<i>Black Wood Springs.<br/>
</i><br/>A lumber town to the far north, and a well known resource depot for the nearest human megacity... one of five remaining in what was once the USA.<br/>A meeting place of trappers, outlaws and lumberjacks alike, the town was booming...as much as a woodland town could. Demi-humans were not welcomed here, but were not discriminated against either. A necessary evil in the eyes of the humans who had built the town. The demi humans provided much needed protection from the monsters that infested the woods, and without them the town would surely be overrun.<br/>With a population of 50/50 racial tension was high and fights not uncommon. As a result the town became a fragment of the past, a new "Tombstone" arizona in what had once been Alaska.<br/><br/>The mammoth figure of a man on an equally large horse made its way across the bridge. The solemn rider wore a thick black metal breastplate decorated with dark bear fur and symbols of a clan far to the south of these frigid woods. A cold gaze drew silence from all those who watched. A great red metal gauntlet emblazoned with a dragon made from ruby was the only jewel ordained in the mans armor, though his other hand was clad in a large glove.<br/>Studded leather shifted as the giant black war horse steadily carried both the huge man and a wagon with his prize through the town center.<br/><br/>Finally both rider and steed came to a stop before a large building attached to what could only of been the local tavern. An audable thud could be heard as the massive figure dismounted to the earth, the huge blade strapped across his back clinking slights as the chains wrapped around the pommel moved slightly.<br/>Moving around the beastly horse's flanks he reached into the cart and hefted up the horned head of a great serpent!<br/>Moving over to the open window of the building he dropped the beasts head with the sound of bone on wood, then loudly hammered his gloved hand on the wood nearby three times.<br/><br/>A elven man stepped forth, an irritated look on his face shifting to one of surprise as he saw the head of the wyvern. "The payment." The giant demanded in deep husky tones, his voice carrying the weight of a mountain behind it and all the flexibility that comes with it.<br/>The elf paused for a moment, looking between the head of the monster and the man that brought it to him.<br/>A quick glance behind him at the huge horse and the wagon with the rest of the beast was enough to stay the elf's tongue. Wordlessly pushing a sack of coin his way the elf then turned and called for help to move the beast.<br/><br/>Turning around the giant of a man headed to the nearby door of the tavern, tossing a single coin to the stable boy and motioning to his horse on the way inside. A brief glance over a poster on the door hinted at a ongoing event within the bar.<br/><br/><i>Belegax's exotic monsters and oddities! Tonight only, the hooded fire dancer! come and see!<br/>
</i><br/>Valencar paid the ad little attention as he lumbered into the establishment, his great size drawing the curious gaze of many from the ongoing attraction...for there in the center of the room a half goblin spoke to a crwod of lands far from here filled with exotic pleasures for all the senses.<br/>Taking two stools in one hand he set them up next to a large table and settled down, his dark glare searching the room before finally stopping at a barmaiden.<br/>Shaken, she approached and quickly took his order for three pints before quickly leaving him.<br/><br/>"Now...you are all in for a treat tonight!" the small man bragged, grinning and revealing a mismatched mouth. "This is a exotic dancer from far to the south...purchased at a premium from slave traders...with a gaze said to stop mens hearts and turn thier flesh to gold, we have hidden her features with a sack!" lifting up a burlap sack for emphasis he showed it to the room before lowering it. "Now watch...and be amazed by the seductive wiles of this gorgon woman!"<br/><br/>Roughly Daedra was prodded outside her cage by three long spears, some of which drew blood. A sack had been placed over her head and tied around the neck. Her hands had been bound as well, leaving her just her tail to move onto the floor that had been cleared for her to dance.