EZ_Slink
04-14-00, 03:53 PM
The rain had just let up as he snuck down the gorge
into dagnors cauldron. A merchant is rumoured to live
on an island somewhere in the lake around these parts.
Not any merchant tho, one who specializes in poison.
Slink had heard of this man while visiting the temple
of solusek ro. "Take this note to Conium Darkblade
in Dagnors Cauldron". Could this "Conium" be the same
man who deals with poison? If he isn't already dead,
I shall soon find out. A low grunt nearby caused Slink
to abandon his thoughts and stop, dead in his tracks.
His skills as a rogue immidiatly took over. Hide in
the shadows was his first thought. Once he has
succesfuly hidden, he began sneaking towards the
grunting noise. As he approaches another grunt is
heard. Slink peers over the crest of the rock to
see what is making the unpleasant noise. An aqua
goblin comes into view. "By the gods" Slink thought,
"I have to deal with these vermin? I had hoped to come
in find the man I'm looking for and leave, with no problems."
Sneaking slowly back down the rock, Slink heads farther down
the slope in hopes of finding the lake shore. It didn't
take too long, as the light from the moon glistened
on the water. Glancing around the surface, slink
spies the island in the middle of the lake. "I hope
this is the only island here" he thought to himself.
Slowly he lowered himself into the water. The chilly
liquid seeped through his clothes sending shivers
down his spine. "Discomfort must be endured for anything
worth while" That's what he had been told by his Father.
"If something is too easy to get, it's not worth while"
That thought kept him coherent as he swam towards the
island. "How long will it take me to get there? Are
there any sharks or dangerous snakes in this lake?"
Something brushed past his left foot. "What was that?"
A sense of urgency penetrated his brain. "I need to
get there sa fast as I can" Swimming all the harder,
the island started to get closer.
Upon finally reaching
the island, Slink leaves the water, shivering lightly,
he begins to walk up the rock. As he gets closer to the
center, he realizes, that the rock takes an almost
vertical raise. "There must be an easier way to get up
this then here." Upon circling the island, he realizes
the truth. There IS no easy way up this island. "Oh well,
i guess i should get started" He moves closer to the
cliff face, and begins to find hand holds that he can use
to get up. Half way up, the physical exhaustion is almost
upon him. "Just a little bit more" he urges himself.
He slowly moves higher up the side. Looking up, he can see
the edge of the cliff. "Just a little farther". His hands
reach the top of the ledge, just as the exhaustion hits him
in full force. "I can't make it" he thinks. "I'm going to
fall". "I Can't fall! I've come all this way just to
give up?" he tries a little bit more and slowly but surely
he inches himself to the top.
After catching his breath, and getting a look of where
he is, he spies a short fellow standing near the ledge.
Looking out towards some type of encampment with a fire.
"That must be where the goblins live" slink thought. "I
must speak with this man". Slowly standing up, Slink
walks towards the man. "Greetings friend" The stranger
turns around and gives slink the once over. "Can I help
you?". "I don't know," slink replied. "Are you Conium
Darkblade?" "That depends who's asking" replied the man.
"Lon the Redeemed in the Temple of Solusek Ro sent me.
I was instructed to give this letter to a man called
Conium Darkblade". The man bows before Slink. "Lon sent
you did he? I am indeed the man you seek" Slink hands
the letter over to Conium. Conium reads the note from
slink and glances up. "You want the Burning Rapier?"
he asked. "Aye, I do sir, I feel it is a worthy quest"
slink replied. "it is a very long quest, be prepared
to work on it for some time. Here, take this axe and
give it to a man at the top of the world." said Conium
"Thank you sir," replied Slink "The main reason why
I am here though, is to ask you, do you deal with
poison? I've heard of a man in Dagnors Cauldron who
is a Master with poison. I've come to learn" "I've
dealt my fair share of death with the stuff" Conium
replied modestly. "How can I get started?" asked slink.
Conium says, "You can begin by reading this book."
Conium hands Slink an old tome. "Bring it back after
you have finished it, and I will tell you more."
"Thank you sir, You have been most helpful" says Slink.
"You're quite welcome my young friend. Now, Go, before
the goblins begin to wake up."
Slink turns around, feeling invigored, he tackles the
cliffs with relative ease as he knows where the
proper hand holds are. He reached the bottom in just
a short time. Looking around he locates the gorge where
he came in. "I need to swim directly towards that,
so I don't get lost" he thought. Securing the axe
tightly onto his pack so it won't fall off in the
water, and wrapping the book in lether, Slink enters
the water.
After swimming for about 10 minutes, he
reaches the opposite shore. But he is not alone.
He is spied by a goblin, it launches itself at him
to destroy the intruder. Slink is knocked down, but
immidiatly gets to his feet and draws both of his
daggers. "You're going to pay for that, Vermin" Slink
unleashes a barrage of swings at the goblin, unfortunatly
he only hit twice. He sliced the goblin across the forearm
and across the chest. That only infuriated the pale blue
foe. Letting off a howl the goblin counter attacks
hitting slink across the side of the head. "Damn that
hurt" he thought as he swings back. This time he
connected his blades with the goblin 3 times. One slice
across the other arm, another across the cheek of the
goblin, and the last across the abdomen. That's all that
was needed, the slice across the abdomen, split the
goblins stomach open and it started to lose it's innards.
Howling, the for turned and fled towards camp. "No,
I won't let you get there!" Slink runs after the
fataly wounded goblin and launches a final attack at it's
back. Burying his dagger right to the hilt, the goblin drops.
"Whew that was close" panted slink. Just then, 3 more
goblins appear. One begins to cast a spell. "CRAP!"
Slink turns, and starts bolting up the gorge towards
the Butcherblock mountains. Arrows begin to fly past
him. One arrow catches his shoulder and he reels from
the force, some how managing to keep his balance, he
continues his flight through the gorge. He can sense
that they're getting closer, suddenly, green light
flashes around him, and he's stopped Dead in his
tracks. "No! I can't move!!" He bings shouting "Someone
help me! Please!" I'm being attacked in the gorge
and I can't move!" The goblins get closer and closer.
2 of the 3 stop. The one that keeps moving is bigger
then the other 2. Slink thinks "Could this be a tidal
lord?" A sense of dread enters the pit of his stomach.
I'm going to die here, and there's nothing I can do
about it. SMACK. Slink is hit once. SMACK again he
is struck, this time getting the wind knocked out
of him. Another blow catches him on the temple. He falls
to the ground barely concious. He is kicked in the
gut while he's down. "Oof" Trying to stay awake, and
alive, slink tries to think a way out of this ordeal.
He hears footsteps coming up behind him, the twang of
a bow can be heard. One of the goblins drop with an
arrow protruding from it's chest. The caster begins
to run, but is struck by a force beyond the normal
and is ripped to shreds as the fury goes through it's
body. The "Tidal Lord" is about to finish slink off
when a person leaps over slink and begins to hack away
at the goblin. The lord turns and begins to flee as
he can see he is outnumbered and will die if he doesn't.
Green light flashes around him and he stops. "Rooted."
says a voice. "I'll finish it off" says another.
Slink hears a horrific howl as he blacks out.
Slink wakes up a short time later. "he's awake. You gave
us a scare friend" You should be more careful around
the aqua goblins. Those Tidal lords can be quite vicious."
Slink replies "So I've noticed. Thank you both for
saving my life. If you ever have need of me, my blade
is yours." "We shall put some thought to that, now rest
up." Slink rolls over and goes back to sleep, relived
to be still alive. He sleeps through the night, and
upon waking up. He realizes that his rescuers have left.
Slink looks up to the sky and thanks Bristlebane for
sending those 2 fine folk to save him. "Looks like my
luck is still holding up. I wonder what I can do today..."
But that is another story for another time.
This is my first attempt at writing. I hope
you enojoyed it.
Slink
20 Rogue on Xegony
Crusaders of the High Planes
"Welcome to the desert...of the Real"
into dagnors cauldron. A merchant is rumoured to live
on an island somewhere in the lake around these parts.
Not any merchant tho, one who specializes in poison.
Slink had heard of this man while visiting the temple
of solusek ro. "Take this note to Conium Darkblade
in Dagnors Cauldron". Could this "Conium" be the same
man who deals with poison? If he isn't already dead,
I shall soon find out. A low grunt nearby caused Slink
to abandon his thoughts and stop, dead in his tracks.
His skills as a rogue immidiatly took over. Hide in
the shadows was his first thought. Once he has
succesfuly hidden, he began sneaking towards the
grunting noise. As he approaches another grunt is
heard. Slink peers over the crest of the rock to
see what is making the unpleasant noise. An aqua
goblin comes into view. "By the gods" Slink thought,
"I have to deal with these vermin? I had hoped to come
in find the man I'm looking for and leave, with no problems."
Sneaking slowly back down the rock, Slink heads farther down
the slope in hopes of finding the lake shore. It didn't
take too long, as the light from the moon glistened
on the water. Glancing around the surface, slink
spies the island in the middle of the lake. "I hope
this is the only island here" he thought to himself.
Slowly he lowered himself into the water. The chilly
liquid seeped through his clothes sending shivers
down his spine. "Discomfort must be endured for anything
worth while" That's what he had been told by his Father.
"If something is too easy to get, it's not worth while"
That thought kept him coherent as he swam towards the
island. "How long will it take me to get there? Are
there any sharks or dangerous snakes in this lake?"
Something brushed past his left foot. "What was that?"
A sense of urgency penetrated his brain. "I need to
get there sa fast as I can" Swimming all the harder,
the island started to get closer.
Upon finally reaching
the island, Slink leaves the water, shivering lightly,
he begins to walk up the rock. As he gets closer to the
center, he realizes, that the rock takes an almost
vertical raise. "There must be an easier way to get up
this then here." Upon circling the island, he realizes
the truth. There IS no easy way up this island. "Oh well,
i guess i should get started" He moves closer to the
cliff face, and begins to find hand holds that he can use
to get up. Half way up, the physical exhaustion is almost
upon him. "Just a little bit more" he urges himself.
He slowly moves higher up the side. Looking up, he can see
the edge of the cliff. "Just a little farther". His hands
reach the top of the ledge, just as the exhaustion hits him
in full force. "I can't make it" he thinks. "I'm going to
fall". "I Can't fall! I've come all this way just to
give up?" he tries a little bit more and slowly but surely
he inches himself to the top.
After catching his breath, and getting a look of where
he is, he spies a short fellow standing near the ledge.
Looking out towards some type of encampment with a fire.
"That must be where the goblins live" slink thought. "I
must speak with this man". Slowly standing up, Slink
walks towards the man. "Greetings friend" The stranger
turns around and gives slink the once over. "Can I help
you?". "I don't know," slink replied. "Are you Conium
Darkblade?" "That depends who's asking" replied the man.
"Lon the Redeemed in the Temple of Solusek Ro sent me.
I was instructed to give this letter to a man called
Conium Darkblade". The man bows before Slink. "Lon sent
you did he? I am indeed the man you seek" Slink hands
the letter over to Conium. Conium reads the note from
slink and glances up. "You want the Burning Rapier?"
he asked. "Aye, I do sir, I feel it is a worthy quest"
slink replied. "it is a very long quest, be prepared
to work on it for some time. Here, take this axe and
give it to a man at the top of the world." said Conium
"Thank you sir," replied Slink "The main reason why
I am here though, is to ask you, do you deal with
poison? I've heard of a man in Dagnors Cauldron who
is a Master with poison. I've come to learn" "I've
dealt my fair share of death with the stuff" Conium
replied modestly. "How can I get started?" asked slink.
Conium says, "You can begin by reading this book."
Conium hands Slink an old tome. "Bring it back after
you have finished it, and I will tell you more."
"Thank you sir, You have been most helpful" says Slink.
"You're quite welcome my young friend. Now, Go, before
the goblins begin to wake up."
Slink turns around, feeling invigored, he tackles the
cliffs with relative ease as he knows where the
proper hand holds are. He reached the bottom in just
a short time. Looking around he locates the gorge where
he came in. "I need to swim directly towards that,
so I don't get lost" he thought. Securing the axe
tightly onto his pack so it won't fall off in the
water, and wrapping the book in lether, Slink enters
the water.
After swimming for about 10 minutes, he
reaches the opposite shore. But he is not alone.
He is spied by a goblin, it launches itself at him
to destroy the intruder. Slink is knocked down, but
immidiatly gets to his feet and draws both of his
daggers. "You're going to pay for that, Vermin" Slink
unleashes a barrage of swings at the goblin, unfortunatly
he only hit twice. He sliced the goblin across the forearm
and across the chest. That only infuriated the pale blue
foe. Letting off a howl the goblin counter attacks
hitting slink across the side of the head. "Damn that
hurt" he thought as he swings back. This time he
connected his blades with the goblin 3 times. One slice
across the other arm, another across the cheek of the
goblin, and the last across the abdomen. That's all that
was needed, the slice across the abdomen, split the
goblins stomach open and it started to lose it's innards.
Howling, the for turned and fled towards camp. "No,
I won't let you get there!" Slink runs after the
fataly wounded goblin and launches a final attack at it's
back. Burying his dagger right to the hilt, the goblin drops.
"Whew that was close" panted slink. Just then, 3 more
goblins appear. One begins to cast a spell. "CRAP!"
Slink turns, and starts bolting up the gorge towards
the Butcherblock mountains. Arrows begin to fly past
him. One arrow catches his shoulder and he reels from
the force, some how managing to keep his balance, he
continues his flight through the gorge. He can sense
that they're getting closer, suddenly, green light
flashes around him, and he's stopped Dead in his
tracks. "No! I can't move!!" He bings shouting "Someone
help me! Please!" I'm being attacked in the gorge
and I can't move!" The goblins get closer and closer.
2 of the 3 stop. The one that keeps moving is bigger
then the other 2. Slink thinks "Could this be a tidal
lord?" A sense of dread enters the pit of his stomach.
I'm going to die here, and there's nothing I can do
about it. SMACK. Slink is hit once. SMACK again he
is struck, this time getting the wind knocked out
of him. Another blow catches him on the temple. He falls
to the ground barely concious. He is kicked in the
gut while he's down. "Oof" Trying to stay awake, and
alive, slink tries to think a way out of this ordeal.
He hears footsteps coming up behind him, the twang of
a bow can be heard. One of the goblins drop with an
arrow protruding from it's chest. The caster begins
to run, but is struck by a force beyond the normal
and is ripped to shreds as the fury goes through it's
body. The "Tidal Lord" is about to finish slink off
when a person leaps over slink and begins to hack away
at the goblin. The lord turns and begins to flee as
he can see he is outnumbered and will die if he doesn't.
Green light flashes around him and he stops. "Rooted."
says a voice. "I'll finish it off" says another.
Slink hears a horrific howl as he blacks out.
Slink wakes up a short time later. "he's awake. You gave
us a scare friend" You should be more careful around
the aqua goblins. Those Tidal lords can be quite vicious."
Slink replies "So I've noticed. Thank you both for
saving my life. If you ever have need of me, my blade
is yours." "We shall put some thought to that, now rest
up." Slink rolls over and goes back to sleep, relived
to be still alive. He sleeps through the night, and
upon waking up. He realizes that his rescuers have left.
Slink looks up to the sky and thanks Bristlebane for
sending those 2 fine folk to save him. "Looks like my
luck is still holding up. I wonder what I can do today..."
But that is another story for another time.
This is my first attempt at writing. I hope
you enojoyed it.
Slink
20 Rogue on Xegony
Crusaders of the High Planes
"Welcome to the desert...of the Real"