Submitted: 13 October 1997


Life with Pappy

by Foxtayl Bandinten

(Shard, Illithi)

As I go to the bar now and then, I hear those stories told by the many people there. One man is on a quest of vengence for the wife he lost, while one is off to find the perfect song. People out to claim adventure or others trust into the lower society by fate. And me? Well in my opinion, my biggest quest is to find a good ale. Well anyways I might as well tell ya my story.

I grew up in a small farm just north of the Crossing with my dad. My mom died from birthing me and my father raised me from birth. I grew up strong and healthy with a good taste for food and drink. As I grew older I hoped for a nice farmhouse and a good wife....but my father had other plans for me, I was going to be a grand hero in his eyes. So on my sixteenth birthday off I was dragged to the Crossing. After looking around I decided on being a ranger...I mean whats better than getting to sit around and smell the flowers all day right? So off I go and start my training of Rangerly pursuits. Meanwhile my father decides to be a hero too and ends up breaking his knee while running from a musk hog..he is now back to farming. I finish my basic training and head off to be a ranger...but it turns out I break out in hives when a raccoon is near.

So here I am, alone in the Crossing, trying to find a good profession. I think it over and finnally decide on being a Moon Mage. I mean what could be better? I get to sit around and make shadows dance all day! So off I go to join the ranks of the mages when disaster strikes, by the name of Kssarh. I lost it during my training and leapt out the window into a tree, kinda been a little loopy ever since. So gradually I work my way up...sometimes hunting sometimes teaching. I was happy and then my father came to visit. So long happy times, hello nightmares. My father had heard about this Micgluc fellow and decided that I should keep watch to make sure he dont do notin bad. So being my loopy self i head off to keep record of all small eruptions that happen.

Oh Fun! I'm sitting down by a nice warm creek when the big rock does its ussual boom...and sends a giant bolder right smack dab on me. So there I am..flat as a Sun Vulture Omlette when guess who comes along! You guessed it, my Pappy. He drags me off and I get all fixed up when what does he do? He drags me off to climb the stupid hill against major odds to find a mad mage who wants a ton of money so he can buy himself a cudly troll doll. If ya ask me, he just needed a good hug. But do people listen to me? No. So there I am, in the Haven temple after falling down a fifty foot cliff and departing and I say thats it.. I'm moving to Shard..Pap will never find me there. So I'm down here having the best time of my life with food, drink, and no pap!