Recent content by Gavril Dan'kosi

He moved as a native would which was quite fitting. Despite home being towards the rising sun, the desert at the western reaches of the savannah held many things in common. The No'rei moved in silence that was only broken by the shifting hiss of the sand he moved swiftly through. There were...

Gavril glanced to Isaac, and in that split second, the speaker sneered and spit on Gavril. There was no hesitation, no pause between the act and the consequence. In a blur of motion, the No'rei mercenary had his knife out and had closed the distance, steel flashing as he slashed at the...

It was like stepping back in time, to a place he had never wished to return to. The camp was laid out as were all No'rei bands; seemingly haphazardly and without rhyme or reason. There was a structure to it, though. People like him - low caste, people with disdained names and no pedigree to...

Gavril watched throughout without speaking, without making any gesture or showing any inkling of what he thought of the strange magic being worked by the warlock. It was different than that used by the Seer's, but then some of their magic was likely strange to the warlock as well. He merely...

The seriousness on Gavril face cracked for a moment, and he offered the outlander a grin. It was a little feral, but it was there. It turned out the Warlock was not a coward and he hadn't saddled himself with someone of weak constitution. "Good," was all he said and rose. In the gathering...

He settled back onto his haunches and scowled up at the warlock. Even so, the savage gave the impression of an intensity uncommon in the civilized world. A readiness to do violence suddenly and without warning. "Disguise danger. But all ways are dangerous. No safety among my people," he said...

The silence stretched. Gavril did not immediately reply, and instead seemingly let the moment drag on to the point of agony. Eyes closed. Thinking. After an eternity with nothing but the soft soughing of the wind through grass, he opened his eyes. "Two way." He held one finger up, and looked...

"Sand Rill," the native said. There was a sour twist to the words of which had been spoken in the manner of naming a place. "Not far from abandoned town." Creative use of the word abandoned, of course; no such thing was true of the place. Burned to the ground and its inhabitants staked out in...

Gavril grunted in response. Obviously, there was a disconnect here between what Isaac thought of him and the reality of the No'rei. Although he could no more read the warlock's mind than he could use magic himself, he had the distinct impression that his companion thought him simple and...

Gavril barked a laugh at the request. "The Sea hold little water," the former nomad growled and shook his head. He pointed westward in the direction they were headed, and gestured to indicate half an arc of the sun as he began to speak again. "Just so to a seep. Much water bring No'rei camp...

Setting camp up required little time. He himself had brought no tent; such things were not of much use out here in the plains anyway. When rain came, it usually came with heavy wind, and otherwise it was not cold enough for the nomad to care either way. A bedroll and his pack for a pillow were...

Interesting to a scholar, perhaps. The tide of words washed over the grassland nomad like water over the stones of a riverbed, leaving little impression at all. Gavril could not even understand all of the words pouring forth from the mouth of his unwanted companion, either. A fact that he did...

Man of few words that he was, he did not pass comment when Isaac did arrive. Simply one more tidbit to file away for later, though: the cat was gone, and in its place a horse with the same unnatural mannerisms that the cat had displayed. Just because he was a savage, brutish in appearance and...

The concept of time that Isaac used was different from what Gavril knew, and so it was an hour and a half before the savage arrived. Had the instructions been a certain arc of the sun, he would have understood compeltely. When he did arrive, he brought along a rather unimpressive beast. Tan and...

Whatever their employer thought of the assertion of quality, neither hired hand would know. He said nothing as the advocate drew up a binding document and signed the document without flourish or fanfare. When he looked to Gavril, obviously expecting a similar requirement, the tall warrior simply...