Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Ruthartkk's Beginnings

The times has come to strike out, the mighty Ogre thought, and free myself of the shackles from the servitude of these snacks.

Rutharkk has survived much in his centuries of service.  He was a hunter for Svard during the Age of Myth before the vaults were opened and Everwinter pursued the clans.  He had fought alongside the Kingdom of Man during the Age of Chaos, but found his quarry to be lacking in this new age.  Order and Chaos always at eachother's throats only made each target more opportunistic for an enterprising third party.  The only way to truly gain station in this world would be to take it himself.  And the only way to do this, as Rutharkk saw, would be to gather a new Alfrostun!

Gathering such a host would be a challenging task, but the first task would be in finding his fitting steed.  To travel so far to the northern reaches would take longer than he cared to think about, especially given that there are so few direct routes with towns(folk) on the way to provide meals.  He did know of one way, however.  The Great (and mostly empty) Halls of Tarrakus were only a few months' journey, and there was a mighty statue of a Stonehorn.  These worthless humans don't know what they're sitting on, shuddered the ogre.  You see the empty fortress was useless as a quarry for reclamation, but a Stonehorn would have seen this as a buffet.  Without a rider, the Stonehorn would go dormant, and it's bones and skin would then coalesce into solid rock until it was chipped apart.

After taking his massive club and cleaver to task, the stone began chipping away, and a loud thump echoed through the halls.  Rutharkk could have been described as giddy at the sound, if there had been any witnesses, and was invigorated to continue his beatings against the statue.  More pieces chipped off and the skin of the Stonehorn hidden underneath was finally exposed.  The beast let out a resounding roar heard miles around.

With his rider, the Stonehorn crashed through the walls of the Great Hall, as there is no time to worry about doors when a hunt is on.  It was now Rutharkk's duty to provide a feast and entice warriors into his host to grow the Alfrostun and draw Gorkamorka's attention, and more importantly, draw the boon of Everwinter to his back.

Rutharkk's Aflrostun

Beastclaw Raiders (Grand Alliance: Destruction)
Glory: 0

Champion: 
Rutharkk  Frostlord on Stonehorn
(AND THAT'S FUCKIN' IT)

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