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[birdy51]

I Gob. You not Gob. Who you?

[Transcendant]

+1

Tell it our name and ask it's name too?

[Amperzand]

I Gob. You not Gob. Who you?

This meets my approval. 

[Robot Parade Leader]

You say, "I Gob. You not Gob. Who you?"

The bloody furry thing responds, "Throlu. Or, are you asking what I am, because you're a goblin and I'm not? Zuffen."

He sees your obvious confusion and states, "My name is Throlu, and I am a Zuffen. You're ... you're not from Plovin's  are you...?"

His voice still rather parched he looks with half closed eyes.

[femmelf]

Offer him some water and one of the fish nut grain food things we got off the orc bags.

"What's a Zuffen. Where'd you come from? What's Plovin's?"

[Robot Parade Leader]

Yeah, I'm just gonna answer these for now and you can ask more too I guess. I'm clearly ok with potentially multiple updates in a day for now.
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Throlu is very appreciative of the water and food he clearly finds more appetizing, than grubs, though you can't see why.

"Plovin the Ogre lives in the hillcaves. He rules the ogres. They own the orcs, goblins, and anyone else they can. We Zuffen have always hidden in the underbrush and they rarely see us. We cause not trouble but get it. Plovin has a bounty on Zuffens; they get less for alive, more for dead, and most for tortured. Those are probably Orc laborers' sons. Plovin doesn't let Orcs fight, except to beat other things like Goblins or other lesser slaves. It's a very bad place and you want to be away from it."

You haven't heard of a Zuffen before. The blood coated furry thing in front of you is slightly smaller than yourself, covered from head to toe in currently matted fur. He seems rather bludgeoned and bloodied but otherwise apparently willing to talk. He is even more willing to talk after he is allowed to eat one of the meals you found in the orcs' belongings.

From what you can tell, Zuffens are a fairly small species on the same general build as goblins, but perhaps slightly better built, or is that just fur? Throlu's eyes are green and you can't tell quite what color his fur is with all that blood all over it.

What do you do?

[Amperzand]

"Dunno Plovin, dunno Zuffen. Elfs broke cave, find Boar, travelin'."

[birdy51]

Then, scratch your ear and snort, "Need ride? Is big boar."

[Amperzand]

Then, scratch your ear and snort, "Need ride? Is big boar."

Da.

[MidnightJaguar]

Feed the boar two bug cakes and try to make it less angry with us.

[helmacon]

Attempt to introduce the boar to our friend before having him approach the boar. Have our new friend feed him some grubs so that he does not get gored by an irate boar.

Even if we don't have skill with an axe, we ought to start learning. An axe has much more potential as a weapon than a club. If we get in a tight spot we can still use our club, but lets use our axe for now so we can learn how to use it.



Smack the orcs again for good measure before we leave.

[Robot Parade Leader]

The Boar appears to enjoy the bugcakes you feed him, however, it becomes apparent that the boar can't or won't support the two of you, and the supplies as well. The thought occurs to you that you could let the badly beaten Zuffen ride along with the gear and simply lead the boar for some short time if that is how you wanted to do it. That is, of course, assuming you'd want to give him a ride.

The Zuffen Throlu does appreciate your offer, " I would like some help going about a day west, closer to where my people should be now. If you don't mind."

The furry Zuffen then seems to take something out of a small pouch from its fur, closing its hands around it, staring with eyes closed. The massively caked on blood does not entirely disappear, but clearly this seems to have made some type of difference; there's less of it. You can see a bit more details concerning the Zuffen. It would seem that the fur is a black  with a somewhat brownish green tint to it. Seemingly good camouflage. After this, the Zuffen seems to breathe more easily, though it's clear that the beating it took was rather extensive.

The Zuffen seems to be picking up a couple of pieces of underbrush and placing them into the fur to help this blending in effect. He seems somewhat uneasy around the boar at first and it would seem the feeling is mutual, but eventually he and the Zuffen at least tolerate one another. This is more the case after a grub or two is shared with the boar.

The Orcs are smacked once more before you leave, West still?

Who or how do you, the zuffen, the gear ride the boar?
What do you do?

Skills Gained:
Handle Animal (1) (Will have to be updated later)

[MidnightJaguar]

Let Throlu ride on the boar while we lead it to the west following Throlu's directions. Also, ask about what was in the pouch.

[endlessblaze]

Let Throlu ride on the boar while we lead it to the west following Throlu's directions. Also, ask about what was in the pouch.

+1

[Robot Parade Leader]

The Boar seems to resignedly walk with Throlu on top of him along with the improvised saddlebags. He basically plods along as led for the most part just through the woods overall with no path. There is no trail and the way is fairly unevenly bumpy, but things happen to work for the most of it.

Overall, Thorlu is still a bit tired and beat, but he cooperates in answering your questions rather easily, "You might call that a clan balm, for wounds taught to us from generation to generation. If I'm right, my people will be about one day from where we are now, but west. We're secretive, partially because of the bounty Plovin placed on us."

You go past a strangely curved rock formation and through the forest a fair deal, if you continue this way, you will eventually have gotten further west. You can take a break, attempt to perform some skill (getting bugs, etc), or otherwise continue as you want. (Just giving the choice).