Aegeras: Tell me, old one, why pick up the sword now?
Mixil: Well, you li'l wood elf, there'm be'n much fer
an ol' feller like'n me to do now'n days.
A: What does your brother think of this?
M: Xalpus? That ol' git? He could'n tell me what's
on 'is mind if'n it were read'n to him! Hurr hurr! Naw...
but'n we're good friends'n all.
Xalpus: 'Oy! Did I hear my name?
A: (shouting) No! Now go away! (back to Mixil) Now,
tell me, when can we get some stories of your old adventuring
days with the Conquest Club? We know the famous ones...
X: We all know those blow'd up stories... now, ya ever
hear the one 'bout how I snuck right up'n Naggy...
A & M: YES!
X: Oh... well'n how 'bout the one where I pluck'd the
whiskers right'n off King Gragnar, an 'e did'n ev'n
flinch...
A: Yes! That one too!
M: Back'n to bed, brother. It's my show now!
A: Yes... I don't need your input anymore. You gave
me plenty of trouble earlier.
X: (trailing off) Picky! Picky! Us elders ne'er get
any respect now 'days...
A: Now... where were we...
M: (snoring)
A: Another day, then.
Xalpus is a gnomish rogue of uncertain age and as devout a follower of Bristlebane as there ever was. He traveled Norrath, since before the re-discovery of Kunark, with a group of adventurers, who are all either now retired or dead.
Aegeras Ashenblade is a wood-elf druid and a child of Tunare. He was the youngest member of Xalpus' adventuring crew, as at 180 years of age, being merely a youth of his race. Now, being 230 years old, he mainly cares for the slightly faster-aging Xalpus.
Adam Dietrich is the real-life creator of Xalpus and Aegeras. His curmudgeonly creations will be a regular feature of EQ2's humor pages.
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