Prologue: Griklin Town Square

It is the year 1837 , there were a group of dwarves inside a bar late at night  having just came back from a dungeon raid. The fat heavy bearded men laughed and chugged away. Drinking their beer so fast it drenched their beard , wasting most of the content inside the glass mug. “God damm nasty goblins making me get my hands dirty on my day off”, said one of the dwarves in a roiled expression. “Hey don’t think I’m to happy myself” , said another dwarf. “I should be home … having my shoulders rubbed by one bitch while another slut pleasures me with her mouth ehh bwhahaha.” The dwarf spits on the floor , “shit I mean what else are they good for …am I right”? The bar was hit with a hubbub of howling laughter and shouting. 1 hour had passed since the dwarves arrived at the bar. During that time they just chugged away without a single care in the world drinking to their hearts content , sharing their favorite stories of raids they’ve gone on. “Hey has anyone seen Danto” ? “Nope he left a couple minutes after we got here… said he to take a piss”. You dumbass didn’t I tell you not to take your eyes off of him”?! “Sorry boss it’s just that the… breathtaking liquor… we hardly get a chance to drink anymore these days and well… you know how I get when it comes to liquor and beautiful women bwahahaha”. The stubby man got up from his chair and slowly walked over to the piss drunk dwarf who was still downing liquor. The boss of the dwarves just stood there with a blank expression on his face , staring deep into the eyes of the dwarf in front of him. It was almost as if he was staring deep into his soul. There was a brief period of silence in the bar , it was so quiet you could hear the bartender gritting his teeth in desperation of what was going to happen next. The boss lets out a chuckle , “is that so”? “Y-Y-Yeah… I mean c’mon boss fuckin kid was useless , all he did was bitch. Little brat wasn’t even good enough to carry our weapons during our raids. Shit we’re better off without him , kid just slows us down”. The dwarf yawns and leans his chair all the way back almost falling down , but recovered and puts both his hands on the table. “Hmmph little pig” the boss of the dwarves grabs an emerald green dagger , embedded with lots of stunning valuable gems from his back-draw leather dagger frog. In the same motion not losing a step in speed , he readjusts his dagger in order to get a firm grip and strikes the dwarf in the hand , going through the wooden table in the process. “AHHHHH what the fuck Glorgan” ! The rest of the dwarves stop what their doing , Glorgan smirks as he grips the dagger that is still through the dwarves hand and starts turning it clockwise and counterclockwise . With each turn you can hear the shatter of bones…nerves breaking , the dwarf screaming in pain. “Don’t you fuckin call me by my name you maggot”. Glorgan spits and punches the dwarf in the face. “Idiot because of your incompetent self , I just lost me a slave to do all my dirty work , all because you were a little to excited to drink some fuckin liquor! “Ha oh shit … it’s lookin like the boss gonna kill Dranan ehh”? “Huh serves him right , ugly bastard can’t even follow simple orders”. Glorgan picks up a glass mug that was filled to the brim with liquor from the table next to him. He takes a chug , and smiles as he stares at the mug. “So you love your liquor ehh”? Dranan begins  panting , he begs Glorgan for forgiveness. “Please boss I won’t fuck up like this ever again , just give me another chance. I’ll bring that brat back to you alive … even if I have to do it myself.” Glorgan strikes Dranan in the face with the glass mug , the glass shattering all over his face . A shard of glass puncturing the left eye of Dranan , blood gushing from his eye and covering his face with his blood. “You worthless fuck … you believe I think it’s the slaves fault for tricking an idiot like you  in order to escape from us”? “Please boss I swear … I’ll bring him back back to you in one piece , even if it costs me my life!” “No no no” , said Glorgan as he shook his head with a look of disappointment in his face. “You still don’t get it do you Dranan”? “Huh…w-w-what are you talkin about boss”? Glorgan squeezes Dranans cheeks with all his strength and leans over to tell him something. “After I’m done with you , you would be as useful to me as a dead man” said Glorgan with a villainous laugh. Glorgan let’s go of his cheeks and goes to where he was sitting originally and grabs his hand forged war hammer axe , that was still stained purple from the blood of the goblins. As Glorgan made his way to Dranan , he couldn’t help but let out a laugh as he saw the eyes in Dranan go from having hope he would escape this situation, to accepting his horrible fate. In one swoop motion Glorgan raises his axe and swings it down , cutting  straight through Dranans right arm , Dranan begins to scream as he is in agonizing pain. The other dwarves just sat there watching , some even drinking while enjoying what was happening. Glorgan cuts Dranans other hand as well and after that , he picks up both hands from the floor and tosses em to the men to his right. “You two make sure you feed that to the wolves.” Yes boss” replied the dwarves. “You two come here.” “What do you need boss”? “Hold the idiot still for me while I cut off his tongue”. Glorgan reaches for his mini dagger and cuts off Dranans tongue , blood spewing from his mouth and painting Glorgans face red with his blood. “Hope you enjoyed your liquor tonight , cause now you won’t ever get that amazing taste sensation ever again.” Dranan just sat there , eyes that looked so empty it was as if there were no soul inside the body. “Alright men get your asses up , we’re gonna go search for the boy , we can’t return to the castle without him”. “But boss ain’t he just a regular boy? Do we have to go through all this trouble”? “Dammit I’m already in a shitty mood , don’t make it worse ! Just do as I tell you”! Shit if I don’t bring that kid back in one piece , it’ll be my head on a stake by the kings orders , thought Glorgan. 

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It is a quarter before midnight , the strong October wind hitting the  small town called Griklen  There was an adolescent aged boy in the corner of a dark alley ,  it was the boy who had managed to escape the dwarves. He was walking around searching for food and a way out of this town. As he continues looking around , he hears a girl scream down the street. The boy decides to go investigate what was going on. The torches lighting up the town lit up most of the street , the only places it didn’t reach were the alleys. The boy turns the corner only for his eyes to gaze upon a repulsive sight. There stood a goblin who had a girl pinned to the ground , the goblin laughed hysterically as it’s hand slowly made its way from her right leg to being right underneath her skirt. The goblins licks the girls face , the girl starts crying out for help. “No no somebody please help me , for the love of god somebody anyone… please is there anybody out there”? The girl was turning and twisting trying to escape the grasp of the goblin but it was futile , the goblin was simply to strong. As the girl realized her chances of surviving were obsolete , tears began falling from her face like a waterfall. When all hope seemed lost , she heard a boy call out to her. “I’m going to save you don’t worry”. The goblin turned around and growled , it started making it’s way towards  the boy. “Run now is your chance GOOOO”! The girl punched the concrete ground in frustration. “I can’t … I twisted my ankle , I can’t move on my own… please”. The girl began to tear up again. “Just save yourself you don’t have to worry about me , it’s my own fault for getting myself into this situation. There’s no reason for a child younger than me to risk his life , so please just go… I don’t want someone else to die for me.” “I-I just can’t do that…sorry replied the boy. He turns around to the girl holding up his left hand to make the “ok”peace sign , while he smiled in her direction ever so joyful. “Don’t worry ok , I’ll protect you with everything I got. We’re both going to get out of here safely, you got that”? Tears falling from her face , the girl nods her head , “y-yes… thank you”. The goblin was in attack mode. It was in a pouncing position , ready to lunge at the boy , staring down his prey like a lion in the wild. The boys thoughts began flooding his mind… I can sure talk a big game , but how is a little kid like me supposed to stop a goblin. Dammit if only the girl was able to walk so she could go look for help while I fend off the goblin. Tsss guess there’s nothing much I can do , I’ma just have to hope I’m strong enough to beat it. The goblins growl snapped the boy out of his thoughts , the green creature began running towards the boy. The young boy gulped and prepared himself for the incoming barrage attack , but the  goblin was to fast for the boy to keep up with. The goblin sent the boy flying with a kick straight to the gut. Before the boy even had a chance to recuperate, the goblin was already in front of him. The goblin picked the boy up from the neck and licked his face with his long tongue. The girl yelled out again out of desperation, “somebody please help ,we’re going to die”! The goblin turns to the girl and shows her it’s  hand that has extremely long sharp claws. The goblin laughs , and then thrusts his hand through the boys chest , blood leaking from the wound hole. The goblin pulls his hand out from the boys chest , and licks the blood ever so delightfully. The girl just sat there crying her eyes out watching the boy bleed out. The goblin started making it’s way to the girl but came to a halt as it heard footsteps approaching from the street. “Hey who’s over there”? Yelled out a group of men. “Here I’m here , please help us there’s a boy who needs urgent medical assistance right away!” The villagers turn the corner into the alley but it was to late . The goblin had escaped by climbing up the building and running on the rooftops , and the boy laid there on the ground losing blood by the second. The boy could barely see , he was beginning to lose consciousness.. the last thing he saw was the girl he had helped calling out to him , with a group of men behind her. The boy thought to himself… haaa looks like I did it… I held the goblin just long enough to help the girl survive. Feels great to finally do something meaningful in my life. A single tear falling from both his eyes… “guess this is it”. Said the boy as he lost consciousness , everything went pitch black.