Description
As gnomes go, you can't imagine they go much shorter than Firflenurbin.
Standing closer to two feet than three, his diminutive stature fails to
impose. Nor does this gnome impress with his fitness, in fact to the
contrary, he has what appears to be a tiny (yet proportionately quite large)
beer gut. From what you can tell, he has rather average chestnut hair, and a
short brown beard styled to a point. His complexion is the dull brown of
every gnome, his eyes too are an ordinary brown, and his pointy ears might
have a tad more hair in them than most, but are still rather plain and
typical for his heritage.
Yet Firflenurbin is far from unremarkable. He is clad in mottled greens,
blues, and grays that would blend in against the wilderness or water. He is
armed with a bow, and slung over his shoulder is a quiver bristling with a
dangerous looking assortment of arrows. His face has been smeared with
diagonal lines of dirt and soot to further obscure a face hidden deep within
the murky folds of his hood. The whole get up would appear comical but for
the predatory sparkle in Firflenurbin's eyes. He moves with a subtle grace
that says this is no costume.
Role
A Watery Tragedy I
Added Sun Nov 19 10:57:02 2023 at level 32:
Dearest Finn,
It is I, your truest and dearest friend Firflenurbin. I write to you now from
beneath an ocean of sorrow and pain, for I know now that you are well and
truly lost to me. I have no words worthy of my regret, no words that could
offer an apology that wouldn't feel as empty and worthless as what remains of
my heart. I have failed you, and that is the truth of it.
Please know, that I did everything I could. I know the last time you saw me
it did not appear so. It is true, I put up no fight against those savage
Outlanders. I cowered and kowtowed, and hoped those lawbreakers would leave
us be if I but gave them what they asked. And yes, I soiled myself. I'm not
proud of it, and I'm sure it was not what you wished to see as your last
sight in the lands of mortals. But I won't hide it now.
That moment will haunt me forever. Standing there, my britches soaked,
begging for them to let us be... watching you swirl and swirl away forever.
Of all the horrors they could have invoked upon us, why oh why, did they
flush you, Finn?! I'll never forget your sideways body, your one eye looking
up at me, as your poor fins struggled so bravely against the currents of my
wretched toilet bowl.
Did you know that when I went to the sheriff of Hillcrest seeking Justice he
just laughed at me! It stung, I tell you true. But I was not deterred. I knew
I would have to dive the depths of the Nanthor if we were to be reunited. And
I knew that I did not have the requisite skill. Of course, if I had, maybe I
could have stood up to that gang of ruffians in the first place.
The path was not easy, for gnomes are not usually the ranger kind, much less
trained in the ways of the mariner. In fact, I was rejected by all the
respectable guilds. "You're too short to survive the waves," they said. "Your
fish is dead, man."
I was not to be deterred. Eventually, I found a teacher in the Emerald
Forest. It was a water sprite by the name of Gill-bert, who primarily taught
synchronized swimmers, but he showed me a few moves. Fortunately, as you well
know, I am a wonderful dancer, and so I took to the training immediately.
I impressed the Pixies with my dedication and fanciful swim routines, and
when I told them I was going on a quest to find my dearest friend Finn, they
taught me to use a bow. Can you imagine, Finn? Me swimming with a bow! I wish
we could swim together now more than anything.
With my newfound skills, I set off for the river Nanthor in a desperate bid
to rescue you. Weeks I searched, my skin pruny, resting only when the
exhaustion overcame me and I nearly drowned. I lost my pointy hat no less
than four times, but still I pressed on.
A Watery Tragedy II
Added Sun Nov 19 10:57:33 2023 at level 32:
As you know, dearest friend, it all availed nothing. I found your poor,
broken body one cold morning. Or what was left of it inside the floating
turds of that awful piranha. My shame knows no limit, for I could neither
save your life nor spare your remains this terrible indignity.
Tears poured from me like a mournful river. Without you, Finn, I was lost
like a little lone raft in the vast seas I'd learned synchronized swimming
in. And like the sea, my grief knows no end - but still I found a conviction
that spurs me on: the lawless must be brought to heel.
You see, I returned to the sheriff of Hillcrest to report your murder, and do
you know what he said? He said FISH DON'T COUNT. You can imagine my rage. But
I am a gnome of not only excellent rhythm and flexibility, I am also of
superior self-discipline, so I did not give in to emotion. Instead I made the
legal argument that if you were, as he stated, my property, then at a minimum
there was a charge of theft and destruction of property.
Then, he the sheriff made his most salient point. "This isn't a
protectorate," he said.
And that's when it all clicked.
You see Finn, your death, though tragic and heart breaking, will serve some
purpose. Perhaps it is too late now, but I have found my Courage, and I will
lend my newfound ranger skills to the Blood Tribunal. I will operate in
protectorates from now on. And I will bring watery doom to all those fish
hating savages of Thar-Eris!
PK Wins
Nov 20, 2023|Lv 33|Targeth's Manor|Pititti vs 1: [33] Firflenurbin (100%, surprise attack)
Nov 21, 2023|Lv 35|Mausoleum|Kinso vs 2: [51] Atrael (8%), [35] Firflenurbin (91%, claw)