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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ejja_1" data-source="post: 948050" data-attributes="member: 7880">Mereth gains a title.Terry made his way over to the farmers prone body, and checked for a pulse. He looked sadly up at Mereth and shook his head, " He's with the gods now." Mereth yelled, "Damn it, cheap ash bow." and broke his longbow over his knee. " No more bows for me, from now on it's just me and Thunderclease."Draithius interrupted him, " What about Mrs. Mendel?"Mereth stroked his chin and thought hard." We should load her in the back of the cart and take her on to lazlo, she can at least get something for her goods."Terry picked up farmer Mendels corpse and began to drag it to the cart.Mereth stopped him. " Nope not him, he goes back to nature. He's part of the grand triangle now."Draithius corrected Mereth." Grand circle dolt, the grand circle of life."Mereth glared at Draithius." Yeah grand tricycle of life, what he said."Terry looked at them like they had slapped him." Leave him to rot here in the bushes? What about when his wife wants to bury him?"Mereth struck what he thought was a hero's pose."Then we will tell her of how he has passed back to nature, and that she shouldn't mourn him as he will be everywhere about her. When she smells the flowers on the wind she will be smelling her husband, whenever she see's fish in the stream she will look upon him. Whenever she pee's in the bushes...."Draithius smacked him on the back of the head."We should be going now, before any more surprises arise."Terry shrugged his shoulders and jumped into the back of the cart with the newly widowed Mrs. Mendel. Draithius took the reins, and Mereth sat next to him on the bench.They rode on in silence for a few hours, it seemed to be getting close to evening. Mereth turned to Draithius and spoke, " Do you think the bards will give me a title?" Draithius looked back at his tribe brother and smiled. " Sure they will, it will be something grand like Mereth the Avenger, Destroyer of orcs, Wielder of Thunderclease ."Mereths eyes lit up. " Really? that would be grand."Terry snorted from behind them. " More likely Mereth the Farmer Slayer."Mereth looked back at him." That wouldn't be so bad either, I could yell Beware all yee who till the earth for I am your doom!"Terry shook his head and lay down to sleep.Mereth took the reins from Draithius, as they decided to ride through the night. Draithius sat back against the bench and looked at the stars in the clear night sky, and reflected on a story he had been told when he was a child. His father had sat with him one night a pointed up at the sky, telling him of the grand elven heroes that were now part of the heavens above them. Draithius looked hard and searched all of the points of light, but could not find his fathers likeness anywhere. He sighed heavily and closed his eyes to sleep, exhausted from the days events.Mereth thought about what had happened and felt regret for the loss of the farmers life, he had only wanted to help him.The night passed rather uneventfully, at least until the morning came. Mereth felt the point of a blade being pressed into his back, and the voice of Mrs. Mendel in his ear. " What have you done with my husband?" Mereth began to turn to face her, and felt the blade pressed harder against his person. The voice came again. " Stay were you are, all you need to do is drive and talk."Mereth sighed heavily. "Ok, you deserve to know what happened to your brave husband. When the attack began he jumped out of the cart and waded into the mass of goblins that were upon us, swinging his club and bashing heads like a crazed demon. The enemy had us all pinned down, but Mendel fought them off like a true hero. There were goblins everywhere, they must have numbered in the thousands. While Mendel was holding his own, sadly he was overwhelmed. The goblins knocked him out and began to carry him away, to use as one of there slaves in some perverted goblin sex ritual. I couldn't let that happen to such a brave man, so I shot an arrow into his chest and finished him off. He died bravely with dignity, and once we find a bard he will live on forever in song as a hero." Mereth waited for the blade to pass into his back, but that moment never came."What of his body?"Mereth smiled to himself as he answered. " The Gobo's carried it away mam, we were barely able to escape with you and the cart intact."The blade ceased to prick his skin, and a hand was placed on his shoulder. " Don't worry son, all we have to tell the guilders is that he was captured and killed. I wont mention your part in it, your secret is safe with me."Mereth smiled again to himself." Thank you mam."Mrs. Mendel lay back down to sleep and wept softly, Draithius barley touched Mereth to get his attention. Mereth turned and looked at him, and smiled as he spotted his brothers own wide grin.</blockquote>

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