Recent content by Zarko

I plead the Shaggy defense.

"I too must beg your leave," Zarko dipped into another lavish bow, "I will need to consult with the maesters on this most important quest!" The gnome disappeared in a cloud of conjured doves. Smash! He obliterated the supply closet's mundane security measures with his trusty 'lockpick', a...

"I prefer to think of it as falling with style." Zarko could not possibly be more pleased with the skeptical look Zier Xya Zythos wore. Finally a witness who could spread tales of his raw power far and wide! He imagined sold out city opera houses and entire festivals prepared in his name. Maybe...

"Zarko the Magnificent, greatest wizard on Arethil," he swept into another pretentious bow, "At your service." The gnome did not seem remotely phased when Arisa Lovelace gave him the brush off, instead focusing his attention on the next female human to enter his sight. Unfortunately for Azulian...

Magnificent.

"You get a magic missile! You get a magic missile! You get a magic missile!" Zarko was very drunk on power. He held a pair of wands in both hands and was conducting an orchestra of mayhem. Everything his magic touched burst apart. He drifted from rock to rock, gliding along air currents and...

"I forgive you," he smiled at Willis, not seeming to know or care that the human's remark was intended as a scathing rebuke, "There will be plenty of time to sing my praise when the bards compose another epic of my heroic deeds." Zarko also ignored the fact that none of these people seemed to...

Zarko's tactic appeared to be working. He was now invisible! It slowly dawned on the gnome that he was intruding on some other kind of unexpected encounter. Now this was interesting. What was in the letter? A treasure map to great riches? A chance at fame and glory? He was already counting gold...

"Behold fair folk of Elbion as I produce a live rabbit from this seemingly empty hat!" "Simple prestidigitation," someone called out. "Could be a pocket dimension," another voice ventured. "Miniaturization spell?" one of the bar patrons retorted. Zarko the Magnificent scowled. This is why he...

"Behold citizens of Elbion!" Zarko's enchanted voice boomed loudly, cutting through the terror and mayhem in Aramekh's wake, "The Magnificent Zarko, greatest wizard on Arethil, is here to save you!" There was a mighty roar at the city's epicenter and he was bashed violently against the stone...

"A mere setback for Zarko the Mag-" Zarko plowed into another sand dune, exploding outward in a gust of sediment as the colossal stone golem continued its miles long stride. He coughed up lungfuls of desert and pondered his current predicament. For now the dunes were breaking his fall but this...

"Hey, wait for me!" Zarko staggered out of the Forgotten City's lost tombs, his pockets bulging with pilfered relics. Nobody on this expedition had said anything about mummies! His stubby little legs could not carry him fast enough and whether by ignorance or design the massive stone golem's...

"Hmm...what's that?" Zarko turned absentmindedly, "Oh yes, the dragon." The gears in his head were turning. Manipulating events on a grand scale was after all the hallmark of a truly great wizard. He feigned a grimace of consternation. "My heart longs to go with you," the gnome sniffled loudly...

Zarko ignored the elven mage's protests, mistaking his dumbfounded frustration for concern mixed with adoration. He continued his elaborate pantomime until the full force of the sandstorm washed over him. The gnome hacked up mouthfuls of sand. By a stroke of coincidence the dragon's furor...

Zier Xya Zythos felt a small tug on the hem of his tunic. "Fear not, gentle elf." The diminutive form braced next to him unwrapped a silken turban with truly masterful dramatic timing. "I, Zarko the Magnificent, will protect you from this heinous beast!" It had been a simple enough matter to...