SHARK
First Post
Greetings!
Well, a dramatic situation occurred recently in one of my campaigns. The group is epic level, and contains 15 or so characters that belong to the players, and about 10 elite characters played by myself; then there are about 4-6 cohorts for each player character, and hundreds of followers. There is a huge war going on in the land of Galleran, which is fighting against the Vallorean Empire.
The group forms a sort of spin-off mini-campaign of cohorts of the major characters, and is composed of the following:
(1) (Chris); Vallian Nebbethar; M; Human/Half-Celestial; Paladin 20/Divine Emissary 20
(2) (Chris); Sarjanus Khaeben; M; Vallorean; Fighter 20/Cleric 20/Religious Leader 10
(3) (Chris); Elledain; M; High Elf; Fighter 20/Ranger 20
(4) (Adam); Ghaldren; M; Dwarf; Rogue 10/Dungeon Delver 10/Fighter 10
(5) (Adam); Draethon; M; Minotaur; Wizard 30
(6) (Adam); Valladorn; M; Human; Barbarian 20/Ranger 10
(7) (Chrissy); Dressella; F; High Elf; Druid 30/Animal Lord 10
(8) (Chrissy); Isabelle DeMalray; F; Human; Wizard 30
(9) (Chrissy); Khemarna; F; Hippopotamus Humanoid; Cleric 20/Fighter 10
(10) (NPC); Mardranna; F; Human/Half-Elemental (Air); Fighter 20/Cleric 20
(11) (NPC); Therendil; M; High-Elf/Half-Elemental (Air); Fighter 20/Ranger 20
(12) (NPC); Zheron; M; Lion-Humanoid/Half-Celestial; Rogue 10/Fighter 20/Cleric 10
(13) (Amy); Dhareena; F; High-Elf; Wizard 30
(14) (Amy); Saebannu; F; Halfling; Rogue 20/Thief-Acrobat 10
(15) (Amy); Neebah; F; Human/Half-Elemental (Earth); Fighter 30
There are additional members of the group, though they were currently off on a different mission.
The group has been involved with operations in the local area, and recently, has encountered a long-standing group of villains, led by Tharnor, an Ogre Mage/Half-Fiend Cleric/Thrall of Demogorgon and Marlu, an Ogre Mage/Half-Elemental (Air) Wizard/Rogue/Thrall of Demogorgon. The group has been searching for the headquarters of a demonic cult, and has finally managed to find it. The group is also searching for an ancient holy artifact, the “Orb of Darranna”. The group has several thousand troops with them, and has made raids against the enemy bases and encampments for several weeks while preparing for a thorough assault. During these operations, Mardranna was captured by the demonic forces and taken deep into the dark mountain fortress.
The group returned to their base camp and prepared for a rescue operation. Forces had to be hastily organized, and supplies thrown together before the group set out the following dawn. Increasingly, powerful enemy forces harassed the group until they needed to bring in reinforcements. Gradually, as the battle developed, the group chose to take advantage of the growing battle, with savage, intense casualties on both sides, and make their attempt at infiltrating the dark fortress.
The group struggled for several days before unleashing death and wrath upon the forces of evil! As elite Aassimar soldiers poured into the fortress, supported by Lammasu and Lawful Good Cloud Giants, the forces of darkness began to retreat, step by step. The enemy forces were fighting savagely, and as the fireballs fell and lightning crackled, the group burst into a great chamber deep within the great fortress, and beheld a horrid spectacle:
Tharnor and Marlu had sacrificed 16 virgin women in some bizarre ritual, and Marlu held the last two sacrificial victims imprisoned within a wicker cage, suspended by a long chain over a large pool of bubbling molten steel. Marlu was reading from some dark scroll, and shimmering runes of purple fire were traced in the air as if by some unseen hand. By this time, Vallian had managed to fight through hordes of baboon-headed beastmen and half-dragon lizardmen, and crazed, black-robed warrior-priests of Demogorgon, and had engaged in desperate combat with Tharnor; before Tharnor summoned Mardranna to his grasp, ready to be sacrificed. A glowing nimbus of dread purple fire seemed to dance across Tharnor’s hand, held inches from Mardranna’s face. Tharnor was possessed of supernatural speed and smoothness in his actions and always seemed to be just one step ahead of Vallian. Now, as Tharnor held Mardranna tightly, Vallian struck the dark priest a terrible blow with his flaming holy sword, and Tharnor retreated from the raining punishment that Vallian dished out in a glittering explosion of rage. Vallian raised his mighty blade high, ready for the final round of combat, heaving his chest, and chanting prayers to his righteous and holy god, when Tharnor shouted out, demonic joy infusing his voice, “Behold, the innocents shall die!” Mardranna shrieked “No!” and gazed beyond Vallian’s side across the great chamber. Vallian turned, and saw that Marlu held the chains in one powerful fist, ready to release them, and send the last wicker cage with two innocent, 16-year old girls, naked and prostrate, screaming into a horrifying death, and completing the dark ritual that they had begun.
Vallian thought for a moment, in the seconds frozen in a seeming eternity of awful agony and pain of the unknown, as well as the terrors of that which is known far to well. He, as well as Mardranna, were champions and soldiers, pledged to fight and die against the forces of darkness. The two innocent children, screaming in terror while held trapped in the wicker cage, never signed up for war or to be sacrificed to a demon prince. They were dragged, screaming from their homes, to be slaughtered in some obscene orgy of blood and debauchery in honor of the terrible Demogorgon. Finally, Vallian surmised that should the evil ritual be completed, some terrible and dread thing would be accomplished, and many more would die. Wickedness and dark power would rise in the world in some manner, and the forces of darkness would be triumphant, and many other good people would be harvested in the slaughter.
Vallian gazed at his love, his wife Mardranna, and looked up at Tharnor. Tharnor spoke; “Retreat, and I shall spare your beautiful wife, and Marlu won’t send the children plunging to a burning death! Or, take your revenge! Plunge your hungry sword into my chest, and taste the fruit of victory! Go ahead! Your sword hungers to taste my flesh, does it not?” Smiling wickedly, Tharnor knew the turmoil that Vallian was going through in the brief moments of time, with the sound of his troops fighting in the background, and the beastmen howling and screeching as they died.
Vallian backed away, and said “Very well. Release my wife and the children, and you and Marlu may go free.”
In a flash, Tharnor jerked Mardranna by his side, and stepped onto a teleportation platform, Mardranna disappearing along with Tharnor in a shimmering pillar of silver light. Vallian turned to look at Marlu, and she exclaimed in mock dismay at the chains slipping from her hand, and she then flew over to the teleportation platform, and vanished. Meanwhile, the wicker cage holding the two innocent children plunged into the pit towards the bubbling pool of molten steel, with the girls screaming as they fell.
Vallian ran and leaped for the chains dangling from the winch, desperately trying to catch the chains and stop the girl’s fall, but he arrived too late, to his horror.
The girls screamed and died in agony as the molten steel consumed them. Their screams echoed throughout the great chamber, followed by a terrible silence. Vallian lay there gasping, his fists balled in rage, and his heart heavy with sorrow for his beautiful wife, Mardranna, who now was still in the hands of a desperate and wicked enemy.
Below Vallian, in the deeps of the shimmering pit, the sacrifice was part of an ancient ritual that would release the magic seals that imprisoned the dread Abomination, Drethennar. However, Vallian knew none of this. He merely suspected that the ritual would accomplish some evil deed, though he knew not the details.
Meanwhile, the forces of Good continued to counter-attack, and aassimar soldiers poured into the deeps of the fortress, and the rest of the group arrived at the great chamber where Vallian had found Mardranna. Gradually, Vallian and the rest of the group cleared the fortress, and had it refortified and equipped with righteous Vallorean troops. During the next few days, however, the completed ritual became all too apparent.
Drethennar slaughtered several hundred troops in rapid succession, before escaping the fortress into the wider world. The group worked out that some horrible, powerful monster had escaped an ancient prison, though they remained largely ignorant of the true nature of the creature that had escaped. Vallian attended funeral services for the hundreds of his troops that had been slaughtered by the creature. The group was getting grim, and highly determined. Their carefree attitudes and pleasant demeanor of past days was draining away before the blood and terror of battle, but especially from the gnawing feelings from being defeated, from failure. It had been quite some time since the group had been defeated in anything, and here it was a bitter pill to swallow down after being defeated not merely once, but in several occasions in a row. The group had failed to rescue Mardranna; the group had failed to kill Tharnor and Marlu; the group had failed in stopping the evil ritual; sixteen innocent virgin girls had been sacrificed for the unholy ritual; some horrible and dread monster had been freed from its ancient prison, and then proceeded to slaughter several hundred elite troops before making its escape into the wider world, unknowing of its power, and no doubt naked before its terrible might; the group was feeling frustrated, incompetent, and burning for revenge at their failure, but also at their humiliation. The group began making new plans to bring judgment to their enemy.
So, do you all think that Vallian, (the Human/Half-Celestial, Paladin 20/Divine Emissary 20) did the right thing? Should he have plunged his holy sword into Tharnor, and rescue his wife? Killing Tharnor would have been a terrible blow to the forces of evil, and his wife would be safe by his side. Then again, there was a chance that he could have crossed the blood-spattered stairway to reach the oiled chains and stop their fall, but he was too slow, ran out of time, and failed his Balance check. Nonetheless, it was still possible for him to have defeated the evil ritual, and save the last two virgin girls from a terrifying death. What do you think?
Part II: A Victory of Ashes and Sackcloth
The group counter-attacked, and tracked down Tharnor several months later. In a savage struggle, Vallian rescued his wife, Mardranna, and had Tharnor at his mercy. Tharnor surrendered, and pledged to be an honorable prisoner to be taken in for an honorable and lawful trial. Vallian agreed, and took Tharnor as a prisoner. Marlu had escaped, as well as Drethennar, who had since joined with Tharnor and Marlu, biding his time as he worked on getting familiar with the surroundings, and with his new sense of freedom.
Vallian and the rest of the group escorted Tharnor to the city of Nehben-Khari to stand trial for his crimes. During this journey, Vallian found out that his wife, Mardranna, was several months pregnant. He also discovered that Tharnor had raped Mardranna daily during her imprisonment. On many occasions, Tharnor had allowed Drethennar to plunder her, which he did in terrible sessions that would last through the night as Mardranna was ravished again and again and again. Vallian immediately felt a terrible sense of guilt wash over him, as conflicting emotions tore at him about his choices. He wanted to torture Tharnor right there, but managed to relent and to control himself. The magistrate who presided over Tharnor’s trial judged that Tharnor should be burned at the stake, and killed.
In the deep of the night, Marlu and Drethennar rescued Tharnor from prison. Tharnor escaped, and has since eluded the hand of justice. On their way, however, Tharnor, Drethennar and Marlu infiltrated the magistrate’s house, and sacrificed him and his entire family; his wife, his seven daughters and three sons, his sister-in-law, his brother-in-law, their three children, and 15 servants and bodyguards. Then, a series of Gates were opened, and numerous demons poured through to begin attacking the city while the city slept. Before leaving, Drethennar launched several spells of dread power: Drethennar had prepared for this moment, and proceeded to unleash two Apocalypse From The Sky spells, and brought a rain of death and slaughter upon the city that killed hundreds of thousands of people. The entire city was engulfed within a storm of fire and death. It was in this chaos and destruction, that the three made their escape. The city was thrown into terror and chaos as so many people and animals died instantly, while hundreds of thousands of others moaned and gasped for breath, as the fire fell from the dark clouds gathered over the city. The demons stalked the shadowy, smoky streets, spreading death and terror wherever they went.
In the smoking, shattered ruins that enshrouded the city, the group gathered together by the stable, ready to ride out. The Lord-General had summoned them earlier in the week and had dressed them down for not executing the evil bastard when they had the chance. Now, half the city was in ruins, as well as most towns and villages within a 200-mile radius of the great city. The casualties were horrendous. Over 3,800,000 people were slaughtered, and there were now fortified strongholds within the city filled with demons, and new demonic forces were arriving all the time. In addition, the Galleran insurgents, who have now regathered themselves, and stepped up a new campaign of terror and resistance to the Vallorean occupation, saw the fiery storm that engulfed the city as a portent of doom and judgment against the Valloreans.
The group rode out slowly, reeling from the catastrophe that had befallen the city of Nehben-Khari, and the forces of righteousness. As the group rode through the flame-blackened gates of the city, Vallian mused on the appearance that the child growing in Mardranna’s belly might have. Vallian held the reigns tightly in his fist, and wondered what revenge would taste like.
Well, what do you think? Is Vallian responsible for the fate of the city? Did he behave in the righteous way that paladins should? Did he refuse to “take the easier way” and fulfill his duties in a good and righteous manner? Does the paladin deserve judgment, or praise?
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Well, a dramatic situation occurred recently in one of my campaigns. The group is epic level, and contains 15 or so characters that belong to the players, and about 10 elite characters played by myself; then there are about 4-6 cohorts for each player character, and hundreds of followers. There is a huge war going on in the land of Galleran, which is fighting against the Vallorean Empire.
The group forms a sort of spin-off mini-campaign of cohorts of the major characters, and is composed of the following:
(1) (Chris); Vallian Nebbethar; M; Human/Half-Celestial; Paladin 20/Divine Emissary 20
(2) (Chris); Sarjanus Khaeben; M; Vallorean; Fighter 20/Cleric 20/Religious Leader 10
(3) (Chris); Elledain; M; High Elf; Fighter 20/Ranger 20
(4) (Adam); Ghaldren; M; Dwarf; Rogue 10/Dungeon Delver 10/Fighter 10
(5) (Adam); Draethon; M; Minotaur; Wizard 30
(6) (Adam); Valladorn; M; Human; Barbarian 20/Ranger 10
(7) (Chrissy); Dressella; F; High Elf; Druid 30/Animal Lord 10
(8) (Chrissy); Isabelle DeMalray; F; Human; Wizard 30
(9) (Chrissy); Khemarna; F; Hippopotamus Humanoid; Cleric 20/Fighter 10
(10) (NPC); Mardranna; F; Human/Half-Elemental (Air); Fighter 20/Cleric 20
(11) (NPC); Therendil; M; High-Elf/Half-Elemental (Air); Fighter 20/Ranger 20
(12) (NPC); Zheron; M; Lion-Humanoid/Half-Celestial; Rogue 10/Fighter 20/Cleric 10
(13) (Amy); Dhareena; F; High-Elf; Wizard 30
(14) (Amy); Saebannu; F; Halfling; Rogue 20/Thief-Acrobat 10
(15) (Amy); Neebah; F; Human/Half-Elemental (Earth); Fighter 30
There are additional members of the group, though they were currently off on a different mission.
The group has been involved with operations in the local area, and recently, has encountered a long-standing group of villains, led by Tharnor, an Ogre Mage/Half-Fiend Cleric/Thrall of Demogorgon and Marlu, an Ogre Mage/Half-Elemental (Air) Wizard/Rogue/Thrall of Demogorgon. The group has been searching for the headquarters of a demonic cult, and has finally managed to find it. The group is also searching for an ancient holy artifact, the “Orb of Darranna”. The group has several thousand troops with them, and has made raids against the enemy bases and encampments for several weeks while preparing for a thorough assault. During these operations, Mardranna was captured by the demonic forces and taken deep into the dark mountain fortress.
The group returned to their base camp and prepared for a rescue operation. Forces had to be hastily organized, and supplies thrown together before the group set out the following dawn. Increasingly, powerful enemy forces harassed the group until they needed to bring in reinforcements. Gradually, as the battle developed, the group chose to take advantage of the growing battle, with savage, intense casualties on both sides, and make their attempt at infiltrating the dark fortress.
The group struggled for several days before unleashing death and wrath upon the forces of evil! As elite Aassimar soldiers poured into the fortress, supported by Lammasu and Lawful Good Cloud Giants, the forces of darkness began to retreat, step by step. The enemy forces were fighting savagely, and as the fireballs fell and lightning crackled, the group burst into a great chamber deep within the great fortress, and beheld a horrid spectacle:
Tharnor and Marlu had sacrificed 16 virgin women in some bizarre ritual, and Marlu held the last two sacrificial victims imprisoned within a wicker cage, suspended by a long chain over a large pool of bubbling molten steel. Marlu was reading from some dark scroll, and shimmering runes of purple fire were traced in the air as if by some unseen hand. By this time, Vallian had managed to fight through hordes of baboon-headed beastmen and half-dragon lizardmen, and crazed, black-robed warrior-priests of Demogorgon, and had engaged in desperate combat with Tharnor; before Tharnor summoned Mardranna to his grasp, ready to be sacrificed. A glowing nimbus of dread purple fire seemed to dance across Tharnor’s hand, held inches from Mardranna’s face. Tharnor was possessed of supernatural speed and smoothness in his actions and always seemed to be just one step ahead of Vallian. Now, as Tharnor held Mardranna tightly, Vallian struck the dark priest a terrible blow with his flaming holy sword, and Tharnor retreated from the raining punishment that Vallian dished out in a glittering explosion of rage. Vallian raised his mighty blade high, ready for the final round of combat, heaving his chest, and chanting prayers to his righteous and holy god, when Tharnor shouted out, demonic joy infusing his voice, “Behold, the innocents shall die!” Mardranna shrieked “No!” and gazed beyond Vallian’s side across the great chamber. Vallian turned, and saw that Marlu held the chains in one powerful fist, ready to release them, and send the last wicker cage with two innocent, 16-year old girls, naked and prostrate, screaming into a horrifying death, and completing the dark ritual that they had begun.
Vallian thought for a moment, in the seconds frozen in a seeming eternity of awful agony and pain of the unknown, as well as the terrors of that which is known far to well. He, as well as Mardranna, were champions and soldiers, pledged to fight and die against the forces of darkness. The two innocent children, screaming in terror while held trapped in the wicker cage, never signed up for war or to be sacrificed to a demon prince. They were dragged, screaming from their homes, to be slaughtered in some obscene orgy of blood and debauchery in honor of the terrible Demogorgon. Finally, Vallian surmised that should the evil ritual be completed, some terrible and dread thing would be accomplished, and many more would die. Wickedness and dark power would rise in the world in some manner, and the forces of darkness would be triumphant, and many other good people would be harvested in the slaughter.
Vallian gazed at his love, his wife Mardranna, and looked up at Tharnor. Tharnor spoke; “Retreat, and I shall spare your beautiful wife, and Marlu won’t send the children plunging to a burning death! Or, take your revenge! Plunge your hungry sword into my chest, and taste the fruit of victory! Go ahead! Your sword hungers to taste my flesh, does it not?” Smiling wickedly, Tharnor knew the turmoil that Vallian was going through in the brief moments of time, with the sound of his troops fighting in the background, and the beastmen howling and screeching as they died.
Vallian backed away, and said “Very well. Release my wife and the children, and you and Marlu may go free.”
In a flash, Tharnor jerked Mardranna by his side, and stepped onto a teleportation platform, Mardranna disappearing along with Tharnor in a shimmering pillar of silver light. Vallian turned to look at Marlu, and she exclaimed in mock dismay at the chains slipping from her hand, and she then flew over to the teleportation platform, and vanished. Meanwhile, the wicker cage holding the two innocent children plunged into the pit towards the bubbling pool of molten steel, with the girls screaming as they fell.
Vallian ran and leaped for the chains dangling from the winch, desperately trying to catch the chains and stop the girl’s fall, but he arrived too late, to his horror.
The girls screamed and died in agony as the molten steel consumed them. Their screams echoed throughout the great chamber, followed by a terrible silence. Vallian lay there gasping, his fists balled in rage, and his heart heavy with sorrow for his beautiful wife, Mardranna, who now was still in the hands of a desperate and wicked enemy.
Below Vallian, in the deeps of the shimmering pit, the sacrifice was part of an ancient ritual that would release the magic seals that imprisoned the dread Abomination, Drethennar. However, Vallian knew none of this. He merely suspected that the ritual would accomplish some evil deed, though he knew not the details.
Meanwhile, the forces of Good continued to counter-attack, and aassimar soldiers poured into the deeps of the fortress, and the rest of the group arrived at the great chamber where Vallian had found Mardranna. Gradually, Vallian and the rest of the group cleared the fortress, and had it refortified and equipped with righteous Vallorean troops. During the next few days, however, the completed ritual became all too apparent.
Drethennar slaughtered several hundred troops in rapid succession, before escaping the fortress into the wider world. The group worked out that some horrible, powerful monster had escaped an ancient prison, though they remained largely ignorant of the true nature of the creature that had escaped. Vallian attended funeral services for the hundreds of his troops that had been slaughtered by the creature. The group was getting grim, and highly determined. Their carefree attitudes and pleasant demeanor of past days was draining away before the blood and terror of battle, but especially from the gnawing feelings from being defeated, from failure. It had been quite some time since the group had been defeated in anything, and here it was a bitter pill to swallow down after being defeated not merely once, but in several occasions in a row. The group had failed to rescue Mardranna; the group had failed to kill Tharnor and Marlu; the group had failed in stopping the evil ritual; sixteen innocent virgin girls had been sacrificed for the unholy ritual; some horrible and dread monster had been freed from its ancient prison, and then proceeded to slaughter several hundred elite troops before making its escape into the wider world, unknowing of its power, and no doubt naked before its terrible might; the group was feeling frustrated, incompetent, and burning for revenge at their failure, but also at their humiliation. The group began making new plans to bring judgment to their enemy.
So, do you all think that Vallian, (the Human/Half-Celestial, Paladin 20/Divine Emissary 20) did the right thing? Should he have plunged his holy sword into Tharnor, and rescue his wife? Killing Tharnor would have been a terrible blow to the forces of evil, and his wife would be safe by his side. Then again, there was a chance that he could have crossed the blood-spattered stairway to reach the oiled chains and stop their fall, but he was too slow, ran out of time, and failed his Balance check. Nonetheless, it was still possible for him to have defeated the evil ritual, and save the last two virgin girls from a terrifying death. What do you think?
Part II: A Victory of Ashes and Sackcloth
The group counter-attacked, and tracked down Tharnor several months later. In a savage struggle, Vallian rescued his wife, Mardranna, and had Tharnor at his mercy. Tharnor surrendered, and pledged to be an honorable prisoner to be taken in for an honorable and lawful trial. Vallian agreed, and took Tharnor as a prisoner. Marlu had escaped, as well as Drethennar, who had since joined with Tharnor and Marlu, biding his time as he worked on getting familiar with the surroundings, and with his new sense of freedom.
Vallian and the rest of the group escorted Tharnor to the city of Nehben-Khari to stand trial for his crimes. During this journey, Vallian found out that his wife, Mardranna, was several months pregnant. He also discovered that Tharnor had raped Mardranna daily during her imprisonment. On many occasions, Tharnor had allowed Drethennar to plunder her, which he did in terrible sessions that would last through the night as Mardranna was ravished again and again and again. Vallian immediately felt a terrible sense of guilt wash over him, as conflicting emotions tore at him about his choices. He wanted to torture Tharnor right there, but managed to relent and to control himself. The magistrate who presided over Tharnor’s trial judged that Tharnor should be burned at the stake, and killed.
In the deep of the night, Marlu and Drethennar rescued Tharnor from prison. Tharnor escaped, and has since eluded the hand of justice. On their way, however, Tharnor, Drethennar and Marlu infiltrated the magistrate’s house, and sacrificed him and his entire family; his wife, his seven daughters and three sons, his sister-in-law, his brother-in-law, their three children, and 15 servants and bodyguards. Then, a series of Gates were opened, and numerous demons poured through to begin attacking the city while the city slept. Before leaving, Drethennar launched several spells of dread power: Drethennar had prepared for this moment, and proceeded to unleash two Apocalypse From The Sky spells, and brought a rain of death and slaughter upon the city that killed hundreds of thousands of people. The entire city was engulfed within a storm of fire and death. It was in this chaos and destruction, that the three made their escape. The city was thrown into terror and chaos as so many people and animals died instantly, while hundreds of thousands of others moaned and gasped for breath, as the fire fell from the dark clouds gathered over the city. The demons stalked the shadowy, smoky streets, spreading death and terror wherever they went.
In the smoking, shattered ruins that enshrouded the city, the group gathered together by the stable, ready to ride out. The Lord-General had summoned them earlier in the week and had dressed them down for not executing the evil bastard when they had the chance. Now, half the city was in ruins, as well as most towns and villages within a 200-mile radius of the great city. The casualties were horrendous. Over 3,800,000 people were slaughtered, and there were now fortified strongholds within the city filled with demons, and new demonic forces were arriving all the time. In addition, the Galleran insurgents, who have now regathered themselves, and stepped up a new campaign of terror and resistance to the Vallorean occupation, saw the fiery storm that engulfed the city as a portent of doom and judgment against the Valloreans.
The group rode out slowly, reeling from the catastrophe that had befallen the city of Nehben-Khari, and the forces of righteousness. As the group rode through the flame-blackened gates of the city, Vallian mused on the appearance that the child growing in Mardranna’s belly might have. Vallian held the reigns tightly in his fist, and wondered what revenge would taste like.
Well, what do you think? Is Vallian responsible for the fate of the city? Did he behave in the righteous way that paladins should? Did he refuse to “take the easier way” and fulfill his duties in a good and righteous manner? Does the paladin deserve judgment, or praise?
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
