Post by jamesd on May 5, 2013 15:14:18 GMT -5
well I finally have time to type this out, I doubt anyone will read this any time soon but whatever, I did say I would give him a conclusion and here it is.
Following his last quest with the guild in New hope Crator decides to visit his mothers grave in his home town. A small hamlet nearly untouched by the black water. The town is nearly indistinguishable from any other save for a large adamantine boulder in the town square, missing nothing but a small piece from one side.
When he strides into town the people crowd around him, asking why the guild only sent one warrior. It turns out that a small force has decided to conquer any lands still pure and infect them with the black water, for reasons no one understands.
Being the Barbarian that he is, not knowing what he is up against he agrees to stand and fight these mad men and save his home from its time of need. He has less than a single week to prepare himself.
He spends the week doing what he would always do, communing with Toss Boss once a day, having a pleasant chat, and smashing things because its fun.
Finally the day the force finally comes into range of the village, Crator can see clearly that they vastly out number him, at least a thousand soldiers if not more dot the distance. Crator, knowing this may be his end, communes with Toss Boss one final time as he prepares to meet his end.
He does not wait for them to come to him, he goes and faces them head on.
Flying into a rage Crator and his Sword (who was entirely against this idea from the begining, as he is in fact smarter than the halfling that uses him, but offers his services none the less and casts the spells required.) With Stone Skin, rage powers and an intelligent sword Crator flies to meet his foes that would destroy his home.
Almost as soon as he arrives he is surrounded, but in an instant every soldier around him falls and he calls for more fools to meet their death. Confident in their numbers countless more rush him and meet the same fate.
Many hours later, countless lie dead at the hands of the barbarian, now showing signs of fatigue and injury, the leader of these soldiers, a dark figure, steps forward.
He offers the barbairan a place of honour among his men, for only the strong deserve to live in this world.
In response Crator spits acid in his face and swings his sword, lobbing off the generals arm, stating quite simply "So long as I live, evil will fall".
Clutching his wound the general responds, "So be it" and orders the remaining legions to put an end to Crator and march on to the village.
As Crator lies dying in the mud a sound is heard, and the adamantine boulder from the town square is seen hurling towards the general, it lands directly on him, killing him instantly. Fearing for their lives the last remaining soldiers flee never to be seen again.
Not long after Crator succumbs to his wounds, a smile on his face.
Many decades later the only thing that remains of the battle is the adamantine boulder, and a simple statue in the town square. The statue is of a halfling with the visage of a dragon. The only inscription that exists on the marker reads "Here lies Crator, he died doing the right thing" and below that a small symbol that the villagers dont recognize. Legend stated that a rather large fellow appeared the day the inscription was made, placed his finger on the stone and left, and that symbol was the only proof that he was ever there.
The villagers maintain that whenever they are in a time of crises, Crator, their protector, almost a god unto himself in their eyes, would rise up once more to save them again, and took the symbol as proof of this.
Scholars that could understand such a symbol would later find its meaning, it was a religious symbol for the followers of a barbarian god known as Toson Borboss, long lost to history, and it could be found on every grave of a worshiper of his that died in a bad ass way, and the story was always the same, a rather large mysterious figure appeared once the grave marker was placed, touched the stone and left, attempts to remove the symbol, or copy it, always ended in failure and sometimes death by a large mysterious rock that would land on them and then vanish.
They scholars began calling it the Toss Boss seal of approval.
And so ends the story of Crator the Barbarian.
Following his last quest with the guild in New hope Crator decides to visit his mothers grave in his home town. A small hamlet nearly untouched by the black water. The town is nearly indistinguishable from any other save for a large adamantine boulder in the town square, missing nothing but a small piece from one side.
When he strides into town the people crowd around him, asking why the guild only sent one warrior. It turns out that a small force has decided to conquer any lands still pure and infect them with the black water, for reasons no one understands.
Being the Barbarian that he is, not knowing what he is up against he agrees to stand and fight these mad men and save his home from its time of need. He has less than a single week to prepare himself.
He spends the week doing what he would always do, communing with Toss Boss once a day, having a pleasant chat, and smashing things because its fun.
Finally the day the force finally comes into range of the village, Crator can see clearly that they vastly out number him, at least a thousand soldiers if not more dot the distance. Crator, knowing this may be his end, communes with Toss Boss one final time as he prepares to meet his end.
He does not wait for them to come to him, he goes and faces them head on.
Flying into a rage Crator and his Sword (who was entirely against this idea from the begining, as he is in fact smarter than the halfling that uses him, but offers his services none the less and casts the spells required.) With Stone Skin, rage powers and an intelligent sword Crator flies to meet his foes that would destroy his home.
Almost as soon as he arrives he is surrounded, but in an instant every soldier around him falls and he calls for more fools to meet their death. Confident in their numbers countless more rush him and meet the same fate.
Many hours later, countless lie dead at the hands of the barbarian, now showing signs of fatigue and injury, the leader of these soldiers, a dark figure, steps forward.
He offers the barbairan a place of honour among his men, for only the strong deserve to live in this world.
In response Crator spits acid in his face and swings his sword, lobbing off the generals arm, stating quite simply "So long as I live, evil will fall".
Clutching his wound the general responds, "So be it" and orders the remaining legions to put an end to Crator and march on to the village.
As Crator lies dying in the mud a sound is heard, and the adamantine boulder from the town square is seen hurling towards the general, it lands directly on him, killing him instantly. Fearing for their lives the last remaining soldiers flee never to be seen again.
Not long after Crator succumbs to his wounds, a smile on his face.
Many decades later the only thing that remains of the battle is the adamantine boulder, and a simple statue in the town square. The statue is of a halfling with the visage of a dragon. The only inscription that exists on the marker reads "Here lies Crator, he died doing the right thing" and below that a small symbol that the villagers dont recognize. Legend stated that a rather large fellow appeared the day the inscription was made, placed his finger on the stone and left, and that symbol was the only proof that he was ever there.
The villagers maintain that whenever they are in a time of crises, Crator, their protector, almost a god unto himself in their eyes, would rise up once more to save them again, and took the symbol as proof of this.
Scholars that could understand such a symbol would later find its meaning, it was a religious symbol for the followers of a barbarian god known as Toson Borboss, long lost to history, and it could be found on every grave of a worshiper of his that died in a bad ass way, and the story was always the same, a rather large mysterious figure appeared once the grave marker was placed, touched the stone and left, attempts to remove the symbol, or copy it, always ended in failure and sometimes death by a large mysterious rock that would land on them and then vanish.
They scholars began calling it the Toss Boss seal of approval.
And so ends the story of Crator the Barbarian.
