CLOSED! Rhun's Greyhawk ALPHA Game (ToEE)
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Land Outcast
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Ragnok thanks Coraine for his support with a nod and keeps his post on the corridor.
Scotley
Hero
Verdis
Having watched the interogation in silence, Verdis finally speaks. "Do not hurt the prisoners. It will do no good. One has sung his song and the other will not. But I think this one," pointing to the master, "has more interesting tales to tell. We should let the authorities question him under magical surities to get the truth. I would not trust his words if he said the 'sky is blue'."
Having watched the interogation in silence, Verdis finally speaks. "Do not hurt the prisoners. It will do no good. One has sung his song and the other will not. But I think this one," pointing to the master, "has more interesting tales to tell. We should let the authorities question him under magical surities to get the truth. I would not trust his words if he said the 'sky is blue'."
Boddynock
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Coraine's mouth sets in a hard line at the guard's words.
"An ogre? What can you tell us about him? What sort of armour does he have? What weapons? What are his tactics? And where will we find him?"
He listens carefully to the man's replies, nodding at each salient point, frowning ferociously whenever the guard hesitates or is vague. Then, when it seems that he's told as much as he knows, he says to him, "All right. Sit down, over there!" He then turns and follows Ragnok from the room.
Closing the door behind him, he goes over to the scowling dwarf and says in a quiet voice, "Ragnok, you and I must talk."
"You are enraged at your brother's treatment by this scum. I understand that. You long to strike out and to hurt those who have hurt him. I understand that, too. But just so that we are very clear - you seek vengeance but I seek justice. Your vengeance may get in the way of my justice. My justice may get in the way of your vengeance."
"If you attempt to fight the Master in single combat, you are fooling yourself if you think that is somehow fair. You are a fighter - he is a priest. How can he match you in combat alone? Or are you prepared to face his spells as well as his weapons? For only in that way would such a contest be balanced. But to face a fully recovered foe like him - as treacherous and dangerous as him - is also foolishness."
"Setting aside the fact that he has already killed two of our number - and that as easily as looking at them - it would be madness for us to allow him to regain his freedom. We would only have to capture him again - for we certainly couldn't leave him at liberty."
"Now you may be victorious - but think! We already know that he has not killed your brother. Do you intend to leave a bloody trail all the way from here to your brother's corpse? Or worse, will you slay every foe without pity, only to find at the end of your journey that your brother is still alive? What does that make you, then?"
"I cannot allow such a contest, between you and him. Let us take him back to Hommlet and continue our task. Then, at the end, both justice and vengeance may together be served!"
"An ogre? What can you tell us about him? What sort of armour does he have? What weapons? What are his tactics? And where will we find him?"
He listens carefully to the man's replies, nodding at each salient point, frowning ferociously whenever the guard hesitates or is vague. Then, when it seems that he's told as much as he knows, he says to him, "All right. Sit down, over there!" He then turns and follows Ragnok from the room.
Closing the door behind him, he goes over to the scowling dwarf and says in a quiet voice, "Ragnok, you and I must talk."
"You are enraged at your brother's treatment by this scum. I understand that. You long to strike out and to hurt those who have hurt him. I understand that, too. But just so that we are very clear - you seek vengeance but I seek justice. Your vengeance may get in the way of my justice. My justice may get in the way of your vengeance."
"If you attempt to fight the Master in single combat, you are fooling yourself if you think that is somehow fair. You are a fighter - he is a priest. How can he match you in combat alone? Or are you prepared to face his spells as well as his weapons? For only in that way would such a contest be balanced. But to face a fully recovered foe like him - as treacherous and dangerous as him - is also foolishness."
"Setting aside the fact that he has already killed two of our number - and that as easily as looking at them - it would be madness for us to allow him to regain his freedom. We would only have to capture him again - for we certainly couldn't leave him at liberty."
"Now you may be victorious - but think! We already know that he has not killed your brother. Do you intend to leave a bloody trail all the way from here to your brother's corpse? Or worse, will you slay every foe without pity, only to find at the end of your journey that your brother is still alive? What does that make you, then?"
"I cannot allow such a contest, between you and him. Let us take him back to Hommlet and continue our task. Then, at the end, both justice and vengeance may together be served!"
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Land Outcast
Explorer
Ragnok shakes his head during most of Coraine's speech, but remains silent... hearing? who knows... And he starts calmly...
"He did much worse than killin' me brother... this steel" rising his axe "is da steel o' da patriarch, he was da one tae lead clan Drakeforge after me honorable father. Da only reason I'm wieldin' Norryjar is because retribution has tae be dealt"
He now stands apart from the wall he was supporting himself on. And he is heating up all by himself, growing some kind of anger.
"Ye do not understand, this steel has tae be fed with his blood... Justice! That's what I'm after, that's why his head is still over his shoulders. I willnae give his body tae da dogs, I willnae kill his kin, I will give him da opportunity he didnae give me brother. Da opportunity tae bring with him his enemy before bein' plunged into da abyss"
"My intention is not tae set him free if he bests me, my intention is fer him to witness da justice he didnae provide. Before our strengths are tested, we must return tae Hommelet, and his crimes read tae him; so that he goes down tae da abyss remembering every an' each of them..."
The short-bearded dwarf breathes rapidly and seems to calm down again. He turns around and walks a few paces, looks like having finished, but yet he adresses his companion´s point
"Are ye concerned 'bout da fairness? Da sprits of mine clan will protect me against his vile magicks... 'bout him not being a good warrior? should have though twice before meddlin' with clan Drakeforge."
Do you intend to leave a bloody trail all the way from here to your brother's corpse?
Ragnok turns around to look at Coraine... "If needed be..."
"He did much worse than killin' me brother... this steel" rising his axe "is da steel o' da patriarch, he was da one tae lead clan Drakeforge after me honorable father. Da only reason I'm wieldin' Norryjar is because retribution has tae be dealt"
He now stands apart from the wall he was supporting himself on. And he is heating up all by himself, growing some kind of anger.
"Ye do not understand, this steel has tae be fed with his blood... Justice! That's what I'm after, that's why his head is still over his shoulders. I willnae give his body tae da dogs, I willnae kill his kin, I will give him da opportunity he didnae give me brother. Da opportunity tae bring with him his enemy before bein' plunged into da abyss"
"My intention is not tae set him free if he bests me, my intention is fer him to witness da justice he didnae provide. Before our strengths are tested, we must return tae Hommelet, and his crimes read tae him; so that he goes down tae da abyss remembering every an' each of them..."
The short-bearded dwarf breathes rapidly and seems to calm down again. He turns around and walks a few paces, looks like having finished, but yet he adresses his companion´s point
"Are ye concerned 'bout da fairness? Da sprits of mine clan will protect me against his vile magicks... 'bout him not being a good warrior? should have though twice before meddlin' with clan Drakeforge."
Do you intend to leave a bloody trail all the way from here to your brother's corpse?
Ragnok turns around to look at Coraine... "If needed be..."
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hafrogman
Adventurer
Marco looks vaguely uncomfortable at the obvious discussion going on behind closed doors between the dwarf and the paladin. Obviously emotions were running high, and as a newcomer it was a bit odd. But he had never been that skilled with people's feelings to begin with. They're so much easier to deal with when they're dead.
He retreats to a corner once again and resumes studying his books, reviewing the notes he made last night, idly waiting for the others to decide their path. He certainly wasn't planning on wandering off alone now that he was free, especially not to meet this Lubash fellow.
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Kine paces around the chamber, still disturbed by the previous day's events. Should he offer to escort the prisoners back to Homlet? It would get him out of this forsaken cavern, but what if they effected an escape? Or he met some of the other inhabitants? What could one elf do?
He retreats to a corner once again and resumes studying his books, reviewing the notes he made last night, idly waiting for the others to decide their path. He certainly wasn't planning on wandering off alone now that he was free, especially not to meet this Lubash fellow.
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Kine paces around the chamber, still disturbed by the previous day's events. Should he offer to escort the prisoners back to Homlet? It would get him out of this forsaken cavern, but what if they effected an escape? Or he met some of the other inhabitants? What could one elf do?
Boddynock
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Coraine in his turn stands silent, listening to Ragnok's reply. When the dwarf speaks of taking the prisoner to Hommlet he nods once, grimly, and listens to the rest of his speech before replying.
"So we are agreed on this, that that vile fellow must face justice in Hommlet. I do not seek to demean your call for that justice - but I feared that your grief would lead you to seek an extravagant justice without delay. And that would have put all of us at further risk."
"Know this, Ragnok! I am bound by my duty to my king. That is my primary concern, and I shall seek out the truth of this place, as he has bidden us do. But I am also bound by the warrior's bonds of blood to you, and through you, to your brother. I will do all that I can to aid you - should you need my aid - save in that which runs contrary to my obedience to my king, or to my devotion and my vows to my God."
The young man then steps forward and claps Ragnok on the shoulder, smiling at him before turning to join the others.
"Now come, let us eat and drink and take our ease! There is still much for us to do - but a companionable hour before the fire can do much to heal hearts and bodies weary and in need of rest."
"So we are agreed on this, that that vile fellow must face justice in Hommlet. I do not seek to demean your call for that justice - but I feared that your grief would lead you to seek an extravagant justice without delay. And that would have put all of us at further risk."
"Know this, Ragnok! I am bound by my duty to my king. That is my primary concern, and I shall seek out the truth of this place, as he has bidden us do. But I am also bound by the warrior's bonds of blood to you, and through you, to your brother. I will do all that I can to aid you - should you need my aid - save in that which runs contrary to my obedience to my king, or to my devotion and my vows to my God."
The young man then steps forward and claps Ragnok on the shoulder, smiling at him before turning to join the others.
"Now come, let us eat and drink and take our ease! There is still much for us to do - but a companionable hour before the fire can do much to heal hearts and bodies weary and in need of rest."
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