THE FINAL PUMPKIN RAID (Daisy Applefoot PK)

[NotEvilAtAll 10906]

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[!] Some commotion would be happening in Brandybrook

~The halflings of Brandybrook enjoying the second Toady Traveler Happy Hour!~

It was a beautiful day in the Brandybrook, as it is oft to be. The birds sang their lovely little songs, the halflings ran about enjoying their daily lives, and all was merry and good.

 

Several halflings had gathered in the tavern to drink, and exchanged songs, stories, booze, and other things with each other to pass the time. They laughed, giggled, hiccuped, and had a grand ol’ time together. Several bigguns came and went during this time, as did several halflings. However, those who choose to stay in the tavern for an extended period of time soon grew bored, and talks began to focus around more adventurous things...

 

Eventually, it was decided that a second Pumpkin Raid to rival the first would be declared, and that the halflings and their biggun friends would set out to spread peace and love immediately. While none of them knew it at the time, this Pumpkin Raid would be their demise...

~Preparing for the Pumpkin Raid!~

Soon, Brandybrook was filled with the sounds of pumpkin-carving, shovel-making, and excited chatter concerning the Pumpkin Raid about to occur. The tavern had been completely vacated in order to better prepare for the Pumpkin Raid, for preparing pumpkins is best done outside, and bigguns and halflings alike were equiped with all they’d need for their journey to save Arcas from the brutal war.

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~Leaving Brandybrook!~

While few in number and small in stature, the halflings made up for this with their strong spirit and devotion to the cause of peace. They’d find themselves traveling from one end of Arcas to the other (quite a long journey for such a small creature!), meet several friends, and have plenty of adventure indeed! From Sutica (where a few bigguns were recruited to the cause) to Urguan (where the halflings were nearly killed by Dwarves) and finally to Renatus far away from the halfling homeland.

 

Such a merry band it was! A line of halflings and bigguns marching across the roads of Arcas, all wearing pumpkins on their heads to tell the Pumpkin Raiders apart from those who must be taught the ways of peace! Never once did they lay a finger upon the bigguns they met, and never once did they think of going home no matter how difficult the road ahead became.

~One of the Pumpkin Raid’s several “Snack Breaks” where hungry Pumpkin Raiders stop to eat a snack!~

~Trying to convert a biggun to the ways of peace in Sutica!~

~Marching through the woods whilst traveling to Urguan!~

~The discovery of the so-called “Pumpkin Trees” was a great boost to the Pumpkin Raider morale!~

~Arriving at Urguan!~

~Confronting the Urguan soldiers!~

~Helping Thyme with his injury!~

~Leaving Urguan!~

While Sutica had been accepting of the Pumpkin Raiders and their crusade for peace, the Dwarves of Urguan were much harder to crack.... the Pumpkin Raiders were split up, lost, injured, or in general disarray for much of their time there. Thyme, one of the Pumpkin Raiders, was hit by a Dwarven sword and had to be carried out of Urguan until he regained the ability to walk, and none of the Dwarves joined the cause apart from a child. Only slightly discouraged by their lack of success in Urguan, the Pumpkin Raiders would soon move on to a larger target; Renatus!

 

Renatus was not too far from Urguan and was taking part in the recent war, and thus was chosen as the site where the Pumpkin Raiders would try and spread their values of PEACE, LOVE, and of course, PUMPKINS!

 

~Traveling to Renatus!~

~Arriving at the gates of Renatus!~

When the halfling Pumpkin Raiders arrived at Renatus, the bigguns there were not amused! They quickly donned their armor, unsheathed their swords, and demanded that the Pumpkin Raiders leave or all be slaughtered in cold blood! The halflings, while understanding the threats of the Renatians, remembered all the previous times that Renatus had been good to them and persisted in their efforts to spread peace regardless.

 

Tensions soon rose as the Renatian soldiers marched out onto the bridge, pushing the Pumpkin Raiders away from the gates and demanding that they all leave. No matter how much the Pumpkin Raiders insisted they were a peaceful gathering, the Renatians insisted that the halflings would kill them all if they didn’t force them to leave, and thus continued in their efforts to stomp out the peaceful pumpkin movement.

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~Renatian soldiers marching onto the bridge!~

~The Pumpkin Raiders are forced back as a huge quantity of armed bigguns threatens them with violence!~

~An image of the bridge seconds before the Renatians charge the Pumpkin Raiders.~

  

~Halflings running for their lives!~

What had begun as a few slashes at pumpkin-wearing protesters soon escalated as more and more Renatians joined in on the slaughter of the halflings and their Pumpkin allies. Soon, the halflings were in a full retreat away from the bridge with a horde of soldiers following them. Almost without any warning, the efforts of the Renatians to rid their lands of the Pumpkin Raiders turned into a massacre as halflings began falling to their blades left and right.

~Daisy Applefoot being hunted down by Renatians!~

Daisy Applefoot, a prominent halfling of Brandybrook and one of the organizers of the initial Great Arcas Pumpkin Raid, was caught up in the chaos as it unfolded. She tried to peel away from the roads and run into the woods, hoping that it would save her life, but a Renatian soldier keep on chasing her no matter how hard she ran. Eventually, the Renatian soldier stopped chasing her, and Daisy took a moment to eat.

 

She kept on running away from Renatus, thinking about how she ought to save her life all the while. As far as she knew, Renatian soldiers had noticed her as she ran away. She spotted a cliff where she could dive into the nearby river, and jumped off of it in hopes of swimming away to safety and confusing the soldiers chasing her.

 

SPLAT!

  

Daisy Applefoot missed her jump and landed face-first into a ledge overlooking the cliff. Her frail body, already damaged from an arrow and two sword slashes, quickly crumpled under her own weight and left her there to die. Nobody was there to hear her cries for help. Nobody saw her as she slowly bled out by the river, her blood coloring it red. Nobody saw the life in her eyes fade into darkness as her lungs filled up with blood instead of air.

 

She would not be returning to Brandybrook.

 

Her children would never see their mother again.

 

The Applefoot burrow would nevermore be graced by Daisy’s smile.

 

Never.

[Porkgasm 267]

The Adventurer and newly minted Sheriff Deek Driftwood would morn the loss of the High Pumplar and Exemplar of Halfling culture. He would stare out at the ocean, wonder what Brandybrook would do without her 

[bickando 3967]

William Jrent’s reaction to the dead halfling on the floor:

 

 

[Lord_of_losers 1546]

“Yub. Dey flatted mi fuhtur snaga.” – Shugoki.

[MangoArt 399]

Pelegren sobs at the death of his cousin, nursing his bruises and broken rib in Brandybrook. He resolves to give her a proper funeral, if they were to find her body.

[mario_png 8]

After the fun “Raid” turned massacre, a kind Renatan led Pelegren, Micah, and Deek into Renatus where a nice doctor tended to their wounds. They headed back to Brandybrook by boat, and mourned the loss of Daisy. RIP. STOP THIS INJUSTICE!

[Destroyer_Bravo 1054]

Maly’thill never learns of the halfling that faceplanted into a riverbank after escaping him.

[Archbishop 1784]

“The slaughter of unarmed innocent people less than half their size, and the Renatians speak of honor.” said Zachery, praying for the fallen halflings.

[ApplePieKathy 561]

“Despicable!” Said Valerie

[MangoArt 399]

1 minute ago, Archbishop said:

“The slaughter of unarmed innocent people less than half their size, and the Renatians speak of honor.” said Zachery, praying for the fallen halflings.

Pelegren recalls Haense also nearly killing Daisy.

[NotEvilAtAll 10906]

1 minute ago, MangoArt said:

Pelegren recalls Haense also nearly killing Daisy.

 

7 minutes ago, Archbishop said:

“The slaughter of unarmed innocent people less than half their size, and the Renatians speak of honor.” said Zachery, praying for the fallen halflings.

If the memories of the other halflings do not fail them, they would remember the time that their presence prevented conflict between a group of Orenian and Renatian soldiers on a bridge between Adria and Haense. While her body may now lie rotting in a riverbank, perhaps Daisy’s cause and devotion towards Arcas-wide peace was not in vain after all.

 

It is a shame then that her death is already being used to further the conflict she fought so hard to end. It was not Renatians who had killed her, but those opposed to the teachings of peace. It was not Haense folks who had almost torn her to pieces, but those who wished to turn lovers of peace into fighters of war.

 

[Sorcerio 4712]

“Fuckin’ Renatians...”

[Hobbs_Burrows 497]

Ernie watches, through the porthole window of his burrow, the Pumpkin Raiders stagger into Brandybrook Village, wounded and despondent, and notices that one less person returned among their number. With a heavy heart, Ernie carves a pumpkin, and leaves it in the front garden of the Applefoot burrow the next morning.

 

[Hearth 1082]

Hearth would rock in his chair, releasing a short sigh. "This war extracts a heavy toll... Thy shan't weep, Rosewood shall do so, Instead..."

[Unwillingly 18132]

“I don’t like halflings but this is brutal.” says Crybean