TadyPavel

You’ve just arrived in a swampy, dim town. As you look around, your gaze is met with shacks and cabins. It smells of rotted wood and wet moss. You duck and step into a tattered tent, illuminated by a series of candles suspended in the air. At the back of the tent, an old hag raises her head, “What brings you to this dingy town? she begins, then pauses to study your face—”Ah, it’s you. I’ve been expecting you. Sit,” she gestures at a cushion, “Tell me your story.”

((How do you respond?))
Oh me? Well, got really nohing to be doing here to be honest. I don´t get out of the caves very often. The light hurts my eyes. I´ve never been much of a traveler. I love to find new caves and all sorts of stuff, but i never got why anyone would live so wild in the open. What if a bird catches you? A big bird?... Nooo, a dragon! I can tell you one thing... Dragons are pretty hard to be found just wandering in the caves! Underground just seems safer, doesn´t it? You don´t really learn a lot about the outside. It´s like you´re living under a rock. Technically I am!

As for my story... There´s nothing much to be said. I was livin´ in the caves with my folks for my whole life. I always longed for an adventure, but i really hate going far from my mines. I´ve spend a lot of time on them. I love them! They´re like my kids in a way!... Except they´re like... holes... you know, But i love them like i would love my kids! At least i think so. I never cared for anything except for what happened in the caves. Lately it just seems so boring. I thought that maybe it´s finally time for my big adventure! Afterall, even all my folks started calling me Molie because i remind them of a mole! I like the nickname and stuff, but couldn´t they have picked up a cooler one? maybe something like Pawlin the destroyer of rock! That would fit me! 

But that´s no biggie. I ain´t gonna fight them over it! I never was a fighter. I was told that i´m one strong fella, but i never once thought i would use it to hurt someone... I see no reason why anyone would do that! The only real fighting i´ve done was with things and animals that i met when mining. It would mostly take one swift swing of my trusty shovel and they dropped like flies! I never liked the feeling that i got after i did that, tho... The caves were theirs as much as they are mine, afterall!

I guess that´s it for my story. I love tea if that adds something. I would do anything for a good cup of tea after a day of mining. I like the simple style of living. It´s said that dwarves love them some gold, but i never really got the hang of what that is for. all i need i either forage or i make. I still buy stuff, but only when i can´t make something on my own or if it takes just too much work.

What about you lady? What are you doing here?