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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rolzup" data-source="post: 3979563" data-attributes="member: 10105">...or, hell, maybe I can come up with something more quickly than I'd thought.*****Forty ago, a young dwarf walked forth from the fortress where he'd been born, where he'd spent his youth, armed with nothing more than a set of rune-stones and a shockingly rusty dagger.  He left of his own accord, despite the protests of friends and family, driven by half-remembered dreams and oft-studied lore.  There was a world waiting for him, and he was disinclined to force it to wait any longer....Over the ensuing years, Gnorri spent time as a scribe, as a slave, as a grave-digger, and finally -- rather to his own surprise -- as a soldier.  He found that he had a surprising talent for war, despite his secret disdain for it.  Over the next several decades he drifted from battle to battle, fighting for one master and then another, still more interested in learning than in fighting.  The latter, sadly enough, was a rather more practical (and profitable) endeavor than the former.Some ten years ago, he befriended one Aeridann, captain of a company of elvish scouts, and in fact owes the man his very life after a few well-placed arrows turned an enemy ambush into a rout.  He returned the favor during the ensuing melee, and the two swore brotherhood at the battle's end.  It's been years since he's seen Aeridann, but he's certain that their paths will cross again before long.  "We share a Wyrd, we two."Matters went rather differently during his time of service with the Baron of Raventhorpe, when he openly defied the Baron after he'd ordered Gnorri's company of shock-troops into a suicidal charge.  The battle was won, in the end, due in no small part to Gnorri's actions...but the Baron's fury was unabated, and Gnorri only barely managed to escape a hanging for his troubles.  He's sworn vengeance against the Baron, or against his heirs if the man should be discourteous enough to die before Gnorri is ready.It was during this time as a fugitive that he encountered the so-called "Bandit King", Varan the Black.  Typical of the breed, Varan's bark was far worse than his bite, and Gnorri took a certain guilty pleasure in systematically humiliating the man in front of his own men after challenging him to single combat.  In the end, he laid the man out with a single punch, and left him to the tender mercies of his former followers.  Gnorri's heard a few rumors of late, telling of a bold and fierce warrior named Varan preying upon civilized folk...but, he's certain, it's just another poseur with an overinflated ego.It's been just over a month since he came to Greyhawk and Gnorri is coming to the unpleasant realization that he's running low on coin.  He's spent more than a few of them tracking rumors of a certain weapon, one of legendary import.  There's a tale there, he feels.  An important one, at that.****Full Confession Here: We're expecting a baby in about two weeks, so it's more than likely that my posting will be very slow for the last two weeks of January.  If that's a problem, I fully understand, and will cheerfully withdraw from consideration.</blockquote>

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