Valhalla Lumberkin Event

Starting point
Small, pure Waters are falling from the sky - you keep to the shadows of the trees and veil yourself in the brush to keep as dry as you can. Few beasts are out in such weather, hiding within their homes, but you are surprised to find a mid-sized furbeast standing brazenly out in the open. It is a Lumberkin, one of a People renowned for tenacity and ferocity even in the face of much larger foes. It calls out to you with a strange Song:

Far from frostward fields fares this flame-souled furbeast,

A warrior, though age-weak, and winner of wars.

The wind wafts forth waves of Draak-Kin scent wayward,

A final fight foretelling, Fame and Fortune finding.

To a true fighting soul, Treasures two I shall tender.

Come and bring claw against claw cruelly clashing!

The Lumberkin's soul blazes, as if eager to escape from the narrow confines of its aging and scarred Body.

(continue to d4)

Main Selection Menu (d4)
What do you do?

Options

 * Lumberkin do not hunt Draak * ask why it wishes to engage in a Dance of Destruction with you. (d4a)
 * Life is dear to all, from the smallest to the greatest. Ask why it wants to throw away its existence. (d4b)
 * Voice your doubt that the afterlife it believes in exists * encourage it to live. (d4c)
 * Ask about the two treasures it offers. (d4d)
 * Refuse to grant its request. (d4e)
 * Gauge its strength. (d4h)
 * Confess that you are not yet powerful enough to defeat such a powerful warrior, but pledge to return soon to end the Lumberkin's existence. (Note: Only appear after selecting 'Gauge its strength' option) (d4f)
 * Grant its request; let the Dance of Destruction begin. (There will be no escape; do not choose this lightly.) (Note: Only appear after selecting 'Gauge its strength' option) (d4g)

Lumberkin do not hunt Draak (d4a)
A last Dance of Destruction with a daring Draak -

So will they sing of it in the Star-home,

That den of the doughty,

Last lair of the Lumberkin.

Unashamed shall I stand with the souls of the strong,

Power to pour upon my proud people

From the burrow of the bold, beyond all beginnings.

(continue to d4)

Life is dear to all (d4b)
Of seasons, so many have I seen,

And my meat is now meagre,

''Brittle my bent bones. ''

Sickness strongly assails my senses,

Pain my perpetual partner.

No wish have I to be murdered by madness

Nor slowly starve until sundered is my soul.

Let my last breath be blown out in battle,

A scarlet song sure to send spirits starward.

(continue to d4)

Voice your doubt (d4c)
To lay life against life, to bout in bold battle,

Such is the spirit of Goodbeasts long gone.

The Way of the Lumberkin, warriors of worth,

Is to slay or be slain, and such is my song.

No more worthy a muting of my Music

''Can there be but the clamor and clash of carnage. ''

This I choose: the chance to charge into challenge,

For when blood taints my breath, my bold soul burns brightest.

(continue to d4)

Ask about the two treasures (d4d)
Dig deep in my den to discover directly

The pair of prizes I promised you prior.

With fang and with fury alone you shall find

Treasures two, and a tale worth the telling thereafter.

(continue to d4)

Refuse to grant its request (d4e)
My power to pursue is poor indeed;

''Forcing a fight is a feat far beyond me. ''

But I beg you, be brave, as your bold bygone brethren,

Leave me not to languish nor linger too long.

(end event)

Gauge its strength (d4h)
You inspect the Lumberkin's Body, which is scarred and worn from countless battles. Its age seems to be affecting it, making it less hardy and slower than its kin, but its strength rivals that of creatures many times its size. This would be a difficult opponent for any new-hatched Draak.

Note: This will show the Lumberkin's stats on screen.

(continue to d4)

Confess that you are not yet powerful (d4i)
So be it - strength to yourself gather swiftly

Forging the fighting-fires found in your frame.

But I beg you, be brave, as your bold bygone brethren,

Leave me not to languish nor linger too long.

(Exit event)(Will used a day but player can return to this event.)

Grant its request (d4g)
Your assent causes the Lumberkin great joy:

Let me feel the flames of the fire foretold!

Bathe me in blood; a last benediction!

(proceed to battle scene)

Note: Player unable to retreat from this battle.

After fighting the Lumberkin (d4end)
It fought savagely to the end. You honestly had no idea that an aged Lumberkin could be such a skilled warrior. As its last breath rattles forth, it turns its bloodied eye upon you with a look of what could only be called true happiness. The Lumberkin are either completely mad or wholly glorious. Perhaps they are both.

Digging in its nearby den, you unearth something interesting. It is a stone the dark color of freshly-spilled blood. Despite a thorough search, you find nothing else... could it have been lying about the presence of two treasures here?

That night, you have a strange dream: many furbeasts, their Bodies made of stars, are looking down on you from the vaulted dome of the sky. One, whose eyes burn with a holy fire, sings to you before it fades:

Well done, young warrior;

Bear now my blessing!

Freed from my form, I fly to my fate,

Embraced by the bold bygone

Warriors of the Onesong,

My spirit knows solace;

my heart finds its home.

When you wake, you feel a strange pleasure, as if you have passed a test which you did not know existed.

Perhaps this was a rare True Dream, or perhaps you simply feel more confident, but either way, the Fire within burns brighter.

(End event)

Rewards
Add fire mastery by 6 points.

Obtained tarot card strength.

Gain Lumberkin animal mastery by 20 points. (Full)

Obtained treasure Bloodstone