Randal

When Randal heard about the true complexities that were hidden behind the guild’s unitary façade, his anger boil as only one conclusion seems to arise. Knowing this he had gone to find the vice-leader to coerce the truth from him. He had spent a few more days looking for the guy but to no avail.

It was only later that it was revealed that due to the nature of his investigations and the cautious nature of the leader that he had already gone into hiding after hearing that someone was looking for him. This led to Randal being unable to ever come face to face with the leader, but the plot did not stop there.

Over the course of the next few days of his investigation. Randal was accosted by various hired thugs, though they did not reveal their hirer, Randal knew that this was a ploy to get rid of him.

Day 35 (67 exp)

Randal used attempted 9 crafts and failed 0 times. (27 exp from ATP and CAT)
He managed to salvage 0 of the failures, using up 9 materials in total. (0 exp)
He made 9 Meals.

3 T1E1 Meal (9 exp)
6 T1E2 Meal (15 exp)
3 T1E3 Meal (16 exp)

Randal was about ready to leave but Zero made a very good point, there had been no opportunity for Randal to really take a good look around and the previous search was just a cursory one. Surely a dragon as vicious as Carsar must have treasure somewhere in his lair.

“Hold on just one second” Randal said as one of the hactchlings began to tug at his trousers. Mr. Pebbles started to move, his liquid-ish form slithering down Randal’s side and forming at the floor, startling the dragon into realsing Randal’s pants. Pebbles opened its two orange magma eyes and stared at the Topaz hatchling, forming into a shape similar to it. The hatchling hissed before glaring at Randal and pouncing into one of the deeper recesses of the Rocky Outcrop.

“Let’s follow it,” Randal suggested to Zero quickly, before chasing down the livelier of the hatchlings. When Randal and Zero arrived at a turn in the cavern system, they were greeted by a glow stone cavern that illuminated the gold coins and items that were scattered across the floor.

Randal finds the Treasure Horde
The party gets 5,000 col and 15 Materials

Day 34 (66 exp)

Randal used attempted 9 crafts and failed 1 times. (27 exp from ATP and CAT)
He managed to salvage 1 of the failures, using up 8 materials in total. (2 exp)
He made 8 Meals.

7 T1E1 Meal (9 exp)
6 T1E2 Meal (20 exp)
3 T1E3 Meal (8 exp)

Randal went on an investigation to find out what was happening and why someone who was due for a promotion would get killed for no reason. Randal, in order to find out more, went to find the guild master of Tris’ guild and spoke with him. All that he could say was that she was not doing or undertaking any sort of quest that could result in her death and as such has suspected foul play, but the guild leader was also a coward. He did not want to put his position at risk by investigating the members who were suspicious or had the most to gain from Tris’ passing.

After some insistence over the course of a few days, Randal finally managed to get the names of the people who might be involved from the guild leader. It was the vice-leader and his lackeys who were trying to push for the commercialisation of the guild and using aggressive force against players who would not conform to their wishes.

Randal first followed the last bits of information that he had about where she was or what she was doing. He hired some information brokers to help him with his search to see if there was anything that was happening around her vicinity at the time of her passing.

He wanted to be able to help her even if she was no longer in the world by preserving her memory, even if he was one of the only ones to have known here, this was probably the best way that he could have supported her.

After a few days of waiting came the news that the had been waiting for, Tris was due for a promotion in her guild before she passed away. Her cause of death was unknown and the guild master had listed her as Killed in Action because no one else knew where her body had perished.

That relationship had ended after a few months when Randal found out that Tris’s name was on the Pillar of names where fallen comrades would be engraved on to forever. He knew something was wrong when her name on his friends list was grey out, it was not like someone could log out of the game and appear offline, so something must have happened to her, she either did not want to be found and turned her friend tracking off or something bad had occurred to her.

That was what prompted Randal to head over to the pillar to see if she was in the recent names. Searching for her name using the given functions available, he quickly found her listed there as a player who had been unfortunately removed from the game.

Randal felt upset at the news and was driven to find out more about what happened to her.

Randal uses Blink | -8 EN | 20*12=240
Snapdragon Misses
Loot Snapdragon | 4,000 col, 1 Mat, T3E3 Armor and T3E3 Trinket

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 18/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [0/3] | Wild Dance [0/2] | Shredder [2/2] | Blink [3/2] | Severance [1/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 0/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

Instead, Tris and the player she was butting heads with agreed to the duel which ended in her loss but not the end of her life. Of course, no one wanted to lose and each time they would nearly come to blows and sometimes she would win and sometimes she would lose. The problem was that she consistently spent time trying to get back at the group of players who were trying to steal other player’s items that she did not spend time taking care of here own quest. That was how Randal truly started speaking to her, it was after he had decided to reach out and lend a helping hand when he was done with his quest.

Seeing as how Randal was not another thieving bastard there to steal her kill, she quickly took a liking to him and they worked together to defeat the correct number of boars to move on from the quest, it didn’t take very long as a result of their teamwork and they finished the quest requirement faster than the other team because they had more people which meant that they also needed to hunt more boars in general.

Randal uses Shredder BD 5+3=8 | -10 EN | 20*14=280
Snapdragon Misses MD 7-4=3 |

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 23/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [1/3] | Wild Dance [1/2] | Shredder [3/2] | Blink [0/2] | Severance [2/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 220/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

Day 33 (46 exp)

Randal used attempted 8 crafts and failed 3 times. (24 exp from ATP and CAT)
He managed to salvage 2 of the failures, using up 6 materials in total. (5 exp)
He made 5 Meals.

8 T1E1 Meal (12 exp)
1 T1E2 Meal (5 exp)
0 T1E3 Meal (0 exp)

When Gavorron was felled by Hakai the moment it came out, Randal knew for sure that this quest was easy in comparison to some of the others that he had done. He was well aware that Hakai was already much stronger than him so if he could kill the other minotaur in one hit, it was not unusual that she was able to as well.

Upon literally eviscerating the minotaur, another three amulets fell from the disappearing corpse.

“You three are mighty heroes in Faune, I will be sure to take these pendants and prove your strength to all who pass to hear my tale of your unimahinable battle with the beastly minotaurs!” Larbrook was incredibly chatty from the sheer ecstasy that was present on his face.

“Here, pendants that we give to the important in life, and you three have brought peace to the minotaurs and to us Faune who live near the Forest of Wavering Mists. Thank you again.” Larbrook regales the heroes with a great deal of respect while handing them a different set of amulets.

To Randal, Ivory seemed to be visibly charmed by the flattery of Larbrook while Hakai continued to be annoyed, probably because the battle was so easy it did not match the things that Larbrook said. Randal too felt this way but it was just a quest, so he let it go and appeared pleased like Ivory.

Together, they all returned to the main NPC village and Larbrook once again thanks them for their efforts and the courage which they showed. With that, a Quest Completion appeared.

Randal turned to his dissolving party and asked. “What are you guys going to be up to now?”.

NIGHT

ID191459 | LD5 | Unique Skill for Randal
ID191460 | LD10 | Unique Skill for Hakai

The little dragons continued to dance around Randal and Zero as they had their conversation. “Don’t worry about it, I already looked around and I don’t think that I saw anything worth exploring. You should not look so down, you made major contributions that were not combat related. I could only take on the dragon so fearlessly because it made it possible for me to fight without fear that Carsar would make hostages of the hatchlings, or when you distracted Carsar long enough for me to get the finishing blow off. You were of great assistance and I am sure one day you will get your fair share of combat as well. Not all beasts are as fragile as Carsar.” Randal encouraged.

“Tell you what though, you can lead the way back to Fuzziel.” Randal mentioned carrying one hatchling in his arms and another on his shoulder. The hatchling on his should fought for space with Mr. Pebbles and they eventually accepted a temporary cohabitation situation of the land space atop his arms.

One of the hatchlings that were still on the ground dropped something in front of the duo, it was another piece of the journal entry. Let us recap, there was map that led us to Fuzziel and a journal entry that contained the words of someone who was fascinated with dragons.

Opening up this new scroll, Randal found that it was like layered cake, each layer marking a spot on the relative map offered with X’s and O’s, the map earlier also had X’s and O’s which led them to Fuzziel, so that must mean that there were more dragons. The plot was thickening, this is a chain quest!

Randal held mixed emotions about the stability of the party that he had gathered, although he liked them both, it would appear that they could not stand to be around each other, or rather Hakai would very much rather not hang out with Ivory.

“Yeap come on then, let’s follow Hakai, I would like to see this quest through to the end and she seems to know where she’s going, also the NPC hasn’t prompted anything for awhile now, it’s safe to assume that we are going in the right direction…probably.” Randal spoke towards Ivory but with the intention of the whole party being able to hear him.

As they trekked their way through the forest, a small clearing in the mist opened up ahead. Before them lay a series of stone pillars and crumbling ruins that seemed to have been a Tower of sorts. It was tiny compared to the gargantuan trees that stood tall by its side, but it appears to have been built for a creature to sleep it. The size of the gateway was superimposed with the image of the minotaur they fought, and Randal quickly figured that the Minotaur must have stayed within these ruins.

This begged an interesting question which he posed to the group. “What do you think the lore behind these minotaurs are? Larbrook just says that it is an honour to kill them but do you think they have some sort of story?”

3/5

The trek through the Forest of Wavering Mists was a decently long one, they were practically lost for an hour and following Larbrook hoping that he would be able to decern the right direction there were meant to be headed towards.

The signs were right in front of the party, to mention again the various hints and imagery that pointed out that the quarry was around the area would be redundant, both Ivory and Hakai made it obvious with their verbal and nonverbal cues.

Almost on cue, a massive shadow loomed over the relatively tiny girl as it scrambled towards the party. Trying to parlay with the beast only seemed to enrage it further, its focus heavily on Ivory and nearly blind to the more dangerous threats in the party.

Randal had always been a step behind Hakai in terms of initiative, the battle-crazed girl had seen her fair share of fighting and was often quick to react to situations that were combat related. She was the first to move, swinging her blade but missing her mark by a substantial amount.

Randal found that his gear kicked into action and he followed closely behind Hakai, his movement in tandem with Hakai as he utilised the opening that she gave in the form of her actions to carve a blood symphony that the whole forest could hear.

Not one to be left behind, Larbrook joined in the fun and crashed down on the minotaur and the party watched as their teamwork left the beast slain and vanquished.

Three amulets fell from the body of the minotaur which were collected by Larbrook.

Randal uses Wild Dance | BD 4+3=7 | 20*8=160 DMG
Kantaras Dies

Randal: HP 480/480 | Energy 61/66 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 | H: 1
Cooldowns: Wild Dance [3/2]

Ivory Lotus:   | Health: 465/465 | EN:58/60 | Mitigation: 68 | 2 ACC | 1 Prosperity | H: 2

Hakai: HP: 680/680 | EN: 102 | MIT: 78 |  DMG: 23 | ACC: 1 | EVA: 3 | Bleed: 2 | Paralyze: 1 | H: 0

<<Kantaras, the Eastern Hoya Minotaur>> HP: 0/150 | DMG: 45 | ACC: 1

Tris, for short, was sick of players who tried to lay a claim on a monster that she had been nbattling before taking away her kill and using their numbers to keep her quiet. She was blowing her top at them and was about to come to blows with them. There was where Randal first met her. Not wanting the fight to cause any real deaths, they agreed to a duel to resolve the conflict, with the player who was able to best the other to take away the loot from the monster. This made sense if you considered it from the point of two ego-maniacs who were only out to prove that they were more right than the other instead of thinking how they would be able to resolve the conflict.

If they considered what they were all here for, it would have been much more efficient for them to team up and share the loot because it was always easier to hunt when the numbers were on your side. In most RPGs, the team that gets the most moves in a term is likely to have a large advantage over the enemy.

Randal uses Severance | -5 EN | 20*8=160
Snapdragon dies 
Snapdragon drops | 4,000 col , 1 Mat, T3E3 Armor and T3E3 Trinket

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 30/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [2/3] | Wild Dance [2/2] | Shredder [0/2] | Blink [0/2] | Severance [3/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 0/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

That was how Randal met a player called Triskallion, named after something famous in one of the movies from the outside world. The player was aggressive towards the others, claiming that he had played many games and in all the games he played the loot belonged to the player that contributed the most to the battle, so it doesn’t matter who aggroed it first or who made the last hit.

It was a good mechanism in theory but there was mothing to probe that the other player was telling the truth or was telling a lie if they said that they were the ones to deal the most damage before the monster died. It simple became a game of who can produce the most evidence and who would be able to prove their claims, otherwise it would devolve into another argument, which would not be the first time that players came to blows as a result of conflict escalation.

Randal misses | -2EN |
Snapdragon misses

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 32/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [3/3] | Wild Dance [3/2] | Shredder [0/2] | Blink [1/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 143/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

Randal continued to murder and take on the Snapdragons at an alarming rate, he remembered a time very long ago when he was first starting out in the game. Back then he did not have much with him and a lot of players were just beginning to find their form. He had recently gotten his martial arts skill and was setting out on his very first few quests; it was especially because some of the early quest required him to take on some monsters on the famed boar filled plains of the first floor.

There was a quest that require him to secure some boar tusks which were an item that dropped at rare intervals. He remembered that there were a number of players who were doing the quest around the same time as him and they had gotten into an argument about how to split the space. It was a difficult issues to solve.

Randal uses Dance Macabre | -12 EN | 20+1=21 | 21*17=357
Snapdragon misses

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 31/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [4/3] | Wild Dance [0/2] | Shredder [1/2] | Blink [2/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 143/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

The killing and the murder of Snapdragons went by quickly, giving Randal lots of practice with using his claws. In between battles, Randal would take Mr. Pebbles off his shoulder to practice doing some tricks. Teaching Pebbles to respond to his voice in with accuracy and consistency.

When Randal tried to give a command, Pebbles was still unable to understand Human speech and so was unable to do as Randal asked him to do. When the word roll was asked of it, it would waddle around the place and pout because it had been displaced from its favourite place, Randal’s shoulders. Randal would still find a lot of joy in his interactions with Pebbles because it was so darn cute that it was hard to pry oneself away from it. Randal decided that he would undertake the quest that was needed to teach Pebbles a skill of his own, even though the skill points would be coming out from Randal’s pocket it was still good to have some ability or skills that Pebbles knew how to perform.

Randal uses Blink | [-8 EN] | 20*12=240 damage
Snapdragon Dies| Drops 2,000 col and 1 Mat | 2,000 col
Loot Snapdragon LD 14+6=20 | CD 10 | 1*Perfect Weapon and 2,000 col

Total Loot: 6,000 col, 1 Mat and 1*perfect weapon

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 40/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [1/3] | Wild Dance [1/2] | Shredder [2/2] | Blink [3/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 0/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

He picked up the spoils of his battle and felt the confidence that he had in himself improving and growing us he managed to take care of the mob with ease. He decided that he was likely to be able to continue and started to take a look around him to try and spot which one would be a good prey for him to hunt. There were certainly a lot of them and Nemo did not specify how many he was expected to take care of so Randal assumed that the number would not be too large.

Even if the number was large, how was he to know he let out a snort as he thought about the absurdity of the vague instructions that were given to him. Nonetheless, he already earned his right to do what ever he wanted for the most part and so continued to kill Snapdragons for the reminder of the time.

Randal uses Shredder and Crits +2 | [-10 EN] | 22*14=308 damage
Snapdragon misses | MD 8-4=4

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 47/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [2/3] | Wild Dance [2/2] | Shredder [3/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 192/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

Randal headed straight towards the lack where the Snapdragons could be found in abundance, there was certainly an overpopulations of monsters around the area and this was the quest that Nemo had gave him, he needed to complete it well and so set off to work a little afraid of the mobs here.

A series of unfortunate events could easily cause Randal to lose his life. This what the number one thing that Randal feared the most, being unable to fight against the unrelenting torment of bad luck and misfortune.

Randal probed at one such Snapdragon that was peacefully curled up into a ball and imitating a flower, luring other creatures nearer to it before taking a bite out of them. Fortunately, Randal was the aggressor and was well positioned away from the Snapdragon’s jaws. utilising two sword arts. Randal quickly dispatched the Snapdragon. Randal saw that the number had not really decreased from just one kill so he was to take out a few more.

Randal Hits Wild Dance | 8*20 = 160 DMG
Snapdragon Dies | Drops 2,000 col and 1 Mat | 1,000 col and 2 Mat
Looting: LD 10+6=16 | CD 11 | 1*Rare Trinket and 1,500 col

Total loot: 4,500 col, 3 Mat and 1*Rare Trinket

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 54/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [3/3] | Wild Dance [3/2]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 0/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

The details of the quest were numerous, Nemo went through the trouble of specifying the locations at which each group of monster that needed to be culled would be found at. There was a number of different enemies that Randal would have to take care off but there were some that Randal decided were more suited to combat than others.

Randal was basing his defensive stats on his high evasion, that was why he wore little to no real armour on his body, choosing to wear some pieces of cloth on his body which offered little protection but as much flexibility and speed as possible. Randal did not even put the cloth on the upper part of his body.

As such, Randal made the decision to go after the Snapdragon mobs. Their special characteristic was that they had extremely hard jaws, this meant that they were fully capable of biting through a warrior’s defenses.

Randal Hits Dance Macabre | 17*20 = 340 DMG
Snapdragon misses 

Lvl 25 Randal Info
HP 500/500 | Energy 56/68 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [4/3]

<Snapdragon>>
HP 160/500 | Damage 150 | Piercing Crunch

“Actually yes…” Nemo answered after a short pause of silence, “There was something that you could help me do, there has been an influx on monsters coming into the Garden and it is usually my duty to sort them out and ensure that they listen to me. Once in awhile there are too many of them, we need someone to get rid of the excess. I do not really care for the monsters, they are just mindless beasts for the most part but there are some that are particularly intelligent that I keep around. Keep an eye out in their necks, should they have a red spot at that area then you should be wary of them and avoid hurting them.: Nemo went on to explain the details of the quest to Randal. It would appear that Nemo was passing down a task that he usually did to Randal. Nemo piped up at the end and told Randal that if he does this well, then a room in the castle was his to use, he was also told to wait for Nemo before choosing a room because Nemo had selected a few that he could use.

Randal finds 3 Mats

Randal watched as Tipper struck at the wolf with nimbleness and agility.  Tipper was the same type of fighter as Randal was, wielding a whip which another of the weapons which were surprisingly hard to find due to their unconventionality in using them. It was going well but the wolf was not backing down from the fight. Randal saw that there was no need for him to stand around and watch someone do their own thing so he retreated back to the Garden to find Nemo tending to his garden without fail as he usually did.

“We all good about yesterday?” Randal proffered gently to Nemo.

“Do you think that I have choice about it? You have bested me and hanve the right to stay and do whatever you want.” Nemo said, not turning around to let Randal see his face. Deep down, he was happy that there was someone here to accompany him, it was really all that he wanted.

“Thanks anyway, is there anything that you might need me to do today?” Randal asked while walking around Nemo and helping him pull out some of the weeds like he usually did.

Randal finds 4 Mats

The evening was kind to Tipper, he was worried that he had wandered too far in the woods and had gotten himself lost when he met Nemo. The kind of looking man was tending to the flowers near him, and Tipper went up to ask for directions. He had no idea that by agreeing to the man’s offer to spend the night, that he would be treated to a castle filled with useful material and strong monsters that could be used to help him level up.

When Tipper reached, he was informed that there was at present one other player in the garden but because he was late, that player had gone to bed and that they would meet in the morning. Tipper was too excited and had a habit of not falling asleep in new places easily, so he decided to make the most of the night and was fighting away.

Sleeping in the barn had been a fabulous idea and it was not until he woke up the next day did he realise that Cardinal even simulated the effects of bad sleep. Talk about a realistic game and why normal people chose to sleep on something other than hay. The sleeping bag’s material was sufficient to keep the cold out and keep Randal warm. He gave himself a light stretch and yawned before packing up his things.

Before stepping out of the stables completely, Randal looked around and noticed that there was another player. He knew this because that player was getting chased down by a phase wolf, it would appear that someone found their way to the Garden in the middle of the night. Perhaps that is where Nemo went in the middle of the evening yesterday. Could it be that the system would let him know when there was someone in the vicinity and Nemo is expected to get them ass part of the quest.

Randal finds 4 Mats

The words that Zero was shouting were hard to comprehend as they came out as a muffled amidst the loud flapping of wings. The things that was unmistakable however was the clear distraction the Zero had became for Carsar, which as Randal did not hear but Zero did say, this was an opening for Randal.

Randal sprinted towards a wall. using the jagged and uneven portions of the cave’s surface as footholds that he would push off faster than gravity could pull him down, Randal slowly ran higher and higher until Carsar lost sight of him. Activating his own sword art, Randal felt his body propel forward, he felt the claws on both hands sink deep into Carsar’s neck, he twisted his arm causing a gurgled scream to escape from Carsar, before pulling the claws out of it’s neck and watching the mass fall from the sky where it had been hovering and disintegrating before it touches the ground.

Randal landed on the ground without the grace of a cut, the abrupt digitalisation of Carsar left his footing wanting as he crashed into the ground, fortunately it was not high enough to take any fall damage and Randal got up without any problems. Dusting himself off, Randal smiled at Zero and said, “Thanks for the help, I’m pretty sure that if it were not for you, Carsar would be headed towards Fuzziel by now.”

Randal stepped forward and petted Zero on the back. Together, they walked towards the hatchlings which chirped and grumbled around the duo in excitement, happy to be away from the bigger and meaner dragon. They could sense a familiar magic oozing from the bodies of the two humans in front of them and became quick friends.

Combat encounter
Randal Hits BD 6+3-2=7 | [-11 EN] | Viper's Sting 13x20= 260 DMG - 40 MIT = 220 DMG
Carsar Dies

Randal Info Updated
HP 480/480 | Energy 52/66 | Damage 18 (+2 SA) | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | EVA 4 + 1 | LD 6 |
Cooldowns: Dance Macabre [2/3] | Shredder [2/2] | Viper's Sting [3/2]

Zero
HP 100/100 | Energy 26/28 | Damage 8 | MIT 20 | ACC 3 | RGN 1
Cooldowns: Fight Blade [3/2]

Carsar info
HP 0/350 | Damage 65 | MIT 40 | 2 EVA | -3 ACC