acolyte, 1hd, ac2, thaco 19: 1d6, sv 14, ml 7, quest: seeking god through effort and force, they work to become cosmic punctuation. decadant war priests mistaking power and meaning. hands of god full of zeal their customs odd priest carried steel a quest begun a blessed meal hymns violent verse bid faithful, weal acolyte quests and number appearing : 1. return the melancholia (club, +2) to the fading mother (f), it is always raining when they're around. he seeks a coven of kindly old nuns (13) who can show him the way to the mother, they will kill him (become a revenant, see below). he covets the station of his brothers (b, boffer brothers, see below). add him to the die roll. 2. guts, they must prove they have them, they seek a chateaux (f, see below), occupied by trolls (see below), and shadows (see below), it is said the owners (ghosts, see below) had a chalice which purifies water. 3. triple the hydras (see below) heads, were offered a vorpal swor...
i was born in a land of rivers and trees, it has had many names and i have forgotten them all, but i will always remember the smells. it was a green place, full of beautiful and wretched life, where blue birds plucked wallowing worms, and deer pranced through writhing mulch. it was there that i first learned the intricacies of rot, and the beautiful resilience of bone. time in that place moved with the wind and the sun. the stars kept their secrets behind ancient boughs and only the mountains most treacherous paths could reveal them fully. on one of the star paths was a cave of heavy darkness, the kind which watches, and hides gnashing teeth. at the back of the cave was a hole in the world, and it was there i discovered the frailty of flesh. for nine and nine days i squeezed myself down into the guts of the world, chasing dreams of voices into the deepest dark. i sustained my body on the lives of crawling things, and my being through bargains and spite. there cam...