Cao

Cao "The Hurricane" Darient

"Arena Debut" 13/04/2019

If somebody ever offers you three wishes.. don’t take them, forget it and walk away. Nothing good ever came from wishes. My father the great Djinn Zhu, offered me, his own son Cao, three wishes for my coming of age, and I regret each and every one.

When I told my story to the great north wind, he laughed so hard, he blew me all the way to this forsaken land, and now here I am in Myste Hasse.

I found some help amongst the jeering locals who suggested a Demi god could prove his worth in the fighting arena by becoming a champion. I was directed to the Hung goat where I acquired an entourage to witness my ascendancy. There were two halflings, two humans, one gnome, and a strange elf cleric.

Arriving at the newly built amphitheatre, the head man Vorgus challenged my group to a display of combat prowess. Before I could start however I needed a fighting name, and nothing could be more perfect for one who has the blessings of the four winds, than “the Hurricane”. Of course, I hid my true power whilst fighting a Halfling in the arena. As I understand the drama of the arena, where crowd favourites put on a good show, and don’t immediately crush their opponents.

After the show, I decided I would join the ranks of The Arena champions, such as Relamond the Deliverer, and Raineith the Blind. So I scheduled my debut appearance in the arena for that evening. Attracting the attention of the Arena boss Gallum, his friend Balas and a third unidentified but gluttonous man. My entourage and I were asked to do a couple of favours for Gallum.

The first favour was to collect two crates from the nearby docks. An easy task for our group except that we were ambushed by some leery locals, who had a note tipping them off to the delivery. I generously decided to divert their attentions and allowed my entourage to actually take out these ruffians. It was at this moment one of the halflings in a group disappeared and to dress up for a carnival appearance?

The second favour was a spying mission on Gallum rival, Var Kartark, who has a secret fighter locked up in storage near the docks. Gallum asked us to find out more information on the identity of the fighter, but unfortunately doing this clashed with my arena debut… The gnome Pike acted as my Herald as I entered into the arena to take on a mighty opponent “The Butcher”. I know Gallum likes a spectacle in the arena, but I held off on using my “secret power”, saving it for another fight and a better opportunity to showboat. I took the measure of my opponent allowing him some early swings, but I soon grew bored of his feeble attempts and cut him down in a series of swift blows using my “blessings of the Four Winds”.

I left The Arena victorious, and I will return again soon..