[HQ Ignorance] Scene 16: Offerings to the Saviour

Sun May 20 17:50:19 UTC 2007

Bowing respectfully to Estevan, Karala recounted again the story of  
her orphaning and the gaining of her Protecter..

"Great King of the Predator People, while I can offer no more sure  
knowledge of what these events mean, I have been observing your  
people these last few days, and I think I might have an  
Understanding. The Truth of it stirs inside me, spirits whisper just  
out of my hearing, tangled threads of seem almost ready to knot...

Your People, like mine, are the children of Hykym and Mykya. We live  
by the cycles and rhythms of Nature and the wild, and I know this,  
your people have a hate in them that is not natural. You are  
Predators true enough, but the wolf does not hate the fawn or the  
calf. It kills to eat, no more. I saw the hate and malice in your  
Mystic who attacked my Fellowship, a Fellowship who represent every  
nation and species who hold the Rune of Man in Fronela. I saw how,  
when your People by chance encountered some Dragon-kin, you attacked  
without mercy.

We are on a desperate mission to save all humanity from the growing  
evil that is the Kingdom of War, a violent, vicious blight on the  
face of Glorantha that would rape and murder all descendants of our  
Grandfather Mortal, who would set fire to the world and drown it in  
blood. What will you do when the fire and the axe come here to your  
lands? Will you let your hate and bitterness consume you and join the  
evil? Would you wreck revenge on all those you hate (who seem many  
indeed) and in so doing, destroy all?

Or would you conquer the hate that eats at your hearts and stand with  
the rest of world who would oppose its very destruction? I say to  
you, put aside the darkness that has grown and festered in your  
hearts, and redeem yourselves with deeds bold and brave in the  
service of all Mankind!

Join us! Help us! Stand against the evil that seeks to undo all Life  
and in so doing, stand against the evil in your souls: for their, I  
believe, lies the cure to your Curse. The evil comes not, ultimately  
from Without - those you have chosen to blame, but from Within, and  
by helping us, I offer you the chance to cure and redeem yourselves!"

With this, Karala meekly bows her head and awaits the Wolf Kings  
reaction.

OOC: Same bunch of persuasive skills I used earlier if needed, plus  
I'll throw as many Hero Points at any persuasion contest that I can...

Dougie

-:).

On 18 May 2007, at 02:22, Lev Lafayette wrote:

>
> Start: Wildday, Stasis Week, the 34th day of Sea
> Season, 1622
>
> Partially venerated, partially prisoner,
> Karala-Walks-With-the-Great-Wolf is taken by the
> Telmori and the Mystic of Vustria over fifty leagues
> to the north.
>
> The Mystic explains: "You are being taken to the King
> of the Telmori. I'd wager you did not know there was
> such a thing, but it is true. Every pack has a leader.
> Moreso, you are going to the largest village in
> Telmoria. You will never find this place marked on
> human maps. It's is, perhaps not surprisingly, known
> as 'The Den'. You'd better make a good impression
> there, else you will be turned to dogmeat I am sure!"
> The Mystic gives a thin smile.
>
> The journey took several days. On the third day,
> Karala witnessed a party of wild dragonewts confront
> the Telmori and their wolf-brothers. The battle was
> short and brutal; the fast-moving lizard beasts
> leaping from rock to rock as they sought to challenge
> the pack-tactics of the wolf-brothers. Although they
> brought down one wolf, the 'newts however were few in
> number and were forced to flee.
>
> After this the population of Telmori increased
> dramatically. Some were in obviously nomadic bands
> with the most primitive of equipment. Others had small
> homestead, perhaps numbering twenty to fifty
> individuals. However, none of this prepared Karala for
> 'The Den': It was a huge settlement, at least by
> Telmori standards. Fully several hundred individuals
> and a like-number of wolves must live within the
> village, enclosed by wooden walls and surrounded by
> herds of cattle.
>
> The arrival of the group is evidently great news among
> The Den. Youngsters, human and wolf, run alongside the
> Mystic, Karala and the pack. They head to a large
> longhouse in the centre of the village guarded by
> bare-chested men with large Beast runes emblazoned on
> their breast. The fact they carry no arms seems to
> serve as testament to their might.
>
> Taken inside, out from the cool air, a feast of sorts
> seems to be in progress. At least score of Telmori and
> wolves are eating raw meat from various bowls and
> lapping water, as servants bring another cow to the
> table for slaughter. The smell of blood in the room is
> intense.
>
> At the head of the table, eating quite modestly is a
> very handsome regal-looking man with a carefully
> trimmed beard and dressed in the finest deerskin. He
> is being doted by at least three appreciative women.
> Open recognising the entry of the pack, he rises and
> gives greetings to the Mystic and the pack. He asks of
> news and receives the story of the Fellowship's
> meeting.
>
> He looks over Karala and the great white wolf and
> introduces himself: "I am Estevan, Leader of the Pack
> of The Den. You claim to be our Saviour, who will
> remove our curse. Interesting that you would be found
> by those who would prevent our vengence against the
> people of Talor the Deceiver."
>
> "Perhaps you should explain yourself, and then stay
> for us for a special dinner when the sun sets...."
>
>
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