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As Abd al-Malik, head of clan Ali Qazs, sat in his throne room, all he could hear was the clashing of metal and the screams of fellow dwarves. His refusal of taxation by the Dwarven Empire and it's ruling family should have never required such a response. There should have been a small group of tax levies, whom could be bribed off, which he had done for years now like his father and his father before him. Not this, not what can only be surmised, as a beast ripping thought his clan's halls, ending the lives of any man it saw. And then all of a sudden, it stopped. No more clashing, no more clanging, no more guttural screams. Silence. The doors then opened to reveal a Scorpek, it's armor caked in blood, and being so tall it had to bend over to enter the door frame. Abd knew Scorpeks were large, but never had he'd been told of Scorpeks that grew to such heights. It carried a crescent axe about as tall as it, the blade formed by what can only be described as teeth. It was then, Abd knew who had been sent, who had been slaughtered the guards, soldiers, and janissaries. The Sultan had sent, Sakirun Saghirum, the dragon killer.

"Yeh.. Yoh.. You are him!" Abd gasped out, all the air leaving his lungs as if it too were scared of the creature before it. "And am I to assume you are the head of this clan?". Sakirun spoke with an elegance unbecoming of the blood soaked creature which stood in the throne room. He then crouched to make eye contact with Abd al-Malik, "Are you Abd al-Malik?". Then in an act of anger Abd snapped, "IS THIS HOW YOU HONOR ONE OF THE CLANS?!?!", "IS THIS HOW THE NEW SULTAN SEES TO HIS RULE?!?!". "I SHALL GIVE HIM MY TAX WHEN I AM READY, AS PER MY", and with one swift motion, Abd had his neck in the clawed hand of Sakirun, the four eyes of the Scorpek seeming none too impressed with the head's words. "You have failed to fulfill your duty to the Sultan, which you claim to be due to . . .hmmm", Sakirun rolled his head, in a mocking imitation of thought, "Ah yes, you did not have enough coin, trade taken by thieves of the desert". "But I have always payed, despite this" Abd rebuked, still in the Scorpek's grip. Sakirun continued regardless "The Sultan had me search the deserts of your territory, and I found not one tribe of these thieves" said Sakirun, "then I searched the towns, then cities, and then still, NOTHING.". "And then I came to your city, saw it shimmer and shine in the beating sun, and left to tell the Sultan of what I have found.". At that point Abd had sat there in terror, knowing what all this had meant now. "Let this be the message of the Sultan," Sakirun said as he released his grip, "this is what happens in his new Sultanate, his new empire, to those who dare go against him.". And with that, Sakirun left, leaving Abd al-Malik alone in his throne room.

Sakirun Saghirum is one of the most feared warrior of the Dwarven Empire, his massive axe the end of many soldiers of many nations. While Scorpeks are native to the Dwarven lands, Sakirun is fare from native to these lands. Said to be from the far east, the young scorpek was found by the Dwarven general Fadi Esmail in a trading port. There the boy had drank 10 bottles of Dwarven wine, the strength of which could kill greater men, yet the scorpek had survived. For this the general took in the child, and raised him as his own. In this Sakirun became a famed warrior, going on to earn the title "dragon killer", where he killed one which manifested in the Hergez mountains and attacked villages and cities. He took the living metal bones of the beast to forge a great armor, and the scales and teeth to make his notorious axe. As well, his tracking skills are second to none, being able to find those hiding with magic spells. These qualities has given him the eye of many dwarven lords, seeking to use his abilities.

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As Abd al-Malik, head of clan Ali Qazs, sat in his throne room, all he could hear was the clashing of metal and the screams of fellow dwarves. His refusal of taxation by the Dwarven Empire and it's ruling family should have never required such a response. There should have been a small group of tax levies, whom could be bribed off, which he had done for years now like his father and his father before him. Not this, not what can only be surmised, as a beast ripping thought his clan's halls, ending the lives of any man it saw. And then all of a sudden, it stopped. No more clashing, no more clanging, no more guttural screams. Silence. The doors then opened to reveal a Scorpek, it's armor caked in blood, and being so tall it had to bend over to enter the door frame. Abd knew Scorpeks were large, but never had he'd been told of Scorpeks that grew to such heights. It carried a crescent axe about as tall as it, the blade formed by what can only be described as teeth. It was then, Abd knew who had been sent, who had been slaughtered the guards, soldiers, and janissaries. The Sultan had sent, Sakirun Saghirum, the dragon killer.

"Yeh.. Yoh.. You are him!" Abd gasped out, all the air leaving his lungs as if it too were scared of the creature before it. "And am I to assume you are the head of this clan?". Sakirun spoke with an elegance unbecoming of the blood soaked creature which stood in the throne room. He then crouched to make eye contact with Abd al-Malik, "Are you Abd al-Malik?". Then in an act of anger Abd snapped, "IS THIS HOW YOU HONOR ONE OF THE CLANS?!?!", "IS THIS HOW THE NEW SULTAN SEES TO HIS RULE?!?!". "I SHALL GIVE HIM MY TAX WHEN I AM READY, AS PER MY", and with one swift motion, Abd had his neck in the clawed hand of Sakirun, the four eyes of the Scorpek seeming none too impressed with the head's words. "You have failed to fulfill your duty to the Sultan, which you claim to be due to . . .hmmm", Sakirun rolled his head, in a mocking imitation of thought, "Ah yes, you did not have enough coin, trade taken by thieves of the desert". "But I have always payed, despite this" Abd rebuked, still in the Scorpek's grip. Sakirun continued regardless "The Sultan had me search the deserts of your territory, and I found not one tribe of these thieves" said Sakirun, "then I searched the towns, then cities, and then still, NOTHING.". "And then I came to your city, saw it shimmer and shine in the beating sun, and left to tell the Sultan of what I have found.". At that point Abd had sat there in terror, knowing what all this had meant now. "Let this be the message of the Sultan," Sakirun said as he released his grip, "this is what happens in his new Sultanate, his new empire, to those who dare go against him.". And with that, Sakirun left, leaving Abd al-Malik alone in his throne room.

Sakirun Saghirum is one of the most feared warrior of the Dwarven Empire, his massive axe the end of many soldiers of many nations. While Scorpeks are native to the Dwarven lands, Sakirun is fare from native to these lands. Said to be from the far east, the young scorpek was found by the Dwarven general Fadi Esmail in a trading port. There the boy had drank 10 bottles of Dwarven wine, the strength of which could kill greater men, yet the scorpek had survived. For this the general took in the child, and raised him as his own. In this Sakirun became a famed warrior, going on to earn the title "dragon killer", where he killed one which manifested in the Hergez mountains and attacked villages and cities. He took the living metal bones of the beast to forge a great armor, and the scales and teeth to make his notorious axe. As well, his tracking skills are second to none, being able to find those hiding with magic spells. These qualities has given him the eye of many dwarven lords, seeking to use his abilities.