Wednesday, February 23, 2005

bit of fiction from me to you

In the small hollows of a halfling village in the verbobonc region there lived a woman and her child. the woman loved her child, though her husband was dead, she raised the child as best she could. the child was named dunkirk, after his father. he spent his youth doing much what any youth would do, getting into trouble. throughout the village there were many of the "clerics" of olidammara though he learned at an early age that these men were really his temple raiders. he was very fond of the temple raiders, and the true clerics. though he had no calling to magics, nor the divine touch. he failed most of his school work, but managed to pass by means of underhanded palming of notes, swiping test keys, switching names on tests, etc. his actions in schoool earned him the name "quickfingers" through his class mates. as he grew his mother filled his head with stories of his father nimbly dodging traps, and stepping in and out of battles, casting spells by the power of the laughing rogue, and generally doing everything he expected temple raiders to do. but then he realised one day after besting three of the best temple raiders around in a lock picking test that he was ment for much more nimble engagements. he loved rubbing his accomplishments in the noses of the local clerics. once old enough he left his home town and managed to make friends of a handful of elves, a human, and a half elf. he joined the hardiggan league without hesitation, because he loved to hear and tell the stories of others. through out his life he gained more and more accuracy with a simple shortbow, to the point that he began to look into being an archer, but his calling came crashing back into view on his first true adventure, when he managed to thwart a few traps and many kobolds. so he settled on his life as an adventurer and has since taken to calling himself such. he refuses to be a rogue, and despises anyone that would call him a thief, even more then thief he hates the title of hero, always noting that heros are told of in stories and legends, adventurers are told of in the here and now.