Atlantic Roleplay Community Boards

[Korin d'Rue]

---

Tamas stepped out the gate, with Korin planted firmly on his back. Korin looked around, reaching down and gently stroking the side of his mounts neck. Korin slid off the beasts back and unstrapped his spear. "Sorry my friend, but not this time." He leaned in and touched his forehead to the bowed head of the Ostard. "This I have to do on my own."
Korin stepped thur the narrow openning into the frozen wonderland that was Ice. Korin made his way down the passage, flipping the frozen slime out of his way as he went. Rounding a corner, there stood a Ratman mage. Korin smiled as the rat man turned towards him. Ducking the fire ball korin swiped the mages feet with his spear, the rat went sailing as his feet were taken out from under him. Korin planted the heel of his foot into the mages face crushing bone, and driving it back into brain. The Ratman twitched a couple of times, then was still. Korin moved quickly down the passage, until he made another turn. There He was korins next victim and the sole reason for him coming here.
Korin slowly approached the Artic ogre lord as it had its back to him digging thourgh one of its chests. Korin noticed the skeletal remains of some unlucky adventurer who had fallen to this Lord of the cold. Stepping over the remains , Korin cleared his throat. The creature stoped what he was doing and looked over his shoulder at Korin. Giving a loud roar the frozen ogre turned, giving Korin a look of annoyance. It pounded its massive fist into its chest, before starting its lumbering gate towards Korin.
"That's right Oh mighty frozen one, come give me what I need" korin dropped down into his combat stance his spear at the ready. "I promise to make this quick."
The Ogre Lord came strait at Korin, As he swung his massive fist at Korins head. Korin ducked and drove his spear into the unprotected under arm of the Ogre lord. The beast howled in pain, as it brought its other hand down on the shaft of the spear. Splinters of wood and ice flew and the spears shaft was shattered. The large beast back handed Korin, catching him squarly in the chest. Korin flew through the air and slammed into the wall of the cave. sliding down to land in a pile on the snow covered floor. Korin slowly got to his feet, as the creature tried to pull the tip of the spear from his underarm. Korin clasp his hands together and slowly begain to pull them apart. A long shaft of pure ice froming between his hands. then blades of ice appeared on each end of the shaft. Korin began to twirl the double bladed staff around. The ice making a whistling sound as it cut through the air. Korins attack was perfect, three strikes in fast succsession before stepping out of range. then darting back in for another strike. The large creature wobbled on weakened knees as blood poured out of seven different wounds. Then it toppled over backwards, sending up a shower of snow as it landed. Korin disspelled his bladed staff of ice, and slowly drew his Kyrss. He slowly walked over to the frozen Artic ogre. stepping up onto his stomach korin knelt placed his hand on the creatures chest. Feeling the faint heart beat korin placed the tip of the kyrss against the skin. Standing back up he looked into the eyes of the creature.
"I will ease the pain" Korin said as he slowly pushed his kyrss into the creatures heart. Korin grasp the hilt of his kyrss with both hands and closed his eyes. He slowly willed the cold inside the creatures body up the kyrss and into his own. As if a child eatting candy for the first time korin drained all the cold from the corpse, but yet it was still not enough. Korin removed his kyrss from the creatures carcus, and filled his pouch with gold. Taking two gold coins out he placed one on each open eye of the Ogre lords corpse. "I honor thee oh great Frozen one, for it is in your death that I survive."

Korin repeated his little ceremony four more times, each of his victims falling. Then being drained of all the cold energy held with in there body. Korin helped himself to their treasure, but always leaving two gold coins one over each eye. Korin emerged from ice, His skin seemed to have a blue glow to it. Korin felt very full. He felt as if the cold was about to burst out of him. He removed his gloves and the cold energy crackled from his finger tips. Pulling his gloves back on he smiled as he whistled for Tamas. "Now I am ready!"