[LPF] Waking the Dead

Satin Knights · Sep 27, 2012

"Tell us about these shadows of the forest. What do they look like? How many of them are there?"

possum · Sep 27, 2012

Dolgrin hears the orc mentions the shadows in the woods and shudders to himself. The very thought of it: a creature that had even the orc frightened.

GlassEye · Sep 27, 2012

"Who can count shadows, see lurking hunger? Only gnawed broken bones from human dead-place scattered through forest. If you want fight shadows, go to human dead-place." The orc laughs but it is a bitter and hopeless noise. "Maybe boneless elf-shaman protect you. Maybe."

Satin Knights · Sep 28, 2012

"Tell us about this boneless elf shaman. And tell us how many more orcs hunt in these woods."

possum · Sep 28, 2012

Dolgrin stands near the orc, anxious to hear the answers to the questions posed by Tasanto.

kinem · Sep 29, 2012

Menik approaches as well, wanting to hear about the strange elf.

GlassEye · Sep 29, 2012

The orc snorts and his eyes shift to Menik. "Skith-born! Wearing no charms... boneless, yet biting spirits follow your command. Will you recognize hunger to protect these who do not know you?

He raises his head up and locks eyes with Tasanto. "I am last of my band, wandering cursed under Helmang's light. Kill me! Or when hunger comes I will be devoured, and rise and gnaw your bones."

possum · Sep 30, 2012

"Helmang?" Dolgrin asks. "Who in the hells is Helmang?"

Deuce Traveler · Sep 30, 2012

"I'm not into casual murder, and we ruin the balance of ourselves and the world by allowing the chaos of the situation push us into slaying a defenseless man. Maybe we should let him loose rather than be devoured by this 'thing'. And it would seem that our simple task has just become rather more complicated." Lem ponders the fact that they may be going against undead.

GlassEye · Oct 1, 2012

Further questioning of the orc reveals little additional information. If the orc is telling the truth, and you believe that he is, then some unknown creature in the forest has disturbed the graveyard of nearby Capoe. And Malcolm's farmstead south of the town may have also been visited by these creatures.

As for Helmang, after a bile-laden rant by the orc, you figure out that Helmang is some sort of adversary sun-god to the orcs.