Bluetongue wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:34 pm
Valkrina
Studies the posters. She presumes the named sorceress must be known in these parts. 'the Dark' implies a scholar of dire arts, necromancy and witchery rather than a nod to skin tone.
Still the request for aid in gathering flowers is not due to horticultural reasons or conservation. The skald has seen enough of opiate sniffers craving powdered poppy seeds to know natures blossoms can yield a lucrative harvest for certain unscrupulous entrepreneurs and rare spell components are highly valued.
She has heard but not visited the aforementioned islands. During a break she scours her mind for any relevant information she can recall of the people and culture there.
Valkrina wisdom recall roll vs 15 [1d20] = 3
Valkrina thinks back to what she heard as a child about the infamous Crab Archipelago, her memories of the tales never sitting well with her. The Esquimaux elders around the Ice Lake region used to tell tales of their own distant kin living in that area who became infatuated with the subaqueous Crab-Men, eventually idolizing them so badly that they themselves started to emulate their watery overlords, dying their skin red and wearing moulted, crusty shells on their bodies to look more like them.
She remembers hearing that the islands near the coast of the mainland were inhabited by folk who were once Picts, that also shared the love of the alien crab-men, while her former kin inhabited the smaller isles further south along the chain.
Though she is no stranger to men staring at her exotic beauty, she starts to worry about this massive Viking named Ozlo who hired her for the day, wondering if he has anything else to do other than drink heavily, shout loudly over her music, and gawk at women all day. She hopes she wont need to sneak out of the place without being paid. At least he doesnt make her wear her mask while she performs. In fact, she doesnt see anyone in the room currently wearing their face covering, wondering if the Vikings are exempt from the local traditions.
Action? 
