First, they faced a set of stairs which wasn’t really all that bad but said stairs were littered with brittle bones and the bodies of two bandits.
“Wonder what killed them?” Vilkas asked as Gunnar went through their pockets.
“Hmm… probably each other judging by these cuts” Gunnar said as he pocketed the last septuim “Crude… clumsy even…”
He stood up and listened a moment.
“Mages about, be careful pup”
“I can handle myself” Vilkas defended.
“Still, mages are tricky to deal with, I don’t want to see you get hit with a ball of fire or struck with lightning”
They pressed forward down the stairs and entered a chamber. At the far end of the chamber were two mages fighting against two bandits.
Gunnar cursed softly and pulled Vilkas behind a pillar.
“What do we do?” Vilkas whispered.
“Hmm” Gunnar scratched his chin in thought for a moment before unsheathing his large great sword. Very cautiously he peeked from behind the pillar.
Seeing no harm in it, Vilkas did the same from a crouch, wondering what the old man was thinking. Even a man of Gunnar’s caliber would have to be suicidal to take a mage head on, so simply rushing in there was simply out of the question.
The mages defeated the bandits, no really surprising. After fixing their robes like nothing had happened they ventured away from the scene of the battle and started towards a room off to the side. Likely to join their friends or look for any more wayward bandits.
Gunnar tensed slightly and lifted his sword, teeth clenched together in concentration and Vilkas vaguely wondered if he should have gotten out of the way.
One of the two mages caught up to the second and they began speaking in quiet tones. Standing together they were about to head into the hallway leading out, when they paused and then one moved in front of the other. That was when Gunnar took two hurried steps forward and tossed his greatsword with all his might.
The sword went slicing through the air, making the faintest whisper and going far too fast for the mages to even have noticed before the huge sword impaled both of them and then continued hurtling the lot inside the hallway. When the rather satisfying thunk of the sword likely impaling the hallway wall, Gunnar let out a grin and then went to go get his sword.
“…And did you know that would work?” Vilkas asked.
“Absolutely not, but it was pretty damn cool that it did didn’t it?” Gunnar smirked over his shoulder.
“For an old man you sure have the heart of a youngling” Vilkas sighed.
“What was that pup?”
“You heard me!”
After the first chamber had been looted of everything of value, they moved on into the hallway and then were faced with another set of stairs. This was one had a mangled mage corpse near the top and the another along with a Drauger corpse at the bottom. The sound of mages’ voices mingled with the gurgled grunts of the Drauger as the sounds of the two fighting came from just beyond.
“Sounds like fun” Gunnar grinned, pulling the last blooded coin from the dead mage “Ready to go?”
“We’re going to fighting them head on?” Vilkas asked skeptically.
“No, I’m gonna try something reckless”
He rushed down the stairs, Vilkas trying to keep up, and then hooked the sharp turn that lead into the room where the mages and the Drauger were fighting. The old warrior came to such an abrupt stop at the door that Vilkas crashed into his back and was sent arse first to the ground.
“Fus, RO!”
It seemed that the very foundation of the structure shook with the power of Gunnar’s voice. And as the echo of his voice slowly drifted through the building, a sort of deafening silence came over the air.
“HA!” Gunnar’s booming voice shattered the strange silence “I didn’t get tossed back this time!”
Vilkas peered around the old man to see that the bodies of the mages and of the Drauger were strewn about the floor of the next room, all dead.
“What, gonna sit there all day pup? Come on!” Gunnar grinned, holding out a hand for Vilkas.
Vilkas just shook his head and then took the offered hand.
This certainly was the start of an interesting adventure.
(Alright, so a good point was brought up in the comments and I’d like to know what you guys think, should I kill or keep Kodlak?)
Old Scales 17/?
“Wonder what killed them?” Vilkas asked as Gunnar went through their pockets.
“Hmm… probably each other judging by these cuts” Gunnar said as he pocketed the last septuim “Crude… clumsy even…”
He stood up and listened a moment.
“Mages about, be careful pup”
“I can handle myself” Vilkas defended.
“Still, mages are tricky to deal with, I don’t want to see you get hit with a ball of fire or struck with lightning”
They pressed forward down the stairs and entered a chamber. At the far end of the chamber were two mages fighting against two bandits.
Gunnar cursed softly and pulled Vilkas behind a pillar.
“What do we do?” Vilkas whispered.
“Hmm” Gunnar scratched his chin in thought for a moment before unsheathing his large great sword. Very cautiously he peeked from behind the pillar.
Seeing no harm in it, Vilkas did the same from a crouch, wondering what the old man was thinking. Even a man of Gunnar’s caliber would have to be suicidal to take a mage head on, so simply rushing in there was simply out of the question.
The mages defeated the bandits, no really surprising. After fixing their robes like nothing had happened they ventured away from the scene of the battle and started towards a room off to the side. Likely to join their friends or look for any more wayward bandits.
Gunnar tensed slightly and lifted his sword, teeth clenched together in concentration and Vilkas vaguely wondered if he should have gotten out of the way.
One of the two mages caught up to the second and they began speaking in quiet tones. Standing together they were about to head into the hallway leading out, when they paused and then one moved in front of the other. That was when Gunnar took two hurried steps forward and tossed his greatsword with all his might.
The sword went slicing through the air, making the faintest whisper and going far too fast for the mages to even have noticed before the huge sword impaled both of them and then continued hurtling the lot inside the hallway. When the rather satisfying thunk of the sword likely impaling the hallway wall, Gunnar let out a grin and then went to go get his sword.
“…And did you know that would work?” Vilkas asked.
“Absolutely not, but it was pretty damn cool that it did didn’t it?” Gunnar smirked over his shoulder.
“For an old man you sure have the heart of a youngling” Vilkas sighed.
“What was that pup?”
“You heard me!”
After the first chamber had been looted of everything of value, they moved on into the hallway and then were faced with another set of stairs. This was one had a mangled mage corpse near the top and the another along with a Drauger corpse at the bottom. The sound of mages’ voices mingled with the gurgled grunts of the Drauger as the sounds of the two fighting came from just beyond.
“Sounds like fun” Gunnar grinned, pulling the last blooded coin from the dead mage “Ready to go?”
“We’re going to fighting them head on?” Vilkas asked skeptically.
“No, I’m gonna try something reckless”
He rushed down the stairs, Vilkas trying to keep up, and then hooked the sharp turn that lead into the room where the mages and the Drauger were fighting. The old warrior came to such an abrupt stop at the door that Vilkas crashed into his back and was sent arse first to the ground.
“Fus, RO!”
It seemed that the very foundation of the structure shook with the power of Gunnar’s voice. And as the echo of his voice slowly drifted through the building, a sort of deafening silence came over the air.
“HA!” Gunnar’s booming voice shattered the strange silence “I didn’t get tossed back this time!”
Vilkas peered around the old man to see that the bodies of the mages and of the Drauger were strewn about the floor of the next room, all dead.
“What, gonna sit there all day pup? Come on!” Gunnar grinned, holding out a hand for Vilkas.
Vilkas just shook his head and then took the offered hand.
This certainly was the start of an interesting adventure.
(Alright, so a good point was brought up in the comments and I’d like to know what you guys think, should I kill or keep Kodlak?)