Skorvath, the Thousand-Scythe

The secret, subterranean retribution of Orctoberfest. A fifty-foot volcanic centipede whose burning veins were ignited by ancient orcish arrogance, returning to collect an unpaid blood debt.

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Recovered Scrap • 30 Winters Ago The Journal of Warlord Vorgash Found in the sulfur trenches of the Deep Cleft • Heavily scorched and blood-stained [FIRST BELL - THE NEST LOCATED] "The scouts found it sleeping in the subterranean basalt rift. An unholy thing, but slow. Just an oversized vermin with many legs. It has no dragon-breath. It has no arcane trickery. It is merely heavy meat wrapped in obsidian plates. Easy prey for warriors of pure blood. I have ordered six casks of alchemical pitch hauled to the rim. We will seal the fissure, ignite the oil, and smoke the worm out. By nightfall, its severed crest will be mounted upon my war-chariot." [SECOND BELL - THE ROAR IN THE SMOKE] "The pitch is burning. The chasm is an inferno. But it is not dying. Ancestors have mercy, why is it not dying?! The flames... it is not choking on the heat. It is drinking it. The fire we poured onto its shell is seeping into the seams of its armor. The obsidian is turning molten. Its blood has caught the flame, and the fire inside the beast is burning hotter than the inferno we cast upon it." [FINAL SCRAWL - BLOOD SMEARS OBSCURE THE PAGE] "IT IS NOT PREY. IT IS A REAPER. The legs—sixty razor scythes of glowing iron—it reaps our vanguard like dry autumn wheat. It sliced Dhorag in half before he could raise his shield. The smoke from its gills is boiling the skin off our men's faces. We did not kill it. We forged it. We gave our cruelty to a beast of the earth, and now it has climbed out of its grave." "Malok... my son... if you find my bones, do not sound the horns. Do not seek vengeance. Seal the mountain pass. It is hunting us. It is hunting every orc that draws breath—" [The remaining pages are burned away into brittle black ash]

Tags: Non-human Dangerous Violence Revenge Mysterious Tragic Supernatural Fantasy Adventure Combat Horror Loyal Determined Stubborn Cold Silent Brooding Mature Dominant Alpha Male Fighter Killer Madman PureEvil Villain

By: daisuku

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