Searching for a home

ad Biker had taught me, McBykar, many important things I had to learn in order to survive in the wilderness. One day he left Trinsic and said he wanted to go out and find a nice place for a home. The prices for little houses had increased already from 11,000 gold pieces to 22,000. That was a lot of money, but Mad Biker would soon have that much gold in his bank box.

He was wandering through the northern forests, as he finally found a beautiful beach. A perfect place this would be! A friend, Sam, lived near this place and invited him for a bottle of ale and a small talk. Strange neighbors seemed to live here...

As he returned, he said to me that he had found the place finally, and there would be one more thing for me to do: This time he would give me a rune and a mark scroll and I would search this place all by myself. I had to wander through the wilderness alone, face the dangers of Britannia without any help and mark a rune near our future home. Thanks to his good description I found the area soon. I stopped in a clearing admiring the beautiful flowers, as suddenly I heard strange noises from all directions. Suddenly two orcs and a mongbat broke through the bushes and attacked me. I tried to hide, but the Gods of Britannia had decided not to let me hide while fighting. Soon my crossbow bolts had almost been wasted and I hadn't killed any of the enemies.

I fled, but an orcish mage followed me and hit me with many fireballs and other spells. That was the end. My first death! I was desperate, for I had disappointed the confidence Mad Biker had put in me. Hastily I ran to the next shrine to get resurrected. As I returned to the place, the monsters were still there, but I managed to sneak up to the pile of my stuff still lying on the ground and hid well. I had lost nothing! Feeling relieved I waited for the orcs to disappear, and then killed the mongbat with a few shots. My next victim was an orc lord. The other orc had disappeared.
After about 10 tries the Mark spell finally worked and I recalled back to Trinsic.

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