His city was over half destroyed. The girl he loved was gone. And he had
one hell of a headache. "Great way to start the day." Nenam said as he
rolled out of bed. The past few days had been horrible. Kelethin was in
ruins, the elegant city of the trees was almost no more. Nenam didn't care,
though. Chioke was gone. He painfully remembered the last view of her as
she stepped onto the platform, her injured body still holding firm, her
mind still set on her task. But that smile....that dammed smile just tore
Nenam up now that she was gone.
Maeysn let Nenam take a few days off, killing the Emperor of Crushbone, who was given extra power by Innoruuk himself, was no easy task. That 500 foot fall felt like longer. Nenam's thoughts were interrupted as a small gnome bumped into his knees. "Watch where your going, you fricken giant!" the Gnome squeaked. "Yeah yeah," Nenam said as he kept walking. "I was talking to YOU Mr Dontgetinmyway!!" the Gnome yelled as he ran after ranger. In a move faster than the eyes could see, Nenam spun around, grabbed the Gnome by his little shirt and pulled him up to eye level. "Listen you little twit," Nenam spat at the Gnome, "I've lost my city, my girl, and about half my health, I don't need to put up with little ankle biters like you!" "You had better put me down if you know what is good for you." the Gnome said with a wiry smile. The light behind the little Gnome crackled for a second before a tiny Familiar, a mini-drake, appeared behind him.
Nenam dropped the little wizard and fell back, stammering. "Y-y---y---- your.....him!! You---are---" "I'm Whizbang, you dolt, Whizbang Dustyboots." the wizard replied as he took one of his Gnome cookies out and took a bite from it. "Wh---what are YOU doing here??" Nenam stammered at the powerful Gnome. "I'm here to assist with this little problem you got here. The teleport pads? I made them work. Want to know why your town is standing? My spells." "Gee...thanks." Nenam said as he regained his composure. "No problem. But I hear you have a friend missing? I can find her for you."
"Here we go," Whizbang said as he opened one of the spell books in the library of the Wizards of Felwithe. "lets look through these." "What...exactly am I looking for?" Nenam said as he opened a book and sneezed when the dust was disturbed. "Its obvious, isn't it??" the powerful wizard in a small package said half to Nenam, half to himself as he began to thumb through the decade old pages.
"How about this?" Nenam asked as he slid a book in front of the gnome. "How to summon bread??" Whiz responded, "you let me do this, just carry books for me.." "Ah-ha!" The tiny gnome shouted as he stood in his chair, "Here it is!" The tiny wizard told Nenam of the spell to FIND Chioke. Finding her was half the problem, he explained, the other half would be getting there. They needed a tooth of a vampire, a stone from a meteorite, and the robe of a spectre.
"A vampire....Mayong Mistmoore will do nicely." Whiz explained. Are you ready? Lets leave by sunrise.
They started early, the all knowing Whizbang Dustyboots of Ak'Anon, and the Ranger Nenam Macharius of what was left of Kelethin. The Greater Faydark was serene, calmer than the battle that took place no less than 4 days earlier. Lesser Faydark, however...
Another Undead Sprite fell to the ground with a *plunk* as Nenam was growing tired of the trip. Hoards of Undead were impededing them, everything from Sprites to Horrors. It was going slow but steady until..
Nenam hit the ground, hard. He never saw the fireball coming, but he felt it. Whizbang reacted faster than Nenam falling, he was instantly casting his most powerful spell. Nenam could make out a tiny voice muttering some arcane words, and he knew where they came from; a brownie.
Whiz was already starting his first spell when the ranger was hit, he could pick up the energy almost immediately. He saw the little brownie, smaller than himself (quite an accomplishment) about 20 feet away. The air around the Gnome crackled with energy, glowing all colors of the spectrum. The breeze began to pick up, and the clothes of the tiny Wizard began flapping violently. The ranger was up again, wondering what the hell happened, when the brownie hit him again, even harder this time. He hit a tree, propped up so he could see what this little guy was about to unleash on the menace of Lesser Faydark. The familiar was focused too, channeling his energy into the spell that was about to be cast. With a quiet mutter of a simple phrase, Whizbang cast.
The tiny brownie was about to finish the little elf off, when he noticed the blinding light to his left. Mustering a quick spell to knock the little guy off his feet, the brownie fired at the light, but never saw what happened. All his miniature ears heard was a deafening boom, then nothing.
Nenam awoke to the sound of a little gnome playing with his Tinkerer's Bag while munching on little cookies. A small spider popped out of the bag, running away as fast as its little legs could carry him. "Mail spider. Handy little thing." The little guy said. "What...what happened...?" Nenam said as he looked around. Then he saw. A tunnel had been blasted through most of the forest, killing anything and everything in its path. "That is what happens when those accursed brownies get in my way." The Wizard said as he took another bite out of a cookie. "But---but you killed the forest!! Why???" Nenam said with a frightened voice as he stood up, aghast at the destruction. "Simple. I didn't." Whiz said as he looked at what looked like a watch. "Look." No sooner had the words come out of his mouth than the forest grew red, then regenerated all the damage. "See? Cazic Thule rules this forest now. Hence the Undead. Now about that Vampire.."
Maeysn let Nenam take a few days off, killing the Emperor of Crushbone, who was given extra power by Innoruuk himself, was no easy task. That 500 foot fall felt like longer. Nenam's thoughts were interrupted as a small gnome bumped into his knees. "Watch where your going, you fricken giant!" the Gnome squeaked. "Yeah yeah," Nenam said as he kept walking. "I was talking to YOU Mr Dontgetinmyway!!" the Gnome yelled as he ran after ranger. In a move faster than the eyes could see, Nenam spun around, grabbed the Gnome by his little shirt and pulled him up to eye level. "Listen you little twit," Nenam spat at the Gnome, "I've lost my city, my girl, and about half my health, I don't need to put up with little ankle biters like you!" "You had better put me down if you know what is good for you." the Gnome said with a wiry smile. The light behind the little Gnome crackled for a second before a tiny Familiar, a mini-drake, appeared behind him.
Nenam dropped the little wizard and fell back, stammering. "Y-y---y---- your.....him!! You---are---" "I'm Whizbang, you dolt, Whizbang Dustyboots." the wizard replied as he took one of his Gnome cookies out and took a bite from it. "Wh---what are YOU doing here??" Nenam stammered at the powerful Gnome. "I'm here to assist with this little problem you got here. The teleport pads? I made them work. Want to know why your town is standing? My spells." "Gee...thanks." Nenam said as he regained his composure. "No problem. But I hear you have a friend missing? I can find her for you."
"Here we go," Whizbang said as he opened one of the spell books in the library of the Wizards of Felwithe. "lets look through these." "What...exactly am I looking for?" Nenam said as he opened a book and sneezed when the dust was disturbed. "Its obvious, isn't it??" the powerful wizard in a small package said half to Nenam, half to himself as he began to thumb through the decade old pages.
"How about this?" Nenam asked as he slid a book in front of the gnome. "How to summon bread??" Whiz responded, "you let me do this, just carry books for me.." "Ah-ha!" The tiny gnome shouted as he stood in his chair, "Here it is!" The tiny wizard told Nenam of the spell to FIND Chioke. Finding her was half the problem, he explained, the other half would be getting there. They needed a tooth of a vampire, a stone from a meteorite, and the robe of a spectre.
"A vampire....Mayong Mistmoore will do nicely." Whiz explained. Are you ready? Lets leave by sunrise.
They started early, the all knowing Whizbang Dustyboots of Ak'Anon, and the Ranger Nenam Macharius of what was left of Kelethin. The Greater Faydark was serene, calmer than the battle that took place no less than 4 days earlier. Lesser Faydark, however...
Another Undead Sprite fell to the ground with a *plunk* as Nenam was growing tired of the trip. Hoards of Undead were impededing them, everything from Sprites to Horrors. It was going slow but steady until..
Nenam hit the ground, hard. He never saw the fireball coming, but he felt it. Whizbang reacted faster than Nenam falling, he was instantly casting his most powerful spell. Nenam could make out a tiny voice muttering some arcane words, and he knew where they came from; a brownie.
Whiz was already starting his first spell when the ranger was hit, he could pick up the energy almost immediately. He saw the little brownie, smaller than himself (quite an accomplishment) about 20 feet away. The air around the Gnome crackled with energy, glowing all colors of the spectrum. The breeze began to pick up, and the clothes of the tiny Wizard began flapping violently. The ranger was up again, wondering what the hell happened, when the brownie hit him again, even harder this time. He hit a tree, propped up so he could see what this little guy was about to unleash on the menace of Lesser Faydark. The familiar was focused too, channeling his energy into the spell that was about to be cast. With a quiet mutter of a simple phrase, Whizbang cast.
The tiny brownie was about to finish the little elf off, when he noticed the blinding light to his left. Mustering a quick spell to knock the little guy off his feet, the brownie fired at the light, but never saw what happened. All his miniature ears heard was a deafening boom, then nothing.
Nenam awoke to the sound of a little gnome playing with his Tinkerer's Bag while munching on little cookies. A small spider popped out of the bag, running away as fast as its little legs could carry him. "Mail spider. Handy little thing." The little guy said. "What...what happened...?" Nenam said as he looked around. Then he saw. A tunnel had been blasted through most of the forest, killing anything and everything in its path. "That is what happens when those accursed brownies get in my way." The Wizard said as he took another bite out of a cookie. "But---but you killed the forest!! Why???" Nenam said with a frightened voice as he stood up, aghast at the destruction. "Simple. I didn't." Whiz said as he looked at what looked like a watch. "Look." No sooner had the words come out of his mouth than the forest grew red, then regenerated all the damage. "See? Cazic Thule rules this forest now. Hence the Undead. Now about that Vampire.."