What's Life without Hardship? Betrayal? Wars? What's Life Without Death? Nothing.
But Life. It gives you something that's irreplaceable, it gives you love, family, friends. And most importantly to a mercenary, Money.
(Voice)"Wolf, Wolf! WOLF!" (Voice)"Wolf! Hello?! You spineless bastard! This dice game isn't gonna finish itself!". "What? oh, Sorry Ali, I was counting how much money I'm gonna make from beating you". (Ali)"Hah! Get a load of this scent sniffing bastard!" (Ali)"Us Tigers don't need to sniff out scents, because we actually catch our bounties". "Ali, how about you shut up and finish the game"(Ali)"Yes, let's get this over with and I can buy myself a wench tonight". "Hah! Ali, look at that! Double Sixes! looks like I've got you beat Ali."
(Ali)"Wh-what?! You cheating bastard! You must be part fox, wolf, because only foxes cheat!". "Ali, you're just a sore loser, now give me my coin and I can be on my way". (Ali)"NO! The only way your leaving is through the afterlife!" "Ali, calm down! you do not want to ruin your reputation as the town idiot!"(Ali)"SHUT UP WOLF AND FIGHT!" "If you say so!" (Bartender)"Hey! No fighting in my Tavern!" (Ali)"Shut up!" (Bartender)"Logan! what the hell?!" (Logan)"Sorry! It seems like the idiot lost his temper!"
(Bartender)"Well, send him crying to his mother already!" (Logan)"Gladly" ("This tiger is a brute, his strength is immense, I need to be fast to avoid his slower attacks"). (Ali)"Wolf, are you gonna fight or are you just gonna stand there?!" (Logan)"Let's go!".
(A minute of fighting later...) (Logan)"You know the only reason people like you is because you easily manipulated" (Ali)"Shut up wolf! You only making me angrier!". (Logan)"All that anger is making you predicable, making you open for... THIS!"("I see the blood on my paws, as I see Ali fall to the ground unconscious"). (Ali)"Aghh...." (Logan)"Well Ali, seems like you're bad at dice and in a fist fight" (Bartender)"Well Logan, seems like you win another fight, you really gotta stop making people angry, especially tigers like Ali, they break the most furniture ". (Logan)"Ah, sorry about that, but anyway, I need to get my 50 coins, I need a whetstone for my sword, Alright big guy, I gotta wake you up now, come on".
(Logan)"Right, gotta drag this hunk of muscle out of the tavern and to the well." (Townsfolk)"Really? Ali again? poor tiger" (Logan)"Yeah, this guy really can't control his anger or his mug". (Logan)"Okay big guy, here we go" (SPLASH!) (Ali)"Ah! that shit is cold!". (Ali)"Logan? what did I do now?" (Logan)"You made a bet with me in dice, and I won, 50 coins". (Ali)"By the Strength of Thiri! I can't get drunk again! Here's your coin Logan. (Logan)"Take care of yourself Ali, go home and rest, you need it, you're gonna have to earn that gold back again". (I say mockingly)
(Bartender)"That tiger has lost more gold gambling than the king has buying wenches!". (He says Laughing) (Logan)"I know right? The god of strength and ferocity gave tigers a lot of things, but good gambling skills was not one of them!". (I say laughing) (Logan)"Well Dais, it's been good staying in your bar again, I Need to go buy a whetstone for this crappy sword I have, the sharpness on this thing is terrible". (Dais)"That reminds me, what happened to your old sword? that thing could cut through Diamond". (Logan)"Ah, yeah, I lost it when I was thrown off a cliff into water by A Arctodus". (Dais)"Ah I heard that one of those massive bears was terrorizing the area, heard it died by a Wolf in Mercenary armor". (Logan)"It wasn't me; I was thrown off the cliff and knocked out, I woke up on a beach miles away. (Dais)"Well that's very unfortunate, I hope that new sword treats you well" (Logan)"It already isn't, can barely cut through a training dummies armor, anyways, I'm off to grab a whetstone, I'll be back later Dais to stay the night".
(Ring) (Merchant)"Ah, Master Wolf, it's good to see you". (Logan)"Hey Arcadius" (Arcadius)"Well master wolf, what do you need from ole Arcadius?". (Logan)"I need a whetstone for this stick that a bandit called a sword" (Arcadius)"Ah coming right up master wolf!" (Arcadius)"30 coin please master wolf". (Logan)"Here's 31, keep one for yourself" (Arcadius)"Thank you master wolf!" (Logan)"So why do all you Bunnies call us wolves master?". (Arcadius)"Ah, yes, uh well. you see our entire kingdom was destroyed by your kind, and all of us were enslaved by the wolf king, forced to serve until death, but now that he is dead, we are free, and among bunnies, we still call the wolves master, due to being used to it". (Logan)"Yes, the king wolf, I barely remember him, I was still a pup then, so I won't remember much". (Logan)"But thank you Arcadius, I'll see you around". (Arcadius)"Have a good day master wolf!".
(Logan)"It's getting dark, back to Dais's bar The Evergreen Inn".
(The chatter in the tavern increases as Logan opens the door) (Dais)"Ah! Logan! you're just in time to hear about this bounty that just came up". (Logan)"Alright, let's hear it" (Stranger)"So somewhere far away from Timberfall, there was a report of an entire group of trained soldiers just be ripped to shreds by what it looked like was a big tigerlike creature, with wolflike features, Fangs sharp enough to bite through steel. Bounty hunters dug up the place through days and found nothing but blood. (Logan)"Hmm by how it was described, it sounds like a Dire Wolf. But those things are just myths. (Dais)"What are dire wolves anyways?".
(Logan)"Well just like he said, these creatures are massive tiger and wolflike humanoids. "They have a hunger big enough to eat entire herds of Aurochs(massive cows) and still be hungry". "Their claws and fangs are sharp and strong enough to cut through steel like butter, they were creations of gods who felt like people where too arrogant and cocky". "And those people were slaughtered by the dire wolves, and then dire wolves only came out during times of arrogant, and cocky villages or groups of people felt like they could take on the world".
(Dais)"Thats terrifying, but if these things are real, it could sum up to be a lot of coin for you Logan". (Logan)"Yes, it would be very good, but I highly doubt these things exist but ill set out at dawn to get a head start there". (Dais)"Right, I've got your room ready down the hall to the last on the right". (Logan)"Thanks Dais".
(Logan)"Right, if I'm to track whatever this thing is down, I'm gonna need rest. This day has been long".