Survive on Coroleya - Decide Your Fate Game

Scenario 1 - Choice 3

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 3. Do you pick up the crossbow, clamber up onto the roof and fire at the Silver Wolves, before drawing your weapon to battle them?

Snatching the crossbow from the loose grasp of the dead soldier and the quiver full of bolts at his waist. You toss both onto the roof, before taking a running leap to clamber up onto the rooftop. Seeing no clear shot, you take another running leap to the next roof and take aim at the silver wolves surrounding the building. Fairly easy targets, because of their bulky builds, you fire your weapon, and immediately begin re-loading without checking to see if you hit your target. The only thing to confirm whether you hit the beasties or not was a loud howl of pain from their direction.

Weapon re-loaded you look up and see the pack of silver wolves surging towards you. Taking a deep breath to steady your aim, you fire again and see one of the wolves collapse with a bolt to the throat. Grinning you re-load the weapon again, just as the wolves reach the house you're standing on top of. Un-deterred by their presence, you fire again into the gaping mouth of a wolf trying to leap up onto the rooftop, killing the creature instantly. But before you can get a chance to reload again, one of wolves manages to claw its way onto the rooftop behind you.

Adrenaline pumping, you drop the crossbow, draw your dagger and charge at the beast before it can get a proper footing, driving it backwards, and ripping your blade deep into its neck. The silver wolf howling in pain and tumbling off the rooftop. 

The danger not over yet, you see more wolves scrambling to get onto the rooftop, digging their claws into anything to climb up. Heart beating rapidly, you hack and slash at the incoming claws. Receiving cuts to your shoulder, neck and arms each time you bend down to slash at them with your dagger, the wolves swiping at you in an attempt to knock you off the roof. (- 30 Health Points.)

Eventually the wolves growing tired of this game, decide to satisfy their hunger elsewhere. They pick up the dead villagers in their bloody jaws and lope away. Breathing a huge sigh of relief at your survival, you re-load the crossbow in case they return and get down off the rooftop.

The villagers, rejoicing at their survival pour out of the stone building to clap you on the shoulders like a hero and thank you profusely. The elder of the village a sad old Redling with darkened leathery skin and pale blue eyes, hugs you with his frail body. "Thank you, thank you, thank you. You've saved us all from a terrible fate."

You shrug your shoulders. "I fear was too late to save your friends."

The old man smiles sadly. "There was nothing you could have done for them. Please, please come inside and rest."

You shake your head tiredly and look up at the suns still high in the sky. "No, I'd better be going. Got a long road ahead of me. If you have any supplies you could spare...?"

The elder nods his head and smiles in understanding, before turning to face a young comely woman in a blue dress with scorch marks on her sleeves and skirt. "Ellia, could you please go fetch some bread and water."

The young woman, who has been staring intently at you this whole time, blushes in embarrassment her light leathery skin becoming a bright red sheen as she notices you looking at her and bustles away into the stone house with a backward glance in your direction that makes you smile.

Waiting in the stillness and quiet with the elder, you watch the now somber villagers break apart to begin unenviable task of collecting their dead and dragging the bodies of the wolves away to be burnt. A task no doubt these hardy people were probably used to by now. Living in the Red Lands usually meant there was no certainty of what tomorrow would bring.

Minutes pass by in the silence, when at last the young lady re-emerges and glides over towards you handing you a heavy brown sack. Giving her wink that has her reddening even further, and the elder huffing angrily in annoyance. You take the bag from her and look inside to find cheese, a loaf of bread and bottle. You also see a pouch filled with gold pieces. Feeling in a much better mood with gold in your pocket, you hand over the crossbow and quiver to the elder, who looks up at you in surprise. "Take it, if the wolves' return you will need it." 

Nodding his head in thanks the elder accepts the weapon.

With a last mischievous wink to the young woman, you spin around on your heels and head out of the village. All in all, a good days work for some decent gold.

Battle Results

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

Loot

+ 50 Gold Pieces

Item Acquired: Bread which restores + 5 Health Points

Item Acquired: Cheese which restores + 5 Health Points

Item Acquired: Bottle of water which restores + 3 Health Points for each drink (Can be used 3 times).

Quest Complete