Post by Andre on Sept 23, 2011 11:17:34 GMT -5
(this takes place on day 18 of Autumn Dark year 351 AC around 3 am in the morning .. the heroes returned from skullcap , the black robe Fistaldanius's lair, last night after their encounter with a talking skull)
Rin reflected on the man he'd been sent to see as he picked his way through the sleeping refugees.. his singing, his gift from Branchala - the ability to heal wounds with a touch .. and, some might say, his sheer force of charisma , had not gone unnoticed.. " Rin ! " called one sleepy refugee cheerfully. " Rin's the man ! Er, the bird " called out another.. Rin nodded, smiled absently , gently shook offered hands with a claw but his mind was distracted...
The Highseekers of Solace had provided ample fodder for Rin's comedy act. Originally they'd been a religious movement seeking to find evidence of the true gods.. over the years they'd veered away from their original goal , become more concerned with temporal power for it's own sake , power that had been gladly handed to them by the various cities and villages, not only Solace but the surrounding establishments as well .
That was before the dragonarmies reduced the Inn of the Last Home in Solace.. Solace itself.. and so many other places to little more than smoldering ruins. The return of the true gods had finally arrived .. but the world seemed to be suffering for it ...
Then again having Branchala .. and Habbakuk as well if one considered Udyr and Zane .. on their side was better than nothing at all ... the Queen of the gods of darkness , Takhisis and her dragonarmies were making life ... not as pleasant as it should be. Servants of the gods of light seemed to be slowly emerging - far too slowly perhaps but they were coming. Their grouchy hill dwarf guide was now a priest of Reorx ... though even he had grumpily admitted he hadn't advanced enough yet in Reorx's "spiritual path" to tend to Zane and Udyr.
THAT was what was worrying Rin ... Zane had a piece of his soul sucked out from him by the undead they'd fought ... Rin had been watching them since they'd returned from Skullcap.. Zane was weak, unsteady on his feet.. so was Udyr... while Udyr and Rin had certainly had their differences Rin wasn't entirely sure having your life force drained from you was an appropriate punishment for the bear-priest ... bird droppings were much more entertaining. More worrying however was this ... the gods of darkness had been known for enslaving the bodies of the dead and the souls of the deceased to their dark purposes.. how long until Rin had part of his soul siphoned off in some upcoming battle against the undead. Rin had studied history long enough to know that it tended to repeat itself.
Elistan had once been a Highseeker.. they'd rescued him , sick and ailing, his leg wound infected... Elistan had been both humbled and awed when Rin "laid hands" upon him.. since then Elistan had begun a spiritual revival of sorts among the human refugees , encouraging people to return to the worship of the true gods of light ...
Rin reached Draug's tent, appropriated by Zane in the wolf-man's absence, and started shaking it. " ZANE ! GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE WE NEED THE DISKS ! "
" WHY ? ! ? " Zane hollered back from inside the tent. He didn't sound pleased.
" JUST GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE ! "
" NO ! "
" I'LL GREASE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE TENT ! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF LAURANA'S HAIR FOR DAYS ! "
" Tell him to go awaaayyy " whimpered Laurana's voice from inside the tent.
" GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE ZANE ! "
" I NEARLY HAD MY SOUL SUCKED OUT OF ME BY THE GODS-DAMNED UNDEAD EARLIER ON TODAY ! I DESERVE A BREAK AND I'M TAKING ONE ! "
" I'M TRYING TO HELP GET A PIECE OF IT BACK YOU NITWIT ! "
" FINE, DO IT IN THE MORNING ! "
" Oh for crying out loud - AT LEAST GIVE ME THE DISCS ! "
A golden scaled hand thrust it's way out of the tent holding the discs.. Rin snatched them then hissed " And stop being so pissed off , you're showing your true colors! " The hand started to regain it's "human" look as Zane pulled it back inside the tent.. " Gods-damn lazy half-dragon" Rin grumbled as he began to traverse his way through the refugees again , some of whom had pulled their blankets over their heads trying to drown out the noise.
(sorry about that Zane, I couldn't think of a better way to explain Zane not being in the thread right now .. when you get back from vacation if you want to jump in on this thread feel free, you could explain it as Zane not being able to get back to sleep and coming to see what all the ruckus is about Rin started up )
Rin finally reached the spot where Elistan tended to camp out " Only had to pick my way through hundreds of refugees first in the middle of the night" Rin grumped to himself.. then the bird-man groaned.
Elistan was up a tree, staring nervously down at an all too familiar looking bear... Udyr, in bear form, stood at the base of the tree paws on it growling at Elistan ... nearby Laurana's brother Gilthanas was poking Udyr with a stick " BAD bear ! Go away ! No biscuit for you ! " Udyr-bear roared at Gilthanas and batted the stick out of the elf's grasp .. Gilthanas instantly backed up several respective steps then laid eyes on Rin " Hey , I've seen this bear with you before Rin ! Do you know it? He ran up, knocked Elistan down, put his paws on Elistan's chest and started growling at him - then Elistan climbed up a tree to get away . " In his late 40's, Elistan was no spring chicken for a human - he had no doubt been spurred on by an understandable nervousness....it wasn't too difficult to piece together what had happened.. the druid WAS a worshipper of Habbakuk.. he must have had a dream similar to Rin's and had come looking for Elistan..
(note that in Udyr's dream , Udyr stayed in bear form and kept growing at Elistan until things changed so that's why I started the forum RP thread out this way .. obviously if he wants to Udyr can feel free to shift into human form and start speaking if Udyr so wishes
for more on Gilthanas see
whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=importantnpcs&action=display&thread=562)
Rin reflected on the man he'd been sent to see as he picked his way through the sleeping refugees.. his singing, his gift from Branchala - the ability to heal wounds with a touch .. and, some might say, his sheer force of charisma , had not gone unnoticed.. " Rin ! " called one sleepy refugee cheerfully. " Rin's the man ! Er, the bird " called out another.. Rin nodded, smiled absently , gently shook offered hands with a claw but his mind was distracted...
The Highseekers of Solace had provided ample fodder for Rin's comedy act. Originally they'd been a religious movement seeking to find evidence of the true gods.. over the years they'd veered away from their original goal , become more concerned with temporal power for it's own sake , power that had been gladly handed to them by the various cities and villages, not only Solace but the surrounding establishments as well .
That was before the dragonarmies reduced the Inn of the Last Home in Solace.. Solace itself.. and so many other places to little more than smoldering ruins. The return of the true gods had finally arrived .. but the world seemed to be suffering for it ...
Then again having Branchala .. and Habbakuk as well if one considered Udyr and Zane .. on their side was better than nothing at all ... the Queen of the gods of darkness , Takhisis and her dragonarmies were making life ... not as pleasant as it should be. Servants of the gods of light seemed to be slowly emerging - far too slowly perhaps but they were coming. Their grouchy hill dwarf guide was now a priest of Reorx ... though even he had grumpily admitted he hadn't advanced enough yet in Reorx's "spiritual path" to tend to Zane and Udyr.
THAT was what was worrying Rin ... Zane had a piece of his soul sucked out from him by the undead they'd fought ... Rin had been watching them since they'd returned from Skullcap.. Zane was weak, unsteady on his feet.. so was Udyr... while Udyr and Rin had certainly had their differences Rin wasn't entirely sure having your life force drained from you was an appropriate punishment for the bear-priest ... bird droppings were much more entertaining. More worrying however was this ... the gods of darkness had been known for enslaving the bodies of the dead and the souls of the deceased to their dark purposes.. how long until Rin had part of his soul siphoned off in some upcoming battle against the undead. Rin had studied history long enough to know that it tended to repeat itself.
Elistan had once been a Highseeker.. they'd rescued him , sick and ailing, his leg wound infected... Elistan had been both humbled and awed when Rin "laid hands" upon him.. since then Elistan had begun a spiritual revival of sorts among the human refugees , encouraging people to return to the worship of the true gods of light ...
Rin reached Draug's tent, appropriated by Zane in the wolf-man's absence, and started shaking it. " ZANE ! GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE WE NEED THE DISKS ! "
" WHY ? ! ? " Zane hollered back from inside the tent. He didn't sound pleased.
" JUST GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE ! "
" NO ! "
" I'LL GREASE THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE TENT ! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT OF LAURANA'S HAIR FOR DAYS ! "
" Tell him to go awaaayyy " whimpered Laurana's voice from inside the tent.
" GET YOUR BUTT OUT HERE ZANE ! "
" I NEARLY HAD MY SOUL SUCKED OUT OF ME BY THE GODS-DAMNED UNDEAD EARLIER ON TODAY ! I DESERVE A BREAK AND I'M TAKING ONE ! "
" I'M TRYING TO HELP GET A PIECE OF IT BACK YOU NITWIT ! "
" FINE, DO IT IN THE MORNING ! "
" Oh for crying out loud - AT LEAST GIVE ME THE DISCS ! "
A golden scaled hand thrust it's way out of the tent holding the discs.. Rin snatched them then hissed " And stop being so pissed off , you're showing your true colors! " The hand started to regain it's "human" look as Zane pulled it back inside the tent.. " Gods-damn lazy half-dragon" Rin grumbled as he began to traverse his way through the refugees again , some of whom had pulled their blankets over their heads trying to drown out the noise.
(sorry about that Zane, I couldn't think of a better way to explain Zane not being in the thread right now .. when you get back from vacation if you want to jump in on this thread feel free, you could explain it as Zane not being able to get back to sleep and coming to see what all the ruckus is about Rin started up )
Rin finally reached the spot where Elistan tended to camp out " Only had to pick my way through hundreds of refugees first in the middle of the night" Rin grumped to himself.. then the bird-man groaned.
Elistan was up a tree, staring nervously down at an all too familiar looking bear... Udyr, in bear form, stood at the base of the tree paws on it growling at Elistan ... nearby Laurana's brother Gilthanas was poking Udyr with a stick " BAD bear ! Go away ! No biscuit for you ! " Udyr-bear roared at Gilthanas and batted the stick out of the elf's grasp .. Gilthanas instantly backed up several respective steps then laid eyes on Rin " Hey , I've seen this bear with you before Rin ! Do you know it? He ran up, knocked Elistan down, put his paws on Elistan's chest and started growling at him - then Elistan climbed up a tree to get away . " In his late 40's, Elistan was no spring chicken for a human - he had no doubt been spurred on by an understandable nervousness....it wasn't too difficult to piece together what had happened.. the druid WAS a worshipper of Habbakuk.. he must have had a dream similar to Rin's and had come looking for Elistan..
(note that in Udyr's dream , Udyr stayed in bear form and kept growing at Elistan until things changed so that's why I started the forum RP thread out this way .. obviously if he wants to Udyr can feel free to shift into human form and start speaking if Udyr so wishes
for more on Gilthanas see
whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=importantnpcs&action=display&thread=562)