Luke says to Thir: "I'd heard people say the dwarves were the toughest people anywhere, but now I believe everything I've heard.

"That was amazing back there, what you did against the humongous spider.  You had those glowing signs hanging in the air, and they just seemed to take its strength away once everybody started hitting it, or throwing things at it.  Nice shot at the end too, when you broke its head with your hammer.

"Anyway, if you'd be willing to help, me and Brent are looking for a weapon that can help us kill the Dracolich.  I was told about it by an Oracle of Heironeous, which is enough for me to trust that it's really there and it can really do the job.

"I'm going to kill the Dracolich or die trying, and I think if we had a dwarf or two with us" (glancing at Brenna) "we might actually manage to kill it, even though the knights and clerics of Shattered Bridge seem to have failed."

"Hey guys don't count me out!"
Even injured, Ladron's manic personality won't let him shut up.
"I've had worse, this one time, a giant stepped on my head. But luckily I stabbed him in the foot, and still had time to relieve him of a nice gold toe-ring before I rolled away!  That giant spider got in a couple of lucky shots is all. You guys will love having me around.  Besides, I can find all the best girls in town.  Trust me we'll have fun.  Just next time, can we fight something or someone with a little more profit? I'm not saying we have to loot a king's lock-box, but it'd be nice."

OG wrote on Jun 7^th, 2010 at 1:15am:


Well if that's not a ringing endorsement of our game...I imagine new players will be lining up to join us after reading that!

Thir responds to Luke, "Aye, Moradin made our fathers out of sturdy stuff, that's for sure.  I'm glad he did, or that venom would of had me on my rear end like some of ye (looking at the halfling).  The runes helped too, I didn't spend my last 15 years chasing them 'round for nothing."

"I'll admit that all of ye seem to have a fair sense of how to fight a battle as well.  I had my doubts about fighting with a half-orc such as yourself (having fought a good number of orcs, ye understand), but ye pulled through in the end.  The halfling even played a good role, distracting the beast while I laid upon it with my grandfather's hammer.  It would have been a noble sacrifice for a rogue, but I'm still glad he survived."

"Now, I'm mightily worried about this dracolich I've heard speak of.  As a matter of fact, I was looking to stop it myself before it could let loose any more evil than it already has, though it would be a mighty sore time for me.  If ye know of a sword that can cut it down, I'll certainly aid ye.  I can't go home with this sort of evil hanging about in the world."

((I can try, it might not be pretty though))

"Aye, Moradin be praised.  When first I stepped into town, I was seeking out the truth of the Dracolich, a creature that few have ever heard of let alone seen in a hundred years but to hear that you, a half-bred, an Orc...have been told by Heironeous that there is a weapon that could help to defeat it…now that’s a sign.  I’ll tell you now that I had my doubts about you Luke.  You looking…” Brenna pauses, not looking at Luke, merely shrugging her shoulder in his direction.  “Well, not human to put it plainly.  I will go with all of you to fight the Dracolich because it represents the evil that I have sworn to destroy and by Moradin and it seems Heironeous as well, we shall find and defeat it.”

“As for you, young one…”  Brenna says looking directly at him, “I see your speed and distracting tactics to be quite effective against any foe.  Raising the ire of that giant spider was not easy, she wanted you dead, no doubting that.  If you could be as distracting to that Dracolich, we’ll be sure to see Moradin’s Fist crushing down upon his spine!”

...so we spend a few basically uneventful days doing guard duty on the south side of Holderness.  One morning, Luke shows up, looking like he's been awake for a while and perhaps not entirely sober ((see character thread)), and says to the others:

"Look, I've had enough of this f-king guard duty.  There's a monster out there somewhere, destroying whatever's left of my home town, and we should be out there too, trying to find a way to kill it.  Nobody's really watching us too closely -- we can probably get across the river and away to the north any time we want.  So let's make this our last day as guards, and get on with the real mission.  What do you say?"

Brenna smiles broadly and growls, "Now that sounds like Moradin talking through you by way of Heironeous!  Funny how those two seem to find common ground when it comes to finishing off evil things that seem to plague us!  Normally I would say that we should finish our time here but the number of helpless and now homeless people coming from that area...we've got to help them now.  Magistrate never said two weeks in a row and besides, if we take down this damnable thing we would be serving the town!  I have no problem leaving town now."