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2004 Adventure Reviews
(reviews of games
through
the eyes of the characters
as written by the players)
Cooncarin's Synopsis on "Home
Sweet Home"
written by Sergio Meyer
Finding (and saving) my people:
A story written in the perspective of Cooncarin Trunks
It had started out just like any day with me off to the shipyard to do
my work, when a knock came to my door. Even though I was late I
answered the door and to my surprise it was a half elf, and a female at
that. Her name was Umberi and she was asking for my help. (At this
point I was willing to do anything for her.) It turns out the few
adventures I’ve been on have made me more famous then I thought,
because a small village north of Givemea was in danger and required my
help. She said she knew who I was and that she was hoping my friends
and I would help her save the village from some hill giants. I accepted
and offered her a place to stay the night. She agreed but only if her
friends and brother could stay too. I accepted and soon her brother
Sanuel, and friends Brader and Berker were making themselves at home in
my home.
The next morning I found my usually crew and a few
new members to come with me. After we had gathered our gear, the gnome
and dwarf started to argue about something, but also found something
they agreed on, namely that they hated Half Elves. They tried to hide
it from me by speaking a different language but unfortunately for them
I understood them. Most embarissing on their part I’m sure. We almost
got to the village when we were attacked by some small ugly humanoids.
They attacked with their fists and I knew they didn’t stand a chance
against us. We finished them off with minimal damage, to me anyway. I
had to use my clerical spells to heal a couple of friends and we were
off again. The two worst fighters of the battle, the gnome and dwarf,
decided to celebrate the successful battle by smoking. I had no idea
how addicting that stuff must be for such small creatures. It seems to
be affecting their battle too.
After two days of traveling we arrived in the
village. We set up a place to sleep and made plans for the attack the
next day. To bad for us the hill giants had different plans. In the
middle of the night tons of buildings were being demolished by
humongous boulders. We had no choice but to put our armor on and
prepare to attack. It took a while but it was deffinitly worth it. We
then continued outside and charged for a surprise attack. We all took
diffirent directions to kill them quicker. I was pretty sure we could
handle them two on one, but it was very close. I was paired with the
gnome, but he was absoulutly no help. The second we found the giant he
was knocked unconscious by a rock and I was left alone. I managed to
kill him by myself but I was very close to death. I healed the gnome
(His name was Merry, but we’ll still call him The Gnome) and we left to
find the others. By the time we got there the battles were all over.
Two were dead, but two ran away. We also found out that Sanuel and
Berko were dead. The village was devastated and the villagers begged us
to kill the last two. We were happy to because we knew there was plenty
of treasure in a hill giants lair. The next morning we headed out with
Brader and found the last two. We managed to kill them pretty fast and
found plenty of gold. Enough to make me happy anyway.
On the way home there were a few confontations, but
mostly between each other. The gnome and Dwarf kept fighting, so I was
forced to split them up with the help of some magic. After arriving
into Givemea I successfully bought a magical shield and then donated
some gold to the church. In the end I completed my first major quest
and met a village of my own kind. But this isn’t enough for me, because
I hope to be the most powerful half elf ever to prove those evil racist
men and women wrong about us mix breeds. Oh yeah, I also was happy to
learn from the Gods that I was born from two half elves and they were
married. This means I’m a purebred half elf, and not a bastard either.