------------- Tales of the Raptors – Cliff Raptors

They were far from best friends. In fact, they barely trusted one another enough to turn their backs on one another. Despite Xavier’s insistence that they could trust the Kar’Thane, none of them expected they’d get through this without having to put the pacifist in her place. Sooner or later, she’d try to interfere with the proper prosecution of their quest. However, up until now her assistance had been invaluable and she had actually helped on more than one occasion. Persia was getting on everyone’s nerves. She constantly whined about this being her dig and her task and the others were simply getting in the way, horning in on her discovery. But so far, she’d have to admit that without the others she’d probably have been dead already. Tieran had only one task in mind, carrying out her mission and securing the Frelenat atomic. If she couldn’t secure it for Carellon, she was to see that it was destroyed. And though she despised the constant preaching from the Kar’Thane, she had to admit that Xavier, Aniqa’s bodyguard, would come in useful when it came time to disarm the weapon. Yashifa was so caught up in an actual adventure that she didn’t really see the issues between the rest. Of course, her total lack of discipline had drawn them into more than a few side adventures and unnecessary fights, and Xavier was quick to admonish her for that wild streak. She, of course, quickly learned to detest the old man, though her childish ideas of what “old” was were shattered when she found out he was actually over twenty thousand years old and in better shape than she was. And Jay sat above the whole thing, trying to keep them all on mission and off of each other’s throats.

Their beginnings were rough, and their adventure was even rougher. In time, they not only uncovered the secret of the lost Vault of Gahnimah Xanth, but located the very first Frelenat Sietch, battled Dopplegangers trying to take over the Xanth Guild, uncovered a ring of off-world spies, helped overturn the leadership of the Xanth Guild, and started a new splinter group on the east coast of Callona. Though they rarely left the cliff tops of Xanthius, their presence was soon felt for a thousand miles in all directions. The lawlessness and violence of Xanthius might never be ended, but there was at least one more venture company in the area that would stand up for the poor, the downtrodden and the wronged. The Cliff Raptors had come into being.

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