Wolves of Sheeps Clothing - 18/10/2023 - Archie’s Extracts
Oct 29, 2023 22:23:23 GMT
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On Stylish Adventuring Partners
A quite fashionable adventuring party gathered to come to the aid of the renown fashion designer, Lady Verity Higherpromfreura. Not all of us could have been described as debonair, but certainly stylish.
Calla’s preppy style looks wonderful on her. Yinmaris, one assumes models in the Feywild. Thurghor is most certainly unique, and Robin appears to share a similar penchant for fashion as me .
On Managing the Condition of Lycanthropy
It is difficult to know whether an individual infected with lycanthropy will be able to carry on the life they had before infection. Many factors appear to affect the outcome, in what quantities; we do not know. However, these quantities, perhaps not limited to, include the following items of the infected individual; their innate willpower, the community around them, their residual location, the proximity of civilised areas, the lifestyle of the person, and whether expertise in lycanthropy is in reach.
I know of two examples where lycanthropy has been managed well.
Before I came to Kantas, I was looking forward to seeing my old friends, Mendal, Kavel and Kavel’s relatives; Samson, Tim, and Kruger.
Shockingly, I had been informed that Samson, Tim and Kruger had all voluntarily become infected with lycanthropy. They had been sold the idea from a conniving lamia. The three men, it seems, felt that lycanthropy presented such tremendous opportunity for hypertrophic improvements that all other aspects of being a were-creature were merely side-effects. Side-effects such as; extreme fur growth, extreme teeth protrusion, and mental instability during a full moon that famously results in dangerous bloodlusts.
It was terrible and upsetting when I heard that Tim and Samson were no longer with us. They died bravely in defence of Daring Heights, fighting in werewolf form, alongside Kruger. I understand from Kavel and Kruger that, despite a couple of hiccups, Tim and Samson managed their lycanthropy quite well - not only in martial defence of the Dawnlands, but day to day.
Kruger, unfortunately was not able to manage being a werewolf as well as the others. What we fear the most about werewolves, Kruger succumbed to. His mind was overwhelmed by bloodlust. Control for him was impossible. Fortunately, the High Diviner of the Temple of Selune was able to magically cure the disease for Kruger.
Very recently, I was able to witness for myself a group of lycanthropes who were managing the curse quite well. My adventuring party helped the renown Lady Verity Higherpromfreura (LVH) and were rewarded quite handsomely for a successful mission, 300gp and in addition for me; a very stylish LVH, one of a kind, top hat.
The lycanthrope group that I met in the Angelbark, apart from a one-off raid on Lady Higherpromfreura’s prized sheep, stick exclusively to hunting prey from the Angelbark, and sustain a healthy, self-sufficient life-style. Due to my party’s involvement and success at riding the Angelark of an infestation of displacer beasts that were attacking the pack of were-creatures, the pack came to an arrangement with Lady Higherpromfreura concerning her security . As Lady Higherpromfreura, as it turned out, actually employed one of the more recent lycanthropes in their human form, she was quite happy, upon discovering the group, delighted to hire them. Lady Higherpromfreura is fond of her privacy, and sees her new lycanthrope hires as an added layer of intruder protection.
On Troubling Matters Surrounding the Higherpromfreura Estate
There was a local business owner in Daring Heights, who at worse is a con-man, and at best an unnecessary middle-man service provider. His business card was not passed on to Lady Higherpromfreura, of which I am quite certain Lady Higherpromfreura appreciated.
Lady Higherpromfreura’s maid, Lucy presented herself with a curiously forgetful manner. At first, she simply appeared new and nervous at her role. The party investigated whether a magical influence was at play, but none was discovered.
An infant displacer beast now resides in Lady Higherpromfreura’s estate. I do not know if this is wise. The ‘kitten’ appeared content with Lucy.