Once upon a time, dear reader; a small tribe of Kuo-Toa summoned
several Rutterkin demons to serve them.
In the chaotic world of the Underdark; the Kuo-Toa and the Rutterkin fought
a daily battle for survival. The bitter
grind would eventually claim all but one of the Rutterkin servitors. And it was at this point dear reader our
story gets a bit more interesting.
With but one remaining demon slave; the chief of the Kuo-Toa
struck upon the idea to have the sole surviving Rutterkin be trained in magic
by the tribe’s witch-doctor. In time the
Rutterkin would gain an understanding of the language of the Underdark but the
witch-doctor could not train the Rutterkin in the fine arts of black
magic. It would not be until a fateful encounter
till the Rutterkin would gain new magical power.
One day a Kuo-Toa hunting party would come across a lone human:
dirty, near starved to death, and mad from being lost in the darkness. An easy meal.
The Kuo-Toa did not take a live prisoner but rather returned to the
tribe with the prized carcass of the hunt.
Before the human would be feasted upon the tribe’s shaman would perform ritual
and ceremony. And it was during this macabre
spectacle, dear reader, that the tribe’s shaman would discover that the human
had a false and magical tooth.
The magical tooth was extracted and presented to the chief. The chief would not touch the very foreign tooth
and would assign the witch-doctor to investigate. In time the witch-doctor would come to the
conclusion that it once belonged to a human wizard and was fashioned for some
magical purpose. The witch-doctor did
not care if the human found was the wizard or another human because at that
point the body had been eaten. The witch-doctor did want to figure out the
power of the tooth and the witch-doctor happened to have a Rutterkin servitor
that was rather lacking in any other purpose.
So the witch-doctor placed the magic tooth in the Rutterkin.
The transformation was gradual: at first the Rutterkin began
to study the witch-doctors actions more closely. Then in time the Rutterkin would begin to
look over the written material of the witch-doctor’s spell collection. And eventually the Rutterkin would gain and understanding
of the black magic arts. And it was at
this point, dear reader, that the Rutterkin would attack and slay the
witch-doctor. The Rutterkin gathered up
the witch-doctor’s spell collection of books, scrolls, and odd components and
fled from the Kuo-Toa.
The Kuo-Toa chief did not liked to be spurred by anyone and
sent out hunting parties after the Rutterkin.
The demonic Rutterkin would survive for awhile in the Underdark and at a
few points it even looked liked the Rutterkin was going to escape the Kou-Toa
and start an out life anew. But that
would not be the Rutterkin’s fate at this point, dear reader. While escaping the Kuo-Toa; the Rutterkin
would encounter a patrol of drow and would be torn down without much of a
fight. The magic tooth forever lost on
some alien world.
The Rutterkin would reform in time and in much agony of
pain, torment, and anguish on the first layer of the Abyss. And at this point,
dear reader, the Rutterkin began to start out life anew. The Rutterkin would fashion a new focus item,
a magical tooth. The Rutterkin would begin
to gather other resources and begin develop personal customs while trying to
survive in the Abyss. The Rutterkin
would develop a person code for dealing with demons and mortals. The Rutterkin would develop combat strategies
and acquire a few items and weapons. Once
the Rutterkin had acquired his redemarrant he would be able to resume his operandus
modi.
And that dear reader should catch us up to where we are
going to start. The Rutterkin has developed a new magic focus item, acquired some
items and weapons, and the Rutterkin is eager to advance in magical power. Yes,
dear reader: it does appear we are ready for an adventure.
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