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<blockquote data-quote="Capellan" data-source="post: 1574604" data-attributes="member: 6294"><p><strong>Kull's 14th Report - Part 2</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Fortunately, the mass of brutish ogres already engaged in the battle kept the other giant from easily reaching the fray. A classic proof that it is not enough merely to have the troops: one must also know how to use them.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Two blows of my flail crushed the knees of my current foe, and a third snuffed out his life. With a roar, the second giant pushed aside the ogres before him, striking at me with his axe. Again, there was an answer to the roar, and a <em>third</em> giant emerged from the darkness.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Shouting for Ulfgar and Dargrim to put an end to the ogres and their spellcasting ally, I faced the two giants alone. Time after time, the heavy steel of my armour turned aside blows that would have crushed my bones. Time after time, my enemies' lack of protection meant they suffered the fate I had avoided. But the bones of a giant are thick and strong, and it was long before the first of them fell.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">If anything, the fight now became more desperate. The last giant struck at me with ever greater ferocity, and the buckled, cracked plates of my armour could no longer protect me as well as they had. Had I been alone, I cannot claim with certainty that I would have triumphed.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">But the Church and Our Lord Hextor have provided me with a great ally in Dargrim Ironshield, and he came to my side when the battle was poised on a knife-edge. We struck down the final giant, even as Ulfgar put an end to the last of the ogres.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">With the battle won, I was able to examine the cave. In addition to the lizardfolk prisoner, the ogres had been in possession of six leathery eggs, each about three feet across, and a brass-bound book engraved with the words "Cult of the Black Flame". This work identified the eggs as those of a black dragon, due to hatch within days. No doubt this dragon was the same I intend to find and face.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">I destroyed the eggs, for dragons of this species are scions of chaos and anarchy, then turned my attention to questioning the prisoner. I had in mind that he might be one of the missing members of the tribe near Saltmarsh, but this proved not the case. The creature was uncooperative, refusing to answer questions regarding its purpose and origin, so I stove in its skull and forced the answers from its corpse.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">It seems that the alarm of the Saltmarsh lizardfolk was justified: there is a tribe of renegades to the west of the Beacon, with a force of many hundreds of warriors. Such a threat to the security of the area cannot be countenanced, and it is my intention to put an end to it, as soon as my investigation of the Beacon itself is complete.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">I say 'as soon as', for this task is not yet done. The purpose of the magic circle is still unknown, and I intend to learn it, even if I must drag Gnorric forcibly from his home in Torlynn, to do so. Once this is done, I will take any steps needed to render the Beacon safe, before turning my attention to the lizardfolk renegades. This confrontation will need to be properly planned. Given the size of the tribe, Saltmarsh does not have the troops to face them in open battle.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Once the lizardfolk are dispensed with, the threat of the dragon must be my principal concern. It has already tried once to cast this land under the waves, and it is likely that only by slaying it can I reverse the destruction it has already wrought. When I succeed, these lands will become far more prosperous, and - I trust - a worthy example of what Our Lord's teachings have to offer.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Saltmarsh <em>will</em> be strong. Hextor's might and glory <em>will</em> be celebrated. His Church <em>will</em> have the power and respect it is due. I have made this my task, and I will not fail.</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">In Hextor's Name,</span></p><p><span style="color: Silver"></span></p><p><span style="color: Silver">Kull Redfist</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capellan, post: 1574604, member: 6294"] [b]Kull's 14th Report - Part 2[/b] [COLOR=Silver]Fortunately, the mass of brutish ogres already engaged in the battle kept the other giant from easily reaching the fray. A classic proof that it is not enough merely to have the troops: one must also know how to use them. Two blows of my flail crushed the knees of my current foe, and a third snuffed out his life. With a roar, the second giant pushed aside the ogres before him, striking at me with his axe. Again, there was an answer to the roar, and a [i]third[/i] giant emerged from the darkness. Shouting for Ulfgar and Dargrim to put an end to the ogres and their spellcasting ally, I faced the two giants alone. Time after time, the heavy steel of my armour turned aside blows that would have crushed my bones. Time after time, my enemies' lack of protection meant they suffered the fate I had avoided. But the bones of a giant are thick and strong, and it was long before the first of them fell. If anything, the fight now became more desperate. The last giant struck at me with ever greater ferocity, and the buckled, cracked plates of my armour could no longer protect me as well as they had. Had I been alone, I cannot claim with certainty that I would have triumphed. But the Church and Our Lord Hextor have provided me with a great ally in Dargrim Ironshield, and he came to my side when the battle was poised on a knife-edge. We struck down the final giant, even as Ulfgar put an end to the last of the ogres. With the battle won, I was able to examine the cave. In addition to the lizardfolk prisoner, the ogres had been in possession of six leathery eggs, each about three feet across, and a brass-bound book engraved with the words "Cult of the Black Flame". This work identified the eggs as those of a black dragon, due to hatch within days. No doubt this dragon was the same I intend to find and face. I destroyed the eggs, for dragons of this species are scions of chaos and anarchy, then turned my attention to questioning the prisoner. I had in mind that he might be one of the missing members of the tribe near Saltmarsh, but this proved not the case. The creature was uncooperative, refusing to answer questions regarding its purpose and origin, so I stove in its skull and forced the answers from its corpse. It seems that the alarm of the Saltmarsh lizardfolk was justified: there is a tribe of renegades to the west of the Beacon, with a force of many hundreds of warriors. Such a threat to the security of the area cannot be countenanced, and it is my intention to put an end to it, as soon as my investigation of the Beacon itself is complete. I say 'as soon as', for this task is not yet done. The purpose of the magic circle is still unknown, and I intend to learn it, even if I must drag Gnorric forcibly from his home in Torlynn, to do so. Once this is done, I will take any steps needed to render the Beacon safe, before turning my attention to the lizardfolk renegades. This confrontation will need to be properly planned. Given the size of the tribe, Saltmarsh does not have the troops to face them in open battle. Once the lizardfolk are dispensed with, the threat of the dragon must be my principal concern. It has already tried once to cast this land under the waves, and it is likely that only by slaying it can I reverse the destruction it has already wrought. When I succeed, these lands will become far more prosperous, and - I trust - a worthy example of what Our Lord's teachings have to offer. Saltmarsh [i]will[/i] be strong. Hextor's might and glory [i]will[/i] be celebrated. His Church [i]will[/i] have the power and respect it is due. I have made this my task, and I will not fail. In Hextor's Name, Kull Redfist[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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