Thrun Blazedcrows' life has been pretty awesome so far.
I set out to reach a fortress I had built in fort mode for all my adventurers. It was a 3-day trip along the river, through much jungle to reach it.
I quickly run out of food because of oversleeping. I go off the beaten track to find some mobile grub, and happen upon a pack of warthogs. I try my best to sneak up on them, but they see me and scatter. I toss my bronze dagger at one but miss, and as I go to pick it up....I notice a herd of elephants practically on top of me. One of the females starts to charge and there's no way I can get away. So, I throw my dagger again..
And some how drop the elephant to the ground with a bone chip. I realize this is probably my one chance to secure victory in this fight, so I dive on the elephant and start wailing on it. I gouge its eyes and stab and slash the beejesus out of it. The whole elephant herd stands there while I effectively live butcher their matriarch for over an in-game hour, but I guess the savagery of my attack was such they didn't feel like intervening. Covered in elephant blood and vomit, bursting with elephant meat, Thrun leaves the kill site happy and full.
Continuing on I happen to find a lair outside a major city and promptly kill the snake man inhabitant, who after the elephant isn't much of a challenge. I stop off in the near by town, report my success and have a well-earned rest. In the morning I continue traveling, when a few hours laterl I hit a large fork in the river that I need to cross.
Upon entering the area, I realize it's a giant waterfall emptying into two canyon-like rivers. After convincing myself that leaping into the falls and committing suicide isn't a heroic way to approach things, I begin swimming the river near the falls.
Mortal terror grips me as, about 70% of the way across I suddenly begin being drawn towards the falls. I struggle and come within two tiles of the extremely fast current part of the river, but eventually manage to throw myself up the bank on the other side. Winded but alive, I continue on my way....when I notice something emerge out of the river behind me. A crocodile! Thinking he'd have an easy meal either in or out of the river, I quickly show it the error of its ways.
The last leg of the journey to Bom Obur is a half day's trek along an inter-jungle highway. Thinking this to be the easiest part of the trip, I speed along. But it isn't long before I'm accosted by nature's jungle bandit, the cheetah. But not just one cheetah. Over the course of the half day journey, I battle no less than 15 cheetahs, each of which waits behind a tree near the highway, springing out to ambush me as I walk by. Long has this highway been a place of death and woe for travelers, but no longer! The threat posed by cheetahs is significantly diminished after the journey of Thrun Blazedcrows.
At last, I reach Bom Obur, the Home of Heroes, and find several dwarves still in the fortress, ostensibly preparing to make the journey back to the mountain home. I question exactly what the reasoning is for leaving behind a 3-year-old child and a cripple, but I figure the dwarves have their own system worked out, it must be for the best.
Soon, after some mandatory cleanup and re-organizing around the fortress, Thrun Blazedcrows will begin cleansing the jungle surroundings of the foul beasts that plague it.
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