Role

Chapter 4

After a few months of normal social interactions Gloomp picked up a few of
the lost traits and bits of intelligence of his kind. Though he will always
speak shortly, some would say dumbly.

Time passed and Gloomp discovered the treasure trove of all garbage pickers,
the city dump. It was here that he brought his 'family' and helped them set
up residence right in the middle of all of Theras junk. They fended the area
off from kobolds, crows, and rats day in and day out. It is important to
note, though, that twice a year city invokers are hired to incinerate the
majority of the refuse heaps. On one of these occasions, Gloomp happened to
be in residence with Bloomp and the others after having brought home three
sword hilts to show off. 'Its get hot here.' Bloomp said, fanning his
sweating face. Gloomp looked around at the steamy smoke building in the roof
of their den and narrowed his eyes. He had already been commended on his
wisdom and keen intelligence from the others, so they marveled when he began
yelling 'Fire! Fire! Fire!' and making alarm noises. 'Alla go out!' They got
outdoors and realized that the entire dump was a burning mass of flames, with
fireballs soaring in from over head. 'RUN LIKE CRAZY!' Gloomp exclaimed.
Gloomp bee-lined towards the exit of the heaps, but the others ran back
inside their dwelling. Gloomp would never see them again, but although he
presumed them dead and gone forever, the following day a sanitation worker
filed a complaint with the conjurers guild about runaway mephits startling
the daylights out of him as he dumped his load.

Gloomp was sad for a time, but was allowed to stay in residence at the
Warriors Guild. The guildmaster explained the dump incineration schedule to
him, and that mages were responsible for seeing it maintained. 'Magics? No
more magics! You teach me make no magics, then city safe place.' Chuckling to
himself, the warrior guildmaster decided, on a lark, to train Gloomp up to
fight, explain to him a bit about the Battle Village, and sit back and watch
the show.