McIan
Journeyman
Suka's deliverance, unexpected though it was, rekindled hope within him. Torak was free again but with limitations. His easy-money-making enterprise was over and he was a felon on the loose with a price on his head. To make matters worse he was broke. His bank account had been confiscated, small as it was (he was much too smart to put the bulk of his gold there), and his palatial mansion had been seized by Scar and his band of do-gooders. They had used HIS gold to rebuild it into a haven for themselves and other of their ilk, calling it "Sanctuary" of all things. Worst of all there was nothing he could do about any of it... not just yet.
His first contact with his Drow "friends" had met with disaster. Having neither much money nor clout anymore to influence them, they jeered and mocked his misfortune. Thus his connection to the realm where Deminatza lived was cut, though perhaps not permanently. He begged them to reconsider and they told him if he would deliver a high ranking, prominent, elf to them, they would do business with him again. Obviously the poor elf would be cruelly treated, perhaps even killed, but that did not bother him. What did was that he would have to come out of hiding and move about in public. He was not ready for that, wanting the furor of his escape to die down first. So to get back to her would entail a long and dangerous waiting game.
He was glad, however, that from his last foray in the other realm he had brought across and kept hidden several items that would reveal to the world that her fiance' Scar was not what he seemed to be. He had a chequered past, being a lycanthrope that once was out of control - a murdering, cold-hearted, rampaging beast that could never be fully trusted. If he could not kill the swine outright, he could anonymously discredit him in the eyes of his do-gooding friends and allies. Some token of revenge was better than nothing and his ability to disguise himself and deceive by fair speech remained a potent asset.
In the meantime, he would join whatever band could use his skills to do the worst possible damage to the Imperial world. Suka was a good choice. So were the pirates. Maybe too this Piper fellow could use some aid. Whatever the future held, he intended to wreak as much chaos, plunder, and damage as he could for as long as he could.
Then he would worry about how to get back to his beloved.
His first contact with his Drow "friends" had met with disaster. Having neither much money nor clout anymore to influence them, they jeered and mocked his misfortune. Thus his connection to the realm where Deminatza lived was cut, though perhaps not permanently. He begged them to reconsider and they told him if he would deliver a high ranking, prominent, elf to them, they would do business with him again. Obviously the poor elf would be cruelly treated, perhaps even killed, but that did not bother him. What did was that he would have to come out of hiding and move about in public. He was not ready for that, wanting the furor of his escape to die down first. So to get back to her would entail a long and dangerous waiting game.
He was glad, however, that from his last foray in the other realm he had brought across and kept hidden several items that would reveal to the world that her fiance' Scar was not what he seemed to be. He had a chequered past, being a lycanthrope that once was out of control - a murdering, cold-hearted, rampaging beast that could never be fully trusted. If he could not kill the swine outright, he could anonymously discredit him in the eyes of his do-gooding friends and allies. Some token of revenge was better than nothing and his ability to disguise himself and deceive by fair speech remained a potent asset.
In the meantime, he would join whatever band could use his skills to do the worst possible damage to the Imperial world. Suka was a good choice. So were the pirates. Maybe too this Piper fellow could use some aid. Whatever the future held, he intended to wreak as much chaos, plunder, and damage as he could for as long as he could.
Then he would worry about how to get back to his beloved.