Survive on Coroleya - Decide Your Fate Game

Scenario 1 - Choice 2

Choice Results are at the bottom of the page. Goodluck!

You are travelling out on the open road, the sun shining above you and the smell of manure thick about the air. After completing another successful quest as a mercenary you cannot help, but feel content with your lot in life and how it has turned out. Escorting the family of merchants through the dreaded forests of Plymouth had a been a breeze, with nothing but a few scratches to show for your effort. And now you are finally journeying home to a well-earned rest, when you hear shouts and screams coming from your left. At first you are uncertain as to whether to involve yourself in such matters, but quickly come to the conclusion that you must still investigate, if only to ensure that the road ahead is at least safe to travel upon. Steeling yourself for battle you stride up the hill and towards the sound of the shrill voices that cut through the air.

Slowing your step, upon reaching the outskirts of what you assume to be a village. You stop to take a look at what's taking place, and see a most worrying sight. For you see before a large pack of Silver wolves the size of horses slaughtering the inhabitants of the human settlement. And although most of the villagers lay dead, their life force bleeding out beside them, you do see a group of villagers in a large grey stone building at the end of town, fending off the beasts with pitchforks and spears. However the pack of Silver wolves seem unwilling to give up on any prey and have surrounded the building, clawing at the walls with their powerful paws. Each second that passes, the situation in the village grows ever more dire, with more Silver Wolves abandoning the corpses they had been feasting upon to join their brothers attacking the surviving villagers. You know instinctively that without any help these people will surely die.

As you come to this sudden realisation, you find yourself studying the surrounding buildings and notice that most of the houses in the village have thatched roofs that could easily catch on fire. You also notice a brazier that still has a few burning logs within it. Not far from the brazier you also see a human guard lying face down in the dirt with his guts spilled out beside him. The fool had probably thought to fight the creatures with fire. A foolish notion since Silver wolves, while fearing fire, will still attack if their bellies are hungry enough. However your eyes do light up, when you see a loaded crossbow beside the dead soldier. A useful weapon against such creatures, but a weapon that will take time to reload with each shot. Then there is always the option of just looting the nearby houses. After all, who is going to stop you? The villagers? In any case it's time to make a decision.

Choice 2. Do you take a fire brand from the brazier and set the thatched roofs on fire and try scare off the beasts?

Wasting no time, you snatch up a burning hot brand from the brazier and race over to nearest thatched roof to set it alight. It takes some time, but soon the building begins to smoke, before bursting into flames. Careful to avoid the attention of the silver wolves that continue to claw away at the stone building, you move from house to house, setting each of the roofs alight. Soon smoke is billowing up into the sky and most of the village is ablaze.

The silver wolves, feeling the heat from the roaring fire behind them, turn and see you alone standing beside the burning village that is crumbling apart. Yelping in fear at the sight of so many dancing flames, the silver wolves turn tail and sprint away, all except for the pack leader, a huge grizzled wolf with flecks of blood staining its fur. 

Striding menacingly forward, it bounds toward you at great speed.

Heart in your throat at the sight of the monstrous creature charging at you, you shake away your fear and charge forward to meet the beast. Dodging its gaping maw and razor sharp teeth to deal a savage blow across its eyes with the dagger, but not before being sliced open by its sharp claws that rake into your flesh.(- 20 Health Points.)

Grunting from the blow, you roll on the ground and press your attack at the blinded wolf, stabbing and slashing, until a lucky strike manages to knock you backwards. (- 30 Health Points.)

Close to victory, you charge in again, to chop at its hind legs, before ending its life with a swift stab into one of its yellow eyes.

Out of breath, you bend over to suck in air and hear the sound of many footsteps coming from behind. Looking up you see the devastated faces of the survivors, who stand there in stunned silence, watching their village go up in smoke.

The elder of the village a sad old Redling with darkened leathery skin and pale blue eyes, wearing thin brown robes, walks over to you, his face grim with ill foreboding.

He takes you by the shoulder and tries to lead you away. "You had best leave stranger. My people are grateful to you for your help, but I fear they will not take kindly to losing their homes like this."

Eyes widening in surprise, you open your mouth to protest and demand your reward, when you see the villagers behind the elder glowering at you, their hands gripping their weapons tighter. Blood boiling at the selfish ingrates, your hand moves to the dagger at your belt, but the elder tightens his hold on your shoulder, staring into your eyes pleadingly. "Please, leave."

Snatching your arm out of his hold, you snort angrily and storm off back towards the road. Last time I save some slop, sucking mud saplings.

Battle Results

- 50 Health Points (Remember to take into account your Resilience when calculating the results of this fight.)

Loot

+ 18 Gold Pieces

(The villagers, while quite grateful to you for saving their lives. Are also devastated over the loss of their homes. Rewarding you with only 18 gold pieces for your efforts. So much for gratitude.)  

Quest Complete