Sometimes you don’t realize what you have until it’s taken from you. That must be how Gnorman felt about losing his daughter Ezmerelda. Adventure can be fun but I learned it’s also very dangerous. I made two mistakes that almost cost the life of my best friend Kano. Seeing the end of our adventure I called on my friend to rush heedlessly into battle, only to be ambushed and hurt very badly.
Being a guardian of nature and of life, I need to be more responsible to protect the sanctity of life and the purity of nature. After my friends lost all of their armor to an unnatural creature that turned metal to rust we needed to make our way down a deep pit. Carelessly I decided to save time and tie Kano to me while we were lowered down the hole by my new friends, but they couldn’t support all of the weight. We fell a long way down and got hurt really bad, luckily Groehl was able to heal us and I should have learned my lesson there to be more careful. Foolishly I sent Kano ahead to fight but he was ambushed from behind and was critically injured. After a hard fought battle against rogue goblins and two baby dragons we were able to save Ezmerelda and the shipment of weapons her father Gnorman had lost. We did find a note though, saying “If what you say is true, my master would also be interested in the girl’s talents. Bring her to Raven’s Lake and we shall see about making a deal.”
We decided that before we investigate the note further we should take Ezmerelda home to her father. Little did we know that someone else was already waiting for us. After completing our goal we were all happily going back to town when Rorrin stopped dead in his tracks. We looked up to find kobalt archers with bows drawn and the Hobgoblin standing proudly in the road like a lion over his prey. The Hobgoblin stated that he would be taking the girl from us and asked if we had found his Elven items of great worth. Then the realization came to me, the items of worth…..the baby dragons….of course. Trying my best to calm the hobgoblin I explained that the gnomes had released them to kill us and that we had no choice but to in turn destroy them. To my surprise the hobgoblin seemed less interested in the dragons than Ezmerelda. He said that he would take her as payment for destroying his master’s property. After learning my lesson about how precious life truly is I knew that Gnorman would be devastated to hear that his daughter was carried away by this brute. I flatly stated to the hobgoblin that he would have to come through me to get to the girl and the rest of the party agreed. Fueled by our righteous desire to see this young girl safely returned we swiftly jumped into battle. During the fight the hobgoblin fired his bow and struck Groehl in the shoulder. Turning to see if the wound was serious I saw a familiar sight. The arrow….the markings…..the same as those found in my friends the deer; he was the one that caused their needless deaths! Springing into action I directed Kano to go around behind the hobgoblin to surprise him from behind. Kano found a sure grip around the hobgoblins ankle and pulled him to the ground to be finished off by Lochlan driving a spear directly into his face.
Upon arriving back at Barga, Gnorman was reunited with is daughter. It was a wonderful celebration and we were invited to Westdel to recover from our fight and get the supplies we needed. Upon arriving we were celebrated as heroes and honored for bring this family back together. There we met a trader dwarf named Brunswick Deboer who agreed to buy the items we had recovered for their full value as thanks for our deeds. I thanked him for his kindness but stated that I was paid in full when I saw the natural order of a family being brought back together as they should be. I’m glad to have some time to relax; it has given me time to think about my duties as a guardian of nature. I only hope that when placed in a difficult spot again I will use the knowledge that nature has supplied me to behave in a way that will bring peace and balance to the natural order and preserve the sanctity of the land. |
