Bjorn "Barney" Bjarneson walks out of the Jungles to the East, Stealth Patterning fading away for his standard reinforcement as he makes his way across the miles towards the settlement center, keeping an eye and nose out for one of the Settlement Leaders, preferably either the Grimfari Jarl or Hersir Ragnarr.
His Nose leads him to weave around people and between the few buildings until he finds Ragnarr in the public square, stopping a few feet away, giving a sheepish smile to him.
"Hoi, Ragnarr, have a minute? Mighta made a small mess for ya."
"So we all remember how Gudrun Rekavidrsdottir was exploring and killed by that crab wizard? How it tried to make her face herself in a fight to the death and how she cut off her own arm before she'd let it kill her with herself, and then it drew upon its wanded magics to finally kill her after all their struggles?"
"Well, I went and had a look about for the crab bastard, can't let something like that be a danger to us, yeah? And after talkin' with Gudrun about what happened and where it happened, I figured I'd check out whete she died in specific, and, well-" seeing the look on Ragnarr's face and remembering the exact thing he was asked not to do, Bjarneson cuts to the chase.
"It's not a War! It's actually, kinda, the opposite of a War?"
"So I went about gettin' to there all quiet like, hoping to get the jump on the bastard if 'e was still around, and it turns out!"
"The Bastard's actually a bastard by whatever weirdo standards the Crab People have too?"
"Cause there was three Crab Guys there, with some weird black greased wigs and black leather jackets?"
"Turns out they were bountyhunters looking for the wizard nut on behalf of a 'Crabsortium', wanted to 'ask 'im a few questions', which I took ta meanin' beat him up for answers ya know?"
"The three named 'emselves as Crabcent, Crabony, and Crablone, with Crablone bein' the Boss of the other two, seemed to be he was takin' the lead on gettin' the other two blooded, with their first step bein' tryin' to figure out just what's been going on with their 'nutcase wizard'."
"I talked em into trying to get some of their own people ready to talk to our people in a year's time [editor's note: the season after the current season, this action ran a bit long and occurred during the Skele-War Turn], ta make sure we didn' get into a mess when there wasn't need of one, ya?"
"We'll be meetin' next season [editor's note: this present turn] ta follow up on the Wizard and I think those Crabs in that Hill Ship we stumbled on back when we first landed here, I walked into Gudrun on the way back here and she's keen to give the Wizard another go at least."
"What else.....ah, right, what they were like martially. Didn't really have a chance to see them fight yet, but they were definitely man sized. Crablone had a little box that made a small flame, he used it to set a bit of paper on fire while he held it with his mouth? He said the Wizard had Spells that weren't illusions and something called a 'gun'er two', which he mighta used to kill Gudrun? Besides them being Man Sized Crabs with Pincers to match, can't think of anythin' to do with their ability in a scrum. Now for their magic, when I was Sniffing around for the Wizard in front of 'em, Crabony asked Crablone if I was wearin' a 'weredoggy or somethin', so makin' some assumptions it seems like- it's almost like they might wear their Fylgjur? And their Fylgjur aren't an Animal, but the Profession they pursue in life? They might be able to trade them? Crablone mentioned that there was another bounty who had a bunch of 'nakeds' with 'im, are those mortals or just those who haven't had a chance ta 'wear somethin'?" Bjarneson shakes his head, getting back on topic.
"Beyond all that, we were able to talk. We understood each other, and I don't right remember what tongue the three o' them were using. Could be part of the worn Fylgjur these three were wearin', could be somethin' about the Crabs in specific. I don't right know. They said they knew vikings, but I don't think I've ever heard of anyone coming back from a raid to a land of Crab Peoples."
"That's all I got that comes ta mind Ragnarr. I'll be 'round a bit if you got questions."
