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I have compiled a brief report before I must retire .
It has been a hard and very tiring day.


The morning after Coves celebration broke,the sun was streaming through the open windows and a cool morning breeze softly blew Tabbithas hair as she looked out across the landscape from her home.It was so quiet here ,not like in Vesper,too to much to contend with there these days.
Not only from reptiles either.

Nils wasnt happy with her ,neither were the Bloodguard,
especially Lady Flame and Lord Mhor, over the situation with the Barons brother.
Tabbitha sighed heavily.It wasnt easy being stuck in the middle some times,people just didnt realise not everything can be just black and white.

Anyway her main concern now was to assess the situation in Vesper,seeing as the Hospitallers were more or less going to have to deal with most of this on their own.
Getting herself washed and dressed ,she heard the first messages arriving.
'So early in the day', she thought,'must be important ' and it was...
Knight Errant Morgana had started early and sent a report in that some thing odd was afoot in Vesper,seemingly most of the snakes had departed ,but for how long and to where ?,

The answer was soon learned as another message warned about rumours of a pending mass invasion by the Ophidians who's activity over night had reached epic proportions.
Many of the creatures had departed Vesper at least it seemed gathering outside their main camp.
Papua was in need of help urgently also ,as activity there had increased not decreased.

Deciding to avoid Minoc moongate,she travelled to Trinsic,to quickly use the bank there and then head for Papua.
A nice surprise awaited her as she passed the Trinsic Rose,her good friend Vanqa was up and about early.The two chatted for a while and then Lady Vanqa asked if she could ride along with her to Papua.Tabbitha was only too happy,though was a little worried the elf may be bested by these creatures in Papua as the reports spoke of heavily armed Generals and Enforcers.


The next problem they found,was no magic portals would work to take them there, so the portal at Moonglow had to be used.Neither woman was prepared for what met them on the other side.

A lone marksman from Brittannia was attempting to slay one of the vile creatures,right inside the mage shop,whilst the workers had for the main part taken refuge in the back room.





Tabbitha managed to contact Eloise to come aide them.At one point the very structure of the
building was almost shaken to the ground,as those outside beat upon the flimsy doors and
walls to try gain entry.





After at least an hours solid battling,and several ophidians later,the mage shop was cleared
and the workers able to carry on their jobs.

The four weary warriors were about to head home for some well earned rest,when another
message winged its way to her ,this time from Lady Dove.
Having come across a new breed of Broodguard in Vesper,she had called for aide to take it down.
This one bore the badge of Queen Broodguard,so Tabbitha turned her direction to Vesper
town and was glad once more of Lady Vanqa's company.
Finally finding Lady Dove,the three women exchanged greetings then listened as Dove
relayed her news.

It wasnt too long before others joined them, to locate this Queen Gaurd,who seemed
to of hidden herself well ,some where in the town.

We dealt with many of her minions on our way to locate her.Even managing to slay
those who tried to slither into the river to hide





We soon discovered her though ,in hiding on one of the islands.





By this time, Varian had joined us and thankfully took charge of things as the others were becoming more weary.

I have since been informed that Vesper is now cleared of the foul beings

Hopefully Varian will submit a continuation to this report also.


Regards

Lady Tabbitha
Grand Master
Knights Hospitallers