establishment.
Before the goblin could get to its
feet, Okyiq threw three more minions through the busted window, but they
suffered no cuts as their bodies cleared the broken glass strewn across the
tavern floor.
Several people within the Spruce
View Tavern screamed and ran to the back exit. They didn't wish to be caught
outside in the middle of a goblin raid, but their shelter had been compromised
and remaining within the inn seemed an unhealthy alternative.
That consideration came to
fruition for two muscular men that pressed their bodies against the locked
front door. They had withstood Okyiq's initial assault, but they were unarmed
and unprepared to face four snarling goblins with short swords drawn.
Rushing the men like hunting
spiders leaping at prey, the four goblins within the tavern dove upon their
targets in a tumbled mass of aggression. Their small but razor sharp swords
jabbed and sliced with maniacal glee, dropping both men in an instant.
Covered in the blood of their
victims, the twisted monsters shoved and pulled the corpses away from the door.
The instant they called out to their leader, they were knocked backward by
splinters and shards of wood.
Okyiq roared as he kicked at the
locked door. Without the men supporting it, the wood burst into pieces as the burly
goblin's foot crashed through its center. Okyiq pushed the broken pieces that
hung on the hinges aside as he pounced into the Spruce View Tavern.
He saw several people racing out
the back, or running up stairs hoping to barricade themselves in the rooms
above, but they were not his concern. He looked to the assorted tables spread
across the large tavern. He saw several plates of food, but the amount didn't
match what he could smell. He knew there was more in the back of the building,
and it was there he marched. He demanded all twelve goblins follow him into the
kitchen to collect the ultimate source of his desires.
He pressed through two swinging
doors and the aim of the raid waited for him like treasure piled before a
conquering warrior. For the large goblin, it was like finding a city of gold.
Heaps of food seemed to wait on every table and in every corner. Meats, grains,
fruits and vegetables appeared in every direction. There were shelves and
cabinets filled with delicacies, and he wanted them all.
"Fill your sacks!" Okyiq
demanded.
The goblins did so without
hesitation, save for one, the one that Okyiq threw through the wide front
window. The goblin was leaving a trail of blood wherever it stepped, even sent
waves of thick red liquid across the floor as it pulled its large cloth bag
from over its shoulder. While it moved through the stash of food with nearly
the same vicious glee as its brethren, its vision quickly dimmed and the room
began to swirl around it. It fainted with its sack only half full.
Okyiq stepped up to the fallen
goblin with fury.
"Get up!"
But the goblin had drifted off
into unconsciousness from loss of blood.
Okyiq kicked at the creature.
Unfortunately for them both, the fallen monster failed to respond. It died at
that very moment. The larger goblin cursed, pulled the half filled sack from
the dead goblin's grasp, and threw it to another creature nearby.
"Fill that one as well!"
Okyiq demanded. He wanted a dozen sacks filled with food, and he would have it,
even if one of his minions had to carry a double load.
With the looting complete, Okyiq
led his goblin party back out onto the streets. He surveyed the scene with
impatience. The rain continued to fall in great sheets and pound the ground all
around them. The conditions were near ideal for his minions to prowl through
shadows and create chaos.
The goblins had followed his
commands. Many of them were hiding under the cover of porches or in small
alleys, not allowing for archers to pick them off. Some were involved in small
skirmishes with human guards that had moved in from the north, but the combat
was limited, not what Okyiq had expected. He would have
Before the goblin could get to its
feet, Okyiq threw three more minions through the busted window, but they
suffered no cuts as their bodies cleared the broken glass strewn across the
tavern floor.
Several people within the Spruce
View Tavern screamed and ran to the back exit. They didn't wish to be caught
outside in the middle of a goblin raid, but their shelter had been compromised
and remaining within the inn seemed an unhealthy alternative.
That consideration came to
fruition for two muscular men that pressed their bodies against the locked
front door. They had withstood Okyiq's initial assault, but they were unarmed
and unprepared to face four snarling goblins with short swords drawn.
Rushing the men like hunting
spiders leaping at prey, the four goblins within the tavern dove upon their
targets in a tumbled mass of aggression. Their small but razor sharp swords
jabbed and sliced with maniacal glee, dropping both men in an instant.
Covered in the blood of their
victims, the twisted monsters shoved and pulled the corpses away from the door.
The instant they called out to their leader, they were knocked backward by
splinters and shards of wood.
Okyiq roared as he kicked at the
locked door. Without the men supporting it, the wood burst into pieces as the burly
goblin's foot crashed through its center. Okyiq pushed the broken pieces that
hung on the hinges aside as he pounced into the Spruce View Tavern.
He saw several people racing out
the back, or running up stairs hoping to barricade themselves in the rooms
above, but they were not his concern. He looked to the assorted tables spread
across the large tavern. He saw several plates of food, but the amount didn't
match what he could smell. He knew there was more in the back of the building,
and it was there he marched. He demanded all twelve goblins follow him into the
kitchen to collect the ultimate source of his desires.
He pressed through two swinging
doors and the aim of the raid waited for him like treasure piled before a
conquering warrior. For the large goblin, it was like finding a city of gold.
Heaps of food seemed to wait on every table and in every corner. Meats, grains,
fruits and vegetables appeared in every direction. There were shelves and
cabinets filled with delicacies, and he wanted them all.
"Fill your sacks!" Okyiq
demanded.
The goblins did so without
hesitation, save for one, the one that Okyiq threw through the wide front
window. The goblin was leaving a trail of blood wherever it stepped, even sent
waves of thick red liquid across the floor as it pulled its large cloth bag
from over its shoulder. While it moved through the stash of food with nearly
the same vicious glee as its brethren, its vision quickly dimmed and the room
began to swirl around it. It fainted with its sack only half full.
Okyiq stepped up to the fallen
goblin with fury.
"Get up!"
But the goblin had drifted off
into unconsciousness from loss of blood.
Okyiq kicked at the creature.
Unfortunately for them both, the fallen monster failed to respond. It died at
that very moment. The larger goblin cursed, pulled the half filled sack from
the dead goblin's grasp, and threw it to another creature nearby.
"Fill that one as well!"
Okyiq demanded. He wanted a dozen sacks filled with food, and he would have it,
even if one of his minions had to carry a double load.
With the looting complete, Okyiq
led his goblin party back out onto the streets. He surveyed the scene with
impatience. The rain continued to fall in great sheets and pound the ground all
around them. The conditions were near ideal for his minions to prowl through
shadows and create chaos.
The goblins had followed his
commands. Many of them were hiding under the cover of porches or in small
alleys, not allowing for archers to pick them off. Some were involved in small
skirmishes with human guards that had moved in from the north, but the combat
was limited, not what Okyiq had expected. He would have
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