The Pumpkin Slaughter of 1586

[_Jandy_ 3519]

16th of The Grand Harvest

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The lot of 6 halflings and a biggun child donned their gourd helms and prepared their wood hoes and shovels, they nodded to each other and called out their cause.

"Pumpkin Raid!"

"Fer teh Pumpkin Hoard!"

"Lunch!"

They made their ways to the Trade Nation of Sutica. They marched up to people and plopped pumpkins on their heads and the colony grew.

Then the crew continued to the Sutican palace, where the elegant Princess Lilyana met them and clicked her tongue saying

"Yer doing your raid all wrong my loyal and wee subjects."

She went and fetched a large bag full of metal shovels and handed them to the Pumpkin Raiders and waved us off with a smile.

They continued with renewed vigor, marching through the land towards to the lands of the Dwed, stopping by the keep of the Crimson edict also getting chased off by both groups by grouchy blade wielding men. No Pumpkin Raiders were harmed though so they set off with a sweat on their brows and a smile on their face.

 

As they got to the gate of Johnsburg they were not permitted entrance so they sat before it, chanting loudly

"Pumpkin Raid."

"Let us pumpk-in."

"Pumpkin Democraceh!"

The Orenian cavalry came up the path to the gate, weapons drawn and seemingly very grouchy.

The cavalry charged, leaning very deep to reach the wee-folk and easily savaging the bigguns and even attempting at the lives of children.

The protesters scattered like seeds in the wind, many being sliced down though others running through the city gates as the back gate opens. The survivors were streaked in the blood of their comrades some even having ripped weapons from the bigguns' hands.

[A survivor looks back through the back exit of the Empire]

[Two survivors meet on the road and make their way to safety, avoiding guards who patrol the road]

 

The surviving halflings make their way home and enter their burrows to hide from potential Orenians who may assault them only to find that the peaceful village of the Wee-Folk had been smitten by the SkyGods once again. Burrows, trees and gazebos burned alike, the air nigh impossible to inhale... The one time the people of the hills left their village it had been massacred.

 

 

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*quotes are paraphrased and the story is told in the pov of an innocent pumpkin raider

[Weabootrash 412]

Zane Pumpkinroots walks home with his fellow pumpkinraiders, but not all of them. He goes to his home beaten and bruised and opens the door greeted by his burned down burrow. He sighs and pulls off his pumpkin and throws it angrily towards his burned down house. He then pulls out his pipe and pipeweed before lighting the pipeweed on fire in his pipe. He takes a whiff and blows out the smoke before smiling and sighing. He then sighs once more while saying "Ahhhh, memes." 

[sean66 272]

Conrad Ambertoe slowly walks home arm in arm with his companions just to smell ash in the air. The Halflings rushing into town to discover their boroughs ablaze. Going from joyous march home to a frantic rush for buckets of water.

[Vetren54 368]

Mattington doesn't understand what the pumpkin guys expected to happen. 

[_Jandy_ 3519]

Just now, Vetren54 said:

Mattington doesn't understand what the pumpkin guys expected to happen. 

The Pumpkin Raiders expected to give hugs, pumpkins and merriment to inspire merriment in the hearts of all bigguns.

[Vetren54 368]

Just now, _Jandy_ said:

The Pumpkin Raiders expected to give hugs, pumpkins and merriment to inspire merriment in the hearts of all bigguns.

Mattington wished the Pumpkin Raiders made this clear upon their arrival to the Orenian lands.

[Neverstar 24]

Just now, Vetren54 said:

Mattington doesn't understand what the pumpkin guys expected to happen. 

Pumpkin Democraceh, obviously!

[_Jandy_ 3519]

Just now, Vetren54 said:

Mattington wished the Pumpkin Raiders made this clear upon their arrival to the Orenian lands.

It wouldn't matter because the innocent wee-folk were slaughtered regardless even though they had drawn no arms or declared any ill will.

[Guest]

"A full blown infestation!" Alistair says in mock horror. 

[Larry Shortoak 297]

Larry had sat along the shoreline of Reedsborough having not participated in this ever-growing march, instead deciding to smoke on his pipe listening to the sounds of the waves breaking out in front of him. The soothing sounds of the wave made the Elder Halfling rather tired, so tired in fact he had fallen asleep on the sand only to be awoken by the water splashing at his feet from the rising tide and the smell of the burrows burning. 

"No' me village! An' no' me burrow!" he had shouted as he ran towards his village now surrounded by a large darkened cloud from the fire.

The Shortoak family burrow had been caught up in the blaze, even when he wasn't involved in the pumpkin march, his kitchen being destroyed along with his supply of cheese and Shortoak Stout.

As the fire was put out around the village, the Elder sighed, the smell of smoke filling his nose as he spoke.

"Maybe one day these marches won' en' so badly." he said with a sigh before hobbling off to the shoreline to finish his pipeweed.

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[Weabootrash 412]

1 hour ago, Aerial "The Wroth" Kebabu said:

"A full blown infestation!" Alistair says in mock horror. 

[BonesOfTheEarth 2252]

Lefkos wipes away a tear

"Such tragedy.."

He promptly shoves a pumpkin on his head, a low blue glow seen through the right eye hole

"I shall avenge my friends."

[sneLf 314]

Lucus sheds a tear for the fallen pumpkin raiders

[Nate1450 111]

Oscar the Halfling weeps for his fallen brothers

"T'e 'orror! T'e 'umanity!"

[Kaiser 2347]

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