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Saga of
the Wolf King
Introduction
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#2 <> Battle #3
Saga of the Wolf
King: Introduction by
Patrick Eibel
The Wolf
King sat
On his
throne, he sat
Looking
over his great hall, his land, his people
He had
tamed all that was wild
The wind,
the ice, the wolf
To provide
a save place for his people to dwell
Still he
was ever vigilant
Against
any threat
He was
prepared to fight any foe
His axe
was sharp, his mind strong
One day
a crone, shriveled and bent came to his hall
She said
her home was in the mountains
Stone cold,
rock hard
But it
was her family home and she could not leave
Deep in
the mountain a wyrm had come
Scaled
horror, fang sharp
Had come
to claim the mountain and the riches that were buried there
The hag
held forth her hand, revealing a silver, etched ring
Cold fire
shine!
"I give
this boon to you, my lord
A ring
of power, of prowess
Help me
in my need and rid the mountain of this menace"
The Wolf
King laughed and snatched the ring from her claw
Vice-like
talon, venomous grip
Placing
it on his finger, he felt the power, howled
"I will
slay this creature for you, my loyal subject
And no
thing will harm you as I yet live"
And the
Wolf King called for his axe and mount
And left
his great hall
As he journeyed
to the mountain
Wolves
fell in behind him, drawn to the power of the ring
Drawn to
their leader
Howling
in the night
And so after
a time,
The King
and his wolves came to the lair of the wyrm
Hideous
serpent, ancient beast
And there
was a great battle
One by
one, the wolves were slain, but each delivering a ferocious bite ere falling
The Wolf
King cleaved his axe with all his hideous might
Even as
the maw of the creature closed around his waist
The Wolf
King buried the head of his axe in the creature’s skull
Rent in
two, torn asunder
Then pried
the jaws of the slain beast from around him
Wounded
and spent, he knelt to the ground
To catch
his breath, to regain his strength
And there
was the old woman
Spectral
image, false visage
Throwing
off the disguise, the villain revealed himself
Trickster
he, nefarious Dvergar King
"I thank
you for you service
You are
truly a noble king and care for even the least of your people
This I
counted on, this I knew
And now
you have rid me of the foe I could not defeat
The brazen
beast that threatened my home
But I can
let none know of my deception
To seem
less to my people, to appear weak
So I must
finish you, noble Wolf King,
And take
the head of the fell beast back to my people
As proof
of my heroism"
And even
as the Wolf King rose to respond
Did the
trickster bring his smiting hammer down
A crushing
blow, a forceful defeat
The treacherous
one used the Wolf King’s own axe
To sever
the villainous wyrm’s head,
And before
he left he reached down and took back the cursed ring
Took
it back into his cold grasp
Fare thee
well
My dear
friend, Wolf King
May you
keep watch on my mountain for evermore
The skald-singer
finished and the hall was silent. Logan Grimnar, the Great Wolf and
spiritual leader of the Space Wolves Chapter, looked around the room at
every man assembled. He finally rested his gaze on the Wolf Lord,
Keric Quicbrand. “I understand that you have learned where the Ring
of the Wolf King can be found. That, even as we speak, you are planning
an expedition to recover it.”
It was the
Rune Priest Horsa Drachenbane who spoke next. “My lord, we are indeed forming
a raiding party that leaves within a month’s time. You would do us
great honor were you to accompany our expedition. Should the legend
be true, I am sure you would personally want to see the recovery of the
mythical ring.”
“Make it so,”
Logan Grimnar rose and nodded to his hosts, “I await word of your departure.”
Keric Quicbrand
sighed. He was not all that surprised that the Great Wolf had learned of
the success his Company had in finding the Dvergar, but was surprised that
Grimnar was taking such a personal interest. He drained his pint
and looked toward Horsa Drachenbane. “I hope that all goes well on
your mission…for all our sakes.”
The Ring of the
Wolf King Campaign
It is hard
to believe that it has been over two years
since we have run a campaign here at the Jungle. To make up
for lost time, we are going to be presenting two campaigns nearly back
to back. Next year will mark the 10 year anniversary of the
Jungle, and to celebrate, we will feature the Return to Auros IX
campaign, which continues the storylines set forth in the original
campaign as well as some of the fiction
on the site. However, two events have occurred that have prompted
us to start a new storyline for two of our armies.
The first was
that Kenton has collected and painted a new army that uses Fantasy Dwarf
figures to represent an Ork army (you can read more about that here).
The second event was the release of Codex: Space Wolves,
which meant that I could bring out my Marine army that has been in mothballs
for the last four years (not counting a brief stint as a Chaos
army). So basically, you have Vikings versus Dwarves, which
just lends itself to an epic campaign full of heroic deeds and arcane prose.
Since this
campaign is meant to be the start of ongoing hostilities between the two
armies, I thought that we would keep things simple this time out. The campaign
would consist of three battles, all missions taken directly from the main
rulebook. The only spicy addition would be the creation of the “magic”
item of the Ring of the Wolf King, which could actually be acquired and
used by a character in either army at a cost of 25 points. The ring
has the following abilities:
-
+1 to Weapon Skill;
-
Berserk Charge
(+ 2 Attacks on charge); and,
-
All Fenrisian
Wolves get + 1 Initiative and use the character's LD for Morale checks
(does not stack with Saga of the Wolfkin: use one or the other).
Time
to go a-viking!
Saga of
the Wolf King
Introduction
<> Battle #1 <> Battle
#2 <> Battle #3
Posted November 2009
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