Draxxt stopped for the night, as any good traveler would, and settled into the base of a tree, inspecting his surroundings. Another boring day had occurred, without the pleasure of visible company. But now he called out: "Come now, dear friend, you cannot hide from me!" A small grin, hidden by his scarf, was on his face. What came next was a shock to him. A soft slithering of leaves could be heard, and into the half-legs vision came a large nine-foot monster, with a ridged, black armored exo-skeleton, like an insect. It's face, like a large lizard skull, was locked in a permanent grin, it's hands with long, cruel, barbed fingers, each ending in a terrible spike. A low, shuddering chuckle emanated from the mouth of the beast. "So, you did notice me, hmm? Good..." The voice was just as low, each harsh sounding word seemingly forced in tongue unusual to the monster, "I was afraid I'd have show myself to you without your knowledge" After the moments shock, the half-elf analyzed the thing with a warriors critical eye, finding weak points and strategies to defeat it should the monster prove an enemy. "So..." said Draxxt slowly, "Mind telling me exactly what you are?" "Of course. I am a-" what followed next is mostly unpronounceable, "but in your tongue, I believe I can be called a 'Cralinf'.. A 'terrible creature of horror'." "I don't doubt that... On another note, why are you following me? I'd recall seeing you before... Or one of you, for that matter." The monster gave another bone-rattling chuckle. "Yes, actually I am sent on behalf of my Lord, the God of Eternal Death. I am here to ensure that, in your coming quest, you shall not die before your fated time, and that your... curse... does not slow you too much." Draxxt nodded, and promptly shut his eyes, falling into a quick dreamless sleep. The Cralinf, shaking it's head, stayed sitting across from it for hours, until he awoke, marveling at his unnerving knack for not being afraid of even himself.
I am doing a rewrite of this, kinda, so it'll be a little different. New name... The Tales of Abdiel: Origin