The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chasing Spray is a four-year-old two-masted square sailing ship. In terms of ship age, she is only a rookie in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars, but Spray Chasing has already become famous in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars area.

Because the Chasing Spray is one of the few cargo ships in the Dragon Bay area that dares to sail directly to Zhentil Castle, and is not owned by the owner of the Zhentil Castle.

The maverick of Chasing the Spray is inseparable from the fierce style of the captain "Brave Red Beard" Hilgert Reddings.Hilgart Readings was once a famous adventurer. He participated in the sailing adventures of Sambian merchants to open up sea trade routes for many times, and accumulated rich sailing experience.

Later, Hilgart Reddings participated in the trade war between Sembia and Zhentil Castle as the captain of the boat. He has cruised the Moon Sea many times, and even visited the port of Zhentil Castle several times.

However, with the end and reconciliation of the trade war between Sembia and the Zhentarim, the brave red beard and his team became somewhat dispensable.

Fortunately, Hilgert Reddings was wise enough. He foresaw in time that if he and his partners could not get out quickly, they would most likely become sacrifices for the reconciliation of the two major trade groups, so they plundered a ship from A trade ship from Sambia bound for Zhentil Keep.

After Hilgart Reddings and his partners robbed the cargo ship, they did not take it directly for themselves, but continued northward to Zhentil Castle, and delivered the goods to the merchants in Zhentil Castle instead of the former owner.

Afterwards, Hilgart Reddings made a clever plan to resell the cargo ship suspected of being filthy in the underground black market of Zhentil Castle, and then bought a ship at a high price in the shipyard of Zhentil Castle. The completed two-masted clipper, now known as the Chase Spray.

Although Zhentil Castle has a bad reputation, it is undeniable that the people of Zhentil Castle are doing very well in some aspects, such as shipbuilding.

Thanks to the rich hardwood resources in the northern cold regions, the ships manufactured by Zhentil Castle Shipyard are famous for their durability and high fire resistance, especially the two unique cold zone hardwood species produced in the northern frontier forest - Gloomy Tree and Weir Trees are the best among ship materials.

Even if the hull of the Chasing Spray was perfect enough, the sailors who operated the ship were all experienced veterans, and it took them three full years to fully exert the performance of this fast ship.

However, William didn't take this to heart. Seasickness is temporary, and they will naturally get used to it after a long time, and they will get used to vomiting slowly.

In fact, William was too worried about this point, and underestimated Hellen's ability and connections.Almost not long after William left, many members of the Harper Alliance who were silently lurking appeared in front of Hellen, many of whom were elves and half-elves, and even a few original guards from Shadow Valley who were driven away by William Members also appear here.

The wind and waves in the Sea of ​​Falling Stars are relatively small, but the wind direction is more changeable, which has advantages and disadvantages for the ships sailing in it.The advantage is that since the wind and waves in most areas of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars are relatively small, ships sailing are not prone to accidents due to natural disasters, so even some inland river boats can sail in the offshore waters of the Sea of ​​Falling Stars.

Ordinary fires cannot ignite a weir tree; only magical fires can set it ablaze; and the tree's wood is durable and resilient, and has a unique response to light-type spells.

To put it bluntly, William didn't care about power and status. He was just fulfilling his original intention of intervening in the situation in the valley. If he could fulfill his oath, even if he gave away the future throne, William would be happy to take it lightly.

Of course, Hilgart Reddings couldn't afford a magic ship made of weir trees. The main keel and most of the plates of his Chaser Spray were made of dark trees, with only some unimportant parts, such as cabin interiors. They use cedar or ash wood planks. Although these woods are not as hard as steel like the Gloomy Trees, they are still excellent ship materials. The wood is dense and resistant to moisture.

Spells such as glaucous light, dancing lights, faerie fire, bright light, and lingering light cast light on unenchanted weir trees (whether alive or felled), and the effects of these spells The light will linger around the weir trees for a long time - even if the magic light source has been moved away in the process.

In fact, the real precious tree in the northern region is a species called the sacred oak-weir tree.Weir trees resemble oak in appearance, but are much rarer.

The wood of Gloomy Trees is hard and resistant to fire, and when placed in a fire, they smolder but do not burn, and many times even forest fires cannot kill them.

In the cold regions of the north, the dark tree is a relatively common hardwood. The trunk is straight and smooth, and there are small branches and crowns on it. It can grow to about 20 meters, but it takes a long time to grow, generally about 100 meters. In about [-] to [-] years, the colder the region, the slower the growth.

If William really dared to choose one of the two as his bodyguard, the other would definitely have to go berserk.

It's a pity that Hellen's plan is doomed to be in vain, how could she understand William's mind and plan.For William, it doesn't matter who the tool man is. What really matters is whether the nature and structure of the future Valley Kingdom's regime is in line with his wishes.

William did not board the Chase Spray alone. His entourage included three little girls and a 24-man guard.Half of the guards are members of William's former guards, all of whom are relatively young lads, and the other half are from the monk group. A female monk named Jialinola Bicamus is the member of this monk team. leader.

In fact, the members of the Harper Alliance are extremely dissatisfied with William's recent behavior of unifying the Valley. Almost most of the Harper members believe that William is the destroyer of regional balance, the destroyer of peace and stability, and the strangler of freedom and order. The top leaders of the Hand League even had the idea and plan to assassinate William and his relatives.

Of course, the bigger reason is that William is sure to protect these seasick people. The vitality transformed by the energy of the curse fire is enough to ensure that little Sai Luer can cry and vomit with full of anger even if she hasn't eaten anything for two days.

It's a pity that the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins. The most powerful female monks of the two warrior monks fought openly and secretly. In the end, it was Jialinola, a flirtatious little bitch, who got the best deal. Almost drove the two female monks crazy.

Gloomy Trees are named for their dark, eerie shape when they grow thickly.Cut through the black bark (silver-gray freshly stripped) and you'll find the wood beneath the bark is ash-gray—and hard as steel.

The Chasing Spray is equipped with full horizontal sails, and the hull is beautifully streamlined. It has the characteristics of fast speed, flexible steering, and strong maneuverability, which makes it one of the fastest fast ships on the Falling Star Sea. one.

The seawater of Falling Star Sea is crystal clear, standing on the side of the ship, you can even see the seabed with the naked eye.Swarms of colorful swimming fish, colorful seabed corals, and a variety of seabed creatures made William and his party dizzying.

In fact, Shiron didn't think a unified valley was good enough, but she also knew that no one including herself, including the Harpers, could stop William.

Helen received these "friends" cordially, and learned about the changes in the valley since she fell into a coma from the perspective of the Harper Alliance, especially the series of great things that William had done in the valley.

How can a wandering dragon soaring above the nine heavens care about the flies among a group of loaches in the mud pit.

Helen has seen William's hidden power in the world of flames with her own eyes, and she knows that if the boy is completely annoyed, the entire valley is likely to attract a truly devastating catastrophe, just like the card she just learned. The burning city of Lin Gang is on fire.

As we have guessed, the main purpose of the Chasing Spray roaming the waterways between Zhentil Castle and Starfall Sea is not to ship cargo, but to detect the illegal behavior of the Zhentarim in the sea lanes (Harper Alliance considered illegal).

In the evening of the next day, the Chasing Spray sailed into the port area of ​​Scar Valley Town.William was walking on the streets of Scar Valley Port in the dim night, and was delighted to find that even after night fell, the law and order here was still relatively satisfactory. There might be petty theft, but those vicious crimes of fighting, robbery and extortion were almost invisible. No, this made William quite satisfied with the working ability of the left-behind person in charge of Scar Valley Town.

When left undisturbed, the tree grows into a huge, branched forest behemoth, actively protected by the forest's dryads, tree nymphs, druids, treants, and rangers , and build dwellings and even villages and towns on the canopy.

Because of this, the weir tree has become the most cherished treasure and property of jungle creatures, and it is difficult for those who covet it to harvest it, unless they can organize an army to completely defeat the guardian of the weir tree.

The disadvantage is that if a sailboat wants to sail smoothly, it needs a skilled enough sailing veteran to maintain a stable sail in the changeable sea wind.

In Faerun, it was taboo to have women board the ship, but William and his party were mostly women, especially the monk guards, who gathered almost all the pretty female monks in the monk group.

The joy of exploring and swimming in unknown places in the world is not as much as shrinking in the cold courtyard of a deep palace, with decades of hard work in the form of paperwork.

Most of the original members of William's guard were also left behind. They will serve as Hellen's most effective team and help him control the situation in Genggu as soon as possible.

When left undisturbed, the tree grows into a huge, branched forest behemoth, actively protected by the forest's dryads, tree nymphs, druids, treants, and rangers , and build dwellings and even villages and towns on the canopy.

Even though Curiel and Elena were unwilling in every possible way, after a little explanation from William, they remained in Genggu Town obediently as the leaders of the monk group.In fact, for these two female monks who have gradually developed a feeling of rivalry, as long as the other party can't get what they can't get, everything will be fine.

The Chasing Spray is a typical two-masted square-sailing ship with reasonable rigging and easy operation. Generally, only a dozen or so sailors are needed to give full play to the performance of the ship (for specific shape and structure, please refer to the Black Pearl in the Caribbean. and intercept number).

Hillen's idea is to secretly gather the control of the soon-to-be-unified Valley into the hands of people from the "justice and good camp", this "people" includes the Harpers of the moderate faction (the Harpers are divided into radicals and moderates) The radical faction likes to engage in assassination, the moderate faction likes to play peaceful evolution), the righteous valley city-state nobles, kind mages and scholars, etc.

Originally, both Curiel Rageheart and Elena Frostheart aspired to be the leader of this monk guard. For this reason, they even fought more than ten duels overtly or secretly, to compete for who The closest location to William.

Although Jialinola Pikamus's beautiful figure does have a certain advantage, after all, which man doesn't like the pleasing scenery of the guards around him.But the bigger reason is that the situation in Genggu is still inseparable from the suppression of the monks.

When William boarded the smoky deck of the clipper, he couldn't help but marvel at it.

In many shipyards in the south, boatmen usually import this kind of wood as the raw material for masts, but the people of Zhentil Castle choose to use the wood of the dark tree to make ship planks.

With the help of the sea breeze blowing sideways, Hilgert controlled the foremast and mizzensail facing the wind, which formed an ingenious angle with the mizzen gaffsail, forming a strong forward thrust, allowing the Chasing Spray to break quickly. Splashes opened and headed towards Scar Valley Town in the south.

It is said that Fallen Star Sea, as the largest inland salty sea water in Faerun, provides the best geographical transportation advantages for the prosperity of the whole Faerun (just like the Mediterranean Sea is to classical Western civilization).This huge body of water connects the eastern and western parts of the Faerun continent, so that the vast continent will not be separated by civilization due to geographical reasons.

Of course, there are also some unlucky poor guys in the guard who are suffering from seasickness, including William's poor little apprentice Sai Luer, whose pale little face is so emaciated that it makes people feel distressed.The little guy vomited whatever he ate, even vomited water when he drank.

The reason why Hilgert Reddings was willing to use his own ship to carry William and his party was because he was also a member of the Harper Alliance, even including the dozen or so sailor companions under him.

It is also this unique magical characteristic of the weir tree that makes it one of the best magic ship materials in Faerun.

However, after William and his guards boarded the ship at the port of Grow Valley Town, the Chasing Spray did not sail directly north, but turned to the south, and Scar Valley Town was William's next destination.

The person in charge of staying behind in Scar Valley Town is a local Tom priest named Kelworth Delmen (Tom, the god of loyalty and courage), and he is also a fairly reliable fighter.

William entered the Arrowfish Tavern with members of the guard, and some sailors from the Chasing Spray.The sailors impatiently ordered the most powerful wine, the freshest vegetables and the most tender beef, and then they ate big pieces like no one else.

William arranged for the little girls and his men to have dinner here, but he went to the town hall of Scar Valley Town alone, and met with the left-behind person in charge here.Later, he sent someone to Chandler intersection to inform Phinea that the female half-giant had been commanding an army composed of frost giant cubs and human knights to guard the Feather Falls area recently.

In fact, Phineya was not satisfied with the job of guarding one side alone. If it wasn't for the frost giant cubs tying her hands and feet, this woman would have run to William's side recklessly.

Corrected.