Ancient tales speak of the fate of those whom partake of The Wurm become invincible in battle and are granted flesh that does not age. However, The Ancient Legends hold dark truths hidden within them which few suspect The Curse in The Wurm's Blood.:
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SAMPLE:
Rambert's
spear whistled through the air as it pierced the right eye of the
wurm. He swiftly dodged the thunderous strike of the wurm's tail, and
quick as his sore and tired limbs allowed he clambered up the back of
a massive boulder. The slickness of the wet moss nearly caused him to
slip before his hurting fingers again found purchase on the boulder.
He had hoped the boisterous crashing of the waterfall would mask the
sound of his movements. The Wurm's long neck wildly thrashed about
until it had broken Rambert’s spear so that only part of it
remained lodged in it's bleeding right eye.
Once
perched upon the top of the massive boulder Rambert had in a single
swift motion leaped from the boulder while he drew forth his sword.
Skill and luck upon his side he had managed to land upon the angrily
thrashing wurm's scaly haunches. Fire spouted from the wingless beast
as smoke and steam raised up from the river and its bank wherever the
wurm's lethal breath blasted.
Rambert
clung desperately to the beast’s back as he climbed the wurm's neck
towards its shaking serpentine head. His sword thrusted deep into the
beast's left eye, sending it into a murderous frenzy. The scaly beast
had began to thrash even more savagely as Rambert desperately clung
to his blade, still stabbed deeply into the very back of the beast's
eye socket. He found himself grunting and groaning as his body was
battered against river boulders. After the third smack into the rocks
he lost his grip and fell to the ground with a soft splash as he
landed in the shallows.
Both
his armor and body had been battered to the point of uselessness as
he drew forth his dagger, but it fell from his grasp as he had to
quickly roll out of the way of the wurm’s deadly breath. He rolled
and ducked out of the way of the lashing tail, gnashing teeth,
stomping clawed feet, and fiery breath. His hands clasped his dagger
once more as he had found himself in the shallows of the river.
Gripped tightly onto his dagger as to not be parted with it again,
Rambert rolled until he found himself directly beneath the massive
chest of the wurm. Savagely and repeatedly he had thrust his dagger
upward into the beast's chest like the story of the elf king of old
until he broke both dagger and the scales covering its heart.