DwarminYou try to lean down and use your rock to hammer the stub of the lance further in, but there aren't any handholds on the wurm's smooth wet skin, and you nearly lose your balance. Somehow you still manage to remain mounted.
scapheapYou run from the wurm toward Edwin, who you can see climbing on top of a nearby pillar. You ignore him and keep running. A few seconds later you hear the beast roar and turn. You stop running as you watch it struggle to throw Tali and Edwin from its back, but they hang on, stabbing it with the sword you found earlier.
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ZakoYou climb on top of the pillar as soon as Claire begins to near you. You leap just as the wurm passes, and land right on its back. You turn to face Tali and invert your sword, and together you drive it into the wurm's back. The wurm slows a bit, and roars angrily. You and Tali work the blade back and forth, widening the cut into a large gash. Blood pours from the wound and the wurm struggles helplessly, unable to dislodge you from its back. You and Tali hang on, stabbing at the wurm's guts, ripping and tearing at whatever either of you can get your hands on. After more than twenty minutes of this, the beast finally goes still.
You defeated the Giga Wurm!Everyone gathers round the dead wurm. You're all thinking of Kaltukk, the poor bastard. Claire starts crying again, and Tali kicks at the beast's side. Edwin seems downcast, his eyes averted, and Vlad simply shakes his head.
Then the orc crawls out of the monster's mouth, covered in spit and digestive fluids. You all cheer and laugh, and the orc simply grimaces, his dripping arms held up as he tries to wipe the goo from his eyes.
Name: Kaltukk
Gender: Male
Race: Orc
Appearance: Average orc build. 6"6, blackish-grey skin, mohawk. He bears scars from battles past, one on his eye, another large on on his chest.
Profession: He was a mercenary for quite a while, then joined a professional horde as a basic grunt. He's been to only one battle, but he did good.
Health: Wet
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots
Skills: Battle Tactics
Proficient, Survival
Proficient, Swords
ProficientInventory: Tribal Totem, a few tiny rocks
Known Magicks: Reinforce I - boost your strength using magical energy; fatigue varies
Name: Vlad Lamora
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: Short and slightly built with short, dark brown hair, a mustache, and light grey eyes. He is neither handsome nor memorable.
Profession: Assassin
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Dull Iron Bastard Sword
Skills: Swords
Proficient, Throwing
Proficient, Cooking
Proficient, Lockpicking
DabblingInventory: Empty
Known Magicks: Catch II - you can slowly absorb energy, such as light; restores fatigue and reduces hunger
Name: Clair Redfield
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Appearance: A red-headed, green-eyed woman. Her hair is in a short tomboy cut and she has a tattoo of a dull red star on her cheek.
Profession: Shepard
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots
Skills: Staves
Proficient, Butchering
Proficient, Cloth Mending
ProficientInventory: Empty
Known Magicks: Repel II - manipulate air into a general or focused blast, pushing the target(s) away; some fatigue
Name: Tali Bluestone
Gender: Female
Race: Dwarf
Appearance: A somewhat shorter than usual, but well muscled Dwarven woman stands before you, with dark black hair done up fashionably and tucked into a single long ponytail cut raggedly short. Piercing copper eyes radiate cunning and a cold intellect, and are framed by long, emotive eyebrows that give her a slightly unsettling demeanor, even after being imprisoned.
Profession: Explorer
Health: Fine
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Sturdy Footman's Helm, Flimsy Leather Cuirass, Shivered Lance
Skills: Navigation
Proficient, Pole Arms
Proficient, Herbology
Proficient, Architecture
DabblingInventory: Lucky Coin, Bloody Cobblestone
Name: Edwin Malfonse
Gender: Male
Race: Elf
Appearance: Edwin has short cropped dark brown hair, green eyes and lightly tanned skin. He stands at typical elf height, 5' 4'', has a thin and wiry build that's thin even for an elf and seems almost eternally smudged with a small covering of dirt. He seems almost at home here, strangely enough.
Profession: Professional Thief
Health: Terrified, Panicking
Equipped: Rags, Rotten Leather Boots, Shattered Iron Shortsword, Sturdy Footman's Helm, Small Iron Buckler
Skills: Stealth
Proficient, Thievery
Proficient, Daggers
Proficient, Lockpicking
DabblingInventory: Sturdy Lockpick, Coiled Iron Chain w/ Cuff, several small stones