The thoughts of an Half-Giant

[Magnulas]

I have reached a human village called Hlint. I saw really small humans here but they just ran away from me and everyone seemed to get mad at me when I was running after them. I have seen these small humans many times in Hlint now and they allways run away, the larger humans dont seems to be so afraid of me and that is good. I have even got a work from a human. I protect him and he will supplie me whit food! That is a very good deal I think because I cant find much to eat in the forests around Hlint and it's easy to protect him: Everything runs away when they see me anyway, so I just got to stand by his side and he dont have to worry about anything.
   We wentured down in the crypts thought and there the undead where awaken, they tried to kill us but I smashed them into dust. It came more and more thought so we had to run. That was my first day whit my new boss, Zaushech, but I hope that the other days will become calmer.

[Magnulas]

I have not seen my boss on many days now. Maybe he left Hlint whitout telling me. When I was about to leave Hlint myself i saw a lady that looked very sad. When I asked what was wrong she said that shadows had stolen a part of herself from her. She had a shiny light around her and didnt look so good. I had nothing to do so I told her that I would help her get back the part of herself.
   We traveld into the broken forest where I killed the shadows and then the whit light around her faded. She seemed much better now so we started to travel to Hlint. We met a friend of hers, a dwarf. He was friendly and I didnt think he was so bad for a dwarf. Grannoch dont like them I think, but I think it's because dwarfs are known to kill many giants. As long as they dont try to kill me I wont hurt them, but if grannoch wants me to fight the dwarfs I will.

I strated to travel back to Hlint alnone after that. I met a man whit a staff that had a shiny gem on it. He was also sad but said it was nothing I could do to help him but he traveled whit me to Hlint anyway. He said that I should not eat animals when i told him that I thought badgers was tasty. I said that I liked meat and didnt want to stop eating it, but he said that I should try and make a soup of muchrooms and other things. I said that I would eat soup instead if he made me one that I thought tasted good.
   Anyway I enterd Hlint later and then I saw a dwarf, that was just like the lady I helped, shiny white. I told him that he looked like a lady and he seemed to get very angry because of that. After we had argued a bit the man seemed to understand what I had ment whit "You look like a lady" and told the dwarf. The dwarf said that he was sorry and that he had missunderstood me. All dwarfs aint that nice I noticed now, just because I wanted to help he got angry! I should be careful around dwarfs, they will probebly want to kill me because that I'm a half-giant.

//I laughed so much when this happened that I could hardly write.  

[Magnulas]

I was traveling in the Grey Peak mountains whit a big group of humans, dwarfs, elfs and many other races. We was supponse to get some oil but I'm not sure why. It proved to be to much for us anyway. The Ogres must have knew that we were coming because they had sent many warriors to the edeg on the mountain. We fought hard and some of us didnt make it but we drove them back atlast. I set up a campfire on one of the hills where we should be safe.
   Not many said some thing, they mostly seemed sad that some of our companios didnt make it. I fell asleep quickly by the campfire but I had not sleept long before I felt a kick in my ribs. Angry I woke up and looked around after the one that dared angry me. I couldnt see any and no one told me who it had been.
   Angry I sat down again looking around on the others. I had saved some of their lives and this was the thanks I got! Next time something like this happens I will kill the one that does it.

[Magnulas]

I have met some dwarfs that give me the feeling of that they would prefer if I was dead. I should not trust all dwarfs but most seems nice and I share a room whit one. I have rented a room in Krandor and it's a very good house. I have good sleeping rug, many chests to store things in and I get free fish! We are now six people that live here, the owner Quin, Gretchen, a married couple and a man I dont know tha name of. We dont see each other so much, everyone have much to do, but I hope I get to met all soon.
   I have sloe met three now giants! This is a very good month! It's Krumm, Anak and Grok. Krumm is a wizard and very smart! He speak very good common and I hope he can teach me to speak better. My own common is becoming better the longer time I spend whit humans. Broke also speak very good common. I think they are brothers, Krumm lived whit his mother Jenna a while ago by Berhagen. Grok is also a shaman! We maybe can pray to Grannoch together someday! Anak is a very good smasher and likes fish! Just like ME! He dont like badgers thought and that is sad because badgers taste very good! Rats too. And deers. Lions, cougars, birds, jaguars, bears all taste very good!
   Oh! I work for small man that becomes a bear sometimes now! I get him copper and tin and he give me goldies so I can pay rent and countino to live in house. I have also put up notes about some things I sell so that I dont have to go mine all the time. It's very hard work and take long time. Small stinkys shoot me whit arrows too.
   That reminds me about the big worm lady! A bad man told Krumm and me to leave Hlint. He was only a small humans so we said no! But then he became stone! Grannoch controll stone so I was not afraid of that. Soon after that he summon worm lady! She had many arms whit weapons! I was just pretending to be scared! Yep, she didnt scare me. Not at all.
   Anyway he left us alone and told us that he didnt want to see us again. Krumm think we should gather all giants in Hlint and start a groupe so that no one can come tell us what to do just because they are many more! I shall smash man whit worm lady some day. Not when worm lady there of course. Not that I'm scared. No nothing more scary then me.
   I shall go home now and get some fish. Fish is good. And badgers! I should go get some badgers before I go home.

[Magnulas]

I paid my rent now and noticed that I will have to work hard now to be abel to pay it. I really likes that house and want to stay so I'm gona need to get more gold. Everyone seems to want the gold that I get, the humans seems to like the round gold things really much. Whit the praying, mining, getting gold for rent I have stuffs to do all the time.
   I have heard that the man that owns the house have a small cat. The short lady that said I was slow told me that. Maybe he is gona show it to me someday! Or he thinks I'm gona eat it. The short lady said that I would not get to live there if I ate it so I'm gona eat some of the fish there instead. When I tell him I'm not gona eat his cat I maybe can see his room! I allways wonder what is in there and how it looks.
   Oh! I have not seen my boss on a very long time now so I think he have moved on. But I got a new work! The man that wanted to run me and Krumm out of Hlint offerd me a job. I dont know what to do but he should give me food and gold for it. Then I can pay the rent and wont have to move! He seems much nicer now and I cant wait to tell Krumm that he is nice now. Now a lady want me to leave Hlint instead. Allways pople want me to leave. I cant eat the cat that walks around in Hlint either. Ayla told me that she would get very angry then and I dont want that. I guess I will just have to capture my own food or eat the fish we have in the house.
   The owner have gone fish Iwas told by the small lady so we will eat much fish when he gets back! I cant wait! I'm so hungry now that I will go find some lions to eat. I hope Ayla dont get mad if I eat them. They look like big cats too me.

[Magnulas]

I went down into the haven mines again whit a human and a dwarf. They had long and hard names and I cant remember them. We went all the way down and the dwarf pick up all the nice gems on the way. He say that they are worth much gold and he also said that he soon ae gona be the richest dwarf in the world. I belive him, he had a nice house he said and knows much about buissness. He was a good smasher too, but I knew that before because I had allready been down in Haven whit him.
   We got some iron to but a ogre hit me hard in the head and the next thing I know I wake up in Hlint. The dwarf and I went down again later and he showed me waht went wrong. He said I should not had keept my back undefended and I should had stood by the wall and fight them. The dwarf seems to know a lot about fighting so I belive him. Maybe it will make me a better smasher if I listen to him.
   Later when we got back to Hlint he taught me how to smelt iron and the human how to cut gems. Thay was very nice of him. He say that I'm good at smelting too. I could be a great smith if I work hard also. When all the iron was done he made a nice iron armor for me, I will need to practis before I can use it though but it was very nice of him. I think I should get some more copper and try make a own armor now. I have much gold now and I think I shall buy a house whit them. Then I will have a home!
   It's not much else I can do whit the gold but it looks nice at least and I can buy food for it on the inn when I get hungry. That is good because I dont get free fish from the man that owns the house anymore. He dont rent rooms more so I had to move out. He have a nice inn now and I'm going to go there as much as I can. They sell good ale there, the ale I make is of course better because it's giant made, and many people come there to sing and tell stories. It was a nice human there that told a storie about a giant that was named Fragsnot! I like that storie because it was aout a giant that was named Fragsnot! I gave him some of my gold because he told so good stories and I hope he come there again soon.

[Magnulas]

Glokk is starting a band! He said I could join and gave me a harp! We are called The Bashers and are three giants so far. We are gona be the best band ever! Whit giants! I'm gona play VERY good at my new harp and practis everyday so I get really good. I'm also learning to write and my common is getting better. Every sins I got to Hlint everything has become better, and it's all thanks to The Mother. My fish is starting to end, I should learn to fish so I can castch my own fish. Fish is the best food I know. I'm gona go eat now, all this fish talk is getting me hungry.