Tales of Tafgorious Silverbunny Scuffle With a Lance

Disclaimer: I do not own Kryn, Ansalon, kender or anything else that I do not own. (Ya Think?)

          "Really? Are we going to be traveling?" Tafgorious Silverbunny asked this with a sparkle in his eye.

          "Yes, we are," replied Karil "is there anything you need before we go?"

          Taf thought a moment. "Hm. I guess I should get my hoopak." Taf started dashing off to get his Hoopak, left in a secure location that only he knew of. He dashed around for a while, going in a few circles, a few loops, a few twists, etc., so as to lose anyone following him to his secret location. This succeeded in losing Karil, which Taf did not entirely want to do, but there was little he could do about it now.

          Taf reached his secret location, a rather large hole in the side of a rather large building that was covered with a rather large rather dirty bed sheet. Crawling into the small hole, he grabbed hold of the hoopak within and started to crawl back out, but noticed that there had been something else beside his hoopak. It was a sithak, another kender weapon that was very similar to a bow except with long curved blades on the top and bottom. Tafgorious was reaching closer to get a better look, when he heard a voice. "It's a nice sithak, isn't it?"

          Taf turned, and there at the entrance to the hole was another kender, a female about the same age as Tafgorious. "Why hullo there. Yes it is very nice, is it yours?"

          "Is it? I guess so." She reached out and took the sithak. "My name is Fibber Chrysanthemum Rabbitslayer, but you can call me Fib. Say, what have you got in your pouches?" At this greeting of kender, and after Taf had given his name to Fib, both took their pouches and dumped their contents onto the floor. There were now three feathers, seven little sparkly gems, an elvish spoon, five apples, a pair of fetters, and a strange golden ball encrusted with various gems.

          Taf picked up the spoon. "Is this the kender spoon of turning?" Asked Taf, a little awed.

          "I don't know. It's shiny!" After a moments thought, she also said "You can have it, if you want." Fibber continued to scan the pile of stuff on the floor. She quickly caught sight of the strange gold ball. "Ooo! Wow!" She said, as she picked it up. "This is shiny! What is it?"

          After pocketing the spoon, Taf looked up. "Hm, I don't know, I don't remember ever noticing that before. You can have it, you gave me the kender spoon of turning."

          They each scooped up some of what was left, and went out of the hole and into a square. Taf looked around for Karil. "Hey Fib, have you seen a human with blonde hair wearing a green tunic? I seem to have misplaced him."

          Fibber stood thinking a moment. "Not that I can recall, but I don't suppose that means much, I rarely notice humans. Now, if a troll were walking around the streets of Palanthas, I would remember that. Are you sure you're not looking for a troll?"

          "Why, have you seen one?"

          "No. Not that I can remember. Now, if a fifty-foot tall monkey were walking around, I would remember that. Are you sure you're not looking for a fifty-foot tall monkey?"

          "Nope, sorry."

          "Rats." At this point, Karil walked up, panting, behind Taf. "Oh hello there. You don't happen to have a spare fifty-foot tall monkey do you? My friend here, Tafgorious Silverbunny has lost his."

          Taf turned to look at the newcomer, and found it was Karil. "Karil! I've been looking for you, I think." He turned back to Fibber. "I think you're contagious."

          Fibber became confused. "What?"

          "Poor thing, you clearly have never met a gnome, have you?"

          "Not that I can remember."

          Karil grabbed Taf and put himself between the two kender. "Are you ready to go, Taf?"

          "Yes, I have my hoopak now." Was the response.

          "Where are you going? Can I come too? I've been in Palanthas for almost two years, and it's starting to get a little boring." At this, everyone in the square except the kender and Karil dropped whatever they were doing and ran for their lives.

          "Just what I need," muttered Karil, "another kender, and a bored one to boot." He started to say no, but Taf beat him to the response.

          "Of course! The more the merrier! Let's go!" Tafgorious started to march out of the square. He was not far when he turned and asked, "Where are we going?"

          "I think I need a hobby." Muttered Karil.

          "What was that?" Asked Fib.

          "I said we're going to Kenderhome."

          "Ooo! I can meet my family there!" Exclaimed Fibber with glee.

          As Tafgorious, Fibber and Karil were walking towards the gate to leave Palanthas, the guards blocked their path. "I am sorry sir," Said one, "but we cannot let you leave the city."

          "Why not?" asked Karil. The guards did not respond, but merely stood in the way.

          Tafgorious walked up to one. "Excuse me sir." The guard bent down to allow the kender to speak into his ear. Instead of talking into the guards' ear, he brought up the end of his hoopak into the mans' chin, startling him, and hitting him in the stomach with his hoopak as he straightened himself. The man fell to the floor with a grunt. Fibber lunged forward with her sithak to stop the other guard from slaying Taf with his pike. She used the top blade to lower his pike and the flat of the other to fell him as well.

          "Nice." Commented Karil. "But we had better hurry, there will guards after us."

The kender agreed quickly, and among cries of elation at running for their life, the group set off. After traveling with what daylight they had left, they set down for the night.

 Before they had set first watch, the man in blue armor came rushing at the group brandishing a huge sword. The two kender grabbed their weapons and rushed to meet him. Using the flat of his huge sword, the man in blue dispatched the kender with two strokes. Karil rushed in next, sword and shield in hand.

Karil leapt at the blue warrior, but the blue warrior parried the attack and flung Karil to the ground. Karil got up, twirled his sword in his hand, and the sword started to glow a bright white. He swung his sword at the blue warrior, striking him in the chest. The blue warrior stood as if he had been struck by lightning, then sunk to his knees.

"Caramon, I thought you had learned after our first encounter." Said Karil. "Do not try this again Caramon, I will not spare you again." With this, Karil swung his sword and the blue warrior went flying backward. With a flash of blue light, he was gone.

Karil went to help the kender.

Noah: I want to thank my sister, Winged One, for submitting Fibber Chrysanthemum Rabbitslayer. Anyone else who wants to submit a character is welcome to do so.

F1: Wait! What was that about?

Noah: What, my sister, well, you see…

F1: *Hits Noah with a banana. Not that you ninny. What was that whole thing with Caramon?

Noah: Oh, that. You'll just have to wait and see.