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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binks" data-source="post: 6736209" data-attributes="member: 6775039">I'm committed to saving as many of the natural beasts of this land as possible.  It has slowly been sinking in just what a horrible mistake Saerie made in not confronting Ranyon Argoth in the tower.  Perhaps it would have killed either or both of us, but I feel that we could have dispatched him there.  If we had, these apocalyptic mists would never have found there way into this world.  We won the day but we may ultimately have lost if our point was to prevent the Far Realm apocalypse that was promised.  It is upon this land and these creatures that inhabit it.  Otthor and I must put a stop to this and ultimately live down our grievously poor decision.I want to befriend these wolves to protect them and so they might aid us in the future.  Failing that, I will put them down so they do not turn.[HR][/HR]I feel the warmth of Rawr's furry body against my hip.  I run my hands through his fur and smile at Lucky who is completely immune to the hostile cold that would bite at my bones if it weren't for the magical warding of the amulet.I stoop down, grab some snow from the ground, and toss it into the air to confirm the direction of the winds.[sblock]Secondary Skill Nature + 24.  Rolled 8.  32 Passes the Easy DC.[/sblock]Acknowledging the hardship that we face, I sigh.  "Up we go" I say to my furry friends as I step lightly onto the icy slope adjacent to the more forgiving trail.  [sblock]Rawr Primary Skill Endurance + 18.  Rolled 13.  31 passes the Medium DC.  1/2 is enough to meet the Group Check.[/sblock]Ignoring the fatigue of our worn out bodies and our angry lungs, we move briskly from stray tree to stray tree.  I'd like to get a look at them and take their measure before they see us.[sblock]Primary Skill Stealth + 22 + 2 (SS).  Rolled 1.  25 fails the Medium DC by 1.[/sblock].../godzilla facepalmSo they survived the transit of the ooze-infested cave...ok...this might be fortuitous.Without looking back at either Lucky or Rawr, I put a hand up to them signalling for them to stand down.  Slowly I slide my form away from it and move to stand while speaking to it in its tongue so it will understand me.  "I remember you.  You must remember me.  You survived to hunt here because of I shared with you my knowledge of the secret tunnel.  Where is you where Winter Wolf alpha?  I would speak to him."  How does he take my words?[sblock]Primary Skill Insight + 20.  Rolled 12.  32 passes the Medium DC.[/sblock]I look back at Rawr and Lucky, my face betraying that I'm not sure what happens next and that they need to be ready.  They each close in on my flanks.I speak to them in the howls, growls, barks and yips of their tongue.  "I'm sure you all remember me and my companion Otthor who bested members of your pack in combat.  I am here, once again to lead you out of sure death.  Your Winter Wolf alpha and his beta are gone.  Those mists that come down from the mountain will have turned him into something horrible."I assume a very pronounced posture of superiority and I stare hard at them.  "I am your pack leader now! You will follow me away from this place, away from sure death.  Or I will slay you all here and now to prevent the same "changing" that took your former alpha from happening to the five of you!"[sblock]Primary Skill Intimidate + 13 + 2 for Beast Empathy and + 2 for Rawr.  Rolled 10.  27 succeeds at the Medium DC.[/sblock]I don't blink.  I call upon the natural world to hold my challenger with its powerful bonds.  I don't want to kill him...yet.[sblock]Bonds of Life Encounter Power + 25 vs Ref.  Rolled 7.  Elven Accuracy Reroll.  Rolled 19.  That hits.  He takes damage and is restrained UEoYNT.[/sblock]I approach slowly, calmly.  As I do, I pull out my Elven Longknife.  I hold the cold steel up to its breast, draw its blood as a show, but do not finish it.  In its tongue I simply say "do you wish that I take your throat, or will you fall in line behind me as my beta?"With my new pack in tow, Rawr, Lucky and I rush back to the campsite.  If we can fashion some makeshift sleds and harnesses, they should be able to help us in getting the refugees to Giliad's Rest.</blockquote>

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