Wretched savages! if you knew you would have stayed back with the slaves, you embarked on this trip in search of plunder yet most of the villages you passed had already been stripped of valuables by the previous raiding parties, and your captain even had some slaves executed on the excuse of them being too feeble, just to have a pretext to march south, to regions that had been relatively safe, but the long trip left the troops tired and you weren't prepared to face the intact forces of the southern villages. Still, you managed to slit some throats and capture some slaves.
In dwarven tradition, when a dwarf is defeated and captured in battle, his hair is shaven and he is bound by honor to serve his capturer until his hair grows to the length it was when he was captured. the proudest warriors never trim their hair and beard and let it grow top fantastical proportions, as a way of bragging that they do not fear being captured, and risk spending their lives in servitude if they ever are defeated. Of course, the less than honorable Bonepeak inhabitants, take advantage of this custom, and pervert it cruelly, shaving their slaves hair and beard every week, so they can never regain their honor.
The easiest way to keep these slaves from running is by shaving their hair and beard, and this time it's your turn to do the unpleasant job, these dwarves know of the less than honorable conduct of your people, and would rather die than let you shave their hair, and of course, would rather kill you than die, so they put up a fight and give you a hell of a time. You heard that there is a prince amongst the slaves, perhaps you could compensate the lack of spoils of war with a royal ransom, but it'd be a risky plan.
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you gather the few worthy men that survived the battle, 30 veterans, and carrying the peace standart you set off on a diplomatic mission, you can head into the village of tribe Malachite, to the tribe of Redcavern or to Boartusk's tribe village, your tribe is at war with Boartusk, but your scouts tell you that the raiding party that attacked you are headed their way and they could use any help
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you disarm the intruder promptly, taking a sword from his hand and a dagger from his belt, but you don't need to ask him any questions. He is a young dwarf, little more than a boy, his beard is braided and decorated with beads in the manner of Bonepeak traders that sometimes pass your village, and his clothes are made of pig tail thread dyed blue. your people doesn't cultivate pigtail and usually dress only in leather and furs, only nobility wears imported pigtail and rope reed, he is obviously a spy or even a scout for a Bonepeaker raiding party
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Topic: =Bronze Battle Axe= REVIVAL? (Read 4174 times)