Post by Andre on Jun 29, 2011 21:18:53 GMT -5
( Three years prior to the start of the campaign , 348 AC , near a small isolated village the gods-know-where ... somewhere in the continent of Albansia .. )
" So any last words ? " Christania grinned at Rin , ducked under a hobgoblin's sword thrust then slit open his belly.. clutching his entrails the hobgoblin stared at her open mouthed before falling on her boots.. " UGH ! I'm going to have hobgoblin ick on my boots for months now ! Do you know how EXPENSIVE these damn things were ? ! ? "
Trust Christania to put on a brave face in the face of overwhelming numbers... it had started out as a routine performance for one of the smaller villages that didn't see much in the way of entertainment.. the troupe master had grumbled about the village not having much coin but Christania had insisted they stop there - backed, as usual, by Rin once she'd opened up her big blue eyes and started pleading with him for his support. The kenku had to admit there was a certain reward all it's own in watching a little child's face light up when Rin sang, performed magic tricks .. or when the little one watched Christania's death-defying acrobatics.
(DM note - the kenku are a race of bird-men practically unknown to Krynn... given how few there are of them in proportion to all the other races of Krynn most people don't even know they exist... though Rin's work at the Inn of the Last Home later on, waystop as it was for so many travelers would start to slowly but surely spread the word that there were, in fact , " bird-men" out there )
Of course as luck would have it a large troupe of hobgoblins had decided a small isolated village like this one was ripe for the picking ... Rin and Christania had drawn them away from the village and killed more than Rin could count, Rin exhausting every last bit of his wild-magic in the process... but the truth was there was just too damn many of them... thus Christania's joke to Rin before she'd sliced the hobgoblin open -- much like Rin, if Christania was going to die it would be with one final smart aleck remark before she met her maker - the two were alike in many ways, this being only one of them... she met the bird-man's eyes ... paused long enough to surprise Rin with a long, passionate kiss mid-combat... Rin broke away from Christania long enough to duck the sword swipe of a hobgoblin who'd taken advantage of Rin's distraction - Rin backpedalled , struck out with his whip and the hobgoblin howled as he fell to his knees clutching his testicles. " IF YOU WANT A DATE WITH RIN YOU HAVE TO ASK NICER THAN THAT - OR THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BALLS! " shouted Christania to the hobgoblin, sassing him before she slit another hobgoblin's throat open.
Too damn many of them... Christania and Rin's eyes met - her own were brimming with emotion, her having realized long ago they might not get out of this alive .. she was about to say something to him, opened her mouth.. when a cry filled the air.
" I COULD BE MISTAKEN --- BUT ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CHALLLLLEEEEENNNNNGGGGGE ! ? ! "
There was a blurry impression of a strong, muscular man moving at a speed that seemed inhuman, flying through the air , aiming a kick that ended with a splattering, crunching sound as his foot passed clean through a hobgoblin's skull and brain matter... landing with an almost delicate sort of balance he turned , not stopping as he struck bare handed, his fist pushing through a hobgoblin's leather armor, ribcage... the man extracted the hobgoblin's still pumping heart then threw it in the face of another hobgoblin.. a loud exultant scream escaped his lips , his face contorted in a maniacal grin showing all his teeth, the newcomer's face and chest covered with the hobgoblin's blood..
Not questioning his luck Rin spun and sliced open another hobgoblin's testicles.... Christania made sure she got Rin between her and another victim then sliced at the hobgoblin's knees - he toppled towards the ground, right into Rin's waiting claw .. the hobgoblin's throat vanished. Still shouting the man spun through the hobgoblins delivering kick after kick , hand strike after hand strike - for every attack Rin and Christania made the newcomer appeared to be able to squeeze in two .
It was the newcomer's arrival that seemed to tip the balance.. abruptly deciding that the village simply wasn't worth it anymore the hobgoblins turned and ran , beating a hasty retreat...
The three of them... Christania, Rin and the newcomer.. stood breathing heavily eyeing one another .. abruptly realizing he was covered in gore the newcomer yelped, pulled a cloth out of his rucksack and started vigously toweling himself off.. strange, he hadn't seemed like the squeamish type before ...
[glow=red,2,300](Decades from now Forman would attain complete mastery over his human body and the inner ch'i within him, eventually allowing him to step between time and space, travelling to other worlds in the hope of enlightening others .. Forman's teachings would spread far and wide and the trademark battle cry that he had started the fight out with earlier above would become widely known, echoed by warriors who sought to emulate Forman and benefit from his lessons.. for one such instance please click on the link below at [/glow]
www.homestarrunner.com/underconstruction.html )
" So any last words ? " Christania grinned at Rin , ducked under a hobgoblin's sword thrust then slit open his belly.. clutching his entrails the hobgoblin stared at her open mouthed before falling on her boots.. " UGH ! I'm going to have hobgoblin ick on my boots for months now ! Do you know how EXPENSIVE these damn things were ? ! ? "
Trust Christania to put on a brave face in the face of overwhelming numbers... it had started out as a routine performance for one of the smaller villages that didn't see much in the way of entertainment.. the troupe master had grumbled about the village not having much coin but Christania had insisted they stop there - backed, as usual, by Rin once she'd opened up her big blue eyes and started pleading with him for his support. The kenku had to admit there was a certain reward all it's own in watching a little child's face light up when Rin sang, performed magic tricks .. or when the little one watched Christania's death-defying acrobatics.
(DM note - the kenku are a race of bird-men practically unknown to Krynn... given how few there are of them in proportion to all the other races of Krynn most people don't even know they exist... though Rin's work at the Inn of the Last Home later on, waystop as it was for so many travelers would start to slowly but surely spread the word that there were, in fact , " bird-men" out there )
Of course as luck would have it a large troupe of hobgoblins had decided a small isolated village like this one was ripe for the picking ... Rin and Christania had drawn them away from the village and killed more than Rin could count, Rin exhausting every last bit of his wild-magic in the process... but the truth was there was just too damn many of them... thus Christania's joke to Rin before she'd sliced the hobgoblin open -- much like Rin, if Christania was going to die it would be with one final smart aleck remark before she met her maker - the two were alike in many ways, this being only one of them... she met the bird-man's eyes ... paused long enough to surprise Rin with a long, passionate kiss mid-combat... Rin broke away from Christania long enough to duck the sword swipe of a hobgoblin who'd taken advantage of Rin's distraction - Rin backpedalled , struck out with his whip and the hobgoblin howled as he fell to his knees clutching his testicles. " IF YOU WANT A DATE WITH RIN YOU HAVE TO ASK NICER THAN THAT - OR THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BALLS! " shouted Christania to the hobgoblin, sassing him before she slit another hobgoblin's throat open.
Too damn many of them... Christania and Rin's eyes met - her own were brimming with emotion, her having realized long ago they might not get out of this alive .. she was about to say something to him, opened her mouth.. when a cry filled the air.
" I COULD BE MISTAKEN --- BUT ARE YOU ASKING FOR A CHALLLLLEEEEENNNNNGGGGGE ! ? ! "
There was a blurry impression of a strong, muscular man moving at a speed that seemed inhuman, flying through the air , aiming a kick that ended with a splattering, crunching sound as his foot passed clean through a hobgoblin's skull and brain matter... landing with an almost delicate sort of balance he turned , not stopping as he struck bare handed, his fist pushing through a hobgoblin's leather armor, ribcage... the man extracted the hobgoblin's still pumping heart then threw it in the face of another hobgoblin.. a loud exultant scream escaped his lips , his face contorted in a maniacal grin showing all his teeth, the newcomer's face and chest covered with the hobgoblin's blood..
Not questioning his luck Rin spun and sliced open another hobgoblin's testicles.... Christania made sure she got Rin between her and another victim then sliced at the hobgoblin's knees - he toppled towards the ground, right into Rin's waiting claw .. the hobgoblin's throat vanished. Still shouting the man spun through the hobgoblins delivering kick after kick , hand strike after hand strike - for every attack Rin and Christania made the newcomer appeared to be able to squeeze in two .
It was the newcomer's arrival that seemed to tip the balance.. abruptly deciding that the village simply wasn't worth it anymore the hobgoblins turned and ran , beating a hasty retreat...
The three of them... Christania, Rin and the newcomer.. stood breathing heavily eyeing one another .. abruptly realizing he was covered in gore the newcomer yelped, pulled a cloth out of his rucksack and started vigously toweling himself off.. strange, he hadn't seemed like the squeamish type before ...
[glow=red,2,300](Decades from now Forman would attain complete mastery over his human body and the inner ch'i within him, eventually allowing him to step between time and space, travelling to other worlds in the hope of enlightening others .. Forman's teachings would spread far and wide and the trademark battle cry that he had started the fight out with earlier above would become widely known, echoed by warriors who sought to emulate Forman and benefit from his lessons.. for one such instance please click on the link below at [/glow]
www.homestarrunner.com/underconstruction.html )