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    Many people end up in Sandport for various means and reasons. Today is the swallow tail festival, a festival to honor the many gods that make life possible, as such the streets are especially crowded with people from neighboring towns that came for those reasons. You however have come here by your own means and for your own purpose. Around the town you will find numerous games and competitions, free food in the three local taverns, which is a competition in its own rights.
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    Hana, a tall humanoid woman with a red tint to her features wears a heavy cloak.
    She moves from stall to stall, looking at the baked good and trinkets on offer. Why did I come to this town? Something drew me here but I dont know what. she thinks to herself as her disinterested eyes pass over the simple fare on offer.

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    While wondering the Hagfish, Hana spots why the tavern has its name. Behind a clean counter lies a messy tank inside of which sits what she can only imagine is a hag fish. The poor thing seems about ready to float belly up. Above the tank sits a heavy pouch hanging from a nail. A customer places a silver coin on the bar, the bar keep shrugs and puts it into the bag above. He then takes out a heavy glass mug, the type the town is famous for. Turning around he sinks the spotlessly clean mug into the water of the tank which is best described a surprisingly thick. The dirty grayish water more jiggles in the cup than sloshes as he places the cup in front of the blonde female customer. She begins to chug down the liquid as near by patrons cheer her on, Hana can almost smell the slime from this distnace. It is not long into the chugging that she spits it out and begins to wretch loudly. A nearby boy in an apron grabs a bucket and a mop as if this outcome happens twice a day. Looking away from the new mess on the floor you see a handfull of names carved by the silver purse, six in all.
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    Walking about the festival grounds, a young man wearing a long, weather-beaten coat over light armor poured over the offerings from Sandpoint’s three taverns, looking for whatever seemed most like a local specialty. His silver-brown hair was a wild mane hanging just past his shoulders, and his light brown skin bore a few small, faintly-glowing scars along his face and arms. At this hip, he wore a sword that would've looked out of place nearly anywhere in Varisia. Seemingly a combination of a bastard sword and the loading and firing mechanisms of a rifle, this sword could’ve easily have been mistaken for one of the firearms experiments in Alkenstar were its mechanisms not too advanced and precise in their operation for even the most masterfully-crafted of the Gunworks’s creations.

    This man, Sieghart, had hitched a ride south along the coastal route from Riddleport down to Sandpoint with a trade caravan hoping to arrive in time for the festival. Having subsisted for days largely on dried meats, hard tack, dried fruit and, one particularly-lucky day, a bit of chocolate, the juicy meat and fresh spice looked and smelled like an explosion of flavor by comparison.

    “No luck in Riddleport, either.” Sieghart said to himself while deciding where he’d eat. “And this place doesn’t look much more promising. Well, at least the food looks good. With any luck, I’ll be able to find a caravan headed for Magnimar once the festival’s over.”

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    Trailing behind Sieghart, darting quickly here and there, blending into shadows with his matte black chitin, was the small grotesque beast that responded to the nickname 'Hiss' more than anything, as it was the sound it most often made. Disappearing for the better half of a day oft times, the beast usually came back smelling of blood to share Sieghart's fire, or to steal his blanket to make a nest, had been following the young man for some time now.

    Though seeming to understand Sieghart, Hiss rarely listened for very long, and would wander off quite a bit. It trailed him again now, seeming to meander from shadow to shadow, cocking its eyeless head oddly as if listening, and occasionally snatching a small animal (squirrel, thicket mouse,...stray cat, didn't seem to matter) and devouring it messily as it traveled - seeming content just to keep Sieghart where he could find him easily. Though without visible eyes or even ears, it wasn't exactly clear how he accomplished that feat. Let alone find a constant supply of food seemingly everywhere.
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    Fargor is participating in an odd teams competition where one person will draw a thing and the other will try and guess what's being drawn. There's only so much time to draw, which can sometimes make it difficult to guess, but everybody's having a marvelous time.


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    In a foul mood despite the festivities (or more likely, because of an incident involving a near-sighted mother of some human child), Ogun stalks through the marketplace.

    Muttering imprecations and insults under his breath. he wanders the stalls, occasionally thinking on if he wants to spend his hard-scrounged gold shinies on these weird things the humans sell.

    "Ogun hates children. Ogun eats children now. It is decided."
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    The market is a cacophony of loud sounds, a dog barking, children laughing, and one girl bending down to say "Oh my, you are the cutest dragon ever" to a confused dragon and or goblin. Games of chance are going about as well as Fargor can expect turning neither profit or loss but producing numerous smiles. Seighart and his noble... "dog" find themselves in front of the chapel and older man steps to a podium.

    As he raises his hands, he is largely ignored by the people and the barking dog. The old priest drops his hand suddenly a large stone falls to the ground and explodes in a noise Seighart would call a gunshot. The crowd is entirely quiet except for the barking dog and crying child. The priest clears his throat in the silence preparing to speak, as the child's cry turns to screams and the dogs barking drips off into gurgling sound. Under a wagon a goblin, the type that offends dragons and aliens alike, holds a bloody shiv in the dogs bleeding neck. Three more goblins jump out from stalls and begin to attack random civilians while two more appear on roof tops and begin to sing.

    "Goblins chew and goblins bite,
    Goblins cut and goblins fight.
    Stab the dog and cut the horse,
    Goblins eat and take by force!
    Goblins race and goblins jump.
    Goblins slash and goblins bump.
    Burn the skin and mash the head,
    Goblins here and you be dead!
    Chase the baby, catch the pup.
    Bonk the head to shut it up.
    Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
    We be goblins! You be food! "

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    Hearing the commotion Hana goes outside to watch. She recoils in shock when the goblins spring their ambush, but in the next breath she charges the nearest goblin. Drawing her sword.
    She lets out a bizzare scream as she charges.

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    Sieghart’s first impulse upon seeing the goblins appear is to put himself between the monsters and the nearest defenseless person, which happened to be the old priest.

    "Keep low, Sir!” he shouted to the priest. "If you can, try and lead the other civilians to safety!" Sieghart pulled his gunblade free from its scabbard and faced the goblin menace. Never a dull moment in Golarion, it seemed. This world seemed to be menaced by monsters as often as his own. He gave Hiss a nod before jerking his head towards the goblins.

    “You ready to do this, partner?” He rushed to the nearest goblin, his sword resting on his shoulder, and took the hilt in a two-handed grip before swinging down with his full weight to cut into the monster’s bulbous head.

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    Feet shuffling in an excited hop from foot to foot, a low hiss escapes the 'dog' briefly before it tears off towards the goblins entering the crowd, darting around Sieghart's own scuffle to the next goblin in order to snap at its heels - literally. Grotesque jaw gaping with thick ropes of viscous saliva, it lunges at its prey.

    Move Action: Happily dart towards food.
    Standard Action: Attempt to eat aforementioned food - Attack (1d20+6)[13] & Damage (2d6+4)[13]
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    The dogs powerful jaws clamp shut at air where the goblin nimbly moved out of the way. Me hates... dogs. You dog right?
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    A snarling hiss causing thin ropes of viscous saliva to fly is the only reply to the goblin's query.
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    Fargor rushes over to the nearest goblin and backhands them before they can assault another innocent bystander.

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    The first goblin swings at Hiss screaming Die dog that hisses like cat! (1d20+3)[13] (1d6+3)[5]

    Around the town, but not in the square numerous other goblins are singing and attacking the local citizens, a few building seem to be catching on fire.
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    After felling one of the creatures Hana looks around.
    She sees a surving goblin attack the....
    Thing. Over there.
    She hesitates for a moment but rushes to the creatures aid. Chargin the goblin with her sword. (d20+7)[25] to hit
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    The last goblin is split into two. Around the party chaos continues with building being lit on fire, goblins eating what ever they can get their hands on, and the the occasional murder of a civilian.
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    As the skirmish drew to a close, Sieghart swiped his blade, casting aside any lingering blood sticking to it, and looked towards the old priest.

    “Are you alright, sir?” he asked. “It looks like we’ve cleared this place of goblins, so I’ll send anyone I find to congregate here, okay? In the meantime, though…” The swordsman hefted his gunblade over his shoulder and looked upon the other heroes who’d fought against the goblins. “Is everyone okay?”

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    Thank you Sir, I can provide healing to any one you send this way.
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    Immediately diving at one of the downed goblins, the 'dog' takes a large chunk from the chest area of the corpse, crunching bones and squishing meat happily as it bounces from foot to foot. Cocking its head as it chews, its smooth ridged head swivels and it darts to and fro as if listening to find more prey to hunt.
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    "This battle is not over!" Hana shouts as heads towards the nearest goblins with her sword held high.

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