Hell’s Warband Part 1
The gnolls came in the night. Ravaging and burning, the hyena-like monsters set fire to the outlying buildings in Breckenridge Falls so that they could play in the chaos. Except this time they didn’t just destroy, they also stole a child, a young elven girl with golden hair. She had worn a bonnet and had…
Hell’s Warband Part 2
They rode east towards the mountains as the night sky began to grey with the coming dawn. Stoutbelly rode behind Jed, and he helped navigate the rangers to the site of the massacre. There was hardly a need for direction; the black smoke in the morning sky would have been indicator enough. Black smoke means…
Hell’s Warband Part 3
The Fangs were a gang of bandits known in the area for rustling livestock and waylaying caravans. They were named for the fangs and tusks of various animals they used as symbols of rank; the more teeth, the higher their status. Their leader was a half-orc named Brutus, whom Dusty and Sige had tangled with…
Hell’s Warband Part 4
Both parties stared at each other for several long moments, neither making sudden moves. “Rangers, remount,” Dusty said calmly. Those that could, did so. Those who had been dismounted and whose horses had wandered away instead reloaded and took cover behind some of the fallen horses who had died in combat. Sige Sharp-Sighted rode up…
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