renau1g's Red Hand of Doom

[Walking Dad]

"I'm just a servant now. And if stopping the hand is right and good, we have the same objective." Scavenger just says, adjusting his appearance to more 'living' construct, using his magic item.

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Bluff is + in case of need...

Stats:
AC=20 Touch=13 Flat-Footed=19

Fort:+2 Refl:+4 Will:+5

HP: 57/57 Dmg Red: 2/bludgeoning and magic

Spells Per Day (Save DC 13 + spell level):
1st - 6/6
2nd - 4/6
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[renau1g]

[sblock=Awesome Party!!]Sasha nods at the suggestion and continues to speak in Giant. <We had nothing to do with the keep, sirrah.>

OOC: Mediocre Diplomacy: 10[/sblock]

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The giant looks at you for a moment, sizing you up and seemingly doubtful of your true intentions, but at the sight of the spiked gauntlet his snarl eases and his hand moves away from the club. Tears are evident in his eyes at the sight of the weapon. He moves closer to you saying "This wasn't mine, but it was my betrothed. She always liked being right next to someone when she fought, she said it was more fair that way.". The giant extends his hand towards Zazz as he holds the Huge gauntlet.
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[Rhun]

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"Please, take it. It is yours." Zazz offers the giant a smile as he gives him the gauntlet. "We found it within the ruins. Please, tell us your story. What happened to your betroth?"

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[Voadam]

Chilly party

Virashil looks askance at the knight.

"A fellow campaigner for all that is right and true in the world?" she says.

"So let me get this straight...you, and this undead appearing construct are campaigning for righteousness and truth?"

She continues to look quite quizzically between the two.

"Are our definitions of truth and righteousness the same?"

The darkly handsome knight smiles and bows. "As I said before, I serve the Triad in the order of the seelenritter knights. As a seelenritter I hunt evil down throughout the land. By the precepts of the Martyr, I suffer and spill my blood, risking my very soul willingly in the cause of good. By the precepts of the Judge I ferret out the truth of the wicked and bring them to justice. By the precepts of the Loyal Fury I stand by the law and remain true to the cause of bringing righteousness to wrongdoers. I am a knight errant, authorized at my own discretion to execute those I deem evil. Authorized by lawful writ to make personal alliances, to infiltrate, to do what I deem best in the war against great evils in the cause for the greater good. Do you not seek the truth of the Red Hand? To find out the evil that drives them? Do you not wish to see them struck down for their evil?" He straightens and still smiling says. "Do your definitions of truth and righteousness differ milady?"

 

[renau1g]

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"Please, take it. It is yours." Zazz offers the giant a smile as he gives him the gauntlet. "We found it within the ruins. Please, tell us your story. What happened to your betroth?"

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The giant takes the offered gift and holds it gingerly, looking it over carefully and then taking it back to the campsite. He gestures you over, pointing to a log next to the fire.

"You amuse me little ones, you are quite brave to try and sneak up on me. They call me Twistusk" the giant says, taking a longsword-sized knife and cutting a piece of the boar off, offering it to you. As you're closer to him, you notice that he's missing his right eye and there's a tattoo on his forehead, of a frowning tusked mouth.

"That human 'noble' as he called himself, attacked us years ago, oh how long has it been....well a long time anyways. We were a peaceful tribe, content to gather food from the nearby forest. We've lived in the shadow of Bald Hill for generations and weren't about to move just because some human got it in his head we were evil. When they ambushed our tribe, most of our warriors were out on a hunt and when we returned, nothing but slaughter awaited us. Our young and old were slaughtered, most of the women were here and put up a fight, but they were overwhelmed by magic and sneaky tactics." Twistusk says, you can see the anger building in his face after all these years.

"We decided that we made a mistake letting that gnat live, so we decided to correct that mistake. That night our tribe struck his home. We brought boulders and spears, smashing through his stupid walls. After breaking a hole in the wall, we went in to get anyone hiding and that's when my betrothed was stabbed in the back by that cowardly human, combined with the wounds we received from the archers felled her. I paid him back though, that poison would've been enough to stop a wild boar. He ran like the coward he is. After the battle the rest of the tribe moved to the Wyrmsmoke Mountains to get out of reach of any other humans, but not poor ol' Twistusk, I've stayed here my whole life and I wasn't about to move now. Now what are you little ones doing here" the giant finishes.
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[Rhun]

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Zazz takes a seat on the log, and accepts a slice of the giant's roast boar. He eats it as the giant tells his story. When the giant finishes, he speaks again, in giantish.

"Thank you for your hospitality and your story, Twistusk," he begins. "I am Avaxasir of the elves, son of Camthalion. My human companions call me Zazz." The elf pauses and takes a deep breath, and then continues. "We are here to stop a threat against the community of Drellin's Family. A horder of hobgoblins, called 'The Red Hand' have been raiding and pillaging, and we believe their main army is encamped at Skull Gorge. We are making out way there to stop them...either through force of arms, or by destroying the bridge." Zazz turns his head up to regard the giant with his dark, sparkling eyes. "Woud you consider aiding us in this endeavor? I realize you have no reason to help us, but the enemy prays upon the weak, and we could use your strength in stopping them."

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[renau1g]

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Zazz takes a seat on the log, and accepts a slice of the giant's roast boar. He eats it as the giant tells his story. When the giant finishes, he speaks again, in giantish.

"Thank you for your hospitality and your story, Twistusk," he begins. "I am Avaxasir of the elves, son of Camthalion. My human companions call me Zazz." The elf pauses and takes a deep breath, and then continues. "We are here to stop a threat against the community of Drellin's Family. A horder of hobgoblins, called 'The Red Hand' have been raiding and pillaging, and we believe their main army is encamped at Skull Gorge. We are making out way there to stop them...either through force of arms, or by destroying the bridge." Zazz turns his head up to regard the giant with his dark, sparkling eyes. "Woud you consider aiding us in this endeavor? I realize you have no reason to help us, but the enemy prays upon the weak, and we could use your strength in stopping them."

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At Zazz's words, some sparkle of life is evident in the giant's eyes; "You...you need old Twistusk's help? I can help, I can do better than just my help. I will find the rest of the tribe and we'll help out against this enemy. If you take out the bridge, I know where they have to go to get to the human town. We will attack them there, it is a dense forest, we can attack and run away, hit and hide. It worked for us in the past" Twistusk replies.
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[Rhun]

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"Yes, we would be most thankful for any assistance. This horde will only serve to harm the innocent if they are not stopped. The aid of you and your people would be of great help." Zazz smiles up at the giant. "My companions and I will do our best to stop them at the bridge."

The slender elf stands and offers the giant his hand. "Allies, then?"
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[renau1g]

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"Yes, we would be most thankful for any assistance. This horde will only serve to harm the innocent if they are not stopped. The aid of you and your people would be of great help." Zazz smiles up at the giant. "My companions and I will do our best to stop them at the bridge."

The slender elf stands and offers the giant his hand. "Allies, then?"
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The giant reaches his hand across, the image almost comical as the tiny, slender hand of Zazz is completely engulfed in the wrinkled, gnarled hand of the giant. "Be sure to tell them humans about our help. Good Hunting" he says, and will continue to eat his boar.
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[Rhun]

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"I will make sure that all know that Twistusk and his people aided the humans in their time of need. Again, you have out thanks." With that, Zazz offers the giant a short bow, motions to Sascha, and leads the way back to their companions.
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After a little while, Zazz emerges from the side trail, a smile on his face as he rejoins his companions. "Twistusk the forest giant has pledged his aid and the aid of his people in fighting The Red Hand. If we can stop them at the bridge, it will force them to cross the river by another path; The giant and his kin will harry them along this route, striking from the forest."