Tales from Two Trapped Trolls
The Ballad of Shaman Zas'ax
4 In which a plot thickens
Sly voice of whisp and wind provoked,
The shivers down Khremloc's spine,
"I ask for the aid of a shaman,
To carry a message of mine,
To carry a message of mine, my child,
To brothers and sisters afar.
Where thin is Air and tall is Earth-
A pillar usurping the stars."
Loyalty seamed this shaman's limbs
And seemed he loyal too.
Yet fate would pin this shaman's quest
And tip his faith askew.
Through wind and rain did Khremloc ride,
With little food nor rest.
'Till soon his breath turned ragged
And Earth began to crest.
As Earth began to
Tales from Two Trapped Trolls
Reflection
3 In which crossing paths are retraced
Mug-faced patrons handled their tankards. Arms folded, Khremloc found his bare feet tracing circles in the sawdust. Daring beams bearing the telltale signs of wood rot headed his solitude, each beam sealing off the unlit pitch of the rafters above. His candlelit vigil riled topics amongst the curious patrons- trolls, the Echo Isles, preparations and politics. Even noticing the troll's totems and cluttered trinkets spurred the subject of shamanism.
Like moths those words fluttered around him and his fabric of thought unravelled- leaving his recent worrie
TfTTT - 2 - The Scaled One by Khremloc, literature
Literature
TfTTT - 2 - The Scaled One
Tales from Two Trapped Trolls
The Scaled One
2 In which Makraz becomes eloquent
When I was a fresh-faced child, my mother would tell me stories. Her voice crafted antiquities and timless ideas that pleased my ears and put my mind to rest when the rainfall assaulted my senses. The tale I am about to recall, about to craft with feebler tools, was one of many that she whispered under the ceiling of leaves and darkness. Even now, I can hear the raptors grow restless in their sleep, fouling the calm night air with strained shrieks as the mosquitoes swarmed.
I asked her why the raptors wailed their sorrows in those late and early hou
Tales from Two Trapped Trolls
Cataclysm
1 In which Makraz and Khremloc become Chilean miners
"... so she says, "you're a barefaced liah!" Right? Den- den da Boss-mon, he says, "ah think you'll find ah'm a wolf-faced liah", den come da head butt, pow!" With that Makraz swung his hand, slapping his leather greaves with an echoing clap, followed by his lonely childish chuckle filling the dim confines of the jagged cave. Both he and Khremloc had been lucky with their choice of prison. One of Makraz's earlier, wilder anecdotes had expressed his delight about their predicament. At least no bears'll come back fo' deir wintah su