I finally made it to Kaskala only to find the Tuskarr
village under siege by Kvaldir. Due to
this commotion, I was unable to locate Ataika immediately so in order to speed
things up I offered my help with these Kvaldir.
It sounded pretty easy when I made the offer but these men seemed to
keep multiplying like ravvits. They were
coming in full force as several boats at a time would land and offload more
warriors.
A group of Tuskarr warriors sought the council of their
shaman, Elder Muahit, and I joined them to see what may be done about this
invasion. The elder had sought the
wisdom of the Tuskarr ancestors and told us that we should be able to turn the
tide of the fight if we slay the Kvaldir’s raid leader. He said that the ancestors would summon a
snowstorm to aid in this feat. I figured
we had nothing to lose and everything to gain if the plan worked and we split
up to find this leader. He wasn’t that
difficult to find as he was the largest of the warriors and was in the thick of
the fighting. I singled him out and
indicated he was the one I wanted. He
thought that was rather funny as he towered over me and definitely had me in
weight and strength but I am used to being underestimated, especially by
males. He gave a fierce battle cry and
charged me. If that was supposed to
unnerve me, it failed miserably. I met
his charge with my own which seemed to surprise him a bit and I took advantage
of it and managed to draw first blood.
This enraged him and he bore down on me.
I was hard pressed to defend myself and several of his blows landed but
I know many tricks of fighting and used several of them to bring him to his
knees (I don’t always fight fair) which was perfect for separating his head
from his shoulders. When his warriors
saw him fall it seemed to me that they faltered a bit and the Tuskarr was able
to turn the tide in their favor. Those Kvaldir
who weren’t struck down managed to reach their boats and escape. The village was secure for the moment.
The elder was grateful for my help and asked what they could
do in return for my help. I told him I
was looking for Ataika and a Tuskarr came forward saying that he was
Ataika. I asked him about Thassarian and
he told me that Thassarian had set out to the east to Une’pe. As I thanked him and turned to leave he told
to be careful as Thassarian bore the mark of Karkut, he watches over the
dead. I thought that was a strange
comment but nodded my acknowledgement.
I headed back out to the road and pulled out the map I had
obtained back at Valiance Keep. I
noticed that Amber Ledge wasn’t far off and I needed some rest and more
supplies. I hoped that I could obtain
these things from the mages there. They
did have the things I needed but they had a need as well. According to Librarian Donathan, mages all
across Azeroth were being abducted and Dalaran had given him authority to hire
help in finding out what was going on. I
believe I’ve said before – I’m a sucker for those who need aid and I out I go
to help find out what is going on.
Fortunately I didn’t have far to go when I come across a
camp with dragonkin and sorcerers looking rather suspicious. Upon spying on them, I hear that they are
capturing mages for some purpose that I wasn’t able to determine. To support this information, I removed a key
from the body of the dragonkin and unlocked a strange prison cell releasing a
weakened mage. Once I healed her the
best I could, she thanked me and assured me that she had enough energy to port
out. With the mage out of the way, I
decided to take back a prisoner of my own for interrogation. I thought the mages would have ways to make a
prisoner talk. The sorcerers are powerful
if they are able to get off a spell but if you take them by surprise and render
them unconscious, then they are rather easily handled.
The mages were glad to have the prisoner and they did have
the means to make him talk but their code of conduct wouldn’t let them use it
so I ended up doing the dirty work for them.
I don’t like to use methods like that but too many lives depended on the
information we were trying to get. May
the Light forgive me but I used the device they gave me on him and had him
talking in no time. They were working
with Malygos to rid Azeroth of magic users and they had managed to captur an archmage,
Lady Evanor, and she had to be rescued before she was killed. The head executioner, Salrand, had the key to
the Lady Evanor’s cell and she was protected by a magical shield. Donathan handed me a bomb that he assured me
would take down the shield and then I could kill her and take the key.
It worked like a charm - after I cleared my way to her
shield, I threw the bomb, it exploded with arcane energy causing the shield to
drop and I was able to bring her down quickly but the key had been broken. I returned the pieces to Donathan. He inspected the pieces and sent me with them
to see Surristrasz of the red dragon flight.
Surristrasz seemed to resent the interruption but he did finally lend us
aid by somehow reforging the key – the ways of dragon are beyond my ken – and sending
me to warmage Anzim who had a large dragon flight at his call for the
rescue. The strike was quick and devastating. They had blue dragons defending but they were
no match for the reds and when it was done Lady Evanor and the other mages were
freed.
They were appreciative of my aid and gave me the supplies I
needed along with a bed for the night – I could have stayed longer but I really
just wanted to get away from them at that point. The fact that Malygos was involved somehow
with this did not bode well and I don’t like meddling in the affairs of dragons
and the mages were tight lipped about the entire event. Not to mention that I had just spent many
days on this side task and I still had to find Thassarian. Why does life have to get so complicated at
times?
Kahtraa
((currently Level 74))
Fighting Kvaldir at Kaskala
Getting information from the captured Beryl Sorcerer
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