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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 679082" data-attributes="member: 5137">Scenes of the BattleOver the next few days...Hero of the Tribes: An orc war hero showed up. The orcs had held him back as a surprise if they started to lose, and with the death of the giant, he was called in. Fully a head taller than the orcs around him, he seemed half-giant himself, and his spear sang as he swung and stabbed with it.The first sign of his presence was when a shield carrier was stabbed, through the shield, and unceremoniously lifted and tossed from the end of the spear. Trailed by an orc war drummer beating for all his worth, the orc hero then proceeded to butcher Theralese soldiers like so much cattle until the Keraunesti arrived... at which point he simply retreated behind a wall of orc flesh and jogged back downslope.He would continue to plague the front line, one hole at a time, for the course of the war. He was too fast to chase down, and he chose his battles well.Killing Giants: Kyriotes' summoned a greater light hawk to aid in attacking the second giant. Streaking like a reddish meteor from the depths of hell, it flung itself across the sky at the giant, only to burst into brilliant light before it came into his range, blinding and stunning him. The Keraunesti used his momentary lack of awareness to charge, overbear, and kill him.It was a costly victory, however, as the only remaining giant went berserk, and began ripping up great chunks of rock and flinging them through the Theralese lines at the Keraunesti. Unlike the targetted boulders of before, these simply punched holes through the troops, with staccato, moist crunches. Greppa nearly died when his assistant, a half-orc woman of considerable size and power, flung him out of the way and was herself smashed. It still managed to break his legs and nearly flatten Athan and Merideth.Greppa cast lesser shadow killer to weaken the giant, and the Keraunesti, now halved in force, swarmed him and nearly all died killing him.With all three giants dead... the tribes simply left, their war hero with them, and took up residence several miles east. Theralis began to seriously consider suing for peace.A Mission: Greppa approached Captain Agina a week after the end of the battles. "Captain, I was hoping to speak with you. I... I have something I'd like to do.""Something for the military, I assume?""Sort of... the Theralese troops that were captured by the Bunahken, they were then recaptured by another tribe. I think we may be able to find them, and if we do find them, I would like to get a small group of soldiers to go with us to free them."Captain Agina considered this for a few moments, staring thoughtfully at some point inside Greppa's soul, then, "Agreed. If you find them, tell me when and where, and I will send a group with you. I can't spare many soldiers, 30 at most, so if you think that won't be enough we will have to wait."A moment, then she added, "And Greppa... thank you for doing this. I can't afford the scouts to find them with the orcs practically on our doorstep. Allas watch over you, and good luck."The three heroes met at the tower one final time before heading out. Athan's mother knew a free-spirited orc who she thought might be helpful to them, and Athan had arranged a meeting. Merideth had spent some time buying more healing potions and assorted other items she thought adventurers should have. And Greppa had spent a few sleepless nights planning out his spell use for greater efficiency.There were going to be some changes in the world, and these three, marked by Allas, intended to be the agents of change.</blockquote>

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