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[tonnot98]

Luto Ariltista, "Luto Shipwines"

A monk of The Future of Wisps, the god of fate, hails from the human hamlet of Braidbrim. He has heard his fate, a gruesome one indeed, but there can be a way to change it. And to do so, he must find the secrets of life and death, and bring it to the safest area on the continent, The Museum.

Ah, today I must set out for glory! I just hope to stray away from creatures of the night. I've already got enough of that to deal with in the road ahead.

(The humans all seem to be U's, and I dun like it.)

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Apparently, there's a group coming to reclaim the 'ruins' of this hamlet. I don't see anything that I could do about it, though. There seems to be no further troubles at all in here.

I have discoverd a lair soon after departing on my journey. I shall see what lies inside.

After a small search through the densely-wooded hills, I have found a small alcove, completely clean, with nothing inside. I wonder if this is the lair I was searching for.

After besting a few keas in the art of wrestling, I continue on my journey towards the museum. Surely that'd be the best place to start searching. I now travel through 'The Bloated Forest', an ugly place indeed, filled with beasts that lurk just out of sight and scent.

Right on the edge of the forest, I reach a hamlet called 'Honoredwhim'. I shall rest here for a time.

I've found an uninhabited stone building with some supplies inside. Perhaps I could make the best of what's here?

I now have some bronze and copper armor. It seems that this would only be suitable against the wildlife, and not bandits I may face in the future.

A man named Nulce Kadiellum has offered to take me in for the night, and even gave me a plethora of berries to help me on my journey.

I have stumbled upon another lair, maybe there is something more useful inside? Nope. Nothing. This one had two segments, but still nothing within. Perhaps it's inhabitant was out somewhere?

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Oh my, It seems I have stumbled upon a traveling group of vampires! Wait what is this? They are fighting each other! A reptile woman and an elf! There's even an amphibian woman and a reptile man! Have I stumbled upon a vampire fight club?



This is starting to get bloody.



I've been spotted by a fish woman vampire! The fight comes to me! It just punched me in the arm and ran away. The fight amongst the different groups was dissipating, so I decided to take my chance and charge at a wounded Serpent Woman, to attempt to slay such an unnatural beast.



I'm then charged by a goblin vampire, and quickly render it incapable of seriously harming me.



Even while injured she poses a threat!



I have broken both wrists, and she still opposes me!



Now a serpent woman joins the fray!



They seem to ignore the fact that I'm breaking the goblin's ankles.



I am bruised all over, and this unholy monster does not succumb to the lack of oxygen! So I have blinded it, so that even if it survives this encounter, it will wish to be dead.







Finally, after tearing all of its facial features, gouging its eyes, biting, and strangling its throat, and punching it in the face repeatedly, it has finally died. Now its time to put this snake woman out of her misery.



The other beastmen and vampires seem to have fled the scene. I shall head towards the nearest hamlet and rest. These bruises are beginning to ache.



(My travel path was almost completely blocked off by an abundance of lairs. Real-estate must be nice here.)



(Seriously



What have I just walked in on??



WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?



Blood stains the battlements of the wall, while wooden armaments accompany corpses that lay motionless on the floor. Something big must be going down.

And a warlord is headed my way.



Oh, he just ran past me. This is getting weirder and weirder by the second, hopefully I can find a living human to find out what the heck is going on here.



There seems to be a group of peasants fighting against animal men. I must go to their aid!

Right as I arrive, a cave fish woman joins the fray against the peasants and the serpent woman! They both seem to be chieftesses of individual tribes. This might explain the amount of lairs outside. They must have been forward camps for a siege upon the capitol city!

While battling the serpent woman, whom refuses to die, even to asphyxiation, she broke free from my grasp and ran. As I chased her around the battlements, I saw limbs, injured peasants, and corpses lining the path. When I caught up, and grabbed her by the tail, a reptile woman chieftess showed up to beat on the serpent woman as well. This one is missing her right foot, and has a deformed skull!



Pictured above: A fish woman chieftess and an olm man warlord watching me strangle and stab a serpent man ringleader to death.

Hours pass, more and more animal men and peasants are slain along the wall. I've learned that all of these animal men are also vampires! They lead only themselves, and the multitude of serpent men, reptile men, fish men, olm men, amphibian men, etc. are all trying to kill each other when there isn't a peasant in sight to feed on. I fear what may linger in the sewers, because SOMETHING must have caused this to happen!

As I enter the castle, which was my first intent before I witnessed all the blood and death around me, I notice that the courtyard is too... clean. Except for the stray blowdart here and there, there is nothing that litters the land, unlike the entire city around it. The law giver is even a snake man! From the rest being vampires, I can only assume that this one is too.



(I just noticed how fitting it is that I got the title "Contained Connection of Ramparts" when all of the fighting of animal men vampires in the city took place on the walls.)



It seems that all of the positions of power are ruled by vampires, except for the one lady in the room.

I attacked one of the vampires, and the room surrounded me, attempting to beat me down! I narrowly escaped, but even the lady and other non-vampires were attacking me!

On the walls, fleeing from a group of angry noble vampires, I encounter a peasant wearing an abundance of bone jewelery, of which I can only assume to be human bone. HOW MANY VAMPIRES ARE THERE IN THIS CITY!?

Thankfully, a non-vampire citizen aids me in my fight against the vampiric one.

The citizen that helped me got a knife to his ribs for his troubles, and lays unconscious, but breathing. I killed the peasant vampire that attacked me, only to be greeted by the exalted sack, the first vampire lord I accused.

After a long struggle, we both lay on the wall. Battered, bruised, broken, and bleeding. There were only two differences between the exalted sack and I. I wasn't a vampire. And I wasn't dead.





Pictured above is a peasant corpse, an exalted sack corpse, an unconcious carpenter, and me, prone.



The injuries were grievous indeed.

And that concludes chapter one of this hero, who set out to carry out his god's will, only to be shanked repeatedly by a group of angry vampires.

Will he escape the city into the wild? Will he survive the onslaught of vampires on a broken leg? Will the secrets of life and death finally be discovered? Find out in the next installment of the adventures of Luto Shipwines the monk!

[TheFlame52]

vamps out the wazoo

[Eric Blank]

They're breeding. Like animal men.

Did you save any blood?

[tonnot98]

They're breeding. Like animal men.

Did you save any blood?

I've been dripping in it for hours, it's seeped into my wounds, and I've bit the throats of about 4 different vamps. I'm choc full of it at this point, if the curse hasn't transferred over, I'd be pleasantly surprised.

But then again, just take a quick look at the last image. That damned exalted sack screwed up my face. I don't think I'd just allow others to become vamps on a whim.

[MrLupenTails]

That damned exalted sack screwed up my face.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I am enjoying your story so far though, very interesting.

[tonnot98]

I have started far in the north, the hamlet is a day or two above Dragonhearth, and that is about 2 week's travel away from the museum.

This'll be a LOT of writing. And death, a lot of death.

[Unraveller]

Excellent journey thus far, maybe your wrestling skills will eventually impress Thomod! On a side note, the state of the world seems really grim. Undead roaming everywhere, crazed animal men. A legendary Elephant that has destroyed hoards of goblins and elves.

[Timeless Bob]

Excellent journey thus far, maybe your wrestling skills will eventually impress Thomod! On a side note, the state of the world seems really grim. Undead roaming everywhere, crazed animal men. A legendary Elephant that has destroyed hoards of goblins and elves.

That Elephant may become the Savior of the Living - a symbol of the triumph of Life over Death.

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[tonnot98]

My game has crashed as soon as I have entered Dragonhearth, without an error message. It simply stopped responding. The only odd thing I noticed is a large amount of traveling entities on the fast-travel map around it. I will get to it and save before entering the site area, to see if the problem persists, but I'll do that tomorrow.

[tonnot98]

As I lay here, broken, hunted down by vile beasts, I think to myself.

"Why?"



I already know the answer. Unnatural beings stalk and curse the world, and must be exterminated. I have killed a large number of vampires only today, because I chose to fight. About 50 or so peasants died to a group of ten beastman vampires. If I make it out of here alive, I will fulfill my destiny, and then return to save the peasants from their doom.

But first, I must escape.

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That wasn't very difficult at all. I just crawled down a flight of stairs that didn't lead towards the castle, and I was able to stroll down the streets of the abandoned city.

As I exit the outskirts of the city and step foot into the wild once more, I feel invigorated. I no longer bleed, I no longer ache, and my limbs don't feel broken anymore.

I'm going to see what all of those lairs were about.

Lair 1: A pair of sheep wool gloves
Lair 2: Nothing
Lair 3: A few articles of clothing, two skeletons, a severed limb, and a serpentwoman egg. I will be taking the egg.
Lair 4: Nothing
Lair 5: Nothing
Lair 6: A wandering falcon and a pair of reptile woman eggs. Also taking those.
Lair 7: Nothing
Lair 8: Nothing
Lair 9: A gathering of rats

Night has fallen, and I shall sleep in the eighth lair I've found, for protection against creatures of the night.

Morning has risen, without trouble. I oddly don't feel like eating breakfast. I shall travel to the nearest southern site.



A bunch of naked goblins are charging at a reptile woman. I can only assume that they are vampires by the way they bear their teeth. Time to dish out JUSTICE!



They break and flee before me! Could word of my actions upon the wall have carried so quickly? I have caught one of the goblin vampires by the leg, tripping it.

Now, time to hunt the others.



She was the only one that couldn't run fast enough to lose me. Time to continue on my way.

I have come upon the hamelt of Dawncamps. In there, I am told about a bronze collosus that has been wreaking havoc across the land. Iron may beat bronze, but a simple knife can't do much. I shall seek information about it's whereabouts, but I won't be able to go after it in my state of equipment.

I have entered the meadhall of the hamlet. Thankfully the lady and her guard aren't adorned by bone trinkets. The lady has given me a list of locations where I could find great beasts, titans, dragons, and even a roc! I will have much to do on my return trip, I can hardly wait to find the secrets!

Within the keep, two people, a bowman and a lasher, have agreed to join me on my adventure! Hopefully it will be easier to deal with vampires with friends around to help.

I was able to upgrade some of my armor pieces to iron, rather than copper or bronze, so that it may reflect attacks better. I feel much more ready to take on the world!



I feel... a bit thirsty. I... I can't help but salivate when I look at my companions. The only thing on my mind also stains my clothes. I crave blood, and the irony taste that it has. I want blood! I-I-I I've turned into one of them! One of the vampires! No, this will only help, I am stronger, faster, smarter, and this will aid me against the other creatures of night! I shall only allow myself to die once they are all sharing my grave!

I have found an iron whip in the keep, as well. I hope to have it replace this tiny knife.



Goblins! They have ambushed me as I travel through another hamlet! Wait, they don't have their weapons drawn. They speak of being on an important mission, too.



Tensions are a bit high, but I shall ignore them for now. It's not likely that 7 goblins will make much of an impact on their population, anyway.



Fighting! That's alarming! I knew I couldn't trust these green bastards! They seem to be pummeling my lasher non-violently, I'll show them a little rough and tumble!



As soon as I broke a wrist, they all drew and charged! The real fight begins now!

Right after killing two bow goblins, the rest broke and fled. With my newfound agility, I had no problem catching up to them and finishing them off. Beings that can feel pain are too easy to kill.





Sadly, it seems that my companions have fled after the fight was over.

After a long trek through The Innocent Desert, after just two vampire ambushes, I have found a dwarven fortress named "Dragonhearth". I shall explore it to see what I find inside.

On the outside, I've found a few dog skeletons, and an entrance to a lair filled with clothing, more dog skeletons, and a bit of money. I'll take a gold coin to remember the journey here.



Huh. So they knew about the beastmen rulers, and possibly about their vampirism. I'm going to burn that place to the ground without survivors when I get back there.

I've found a particularly long stairway shaft. This could possibly be the entrance to the fortress itself. Nope. Just a dead-end. Okay, now I'm seeing some more clothing and even dwarven skeletons littered around the area. What the heck went down here?

I've found a campsite with a few sleeping dwarves inside. I'm a bit worried now.



Almost immediately after entering the fortress proper, I found a mitten. I am just absolutely smitten by this mitten.



This mitten that has smitten me must be magical! As soon as I dropped it, it teleported back to the leatherworking station it was in! I'll make sure to keep it close by.



A GHOST! AH! Its... Its complaining about being dead. This is spooking me the fuck out. Hopefully there will be some better loot within.



Pictured above: Me standing next to a GODDAMN DRAGON.

There's a dragon here. There's a dragon here. I HAVE NO SHIELD AND THERE'S A DRAGON HERE. It seems like the dwarves have tamed it, but in the state of disrepair this fortress is in, I'd like not to take any chances.

That, was sadly the last thing that went through Luto's mind, aside from "WATER." His mind boiled, and that prevented any coherent thought as the rest of his body blistered and melted.







Pictured above: A futile escape attempt, and Luto's kill list.

RIA.

Rest In Ashes.

This concludes the second, and sadly, final chapter of The Adventures of Luto Shipwines. Hopefully the next adventurer won't be so unlucky.

(As I finish writing this, "Through The Fire and Flames" starts playing. The irony is real.)
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[Unraveller]

It was inevitable.

[Timeless Bob]

So a fortress named "Dragonhearth" actually is the lair of a dragon, and doesn't allude to some magmatic megaproject... Amazing!

[tonnot98]

So a fortress named "Dragonhearth" actually is the lair of a dragon, and doesn't allude to some magmatic megaproject... Amazing!

It had a pretty large chamber dedicated to it, too. A large square was a few floors below the surface, and was surrounded by other branching hallways and rooms that likely served other purposes.

The damn fortress was DESIGNED TO HOUSE A HOSTILE DRAGON.

Also, sign me up for another turn. I'm going to wait through those 30 people and redeem myself, dammit.

[Unraveller]

If only you had strangled it to death, deja vu.

[tonnot98]

If only you had strangled it to death, deja vu.

It spat fire hotter than my mixtape as soon as I took a step away from it.