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429 AC Wildrunner Story One: Special Mission
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 4, 2023, 9:19 pm
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter One: Special Mission
Hythanas Ambrodel Created by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook
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Characters in this tale
Qualinesti/Silvanesti culture and identity have become so
intertwined by this point during the long exile. But for
purposes of identifying Characters-
Captain Hythanas Ambrodel- Wildrunner Qualinesti, light hair,
young, brave,
Falael Shadowstrider Wildrunner, male, solid commando of
Silvanesti, dark hair
Saida Willowsong Wildrunner, female -all elves are archers; she
is one of the best. From Silvanesti - dark hair
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 Miles of Neraka
The Windriders drop the wildrunners, under the cover of
darkness, at their landing point on the side of a mountain and
depart to head to the extraction zone many miles away. On the
watch for Dragons.
The Wildrunners are now alone, deep in enemy territory. Nowhere
is safe. The Elves are draped in elven cloaks. They move with
assured and steady quickness. They know they have until the sun
comes up to reach the extraction point, so they move with a
purpose. Not a part of their elven armor rattles, everything has
been soundproofed with material, tying down anything that might
make an unwanted noise. They each have a firebane shield on
their backs. Armed with knives, an elven long sword, and their
bow, and an extra capacity quiver of arrows that is fitted to
not rattle around.
Their mission is to get the Giants mad enough to give chase, and
lead them into the Dark Knight army that is camping.
They make good time to their destination, careful not to make
any sound.
They reach their targets. A group of six Giants that has claimed
this section against ogres and Dark Knights.
The Elves observe that the Giants are arguing about which of
them is taller.
The Elves line up their shots with their bows and nock their
arrows. They aim, and Captain Hythanas Ambrodel tells them in a
quiet elvish voice- “good luck, fire.”
#Post#: 208--------------------------------------------------
Wildrunner Chapter Two: Move
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 4, 2023, 11:50 pm
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Two: Move [/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 Miles of Neraka
The arrows hit their marks.
All three arrows hit the calf area in the back of the legs. They
fire again at the other three, moments later an arrow without an
arrowhead strikes the tallest one in the face.
Not many things can pierce a Giant’s tough hide, but these do,
and they hurt. They look for the culprits and don’t see
anything. More arrows strike their hands. And that is it. The
Giants come running in the direction the arrows are coming from.
“Move!” Hythanas says.
The three run back over the ridge and continue firing to make
sure they continue up the ridge.
The Giants are running now. One was struck in the eye and he is
yelling and running faster than all of them. The elves start
running all out. They run toward the Knights Camp.
The Giants are lost when they top the rise.
One of the archers shoots a fire arrow to catch their attention.
The Giants stumble down the rocky slope. They can see three
figures now. Running towards campfires.
The Giants start running.
The Elves full-on run toward the Dark Knight lines.
The elves stop and shoot the Dark Knight sentries closest to
them before the Dark Knights can react.
It doesn’t matter now anyway. The footfalls of the giants wake
up everyone in the camp.
The Elves run parallel to the camp and onto the next rise
Behind them, they hear the Giants catching up.
Horns begin blowing from the camp to get the Dark Knights into
formation.
It catches everyone’s attention and elves hide in their cloaks
when they see the Giants have turned towards the Sounds of the
Horns.
The Elves see the Giants and Dark Knights enter combat.
The elves run up the next rise and disappear.
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Wildrunner Chapter Three: Extrac-
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 5, 2023, 1:56 am
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Three: Extrac- [/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 Miles of Neraka
The three weary wildrunners arrive at their extraction point
fourteen minutes later, out of breath and hoping that their
extraction is coming.
They hear horns in the distance, then a strangled horn sound.
The distant footfalls tell them the giants are still alive.
There is a sound of flight, and a griffon lands above the elves,
on the side of the hill.
Falafel climbs aboard.
Their elf ears hear a different sound in the wind.
An uncontrollable fear grips them.
Saida and Captain Hythanas Ambrodel barely have time to move out
of the way of the Red Dragon that soars in and half-bites, half
rakes with front claws, and rips the first extraction Griffon
and riders apart.
Dragonfear washes over the area-
The two surviving wildrunners run for their lives and try to
hide.
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Wildrunner Chapter Four Hide
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 5, 2023, 5:08 pm
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Four Hide [/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 Miles of Neraka
Falael and the first extraction Windrider and Griffon team are
dead.
Captain Hythanas Ambrodel and Saida are hiding under their elven
cloaks and behind Firebane shields.
They don’t know if Extraction Two is alive or dead, left the
area, and are in hiding for their lives somewhere.
They know of Dragon Magic; they wonder if they have already been
detected. A couple more hours and the sun will be up. Dark
Knights and worse may comb this area for intruders.
High above, the Red Dragon known as Firestrike flies above the
area. He is sure he saw the elves go in this direction. The Red
lives and lords over this region.
The Wildrunners escaped with their lives. Now they are deep
behind enemy lines, with little hope of reaching the fallback
extraction point with the Red circling above. So, they wait.
Wondering if they can find a window to escape.
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Wildrunner Chapter Five: Red Dragon
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 8, 2023, 1:16 am
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Five: Red Dragon[/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 (or so) miles of Neraka
Nerve-wracking.
That has been the feeling all day.
They are not sure when they heard the last footfalls of the
Giants, but they have either fallen or retreated. The Wildruners
don’t know how successful their mission was as they have been
pinned down under their Cloaks of Elven-kind. The ever-present
threat of the Red Dragon that took out one of the Griffons and
their team member still haunts them. They watched the Red use
his fire breath weapon on a few passes where the Dragon thought
they were.
They wait for darkness to try to slip away.
Just then the Red Dragon lands seventy feet away and is looking
around. It begins sniffing the air.
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Wildrunner Chapter Six: Sacrifice
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 11, 2023, 8:56 pm
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Six: Sacrifice[/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 (or so) miles of Neraka
The Red Dragon Flamestrike is just seventy feet away.
The Good news. Flamestrike cannot use his breath weapon for a
while. The Bad news is he has his senses and he thinks he is on
to something.
Scenarios race through the elves’ heads of what the next play
is. Their lives only have minutes left unless they can pull off
a miracle. They are not entirely hopeful about their chances.
Seconds tick by, measured by…………
The Sun is at midday.
Tension mounts.
Both elves know now that either one of them has to sacrifice, to
draw the Dragon away so that at least one of them might escape
and live.
Saida thinks it over. Captain Hythanas Ambrodel will offer, he
always does. But he is important to the cause and the Nation.
I’m just good with a bow and arrow. The blood of a great house
must be preserved.
While Hythanas is praying to some good god, any one of them to
watch over his wife and child, and his sisters. He’s ready to
commit to sacrificing himself, but he’s not ready to die. His
beloved wife, his baby boy. He’s caught between the need to live
for them and the duty that tells him to give it all up for the
cause. He hesitates.
He sees her get up and run as far and as fast as she can, all
while nocking an arrow to her beautiful elven bow. An award won
at the Spring Dawning festival, back in the good days. She was
fifty-one, the youngest contestant. She beat them all. All of
them. She was one of the best.
At first, the Dragon doesn’t react, it's surprised as hell that
the elf appeared out of nowhere. He wonders how many more there
are. He curses that he wasted his Flame attacks on shadows and
rocks before. The Red Dragon thinks of different spells he could
cast as he watches the elf run. She has chosen a route that has
put boulders and rock formations in the way of a full-frontal
attack. He sees the Bow and Arrow and wonders if it would do
anything to him.
Flamestrike starts to plot his attack. He sees gaps in the
boulders, it seems this one is playing a game.
#Post#: 263--------------------------------------------------
Wildrunner Chapter Seven: Saida
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 13, 2023, 3:52 am
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Seven: Saida[/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
Within 50 (or so) miles of Neraka
The Red Dragon Flamestrike has lost the elf.
She may be behind that outcropping there. He starts moving
toward the land formation. They are not there, but they were.
He looks around and for a moment, in his left eye, he sees
movement where there wasn't before but that made no sense unless
He hears the Bowstring release
Saida's shot is true; the last thing Flamestrike's right eye saw
was the arrow that punctured it.
He waves his great head in pain and agony and anger.
The moment he tries seeing with his left eye, a second later, an
arrow pierces that one as well. A shot from Hythanas.
Flamestrike is enraged. He begins lashing out everywhere. He
tries to fly but fears it will crash into the mountains. He
lands and roars in anger.
The Wildrunners run from the area.
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Wildrunner Chapter Seven: The End of Flamestrike
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 16, 2023, 12:21 am
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[center]Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Seven The End of Flamestrike [/center]
They run. They hear the Red curse them. They then hear it
running for them. It's still back there, but he must have their
scent. The ground shifts and the wildrunners run and jump as a
Tylor rises from under the ground.
A Giant wingless Dragon, a descendant of a mated Dragon and
Hatori)
The Red is coming into its territory. Never mind the Elves, it
goes for the Red. They clash with one another, and the fight is
on.
The Wildrunners take their bearings and go by what they know of
the area, There are ogres, Hill Giants, Dak Knights, Dragons,
Tylors, and whatever else that’s out here.
One thing at a time. They check how many arrows they have left.
They have 24 between them. They will conserve unless they have
no choice.
“Thank you,” Hythanas says to his fellow Wildrunner. “I know
you were going to sacrifice yourself. I’m sorry.
Saida says, “Don’t be, one of us had to do something. We just
ended up changing the dynamic. If you hadn’t tried to get
closer, it wouldn’t have worked. What were you doing? Going to
use your sword?
He flushes a bit; “I was trying to make up for my cowardness. I
didn’t even think about changing the angles. It turned out
perfectly, I thought we were goners.”
Well, we are not out of this yet, as you say, there are still
ogres, hill giants, and who knows what else. Saida replies.
What do you think? Lowlands or Highlands?”
Lowlands and use the Highlands left open as an option.
And so they go.
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Wildrunner Chapter Eight: Ogres
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 18, 2023, 1:13 am
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[center]The Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Eight: Ogres [/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
In the shadows, the Wildrunners observe a group of Six Ogres. It
is an Ogre hunting party, looking for food.
They are sniffing around.
The elves try to find a way around. But they run into a scout.
Saida is kicked backwards, and Hythanas slices his leg at the
knee. The Ogre falls but punches at the elf, but Hythanas
sidesteps and cuts his arm off. Above the elbow and puts a
dagger into his throat. Hythanas checks on Saida. She’s holding
her chest, she says, and may have some fractured or broken ribs.
The Elves move around the Ogres as silently as they can. Every
once in a while, the winds shift, and they catch a whiff of elf,
but they see nothing.
Meanwhile, North of the Wildrunners,
Several miles behind them, a group of Skull Knights has been
sent into the hinterlands to track down possible elven agents in
the Neraka region. If they were involved with the giants, as the
arrows seem to indicate, they may have something to do with the
Red Dragon that was killed near here.
They confirm the Red Dragon was shot with elven arrows through
the eyes of the Red Dragon, The Tylor ate a lot of the rest of
the Dragon.
They begin traveling the route that would take to the Elven
Refuge. Hoping the elves are just ahead of them.
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Wildrunner Story One Chapter Nine: Unexpected Diversion
By: Dungeon Master Date: August 21, 2023, 9:00 pm
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[center]The Wildrunner
Story One
Chapter Nine Unexpected Diversion[/center]
Eastern Ansalon
Tamon Busuk Region
The Wildrunners are nearly out of the area until the Ogres find
the dead scout.
They are immediately on edge and on guard. Not seeing anything,
their senses rush into overtime. Sniff-sniff-Elves- and Human
Knights.
This confuses the Ogres; the leader sends two Ogres in each
direction.
The Elves use some tricks of the trade to confuse trackers, but
their sense of smell is going to be difficult to beat unless
they figure something out soon.
The Skull Knights had been trying to catch up with the Elves,
but were now hiding from the Ogres that were advancing toward
them.
One Ogre heading toward them suddenly falls to the ground, with
no apparent mark on his body. The Ogre calls out to his tribe
mates.
One of the Skull Knights overloaded the Ogre's thoughts with his
mental abilities. A fight ensues between the remaining Ogre the
two Skull knights.
The Wildrunners ambush the Ogres nearest to them.
Leaving the two that were left in the camp.
The Wildrunners depart the area.
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