Made a new world while testing out my mod-mess and decided to send forth an adventurer to see what things are like first hand. Here begins the saga of Tuma the monster slayer.
Tuma was a tiger woman who emerged from the wilds to swear fealty to a lord of the Trussed Cat-Nation, a small human civilization composed of three hamlets with a deceptive name for a young tiger woman. Armed with a bronze claymore, s meteoric iron shield, and an unwavering faith in Ique, Goddess of Salt, Tuma was eager to prove herself on her first mission. The lord told her about a fearsome master vampire who happened to live a short walk to the south, and who had personally sent 58 souls to Ique's salt cellar. Though daunted by the prospect of facing such a fearsome foe so soon, Tuma knew that she could overcome anything. After all, Ique was on her side. Tuma asked around for help from some of the lord's retinue but they all scoffed at her: she was as of yet unproven in her new role as hearthperson. Ique helped herself to a fine meteoric two-handed sword to aid her on her quest. It never hurts to carry two blades at once.
Thus Tuma hurried south to slay this Vampire named Tol. Curious, the name seemed familiar somehow. A short stroll later Tuma arrived in the capital of the Trussed Cat-Nation, and soon learned why that name sounded familiar. "There he is" said an armed retainer, pointing at Tol, the master and exalted protector of the Trussed Cat-Nation. Lord of this hamlet and his retainers milled about conversing, but Tuma's voice cut clear above the din: "Tol Burnmaligned, I call you a creature of the night, and will slay you where you stand!"
Tol turned to Tuma and laughed gleefully. "Fool, I have defeated many fearsome opponents!" But was stopped short by Tuma's blade slamming into his face. He immediately yielded, and the guards stood back, unsure of their loyalties. Tuma demanded that he drop his weapon, and also insisted that the crown pay tribute to her lord, being eager to please her liege yet further. This was a mistake, since as she spoke Tol summoned an unnatural burst of stamina and sprinted out of the door, biting an axeman vengefully in the neck. Aghast, Tuma looked around for a horse or other means of catching up. Two slabs sitting in the treasure room caught her eye, and she read what they said: "Secret of the Master Vampire". The words of the otherworldly script made their meaning clear, and power and understanding surged into Tuma's mind and body. She was now that which she sought to annihilate. A master vampire.
Tuma proceeded to pursue Tol for the better part of the day, back and forth in circles on the outskirts of the hamlet, coralling him against the river which he refused to cross (though a bridge demonstrated that running water was no obstacle. Neither tired, neither slowed down to give up the chase, though Tol slowed down once in a while to express the fact that he needed to flee to his hunter. Tuma managed to knock the elusive monarch into brackish pools by throwing her granite dagger when he was on the edge, but hardly managed to harm him before he moved along. At one point he barely escaped the edge of a waterfall as she closed in. Finally, Tuma managed to catch up for a hot moment after pelting him with stones and clumps of sand, and with a desperate lunge clove off his leg. A short, brutal scuffle ensued until Tol's head was flung into the upper branches of a silver birch tree. After recovering the head, Tuma hid the body of a mechanic whom Tol had converted as a distraction during the pursuit, and assumed the identity of a wandering prophet in order to mask the incident. Unfortunately, news travels fast and the lord knew exactly who had decapitated the peasant in passing, master vampire or no. Tuma's attempts at conversation were met only with coughed-up saliva.
There was still the matter of that turned guard, who Tuma identified and called out, and then attacked. All of his buddies had no question about their loyalties, and it soon became apparent that there were two slabs present for a reason: the lord, too, was a vampire, and quickly fled. After a brief scuffle with a vampiric lasher Tuma escaped mostly intact minus a few deep scars and shattered bones. The lord was pleased and sent Tuma to kill another vampire, though the pikemen still weren't impressed by her account of slaying a master vampire. Perhaps you will find your dream of romance one day, Tuma. Tuma travelled to the lair on the outskirts of the hamlet and strolled down the hole, in past a couple of scattered goods and met a human. She immediately accused him of being a night creature but he protested his innocence. She asked where the vampire was and the greasy-haired human insisted that he was here but did not know where. Then Tuma looked behind him. She demanded that the monster disarm and then blocked off the door after striking at at. At one point he was flung over Tuma's head and escaped so now Tuma is pursuing a master vampire through the woods and forest again,
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