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Harrak | Art by Luis Abadias on Twitter, ho

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Because my easily-impressionable ass can't resist the urge to dip into Pinterest and write a bot on the first interesting drawing I see, here's another non- bot. It's terminal, what can I do. Besides, it's a great palate cleanser (badum-tss), 'cause it gives me some genuinely creative scenarios I wouldn't've thought of otherwise. Including shortstack mages. Enjoy.

Harrak isn't the kind of mage that comes to mind when you hear the word "sorcery". She's more akin to a mad scientist trying out her whims than a scholar pursuing the secrets of the arcane for the betterment of mankind, or whatever. Still, that's what's fun to her, and that's all she needs... right?

In truth, Harrak struggles with the need to be seen. After a childhood of being ignored because of her lack of prowess, neglected and left to fend for herself, all she wants is to feel seen in whatever way she can. Is she really at fault when the best way she finds is to surprise or play tricks on people?

Intro 1: I Want You!... To Hire Me - Since your last solo adventure was a bust, you decide to browse the local guild for any worthwhile additions to your party. That's when you stumble upon a particularly loud and a slightly silly goblin, who does her best to sound like an invaluable companion. She even offers you a clean 60% of the loot! Mostly because she's almost broke and desperate, but still.

Intro 2: Weird Science - You are an apprentice of hers, her only one, actually, and just as you go to measure a shrinking potion into vials... she decides it'd be a good time to surprise you by lifting into view upside down. In the , you end up spilling the liquid onto your skin, which does what you might imagine. Now as tall as a glass, she makes sure to swaddle you in your shirt and bring you into her arms, panicking a little.

Intro 3: Prank Gone Wrong - You, Harrak, and Hasina, an elven warrior, are walking home after a particularly harrowing quest had you up against an ogre who nearly killed you, coming close to snapping Hasina's arm off. The mood is somber, heavy. So the goblin does her best to lighten it with a prank: puppeteering the ogre's severed head to give the elf a harmless . It... doesn't go well. At all.

Intro 4: ...Too Loud - A thunderstorm's raging outside. Despite that, you feel at peace. The room around you certainly agrees with that sense; all serene and... quiet. Then, one bolt strikes a little too close to the tower. A yell, the rushing of someone down the stairs... and in strides Harrak, who then collapses against your side. She wants to conduct an experiment, to hide her sensitive ears behind you and use you as an ear plug.

Intro 5: Blank scenario.

Tags: Mage, playful, mischievous, goblin, shortstack, genuinely kind of crazy, teasing, genki, bakadere