Kudos to thatguyweallknow for finding the Sacrifice reference. Kentauri were the only race that showed up in my world that had lashers (well, aside from the outcasts), and I was struck with the image of Jadugarr. So, I named the smelly blighter that.
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Jadugarr realized that he was still inexperienced, and that he would need to hone his body and his skills further before attempting to face the carp again.
He traveled southeast, through the jungles of perishing and towards the forest retreat of conjurehowls.
Here he found nothing of interest aside from a chestnut tree which, according to a nearby plaque, had been named "Bigwax". Jadugarr payed his respects to Bigwax, and continued on his way, moving farther south.
As he entered into the jungles of perishing again, a large shaper barrelled towards him out of the foliage, roaring fiercely! The massive grizzly bear bore down on Jadugarr with terrifying speed, razor-sharp claws tearing up the soft earth as it came ever closer!
Well, okay. So it was a smaller black bear. That was just sitting there, foraging for berries. It did attack the kentaur, though.
Seeing a chance to excersize his power, Jadugarr took out his iron whip and charged the beast head-on! A quick snap of the whip opened up a large gash on the bear's upper back, and a second lash tore a similar stripe on the creature's left cheek, ripping off a few pieces of the ear as well.
The creature threw its body into Jadugarr and knocked him over, attempting to rake him with its claws all the while. Jadugarr was kept occupied with fending off the creature's blows, but was able to land a stinging whip to the bear's leg.
Jadugarr struggles to his feet, just in time to sidestep the bear's next charge, giving him a perfect opportuniy to strike at the bear's midsection as it rushed past.
The blow connected with a soft spot, and the bear began to vomit, thick chunks of various semi-digested plant and animal matter belching up from between its teeth and onto the ground.
Jadugarr pounced on top of the preoccupied beast, and began lashing it violently, ripping its legs and body to bits with his whip, the sharp smacking sounds of it striking the creature's flesh dampened slightly by the trees and foliage nearby.
The bear is weakened considerably, and Jadugarr moves in for his finishing move.
Slinging his whip around the bear's neck, Jadugarr pulls back on his end of the iron line, squeezing the the life out of the hulking ursine.
It took a long time, the beast twitching in an attempt to shake off the kentaur, but eventually the last light of consciousness left its eyes, and Jadugarr loosened the whip from around the bear's neck.
This had been a very informative meeting, Jadugarr thought, as he continued his search for something that would truly strengthen him.
Some time later, another bear came after Jadugarr. A few cracks of the whip showed the lesser creature who was the real boss here.
After that, Jadugarr again continued on his path, just like all the other times.
After some time, he came across the small forest village of trotmorals, where he attempted to find some daring quest to undertake, or a vicious monster to slay or something, or a magical sword that some farmer misplaced or something.
He inquired one of the commonfolk as to the whereabouts of any such activities, but the peasant knew of no such things.
Jadugarr was intrigued when the peasant told him of the powerful being that presided over their village, and so Jadugarr set out at once to find him.
Not an easy task, considering this "village" was composed entirely of a grove of trees that had been dubbed such names as "the Blameless Matches", and "the Contingent Panther", as well as "Beachedsquare the Lobster of Wheeling". None of these trees had arrows carved into them, so finding this "Coņar" indeed proved difficult, especially seeing as how Jadugarr had no idea of what he was looking for.
After a quick chat with the village's elite bowman (Jadugarr had always been a bit nervous around bows. He was never entirely sure why), it was made clear that Coņar was, in fact, in a different settlement far to the west. That's what you get for listening to a peasant.
However, the bowman stopped Jadugarr from setting off immediately and asked if he might be interested in helping out his village.
A cyclops by the name of Kacnu Voicedcat was in a cave not far from the village, and had been making periodic raids on the inhabitants, as well as attacking any hunters or traders who passed through that area. The bowman asked if Jadugarr would be able to defeat this fiend, and rid the townsfolk of worry. Jadugarr contemplated his answer...
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Vote!
A) Agree to the bowman's task.
B) Ignore the settlement and seek out Coņar.
C) eXtreme fishing.
D) Berserk.
E)*_________
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