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Agerzam of the Brokenstripe Pride stared at the cluster of claws. Shiny, black, razor-pointed … each hung from a leather cord, and dangled tiredly from the tip of the weathered, cracked cactus wood staff resting across his lap. The staff was a symbol of his power and position in the Pride. Power. Position. Ironic, those, given the catastrophe they now faced. | Agerzam of the Brokenstripe Pride stared at the cluster of claws. Shiny, black, razor-pointed … each hung from a leather cord, and dangled tiredly from the tip of the weathered, cracked cactus wood staff resting across his lap. The staff was a symbol of his power and position in the Pride. Power. Position. Ironic, those, given the catastrophe they now faced. | ||
His distantly leonine features should have lent his face a certain softness. Instead, the barely-noticeable fur on his cheeks was patched and ragged, and his slightly slanted eyes were yellowed and tight. | His distantly leonine features should have lent his face a certain softness. Instead, the barely-noticeable fur on his cheeks was patched and ragged, and his slightly slanted eyes were yellowed and tight. | ||
- | Agerzam looked across the fire at what was left of the Pride. Lemtuna, his mate, was sitting next to Erasmus, their last surviving son; her hand covered his. She didn't bother murmuring words of false comfort. She knew this wasn't the time. She always knew. They'd lost all three of their other young in the past year. Two to a wolfpack. One to the Clench, the same illness that had taken Thiyya, Erasmus' | + | Agerzam looked across the fire at what was left of the Pride. Lemtuna, his mate, was sitting next to Erasmus, their last surviving son; her hand covered his. She didn't bother murmuring words of false comfort. She knew this wasn't the time. She always knew. They'd lost all three of their other young in the past year. Two to a wolfpack. One to the Clench, the same illness that had taken Thiyya, Erasmus' |
- | Come morning, Brokenstripe Pride was down to a grand total of three members. Thiyya' | + | Come morning, Brokenstripe Pride was down to a grand total of three members. Thiyya' |
Two years. Nine lost. Catastrophe wasn't the word. Power and position as Pride Shaman? It didn't seem to have counted for much. The next Flowering was just six months off. Every Pride within a month' | Two years. Nine lost. Catastrophe wasn't the word. Power and position as Pride Shaman? It didn't seem to have counted for much. The next Flowering was just six months off. Every Pride within a month' | ||
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Humans, elves and even stranger creatures ... they bonded together without being part of the same Pride. They allied themselves with powerful creatures who could shield them from harm and cure their illnesses. The Prides lacked this strength. | Humans, elves and even stranger creatures ... they bonded together without being part of the same Pride. They allied themselves with powerful creatures who could shield them from harm and cure their illnesses. The Prides lacked this strength. | ||
- | He left the wild behind. Over the next year, Erasmus joined every faith and cult that would have him. He learned their ways, sought their divine solace, and pledged to them his allegiance. He saw no conflict in promising himself to dozens. He would build a new Pride that was strong enough to survive anything and, in time, would seek out his father and mother to return them to the fold. | + | He left the wild behind. Over the next year, Erasmus joined every faith and cult that would have him((Erathis, Pelor, Melora, Ehlonna, Heironeous, Obad-Hai, St. Cuthbert, Fharlanghn and even Bane)). He learned their ways, sought their divine solace, and pledged to them his allegiance. He saw no conflict in promising himself to dozens. He would build a new Pride that was strong enough to survive anything and, in time, would seek out his father and mother to return them to the fold. |
His fierce instinct to protect his new Pride is inbred. After taking tutelage in several religions, he expanded the boundary of his new Pride to include the entire Lost Kingdom and joined the militia. He broke his cactus staff in two and fashioned a proper weapon ... a flail ... from the pieces. His crossbow skills remain sharp. | His fierce instinct to protect his new Pride is inbred. After taking tutelage in several religions, he expanded the boundary of his new Pride to include the entire Lost Kingdom and joined the militia. He broke his cactus staff in two and fashioned a proper weapon ... a flail ... from the pieces. His crossbow skills remain sharp. | ||
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As the game starts, Erasmus Brokenstripe is transferring yet again to a new garrison, in seek of a new group of friends to add to his Pride. | As the game starts, Erasmus Brokenstripe is transferring yet again to a new garrison, in seek of a new group of friends to add to his Pride. | ||
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