Update on Blatherings from the Bilge

Okay, it has been a while since the bards have visited with the goblinoid menace so you are probably getting tired of typing with your fingers crossed and the sheer number of candles that have been lit for him has long since passed into near epic quantities.

So, let us visit the latest information on that menace (currently mostly to himself) named Alyxyn.

As of three weeks ago, he sat up in bed as he was having trouble swallowing.  He was rather surprised not to find either a small goblin, pet, or huge spider sitting on his next trying to end his life.  Instead, what he found was that on the left side of his throat, there was a hard swelling between 1 and 2 inches in size.  Before he could really think things through, it occurred to him that the town criers had lately been lamenting that the pollen counts in the air had reached largely uncountable levels, citing counts of 800+ when "dangerous" was barely 100.  So.. He wasn't terribly worried, doubled his concoction to fight Mother Nature's assault upon him and went to sleep again.

However, when he awakened again, things had not gotten any better so the Menace sent some gold to a healer to reserve some time.  Healer come and Healer go with no conclusion other than "yup, its something".  Rituals were thrown and readings taken and again no conclusion could be derived. Finally further rituals and blood sacrifice was offered on another altar before the Priests could conclude that, while they still could not recognize the specific breed of 'whatever', that it was NOT good and that the swelling needed to be removed.

And now.. the waiting begins again.  Now a special healer needs to be contracted to throw the Menace onto an altar and slice into his throat without removing his head.

When will this be? ..... sometime soon is all they can tell me currently.