becoming on thi My: blo ENCOUNTERS < EXDRAKE IN This could only everyone. L up their prey easto kill entire villages just to sate Between my companion’s their hunger, and those warriors gods for him too, for I have never stood'so near toadire troll and not | ‘tall tales of far adventure and a felt ike supper. liberal amount of drink, he soon would never give up ground while defending their families. disappeared into one of the cabins Either way, Rathlok and 1 were 1 immediately went to the | ic 3 handful of unmated females broken Nyss in the snow, but 1 probably not going'to make it 0 | stony to le foc hie He was | and lef me with the Braggmaw Eecegnnw ealholat wikoor Jong foo lat for him, Fle wat | chieinn, We spoke « great deal coving band as if the shard itself was fight. Morrow scold me, I hoped about the Nyss and about how than usual for suppl they would kill one another so we a many of the “frostbitten elves’ would not be forced to! o ® | entire families were leaving the moving. It was too early io the | oh, The trolkin were sure only Such thinking wasunnecessary, | spring for their nomadic moves, ‘8 great evil could ever uproot the for Rathlok let out a primal sort of | which meant they must have been GMt a ebaciy conetbing cle, | “Outen call I had never heard from him before in all of our intermittent travels. It was a dialect of Molgur-trul from the old kriels something deep inside of him that gave the giant troll pause as my companion stepped forward into the clearing—unarmed hands exposed to the elves so they could not see him as an enemy The dire troll tooka step back, dropped his guard, and rocked slightly to the ancie Tt seemed almost pacified in just a few moments of Rathlok’s bestial I would have liked to talk to iyss about what was going on and why they were so far south in such numbers, but when given the opportunity the ulk riders scooped up the children as the women sprinted ahead of them. In the turn of my head they were gone. L would have gone after them if 1 did not believe they would have afraid now that their fell calling Killed me in an instant. They were | Bur what? inclined to leave bodies or supplies desea pres net al son had returned. 1 was not of the shard I had met before, prodi named a foster member of the kriel id after such a battle they would | bchind, even in the midst of battle not have tolerated an inquisitive | and this too disturbed me. for my bringing Rathlok home, and I fainted dead away when Rathlok’s 1 was invited to stay as long as T Minutes lat almost | wished. I had already decided to Bie cise plies copes eel return south and follow the path of broken ulk at its feet in one hand | Kiel burst out of the trees. They had heard his fell calling all the way from the krielholme. After a few short embraces between old family, Rathlok and the Bragg- maw kriel were reunited and we the Nyss we bad encountered. and gave a derisive snort as it What had started tobe nothing more than a family: reunion for a friend evolved into an enigma 1 would not s009 Jer pass. Why were those i turned and stomped away into the tree line. Rathlok continued his primal tones for a while after, only stopping when he was sure the Creature was too far or disinterested | were soon warming around a persed homelands? to come back for us. Thank the | cooking fire back at the village THE PENDRAKE ENCOUNTERSTHE PERDRAKE ENCOUNTERS Nyss CLAYMORE Sworp 00 2 Why did 1 never ask. | ‘know: Gods hear me, may it only tS exactly goes in braymusk | be an isolated problem that will and will Tever be rid of the |p us all by without so much as damnable smell of it gle problem arisen. There is definitely m going If only we could all be so on in the frozen north than we | lucky NEW FEATS: si Sr a TROLL CALL [cE! - Prereq: Fell Call ability, Perform 5 ranks Benefit: You can perform a fell call that emulates the Wi ability of the Druid class but affects any type of living trol your perform check for the level check normally required to e's attitude. Unlike Druids, you cannot influence asts with this ability and you suffer a ~4 penalty to influence . Each use of Troll Call costs one use of your daily fell calls. BEAST RIDE! Prereq: Nyss Elf, Ride | rank Benefit: You have mastered the rite of riding the sacred ull an antlered steed bred jount among the ‘You do not sufler the ~5 penalty for riding any mount bareback, and you do not need to make ride checks to Guide with Knees. Normal: You must make a DC 5 ride check to Guide with Knees to use both hands when mounted and suffer a -5 penalty when riding without a saddle. Special: A fighter or ran; Beast Rider as one of his bonus fe WINTER'S EDGE [GENERAL] Prereg: Nyss Elf, BAB +3, Weapon Focus (Nyss Claymore), ‘Weapon Finesse may choose Benefits You have undergone an ancient Nyss sword rite focusing on pre your Dexterity modifie damage rolls with your } sion instead of strength. You may use id of your Strength modifier on