I was under the impression that the sai developed originally as a farming tool and was adopted for use as a weapon... and they're useful in parrying any form of weaponry which doesn't have enough mass to shear through them or jar them out of your grasp.

Granted, the flail is brutish. (Why do you ...

Presumably one would sort out the shares of the profits beforehand... if someone found them unacceptable, then they wouldn't be included. Bah... this is bad. I'm actually considering it, and I'm already out of time.

Do you see the fnords?

Perhaps a thread should be created where people can list the characters that they want used (or are willing to have used if consulted first, as is the case with my two) or must not be used by others... something of the sort, anyways... just in case anyone ever gets around to ...

The troll nodded once again and watched as Ardise backed off, a slight grin on his face. "No need to face Haegrath while leaving. Haegrath not yet king," he stated. Apparently, human politics had made some impression on him. With that and her departure, he too turned and began walking away. He then ...

"Of course." The troll commander inclined his head in acknowledgement; a bow might have been attempted, but is appeared that in such a case, his immense weight might have overbalanced him. It wouldn't have been elegant, anyways.

A pity the hooves of horses were so small, otherwise the horses might ...

"If the horses are anything like normal, they fear trolls. If not ridden, they run when we come. Horses are food. In the night, release the horses, or kill them. Your people do this. Horses make less noise. Maybe you ride them." He shrugs. "Without horses, armour make them slow. Make some traps ...

"Are horses important to Griori, then?" The leader's eyes narrow, calculating. "Without the horses, what would they do?" It's an idea worth pursuing. Trolls can carry what armour they wear easily, but for some others, their armour would be a severe hinderance if they were forced to bear its weight ...

Haegrath scratched his gnarled elbow idly has he considered this new information. The trolls weren't the best thinkers, and they most likely wouldn't do well against the knights if the knights were indeed the equal of a troll. He doubted that - well, there wasn't much that was a match for him, given ...

"Uk-thak has brought news of the knights," Haegrath replied. "Haegrath knows only what he was told, but throwing-fire from catapults seems most dangerous, if they use it. If not dangerous, trolls would kill them all."

This woman had a military mind. Like Haegrath, although he was somewhat ...

Haegrath stepped forwards slightly. "Haegrath of Zaekonspiere requested a meeting," the troll ruler says. "Haegrath wishes to protect other trolls from knights. A group of knights with fire and maces have attacked, equipped to fight trolls. We pay you to kill knights. Haegrath and own guard will ...

Haegrath had quickly figured out that the plans would not work to his detriment in any way, and so he quickly stalked off into the darkness. Not to return to Zaekonspiere, because there was no time for that, but to raid one of his nearby caves and bring the wealth forth. The chest he selected was ...

Haegrath sat, pondering, in the darkness of the subterranean room. A soldier-woman... mercenary? That was the word he had used. Someone who will fight if given money. Yes, that was right. Haegrath also had some money for paying. Although he also was one who hoarded, such circumstances called for the ...

"Many, though? And prepared against trolls?" Haegrath puzzled over this for some time before nodding. "Trolls not good with numbers, but they do not win fight. We need more, then. If they fight best with trolls... would your kind work better against knights with flame?"

Then his brain, quite large ...

"Of course they may be." Haegrath glowered at this unexpected news. The trolls were his. His! This must not be. "Haegrath will take his guard to deal with knights with fire and maces. How many knights, does Uk-Thak know? You bring most important news."

Then his glower decreases slightly at his new ...

Haegrath took the piece of meat, devouring a large part with the gusto typical of a now-hungry troll. After he is finished, he replies, "Thank you, Uk-thak of Zaekonspiere. I have not eaten in some days." And this half-troll seemed stronger than he appeared, as well as having the proper speech of ...