The Will of the Sapphire King 1

The Will of the Sapphire King 1 is an encounter in the Crystal Kismet mission hub, after Wielder of the Dream.
==Enemies==
*Oroc Hurler (1040 Gold, 128 Xp, 80 Energy, 8 HP)
*Oroc Hurler (1105 Gold, 136 Xp, 85 Energy, 8 HP)
==Transcript==
===Introduction===
"This Sapphire King you spoke of..." Tessa says.
"What of the wretch?"
"I've never heard of such a title. I thought the Diamond Queen was the only oroc monarch, and that all clans who didn't pledge loyalty to her were ruled by their own petty warlords or chieftains."
"So they are. Make no mistake: though the Sapphire King may claim the title and trappings of ancient royalty, he's no different from any of the other renegade warlords but for the number and strength of his followers."
"Ancient royalty?" you ask. "Then there was once a Sapphire King?"
"That was long ago, when our people scrawled our history on rock like savages."
"What do you write them on now?"
"Crystal."
"I see..."
"The Sapphire King ruled all orocs in that time, before he was slain by the daughter he in his sin had ravished. It was she who became the first Diamond Queen. This present upstart claims to be descended from him... But such claims are easy to make, and impossible to prove or disprove. No clan's knowledge of lineage extends so far."
"If he gained so many followers," Tessa says, "does that mean others believe him?"
"They say he possesses the Sapphire Crown, which was once cast into the magma along with its wearer's body. A powerful artifact, and a potent enough symbol to lend credence to his claims among those who bear no love of the Diamond Queen."
You digest this information, musing over its implications. The Diamond Queen's relations with Crenus are frosty -- harmed when he attempted to conscript orocs living on the surface, whom she rightly or wrongly considers to be under her dominion. But if her position in the underground realm is threatened, it's possible that she might seek to rekindle the old alliance between her throne and that of West Kruna's royal family...
Those ponderings come to an end, however, when the first boulder flies.
"Hurlers!" Rakshara yells, battering the huge rock aside with her shield.
Broad-shouldered orocs are taking up their positions in the cavern ahead, alongside piles of heavy stone missiles...
===Conclusion===
"This Sapphire King of yours must really hate trespassers," Hugh says. "Most people would just tell them to piss off, not have sodding boulders lobbed at them."
"He's no king of mine." Rakshara's eyes flash. "And he's the trespasser here, not us."
Her manner brooks no disagreement, nor does the sight of the nearby hurler whose head she split in half with her sword. So the rotund cook simply murmurs an apologetic platitude.
Category:Crystal Kismet