FitzTheRuke
Legend
Team Lake
Muragh the Usurper looked from Aywin to Loklafd's glowing sword - metallurgy itself was beyond his people's usual capabilities, and what metal he possessed had been traded, found, or stollen. Though his own Trident glowed magically as well, it had been a prize, and he did not understand its magic any more than he understood its metal. He wasn't terribly smart, but he recognized that Bjorn was not a true frog, but a shapeshifter, and that meant primal magic of unknown capability. And Darius was a mystery, and Muragh didn't like not knowing.
The brazen confidence that the group showed by barging forward worried him. Ultimately, Muragh was a bully, and like most bullies, he did not expect to be stood up to. In addition, his loyalty to the Cultists, with whom he had a nominal alliance, was non-existent. He'd already gotten most of what he expected to get out of it. Further, he felt that something was happening under Blackpeak - the tremors and such - that made staying in the Pit of Teeth less desirable than it had once been.
Lastly, he felt little love for his "people", many of whom didn't like his leadership and were causing him no end of headaches. With this in his mind, he grunted at Aywin and said, "Ffine. Ay whill leafve."
He called to the two guards at the tunnel entrance, while the groups of lizardfolk in the north erupted into incredulous chatter, and he dove into the pool, with his "bodyguards" following. Somewhere deep below, there were watery tunnels that exited the mountain, and he did not return.
Muragh the Usurper looked from Aywin to Loklafd's glowing sword - metallurgy itself was beyond his people's usual capabilities, and what metal he possessed had been traded, found, or stollen. Though his own Trident glowed magically as well, it had been a prize, and he did not understand its magic any more than he understood its metal. He wasn't terribly smart, but he recognized that Bjorn was not a true frog, but a shapeshifter, and that meant primal magic of unknown capability. And Darius was a mystery, and Muragh didn't like not knowing.
The brazen confidence that the group showed by barging forward worried him. Ultimately, Muragh was a bully, and like most bullies, he did not expect to be stood up to. In addition, his loyalty to the Cultists, with whom he had a nominal alliance, was non-existent. He'd already gotten most of what he expected to get out of it. Further, he felt that something was happening under Blackpeak - the tremors and such - that made staying in the Pit of Teeth less desirable than it had once been.
Lastly, he felt little love for his "people", many of whom didn't like his leadership and were causing him no end of headaches. With this in his mind, he grunted at Aywin and said, "Ffine. Ay whill leafve."
He called to the two guards at the tunnel entrance, while the groups of lizardfolk in the north erupted into incredulous chatter, and he dove into the pool, with his "bodyguards" following. Somewhere deep below, there were watery tunnels that exited the mountain, and he did not return.
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