LoR Freebuild: Lord Bosric's Request Chapter One

[mccoyed]

After the recent battles, Quinn was getting back down to some good old fashioned thieving in the ripe lands of Lenfald. Unfortunately, her skills are a bit rusty (and she only has the one eye) so she was captured by a local lord called Bosric.

After stewing in jail for a bit, Quinn was suddenly and unexpectedly brought before the ageing lord.

She was not the only one, however. Kneeling before Bosric were two strange men whom Quinn had never seen before. One looked Loreesi, and the other possibly a Garhim. Neither wore shackles as she did, but both appeared as if they'd also spent a little time in a dungeon recently. Bosric's face was stern as he regarded all three of them.

"And here we have yet another thief, attempting to deprive my realm of its hard-won riches." he snarled.

The two stranger said nothing, and so neither did Quinn. All three waited to hear what the lord would say next.

"But there is a greater treasure than any jewel or piece of gold, and I find myself cold without its presence. Can you three imagine what I speak of? Of course you cannot. All you know is yourselves, the desires of your bodies and the immediacy of the moment. That is not without value, but what value has it when measured against the love of a father for his daughter?"

"Uh... not much?" Quinn offered. Her fellow prisoners eyed her, not any more certain than she was whether she'd said something offensive or not. But Bosric only laughed, though with bitterness.

"Indeed. Not much. My daughter, the lady Milerna, has been bewitched by a local cult of snake worshippers and fire-eaters. This cult is led by a man who claims to be over a thousand years old, a shapeshifter and warlock too, or so the stories say. I would give all the jewels and gold, everything you three have tried to steal and many times over, to have her back. I ask myself, who better to steal a daughter than thieves?"

"Why not your own men, sire?" asked the Loreesi man wearing blue.

"Shame is why. The truth about Milerna cannot leave this room or I will look weak and feeble to other lords, and to my own men. This must be done with discretion, by outsiders, but not without great reward."

Bosric motioned with his hand and a guard pushed forward a tray filled with jewels.

"Take all you can carry. There will be more, much more. If only you can bring my Milerna back to me! I care not how many snake-worshippers you kill! Go thence and do my bidding and I will make lords of you all."

The three thieves could not answer him, for they themselves were bewitched by the splendor of all those jewels. They looked at each other, taking measure, and understanding that they were now, for the time being, inextricably bound.

"My name is Kubotai. He is Conar," said the Loreesi.

"They call me Jackdaw Quinn."

To be continued...

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Builder's Note:

This portion of Jackdaw Quinn's adventures is based on the film Conan the Barbarian and is meant as an homage and perhaps eventually a slight parody of that (great) film, which is one of my favorites of all time.

[Captain Braunsfeld]

I like the story and the custom helmets!

[Balbo]

Very nice story

The kitbash minifigures and all the details in your MOC are well done, too.

[mccoyed]

I like the story and the custom helmets!

Thank you! They are from Brick Warriors!

Very nice story

The kitbash minifigures and all the details in your MOC are well done, too.

Thanks, but what's kitbash?

[Captain Braunsfeld]

Thank you! They are from Brick Warriors!

There is a European reseller - and these helmets are all sold out

[Venkefedo]

"Kubotai" and "Conar", eh?

Very nice!

[mccoyed]

There is a European reseller - and these helmets are all sold out

Dang! Well, it's a nice mirror of the problems we have getting stuff in North America. For example, it's very difficult to get the Legends of CHIMA battlepacks here.

"Kubotai" and "Conar", eh?

Very nice!

Hehehehe.