Through the Underdeep with a sheep.

[ntsheep]

A challenge from CdrPlatypus has me playing HoS and reporting it as I go. So here is a fun little version of the HoS story viewed through the eyes of a sheep following the main characters. I'll update as I go. Clever readers will find that I've hidden some actual game play tips in here. Have fun


The past few days had been baaad for me. I had been locked in a cell for no reason that I was aware of and not given any explanation. Lucky for me there was some nice tasty moss and a spring leaking through the walls so I had water and food. The other cells near me had some humans in them, two men and a lady. One guy had very little clothing while the other wore a white cloak with red stripe patterns. The lady was dressed in some nice leathers. She had very nice long dark hair. The white man was very loud in his attempts to get someones attention. The other two were mostly quiet. Perhaps they understood what was going on. I sure didn't, but then again, I'm a sheep. What do we know.

Well for starters, we sheep understand humans quite a bit. Why do you think we are so willing to follow you around. Some of you seem to be able to understand a few baas here and there, but for the most part, it seems to fall on deaf ears when ever we try talking to you. Don't get me wrong, I love people. It's great getting sheared when it's hot and you make some nice clothing from our wool. Let me tell how I came to fall in with a strange group of people and the journey they went on.

I heard some noise coming from down the hall and yet another person was being led to a cell by men with big sticks and such. Another lady dressed in blue robes with short hair. The white man began yelling something,

“I want to see the maagus!' he said.

“Why am I here?” the blue lady asked.

The rest of the conversation was hard to follow since everyone was talking too fast for me. The guys with the sticks left and everyone else got quiet for a moment. They began talking again and I could pick out a few words here and there. The blue lady was some sort of traveling healer, the white man a mage or some thing, the other lady I wasn't sure of, and the other man the kind that makes me nervous when they're drunk. The others seem to call him braays or some thing like that. Finally the long dark haired lady said something about maybe undoing the locks. They all became very excited. I think they were calling her Taami, whatever that means. A name I guess. With in a few minutes they were all out of their cells and talking quickly again. I got the feeling they were going to leave and realized this might be a chance for me too. I tried to get their attention,

“Baa baa baa, baaaa, babaa,” I yelled as they passed me.

It seemed I was going to be left alone when the blue lady turned and looked at me. Her eyes were bright and warm and kind looking. Perhaps there was hope for me. She said something and the others looked at her strangely. After a moment the Taami came and unlocked my door. I quickly nuzzled her and the blue lady both as thanks. They all then went to a big door and began talking again. It seemed they were worried that there might be someone on the other side. The Taami muttered something and glowed softly and a bright flash came from under the door. She then smiled and opened it. They quickly moved in and the Taami found a big box. She opened it and they all became excited as they pulled out big pointy sticks and round tables without legs that they put on their arms. They began to walk away and I went to look at the box. Inside was a small bag with several strange things I didn't recognize. I grabbed it in my mouth and started to take it towards the blue lady. I dropped it at her feet and baaed. She looked down and started to pick it up while the Taami was going towards another door. Suddenly it flew open and more of those ugly guys with pointy sticks came in. I realized there was going to be trouble and hid under the table nearby. I mean come on, I'm a sheep, not a battle ram. A large fight began.

The Braays beat the ugly guys with his pointy stick.

The Taami made her small pointy sticks fly through the air at them.

The blue lady hit them with a stick that had a large looking rock on one end.

The white man spoke some words I didn't know and fire flew from his hands and long stick he was holding.

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Soon the fight was over and while they were tending their wounds I began to ponder something.

Just what the heck is it with you humans and pointy sticks!!!

The Braays was cleaning off blood from his.

The Taami was busy taking her sticks out of the walls and ugly guys.

The blue lady just wiped some dust off hers.

And the white man was busy blowing smoke off the top of his.


There was another door down to the lower right they all went to. They opened it only to find a few more ugly guys. After getting rid of them, the Taami went over to another box. I guess I got through to them that they should look in those more. They then went though a door and stopped to talk about what to do next. Following a hallway the came to an area where they saw a super ugly guy and several more talking.

They tried to sneak past as the Taami suggested if she led the group there was a chance, but sadly soon another fight was going on. Something about the one guy made the blue lady very upset and he was hard to beat. While the Taami and white guy took care of some ugly guys shooting pointy sticks, the blue lady and the Braays focused on the others. The white guy and blue lady sometimes said strange words that seemed to weaken the ugly guys making them easier to beat up.

Again after the fight, every one tended to wounds and such and then they did something really weird to me. After opening up another box, they decided to sleep in some beds real quick. I'm not sure what was going on but I stood by listening for any more ugly guys. Something about the quick nap seem to make them all stronger so I guess its just one of the weird human things. They went through another door and found some more cells. The Taami insisted on opening the locks and in one room found a lot of dust and cob webs. They started to leave but I noticed something and baaed to get their attention. I went to one web where there seemed to be something inside. It was one of those small round things that humans wear on their paws. The white man seemed very interested in it and they gave it to him.

Going back the way they came, they then continued up through a hallway some of the ugly guys came from. They saw a door to their left and the white man was excited about a dark passage to the right. The Taami suggested going to the left to look for things but the Braays seemed worried about more ugly guys. There was one other hallway going up ahead they wanted to stay away from it seemed.

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Both the Taami and the Braays were right. They did find some things to help them to the left but some more ugly guys came from the hallway they wanted to avoid. Going to the right where the white man said would lead them out had them run into a few more ugly guys and a split in the cave. They could go up or down. Choosing the downward path the ran into some giant spiders.

For the record, I hate bleating giant spiders!

Near where the spiders were they cam across some more ugly guys and a box. While they were busy looking through it, I found a spot on the wall to the left that had some fresh water coming from it. As I licked it off, the wall crumbled and a small hole with a box could be seen. They searched that one too.

Eventually they came to a road the white man recognized. Again they talk about maybe exploring some more before going down it. Doing so might mean more spiders or ugly guys to beat but might be worth it. Going down the road they were attacked by some very mean dogs.

For the record, I hate mean dogs!

After beating the dogs, the humans continued following the road. They found another box down a small narrow hall. As I followed them I began to notice a very strange smell. One I didn't like. I softly baaed a few times to warn them but they didn't seem to understand. Soon we came to a huge cavern where the smell was the strongest and now the humans seem to notice it too. My little sheep heart began racing and my worst fears came true, giant rats swarmed all around us. The Braays yelled out Raatkins and something about running.

For the record, I hate rats!

[ntsheep]

The battle was fierce between the humans and the giants rats. Again I heard strange words from the white man and blue lady that somehow seemed to weaken their foes. The Taami used her long flying point sticks and some smaller ones to hold the rats at bay. The Braays was something else, he charged forward slashing and swinging his long pointy stick. At times it seemed the sticks of the rats would just bounce off him. Like his skin had somehow hardened.

When the battle was over, they all clean themselves off and search nearby boxes for things. Then they continued on the path. Something troubled me though, I had a strange feeling like we were being followed. I tried to get their attention, but it seemed they didn't understand. Soon we came to a path made of wood over a deep long hole in the ground. The humans seemed very happy, and I was too for a moment, but then from the shadows came more dogs and ugly guys. What was really bad was the fact they brought a big green super ugly guy. I had heard of them before but had never seen one myself. I'm not really to sure what you humans call them, but us sheep call them Orcaas.

For the record, you should already know what I'm going to say.

The humans took up a formation of sorts. The Braays stayed at the front while everyone else stayed behind him just in range to battle the dogs and ugly guys with the flying pointy sticks. They quickly beat them and the Braays focused himself on the Orcaas. Again I heard strange words. Some seemed to help the Braays. The blue lady would speak and he would be healed. Able to keep fighting.

After beating them it seemed we had made it. However more showed up and there was much yelling and shouting from everyone. So much I could barely keep up with what was being said. The Taami and blue lady ran across the wood path. They both had a different idea as to what to do. One wanted to fight, the other wanted to flee. The Braays yelled something about a fire to the white man and after a few more words something very strange and scary happened. The white man began to glow a bright red and orange. Soon he was covered in flames. The wooden path began to burn. A big Orcaas tried to grab them but he was held back by the fires. As I rushed to the blue lady, I though for sure the white man and the Braays would be killed. In the smoke and flame I lost sight of them. However a miracle occurred. Coming out of the smoke was the Braays carrying the white man. The wooden path crumbled and fell into the hole. On the other side I could hear a great loud yell coming from the Orcaas, while one of the ugly guys yelled out to the others standing around. It was clear they couldn't follow us. Somehow we had made it.