DORULL SAGA - SWAMP OF DEATH
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On a small hilltop plateau,
above the goblin city of Nual-Deu, commenced a rather strange, mystical ritual.
Roughly carved stone altar, embossed with the weird engravings, was lit by several, large torches. Two prisoners, tied to the heavy, wooden beams, stood
upright, and reclined against the massive rock, opposing the altar. Moorg, the
newly crowned goblin king, walked from left to right like possessed, in front
of them. He was shaking nervously, disappointedly looking at his amulet. He
knew he didn’t make any mistakes during the ritual, but still nothing had
happened. Eventually, irritated and angry, the goblin king hastily rushed back
to his quarters, leaving his prisoners puzzled.
“Your thoughts?” Grodish asked,
once the goblin disappeared down the slope.
“I think he expected something out
of that medallion, and if that meant our deaths, I'm not willing to stay here and
find it out.”
“I’ve been trying to break up these
ropes for days, but they won’t budge at all.”
“They are coated in magic, you
silly boy.” the orc laughed “Only thing that could untie them is a certain
phrase. A command.”
“A command, what kind of command?”
“Presumably of goblin origin, but
who knows?”
“So it seems, all is lost.”
Grodish spat on the ground.
Roshnak smiled a bit looking at
his grandson, but his face was soon enough gloomy again. Now that he met with
the goblin king, face to face, he came to realize a couple of things. Moorg was
just a pawn. The true power was within that amulet he carried around. And it
seemed almost certain that the goblin wasn’t quite sure how it worked, despite
showing some of its magic before. This was a worrying fact, because he could soon surely find out how to. In that case, he wished to be far away from here.
But how? Tied with these ropes, they couldn’t even begin to think about the escape.
“Nothing is lost yet, we are still
alive boy.” Roshnak said “Keep your chin up, enjoy the view.”
Sure enough, a sunset as beautiful
as this one, both of them hadn’t seen for a very long time. Roshnak only hoped
it wouldn’t be their last.
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