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<blockquote data-quote="PieAndDragon" data-source="post: 3169585" data-attributes="member: 18108"><p><strong>Bear Hunt</strong></p><p></p><p>These lands made Burc uneasy. Full of leafy glades and backward farmers. They were ruled over by elves and it showed, the peasants toting bows and none of the taverns serving a good ale. Everywhere Burc went he was taken for a typical dwarf, with jokes about beer, beards, height and gold. It was enough to take an axe to them all! It wasn’t likely he would find the answers to his quest in this land, but he would at least keep his eyes open and learn what he could.</p><p></p><p>They had been welcomed at the Algen Keep, spending a couple of nights enjoying the hospitality of their hosts. Now they were escorting Lord Algen, an old human, through nearby woods on the hunt for a man-eating bear. They were to protect the old lord but he seemed unhappy with their company, already giving them the slip yesterday afternoon. It had been down to Burc to track the old man on his horse, hoping he would survive the night in the woods without them. Only by rising early did they find him snoring noisily among the fallen leaves, merely grumpy when he awoke to them cooking breakfast for him.</p><p></p><p>The old lord had found the tracks of the bear, and together with Burc they had tracked the beast. Of the others, few had much woodcraft, Snarf able to set snares and catch small game. So it was down to a dwarf that they were kept safe out in the wilderness, proving to them that he wasn’t just a typical dwarf. There was more to him than axe, beard and ale. </p><p></p><p>Two giant spiders had attacked them earlier in the day, the pets of a pair of long-limbed spider like beings known as ettercaps. There was a brief fracas with a pit, and Burc was barely fast enough to reach their foes, but his companions quickly slew the spiders and forced the ettercaps to flee into the dark woods. They didn’t linger as they had a killer bear to catch and an old man to protect. Derris seemed to get along reasonably with the old man, Lord Algen knowing the noble from when he was a young halfelf lad. Age didn’t improve those of elven blood, or so it seemed. </p><p></p><p>Burc had his head to the ground when he hear the terrifying bellow of the bear. When he looked up, a massive brown bear was bearing down on him, Derris, Sam and Lord Algen. The sound of chanting filled the air and he could make out goblins to the left and right. A horse-eagle cross appeared beside them, engaged by Sam while the others fought off the bear. A blow from the bear took down Lord Algen’s horse and the old man fled to the trees to the left, blood pouring from his shoulder. </p><p></p><p>Shouts from the warlock behind them announced the approach of more foes, a glance behind revealing the white and black of giant badgers guided by goblins. Krunk and the warlock would have to deal with it themselves, as the warriors had their own troubles. Hurried prayers from Ra were keeping those fighting boosted, but it was no easy fight. With a final bellow of pain, the bear fell, bearing wounds from axe, rapier, blade and eldritch fire, with even a lance puncture from the old lord. The echoes of its death were not finished before another foe appeared from nowhere, a massive wolf the size of a horse summoned by nature magics.</p><p></p><p>Derris went down, unmoving, below the wolf, and another eagle-horse joined the first. Burc, Sam and Snarf formed a desperate front-line, hoping from some sort of respite from their companions. A pained scream from behind them confirmed the worse, the enormous badgers with bloodied claws leaping over the warlock’s corpse to where Krunk awaited, snarling at their new foe. Burc heard the thrum of a bow from where Lord Algen fled, but he was too busy trying to stay alive to spare time to protect their charge. Snarf was frothing at the mouth and flailing from the ground at his wolf foe, both bleeding from grievous injuries. Beyond their foes, Burc made out a old goblin female in thick animal furs, summoning down the forces of the land and guarded by another badger. </p><p></p><p>A rolling ball of fire bounded toward Ra, the priest narrowly avoiding the mass of flames which followed him around the battlefield. More incantations from the goblin shaman followed, Burc throwing aside her spell but Sam grimacing in pain as his armour started to glow red-hot. Shouts for healing magic from behind them confirmed that Krunk suffered from badger-and hot armour alike. Then a lucky blow brought down a eagle-griffon, and another blow caused the wolf to fade from view, back to whence it came. Krunk fell to the badgers behind them, but their foes had lost heart. Another eagle-griffon appeared before the goblins as they backed away. An arrow from Lord Algen, still alive, slew one badger, and the hippogriffs were cut down by dwarf, nomad and berserker, their wounds closing to Ra’s prayers. Running feet was the last they heard of their goblin and badger foes, leaving corpses strewn across the woodland glade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PieAndDragon, post: 3169585, member: 18108"] [B]Bear Hunt[/B] These lands made Burc uneasy. Full of leafy glades and backward farmers. They were ruled over by elves and it showed, the peasants toting bows and none of the taverns serving a good ale. Everywhere Burc went he was taken for a typical dwarf, with jokes about beer, beards, height and gold. It was enough to take an axe to them all! It wasn’t likely he would find the answers to his quest in this land, but he would at least keep his eyes open and learn what he could. They had been welcomed at the Algen Keep, spending a couple of nights enjoying the hospitality of their hosts. Now they were escorting Lord Algen, an old human, through nearby woods on the hunt for a man-eating bear. They were to protect the old lord but he seemed unhappy with their company, already giving them the slip yesterday afternoon. It had been down to Burc to track the old man on his horse, hoping he would survive the night in the woods without them. Only by rising early did they find him snoring noisily among the fallen leaves, merely grumpy when he awoke to them cooking breakfast for him. The old lord had found the tracks of the bear, and together with Burc they had tracked the beast. Of the others, few had much woodcraft, Snarf able to set snares and catch small game. So it was down to a dwarf that they were kept safe out in the wilderness, proving to them that he wasn’t just a typical dwarf. There was more to him than axe, beard and ale. Two giant spiders had attacked them earlier in the day, the pets of a pair of long-limbed spider like beings known as ettercaps. There was a brief fracas with a pit, and Burc was barely fast enough to reach their foes, but his companions quickly slew the spiders and forced the ettercaps to flee into the dark woods. They didn’t linger as they had a killer bear to catch and an old man to protect. Derris seemed to get along reasonably with the old man, Lord Algen knowing the noble from when he was a young halfelf lad. Age didn’t improve those of elven blood, or so it seemed. Burc had his head to the ground when he hear the terrifying bellow of the bear. When he looked up, a massive brown bear was bearing down on him, Derris, Sam and Lord Algen. The sound of chanting filled the air and he could make out goblins to the left and right. A horse-eagle cross appeared beside them, engaged by Sam while the others fought off the bear. A blow from the bear took down Lord Algen’s horse and the old man fled to the trees to the left, blood pouring from his shoulder. Shouts from the warlock behind them announced the approach of more foes, a glance behind revealing the white and black of giant badgers guided by goblins. Krunk and the warlock would have to deal with it themselves, as the warriors had their own troubles. Hurried prayers from Ra were keeping those fighting boosted, but it was no easy fight. With a final bellow of pain, the bear fell, bearing wounds from axe, rapier, blade and eldritch fire, with even a lance puncture from the old lord. The echoes of its death were not finished before another foe appeared from nowhere, a massive wolf the size of a horse summoned by nature magics. Derris went down, unmoving, below the wolf, and another eagle-horse joined the first. Burc, Sam and Snarf formed a desperate front-line, hoping from some sort of respite from their companions. A pained scream from behind them confirmed the worse, the enormous badgers with bloodied claws leaping over the warlock’s corpse to where Krunk awaited, snarling at their new foe. Burc heard the thrum of a bow from where Lord Algen fled, but he was too busy trying to stay alive to spare time to protect their charge. Snarf was frothing at the mouth and flailing from the ground at his wolf foe, both bleeding from grievous injuries. Beyond their foes, Burc made out a old goblin female in thick animal furs, summoning down the forces of the land and guarded by another badger. A rolling ball of fire bounded toward Ra, the priest narrowly avoiding the mass of flames which followed him around the battlefield. More incantations from the goblin shaman followed, Burc throwing aside her spell but Sam grimacing in pain as his armour started to glow red-hot. Shouts for healing magic from behind them confirmed that Krunk suffered from badger-and hot armour alike. Then a lucky blow brought down a eagle-griffon, and another blow caused the wolf to fade from view, back to whence it came. Krunk fell to the badgers behind them, but their foes had lost heart. Another eagle-griffon appeared before the goblins as they backed away. An arrow from Lord Algen, still alive, slew one badger, and the hippogriffs were cut down by dwarf, nomad and berserker, their wounds closing to Ra’s prayers. Running feet was the last they heard of their goblin and badger foes, leaving corpses strewn across the woodland glade. [/QUOTE]
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