[HQ Ignorance] The HeroQuest begins!

[Lev Lafayette]

On the midnight hour, high in the mountains west of
Zorakarkat the assembly begain their ritual. A score
of Dark Priests led by the demigod Arkat Trollkin
himself, shimmering in an aura of darkness, began to
re-enact the ritual of Makla Man. Members of the
Fellowship assisted each in their own way: Jareena
encouraged the others by recollecting how the many
races of Arkat's party were required for the rescue,
and so it was the same here.  Azhur wore the cassock
of liturgist from the Battle Seers Chapter of the New
Hrestoli Church held an ecumenical mass. Icthya caused
great chaos by engaging in a chase through the midst
of the ritual with Tuniuki being chased by a small
wolf; despite the distraction however, the head Dark
Priest was able to improvise narration of the hunt and
chase with success.

But it was the one called "The Beast" who was supposed
to take the role of Arkat Trollkin in re-enacting the
myth. Despite prompts from the various Dark Priests
and even members of the Fellowship, the troll stood
dumbstruck, an increasingly comical in the regal
outfit provided by the Priests. The uncomfortable
silence grew into angry mutterings, and the darkness
aura around Arkat Trollking shimmered with great
intensity. He rose to his feet and took great strides
towards the actor. Curling his fists into great balls,
the Dark Troll merely mumbled "I don't know how to do
this". Arkat bellowed that his brought great shame
upon all Trolls and in front of other races; that he
was like a trollkin, perhaps born in a litter of
whelps - and with that he pummelled "The Beast" around
the head until he fell to the ground, bloody and
unconscious.

[Inaction constitutes a fumble; and the barrier
achieved a critical success! That means a total defeat
for the Beast; the character will be at -5 to all
future heroquesting and will receive a -5 reaction
penalty to all Trolls in Ralios. "The Beast" is also
unconscious.]

Unbeknownest to the assembly, Aalmon had engaged in
his own ritual, feeding off the chants in the
distance. With drawings on his wax tablet to aid the
ritual and prayers, his companion Baros danced among
the flames in worship of the moon. Aalmon called upon
the saints and gods of his strange religion and
returned to the main body. Around him there was a
faint red glow and his eyes seemed to reflect the moon
with the greatest intensity. He joked and laughed with
the others, but soon many of them began to fade,
becoming more ethereal. Members of the Fellowship
looked at Aalmon's visage in awe. "Whatever is
wrong?", he exclaimed, questioning. He raised his hand
to his face and felt the canine teeth, the elongated
snout. He had become a troll.

He had become Arkat, and he was leading the HeroQuest
for the rescue of Makla Mann. A distant baying could
be heard.

[Aalmon, this still costs a Hero Point for the
marginal success for breaking the barrier into the
Hero Plane]

[Reactions: The first station of the Quest, being
Doggerel; the pathway to confuse the wolves and hunters]


       
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