An Adventure of sorts

[paradiso]

a true story...

I was strolling through the Worfin countryside one day - ambling about, enjoying the cool breeze and the vast nothingness around me - when all of a sudden, i spotted a figure in the distance.
"A fellow wanderer!" I thought to myself as i rushed toward the figure. How wrong I was. As I approached it, i noticed the strangeness in the figure's gait and the oddly shaped head. Upon nearing it even still, I found - to my horror - that the figure was, indeed, a wanderer, but not one of the sorts that I am accustomed to encountering - a massive Ogre stood before me, lurking in an uneven path toward no place in particular. His beady eyes were red with rage and spittle frothed at his mouth.
I remained a safe distance away from the brute as I notified my fellows of the find. I knew that Radnar, King of Radnaria was on the look out for the ogre. He asked me where it was. As I was telling him, it went over a hill and disappeared from sight. I ran after it, afraid I might lose the beast if I let it out of my field of vision.
To my dismay, as I topped the hill I found the beast lurking on the other side, sneering at me. It had laid a trap! The creature sprung on me and began swiping me with it's vicious claws. I tried to fight back with my spear, but alas, it was too strong. I began to run.
I ran and ran - across the sweeping hills of Worfin, my heart pounding in utter fear of the dark underworld that awaited me should the beast catch me. It was behind me every step of the way. I didn't know where to go, except back to Worfin village. Maybe the dwarves there could protect me from the wrath of this monster. If they couldn't I could always retreat to the boat and sail back to Stondar.
Upon reaching the village I turned around to find the ogre was utterly ignoring the dwarves around me, just as the dwarves were ignoring the ogre. I ran to the boat. The ogre was right behind me. I could hear it gnashing it's teeth in reverence of the meal to come. I leapt onto the boat and...

All went black. Pitch black. The darkness engulfed me in deafening silence.

Then suddenly, I was in the ocean, under the water. I could see the sunlight refracting through the waves above me and glistening at the surface. I swam up and burst out of the water, gasping for air. Breathing heavily, I peered around me in anticipation. There was nothing to see. Water stretched in every direction for what seemed like an immeasurable distance. I was floating on a plane of infinite water. I hadn't a clue what could be done, so I did the only thing I could. I swam South.
I swam for what seemed to be eternity. Or was it only a minute? Time was lost in this infinite void of ocean and sky. I prayed, screamed, begged to the gods for salvation, but there was none. It seemed I was to die out here, alone, quietly. I continued South. If I couldn't find land at least I would find the edge of the world. Perhaps I could at least end my life quicker there... but wait! A form, in the distance! Shrouded by mist! I wipe my eyes - the form seems to appear and reappear at random intervals. Was it even real? I swam toward it, clinging to what little hope I had left. A ship! could it be... Golden Link? It was! What captain, other than the fearless Torvin, would dare these treacherous unending waters? I dashed toward the ship with what little energy I had left. The pain of my wounds from my encounter with the ogre fell into the back of my mind - all I could think of was salvation! And aboard his ship, the great Lord of Sheep, Garon himself. They hoisted me up to the deck and I was saved.

Darkness enveloped me again...

THE END

[Charles]

Excellent writing. I've been thinking it would be good to have true short stories about the game that would help promote the game. I thought I would have to write them myself, but this is great.

Paradiso, is it okay if I repost that elsewhere, perhaps with a little editing? For example, at one point you say "lurking in an uneven path toward no place in particular" when I think you meant "lurching on an uneven path toward no place in particular."

We did something like this for the Nations and Empires game where there is a page called the "Library of Scrolls" that has various stories and histories that are part of the backstory of the game along with stories mostly written by me about true adventures of players in the game.

Something like that might be good here. A Youtube video would be even better, but I don't have the right software loaded on my computer to edit that sort of thing or even to record it off the screen. My wife does have the editing software, but should probably put my time into working on the game instead of a video about the game.

I could definitely find time to add a page to our website that would have a list of links to true stories of adventures in the game like this one.

Also, from the game log records and other sources, I can verify that this story is essentially true. Apparently there was some more action after Paradiso escaped from the ogre. The ogre then turned and attacked the dwarves of Worfin Village. Jareg and another dwarf seem to have run off in terror while Gworin fought it. Gworin was wounded, but managed to kill the ogre.

[magick]

Download framps movie maker, though it doesn't record sound you could always add in your own music with windows movie maker, but framps is a good program to make in-game movies. When i get on saturday for the server i could make one as well.

As long as my character isn't having problems like last time i should be able to help, i think the game was resisting my awsomness lol.

Well anyway good luck and nice story

[Charles]

If anyone else wants to write a short story about an adventure they had in the game, that would be cool.

[paradiso]

yeah you can use it and edit it however you want, i'm not particularly attached to it.