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- Joined
- Jul 5, 2009
Taevillis surely enjoyed this coversation. The bard's outward dislike towards her wasn't anything new, but she understood that understanding who he was would take more than just simple talking. Thusly, she continued this game.
"After leaving the village, I took up several professions. Magic wasn't with me nor was the sword. Eventually found myself in a reclusive monastery. Became accepted as a pupil there and spent 67 years there training." she concluded her brief segment. The sun elf wasn't much for grand detail, unless it served a better purpose than this.
"While I trained there, I trained in all the martial arts styles they knew and some only described in ancient text they had hidden in their library. Once all of the old teachers had passed and the new ones took their place, I taught them the arts I learned from their books. After a few years of training the teachers, I left and never looked back." she added once more. It was interesting to know he'd befriended a hero-diety. Filing that away for later, she listened on.
Knowing the strangeness of halflings, she nodded in understanding. "My first sexual experience was at the end of a poisoned dagger as a 'reward' for heisting a valuble from a much older elf than I. It was his way of saying 'Thank you.' for a test meant for someone else in a long and complicated line of bizarre thieves." she said in the same tone as before. She made no attempt at emotion and listened on once more.
She admired his ability to survive on the Plane of Shadows at the tender age of 15. Her eyes moved to smile a little, but kept her mouth deathly still. "After leaving the monastery is when I found the band of thieves. Being who I was then, I was eager to prove myself and with my training, I quickly rose to the upper echelons of their 'guild'. That's when I was raped and left the 'guild' in search of better and safer work. Finding weakling nobles, it was easy work to be hired out as a bodyguard. The appreciated the attractive and mildly exotic female company while I defended them when it was called for." she stopped, listening to the bard once more.
What an interesting way to escape the bowels of the Shadows. His harp was a for more powerful instrument than he had let on. "Protecting royalty for a few decade occupied me. Defeated several attempts as assassination until I was drugged and imprisoned by their opposing faction. I was held prisoner for 19 years and was tortured and raped for information about the family. Eventually, I gave them false information and I was released to only seek revenge and murdered everyone in their ruling leaders' lives. Needless to say, that was an enormous amount of work, tracking all of their family members down to the most recently born and in hiding." she stopped, letting that sit in the air like opium smoke.
Nodding, she continued with her steeled poker face. "Once I felt I had eliminated the opposition efficiently, I sought to redeem myself with my former royal associates. Of hearing of my deeds and revenge tactics, they banished me from thier kingdom. I bare an invisible arcane mark that will incinerate my body to ashes should I step forth back into their royal living areas." she stopped to drink from her wineskin.
Ah, so he's also pissed off a demon lord. She would do well to remember that and see if she could discover which to further avoid their wrath. "I left their kingdom to seek out a magician of sorts to remove said mark, but it seems to be in favor with their wizard's god of choice's favor. Finding none to relieve me of this curse, I decided I had many years to wait out their wizard's death. In doing so, I figured I'd try and find new work, far far away from that family. I found it in a desert oasis when I paused a long hike for some water and rest." she paused again.
When Rikkie paused, she knew it was Ront by the sound of his boots clinking and rubbing against themselves. She also heard Olagr's barefeet as his toenails were never maintained. His footsteps stopped short of the central room, meaning he was now listening in. How cheeky of the ogre. she felt. She decided to change her game plan a little now that the boss was listening in. Letting Rikki finish his turn in this game, she spoke once more.
"At the oasis, I met up with some wealthy merchants and offered my protection services until we made it to the port city they were caravaned up for. We made it to the city after a rough tangle with some half-blue dragons and their pet mummy lord. Once in the city, I sought out a place on a ship to get out of that continent and made it to this one. It was several years later that I joined the guild that Olgar is a part of and a few more years till I was assigned to his band. It's been 3 years since that assignment almost to the day." she concluded. She knew Olgar would hear this story and know parts of it were true while adding to the story he believed to be her life story.
"Yes, yes we can, bard. And I'll be sure to have the first words. Sleep well." she offered in her cold voice and sat in the central room as Rikki walked away yawning. Sitting perfectly still and controlling her breathing and hearbeat, she listened in onto the whispering ogre's conversation with the bard.
Olgar waved his hands about to grab Rikki's attention. Uncharacteristically, he grabbed and gently pulled Rikki closer and started whispering. "You know, she doesn't talk much. That's pretty impressive." he complimented, but then it was down to business. "I've got a problem with Ront that I need... your experience with. I'm not sure how best to explain... male on male mating to him." he said with a confused look. The ogre knew this would be an odd conversation with the bard.
"After leaving the village, I took up several professions. Magic wasn't with me nor was the sword. Eventually found myself in a reclusive monastery. Became accepted as a pupil there and spent 67 years there training." she concluded her brief segment. The sun elf wasn't much for grand detail, unless it served a better purpose than this.
"While I trained there, I trained in all the martial arts styles they knew and some only described in ancient text they had hidden in their library. Once all of the old teachers had passed and the new ones took their place, I taught them the arts I learned from their books. After a few years of training the teachers, I left and never looked back." she added once more. It was interesting to know he'd befriended a hero-diety. Filing that away for later, she listened on.
Knowing the strangeness of halflings, she nodded in understanding. "My first sexual experience was at the end of a poisoned dagger as a 'reward' for heisting a valuble from a much older elf than I. It was his way of saying 'Thank you.' for a test meant for someone else in a long and complicated line of bizarre thieves." she said in the same tone as before. She made no attempt at emotion and listened on once more.
She admired his ability to survive on the Plane of Shadows at the tender age of 15. Her eyes moved to smile a little, but kept her mouth deathly still. "After leaving the monastery is when I found the band of thieves. Being who I was then, I was eager to prove myself and with my training, I quickly rose to the upper echelons of their 'guild'. That's when I was raped and left the 'guild' in search of better and safer work. Finding weakling nobles, it was easy work to be hired out as a bodyguard. The appreciated the attractive and mildly exotic female company while I defended them when it was called for." she stopped, listening to the bard once more.
What an interesting way to escape the bowels of the Shadows. His harp was a for more powerful instrument than he had let on. "Protecting royalty for a few decade occupied me. Defeated several attempts as assassination until I was drugged and imprisoned by their opposing faction. I was held prisoner for 19 years and was tortured and raped for information about the family. Eventually, I gave them false information and I was released to only seek revenge and murdered everyone in their ruling leaders' lives. Needless to say, that was an enormous amount of work, tracking all of their family members down to the most recently born and in hiding." she stopped, letting that sit in the air like opium smoke.
Nodding, she continued with her steeled poker face. "Once I felt I had eliminated the opposition efficiently, I sought to redeem myself with my former royal associates. Of hearing of my deeds and revenge tactics, they banished me from thier kingdom. I bare an invisible arcane mark that will incinerate my body to ashes should I step forth back into their royal living areas." she stopped to drink from her wineskin.
Ah, so he's also pissed off a demon lord. She would do well to remember that and see if she could discover which to further avoid their wrath. "I left their kingdom to seek out a magician of sorts to remove said mark, but it seems to be in favor with their wizard's god of choice's favor. Finding none to relieve me of this curse, I decided I had many years to wait out their wizard's death. In doing so, I figured I'd try and find new work, far far away from that family. I found it in a desert oasis when I paused a long hike for some water and rest." she paused again.
When Rikkie paused, she knew it was Ront by the sound of his boots clinking and rubbing against themselves. She also heard Olagr's barefeet as his toenails were never maintained. His footsteps stopped short of the central room, meaning he was now listening in. How cheeky of the ogre. she felt. She decided to change her game plan a little now that the boss was listening in. Letting Rikki finish his turn in this game, she spoke once more.
"At the oasis, I met up with some wealthy merchants and offered my protection services until we made it to the port city they were caravaned up for. We made it to the city after a rough tangle with some half-blue dragons and their pet mummy lord. Once in the city, I sought out a place on a ship to get out of that continent and made it to this one. It was several years later that I joined the guild that Olgar is a part of and a few more years till I was assigned to his band. It's been 3 years since that assignment almost to the day." she concluded. She knew Olgar would hear this story and know parts of it were true while adding to the story he believed to be her life story.
"Yes, yes we can, bard. And I'll be sure to have the first words. Sleep well." she offered in her cold voice and sat in the central room as Rikki walked away yawning. Sitting perfectly still and controlling her breathing and hearbeat, she listened in onto the whispering ogre's conversation with the bard.
Olgar waved his hands about to grab Rikki's attention. Uncharacteristically, he grabbed and gently pulled Rikki closer and started whispering. "You know, she doesn't talk much. That's pretty impressive." he complimented, but then it was down to business. "I've got a problem with Ront that I need... your experience with. I'm not sure how best to explain... male on male mating to him." he said with a confused look. The ogre knew this would be an odd conversation with the bard.