Thursday, 4 July 2013

The Mercenaries... the Slayers.

The Slayers

The Slayers are a mixed bunch from various tribes who have taken up the challenge of ridding the populated areas of Dragons. Mostly gathered together in small bands of four or five, these bands are usually made up of Dwarfs and Humans but will occasionally have the odd Goblin or Dhurni in amongst them. A Mhurni will never become a mercenary or join them on their travels but will tend to their wounded should the need arise. These mercenary Slayers tend to travel from settlement to settlement; trading stories of their brave deeds for food, refreshment and lodgings. Amongst normal society, the Slayers are revered and are always welcomed. They are graded by the amount of fire-stones they have gathered and a ‘ten-stoner’ is considered a worthy and skilled veteran who will be treated very well as a guest in a noble household.

There are few Slayers that ever become a ten-stoner and fewer still who get much further but legends tell of rare veterans who have amassed a hundred fire-stones and who went to battle in smoking suits of power-stone armour; brandishing barbed spears and massive war-hammers.

This is a time of legends.


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