Becoming an Adventurer

As the festival continued, Father Zantus droned on and then made things exciting by letting off a thunder stone. Then, seemingly on cue, an army of goblins crashed the party by attacking the town square. They sang a song
 
Their use of Common was commendable. Instead of applauding, I burned one of them to a crisp with a fire bolt as I moved with Inuyasha to a better, mutually-defensible position. I hid behind some crates, hoping to get cover from their arrows. I saw an opportunity in their positioning and moved to exploit it, frying 5 goblins with a single lightning bolt. It was a glorious display of power that I had imagined doing many times before, but this time it was a reality, complete with the horrified and agonized cries of the nasty creatures. Good riddance.
 
The goblins had a few war chanters that were trying to counter our bards. I severely burned one of them with a fire bolt. After Inuyasha and our new allies (Fray, the three bards, and Stormshadow) finished off the goblins in the town square, we heard the sounds of more battle. Unlike the commoner I once was, we went towards that sound.
 
Inuyasha followed the sound of a sad, scared puppy into an alleyway, only to find that the puppy that he was saving was really an asshole goblin in disguise. As soon as Inuyasha got close enough to realize his mistake, the goblin "dog" and its goblin gang attacked us. Inuyasha knocked the "dog", certainly a goblin bitch, flying into the air and cut off her head with his sword before she hit the ground. I said "Smile!" as I burned the face off (and part of its skull) a goblin with a fire bolt, snuffing its life from it.
 
After taking out the goblin bitch gang, we met up with a noble from Magnimar, Aldern Foxglove. He was doing what most non-adventurers would do: cower in fear. His hunting dog had died in his defense. Fray's answer was swift and decisive, as he incinerated several goblins with a couple of his fireballs. I fried several goblins with two lightning bolts, but sadly only got two each time. After we slaughtered this group of goblins, Aldern thanked us and told us that he will meet us at the Rusty Dragon, where he is staying.
 
After the goblins were defeated, we were declared to be the "Heroes of Sandpoint". That is quite a contrast to how Inuyasha and I have been treated by many of the inhabitants of Sandpoint in the past. Some had been good to us, but most have hated us for our "other" parent. That became the point where I decided that I was an adventurer now, and not one of the townsfolk.
 
Daviren Hosk thanked us by offering us a bit of a job: hunt down some goblins. That sounded like a good way to make money, which is exactly what an adventurer would do. And since that is me now, I accepted.
 
Hunting goblins was kind of fun. Inuyasha and I were able to make good use of the stealth we learned to hide from cruel townsfolk to sneak upon unsuspecting goblins and killing them before they knew we were there. Stormshadow also proved to be very sneaky.
 
Two things stood out from the dispatching of goblin patrols:

1. Fray somehow managed to burn himself with his own fireball. Maybe he will remember to make it "selective" next time. It was funny to see the look on his face, though. Ha!


2. Stormshadow jumped around with his spear a bit too much. He somehow managed to impale himself. Maybe he had it turned the wrong way when he pole vaulted off it?

 
Finally, we found their main warren. I torched a sentry on our way in as Inuyasha, Stormshadow, and I used out stealth to open the way for the others. It looked like we would probably be in for a big fight once we got in there, so I called Minion to my side. "Minion! Help Me!" He appeared, greeting people in his cheerful, friendly manner, introducing himself to the others. Everyone, except for myself and Inuyasha, were surprised as he appeared. I don't know why. I thought that I had made it pretty clear that he would come when I called when I talked about him before. Daviren mumbled something like "I thought he was just an imaginary friend!". Thinking about it more, I guess most people in town have never actually seen him before.