Waking from a very long and restless sleep Raven decides its time to get up and figure out what he's going to be doing for the next few days, Stepping outside his hollow he finds the area in front of his home has been adjusted the ground flattened and a small pit dug into the ground twenty feet from his door way walking to the pit it seems to be ten feet deep and twenty feet wide. There doesn’t seem to be anything special about the hole there’s nothing in it and the dirt seems to have been freshly dug. “Oh your awake, good we have been busy preparing for the Dryad we will have it grow here next to our tree we are working on getting an enchantment ready for the hole to prepare a magic spring. How are you feeling have you had any pains yet?” Raven shakes his head “no pain… what do I have to look forward to how bad is this going to get?” Anna ponders for a moment then replies “ no need to worry the pain might get bad, but it will be quick and we will be there with you to help with it. But for now take your mind off it how about you help with making arrows for our defenders and maybe for yourself as well maybe we can get you a bow soon too ill ask the crafters about that.” Raven perks up at the mention of getting a bow “ thank you that would be a massive help.” Anna nods and flies away. Raven walks over to the pile of wood he brought over from his tasks before his venture into the woods pulling some straight pieces of wood preparing to make some basic arrows.
After a few hours of making arrow shafts Anna and Dom come down from the tree tops, Dom calls out to Raven “Outsider, I’ll take the the arrow shafts you made and get them arrow heads and fletching attached, I’ll bring down a full quiver for you later.” Dom flies off with out ever looking at Raven. Anna sighs “ I’m sorry about him he doesn’t like outsiders. How are you feeling?” Raven grunts saying “oh you know I have a monster growing in me sucking the life out of me and then one day it’ll burst out of me singing hello my darling… so great really…” Anna giggles “singing what? You know what never mind I don’t want to know… you will be fine we have been over this. Don’t worry ill heal you as soon as it comes out and with the mana around here it wont even drain you in fact it should be ready in a few days. Usually it only takes a week to gather the mana then it’ll come out to find its home.” “Lovely” replies Raven. “But that's not why I came down, I heard back from some of our scouts that the humans have a large ship off the coast bigger than anything that has been here before possibly a military ship, we think they plan to build a large city here and permanently settle the lands. Most likely once the Dryad is born we pixies will be moving on so I’m sorry to say but you wont be able to stay to much longer with us.” Raven slumps his shoulders “ I… I understand, I did see the ship last time I scouted out the human camp, it did seem like there was a large amount of activity going on. You have helped me a great deal and I can never repay you for all the help any chance you can point me in a direction that is safe for when I do go?” Anna replies “ we are on the southern shore of this continent there is a huge mountain range in the middle of it, to the north of us this forest reaches all the way to it, there is a desert to the west coving a quarter of the continent and to the east there is swamp lands mixed with rolling plains and stony hills. North past the mountains is filled with large lakes that are fairly deep this area is super dangerous as its the dragons feeding grounds and in the lakes there are massive creatures I would suggest avoiding it at all costs.” “I’ll keep that in mind thank you.” Replies Raven. Anna gives him a nod and flies back to the tops of the trees as Raven looks up watching her fly away he sees hundreds of Pixies flying about the canopy all glowing with a faint blue light streaking streaking behind them with strange symbols floating in the air, the butterfly feeling starting up in his stomach again as if he were using mana, as he feels a wriggle in his stomach he starts to pale realizing the sapling is starting to grow and move.
A day later after Raven spent some time in his hollow maintaining his equipment when he hears a light tap on his door, opening it Dom floats in front of him “its time we have prepared an area for you the Dryad will be birthed soon.” Leading Raven Dom brings him to an wooden alter only a few feet high but with carved runes that glow blue, just above the pit sweeping his hand to the alter he says “lay here Anna is on her way down now.” Raven nods laying down on the alter worry on his face as he thinks about the Dryad bursting from his stomach. Anna flies to Ravens side “here drink this you don’t want to be awake for this” Anna hands Raven a vile filled with a thick green fluid with blue floating chunks within, pushing it to his lips Raven tosses it back drinking the contents, the flavor hitting him like a brick tasting of vinegar and soured milk and dirt a few seconds later Ravens head hits the alter as he passes out.
With a jolt Raven sits up gasping and reaching for his stomach, feeling around his belly button he feels a large 6 inch raised scar horizontally across his stomach. Looking around his area he finds himself at his meat smoking station outside the pixie binding tree area all his supplies laying on the ground next to him he gets the feeling like he was toss out like trash after not being useful anymore. Groaning he tries to stand up but his legs give out from under him his stomach growls loudly and he feels dehydrated he crawls to his meat stash opening it and eating some of his smoked meats and drinking one of his water skins. After refueling Raven stands up on weak legs trying to get his bearings, collecting his gear he heads towards the pixie tree. As he comes into the clearing all he finds where the tree and stones once stood is a crater hundreds of feet wide and very deep staring down giving him the chills as he cannot even see bottom. Looking around the immediate area there is nothing left, no trace of the pixies ever being here. Feeling sad not to see Anna again but some what glad Dom is gone Raven decides its time to head north to the mountains to get away from the humans, the pull of his race calling for him to dive deep in the cold stone mountains.
Stepping back into the forest Raven decides its best to take a look at the human camp one last time so following the same path he took to get to the pixie tree he heads back to the human outpost. Once the camp is in site Raven looks to the ocean and what he sees terrifies him, the ship the size of four cruise liners from home sits moored a fair ways off the shore with many sloop style sailing ships going from the ship to shore and back again carrying people and supplies, caravans running from the outpost to the shore and hundreds of tents outside the walls set up and more being built. The outpost has grown several times larger in a short time and the thought of how many people are on that ship terrifies Raven hundreds of people can be seen from this distance scurrying around “Well… fuck me. Time to get the hell out of here that's for sure.” Tightening his back pack and turning roughly north Raven begins his journey to hopefully safer lands. Making a point to avoid any obvious trails in hopes of avoiding any humans.
After a short walk in the forest Raven can hear voices in the area ahead of him, taking cover in thick brush he tries listening in as best he can. “The settlement is growing quickly they are going to need supplies we cant waste time sitting around anymore we need to push and get hunting again they need us and we are not making any money following Greg's claims of a magic item.” “I know, I know, we will look for one more day then we are giving up.” A familiar voice pipes up “look I know what I saw that ring even if not magical is worth a lot, he killed three of my friends even if you guys leave I’m staying, I don’t even care about the ring I want that lizard dead. Raven clenches his teeth with thoughts of “that fucking archer again why can’t he just die in a hole…” He can hear the humans packing up camp, it seems they are on the move again, waiting a few hours after they leave Raven starts his journey again this time cautiously. Walking for a few hour Raven decides its best to camp now and start early tomorrow, so getting to work he decides a camp fire probably isn’t the best idea so gnawing on some smoked jerky he wraps himself into a his ripped up tent and goes to sleep.
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Early the next morning after not sleeping much, every crack of branches and scurry of feet waking him he decides to pack up his gear and get ready for the days hike. He hears a howl of a wolf in the distance, jolting up grabbing his gear and making a run for it in hopes to find somewhere to hide panic filling his very being. Gasping for air as he runs he finds a small dried up creek within a heavy brush covered area jumping into the creek bed to follow it for a bit to stay in cover while still being able to travel an acceptable pace, running along he spots a hole in the ground just big enough for him to get into prone, laying down feet first into the hole he backs in, once in he smears some dirt over his face and hands to help hide himself. Trying to keep his breathing controlled and activating stealth as to not give himself away when he hears foot steps coming down the creek bed, looking the way he came he sees a human male with green leather clothing and daggers on his belt looking to the ground walking and muttering to himself under his breath. Raven draws his dagger and prepares for a fight, tensing up and focusing he casts his Detect Human spell looking around he only sees the one human, the human walks to where Raven grabbed some dirt looking at the ground with his back turned to Raven, Deciding no time like the present Raven jumps from the hole stabbing the human in the back of the neck with a wet gurgle the man falls to the ground grasping his neck slowly bleeding to death. “Congratulations you have earned 3 PK points, your stealth skill has increased by one.”
Looking over the body Raven finds a scroll opening it he finds a poorly hand drawn picture of what appears to be himself with little text beneath “Kobold low level goes by name Raven with silver ring on right hand murdered two humans Reward: 10 gold pieces wanted dead ring brought to Terminus as proof of death” Sighing he looks over the rest of the mans gear but finds nothing he needs, the daggers looking rougher than the two he already has, the mans armor seemingly just cloth but in a pocket he finds a letter. “Josh please, we need you to come home we can not handle the taxes the crown has put on the family and we need help working the fields to pay off our debts, if we can’t pay the debt off soon they will force our family into service, I don’t think we can survive that. Please either send money home or get back here and help with the fields as soon as possible. Love mom” Raven cringes reading the letter starting to feel bad for the human he just killed. Deciding its time to get the hell out of there before he's spotted he continues on alert and ready to fight hand on the long sword. Jogging not bothering trying to cover his tracks in hopes he can put some distance between him and the body when he hears the Wolf again this time very close, spinning around grabbing his bow and drawing an arrow and knocking it, a massive wolf crashes through the trees running right for Raven. Firing an arrow striking the wolf in its left front paw the wolf yelps but continues the charge, dropping his bow and drawing his sword and readying his shield. The wolf gets to striking range jumping into the air with a howling growl and dropping down towards Raven, Stabbing his sword up while covering his face with his shield he drives his sword into the wolves gut as the body drops on top of him driving him to the ground the jaws of the beast around the shield, Loud cracks can be heard from the shield. The wolf whips its head around ripping the shield from Ravens arm as it explodes into splinters in its mouth. Raven withdraws the sword halfway from the wolves gut stabbing it into it again, as he does the wolf jumps to the side the sword stuck in the wolves gut it goes with it Raven losing his grip on the sword. Raven Curses and draws his dagger from his belt, scrambling to get back to his feet the wolf bites down on Ravens tail dragging him and swinging him about, he screams in agony as he's slammed against trees and the ground, swinging him once more it releases him sending him flying into a bolder pain exploding out from all over his body blood spraying from his mouth. Raven lays there spasming from the pain twitching and frothing from the mouth the wolf slowly walks up to Raven growling biting the arrow in its paw ripping it out with its teeth and dropping it onto the ground, opening its mouth over Ravens head it lunges towards him to bite down and end his life, Raven gripping his dagger tight with the last ounce of his strength pushes himself it the maw of the wolf casting create water at all 16 MP and stabbing the wolf in the top of the mouth, the water forming in its throat in a ball then exploding out from every orifice launching Raven back out the wolves mouth, Slumping against the bolder Raven sighs blood pouring from his tail and mouth. Raven hears a voice “ Congratulations you have killed a level three dire wolf you earn 75 exp, you gain one MP due to the way you have been using your magics the gods are pleased and grant you this boon. Level up you gain 1 stat point and 3 skill points”
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Raven is able to access the system deciding to spend his stat point on Constitution in hopes he doesn’t die while he lays there. he looks over the screen finding a few new skills, Spell craft 2 skill points, tracking 2 skill points, persuasion 3 skill points, detect lie 3 skill points, conceal identity* 10 skill points, Archery 2 points, having lost his shield he decides to place 1 point into Long swords *grants 10% extra damage per level* and 2 points into Archery *grants 5% aim bonus and 10% damage after a quick glance at the page the pain and blood loss is to great and he finally starts to pass out.
Name: Raven Hex
Race: Kobold
Class: not selected
Level: 3
Skills: dagger 2 10% damage per level
parry 1 5% parry chance per level once per combat,
Survival 1 various crafts and knowledge as well as a 10% per level resistance to weather,
Running 2 10% bonus to speed and a 1% bonus to duration,
basic crafting 1 stone age crafting with 10% quality boost and 20% chance to make a masterwork item at level 10,
Sneak 2 10% bonus per level to hiding in full cover,
Physiological resistance 1 reduces damage taking by 2% per level as well as increasing your save chance from disease poison and illness. Affinity double resistance
Psychological Resistance 1 resist Physic attacks and negative psychological effects by 5% per level *affinity double resistance*
spells: create water Hero modified Level 1 1 MP generate 5 gallons of water, repel undead major knock back on undead creatures *from item*, Detect human it allows you to see silhouettes of humans through solid objects within 10 feet for 1 minute per 5 MP
Stats: Strength 9 Endurance 12 constitution 11 Dexterity 12 Wisdom 12 Intelligence 10 Luck 2. HP: 12 MP: 13+4 from magic item
Dark Points: 1 Humans
PK points: 11
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