Chapter 3.17 T

Chapter 3.17 T
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Chapter 3.17 T is the 20th chapter of Volume 3 and Book 3, Flowers of Esthelm.

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Florist appears in Esthelm as well as Redfang Elite Warriors. Toren kills a Goblin Lord shaman and goes to Esthelm as well.

Toren contemplates his recently won liberty, while guarding an ever-growing field of corpses in the snow - travellers that he killed. He decides to start doing things for fun and destroy things he hates: like Lyonette, bees and bells. He is unsure, though, if Erin is one of those things. Musing on things he does like, Toren recalls Erin's singing and realizes he enjoys it, a fact that distresses him. As a group of three adventurers surprises Toren, he beats them back but can't kill them. Toren realizes he wants to level and get as strong as the members of Griffon Hunt and makes that his new goal. To that end, Toren follows a presence he senses south-east, heading towards Liscor.

The Redfang Elite warriors reappear, having been lost in the wilderness for six days and with no trace of the human [Innkeeper] they were assigned to kill. After an intense debate, they decide to rejoin the main tribe and report Garen's insubordination to Rags. Without information on where she has led the tribe, they turn south towards Liscor.

In the recently sacked city of Esthelm, a former [Florist] eats a burned corpse to avoid starvation, damning herself, losing her humanity, and becoming a monster with an insatiable hunger. She continues to gorge herself on corpses and is hunted by the mourning survivors. Pillagers and rapists rule the streets until the Undead awake.

The Redfang Elite warriors under Grunter's command encounter a vanguard of the Goblin Lord's army and flee into the nearby ruined city of Esthelm.

Toren also encounters the Goblin Lord's vanguard. The Goblin [Shaman] leading the vanguard issues a command to Toren to join his horde, assuming he was an ordinary skeleton. Toren seethes as he once again is ordered against his will. However, he finds that he can resist the command and feigns obedience to approach the [Shaman]. After getting close, Toren kills the necromantic [Shaman], then battles against the Goblins until they disperse his bones. This incident throws the Goblin vanguard into disarray: They no longer have enough [Shamans] to control their undead, and must halt their advance on Esthelm while waiting for reinforcements from the main army.

Toren waits for the vanguard to leave before reassembling himself. He sees an opportunity and makes a new plan: Go into Esthelm, kill things, level up.

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Toren
20 traveling persons (at least one female; Deceased)
- Hemlet (male)
Three-person adventuring team (First Appearance)
- Male [Fighter]
- Female [Mage]
- Spear Wielder Woman
Redfang Elite Warriors
- Badarrow (Identity Revealed)
- Grunter (Identity Revealed)
- Headscratcher (Identity Revealed)
- Bugear (Identity Revealed)
- Rocksoup (Identity Revealed)
? - Florist (First Appearance)
Goblin Lord's Vanguard Army
- Goblin [Shaman] (First Appearance) (Deceased)
- Goblin Leader (First Appearance)