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Gone was the brutal cunning and dry sadistic
wit Zilfanyr had once prided itself on,
stripped away by the druid’s spell.
It was just a beast now,
and the beast knew
it was dying.
Sunaal preferred it that way.
The minotaur was but a speck on its back,
but he held on gamely,
digging his greataxe
into its flesh to serve as a hold.
DM: Make a strength check real quick?
SUNAAL: Uh… not awesome.
Seventeen?
That'll be enough for this one.
He hasn't sped up yet.
Sunaal was hurt, and badly.
A thick hand left the axe to paw at the gaping
hole in his breastplate.
It came away soaked in blood.
He rubbed the red across the blade and the
axe was cemented in place.
A glance behind showed the flying island receding
in the distance.
The dragon was flying straight, too mindless
to plan a destination.
Sunaal heard whispers in his ear, and cupped
the free hand over his magic earring to hear
them better.
GIDEON: Hey, big guy, how are you holding
up?
The dwarf’s voice had lost its usual easy
drawl, he was unable to mask his concern.
GIDEON: Tell me you got off before it left
land.
Sunaal chanced a look past the beating crimson
wings.
Two thousand feet below, the ocean shone and
danced in the noon sun.
SUNAAL: Afraid not, Gideon.
I gotta see this through.
AMERIL: Sunny, what are you talking about?
Come on, we need a plan before we lose sight
of you.
Please.
Ameril was a smart girl, and she clearly knew
what was going to happen even if she didn't
want to admit it.
SUNAAL: Just fixing a problem, squirt, nothing
to fret over.
Can't have you kids going a third round with
him.
You've got other work to do.
DM: Okay, you're out of combat, basically,
but I'm gonna houserule that you've got about
twenty seconds of rage left.
How are you on HP?
SUNAAL: Down by ten.
DM: Okay.
The axe pulsed in his hand.
The fury that flowed from it was fading, and
that fury was the only thing keeping him going.
Gritting his great square teeth, he lifted
the blade again, yanking himself up the body
with one pull after another.
SUNAAL: I’m going for the head.
DM: Okay, that’s three pulls away.
One athletics check for the whole thing.
SUNAAL: Nineteen plus… math.
DM: Yeah, you make it.
SUNAAL: Alright, kids, I think I'm clocking
out.
Everything in my pack is yours.
Whatever has to be done next…
A long breath.
This was good.
This was right.
Fifty-two summers was plenty of time for anyone.
Very few bulls get to build a family, and
Sunaal was lucky.
He got to have two.
SUNAAL: You'll do it.
I'm so proud of all of you.
He unclipped the pearl earring and threw it
aside.
They didn't need to hear what happened next.
DM: You have six seconds left.
What do you do?
SUNAAL: Yeah.
Yeah, I’m, uh, I'm gonna… is it a nice
view?
DM: …best you've ever seen.
The ocean stretched out forever before and
beneath him.
The salt air stung his nose.
He breathed in deep.
He'd sailed it as a younger bull, serving
with his father under the flag of their nation
and their god.
Back before he'd met Nynere, before she bore
him Mera.
Before his muzzle went grey, and before god
died.
Before the wights razed their village and
before he took the Oaths of the Blood Hunter.
He was ready.
He missed them.
SUNAAL: Okay, Rite of the Frozen, swinging
for the head, reckless.
Five plus whatever and…
25.
DM: Roll it.
SUNAAL: 22?
DM: Yep.
How do you want to do this?
He raised the bestial axe, feeling the mind
within it growl.
SUNAAL: Once more, old friend
Ice and ancient steel came down, through scale
and flesh and bone and brain.
With one last scream, the dragon went suddenly
limp, the wings failing and the great beast
dropped like a stone.
At some point, he was dislodged, falling free.
That was alright.
He didn't want to end up beside the monster.
He couldn't tell if the blue before his eyes
was from the sea or the sky, and right now
that didn't matter.
Sunaal, son of Boros, husband of Nynere, father
of Mera, and member of the Morning Song, closed
his eyes.
For Ameril and Gideon to say goodbye to their
friend and for Sunaal to show such savage
and unrelenting character.
It is one of my favorite stories.
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