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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 4580875" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>Okay, I wrote this for my Distilled Prose night class. It's based on the Ruphus Laro vackground NPC from the Shackled City Adventure Path. My version of Ruphus is a lot different than the official one from <em>DUNGEON</em> Magazine.</p><p></p><p>I've modified this version (slightly) to incorporate it more into my Lands of Harqual campaign.</p><p style="text-align: center">____________________________________</p><p></p><p>The doors opened and a young soldier entered the room from the vestibule.</p><p></p><p>“Master Ruphus, they are ready to leave.”</p><p></p><p>The young priest of the Bast the Protector did not move a muscle as he knelt before the statue of his goddess.</p><p></p><p>“I will be there shortly,” Ruphus replied.</p><p></p><p>The young soldier left the priest to finish his prayers closing the door quietly behind him.</p><p></p><p>Ruphus of Cauldron went over the events of the past few months in his mind. The journey from his homeland had been arduous and long. He had been relieved to see the looming gates of the city of Tallawan appear over the horizon. The relief soon turned into sorrow as he passed through the gates of the city and saw the conditions in the city.</p><p></p><p>The citizens of the city were a beaten down people living in abject fear of a race of catfolk that were more like beasts then men. The people shirked from the streets as he and his escorts walked through the city towards the temple dedicated to the Protector. The city was on the verge of collapse. Hundreds of buildings laid in ruins from a dozen assaults by the tabaxi.</p><p></p><p>It had taken Ruphus over three weeks to gain any sort of trust from the city's populace. Hours of ministering to the sick and wounded had helped but his skirmish with the tabaxi outside the city had been the real turning point. He had been asked to help treat an outbreak in one of the nearby villages.</p><p></p><p>The tabaxi had come out of nowhere.</p><p></p><p>The battle had been quick and brutal. The catfolk wore savage headdresses and wielded wicked weapons with jagged edges. They showed no mercy attacking both soldiers and villagers alike. Ruphus had balked when he first saw their catlike forms -- with long, sharp claws and teeth.</p><p></p><p>Ruphus had looked into their faces and couldn't help but see the face of the Protector but twisted into a horrid form. One of the catfolk had jumped him and only the instinct to protect his life had saved him. He had skewed the tabaxi warrior with his sword but not before it had clawed away half his face including his left eye.</p><p></p><p>Ruphus let out a breath of sorrow as he opened his good eye and looked up into the catlike visage of Bast the Protector. The attack on the village had occurred over two weeks ago. He still wore the scars of the tabaxi's claws across his face. He had underestimated the creature's ferocity. It was a mistake he would not make again.</p><p></p><p>“Now I understand why you chose me to make this journey, goddess. I have always doubted my own ferocity. I have always felt out of place at home. Here, I have found my purpose. I'm Ruphus Laro, battle priest of Bast.”</p><p></p><p>Ruphus stood donning his helmet. He walked from the temple to join the soldiers going to war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 4580875, member: 2012"] Okay, I wrote this for my Distilled Prose night class. It's based on the Ruphus Laro vackground NPC from the Shackled City Adventure Path. My version of Ruphus is a lot different than the official one from [I]DUNGEON[/I] Magazine. I've modified this version (slightly) to incorporate it more into my Lands of Harqual campaign. [CENTER]____________________________________[/CENTER] The doors opened and a young soldier entered the room from the vestibule. “Master Ruphus, they are ready to leave.” The young priest of the Bast the Protector did not move a muscle as he knelt before the statue of his goddess. “I will be there shortly,” Ruphus replied. The young soldier left the priest to finish his prayers closing the door quietly behind him. Ruphus of Cauldron went over the events of the past few months in his mind. The journey from his homeland had been arduous and long. He had been relieved to see the looming gates of the city of Tallawan appear over the horizon. The relief soon turned into sorrow as he passed through the gates of the city and saw the conditions in the city. The citizens of the city were a beaten down people living in abject fear of a race of catfolk that were more like beasts then men. The people shirked from the streets as he and his escorts walked through the city towards the temple dedicated to the Protector. The city was on the verge of collapse. Hundreds of buildings laid in ruins from a dozen assaults by the tabaxi. It had taken Ruphus over three weeks to gain any sort of trust from the city's populace. Hours of ministering to the sick and wounded had helped but his skirmish with the tabaxi outside the city had been the real turning point. He had been asked to help treat an outbreak in one of the nearby villages. The tabaxi had come out of nowhere. The battle had been quick and brutal. The catfolk wore savage headdresses and wielded wicked weapons with jagged edges. They showed no mercy attacking both soldiers and villagers alike. Ruphus had balked when he first saw their catlike forms -- with long, sharp claws and teeth. Ruphus had looked into their faces and couldn't help but see the face of the Protector but twisted into a horrid form. One of the catfolk had jumped him and only the instinct to protect his life had saved him. He had skewed the tabaxi warrior with his sword but not before it had clawed away half his face including his left eye. Ruphus let out a breath of sorrow as he opened his good eye and looked up into the catlike visage of Bast the Protector. The attack on the village had occurred over two weeks ago. He still wore the scars of the tabaxi's claws across his face. He had underestimated the creature's ferocity. It was a mistake he would not make again. “Now I understand why you chose me to make this journey, goddess. I have always doubted my own ferocity. I have always felt out of place at home. Here, I have found my purpose. I'm Ruphus Laro, battle priest of Bast.” Ruphus stood donning his helmet. He walked from the temple to join the soldiers going to war. [/QUOTE]
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