Chapter II: The Crushbone Campaign
The only thing more appealing to an Iksar than brutalizing children is casual sex. And behind those, slavery. When word reached Cabilis that the Crushbone orcs were keeping slaves, Arch Duke Xog was personally offended. Only the Iksar were fit to enslave other beings! And these upstart orcs were making a mockery of the prestigous institution of slavery! It had to end. But who was wretched and disposable enough to undertake such a hopeless and suicidal mission?
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Due to the Crusaders of Greenmist being an abysmally poorly funded branch of the Iksar military, Kuriak was required to secure his own passage to Faydwer. The road was dangerous and unkind, but he eventually found his way to The Overthere, having narrowly avoided the clutches of a band of horny forest giants who harbored a peculiar fondness for young Iksar. A young druid agreed to teleport Kuriak to Butcherblock Mountains in exchange for his life savings, 3 platinum.
Kuriak arrived in Crushbone to find himself decisively outmatched. The orc citadel itself was too well guarded for him to deal serious damage to the Crushbone, so Kuriak had to resort to guerilla warfare and terror tactics. He lurked in the mountains and crags of Crushbone, striking orc patrols like an explosive device improvised out of pure brutality and malice. He collected belts from the slain orcs, and found the locals had a strange interest in procuring them. He funded his operation with the profits, selling his belts to elves and dwarves.
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Kuriak took great pleasure in terrorizing the children of Crushbone. Word began to circulate among the orcs of a terrible man-serpent who lived in the mountains and preyed on the spleens of orc youth. Unable to penetrate the castle itself, Kuriak ate babies like any good Iksar, leaving the remains strewn on Emperor Crush's doorstep.
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The Iksar Knight was gaining strength, and soon he would be able to bring an end to the reign of Emperor Crush. Though Kuriak had long ago accepted that during his mission it would be difficult to cooperate with the locals, due to his rapacious experience penalty and propensity to eat their women and children, he knew it would probably be necessary at some point. Kuriak had to return to Cabilis with exotic slaves and the head of Emperor Crush, or not return at all.