AU Novelisation of Baldur's Gate. Part 1 of 3. Taken out of Candlekeep by Gorion, Imoen and [Charname] are parted, leaving [Charname] to fend for himself. As bitterness ensues, he taps into his latent power, and scours the Sword Coast for those willing to serve. If Beregost won't have him, perhaps the demi-humans will. A rare first-person piece, written back in September 2011.
We took many xvarts, more than half their number now slumber under the sirines' song. We lost one; the shaman called upon his village's protector: a mighty bear. It dwelt in a cave shrine; the xvarts fed it gifts of meat. The beast they worship failed them; before we broke the shaman's hold, it tore through most of the cove-slaves and three of the brigands. Its hide protected it from many of the arrows. Finally, we pierced it, and now it, like the shaman, is mine. I entered its dreams, and ripped asunder its mind's layers. It knows no master but me. Fury made it powerful, powerful enough to silence the sirines' song. I will not forget this lesson.
The shaman serves me now; he knows what I am capable of, what it means for his people to defy me. I have spared their 'god'; in place of its throne, I now stand. They bow before me, as does their beast. It will be a valuable asset in securing the Fortress.
They offer me a sacrifice; their females, their young. Their warriors. Whatever it takes to spare them; they understand that I want them all; they are a living sacrifice, mine. No xvart maidens shall grace my bed; but the shaman's daughter I will keep at my side.
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