User blog:Drix153/Of Clerics and Gods

One mistake...one mistake and it was over.

Goblins, hobgoblins, humans, and ogres thronging the arena let out a collective roar as one of the monsters—what looked like a cross between larupia and airut—broke sight of the slaves and tore its way through their exposed flank. The other creatures, smelling blood and sensing weakness, converged as one for a feeding frenzy, maiming and goring those left standing. It was bloody and cruel...and the crowd loved every minute of it.

Yokrad, the so-called "New Big High War God", stood from his throne perched above the arena and called for more entertainment. The crowd cheered enthusiastically, their clamor causing the tower's balcony from which Rosaline watched to shudder precariously. She quickly withdrew inside, wary of the aged stonework and sick from what she had just witnessed.

Of course, she mused. This was New Yok, a city of beasts and arseholes. Slavery and gladiatorial combat were the norm; it was she who was the odd one out here. But unlike the hundreds of slaves in New Yok, she at least had Yokrad's favor.

Knocking on her chamber door drew Rosaline out of her thoughts. She knew Yokrad had supplied her guards outside with keys, but kept the door locked as a general rule of thumb. Calling out to the knocker that she was on her way, Rosaline hobbled across the room, avoiding the weaker patches of stone while keeping weight off her left leg. It'd only been five days since she was tortured by a black knight and her wounds hadn't fully healed yet, but according to a goblin shaman she would make a full recovery.

She reached the door just as it was being opened by one of her guards, a dumpy ork she knew as Lum. He grunted something unintelligible and stepped aside to allow a scantily clad aviansie through.

It was obviously female, as well a slave—Yokrad made sure his "property" were branded with his symbol of power. Tzipora was her name, and her soiled plumage was entirely pink; it reminded Rosaline of the funny birds she once saw during her travels in the gnome lands. In any case, she found aviantese names difficult to pronounce, so gave her the nickname Beakaboo.