Recent content by Garigg Bracken

"Hnph," went Garigg, watching her closely. He was aware that she was deliberately holding his attention as she made her proposal. It worked, but at least he was aware of that. A rare beauty in charge of one of the most feared powers in this part of Alliria. A constant struggle between...

Garigg, master of his own little world, felt vulnerable under that first searching look. Her voice, however, seemed to settle that feeling. He approached the desk slowly and took a seat. One hand came to lie flat on the desk, fingers gently sliding across it. He admired the luxury of it. He...

Garigg grunted by way of reply. He decided to carry the drink with him. He closed the door behind himself. He didn't like the fact that she barely acknowledged his presence, but everyone was going out of their way to highlight how much power she held. It wouldn't be difficult for someone who...

"If I'm paying, I'll have an ale. If she's paying, I'll have a whisky," he said. Garigg thought the man was there to dissuade trouble as much as to serve drinks. On the face of it, the place seemed pleasant and upmarket. However, Garigg could imagine criminals meeting in those shadows. Old...

Garigg's eyes followed her hand and settled on her hip a little too long. Part of him knew she was probably choosing a balance between fear and enticement to get what she needed from the crew. Most of Garigg didn't care. He took the card. The gruff captain made a single noise at her warning. If...

"We only put people on watch on the deck," Garigg said. "Only one person has the key to this room and I figure if anyone wanted to get through that lock they'd wake half the ship getting through it. No one saw anything from up there. Which is a fuckin' puzzle. It means either they fell asleep or...

Garigg knew the question was coming. He still didn't like revealing what his prize had been. He opened his large hand into a claw. "Crystal about that back. Clean cut. Etched with symbols we didn't recognise. Maybe dwarven." He took a step back, ducking into a beam and then looking at the...

Garigg had lived his life by simple logic. He didn't let past or future decisions weigh upon him heavily. Strength kept him in power, but only within the hull of his ship. He grunted, acknowledging her statement. "S'pose they do," he admitted. What Garigg did not see was a way to turn the...

Garigg did not like her tone. He did not like it at all. "I will answer what I can and show you were the items were," he agreed. He led them towards a narrow set of steps that took them down from the deck. It was dark below, faint candlelight only illuminating small pools of the ship. It...

Garigg leaned backwards, crossing his arms across his broad chest. He towered over the woman and her entourage, but the orc understood power. His own physical strength and determination had lifted him to the top of his ship, but he knew that on land there were vast networks of power and control...

Garigg wasn't completely unaware of the way the authorities looked at the woman addressing him. He, however, would not be bowed by some common bureaucrat. Back on the Bladed Lotus, a game of chinese whispers had begun. Dalm, one of the young boys who worked the rigging had come from Alliria. He...

"I will fucking murder someone!" What passed for port authorities stood three abreast and tried to hold the pirate at bay. Garigg did not understand the danger he was in. He was master of his own ship, from a slave to a captain. He didn't know who owned the majority of the warehouses and...

Garigg watched the tear roll down her cheek with a peculiar sort of morbid fascination. His chest rose and fell. His arm trembled, but not from her weight. There was a series of thuds as boarding planks were properly secured. The world seemed to carry on in motion around the pair locked in this...

Garigg stood over her, axe resting at his side. He was bleeding from several places, black skin around the wounds caused by the lightning charring his flesh. He looking more like a monster than a man. Flecks of sail still fluttered through the air, burning as they went. They needed to effect...

"Weather orb," Garigg growled. "Oh you're not dead," said the mage. His diction was that of a man who had spent years at the highest human academies. His services must have cost the crew a small fortune, something Garigg would get to the bottom of. "Yes very good at telling the weather." The...