Write tragic backstory for BRB. Gulley prophet tells a story.
icelandic ballad:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6j7mUxGz20
Once there was a young man who loved his hard-working parents very much. "Some day I'll make you rich, my son," they would say before going to work.
"I'm already rich," he would answer, "I have you."
One day the parents saw a glint reflecting off the rim of a chasm so deep no one had ever seen the bottom of. Mostly due to the poisonous gas that filled it. They took all the precautions they could, held their breath, and rappelled down and found a breathtaking gem of unsurpassed size and beauty.
Upon returning home with the news, his clan cheered and threw a celebration! Suddenly this humble family was elevated to the top. Suddenly even their enemies were paying them compliments. Suddenly their lowly son no one had any interest in giving their daughters to was now the most sought-after bachelor.
But both parents soon fell ill. Likely weakened by the poison. They died in their sleep. In gaining wealth, the boy had lost his greatest treasures.
He couldn't bring himself to part with the gem his parents had given their lives for. People secretly began to call him greedy for not splitting the wealth with his guild or clan, but they continued to pretend to be his friends.
Alone at the family grave he poured his heart out. "Mom. Dad. I know this isn't what you wanted for me. There's endless arguments at the guild over who will inherit your gem after I die childless. I can't accept any marriage proposals without starting a violent feud. I can't even trust my old friends now who are hounded to twist my arm to favor their clans. I can't even give away your treasure knowing the kind of grief it would cause a good man... or the power it would give a corruptible one. All I wanted was you. You didn't have to risk yourselves for this thing."
More misery followed. Thieves ransacked his home. Bachelors became enraged with any family holding out for him to marry their daughter. Rumor spread that he'd buried the gem with his parents and their graves were robbed. When at last he could take no more, he cast the gem back into the abyss from whence it came.
Later blamed for the lives lost trying to recover it, he was disowned and cast out by clan and guild. He wound up here in the garbage heap. Here at last, amid the unwanted he found a new treasure. Among the scorned he was embraced. Among the dirty, was his heavy heart at last cleansed of the anger he carried. Now, he felt only pity for the rich."
Less can be more.
BRB scowls. PLD covers for him.
other gulleys talk like grimlock.
family:
http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/...24/Gully_Dwarves.jpg
trash man:
http://www.lomion.de/cmm/img/dwargull.gif
rat lady:
http://www.dlnexus.com/gfx/art/12830.jpg
zomg color:
http://i74.photobucket.com/alb...rider/Gullydwarf.jpg
bupu rat charm:
http://orig06.deviantart.net/9...stamouse-d3je8cw.jpg
http://pre05.deviantart.net/23...bupu_by_isolella.jpg
rick: g - good battle. wasn't too easy. ran the risk of dieing. little dismayed at the number of rats. interesting the gulley dwarves and the rats. thought we might have to diplomacy the gulleys to leave. certainly wasn't going to kill 'em. funny the feuding clans actually agreed on something. b - nobody remembered last time's XP. we never picked up on not having the guildmasters' names. u: thirisy "i missed one."
tim: g - the fact that the magistrate was like, "oh..." you could hear his heart sinking. inwardly being so-busted by what he considered near-do-wells. yay combat. really liked the bard's story. made sense why he could form sentences. such a likely story. therisi was talking about giving the magistrate a sentence of her own. appreciated u using your cards. something felt short. wake, get message, dealt with vermin problem, then immediately get sent to deal with monsters. not much has happened from pc point of view. prolly felt short 'cause i was having so much fun. i was 60% sure they were talking about the gulley dwarves, "taking care of the vermin." props for rping every last npc. singer: we were probably there for hours. singer giving us song of courage. rick ugly for calling harsk "show off" when he showed up mysteriously then proceeds to show off the rest of the game.
This message was last edited by the GM at 07:54, Wed 19 Oct 2016.
