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<blockquote data-quote="robberbaron" data-source="post: 1716669" data-attributes="member: 14771"><p><strong>And so it begins...</strong></p><p></p><p>Dramatis Personae:</p><p>Gaelle (Female Human Ranger from the forests on the Thrace/Slavia border)</p><p>Seigfried Schtauffen (Male Paladin of Forseti from Germania)</p><p>Audac Kron (Male Uruk Barbarian from Atlas)</p><p>Cord Seration (Male Human Fighter from Thrace)</p><p>Gracientus (Male Human Cleric of Set from Byzantium - NPC)</p><p></p><p>======</p><p></p><p></p><p>“<strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Aaahhhhhhhh!</span></strong>”</p><p>Seigfried jerked awake, banging his head on the low ceiling of the only room he could afford to rent in Byzantium.</p><p>Dripping with sweat and with aching arms, as if he had been wrestling all night, this is how he has felt every morning since taking the vows at the temple of Forseti in Behrlin. His mouth is filled with the sickly metallic taste of blood – his own. He has bitten his tongue again. Sometimes the dreams are worse than others and last night’s was the worst so far. </p><p>His dreams, when he can remember them are filled with blood. Images of his father looking disappointed and blood. Lots of blood.</p><p></p><p>He had grown up listening to his father’s stories from the war. Nothing was any good nowadays. Not like when the magnificent armies of the Reich were grinding lesser peoples under their collective heel. How his father’s eyes had glowed when he regaled Seigfried with his tales of heroism and conquest. How bitter he had sounded when he talked about the Peace. He made the word sound like a curse.</p><p>Seigfried decided he would prove himself and then return to Germania, to show his father that there is glory and honour to be had in peacetime. That was why he had taken Holy Orders from the Temple of Justice.</p><p></p><p>Head throbbing he gathered his meagre belongings, little more than armour and a Fullblade, and left the boarding house near the docks, heading for the Hunter’s Guild and the prospect of a job bringing lawbreakers to trial. He smiled. Seigfried liked the law. He lived for it.</p><p></p><p>======</p><p></p><p>Stepping out of the forest for the first time is many weeks, Gaelle looked around her with distaste. The forest was safe. She could move unseen and “tax” the travellers who ventured into her domain. People are always travelling, and few take even the most rudimentary precautions.</p><p>Gaelle’s domain stretches from here, just inside Thrace, all the way to central Bohemia. Close to a thousand miles of beautiful forest that she has been exploring since she was old enough to escape from her parents.</p><p>The trouble as Gaelle sees it is that, despite the forest’s size, there simply isn’t enough bounty to be had to satisfy her. She won’t become known as the greatest bow-woman in Europa by skulking around the forest, waylaying unsuspecting passers-by. Taking from the rich and giving to, well, actually not giving to anyone. The poor deserve what they get – nothing.</p><p>With a heavy sigh, Gaelle set off for the “great city” of Byzantium, teeming with scum who wouldn’t last a day in “her” world, but where her quest for glory would begin.</p><p></p><p>======</p><p></p><p>The way of the Uruks of Atlas was to leave their young children on a remote hillside with only a loincloth and a knife to see if they were tough enough to survive a day and a night. </p><p>When it was Kron’s turn, however, a passing human goatherdess found him and, being wholly ignorant of Uruk custom, thought him abandoned and took him home with her. Though she was still in her teens, she brought Kron up as her own son. Not easy as the inhuman mountain that was Kron as he grew up did not fit well into human society. Pretty soon all the other children stayed well away from Kron, knowing that he could break their limbs if there was a fight.</p><p>When his foster mother “abandoned” him (as Kron saw it) by marrying another human and having his child, 10-year old Kron didn’t feel he had any option but to show his displeasure.</p><p>Wiping their blood off his knife he left the cottage and struck out on his own.</p><p>In the distance he spotted an Orc tribe travelling across the scrubland. Thanks to his obvious bestial nature and after he had broken a couple of noses, the tribe reservedly welcomed Kron as one of their own. </p><p>His time with the Bloody Hand tribe was wonderful. Kron immersed himself in Orcish society and took their ways as his.</p><p>He even took an Orc name – now he can’t remember what he was called before finding the Orcs. Probably some poncy human name. Pah!</p><p>After five years living as an Orc, Kron decided that they could not teach him anything more so he set off on his own again. The small amount of contact with humans he had had gave him the desire to seek the ”riddle of steel” and the woodsy ways of the rangers.</p><p></p><p>======</p><p></p><p>Cord is something of an enigma.</p><p></p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robberbaron, post: 1716669, member: 14771"] [b]And so it begins...[/b] Dramatis Personae: Gaelle (Female Human Ranger from the forests on the Thrace/Slavia border) Seigfried Schtauffen (Male Paladin of Forseti from Germania) Audac Kron (Male Uruk Barbarian from Atlas) Cord Seration (Male Human Fighter from Thrace) Gracientus (Male Human Cleric of Set from Byzantium - NPC) ====== “[B][SIZE=3]Aaahhhhhhhh![/SIZE][/B]” Seigfried jerked awake, banging his head on the low ceiling of the only room he could afford to rent in Byzantium. Dripping with sweat and with aching arms, as if he had been wrestling all night, this is how he has felt every morning since taking the vows at the temple of Forseti in Behrlin. His mouth is filled with the sickly metallic taste of blood – his own. He has bitten his tongue again. Sometimes the dreams are worse than others and last night’s was the worst so far. His dreams, when he can remember them are filled with blood. Images of his father looking disappointed and blood. Lots of blood. He had grown up listening to his father’s stories from the war. Nothing was any good nowadays. Not like when the magnificent armies of the Reich were grinding lesser peoples under their collective heel. How his father’s eyes had glowed when he regaled Seigfried with his tales of heroism and conquest. How bitter he had sounded when he talked about the Peace. He made the word sound like a curse. Seigfried decided he would prove himself and then return to Germania, to show his father that there is glory and honour to be had in peacetime. That was why he had taken Holy Orders from the Temple of Justice. Head throbbing he gathered his meagre belongings, little more than armour and a Fullblade, and left the boarding house near the docks, heading for the Hunter’s Guild and the prospect of a job bringing lawbreakers to trial. He smiled. Seigfried liked the law. He lived for it. ====== Stepping out of the forest for the first time is many weeks, Gaelle looked around her with distaste. The forest was safe. She could move unseen and “tax” the travellers who ventured into her domain. People are always travelling, and few take even the most rudimentary precautions. Gaelle’s domain stretches from here, just inside Thrace, all the way to central Bohemia. Close to a thousand miles of beautiful forest that she has been exploring since she was old enough to escape from her parents. The trouble as Gaelle sees it is that, despite the forest’s size, there simply isn’t enough bounty to be had to satisfy her. She won’t become known as the greatest bow-woman in Europa by skulking around the forest, waylaying unsuspecting passers-by. Taking from the rich and giving to, well, actually not giving to anyone. The poor deserve what they get – nothing. With a heavy sigh, Gaelle set off for the “great city” of Byzantium, teeming with scum who wouldn’t last a day in “her” world, but where her quest for glory would begin. ====== The way of the Uruks of Atlas was to leave their young children on a remote hillside with only a loincloth and a knife to see if they were tough enough to survive a day and a night. When it was Kron’s turn, however, a passing human goatherdess found him and, being wholly ignorant of Uruk custom, thought him abandoned and took him home with her. Though she was still in her teens, she brought Kron up as her own son. Not easy as the inhuman mountain that was Kron as he grew up did not fit well into human society. Pretty soon all the other children stayed well away from Kron, knowing that he could break their limbs if there was a fight. When his foster mother “abandoned” him (as Kron saw it) by marrying another human and having his child, 10-year old Kron didn’t feel he had any option but to show his displeasure. Wiping their blood off his knife he left the cottage and struck out on his own. In the distance he spotted an Orc tribe travelling across the scrubland. Thanks to his obvious bestial nature and after he had broken a couple of noses, the tribe reservedly welcomed Kron as one of their own. His time with the Bloody Hand tribe was wonderful. Kron immersed himself in Orcish society and took their ways as his. He even took an Orc name – now he can’t remember what he was called before finding the Orcs. Probably some poncy human name. Pah! After five years living as an Orc, Kron decided that they could not teach him anything more so he set off on his own again. The small amount of contact with humans he had had gave him the desire to seek the ”riddle of steel” and the woodsy ways of the rangers. ====== Cord is something of an enigma. ====== [/QUOTE]
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