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<blockquote data-quote="akahdrin" data-source="post: 6919037" data-attributes="member: 6861088"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Walking into the chapel, Kasnik knew that he would soon have to reveal his nature. He also knew that he had to get this armor off at some point as it has been a long day. Everyone takes a seat and Kasnik says, </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“I’m going to have to do this sooner or later.”</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kasnik stands up and removes his helmet revealing an elderly orc’s face with deep scaly teal skin, shining ebony eyes, and full head of midnight blue hair. With the turning of a strange disc located on his hip, his armor clicks and clanks, opens up across his back and shoulders and falls to the floor within seconds revealing an ancient orc. Standing before you all is a strange scarred muscular elderly orc. Regardless of his venerable age, his body's physique is almost unmatched among others. His body is completely ritually scarred in the old ways of Gruumsh. Strangely, his eye has a massive scar across it like it was once missing, but his eye is present. Kasnik shrugs his shoulders, arches his back, and stretches his neck out and sits back down. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“Well, now that is out in the open, I’m sure you have some questions. I’ll answer this obvious one first, no, I do not follow the old ways anymore and also do not follow the new ones of orcs. After the schism that split my people many years ago, many orcs didn’t know what to do. Some blindly followed, some kept the bloodlust, and very small few didn’t know what to do. I was a part of the last group. When my god left the old ways and made such a radical change, I felt that I needed to make a similar change, but to what was unknown to me.”</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“I exiled myself away from the Pumarj’s region of the Sea of Gearnat almost 60 years ago and wandered through the Suss Forest and eventually settled onto what I would later come to know as the the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. I spent my years living off the land and befriending animals. Unknown to me, but I was being watched the entire time by what would later become my patron, guide, and family. One day a Unicorn was grazing in the forest and I remained motionless, trying not to startle it as unicorns don’t care for orcs. I heard orc warcries and a group of orcs rushing towards to pristine beast. The respect that the forest had taught me was more than what the orcs ever could. I rushed into action and put myself between the unicorn and the orcs. They immediately stopped and saw my rage, my thirst, and my immense size. I howled at them and charged at them with a large club and smashed their skulls into the ground.” </span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kasnik, closed his eyes and sighed. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> “I had lost what it meant to be an orc and became something else. I put a higher service above my own rage.”</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“And that is when it all changed. That unicorn came to me and spoke in a tongue I did not know yet and touched my head with his horn. That feeling of tranquility transformed me. The watchers then came out from the shadows and finally showed themselves to me. They taught me the woodland realm’s language. Their rangers taught me live off the land and honed my fighting and riding skills. Their druids taught me how to train and respect animals. They then blessed me with the knowledge of Valarian, the dusk unicorn.”</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Kasnik’s posture changes to sitting erect and calm. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“I made a promise to Valarian that I would remain pure for the rest of my life and I will never break that promise.”</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">After a few other questions, someone asked why Kasnik came here. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“After many years in the forest, the elf Queen Mirian caught wind of me and sought me out. I was honored to serve in her military for a great number of years. Their I was taught how to find a truly special animal and communicate with it. Not only that, but they taught me how to be what I am today. Queen Mirian blessed me as an ambassador to the world and as a defender of Valarian. So what brings me here? I would have to say Valarian’s will has. My only duty now is to protect those who need it, spread the love of Valarian, and to seek out evil and destroy it when I feel it.”</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kasnik’s face contorts and his posture quickly changes to a tired slump. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“I can only hope that my words don’t come across as lies. I am far too old to run away. I hope that I did not interfere with anything here.”</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> At this point, despite the fact that it is mid-day, the moon's intense glow finds a way to only beam light onto Kasnik which then slowly expands to the party members in the room. The unicorn on Kasnik's armor and shield begin to glow on the floor as well sending flickering moonlight around the room.</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kasnik’s eyes widen. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“Valarian…”</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kasnik picks up his great sword and lays it out across his outstretched scarred hands and kneels down before the party with his head down. </span></span><span style="color: #008000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">“You will have my loyalty, my sword, and my life, if you would accept me.”</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akahdrin, post: 6919037, member: 6861088"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Walking into the chapel, Kasnik knew that he would soon have to reveal his nature. He also knew that he had to get this armor off at some point as it has been a long day. Everyone takes a seat and Kasnik says, [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“I’m going to have to do this sooner or later.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Kasnik stands up and removes his helmet revealing an elderly orc’s face with deep scaly teal skin, shining ebony eyes, and full head of midnight blue hair. With the turning of a strange disc located on his hip, his armor clicks and clanks, opens up across his back and shoulders and falls to the floor within seconds revealing an ancient orc. Standing before you all is a strange scarred muscular elderly orc. Regardless of his venerable age, his body's physique is almost unmatched among others. His body is completely ritually scarred in the old ways of Gruumsh. Strangely, his eye has a massive scar across it like it was once missing, but his eye is present. Kasnik shrugs his shoulders, arches his back, and stretches his neck out and sits back down. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“Well, now that is out in the open, I’m sure you have some questions. I’ll answer this obvious one first, no, I do not follow the old ways anymore and also do not follow the new ones of orcs. After the schism that split my people many years ago, many orcs didn’t know what to do. Some blindly followed, some kept the bloodlust, and very small few didn’t know what to do. I was a part of the last group. When my god left the old ways and made such a radical change, I felt that I needed to make a similar change, but to what was unknown to me.”[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“I exiled myself away from the Pumarj’s region of the Sea of Gearnat almost 60 years ago and wandered through the Suss Forest and eventually settled onto what I would later come to know as the the Faerie Kingdom of Celene. I spent my years living off the land and befriending animals. Unknown to me, but I was being watched the entire time by what would later become my patron, guide, and family. One day a Unicorn was grazing in the forest and I remained motionless, trying not to startle it as unicorns don’t care for orcs. I heard orc warcries and a group of orcs rushing towards to pristine beast. The respect that the forest had taught me was more than what the orcs ever could. I rushed into action and put myself between the unicorn and the orcs. They immediately stopped and saw my rage, my thirst, and my immense size. I howled at them and charged at them with a large club and smashed their skulls into the ground.” [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Kasnik, closed his eyes and sighed. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial] “I had lost what it meant to be an orc and became something else. I put a higher service above my own rage.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“And that is when it all changed. That unicorn came to me and spoke in a tongue I did not know yet and touched my head with his horn. That feeling of tranquility transformed me. The watchers then came out from the shadows and finally showed themselves to me. They taught me the woodland realm’s language. Their rangers taught me live off the land and honed my fighting and riding skills. Their druids taught me how to train and respect animals. They then blessed me with the knowledge of Valarian, the dusk unicorn.”[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Kasnik’s posture changes to sitting erect and calm. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“I made a promise to Valarian that I would remain pure for the rest of my life and I will never break that promise.”[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]After a few other questions, someone asked why Kasnik came here. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“After many years in the forest, the elf Queen Mirian caught wind of me and sought me out. I was honored to serve in her military for a great number of years. Their I was taught how to find a truly special animal and communicate with it. Not only that, but they taught me how to be what I am today. Queen Mirian blessed me as an ambassador to the world and as a defender of Valarian. So what brings me here? I would have to say Valarian’s will has. My only duty now is to protect those who need it, spread the love of Valarian, and to seek out evil and destroy it when I feel it.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Kasnik’s face contorts and his posture quickly changes to a tired slump. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“I can only hope that my words don’t come across as lies. I am far too old to run away. I hope that I did not interfere with anything here.”[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] At this point, despite the fact that it is mid-day, the moon's intense glow finds a way to only beam light onto Kasnik which then slowly expands to the party members in the room. The unicorn on Kasnik's armor and shield begin to glow on the floor as well sending flickering moonlight around the room.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Kasnik’s eyes widen. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“Valarian…”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Kasnik picks up his great sword and lays it out across his outstretched scarred hands and kneels down before the party with his head down. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#008000][FONT=Arial]“You will have my loyalty, my sword, and my life, if you would accept me.”[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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