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Frid pisses off Nightshade Elf

45th of Ashan 717

Etzos, ‘The City of Stones’ is a fortress against the encroachment of Immortal domination of Idalos. Founded on the backs of mortals driven to seek their own destiny independent of the Immortals, the city has carved itself out of the very rock of the land. Scourged by terrible wars of extermination, they've begun to grow again, and with an eye toward expansion, optimism is on the rise.

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Inevitably, Fridgar had lost his temper and had gone berserk. Punching out the puny Aukari was easy, calming down would not be, or so he thought. His hand stung and throbbed with burning pain as the flesh of his palm scolded over, burning bright red beneath the blood that he frantically rubbed into his leather trousers. Holy fuck was it hot!

As he panicked, frantically trying to remove the boiling blood from his skin, some asshole saw fit to bash him across the head. One moment, Fridgar was stood seeing red, the next, he was seeing black. The Lothar's body jolted painfully as he fell to his side, deafening ringing filled his ears along with his own heartbeat and his nose tingled as the pressure in his head changed dramatically. His breathing was ragged, shaky, loud in his ears as he impacted the floor, bumping his head again. He felt no pain in that instance, whatever had just happened had numbed his body temporarily as he clung to the edge of consciousness.

His vision swam in a sea of black burrs, only partly visible from his half-shut eyes. Surrounded by strangers, all of which likely wanting him dead. Fridgar withdrew, allowing his heightened instincts to take the reins to preserve, save himself. The situation was dire, he had to escape. Clumsily, his hand shot into his pocket, rubbing over his two totems before finding the king crocodile figurine. Yolo, right? He wasn't about to die here, not to a bunch of humans. Casting Unleash as well as adaption to take in his totems triggered overstepping, resulting in atavistic confusion.

As the Lothar fell, the patrons of the bar visibly relaxed before drawing their chosen weapon, breaking bottles and the like and closing in on the immortal worshipper. Then, over the course of a few seconds, the Lothar grew massively in size and shape, unleashing into an enormous Solghannon, though the people of Etzos would recognise it as a 'king crocodile'. The species itself was typically thirty feet long, but Fridgar had become thirty-seven and a half feet in total length. 'Fridgar' was used loosely, this wasn't all him. His life was in danger, he would do everything he could to preserve it.

The beast filled the bar, a massive body of green, over an inch thick of plate armour scales with enough bite force to rend three people, nearly four in half. When Fridgar had harvested this totem, the creature had lived through a stab wound to the brain and continued to charge him down just bits later. This was put into effect by the Solghannon's blood rage, which it swiftly initiated. Its maw would steam and its body heat up. In this state, only complete somatic death would end it.

The beast hissed, turning around as it slunk on its body. There wasn't nearly enough room in the bar to hold it though, so its two tails came crashing through various pieces of furniture, people and the wall alike. Screams rang out as the beast hissed and roared, declaring just how pissed it was. His slitted eyes settled on the bludgeon-wielding strongman before the beast rushed forward, destroying plenty of belongings and bodies as it thundered forward. People began to flood the streets as the exit cleared up.

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The half-breed, though to an extent prideful, was well aware of when she was beaten. Could that creature even be called a man anymore? Night had never had an encounter with a king crocodile, but she was already well aware of the fact she'd rather not engage one. She could feel a deep ache throughout her entire body. She needed time to lick her wounds and she needed the knowledge to deal with an absolute monstrosity like that one. Something like that could barely be killed and sure and hell couldn't be reasoned with anymore. Not with the skills Night had. Perhaps if she used her swords then she could sever something, but she didn't want to take the risk. Her wings had gotten banged up in the fight. She was slower now, lacking in the agility that was vital to her fighting style. Even if she did still have it, she would need to get way too close to use it if she wanted to fight the beast. At this point most of the people had fled the scene, knowing that a creature like this couldn't be fought. The woman would follow such wisdom. She'd try to gather herself into one piece before she got a true walloping. It was time to turn tail, lick her wounds, and rethink the situation. She reminded herself that retreat wasn't cowardice as much as it was keeping herself alive to fight another day. And with that in mind, she had no problem turning tail and letting the guards, who she already wasn't fond of, deal with the giant snapping crocodile.

The half breed booked it, getting as far away as she could on foot before spreading shaky wings and trying to get away from the situation. There was a slightly bitter taste on her tongue for not being able to protect the people around her better. Maybe she might have if only she was stronger. But she wasn't. She was just a small, weak little bird who had tried to take on a situation too big for herself and ended up finding out that no, she couldn't protect everyone. She couldn't stop every bad situation. She couldn't save every dumbass in Etzos that decided to pick a fight with a drunken Lothar. She was a half Avriel with a lithe build who could barely weigh over 110 soaking wet. If this encounter had taught her anything, she needed to get stronger.
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With the only person in the tavern posing a threat to the beast wounded and defeated, nothing stood in its way. As the half Avriel ran, Fridghannon effortlessly bit into the leg of the strongman, instantly rending it from the knee down. Blood curdling screams echoed from within, rattling the bones of any unfortunate enough to hear them. Fridghannon then tilted its head back, slipping the leg, complete with shoe and trouser, into his gullet and swallowing hard. The strongman cried as he watched the beast consume what was once part of him. Shock overcame him, spurred on by the unbearable agony in his leg and he passed out.

The Solghannon didn't stop there, no, it needed to finish it's prey and consume as much of the desired proteins as possible. The beast dragged its green belly across the floor as it slid up next to the fallen human, slipping it's powerful jaws over his head and neck and readying to clamp down hard.

Fridgar then came to, screaming filled the air and the distinct taste of human blood tantelized his bestial tongue. Something heavy weighed in his mouth and his stomach was part full. Also, he was in Solghannon form. Why? Last he could remember, he punched out an Aukari that cheated in a challenge, why was he here suddenly? Fridgar withdrew and let the unconscious head of the strongman drop free of his terrible jaws. He spied the pool of blood that flooded around him and traced it back to the guys leg, it was naught but a bloody stump. What the fuck had happened?

He didn't have time to contemplate it as guards began filling the dimly lit room, fresh from outside. Whatever he'd done had caused a panic and sent the people of Etzos scurrying away, the commotion had drawn the attention of three nearby guards. Perhaps it was the sight of a great beast that scared them, perhaps the blood? Maybe it was his apex predator mutation working into their skin and intimidating them? Whatever it was, it froze the guards in place, not before they could draw their spears on the Solghannon though. Fridgar had to get out, back up was definitely coming and he didn't fancy going to the dungeons again... or being poked and prodded.

Shutting his eyes, Fridgar opened a compression portal with the exit a good kilometre away. Due to his competence in rupturing, he'd acquired a mutation that made the fiery gash in space explode in a brilliant aura of light upon opening. The guards would flinch and shut their eyes, reeling from the sudden flash-bang like effect. Fridgar wasted no time. He slipped the tip of his tail through the portal and withdrew, all of it came back out. Once satisfied that the portal was stable, Fridgar dragged his body through the special tear. Spears would bounce from his thick armour scales as they were thrown, landing harmlessly in the woodwork.

As the beast appeared on the other side, he was hit with some medium overstepping. Dizziness enveloped him and made his head spin before he closed the portal. The beast dropped to its belly, laying on the grass as it adjusted to the dizziness. He recognised this place, he'd been here on the way to the southwood river. Seeing as he was out of Ether and out of options, his only choice was to head there and wait for Alistair... Then flee Etzos.

Something rigid poked about in his gut, it was hard and... inedible. As he dragged himself along, he paused and contracted his gut muscles. The beast hacked and gagged as it slowly regurgitated the skeletal leg, complete with shoe and trouser. The beast looked in disbelief before realising that he'd actually ate that guys leg at the bar. Grossed out, the beast quickly made its way through the Etzori wilds, trying his best to forget that he'd just digested human flesh.
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The Aukari came to a lot more sooner than anyone would have after that shocking blow on it, no doubt because of the chaos which surrounded the scene. His head was still buzzing that he had no clue of the event which happened, nor the contest which he just had with the root of problem in the area. He felt a tug on his arm as he was helped up and saw Lizzie first who he asked about the time before he noticed everything else, and everything else was full of blood of screams.

He jumped up attentively and demanded the girl to tell him what was going on before she pulled him back into their hiding place where, as she explained, dragged him to somehow. It took a few bits but he soon recollected everything and in that safe space where he was separated from the chaos of his opponent's escape, there was only one thing which came into his mind. "That man's a fucking, cheating, snake!" Of course in a sense, the Aukari cheated as well with his own fiery blood which his opponent returned in kind with an ability of his own but still...

"What kind of winner lets himself get knocked out by the person he beat?"

He may still be out of it because according to the incredible account Lizzie told him, he was lucky to be alive. Even if he had felt the electrifying blow on him, it was hard to believe the man just turned into some sort of gigantic reptilian and disappeared in a flash of light. The prior at least was believable, as the Aukari was able to make use of his own blood to boil and burn others. That had to be it. The bastard which punched his lights out had to be of some accursed race by some Immortal, but which?

That little detail soon lost importance the moment the Aukari realised the blood the man so foolishly drew when trying to imitate the advantage F'mos had was on his arm. If he could use it for some new creation, just like he did with his own blood... The alchemist knew; he just had to have more of that blood! Carefully he collected as much as he could off himself which fortunately, did not mix with his own which burned out. And then for more, he snatched the weapon Lizzie pointed out to him as the one which triggered the appearance of the beast. Hopefully, it was the man's blood which was still on it...

With everything he wanted from this eventful distraction when Lizzie wanted to help Nightshade, F'mos was off, this time the one which dragged the girl along with him. If the ungrateful Avriel had already escaped on her own, there was no reason for the Aukari to stick around to face the authorities on his own. He could only hope the confusion everyone had and the attention they had on the so called creature would be enough for prevent the Black Guard from wanting him for questioning.

And by the way, "your friend is not a very nice person Liz."
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Nauta F'mos Geey: A cheater
Nauta F'mos Geey: An aukari
Nauta F'mos Geey: A prick
Nauta F'mos Geey: A coward
Nauta F'mos Geey: Is looking after a girl
Nightshade Eld: Birdy
Nightshade Eld: Part Avriel?
Nightshade Eld: Evasive, light combatant
Nightshade Eld: Defeated

Loot: N/A
Injuries: Atavistic Confusion (spent), Moderate dizzyness (3 trials), (all other injuries you can assume healed when fridgar turns back to a Lothar)
Fame: -5
Devotion: Ilaren +11:
Toast to Ilaren when drinking with others +5
Win a brawl in Ilaren's name +3
Buy a drink for others in Ilaren's name +2
Drink in Ilaren's name +1

Points: 15

Nightshade


Knowledge
Blunt: A hit to the head
Blunt: A hit to the back of the neck
Blunt: Used for trying to disable a target
Blunt: You need to be strong for it to work
Strength: Massively supplements blunt force strikes
Strength: Hardens the body

Loot: N/A
Injuries: N/A
Fame: +4
Devotion: N/A

Points: 15

Nauta


Knowledge
Flying: Pull wings in for a dive
Medicine: Checking for a pulse
Medicine: Check if a person breaths from the nose
Unarmed (Grappling): Use boiling blood to defend against other's grip
Deception: Leading by example
Palenon: Lightning Punch!
Becoming: Can be a mixture of more than one creature
Rupturing: Blinding portals?

Loot: 2 Uses of Spots
Injuries: Bruising to the face
Fame: +4
Devotion: N/A

Points: 15

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