A Warrior's Tale ((Open RP))

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:45 am

Harkan:
After the Orcs cleared the trees, he lit and threw the first Gynkese bottle. The eplosion fell just short of the targets, so he bent down to retrieve the other two bottles when suddenly pain shoots up his legs as an arrow sprouts from each leg!

"Yowl!!" he exclaims.

He looks up, and the Orcs are charging the hill again. He reaches down and lights the two gynkese fires from the campfire and holds the both of them in his hands. He is unable to see the archers, but he knows he will have to face them soon.

Defiantly, and with a fierce growl, he throws one at each of the Orcs.

"KA-BOOM...KA-BOOM" they go off almost simultaneously at each of their targets. One Orc(Krull) is incinerated in a fiery mixture of flame and ash. "ROOAAARRR!!" the Orc yells. He immediately begins to tumble on the ground to extinguish the flames. His flaming and charred body eventually comes to a stop as the flames subside into the earth. Smoldering, the Orc simply lies there a moment.

The other Orc(Turga) simply falls backward again with the second explosion. When the Orc rises, his hair is singed and smoldering, but no damage otherwise. The bottle must have fell to the right of him. He looks briefly toward the other Orc(Krull), Roars and then charges up the hill again.

Harkan breaks the arrows off of his legs, unsheathes his Mace and in an act of pure cowardice, decides to run for it. He suddenly turns and leaps into the portal.

The portal shimmers quietly in its blue ghostly glow, awaiting its next user.

Fenramur Farendottir · Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:25 pm

She grinned wolfishly as her arrow hit the goblin at exact the position she had aimed at. Stepping onto the clearing, she could see Agrimur doing the same. But her grin vanished the moment the goblin threw his two gynkfires towards their close-combat fighters, hitting both of them.

She gazed at Krull, the orc next to her, and realized that he did not stand up any more. Barking a hard "Stand up ye softy!", she drew him up halfways, jostling him back right after that, and rushed over to the portal, not paying attention on what Agrimur and *his* orc were doing.

Rhianna Morgan · Post by **Rhianna Morgan** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:42 pm

Agrimur was as shocked at the second explosion as Fenramur, but Turga did not seem to be really hurt, so he did no longer watch him, but rushed to the portal aswell, stopping the young huntress before she could get in it.

"Biste bescheuert? Wer weiß wo das Ding dich hinbringt! Sieh mal lieber zu dassde unserm Jarl Bescheid gibst was hier passiert is, das muss er wissen falls ich nich wiederkomme!"

Hastily they exchanged words, both in a hurry. The way it looked they seemed to argue who was going to enter the portal, or if the female should go or not.

"Klar, als ob DU wüsstest wos hingeht. Am Ende krepierste mir und ich weiß nich mal wo! ICH KOMM MIT."

Sighing he looked at her, knowing well that her argument was better than his and that she would come anyways, no matter what he said. They did not have much time anyway, the portal could close at any time now. Agrimur turned round and yelled out "Ey! Orcs! Go on through, or ye will miss all the fun, aye?"

They took out arrows and laid them to their bowstrings, readying for the magic journey they were about to make.

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:54 am

Turga grumbles anoyedly as the fat goblin jumps trough the portal then looks over at Krull, with a snort he jogs over to him just as the female norodaj reaches him. stand up ye softy she said then drew him halfway up only to jostle him back down. Turga snarls as he sees the human shove his fellow orc then raises his maces with a mad look on his face, but before he could do anything she jumped trough the portal. Turga stares hatefully after her his breathing heavy and slow, then the male norodaj runs past him. his left hand mase raises quickly only to be lowered slowly since the norodaj is quick on his feet. Ey! Orcs! Go on trough, or ye will miss all the fun, aye? he yells out before readying his bow then jumping trough the portal as well. Turga kneels besides Krull then carefully puts a hand on his shoulder yuu beh keh, bruddah? meh maik da oomin pai for duin dat.. he promisses then stands up extending his right hand towards him get ap bruddah, we hab lodda staff to smash, yeh? he says with a slight grin.

Karfang · Post by **Karfang** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:11 am

Krull nods to Turga.

His skin, splotched with black scars and burns, Krull grimaces as Turga helps him to his feet.

"Dat hurt...a little bit." Krull says with an evil grin. "let's go smash stuff!"

Staggering, Krull marches up the hill, with Turga's assistance. Grips his sword, then nods to Turga as he steps through the portal. With a shallow inhale, Krull steps through the portal too.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:27 am

As the four warriors step through the ghostly blue portal, they are immediately transported to a semi-lit room, carved from the very ice itself, possibly beneath a glacier. Emerging from the portal, they see that they are in the middle of an icy room standing on a small platform. The portal continues to shimmer in a pale ghostly light.

It is a small square room, with Ice walls and a small platform in the middle, upon which the four warriors stand. On each wall (North, South and West) is a mirror, about 2 meters by 4 meters tall, all but the wall in the East. The warriors are reflected within each of the three mirrors.

In the East there is a large block of ice, about 1 meter by 2 meters tall, and pieces of mirror lying on the ground by the block of ice. The Eastern wall is ice, but has a shape carved from it in the shape of an ancient rune.

"Grruummppphhhh!"

The sound seems to come from the block of ice.

Examining the block of ice, it is shaped in the figure of a fat goblin, with his mace held high, as if about to smash something. Suddenly his eyes move!

"Heeellppp Mmmeee!" it says.

What will the warriors do next?

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:18 pm

Turga's black and tired eyes drift around the cave with a slight smile as he feels the cold air carressing his warm body. Grruummppphhhh! and his eyes narrows as he tilts his head slightly to the left staring at the block of ice then he slowly walks towards it. Heeellppp Mmmeee! he hears comming from the block of ice then as he gets closer he sees the goblin trapped inside, a devilish grin forms on his face hurrr..wub yuu duin in der stoopid gabblin? he says then taps his left hand mace against the goblins face. mebbeh yuu wanna sai wub beh 'ere den mebbeh we nub smash yuu fais, yeh? he says leaning in closer looking at the goblin then looks over his shoulder at Krull, paying no attention to the humans, he grins a bit wub yuu sai brudda? smash dey fais naow or mebbeh aftur da puneh tell as wub beh 'ere? then turns back to the goblin with a low growl.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:20 pm

Harkan:
Trapped in a block of ice and unable to move, the goblin can hardly speak. Freezing, and petrified for his life, all he can do is utter a few words to whoever can free him.

"Hheelllppp Mmmeee!" he repeats to the Orc. Uncaring, the Orc glances at someone else, then growls at Harkan.

"Mmmiirrroooorrr ddiiidd ddiiisss.....Hheelllppp Mmmeee!" he sputters. He tries to utter more, but just can't form the words to speak in the ice.

"Mmmmppphhhffff......Hheellppp Mmmeee!" he repeats.

Karfang · Post by **Karfang** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:47 am

Krull steps to the inside of Turga and the goblin.

"Peace Bruddah" he says. "Dere beh Magick here and dis require some dinking."

With that said, Turga lowers his mace and nods. Krull thinks a moment.

Krull then asks the Norodaj to still their arrows.

Thinking some more, Krull then grins evilly.

"If Mace smash mirror, den weh must smash mirror, nub shoot at it, but weh nub want to end up in Ice!" he says to the others.

He walks over to the Block of Ice, and hits the head of the Goblin. "Smash" goes the ice around his head into small shards of ice. The Goblin shakes his head and smiles thankfully.

"Tell us, where Mage at?" Krull demands.

The goblin Coughs before answering "Dunno....behind a mirror I think."

With that, Krull grabs the block of Ice and shoves it. It budges with reluctance. He pushes it. Turga, seeing what Krull is doing, joins in to help push the Block toward a mirror. Pushing harder, the two Orcs shove the Block with all their might toward the North Mirror before letting go.

"What are you doing?......Nooooo!" the goblin yells.

"Smash" goes the mirror, then "Pffttt!" goes a ray of Ice from the Rune behind the smashed mirror. The Ray refreezes the goblin, who groans with some pain.

"Nub dat one!" Krull says with a smile.

"Turga, which mirror next? Joo choose dis time." Krull asks Turga, who smiles evilly.

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:19 pm

Turga listens to Krull's words as he speaks then as Krull begins pushing the block of ice he sheaths his maces and helps him push it towards the North mirror. with his left shoulder resting against the block of ice his feet dig in to the frozen ground of ice, his metal armor creaks dangerously as he utelizes all of his inhuman strength. Slowly but surely the block of ice moves under their combined strength. "smash" goes the mirror and "pfffft" goes the rune behind it covering the goblin in ice once again. nub dat one! Krull says with a smile then asks Turga to pick the next one. smiling evily Turga ponders for a moment, his black and tired eyes glide between the South and the West mirror. Dat wan Turga says pointing at the South mirror then walks to the front of the ice block putting his left shoulder against it, Krull nods with a evil grin then walks over to the block of ice. They growl and they grunt as they beging kicking at the ice covered ground hurrrrrr..gabblin mast hab gainud weit or somding! Turga says in a strained voice then the block of ice begins to move towards the South mirror inch by inch.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:49 pm

As the two Orcs push the block of ice toward the mirror, everyone can see the mirror's imminent doom in its reflection. The block of Ice is shoved with all their strength as before, and it goes sliding toward the mirror.

"Crash!" goes the mirror into thousands of tiny shards.

As the mirror collapses, a tunnel is revealed. A tunnel of darkness leading under the Ice.

The Orcs unsheath their weapons and the norodaj, prepare their bows as the four of them proceed down the dark tunnel. Just 100 meters within the tunnel, there begins to be seen, a small light as if from a campfire, which get brighter and brighter as the warriors proceed.

Suddenly, the tunnel ends, and they enter another room carved from the Ice, with no obvious exits. Books and scrolls lie upon the floor, shelves and desks lie scattered around the walls, and opposite the tunnel, lies a fireplace, with a roaring fire within. Sitting within a chair sits a middle aged, robed man of tall stature. He gets up suddenly as the four of you enter with a look of surprise upon his face.

"Fools!" he says, "You shouldn't have come here!"

He begins speaking in an arcane tongue and frost arcs across his hands as he prepares to cast a spell.

Fenramur Farendottir · Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:07 pm

Spitting on the ground as the mage speaks, Fenramur simply raises her bow, aiming at him and shooting an arrow directly into his chest, only taking one wink for this.

Rhianna Morgan · Post by **Rhianna Morgan** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:17 pm

He was about to warn them, not to go in there. All he wanted was to jump back into the portal, tell his Jarl what he saw. Agrimur was not a coward, but beating a mage was one thing, and beating a mage in the mages cave a totally other thing. He knew well that Fenramur did not have his hesitative thoughts. She was stronger and more impulsive than he was. When it came to talking or making plans, he had always been the better one.
They all just went in there. Nobody talked, thought about what might be at the end of the tunnel. And then it was too late, they arrived in the lions cave. The mage had been awaiting them. Dark robes hid his face almost completely, and the young hunter had no time to look about a lot. He too stepped into the chaotic room, and as the girl next to him rose her bow and shot, he cursed in his mind.

Yelling "Malachin!" he as well drew an arrow and shot at the mage, who was standing but a few feet in front of him. Although he had not had time to aim a lot, he was absolutely sure he could not miss his target. But on the other hand... Fighting a mage is not fighting a gobber. It is so much more.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:35 pm

As if in a blur of motion, the Mage easily dodges the two arrows as they shoot toward him. Laughing, he releases a blue beam of frost toward one of the Orcs (Krull).

"BOOM" the frost blasts into his armor, knocking him down. Penetrating cold and pain are felt as Krull lies on the ground.

Turga roars and charges the mage with maces held high and the Norodaj prepare more arrows.

The Mage begins again with an incantation, and frost forms between his hands once again.

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:11 am

Turga blinks in dissbelief as the mage dodges the arrows in a blurry motion then draws his mace about to charge when BOOM! a ray of frost slams into Krull sending him to the ground. Turga instantly charges the mage with a roar as the mage prepares another spell, Turga swings his left mace back as to throw it at the mage. Not even two steps from his opponent Turga is violently thrown back like a rag doll as the mage releases his spell, Turgas left arm flies forward and his mace slips from his hand as he is struck. As Turga slams into the ice wall he drops his right hand mace then lies very still. The mace that left his hand as he was struck by the mages spell skids of a small lump on the ground changing direction then flies towards the mages right knee.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:56 pm

The Mage releases his spell upon the other Orc.

"BOOM" it implodes upon his chest sending him across the room.

Suddenly, a searing pain shoots up his leg, as one of the Orcs maces connects with his leg.

"Ouch!" he yells, breaking his concentration. He grips his leg as blood begins to seep from the wound.

He looks up just in time to see two arrows aimed for his chest.

"Oh no...." he thinks in a rush of fear, and then tries to dodge the arrows. One slips by him, but one impacts into his arm.

"Awww!" he yells as he feels the pain of the arrow.

Grunting with all his might, he prepares another spell.

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:27 am

Turga slowly opens his eyes, blood drips from his nose and mouth as he rolls over on his stommach then reaches for the mace next to him. As he puts his hand on the mace the mage yells in pain, with a firm grip on his mace he gets to his feet with a very strained growl then turns to face the mage. His body sways a from side to side in an unstable manner for a few secconds then he falls down on his right knee, the mace hangs loosly in his right hand. Breathing heavily he looks at the mage with foggy eyes smash..yuu..fais he says with a raspy voice then lazily taps his mace once against the ice ground. Then as the mage grunts with all his might and begins mumbling in a mystical language Turga puts his mace over his head, while still on his knee, then hurtles the mace at the mages head. The mace has barely left his hand before he jolts forward with his arms spread like an eagle, he aims himself at the mages waist.

Juniper Onyx · Post by **Juniper Onyx** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:09 am

The Mage begins uttering a spell and then "Smash!"

All he sees is stars......lights.....rainbows.....

The Mage quickly feels the pain in his head before the breath is knocked out of him by the Orc tackling him. He is knocked off of his feet and to the ground, curling in pain as the arrow and his leg emit new pains of agony.

Blood trickles down his face, and onto the cold icy floor. The Mage tries in vain to get the Orc off, but he is clawing and clubbing the Mage to death. Torrents of pain continue as the mage fights off a strange sleepiness.

The mage feels strange.....comforting....pleasant....all at the same time.

"Mercy..."the mage whispers, before finally succumbing to the cold fingers of death.

The room becomes a little colder with his passing.

Karfang · Post by **Karfang** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:19 am

Krull shakes off a chilling numbness, and sees Turga Growling and beating the mage to death. He stands and walks over to Turga with a smile.

"Joo got him bruddah!" he says to Turga with a smile.

Turga stops beating on the helpless lump of flesh, and grins evilly, blood dripping from his mouth.

"Let's go home," Krull says with a smile, and offers a hand to his comrade to help him up. Krull quickly searches the Mage's cave only to find a few silvers, a poison dagger, and a small box. Shrugging, Krull grabs a flaming log from the fire, looks at the Mage's books and grins evilly.

Krull then tosses the log onto the books and they sprout into flames.

"Let's go," Krull says to the Norodaj warriors, before heading back into the tunnel, toward the soft blue glow of a still open portal.

Olaf Tingvatn · Post by **Olaf Tingvatn** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:51 pm

Turga snorts angrily as the mage takes his final breath and whispers Mercy... then Krull offers him a hand. Turga grabs his hand and drags himself to his feet yeh..naow we go home. he says in a hoarse voice then picks up his maces as Krull searches the cave. Turga whipes the blood from his nose and mouth with the back of his hand with a light sigh then follows Krull towards the portal.

Rhianna Morgan · Post by **Rhianna Morgan** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:40 pm

Fenramur and he stayed together after they had left the portal and entered the clearing. Now finally it was time, and he asked her to come with him a few steps aside, to have a look on her wounds. Carefully he examined her neck, grinning about her low growls as she told him that she was alrigh' and there was nothin' ter care for at all.

Not listening to her protests, he insisted on bandages over her bleedings. After that, he looked up to check if they were on their own again, or if there were any foes left.

Karfang · Post by **Karfang** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:34 pm

As Krull enters the portal room, he remembers something. He walks over to the block of Ice, and smashes the head again, sending icy shards all over the floor.

"Owwww! Whatssat for!" Harkan says.

"Joo coming wid meh, slave." Krull responds.

"Noooo....kill me...anything but that!" Harkan replies.

With that, Krull knocks the goblin unconscious with the pommel of his sword, and smashes the rest of the ice from his body. With a smile of satisfaction, he binds the goblins arms together, then thows the heap upon his shoulder. Krull steps through the portal with his 'loot'.

It is evening now in the forest, the ruins looking ominous in the pale twilight. Krull smiles and nods with satisfaction and heads North, toward his campground.

The moon has risen and the stars are peeking through the clouds as he reaches his tent in the Northern Steppe. "Just another Day" Krull thinks, as he throws the bound goblin by the tent. He fastens the goblin to the ground using a stake, and hammers it into the Earth. He then starts a fire and sits down to roast some rabbit meat over a spit on the fire.

Later, as Krull is enjoying his dinner, he looks at the sky, and revels in it's beauty. The Stars have many stories to tell, but for now...Krull's own story has just began.

((Special Thanks to PO's Turga, Fenramur and Agrimur for a pleasant and entertaining story. It was one of the best I've had the honor to participate in a long time. Thank you!))

Rhianna Morgan · Post by **Rhianna Morgan** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:36 pm

The two Norodaj vanished in the woods westwards, leaving little to no tracks at all. Opposite to their former arguing, they now stayed calm and quiet, two hunters on their way home.

((Thanks aswell, it was great to praticipate in your story!!!))