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Adventure Edition: Fireborn - Babes in London: Little Girls Lost, Act One Rewards

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You can find the introduction to the Babes in London adventure sequence HERE , the background to Act One HERE , the Overview for Act One HERE ., Act One Scenes 1-2 HERE and Act One Scene 3 HERE . To play or run this game you will need the following: PLAYERS: Fireborn Player's Handbook ; GAME MASTERS: Fireborn Gamemaster's Handbook ; This is a piece of fan fiction. It is NOT endorsed or acknowledged by Fantasy Flight Game s; it is IN NO WAY official; it DOES NOT indicate any form of relationship between myself and Fantasy Flight Games; and I DO NOT CLAIM any of the setting specific material or setting specific concepts as my own. PLAYERS SHOULD NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT                 R EWARDS F OR A CT I Adventure Points: Scene 1 Nil Scene 2 Defeating the Imps & Scorpions: 1 heritage AP Scene 3 Participating in Any 2 of the Following Sections: ...

Australian Birds: the Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)

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Another of my challenges was this tiny robin. I spend some debating exactly what kind of red-breasted robin he was, but I finally went with Petroica boodang. If it's one of the others, please let me know. This little guy was extremely hard to photograph. I first saw him sitting on my back fence. He kept swooping off it, and then coming back to perch. I got a pretty good look at him, and he didn't seem to mind me watching him.   He even turned his head so we could see that distinctive white crown above his brow.   A week later, he moved to the cherry or plum tree out back. This time I got to take pictures of his front view. I have never seen a little bird so red! This time, he wasn't so sure about the camera. Camera's are noisy. This time, he took a good look at me. He kept flying down to the grass, probably in pursuit of a slater or millipede. This is one shot of him taking off from the branch. It's the only clear shot I got. He moved a...