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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM with a vengence" data-source="post: 176019" data-attributes="member: 1679">...And stay out!Zahn the barbarian was a tough looking half-orc with a shook of orange hair falling everywhere.  His fangs had been replaced with long diamonds, and his nose and ears were pierced with dozens of bronze and iron rings and studs.  Even at the early hour, he was dressed in the standard barbarian warlord accruements of a light breastplate and fur wrappings around his arms and legs.  A huge two-handed battle-axe hung from his side, handle and blade decorated with a black skull motif.  His long dark cloak looked like it was sewn from the scalps of at least  200 sentient beings, and a jarring array of amulets, chains, bracelets and torcs embellished with strange runes ornamented his neck and limbs.  He looked up from his breakfast of a deer haunch.  “You want some?” He put it in his mouth and tore, ripping the leg in two and sending grease splattering across the room.“No thank you.” Ladinya said, wiping grease from her face.  “We ate before we left.”“Oh well.  I’m Zahn the Barbarian, warlord and supreme ruler of this land.  And I know who you are, you’ve been most busy lately.  All of the talk has been about your group, the Non-Gender Specific People in Tights.  Clearing the graveyard of ghouls, doing something or another for Lelanna Al’Veren and what do I hear about some sort of covert council with all of the important people in town and you.”“Did they say anything about my abilities?”  Ladinya warned, rolling up her sleeves in the universal arcane gesture of preparing to unleash some serious whomp-ass on a target.“Yes they did.”  Zahn retorted, taking a bit of the venison.  “Ladinya, a most… electrifying woman according to all reports.  Frying ghouls and drow and mindflayers, oh my.”  He smiled, exposing a row of gold teeth behind his crystal fangs.  “And that man, excuse me, woman in the armor must be Nikki, faithful cleric of Ehlonna.  You’ll be glad to know that I consider proper treatment of the woodlands very essential.”“That’s good.”  Nikki replied, slightly puzzled at the attack on her gender.“After all without forests, where would we get this delicious deer!”  He roared, slapping his knee with a clangor of ornaments.“And that small child accompanying you is who’s baby, you let him carry weapons, now isn’t that cute.” Milo Bookbender hopped up on the table, shaking with rage.  “Godammit, I’m tired of people thinking I’m a child, and the next person that implies so is going to get three axes where it hurts!  Hell, right now I’m thinking that maybe the last person who called me a baby might get those axes.  Let’s see how cute I am when your nuts are decorating my axes!”“You won’t be decorating your axes anytime soon.  Kava, show them out.”  Suddenly large hands grabbed all of them and pulled them out of the room.“And stay out.”  The barbarian said, dusting he hands off as the gate closed on the party.  Ladinya stood up, shaking dirt off her robe.  “I’m am going to settle his sorry ass good.”“Not before me, you don’t!”  Milo threatened.“Too late for both of you, tonight I’m sneaking in here and I’m going to do some emergency surgery in his sleep.”  Kit added.“Not necessary, I think he will have… a hunting accident.”  Nikki vowed.  “Besides, we have to go talk to the town council now, if you remember.”</blockquote>

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