11-13-2014, 02:57 AM
Inlumia was interested by their reactions to his arrival and offer of food.
He also noticed they had not made any attempt to fortify their position, limited as their options were.
The lad was cautious, which could be good or bad. Good if someone tried conning him, but given the situation it would be bad if he let it drive him into messing things up with paranoia.
Judging from his reactions, he was experianced in fighting, but not very patient. Rashness would probably be this one's trigger.
He did not kill the villagers, just their weapons. This showed he was restrained a bit. Either he had an image of what a hero should be like and was trying hard to follow it, or for him fighting others was a game. Possibly both. The first was good, but if he was narrow minded, it could be bad. The second could be bad as it would lead to him risking others just for fun. However, harnesed properly, it could be very useful in sending him against anyone Inlumia wanted removed. If both, just make sure he considered the target Evil.
The Knight was clearly Undead. His body showed that in life he had been a warrior and since necromancers normally let their undead use the weapons they were more familiar with, that sword was a good indication of how strong he was.
Carrying a weapon like that is not something mindless undead would do. No, this one had to be at least on par with a Death Knight.
Every Undead of that rank or over had a working mind, but mostly they were enslaved by the necromancer who raised them. Coming here probably freed the knight.
That worried Inlumia. Pulling someone out from being mind controlled by another risked screwing up that person's mind. Sometimes they could not face what they had to do and suffer from a major case of post traumatic stress disorder.
Considering Primes could summon Secondaries even when not planning to, having an extreamly powerful undead knight who was probably going to unleash all Hell on the local area the first time he goes nuts, not to mention probably going to try killing everyone, and Inlumia knew he made the right choice to try settling thing peacefully.
However the knight seemed exhausted. For undead that often meant emotionally, although a few types required nurishments of different kinds.
Then the knight spoke in a voice that sounded like it had been used infrequently and was they unfamiliar to the speaker himself "I do not...require food."
That the knight then acknowledged the term "break bread" was good news.
Still, Inlumia figured he could try to help the knight a bit. "I know much of the Undead in many worlds. Would you accept some as a burnt offering? As your guest, the laws of hospitality state I do not eat without my hosts, if possible. There are pleanty of leaves, twigs and other things here I can use."
Adding another layer of truce should help things along.
He also noticed they had not made any attempt to fortify their position, limited as their options were.
The lad was cautious, which could be good or bad. Good if someone tried conning him, but given the situation it would be bad if he let it drive him into messing things up with paranoia.
Judging from his reactions, he was experianced in fighting, but not very patient. Rashness would probably be this one's trigger.
He did not kill the villagers, just their weapons. This showed he was restrained a bit. Either he had an image of what a hero should be like and was trying hard to follow it, or for him fighting others was a game. Possibly both. The first was good, but if he was narrow minded, it could be bad. The second could be bad as it would lead to him risking others just for fun. However, harnesed properly, it could be very useful in sending him against anyone Inlumia wanted removed. If both, just make sure he considered the target Evil.
The Knight was clearly Undead. His body showed that in life he had been a warrior and since necromancers normally let their undead use the weapons they were more familiar with, that sword was a good indication of how strong he was.
Carrying a weapon like that is not something mindless undead would do. No, this one had to be at least on par with a Death Knight.
Every Undead of that rank or over had a working mind, but mostly they were enslaved by the necromancer who raised them. Coming here probably freed the knight.
That worried Inlumia. Pulling someone out from being mind controlled by another risked screwing up that person's mind. Sometimes they could not face what they had to do and suffer from a major case of post traumatic stress disorder.
Considering Primes could summon Secondaries even when not planning to, having an extreamly powerful undead knight who was probably going to unleash all Hell on the local area the first time he goes nuts, not to mention probably going to try killing everyone, and Inlumia knew he made the right choice to try settling thing peacefully.
However the knight seemed exhausted. For undead that often meant emotionally, although a few types required nurishments of different kinds.
Then the knight spoke in a voice that sounded like it had been used infrequently and was they unfamiliar to the speaker himself "I do not...require food."
That the knight then acknowledged the term "break bread" was good news.
Still, Inlumia figured he could try to help the knight a bit. "I know much of the Undead in many worlds. Would you accept some as a burnt offering? As your guest, the laws of hospitality state I do not eat without my hosts, if possible. There are pleanty of leaves, twigs and other things here I can use."
Adding another layer of truce should help things along.
Sometimes the difference between Good and Evil is who is passing judgement.