Kelewen

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

Satisfied with the king's explanations, Gytha took a deep breath and stepped forward to sign the paper next. She was slightly surprised, but not unpleased, to see the signature above hers said 'Ranger' as well. She took a mental note of the name, "Vaarea", then put her own name beneath.

Gytha Bennet-----Ranger.

She set down the quill and proceeded after the Goliaths. She felt dwarfed by their size, but no matter, having such intimidating allies was surely a boon. "Greetings, Vaarea," she said with a genuine smile. "My name is Gytha. I'm heartened to find another ranger called to the aid of Aldarina."

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

<Snipped quote by DeadlyPhoenix>

You can move on with another post as I don't want to drag out the meeting with the king too long. As there has already been a lot of talking.

So I'm cool with posting after you end the meeting.

@Gareth

Same here.

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

Gytha

Gytha was a bit taken back by the boldness with which the woman clad in black and purple addressed King Gawain. And equally surprised that it was met with a quick assurance of wealth and not a trip to the stocks. Things must be truly desperate indeed, she thought, if the king was willing to overlook such a blatant lack of respect by his subjects.

The ranger's brow furrowed a bit. Something else nagged at her too, telling her there must be more required of them than simply battling on the front lines. Something that required certain specialized skills to accomplish. "Your majesty," she said, quietly at first, then finding her voice and speaking up, "Your majesty, surely that money would pay for far more troops to combat the enemy than us gathered here. If the goal is simply to take the fight to the orcs, why not hire one or even multiple of the free companies to face the orcs? Why us?"

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

Gytha

The ranger turned at the sound of her name, for a moment surprised, then genuinely pleased to see the hobgoblin druid. "Gin! Greetings to you as well, friend."

Normally, she would at least be leery of hobgoblins, but this one might have just saved her life once. About a year ago after a rain storm, when she was still too reckless, she had hurt herself in a fall down a muddy embankment into a ravine too steep and slick for her to pull herself out while injured. Luckily, it hadn't been a group of thugs or bandits to find her cold, soaked, injured, & trapped, but Gin. He had helped pull her out, patched her up, then made sure she got home to her father.

She looked about to say more, but when the music signaled the arrival of the king, she turned her attention there, listening attentively to all that was discussed, reserving her own questions for if they were still needed once the king had answered the ones already posed.

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

@DeadlyPhoenix, want me to wait until you've had a chance to introduce the orcs before I post as Uta? I don't want to accidentally throw a monkey wrench in something you had planned. :)

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

Gytha

The ranger glanced around uneasily at the crowds of people preparing for tomorrow's Lantern of Lights festival as she hurried toward the castle, trying her best to avoid bumping into anyone. She'd been to the castle once before, years ago when she was little her father had brought her to watch the parade in honor of the king's coronation. She remembered having trouble seeing, so he had lifted her upon his shoulders for a better view.

The thought of him brought a pang of mixed sorrow and worry. He, along with several other rangers, had gone after a small band of orcs that had killed a whole family on a nearby farmstead. But none of the group had yet returned and, even though she knew he was a capable man, Gytha could not help but fear the worst.

The 100,000 gold coins, while a sum of money more than she could really fathom, was secondary to eliminating the orcs that threatened the kingdom and, if possible, find out what had become of her father.

The castle loomed before her and she took a deep breath as if to steel herself for what lie ahead. A small crowd was gathering. Suspecting she was in the right place, the ranger gave a small wave in greeting as she approached, hoping to find a friendly face among the bunch.

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

I'll try to get mine in later tonight after work. Sorry to be a hold-up right away!

Aldarina Has Fallen (D&D Story)

Gytha

Appearance:

Name: Gytha
Nickname: N/A
Age: 25
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Class: Ranger
Alignment: Neutral Good
Skills: Stealth, Archery, Tracking, Camouflage, Escape
Weapons: Long bow & 20 arrows. Sword.

Gear: Leather armor, backpack with rations for a week, rope, candles, fishing line & hook, flint & steel, waterskin.

Personality: Friendly, but won't share her personal feelings very quickly. Mentally and physically tough. She has a soft spot for children and animals.

Back Story: Gytha is the daughter of a ranger and learned a lot from her father. She learned to track, how to hunt, and how to ambush. He was recently part of a small unit sent to scout an area where orcs were reported, but not a single man from that group has returned and Gytha fears the worst.

GURPS

I've only just started to get into GURPS and sometimes feel a little overwhelmed by the plethora of stuff for it. But I think I like it and am now keeping an eye on this thread. Maybe playing a game here will give me a little confidence to try GMing a table-top game with it. :)

Redwall RP (Book Series)

@Kelewen Awesome! I haven't really planned anything out yet because I wanted to see if anyone was interested first! I don't know if we should wait and see if anyone else is interested or if you'd like to just do a 1x1 rp if it comes down to it? I'm not sure yet! I knew that not many people would probably know of Redwall haha so I didn't want to pour a whole lot of work into for nothing and see it fail.

@Jhakor

While I'm hoping @Weird Tales (and maybe even a few more) will join in the fun, I definitely enjoy 1x1 RPs too.