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<blockquote data-quote="Aliro" data-source="post: 1858993" data-attributes="member: 23699"><p><strong>Mupp's Marginal Musings</strong></p><p></p><p>Once again I 'borrow' my brother's journal to ensure the truth comes clear.</p><p></p><p><strong>Why Am I Here?</strong></p><p></p><p>Contrary to the highly philosophical title of this entry, I am more concerned with right here and right now. Indeed, why am I working so hard, risking life and limb, for these people? After the embarrassing display of those ‘buckets’ from Gryrax, I begin to wonder (as does my brother, obviously) why we are out here on the front lines of a war between these two miserable groups of bigguns. I mean, the orcs of the Pomarj are obviously a problem that must be dealt with, somehow, but after riding around with this cavalry in their shiny armor on their big old horses, I am beginning to dislike them almost as much as the orcs. You would never catch one group of gnomes slaughtering another group of gnomes, like those tin buckets did. Oh how brave! “We have paralyzed the thralls, let us charge in with our lances and slaughter them before it wears off and we are put in danger.” I mean really! Even jarl Filbrick has more backbone than that. I admire the attempts of the church of Pelor to find a reasonable solution to the problem…one that leaves the poor thralls alive. I believe that is all that sustained me towards the end of this mission.</p><p></p><p>If it were not so serious, I might have laughed at what happened to the ‘Charge of the Bucket Brigade’ once the paralysis did finally wear off. Thirty ‘buckets’ on their noble steeds were seemingly no match for a group of unarmored thralls on foot and armed only with sticks. As usual, it fell to our little band to save the day. I followed Zara into battle against the thralls and their masters. (She moves like quicksilver, and it is all I could do to keep up with her!) When she fell to the evil magic of that twice cursed cleric of Nerull, I made a feeble attempt to rescue her, but I was not up to the task. (No more neglecting the warrior’s ways for me. I will train much harder in the future to see that this does not happen again!) A crashing blow from an unseen foe nearly did me in, but as fate would have it, Zara protected me, even while unconscious. Her lovely body shielded me from further attacks from that cleric and his ogre companion. Once free of the restraining magic of that krevtik cleric, I was able to revive both Zara and my brother, who had charged in once again to save us both. (I fear his foolish bravery will be his undoing one day.) Our little band had carried the battle yet again, and all would be well given time. We secured our thrall prisoners and delivered them up to the church of Pelor. Now it is time for some paybacks to the temple of Nerull that we have heard about. Alas, were this mission not against those who have harmed my family and friends, I would have little reason to persevere. I have fallen into a great dislike of these bigguns here abouts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aliro, post: 1858993, member: 23699"] [b]Mupp's Marginal Musings[/b] Once again I 'borrow' my brother's journal to ensure the truth comes clear. [B]Why Am I Here?[/B] Contrary to the highly philosophical title of this entry, I am more concerned with right here and right now. Indeed, why am I working so hard, risking life and limb, for these people? After the embarrassing display of those ‘buckets’ from Gryrax, I begin to wonder (as does my brother, obviously) why we are out here on the front lines of a war between these two miserable groups of bigguns. I mean, the orcs of the Pomarj are obviously a problem that must be dealt with, somehow, but after riding around with this cavalry in their shiny armor on their big old horses, I am beginning to dislike them almost as much as the orcs. You would never catch one group of gnomes slaughtering another group of gnomes, like those tin buckets did. Oh how brave! “We have paralyzed the thralls, let us charge in with our lances and slaughter them before it wears off and we are put in danger.” I mean really! Even jarl Filbrick has more backbone than that. I admire the attempts of the church of Pelor to find a reasonable solution to the problem…one that leaves the poor thralls alive. I believe that is all that sustained me towards the end of this mission. If it were not so serious, I might have laughed at what happened to the ‘Charge of the Bucket Brigade’ once the paralysis did finally wear off. Thirty ‘buckets’ on their noble steeds were seemingly no match for a group of unarmored thralls on foot and armed only with sticks. As usual, it fell to our little band to save the day. I followed Zara into battle against the thralls and their masters. (She moves like quicksilver, and it is all I could do to keep up with her!) When she fell to the evil magic of that twice cursed cleric of Nerull, I made a feeble attempt to rescue her, but I was not up to the task. (No more neglecting the warrior’s ways for me. I will train much harder in the future to see that this does not happen again!) A crashing blow from an unseen foe nearly did me in, but as fate would have it, Zara protected me, even while unconscious. Her lovely body shielded me from further attacks from that cleric and his ogre companion. Once free of the restraining magic of that krevtik cleric, I was able to revive both Zara and my brother, who had charged in once again to save us both. (I fear his foolish bravery will be his undoing one day.) Our little band had carried the battle yet again, and all would be well given time. We secured our thrall prisoners and delivered them up to the church of Pelor. Now it is time for some paybacks to the temple of Nerull that we have heard about. Alas, were this mission not against those who have harmed my family and friends, I would have little reason to persevere. I have fallen into a great dislike of these bigguns here abouts. [/QUOTE]
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