Rouge quickly opened the flap to the tent and saw Nobeman running across the camp yelling back. "They were on the ground. You can't claim them unless you had them in your had!!" With a grimace on his face Rouge knew quite well he would have to take care of this matter. Stepping out of the tent, Rouge finally stood up straight. Towering over most of the other people with his 7' 4" height Rouge looked over another tent seeing Nobeman's hands full of green gems. Knowing right off the bat that Nobeman was always looking for Emeralds to trade to Amazonian Warriors for they usually found untold magical wands on their quests. Rouge of course knew why they did. Being that a lot of Amazonians carry many Topaz gems around with them socketed into their bows and spears. Rouge continues to watch as the shopkeeper runs after him with a blacksmithing hammer.
"You know if you don't stop this he's going to get hurt." Fril said pushing past Rouge coming out of the tent to watch what was going on. "We need him on the quest. He's the only Necro in over 100 kilometers. That and he is your friend don't forget that."
"Yeah, yeah I know. If he wasn't just a pain in the ass I would be more willing to help him faster... Tell me one thing. Is that hammer the blacksmith is waving at him the Majestic Hammer?" Rouge asked raising an eyebrow at Fril.
"Nope. It's not. It's just a normal hammer... Why do you ask?" Fril questioned Rouge's thoughts.
"Oh just the thought that that axe I got sitting in the tent could use it." Rouge proclaimed turning his head to the tent to point out the dull axe sitting by a post.
"That old thing! I'm surprised you still have it Rouge. I thought you sold it to that old friend of yours. You know that one that is actually bigger than you and has gray hair to his waist."
"Yeah I was thinking about it, but then I realized I couldn't live without that thing. It has saved me on many occasions, and I knew I couldn't part with it. Even thought that guy offered 30,000 gold coins for it." Explained Rouge still looking at the axe in wonder. "I never did find out why he wanted it so badly."
"You got to be kidding me! 30,000 gold coins! For that piece of crap?" Protested Fril to the comment Rouge made.
"Hey its saved your life on many occasions too you know."
"Yeah I know, but can it be that special?" Questioned Fril at Rouge.
"I don't know. It and me have a long history, but it hasn't done anything to suggest it's magical in anyway... Except! for that time when I first went into the graveyard. That might be what its capable of doing. Hmmm."
"What! You never told me you went to the graveyard. When did you do this?"
"About 7 years ago. It was when I first started going away from my homeland. I walked to the Rogue Encampment, and talked to the priestess there and she asked me to join a few people that were trying to get rid of the demon Blood Raven. She was torturing the Rogue warriors turning them into demons or killing them. I went but when I got there the Blood Raven was dead and some of the people sent to fight her were dead and lying on the ground. I spent a day digging holes and burying them in the graveyard. That was my mistake... After burying them I went into one of the tombs to look for treasures, and what I found was not treasure at all. It was hell. Every soul buried in that place turned into the undead. They were roaming around in the tombs. I guessed they were looking for the entrance way and when I walked in. I led them right to it and I knew I couldn't let them out. So I stood myself between them and the doorway. They started to surround me. I was just about to swing the axe around to push them away, but as I rose it above my head a bright white light beamed out from it and into all of the undead. They all fell to the ground instantly. Their bones falling apart and breaking into little pieces. I knew then that something had happened but I could never figure it out." Rouge explained in detail to Fril.
"... God you walked from your homeland to the Rouge Encampment." Fril pondered the thought and then quickly spoke up again. "Oh sorry its just that's along way. Um... I thought you said burying the people sent to kill this Blood Raven was the worst thing you could have done?" Fril asked and waited for an answer.
"Well as I checked to be sure the skeletons were actually dead and not going to rise I again I heard som..."
"Arrrrrg help for god sakes! Help me!!"
"You know if you don't stop this he's going to get hurt." Fril said pushing past Rouge coming out of the tent to watch what was going on. "We need him on the quest. He's the only Necro in over 100 kilometers. That and he is your friend don't forget that."
"Yeah, yeah I know. If he wasn't just a pain in the ass I would be more willing to help him faster... Tell me one thing. Is that hammer the blacksmith is waving at him the Majestic Hammer?" Rouge asked raising an eyebrow at Fril.
"Nope. It's not. It's just a normal hammer... Why do you ask?" Fril questioned Rouge's thoughts.
"Oh just the thought that that axe I got sitting in the tent could use it." Rouge proclaimed turning his head to the tent to point out the dull axe sitting by a post.
"That old thing! I'm surprised you still have it Rouge. I thought you sold it to that old friend of yours. You know that one that is actually bigger than you and has gray hair to his waist."
"Yeah I was thinking about it, but then I realized I couldn't live without that thing. It has saved me on many occasions, and I knew I couldn't part with it. Even thought that guy offered 30,000 gold coins for it." Explained Rouge still looking at the axe in wonder. "I never did find out why he wanted it so badly."
"You got to be kidding me! 30,000 gold coins! For that piece of crap?" Protested Fril to the comment Rouge made.
"Hey its saved your life on many occasions too you know."
"Yeah I know, but can it be that special?" Questioned Fril at Rouge.
"I don't know. It and me have a long history, but it hasn't done anything to suggest it's magical in anyway... Except! for that time when I first went into the graveyard. That might be what its capable of doing. Hmmm."
"What! You never told me you went to the graveyard. When did you do this?"
"About 7 years ago. It was when I first started going away from my homeland. I walked to the Rogue Encampment, and talked to the priestess there and she asked me to join a few people that were trying to get rid of the demon Blood Raven. She was torturing the Rogue warriors turning them into demons or killing them. I went but when I got there the Blood Raven was dead and some of the people sent to fight her were dead and lying on the ground. I spent a day digging holes and burying them in the graveyard. That was my mistake... After burying them I went into one of the tombs to look for treasures, and what I found was not treasure at all. It was hell. Every soul buried in that place turned into the undead. They were roaming around in the tombs. I guessed they were looking for the entrance way and when I walked in. I led them right to it and I knew I couldn't let them out. So I stood myself between them and the doorway. They started to surround me. I was just about to swing the axe around to push them away, but as I rose it above my head a bright white light beamed out from it and into all of the undead. They all fell to the ground instantly. Their bones falling apart and breaking into little pieces. I knew then that something had happened but I could never figure it out." Rouge explained in detail to Fril.
"... God you walked from your homeland to the Rouge Encampment." Fril pondered the thought and then quickly spoke up again. "Oh sorry its just that's along way. Um... I thought you said burying the people sent to kill this Blood Raven was the worst thing you could have done?" Fril asked and waited for an answer.
"Well as I checked to be sure the skeletons were actually dead and not going to rise I again I heard som..."
"Arrrrrg help for god sakes! Help me!!"