I just had to post this:
The air was heavy, and filled with a thick fog, filling the entirety of the hall, or at least the parts of it that I could see. The last thing I remember was travelling through the marshes of Ontoroc, watching out for trolls. I was pretty bored of watching the dull marshes from the top of the agonizingly slow-moving caravan and was feeling rather tired and.... oh. I just hope that these are the kind that don't eat people, although that might be better then a life of slavery. I'll just have to wait and see.
The hall that they had me and the rest of my companions in was huge and filled with cages and others who had been unlucky enough to be captured by the bastards. We all are chained to the walls, and most of our clothing has been removed. There aren't any trolls in here at the -wait, one just walked in.
"Now listen you miserable runts. I'm going to tell you brain-dead animals 'ow much yer life is worth now. It's worth less then the shit on my boots, it's worth less then the worms that are 'gonna be yer dinner, it's worth less then whatever 'ope you might have of escape.
See, this place ain't like any of your oh-so-grand light lands. This is my lord's land, and it's got a thick barrier of rock separating us from any o' yours. Now, you might be thinking that you could just dig yer way out. Think again. This rock's different. Fer one thing, it heals right up behind you, so if you try going out that way, we'll 'ave us a nice new fossil decorating the halls.
Even if you little fucks find a way to deal with that, it doesn't matter. The rock just keeps on going and going, the only thing you'll find out there is death. 'Course, you little dullwits might think that your kings and queens might come to save you. They won't. They knows to stay away from us, and for good reason. We'd stomp 'em flat we would! We's the biggest and the strongest, and yer gods and sub-gods don't care about you miserable little insects.
Now, your new assignment is to 'elp in the mines. I'm gonna take you there and you 'ad better keep up. After all, the loz hounds could always use feeding, and-Huh?"
The fat bastard had been interrupted by a smaller troll who had rushed in and was now whispering in his ear.
"Aw, damnit."
He turned to face us again.
"Change of plans. We ain't going to the mines, instead, we're goin-"
he was suddenly interrupted by 3 figures entering the room. They consisted of two humans and a crystaline humanoid of a species that I didn't recognize. From their garb I could tell that not only were they free league soldiers, they were chainbreakers.
Chainbreakers are the bane of anyone who dares to impose restraints upon a sapient being. The bane of not only slavers, but also jailers everywhere. They go after anyone with the intent to imprison another in shackles, and they're just as good at breaking heads as they are at breaking chains. That last part is something that I never wished to see demonstrated in front of me, and still don't
"Come on, we've got to get out of here!" Yells one of them to us, as his companions go around the hall, doing what they do best.
My own shackles are removed in short order, and I follow them, getting out of the building and into the street of this place. It appears that my former jailer wasn't lying about the shell of rock. The city of these foul beings is ramshackle and seems designed to drain the spirit of all who inhabit it. I'm following my rescuers down a rather large street which seems to be oddly devoid of trolls. I ask the chainbreakers about this.
"Yeah, we've launched a diversionary attack. Now, we're going to a portal out of here and before you ask, no, we are not in fact doing this by ourselves. We're the forefront of The Baron's assault force."
"The Baron's doing this?"
"Yeah.. Oh, you must not've heard. A week ago he began a campaign against these bastards, said he's gonna destroy every last of these worlds."
"Why start now?"
"Dunno, might be that they stole one caravan too many and managed to piss him off. Now, we're here at the portal, and if I see any of you again, I'll buy you a drink. I wouldn't wish being a slave to any of these fuckers upon anyone."
And in no time at all, I was back on course.