From: jgreene@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jeffrey Greene) Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn Subject: Re: [Ga] At last! or, Zebron greets Alaric Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 92 21:56:06 GMT References: <1992Oct21.114016.1855@ccd.harris.com> <1992Oct23.113614.4160@ccd.harris.com> >|> "Really?" exclaims Zebron, "I didn't expect stories about me to travel that >|> far. Pray tell, what have you heard?" >|> >|> -jak >Alaric smiles. "I know not how much is truth and how much rumor, but I have >heard that you singlehandedly subdued a crew of pirates in Bransee..." Zebron laughs, with Dusk cawing amusedly as well. "Well, truth be told, that _is_ quite an exaggeration. First, it was not in Bransee. I don't even know where Bransee is. It was in the northern sea of my homeworld. "I had paid for passage aboard a cruiser which was crossing the continents. The captain was either a noble man or a greedy one, for he accepted me based upon my gold, not upon the color of my skin. However, he did not want his other passengers to find out about my true nature, so he let me borrow this..." The drow removes his silver headband, which immediately turns into a foppish wide brimmed hat. He then places the hat upon his head, where it quickly returns to its original form. "It allows me to alter my form (and its) to some extent," the dark elf offers in explanation, illustrating his point by shifting to the forms of Garriot, Kyleen, and some other different people no one in the room can recognize. "I usually travel in my true guise, so as not to operate under false pretenses." "Anyway, during the trip, the ship I was on was indeed attacked by pirates. I fought to the best of my ability, but there were too many. After what seemed like hours of battle, I was the last living member on my side of the battle." A look of sadness crosses Zebron's face." "Although I could not save anyone, every pirate who had challenged me had died as well. It was a stand-off, myself versus an entire pirate crew. "I called to the captain, explaining that we could do this one of two ways. Either he could keep trying to kill me, which would eventually happen, and try to sail home with whatever crew he had left, or he could take me on as a crewmember. "The captain seemed to like the second option, gaining a proven fighter and mage, as well as a drow, a fact he seemed to advertised as we travelled. "The pirates accepted me, because they themselves were outcasts from society, and I was saddened when I eventually left them." -jak