“Time for what?”
“It’s time to prove you’re a warrior, not a worthless peon.”
“But I am a warrior…”
“I know you are. I trained you to be a warrior, but now it is time to prove you are on in front of the clan. It is customary to have your parents present you to the testing, but things being as they are, I’ll present you to the clan.”
“I thank you my teacher, but what do these tests be?”
“I am not allowed to tell you. The clan chief will give you your tasks. Now you must present yourself to Gornek, the chief here. You shall go up to him and introduce yourself. Mark my words, customary is to address chief Gornek as follows I am Morgg and I am ready to be tested. Now take this axe of mine and go and prove yourself a warrior”
***
I went on and faced Gornek with my heart in my throat. I knew that this trial would mark my place in the word, either an expandable peon, or a warrior of the clans.
“I am Morgg and I am ready to be tested” I said facing chief Gornek.
“Welcome Morgg, the one without a clan. Your teacher talks highly of you, but you are to prove yourself as a warrior of the clans. First things first, we have to see if you are able to hold and use that axe that you have. You are to clean some of the boars in the area since they are attacking the camp. Second we are to see if you are good enough with your hands; you are to bring me ten scorpion tails and not die in the process. Now be on your way for time is wasting.”
He wants me to kill boars and handle scorpions, he must be mad. I’ve done this since being ten, but if these are the tests, these are the tests.
As I was heading out to get the boars and the scorpions for my tests, Galgar, the cook of the camp yells after me.
“Morgg wait, wait… since you’re going out to get the boars for you test would you mind bringing back some cactus apples. Don’t look like that at me, I said cactus apples. And before you go out there you might want to talk to Zureetha Fargaze she wants some stuff killed and she wants it fast.”
“Morgg, since you’re out there, would you mind killing some imps… they’re tainting the air around here.” Zureetha Fargaze said approaching.
“Ok, I’ll do that since I’m going to go out there anyway, I’m going to get those apples of yours and the imps you want.”
***
“I’m done with the boars, the scorpions and the apples. Let me go get the imps and head back to camp. Hope I’ve proven myself.”
Heading for the imps, I saw a cave and went in to explore. Leaned on the wall of the cave a saw a pick, but nobody around to claim it, and there was nobody outside. “I’ll take this with me and give it to the chief. He’ll know whom this belongs to. Now let me get out of here and finish the imps and head back to camp for it has been already a long day.”
***
Back in the camp, I presented the scorpion tails and the pick to chief Gornek.
“I can see you have done well, the boars stay back since you reduced their number, and I value the scorpion tails; as for the pick you should go and talk to Foreman Thazz'ril near the sign. It’s his pick and I know he does not remember where he left it. By the way, you passed your courage test.”
Heading to Foreman Thazz'ril to give back his pick, I stopped by the cook that gave me some cooked apples in exchange for the apples that I brought back. “I call the test of Providing passed”, cook Galgar said.
Zureetha Fargaze stopped me to thank me for doing the ‘clean-up’ as she called it, and asked if I could do something more for her. “Please head out to the cave up north and get me the medallion that can be found there. It’s magical and it controls the imps that you encountered. You may need to ‘subdue’ the fellow that guards it.”
As I finally reached the foreman he was very happy that I found his pick.
“Morgg, thank you for finding my pick. Now for your next test… you are to go and wake five peons that are supposed to chop wood for the camp. Go now and thank you again.”
***
Heading back into the cave I managed to find the medallion. While I was taking it, the guardian came out.
“What are you doing with that pendant?”
“I’m taking it.”
“Over my dead body.”
“Have it your way.”
It pained me to kill a fellow orc, but there was something vile in him. Even the pendant is not a good thing. “Better get this as fast as I can to Zureetha Fargaze”.
Walking out of the cave I kept my eyes open for the peons and found plenty of them slumbering in the shade of the trees.
***
“Very good you’re back. I haven’t heard any complaint from the peons that you aggressed them, thus you pass the test of Fair Justice. You should get back to the chief and tell him that.” The foreman told me.
Facing Zureetha Fargaze I gave her the pendant. “Thank you for bringing this to me. You have done a great dead for the world in fighting the evil. I call the test of Honor passed. Head back to the chief.”
Heading to the chief’s den, one of the guard calls: “Here comes Morgg, Warrior of the Horde!”
“Welcome Warrior Morgg. I am glad that you have passed all tests, and I am proud to call you a warrior now. Go out there in the word and make the Horde proud!”
***
“I am now a warrior of the Horde!” I said to my teacher.
“You now are a true warrior, but before you head out to help out troll friends, there are some things that I should teach you.”
Over the next few days, I have learned how to improve my charge as to still an enemy doing so, and how to make deep wound to my enemy.
When my training was over, my teacher told me head out to the troll village nearby and keep my eyes and ears open.
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