Eternal
You need to take care of this now; you can’t risk the chance of Flog making things harder for you than they need to be. There’s also the fact that these eternals are still hyped up from battle. You’d rather they get it out of their system before taking them back home.
Pressing on through the beginnings of a blizzard, you eventually reach the second town that you suspect Flog to be dwelling. Your reception there isn’t any better and battle predictably follows. The shadow magic and natural skill win out the day, but once again the shadows get a little overzealous in their desire to kill.
“What the fuck…HEY! Leave the damn slaves alone!” you shout when you see a group of eternals near a bunch of them. They either can’t hear you due to the howling wind (very unlikely) or they are deliberately ignoring you because they’re so engrossed in what they’re doing.
When you reach them, you push them aside and see several dead slaves, some of them children and the elderly. None of the eternals say anything, they don’t need to given that their weapons are covered in blood.
“Why the fuck did you lot not only disobey my earlier orders, but blatantly ignore me when I shouted at you?”
“Sorry master, but the slaves started attacking us for some reason and we only defended ourselves. It all just happened so fast that I guess we got focused on battle.” One of the eternals says, the others looks to him and agree.
This has to be the absolute WORST lie you’ve ever heard. They surely can’t really believe you’ll accept it as an excuse. Nevertheless there it is, a bold face lie. They probably think that you’ll just chew them out, but they’re wrong about that…
Without another word, you kill the one who came up with the lie with a slash to his throat. You then dispatch the other three as quickly as possible. The rest of the eternals look on intently. Cyrus makes no move to stop you either. Even after you’ve killed them, you’re still incredibly angry. It isn’t even so much about them killing the slaves. It’s the fact that they not only disobeyed you they also feebly tried to lie to your face about it.
“Now you all are going to listen up, because I’m not repeating myself! I am the Shadow Master here! This means that I am Dendrin’s chosen and you ALL are to follow my orders without question or argue about them! I catch ANY of you disobeying me again, you can join your fellows lying dead in the snow over there! Now free the rest of the slaves, and let’s get the fuck out of here since Flog doesn’t seem to be here either.”
You head to the front gates of the town, cursing the fact that you have to keep traveling in this horrible weather and put up with these disobedient eternals. Yes, you’re really going to have to have a LONG discussion with Talia, when you get back. Cyrus and the rest follow you out when they’re finished freeing the slaves. You leave immediately since you’re in no mood to hear any “scolding” from the newly freed population or you’ll be prone to start killing them yourself.
The last town you know Flog enslaved is an even further distance, so much so it’s practically on the edge of giant territory. Makes you wonder how the hell the town survived as long as it did before Flog enslaved it. The snow continues to fall and the cold is getting near unbearable. Cyrus suggests that perhaps it might be a good idea to turn back to Evergloom since not even using magic to speed yourself up is very effective when the snow is getting knee deep. Even cloaking wouldn’t be an advantage due to tracks being left in the snow. You aren’t thinking clearly though and you insist on pressing forward.
When you get to the last town, there is a giant standing guard. You dispense with any pretenses and order an immediate attack. Normally speeding around the giant and chopping him down like a tree would probably work, but as Cyrus pointed out even with unnatural speed, your movement is still hampered by the snow. It doesn’t help that the visibility isn’t the greatest either. The giant on the other hand has no such problems and manages to smash two of the eternals with his great club.
While you’re all trying to take down the giant, an alarm sound is raised. You quickly order the eternals to climb over the walls and wipe out the orcs while you and Cyrus take care of the giant since they just seem to be getting in your way.
You and Cyrus circle around the giant, dodging and stabbing when you can. Eventually the giant has so many holes in his legs that he loses balance and falls backwards onto the wooden fence of the town. The wooden posts naturally impale the giant in several vital organs finishing him off. You and Cyrus enter the village and see a few buildings crushed under the giant’s body. Not surprisingly there have also been a few people crushed under the giant as well, orcs, slaves and even eternals. This is turning out to be a mess, though at this point you don’t even care that you’re losing some of the eternals given how they’ve been acting lately.
You shout at any nearby shadows to start looking for Flog who still hasn’t made an appearance of course it’s hard to see anyone at this point with the snow falling as heavy as it is.
“We need to get into one of these buildings! This snowstorm is getting too strong!” Cyrus yells.
“Alright, let’s get in that one!” you shout back in agreement.
You approach a building that vaguely looks like a store of some sort. You try the door, but find it locked. Using all your might, you bash the door open and stumble inside.
That’s when you find Flog, but unfortunately you never see him since he was hiding near the door and he cleaves you in the head with an axe when you bashed it open and stumbled in.
It’s a sudden and ignoble death after surviving everything that you have. The only consolation is that Cyrus kills Flog in retaliation, but it hardly matters when you’re dead.
Pressing on through the beginnings of a blizzard, you eventually reach the second town that you suspect Flog to be dwelling. Your reception there isn’t any better and battle predictably follows. The shadow magic and natural skill win out the day, but once again the shadows get a little overzealous in their desire to kill.
“What the fuck…HEY! Leave the damn slaves alone!” you shout when you see a group of eternals near a bunch of them. They either can’t hear you due to the howling wind (very unlikely) or they are deliberately ignoring you because they’re so engrossed in what they’re doing.
When you reach them, you push them aside and see several dead slaves, some of them children and the elderly. None of the eternals say anything, they don’t need to given that their weapons are covered in blood.
“Why the fuck did you lot not only disobey my earlier orders, but blatantly ignore me when I shouted at you?”
“Sorry master, but the slaves started attacking us for some reason and we only defended ourselves. It all just happened so fast that I guess we got focused on battle.” One of the eternals says, the others looks to him and agree.
This has to be the absolute WORST lie you’ve ever heard. They surely can’t really believe you’ll accept it as an excuse. Nevertheless there it is, a bold face lie. They probably think that you’ll just chew them out, but they’re wrong about that…
Without another word, you kill the one who came up with the lie with a slash to his throat. You then dispatch the other three as quickly as possible. The rest of the eternals look on intently. Cyrus makes no move to stop you either. Even after you’ve killed them, you’re still incredibly angry. It isn’t even so much about them killing the slaves. It’s the fact that they not only disobeyed you they also feebly tried to lie to your face about it.
“Now you all are going to listen up, because I’m not repeating myself! I am the Shadow Master here! This means that I am Dendrin’s chosen and you ALL are to follow my orders without question or argue about them! I catch ANY of you disobeying me again, you can join your fellows lying dead in the snow over there! Now free the rest of the slaves, and let’s get the fuck out of here since Flog doesn’t seem to be here either.”
You head to the front gates of the town, cursing the fact that you have to keep traveling in this horrible weather and put up with these disobedient eternals. Yes, you’re really going to have to have a LONG discussion with Talia, when you get back. Cyrus and the rest follow you out when they’re finished freeing the slaves. You leave immediately since you’re in no mood to hear any “scolding” from the newly freed population or you’ll be prone to start killing them yourself.
The last town you know Flog enslaved is an even further distance, so much so it’s practically on the edge of giant territory. Makes you wonder how the hell the town survived as long as it did before Flog enslaved it. The snow continues to fall and the cold is getting near unbearable. Cyrus suggests that perhaps it might be a good idea to turn back to Evergloom since not even using magic to speed yourself up is very effective when the snow is getting knee deep. Even cloaking wouldn’t be an advantage due to tracks being left in the snow. You aren’t thinking clearly though and you insist on pressing forward.
When you get to the last town, there is a giant standing guard. You dispense with any pretenses and order an immediate attack. Normally speeding around the giant and chopping him down like a tree would probably work, but as Cyrus pointed out even with unnatural speed, your movement is still hampered by the snow. It doesn’t help that the visibility isn’t the greatest either. The giant on the other hand has no such problems and manages to smash two of the eternals with his great club.
While you’re all trying to take down the giant, an alarm sound is raised. You quickly order the eternals to climb over the walls and wipe out the orcs while you and Cyrus take care of the giant since they just seem to be getting in your way.
You and Cyrus circle around the giant, dodging and stabbing when you can. Eventually the giant has so many holes in his legs that he loses balance and falls backwards onto the wooden fence of the town. The wooden posts naturally impale the giant in several vital organs finishing him off. You and Cyrus enter the village and see a few buildings crushed under the giant’s body. Not surprisingly there have also been a few people crushed under the giant as well, orcs, slaves and even eternals. This is turning out to be a mess, though at this point you don’t even care that you’re losing some of the eternals given how they’ve been acting lately.
You shout at any nearby shadows to start looking for Flog who still hasn’t made an appearance of course it’s hard to see anyone at this point with the snow falling as heavy as it is.
“We need to get into one of these buildings! This snowstorm is getting too strong!” Cyrus yells.
“Alright, let’s get in that one!” you shout back in agreement.
You approach a building that vaguely looks like a store of some sort. You try the door, but find it locked. Using all your might, you bash the door open and stumble inside.
That’s when you find Flog, but unfortunately you never see him since he was hiding near the door and he cleaves you in the head with an axe when you bashed it open and stumbled in.
It’s a sudden and ignoble death after surviving everything that you have. The only consolation is that Cyrus kills Flog in retaliation, but it hardly matters when you’re dead.
