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"Oh, come come now, crying won't help," came the voice of the trickster from behind a tree. "He's not going to eat her, or anything," explained Loki, as he came into view again, holding out a handkerchief to Gwyllgi.

Keeping pace with the flying monster was not a problem on solid ground. However, that quickly changed as the area around them grew wetter, and more dismal. Gwyllgi's feet began to stick in the mud, and it quickly became obvious that she was heading into a bog. To make matters worse, trees were...

As Gwyllgi ran, a sudden crash of trees, and rush of air surprised her as she was momentarily cast in shadow. Above her, high in the air, something big flew upon vast leathery wings. The creature was some fifty feet in length, from the tip of its three snouts to the end of its whip-like tail...

"Very well. It seems some people just have to learn the hard way." His voice faded away as he did the same, slowly disappearing, and leaving Gwyllgi alone with her thoughts. (Sorry I didn't post for a few days. Real life drama is going down right now.)

"Yes, the family is all wrapped up at the moment," he said, with a sigh. "But, I have faith that the ones I care about can take care of themselves... Just as you seem to." His smile was back again. "I mean, letting a young lady wander off on her own in draugr infested territory? Surely she must...

"My, someone is having a bad day." His smile fell for a moment as he hopped to his feet. "But, you guess correctly. Loki, son of Odin, at your service," he said, with a elegant bow. "As for the girl, Iona, yes I took her offering and answered her prayer. She asked to be well endowed, and I...

Stobr gave Gwyllgi directions to a town that was a few days walk from his home, and wished her good luck. As she made her way, wrestling with her feelings as she went, a voice suddenly piped up from somewhere nearby. "Oh, dear, could it be the faithful canine is feeling spurned?" Turning to find...

Iona was waiting for Gwyllgi at the entrance of the mine. She followed her quietly as they made their way back to Stobr's house, almost as if she was afraid to speak to Gwyllgi. Stobr's place was looking much better when they arrived. Most of the furniture had been righted, and the general...

"Look, I got worried, and came back, okay," she offered, as the fire died down enough for her to make her way over."And, it's not exactly hard to track down a raging bull."

The bull fell to the ground again, and this time had little chance to defend itself. A few quick slashes left it dead, and it's flames sputtering. "Quick, get its fire before it goes out," cried Iona," throwing the lantern that Gwyllgi had left with the rest of her belongings.

There, at the end of the tunnel, beyond the flames, stood Iona, a sling in her hand and look of worry on her face.

A stone rolled along the floor, having come out of nowhere to strike the beast in the eye. It pawed at its face still temporarily blinded.

The bull pressed down harder and harder, until a sudden blur of motion caught the creature in the eye and it reared back, bellowing in pain and surprise, its belly was open.

Chain rattled and snapped as the bull pulled free. It got to its feet and charged again, but rather than lower its head, this time the beast reared up on its hind legs and brought it's entire weight down as it tried to crush her.

The bull went down as chains coiled around its head and legs. Once Gwyllgi on top of it, victory seemed a sure thing, until a flash of motion from behind the monster caught her in the middle of her attack. The bulls long tail swung around like a whip. and caught her in the stomach. Gwyllgi might...

The creature soon realized that it was being followed, and turned to face Gwyllgi. 'Bull' didn't really do the thing justice, it was the size of a bison, with the long curved horns of a great ox, and it's body was covered in the oily black slime that she had been following. It opened its mouth...

Following the trail of oily slime was easy at first, it went down one tunnel and then another. It got tricky, however, when she came to a crossroads and found the stuff going down all three. As she paused to think her next move through, a faint clopping sound came from one of the tunnels. It got...

Gathering a piece was mercifully easy after she had composed herself. Dropping the huge animal on the stone floor resulted in the entire shell cracking down the middle, and a sizable chunk was easy to pry off. That just left the slime covered tunnel she had bypassed a moment ago... unless she...

The gas continued to pour forth, and while much of it was consumed in the fire that surrounded Gwyllgi, enough got through that, buy the time the snail expired, she felt like she hadn't had water all day, and her lips began to chap as her skin dried out. Still, she was victorious; dehydrated...

Despite their reputation for sluggishness, the snail retracted into it's shell with lightning speed, and Gwyllgi's spell impacted on the hard surface, leaving little more than a scorch mark. As she watched, the creature began to expel more of that awful gas from the opening of its shell, forming...