[center][b]Ialu, Level 3 Hero, 3 Spare Khookies[/b][/center]

The beast's appendage cut through the air in the same manner as an animals teeth might tear through beat: frenzied and brutally. The powerful limb was already bloodied, and not from any injuries of its own. Flying through the towards Ialu as it attempted to eviscerate yet another victim, the Cimex's limb was stopped by the haft of the Wanderer's spear. Having had that first attack successfully blocked, the insectoid moved to try its luck once again. Too slow, it would seem, as the hero exploited an opening and drove the point of his spear through the thing's chitinous chest. The body of the last attacker have gone limp and slumped to the ground, Ialu now turned to the humans.

Bewilderment and panic was just as evident on their faces now as it had been when he first arrived on the scene. Their screams had alerted Ialu as he wandered through the forest, and though he had rushed to the scene, he was too late to save four of the helpless humans. Still, more than a dozen had survived the ordeal thanks to him alone. The group of survivors stared directly at Ialu now with the same terrified look that they had gazed at the Cimex with.

The hero turned around, expecting to see that there was another beast creeping up behind him, but to his confusion there wasn't. So what was it that the people were looking at that inspired such horror? After a moment, Ialu realized that they were afraid of [i]him[/i]. He rarely felt any emotions save loneliness of the thrill of a fight, but now he felt dejected. That feeling was both disturbing and confusing; it was undoubtedly awful, but at the same time it was something curiously strange and new, and beyond his understanding. He had never before experienced anything like it, after all.

Eventually the situation was defused once the group realized that Ialu was not going to attack them; their angst made way to calm, and then gratitude. Perhaps in time, the men of Galbar would become the masters of other beings, whether through dominating other races or simply becoming the masters of mere livestock. But for now, they existed only to be lorded over; they were sheep, willing to follow anything that they associated with safety or happiness. And Ialu was the sheeps' shepherd, their only hope at survival when the monsters of the wood came to attack. After that chanced encounter on that fateful day, that group followed Ialu everywhere that he went.

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For many weeks now, Ialu had known peace and tranquility in his slumber, having had no more dreams since that first and only one. However, tonight it would seem that he was to be plagued once more. To his dismay he found himself once again in that land of black and white, clutching onto the rocky face of a mountain for all his life. Now, however, he did not feel quite so exhausted as he had by the end of his last dream. He scaled the cliff face some ways higher, and with a mighty heave, pulled himself up onto a small ledge. Here he could have respite, without fear of losing his strength and plummeting down into the nothingness below. After a few moments of rest, he turned his gaze upwards to see what might await him at the top of this mountain. Once again, he felt it, that same feeling of dejection from when the humans had peered at him with terror: utter dejection, for when he had looked up he saw nothing but clouds. Clouds, and of course that bleak stone face that he was destined to climb.

It was funny how from his new perspective the mountain somehow seemed even taller than it had from the bottom. Of course, even from the base of the mountain its summit had seemed impossibly high. A new emotion crept into Ialu's mind. The emotion was terror, and his visage bore the same awful look that had been plastered upon the fearful faces of the humans earlier that day. Ialu was afraid that he would be climbing for ages, or more likely, that his strength would fail him and he plummet to the bottom like a mere pebble rolling off the mighty mountain...

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-Gained 14 Khookies from last post
-Used 5 for level 2
-Used 6 more for level 3
-3 Khookies remain
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