Jumping on here to share my first 40.1 adventure.
The Tale of Thob Helmdusk
Thob Helmdusk was a fresh recruit into the fortress guard at Helmedrasp. After a brief visit to the forges to pick up his armor, his story begins.
Before heading to the trade depot to receive orders from his commanding officer, he ran across a Human spearman by the name of Eres.
Thob hadn't known him long but they were familiar with one another.
Thob finally asked what Eres was doing here in the depths of Helmedrasp, to which the answer was "Stalking."
They decided to head to the surface trade depot together after a brief conversation about bandits and family.
The trade depot was bustling when they arrived. People of all types were trading wares, sharing stories and carrying stone blocks.
No elfs were present.
Before speaking to his Commanding officer, Thob saw his comrade and childhood friend Ton standing guard.
After an awkward conversation about her lack of a family, they decided to hang out for a while.
Helmedrasp had plenty of troubles, according to the militia commander.
Gangs of criminals holed up in a couple hamlets, more than a couple night beasts, two titans, a dragon
and some wolf named Plankfalls (of neck severing fame).
Thob agreed he'd see what he could do to help the fortress out and began to set out to do some hunting for his trip.
But Eres the human was missing.
Ton and Thob thought they saw him bolt out the door while they talked with their commander, but he hadn't returned.
Thob waited at the entrance and questioned a few inbound visitors, but few had much to say.
One goblin vaguely mentioned another goblin fighting with Eres, but he wasn't much help beyond that.
Eventually a fisherdwarf came from the north, boasting about how he got into a fight with Eres, and Thob followed the clue.
About a quarter day's travel to the north, Thob and Ton found a trail of blood leading up a hill, further north.
Upon cresting the hill, they met two crying goblin fishermen. They didn't seem too interested in talking about what made them sad.
Thob continued to follow the blood trail downhill, where it veered off to the west.
Once they reached the end, they beheld Eres the human standing over the mutilated corpse of a local goblin Thob had met many times.
Ton broke down in tears.
Eres stared with cold, uncaring eyes at the corpse. Was this what he was stalking all along?
Immediately Thob asked Eres what the hell this was all about.
Eres responded coolly,
"It was inevitable"
That night Thob and Eres butchered the corpse and spread it about so the remains could not be identified.
Ton stopped looking at either of them. But followed along meekly.
The next few days would prove to be even stranger.
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Topic: First Impressions .40.01 AND BEYOND! (Adventure Mode) (Read 115801 times)