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| Well I was sitting on a gentle slope taking a much needed
rest. My armor of many hues was dented, abused, and in serious need of
maintenance. Removing my helm I plopped down and rested my arms on my knees
and surveyed the valley before me. Reaching into my pack I pulled out several
apples and laid them to my side. Pulling out a dagger I started cutting
strips from the juicy red apples to munch on as I watched the unfolding
drama below.
On a small hill not far from his own he could just make out a few people. Or so it seemed to be people. There was a short little gnome with a blue dress on with a balding head. He seemed to be in a heated discussion with someone. Looking a bit to my right there was ol scale skin. He chuckled to himself as he watched the runt and the lizard arguing over something. Yep it was Quaras all right there was not another gnome around who could talk half as fast as he and still understand him. So the scaly one had to be Tyrannis. Heck I cannot tell one from the other. They are all ugly but at least they are taller than the runt. Whatever the altercation was they settled down real quick as they both sat side by side. A funny thing though was this wolf that came up and nuzzled the scale skin and actually seemed to be guarding Tyrannis. Leaning back he propped one of his packs under his head and watched what they were going to do next. Stretching out his legs he was thinking now was as good a time as any for a nap. Catching a movement out of the corner of his eye he saw a leather clad elf approach the runt and his lizard companion. He thought how amusing a runt, a lizard, and a elf all grouped together. He raised back up thinking well this may get interesting. I mean after all three different peoples in a very dangerous land. Carving another chunk from the apple he felt more than heard the approach of something big. He was somewhat amused as he watched from his perch the goings on of the three erstwhile companions now. It seemed that they to had heard and felt the approach of the giant and were glancing nervously about. Looking further up the valley he saw the approach of the large creature. Very ordinary in its looks almost human in a way but well HUGE. He appeared to be wearing a cap that resembled some story book sleeping cap. His beard was black as a chunk of coal and it appeared he was using a tree branch as a toothpick. Carving another slice of apple he watched. It seems the lizard guy, Tyrannis, acted first. He looked at his familiar wolf puppy and sent it at the giant. I almost fell over myself laughing at that point watching the giant blithely smack the wolf aside and continue on. Oh he had spit out his toothpick and if anything he looked annoyed at the stalwart three. Feeling the hair on the nape of my neck stand up I looked back to see the runt channeling some sort of majick out of his outstretched arms. It burst upon the chest of the giant with a great show of light and the sound of thunder. Of the little elf there was nothing to be seen then I heard the buzzing of insects and looked over my shoulder. Sure enough there was a horde of insects making a line straight for the charging giant. They settled about him and it was great fun actually watching him try to swat away the nasty swarm. Somewhere in there that wolf puppy rejoined the fray. Hehehe he grabbed the pant leg of that giant and would not let go! Now the giant was rather annoyed at all this attention, I mean he was just passing through. So he charged down upon the runt and the scale skin. Well the runt took off running but not before he called forth some sorcery that had bands of power coming out of the ground binding the giant. That giant was not to smart because he kept chasing after the runt. He would break one strand of majick and it would immediately be replaced by another so he never actually gained on that dress wearer. Finally it seemed the giant had swatted away the last of the insects only to be beset by another swarm as the elf summoned forth another. I sat up there a while eating my apples watching the spectacle unfold below me. It was comical in a way watching the runt run and that puppy hanging onto the pant leg of the giant being drug along. But you could tell what they were doing was working. Soon that giant was bleeding from scores of wounds inflicted by those insects. His misery was expanded whenever they alighted on his chest. It seems that the runt had been throwing some sort of Fire majick at the giant and it had burned his shirt away on the front. Eating my apples I almost felt sorry for the creature but all it took was me remembering being handled by those same creatures to long past. It seemed that all worked well finally as the scale skin, the elf, and the runt closed in on the giant. By this time he was limping badly from dragging along that puppy and bleeding heavily from hundreds of wounds. With one final incantation it seemed the runt called forth some majick and struck the giant squarely in the chest. The giant fell like a tree straight towards the runt! He did not have time to get out of the way as it fell. Luckily for him though he was pinned by the beasts neck. I almost dropped my apple laughing so hard at him. His high pitched voice was squealing as his legs churned like mad trying to get out from under the giant. I gathered my stuff up mind you still laughing and giggling as I approached the tired party. I offered to help the runt out but it would cost him. We haggled over the price for a while but I helped him out finally and got 11pp for my troubles. Yeah that was a good day for me for I joined up with them after that. We cleared that part of RatheMountains of the giant menace and made some good coin. Of course the runt never had a giant fall on him again. As told to Techman Tunebrynger by Kelorf of Clan McTaverish Nox Seccuutus
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