3. The Legacy of Korban Badger

The Legacy of Korban Badger


  • ((The following is a collection of letters sent to Florea Smithlock, last surviving relative of Korban Badger.))

    Flo, I knows i said I'd be writin more, but de trut is dat i don never have anyting good ta tell ya. Since evrybody else got kilt i jus been wanderin arount and tryin to find some place ta call home. And no i ain''t about ta liv wit ya. I don want no charity from ya husbands clan. Dey be right fine Kin, but I will makee it on me own.

    And dat brins me ta da reason for dis letter. I tink i mite av found me a home. I be in a place called norwik. I planned on jus passin tru. Til i met a Kin name of Labur. He took me ta a place da tall ones called de Dwarven Hold. It be like da hold da Badger clan left so long ago. He took me in and i met some right friendly Kin. Den he intoduced me ta a fellow name of Koirin. He let me join someting called De council of Moridin. Dis made me part of der' clan.

    Rights away de invite me on a journey to take some supplie to some of der Kin in de mountains. Der we fought wit gobbo's and de frost giants. We found out dat de giants be keepin our Kin captive for a small frost wyrm. And ye know hows i be feelin about de wyrms.

    When we be beaten de wyrrm< and freein our Kin, me new Kin was kind enough ta share de loot wit me. De give to me some special boots and an amulet dat protects me.
    De is de best of Kin ta take dis poor ugly dwarf and to be givin him a home. I tink i will stay,

    Your broder, Korban


  • My Dearest Flo, I finally was able to repay some of the debt I be owin te Miss Telli. An evil gnome mage nameof ZarZar was usin our kin in some kind a speriment. He hads dem all bottled up in big glass tubes. So's all of de kin went to free'em.

    De plan was fer de armies te attack him and while he be busy wid tem, we would sneek in de back way. See we needed te get dis book he had aways from him. And to do dat, we had dis Hin named Benji dress up as ZarZar's poor dead mudder. Oh dat hin did a good job at it, but we got found out anyways.

    Thats when dis fight started, dat mage was powerfull! Nudden we had could be touchin im. He turned all of us to stone, one at a time, till only Ol'Stubs was left. De mag was braggin how he was all powrfull as long as he ad de book. Das when, suddenly from behinds him anudder gnome jumps out and snatched de book!

    Well dat gnome died fer it, but Stubs was able te take de head off of ZarZar. And he found someting te turn us all back from stone. I tell ye Flo, I love the stone, but I not love bein one. We freed our kin and now we jes be needin te destroy dat evil book. It sure was a funny site, seein Stubs draggin dat book wit a rope all de way back te de hold, since no one of us could be safe touchin it.

    Well, dats all fer now sister dear, I hopes Moradin keeps you and yours safe.

    All me love, Korban


  • My Dearest Flo, I not be sure how ta begin dis. Koirin sent ta me a message dat he was needin ta speak wit me. I wents ta de temple as he axed. He had some tings from a lass named Telli. I had only met da lass a time or two, and one of dem she be savin me. She was a cleric of considerble strength and amazinly good spirit. she twas slayed by an elemental a while back.

    I told Koirin der must be some mistake. Why would she be leavin me anyting? He said she was like dat, always helpin her Kin. I never saw as beautifull armour as what the lass was leavin ta me. I still be lookin at it wit awe. And de cloak and broach be works of art.

    I promised Koirin I would be wearin dem wit pride, and I be makin a promise ta Telli, I will never deny help ta a Kin. It be da least I can do, since she not be here, someone must be doin it.

    Korban


  • Flo, I must say, I truly thought I would be writin more often. But time slips away afore I knows it. Der be some very strange characters around dis place. I mets a fellow who has a strange travelin companion. If'n I did not know better, I would say it be an imp. You knows, one of dem little demon thingys. He do be a good fighter though.

    I continue me practicin, but der are times I remember what was done to me clan, and a rage comes over me. I be blind to all else. I fears dat when dis happens, I might even be hurtin my companions. I not be knowin how ta stop it. Pray for me Flo, I not be wantin to hurt a friend. I not have many of em ta start with.

    Korban


  • Flo, I knows it been a while since da last letter. I been busy tryin ta settle in and have been makin friends wid a lot of da kin here. Ya know it not be easy for me ta be makin dem friends either, not wit da way me face be lookin. Ha ha.

    I also been doin some huntin norteast of here. Der be to many of dees corpse robin gravediggin humans up der. I figure if dey want to be diggin up dem graves and not lettin dem poor dead folk sleep, well den it be my job to putem in de holes de be diggin!

    All else be fine here, I do be havein to go now, I needs ta get to de Inn and rest up. I loves and msses ya'

    Korban


  • Flo, I jes be dropin a quick note ta let ya know I be settlin in jes fine. Me new Kin have been goin outa da way ta make me feel right. I even has found a Smith ta teach me's da basic,, and I hope ta be learnin a new trade now. I misses ya and tink of ya often,

    Korban