon a——
-ll my love, Du—-
With no further clues we could only speculate on what had happened. It is my belief that Dudley had been captured by the island’s inhabitants, stripped and cooked in a giant pot. This suggestion seemed to upset Pita so the others tried to assure her that he was still alive out there somewhere.
The wind then blew the torn clothing into the sea so Pita quickly grabbed the spellbook before it too vanished into the sea. And then with nowhere else to turn, we made our way back to Makoto Jima and, eventually, Pitmuck.
So what became of Dudley? Has he really been eaten by a savage or a sea creature? Is he dead? Is this the end of Pita’s search? Who can say. But if I were to have to put my signature and seal on his fate, I would conclude an inglorious death!