Post by kyri on Apr 24, 2020 20:47:16 GMT 1
**The Gert Verm** (local translation ...The Big Worm..or Dragon or more corectly Wyvern in Somersetshire, England)
Kyri woke and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, stretching she rolled over in her treasured wooly mammoth hide and
stared out over the forest below, the sun was rising behind the inn and she stretched again unwilling to leave
the warmth of her hide, the balcony she had slept on ran the west side of the inn so that each room opened onto
it, in someplaces like outside her room it extended over the cliff a little, on dry nights putting her hide down
she slept under the stars with the sounds and smells of the forest below, a shrill cry disturbed her she got up
to investigate, walking down to the southern end of the balcony she looked out from the clifftop over the plains
and wastes, a movement caught her eye in the distance, she watched it for a long time.
Behind her a door opened, she heard Stratosphere walk out onto the woodwork, she waved him over and pointed out
over plain, he rubbed at his eyes and his jaw dropped.
"That what I think it is?" he asked.
"That depends on how hung over you are, its either a bald pink mammoth or a sodding great flying lizard of the
fire breathing variety, I`ll give you a clue, I saw it roast some dodos", they watched as its wings spread and
it took to the air.
"It`s even bigger than the stories I`ve heard, it`s magnificent," his voice dropped an octave, "it`s bloody well
getting closer!" he put his hand to his belt grabbing at his axe, they watched as the beast flew past to the west
over the Great (BIG) forest and on over the platau landing on the higher slopes of The Spine, it cried out the
sound echoed round the mountains.
"I`ll watch the bugger and see which way it moves" the far away look on her face went unnoticed by her companion,
"I`ll shout out if it comes close".
"Aye, let me know, An I`ll do some stylish running the fuk away" he walked quietly back into his home and closed
the door.
Kyri walked back to her room on the north end of the balcony and rolled up her hide bed, packing it away in her
room she quickly put on her padded leather armour and kite shield, her new Bastard sword and a pack containing
her healing drafts, happy she had everything she needed she went back out on the balcony, the dragon was closer
now across the platau chewing on something large, Stratosphere was watching it with a young Norsk.
"It took a teratorn right out of the sky, this is Jeronimo", Stratosphere nodded to the young Norsk.
"Greetings Jeronimo!, don`t worry we don`t have dragons dropping by everyday!" she said grinning, the tall Norsk
nodded and continued to stare northwards.
"Not Dragons no, there have been reports of odd things though, pink elephants,spinning rooms and sudden illnesses
after drinking anything Kyri has brewed up", Stratosphere stated, in the distance the dragon took to the air once
more, "Bloody things comming this way again!", the dragon soared over them, gliding out over the plain, it swooped
down roasting a wolf before snatching it up, it landed in a patch of wasteland nearby.
"Wow" Kyri breathed out softly, they watched as the dragon swallowed the wolf down, " I always thought that patch
looked like a dragon with no wings, from now on we should call it...The Dragon waste"
"Apt name given the amount of waste its just left there", Stratosphere chuckled as the beast finished relieving
itself and flew off to the west pouncing on its next meal nearby.
"What should we do about the beast?" Jeronimo asked, he had a deep voice and sounded as if he didn`t use it often.
"Not much we three can do about it, avoid being eaten is a start" Stratosphere stated, "but it is heading toward
Fellowship lands, they should be warned".
Kyri went to her room returning with her psionic bat making a fuss of the little creature she mentaly imparted the
message it would take to the Fellowship guild leaders, she held it for while petting it, the dragon flew off up
and landed again a little south west, she released the bat in a moment it was out of sight.
"Why the Fellowship?", asked Jeronimo.
"Well thats a good question, we are pretty much in the middle of the known lands here, and try to keep a neutral
postion between the two factions, in this case the beast is flying west toward what is considered Fellowship land,
if it were flying eastward we would inform the Forsaken leaders, our goal is to try to prevent the dragon killing
people, its always a hard call to make and not one we take lightly which is why we waited so long", Kyri said.
"Also we recently had the Skeleton army attack, which made our Inn inaccessable, the two factions made an pact to
rid the lands of it, that split the island pretty much down the middle of the Spine, that made this area in the
Fellowship half for clearing purposes", Stratosphere added.
"Well I`d better head out and keep an eye on the thing it will take time for any response to be formed and they
will need to know where it is", Kyri adjusted her gear and set off.
Kyri woke and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, stretching she rolled over in her treasured wooly mammoth hide and
stared out over the forest below, the sun was rising behind the inn and she stretched again unwilling to leave
the warmth of her hide, the balcony she had slept on ran the west side of the inn so that each room opened onto
it, in someplaces like outside her room it extended over the cliff a little, on dry nights putting her hide down
she slept under the stars with the sounds and smells of the forest below, a shrill cry disturbed her she got up
to investigate, walking down to the southern end of the balcony she looked out from the clifftop over the plains
and wastes, a movement caught her eye in the distance, she watched it for a long time.
Behind her a door opened, she heard Stratosphere walk out onto the woodwork, she waved him over and pointed out
over plain, he rubbed at his eyes and his jaw dropped.
"That what I think it is?" he asked.
"That depends on how hung over you are, its either a bald pink mammoth or a sodding great flying lizard of the
fire breathing variety, I`ll give you a clue, I saw it roast some dodos", they watched as its wings spread and
it took to the air.
"It`s even bigger than the stories I`ve heard, it`s magnificent," his voice dropped an octave, "it`s bloody well
getting closer!" he put his hand to his belt grabbing at his axe, they watched as the beast flew past to the west
over the Great (BIG) forest and on over the platau landing on the higher slopes of The Spine, it cried out the
sound echoed round the mountains.
"I`ll watch the bugger and see which way it moves" the far away look on her face went unnoticed by her companion,
"I`ll shout out if it comes close".
"Aye, let me know, An I`ll do some stylish running the fuk away" he walked quietly back into his home and closed
the door.
Kyri walked back to her room on the north end of the balcony and rolled up her hide bed, packing it away in her
room she quickly put on her padded leather armour and kite shield, her new Bastard sword and a pack containing
her healing drafts, happy she had everything she needed she went back out on the balcony, the dragon was closer
now across the platau chewing on something large, Stratosphere was watching it with a young Norsk.
"It took a teratorn right out of the sky, this is Jeronimo", Stratosphere nodded to the young Norsk.
"Greetings Jeronimo!, don`t worry we don`t have dragons dropping by everyday!" she said grinning, the tall Norsk
nodded and continued to stare northwards.
"Not Dragons no, there have been reports of odd things though, pink elephants,spinning rooms and sudden illnesses
after drinking anything Kyri has brewed up", Stratosphere stated, in the distance the dragon took to the air once
more, "Bloody things comming this way again!", the dragon soared over them, gliding out over the plain, it swooped
down roasting a wolf before snatching it up, it landed in a patch of wasteland nearby.
"Wow" Kyri breathed out softly, they watched as the dragon swallowed the wolf down, " I always thought that patch
looked like a dragon with no wings, from now on we should call it...The Dragon waste"
"Apt name given the amount of waste its just left there", Stratosphere chuckled as the beast finished relieving
itself and flew off to the west pouncing on its next meal nearby.
"What should we do about the beast?" Jeronimo asked, he had a deep voice and sounded as if he didn`t use it often.
"Not much we three can do about it, avoid being eaten is a start" Stratosphere stated, "but it is heading toward
Fellowship lands, they should be warned".
Kyri went to her room returning with her psionic bat making a fuss of the little creature she mentaly imparted the
message it would take to the Fellowship guild leaders, she held it for while petting it, the dragon flew off up
and landed again a little south west, she released the bat in a moment it was out of sight.
"Why the Fellowship?", asked Jeronimo.
"Well thats a good question, we are pretty much in the middle of the known lands here, and try to keep a neutral
postion between the two factions, in this case the beast is flying west toward what is considered Fellowship land,
if it were flying eastward we would inform the Forsaken leaders, our goal is to try to prevent the dragon killing
people, its always a hard call to make and not one we take lightly which is why we waited so long", Kyri said.
"Also we recently had the Skeleton army attack, which made our Inn inaccessable, the two factions made an pact to
rid the lands of it, that split the island pretty much down the middle of the Spine, that made this area in the
Fellowship half for clearing purposes", Stratosphere added.
"Well I`d better head out and keep an eye on the thing it will take time for any response to be formed and they
will need to know where it is", Kyri adjusted her gear and set off.