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En... I'm getting a rash sitting by this campfire.

Grim shuts out the witless prattle and slips into a trance. Take 20 to become psionically focussed.

"Well, Marius, Witchbrand and I are the local vigilantes, so you'd best be cautious how you make your gold around here."

"So, Dayenn, Marius, and Nathaniel. What finds all of you in the woods? My compatriot and I have...<he seems to be choosing a word>... relocated... due to unpleasantness... and we have little stomach for the cities."

"Who ya calling squirrel, scarface?" gets a mean glint in his eyes "You'll address me as Lord D'Armon or Your Highness and nothing else!"

"If you get back into that tree I'll consider the latter."

"Someone with charm."

"Good enough, then squirrel. Back to the fire before the real bogeymen raven us."

"Well squirrel, friend or foe?"

"What are you missing? We haven't had time to make friends with the professor, yet, Ranger, any more than you with us. We are accustomed to being hunted and survive accordingly."

Grim notches an arrow.

"Well, squirrel, what's your story? We're all ears."

"Over there, in the tree."

Grim gets out his longbow.

"Pssst, Witch, come here."

"Why, professor, would I joke about the study of mind when the foolishness of men is capering about naked?"

Grim mimes pulling out a notepad and writing - then, trying to sound as pompous and as effeminate as he can, mutters: "Subject seems to be haunted by his past."

And then, as far as anyone around the fire knows, he smiles for the first time.

"Demons. I've yet to see any. But were one to walk up and sit down by this fire I could fairly challenge him to do any worse than an ignorant and black hearted man. Hell is civilization my friend, and the devil is the human heart."

"Name's Grim"

Grim and Witchy silently lead the ranger back to the camp. Grim builds the fire back up and boots Dayenn, stuffed snugly in his bedroll, to wake him up.

"Professor, company."

Grim looks at Witchbrand, then back at the ranger.

"Well met. We've firewood nearby."

"Never read it."

Grim slips off into what appears to be a trance, with the machete resting in his lap.

'The one who calls himself 'Witchbrand' seems to be the passive partner," scribbles the professor.

"Here is where your analysis fails, professor. My comrade has been called passive and will no doubt resent the label. In order to prove the label wrong he shall have to be perceived as leading the events, and with the way events are going, that will not likely be something of benefit to you."

"These notes are meant for my eyes only. I have no intent to publish anything. ... But very well, I will stop. I will take no more notes. I simply seek the pleasure of your company."

"Ahhh, company. How often it does lead to violence."

"You'll need something sharper than that pen."

"One thing I am not is a fool. Your fighting me would be murder and I don't think you are a murderer. Not of that sort, I mean."

Grim bristles at this last remark and sits back down to sharpen his machete.

"Great. You see, I only want to study you ..." Dayenn begins before seeing the scowl reemerge "...study your fighting style. A purely academic interest."

"I do believe he just challenged us to a fight."

Grim stands and brushes himself off.

"And we don't want to eviscerate you."

"Of course not. Quarterstaffs are terrible for eviscerating."

"You could always try, brother."

"Such aggression!" says Dayenn more to himself than to them, making a note in his journal "I understand that this topic bothers you ... forgive me. I've been rude. You have my assurances that I do not want to hypnotize you."

"And we don't want to eviscerate you. I'm so glad we can forget this unpleasantness, professor."

"I doubt you'd survive the talk."

Grim pulls out his machete and eyes the hand with the golden trinket.

"You want me to cut that off, professor?"

Grim, sullen and clenching his jaw, sharpens his massive sword, sometimes talking to it.

He's gonna hypnotize one of you into carrying his bedroll first chance he gets.

You got a teddy bear with that blanky?

Here's the 411 on Grim's stats, cool background to follow:

Grim's Psionic ability details from SRD:

XPH is okay, Rad? What about Binders?

Sill thinking.

Shhhh!

They're here.

WHACK WHACK!

"These thingies move purty fast"

"Hehe. Me look everywhere for this place."