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The Shining Stone (fixed) | WaterMage | 6

 

“What is this?” you ask. Unfortunately the combatants seem too caught up in their own fighting to notice you. Annoyed, you try yelling, but your voice is lost behind one of the bird-woman’s scream of fury as she is knocked away by the man’s sword.

Annoyed, you draw your bow and expertly loose an arrow into the fight. It zips between the man and the creatures. Startled, they stop fighting and turn to look at you. The man takes a moment to lift his helmet, to wipe a scratch where a talon cut under its visor, nearly gouging out an eye. He is about your age, with dark hair. He looks relieved to see you.

The bird-women seem more surprised by you intervention, their hawk-like golden eyes eyeing you with an interest that is both lustful and predatory.

“Sir,” the man says urgently, “I see you are a warrior like myself. I beg you, help me against these monsters. They carry men back to their cliff-side lairs to act as breeding stock, and abduct women to ravish and then sell to even fouler creatures.”

“Liar!” screams one of the women. “This one came to our eyries with sweet words, and seduced our young queen. Then he raped her, stole our treasures and murdered two guards as he fled!”

Both the man and the bird-women seem honest, leaving you unsure as to what to do. Your intervention could tip the battle either way.

 

Who do you believe?

 
 
 

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