The Rise of Giggles

[Giggles "Adguin"]

As he pushes his simple cart on the local dirt road, Giles mumbles to himself in anger. Maybe he shouldn't have abandoned his brother to the wilds, but being exiled from his home has placed in a mood so foul that he cares not of what will happen to him or his brother. Still the night is cold and the stars are few in this cloudy night and almost any company would have some kind of entertainment. After all that is all he ever cared about

As he makes his way he notices a soldier standing guard at the road.

"What is your busi...ness...," the soldier starts but upon seeing the merchant he looked at him more closely. he saw that Giles' face was covered with a bone white mask that had a unique design on it.

The merchant deciding that less is more he tells the man, "I am but a simple merchant who finds he is lost in these lands, what can you tell me about this area?"

"This is the land of Mittlemarch, now ruled by the great Emperor Dracus Thrawn. He has claimed these lands to bring order to chaos."

Giles already hated this man; as he loved the idea of chaos, so easy to get lost in it, so easy to have fun with it.

Lost in thought he didn't hear the soldier's next question.
"Hmm?" Giles said.

"Why do you wear that mask? Are you hiding something," the soldier asked moving closer with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

"No sir, I am just disfigured and all I have to hide my ugliness is this mask. Thank you for the knowledge of this area, and let me give you something to show my thanks, my very best elixir at no charge for one who serves the Emperor." He holds out a bottle of a clear green liquid that glitters despite the lack of light from the stars.

The soldier takes it greedily, his eyes saying he wanted more from him but will settle for this.

Leaving, Giles hears groaning, coughing, and choking seeming to happen all at once. The soldier dies silently enough to not be heard among this vacant road but loud enough just for Giles to hear him.

Unknown to the world at large as the mask looks ahead, down the dark and empty road, there is an evil grin appearing under it. A grin so big and so cold that one could wonder if the person under it is a demon or something worse.

As he pushes his cart with the wheels squeaking, there is a label in an ancient language are the words "Caveat emptor."

As the days pass Giggles comes across what appears to be a fish on dry land so to speak. A sailor in blue with the mark of a tiger on his left arm. Giggles, instantly slows down not sure what to do next.

"Ho brother," the sailor said.

"Won't you ever leave me be older brother? I'm just fine out in this land on my own."

"You didn't tell father that, and I'm honor bound to keep an eye out for you. You are supposed to learn the ways of honor, loyalty, and respect. You showed none of this to the guard a few nights back."

Giggles looks away trying to control his rage, but what he didn't realize he would feel, as his brother's words had cut so deeply, was a great since of shame.

"He would have killed me....."

"You didn't know that for sure. You killed him because you thought it was fun."

"So?"

"I guess I must test you yet again, younger brother. Follow me."
They make their way to a small village where a child is being mugged by three Jovian soldiers.

"They remind me of you. You know why they are doing this to the child? He was caught begging for food. They think of themselves as being better then all others. These soldiers in particular will escalate their terror on this small village for fun and because no one knows of it. Now tell me you feel nothing for the child or the people!"

Looking inside of himself, Giggles feels something for the first time in his life, pity. Making his way to the soldiers he calls them out.
"Hey your emperor is a filthy whore!!"

They turn to him and laugh. "So? We care not of the emperor or the empire! We enlisted for the fun and the spoils of war, you masked freak!"

"Then lets have some fun!" Giggles drew his blade that was hidden behind his cloak and took a guard down leaving his back exposed. He took a slash across his back from the second guard, but manged to cut his head off.

Now hurt and unable to move the final soldier came in for the killing blow.

A dagger hit the man in the neck killing him on the spot.

"Now that I saved you my brother, are you ready to prove your worth not for father or me but for your self?"

In pain Giggles looks to brother and whispers "Yes......"

"Then we must move. I know of a group that can teach you the true ways honor. But we must tend to those wounds and pray that they accept you."

And so Giggle's path to his destiny was laid out before him, with a split that will be up to him.

[Giggles "Adguin"]

....."Brother.....wake up...."
Giggles, awoke to find him and his brother bound in a dark cell. "whats going on?"
"I don't know," said the older brother, "one moment we were going to Kotaro to ask him to take you to help learn about honor and then....nothing..."
Through the silence they could hear chanting that sounded as though some one had been gargling with glass shards.
Giggles, felt something stire within him. "My reign has come...." "What did you say Tigeron?"
"Nothing.....why?"
"I thought I heard something..."
Figures in dark red Robes came in to the cell. The head of the three men came infront of Giggles.
"My master..." he said as he knelt before him. "the time of your resserection is at hand, if not for the curse we never would have found you."
"Great I get the crazy cult people to kidnap me and not harem girls!"
"Take him to the ritual!"
"No!" Tigeron yelled. But the chains he was bound in were too great for him to overcome.
Giggles struggled against them in the dank cold dungeon as they carried him off but to no avail. He eventually came to a dark and cold room. In the center of it was a stone slab hovering in the air.
"Unhand me you disgusting feinds!" Giles yelled but to no avail. He was placed on the slab, the chains streched across each hand so neither his hands or legs would move.
In his soul he heard a voice calling, "The puppet had fulfilled his role. Now is the time for the puppet master to take his place!"
The dark ceremony began and the three men each took a side of the slab. One on each of the long ends, the other by Giggles side.
Don't worry, it will hurt but you are just a puppet let us cut your strings now."
They began chanting, and he felt a great pain go through him as though something was ripping it's way through his chest.
Giggles screamed in pain and terror. he had never known such pain before in his life. In his through s of agony he managed to get his hand free. He grabbed the man to his side and pulled him to his face.
"Take your master, you disgusting creature!"
The headed cultist screamed as their eyes met and a flash of bright light went from Giggles eyes to his captor's.
Before the others could stop him the ritual was finished.
The main cultist said, "What have you done puppet! My powers are gone and I should be in you, not my servant!"
"Your powers aren't gone....." Giggles said, his voice sounding as though it was empowered through a void. "They just found someone more worthy of them."
"No!" they yelled as they were cut to ribbons from his aura alone.
"Now, lets start with a few minions. Rise...."
The bodies, putting themselves back together rose to his command.
"You will free my brother and deliver too him a message. I must go and prepare, The memories of your former master are with me and their are a few places I must go to first...."


"Where is my brother!" Tigreon demanded when he was free...not noticing the fact that his captors were no longer among the living.
"The Master give you this message, "By now father has paid for my exile and you are the last of my family, go now and choose your own fate. That is my last act of kindness to you...." The bodies fell apart again and disappeared into the tinny niches of the cold stone floor....the bones breaking in every way possiblie to fit.
"My brother........what have you done......" was all he could say to the message and the scene that played out before him.

[Giggles "Adguin"]

Leaving his brother behind but safe away Giggles went to work on his new plan. He tried his best to sort out his memory, part being his and some being that of the reincarnated Necromancer that resided within his soul. Now his power was Giggle's and now he knew what he desired most at this moment, revenge. He waited poatiently in a small cave for it.
Sensing that his two of his new minions had returned he turned around too see his father lying on the floor.
"Giggles!" his father proclaimed, "what is the meaning of this!"
"Father.....you sent me away, banished me to exile from the life I knew and for what? A few 'rumors' started by some measly peasants!?"
"You and I both know those weren't rumors, and in almost everything you did you dishonored me and the family! I had no choice but to have you sent away and have your elder brother take care of you."
"Well, father you don't need too worry about me dishonoring the family anymore......they're all dead."
A long silence passed between the two. everything seemed amplified to Giggles in the cave, the water dripping rhymically, the slight breeze even seemed like a hurricane to him.
"How could you.....?"
"How could I not!? Now the fortune is ransacked, those who know of me gone and my new private army is almost ready for me!"
"How can any of this be if all you have is three men and the possible death of our 10 or so family members! You can't feed even a small army with our fortune! You could only equip them!"
"And what if they don't eat? Minion come here and show him the neat trick I taught you!"
Turning to face Giggle's father the minion smiled then promptly removed his head, held it high in the air before him and said "How's the weather down there?"
Giggles laughed a laughed that was cruel and dark. "I never get tired of that!" he said.
What he thought though was "But when have I seen it before...or taught it them to do that.....?"
"Giggles...don't do this!"
"It's too late father, you will watch my rise to power and the family and hell even the enitre village will help."
"Your going to turn me into one of your mindless minions!?"
"No father."
Giggles walked closer to him his father tried to back away but was held in place. Giggle's took out his hand and slammed it into the inside of his father's chest.
He pulled out his heart and his father quickly passed away.
However, a black flame rose from his hand covering the heart and it began to beat again then his father drew a sharp breath and looked around.
"I was with everyone in paradise, I was at peace what is thi......" Realizing what his youngest son had done all hope was drained from him.
Giggles chuckled."A small example of what I am capable of." The heart disappeared from his hand and his father's chest wound was healed.
"Release him."
His father looked around confused, Giggles only said, "Kill me and the curse ends on you and all that I have remade a new."
Hesitating only for an instant his father went to strangle him, but before he could even tighten his grip on his throat a sharp pain stabbed him where his heart once was."
"Of course I still have your heart, metaphorically and physically speaking, you will never be free of me....this new land you sent me too to remake me has done just that. Now I will remake it and you will watch at my triumph over it. Minions take him to the city and lock him away. I know where even more power will await me there, and I can't have anyone standing in my way."
Not sure if the lost city had been ransacked or not he hopped his new undead army would find the items he required.

[Giggles "Adguin"]

Waiting for days in the deep cave Giggle's minions finally returned to him.
"Well, how was it? Was the under city abandoned?"
"No my lord..."
As soon as he spoke this he was cut down into 5 pieces.
"And why was it occupied?"
The head lying 3 feet away from the gore of the it's dismembered body promptly said, "They Thieves Guild Found it long ago and made it their own. They have found almost every corner of it. The moment I was discovered they cut me down. We did how ever get some of the artifacts back. Since they hadn't found them yet."
The body having put it self back together then knelled before his master.
Giggle's thought for a moment. "Well at least I got some of the items I need." He said as he slipped on two magical rings.
"Ah that feels a lot better..... Also, as I'm sure you did before leaving the area, who is the head of the guild? I may need to talk to him and find out how many 'mercenaries' I can get."
The minion said nothing.
Giggles let the air stay silent for a bit.
"You know you seem so blind, I gave you enough will to act on my behalf without betraying me, and yet it's almost as if you have your head up your....... hmmmm..." Giggles sgrined broadly although none could see it.
"Oh master please no!"
But Giggles had already gone to work, and while he did he allowed his minion to feel the pain of all that he did, just so that he may never forget this important lesson.
When he was finished his minion looked like a round ball with arms and legs, his spine split at the top of the ball with a few strands of blond hair sticking out.
"Will you fail me again?"
"mmmhmmfhfm!"
"Oh." Giggles said as he cast a spell on him
"No my master....." The minion said quite clearly.
"Good find the head of the guild and tell me what he says about my need for some bodies...and if he asks about you.....you fell down some stairs....yes...Oh and I now name you Arsehead until you prove you aren't one. Rather fitting fate since you failed to conquer me and then failed to serve me as well."
""....yes sir....." was all Arsehead could manage to say....

[Giggles "Adguin"]

After Giggles sent Arsehead away, another of his nameless minions showed up.
"My master, I think I found a hide out for us that is "desirable"
Giggles turned around and looked at him silently "Go ahead, I'm listening."
"Well after being cut down in the under city and having no luck finding any items of power you desired, I decided to search for a area more suitable to your status. I remembered the Greatwood and all that could lie hidden in it. I found a a village abandoned, a little rundown but it can be made to appear livable."
"Hmmm, I like the sound of this but there is only the problem that we are all showing signs of decay. If we take refuge in this village, any passerby will know what we are and the village will be useless."
The minion only smiled, "That' what this would be used for." He held out a orb that was as black as ink.
"Ah I remember this, 'The Orb of Deception.' With all my powers I could use this to easily disguise my army as a living village." He grabs it and his mask disappears, The rot vanishes and as well as all his minions' signs of unlife.
"Lets head out to the village, all except for me will made to look as peasants, and you, you will be made the head noble and me as the lowly assistant. Use this wisely, and great rewards will follow for you, abuse it, well ask Arsehead how I handle those who disappoint me."
After securing his father Giggles had all of his 'village' step outside at night on to the cool earth. After saying a few words, they were all consumed by the earth itself.

[Giggles "Adguin"]

Upon arriving to the village, Giggles decided that maybe he should seek out the head of the Thieves Guild himself. Also he didn't want to help restore the village.
Giggles, using his will alone, called Arsehead back to him. Arsehead rose out of the earth and, awkwardly knelt before him.
"Yes, my master?" he asked in a fearful tone.
"I've decided to seek out the leader of the thieves guild myself. You are to hide and guard these."
After saying this Giggles cut open his own chest, with no bllod appearing at the wound, he then ripped out his heart and handed it to Arsehead along the the Orb of Deception.
"As long as my heart is next to the orb, the disguise will hold for me. Also as long as both are in the village, the army will be disguised as well."
Arsehead quickly but happily said, "Yes, Master!"
Giggles looked at him leaned in to his right shoulder, where his ear is inside his body and whispered, "The heart itself is worthless, it only gives power to whom or what I want it too. And although it is all that's left of my humanity, if it's destroyed I can restore it easily. I can't believe you didn't know this....you made the spell for this after all!"
Arsehead sadly confessed "When you took my powers you took all my memories on how to use them and what I used them for before. You even took the ones I learned while in limbo...."
"I am well aware of this, but remember this if you tamper with my heart against my wishes, I'll let you feel pain for a month. Then you will truly know how painful it is to have your whole head stuffed up your ass. Am I clear?"
"Yes, master."
"Good hide the artifacts,tell the lord of the village where you hid them. Also your disguise for the village will be a fat, round, town drunk hafling. Any complaints?
"No, sire."
"Good I shall go now for business and pleasure."
He disappeared into the earth itself.
Arsehead held the still beating heart and orbs in his hands hoping somehow he held the key to his freedom. However he suddenly got a huge backache and he quickly got to work.

[Giggles "Adguin"]

(refer to other posts)
After "healing" his throat Giggles decided he had put off the need for a container for too long. So he looked in the bazaar and found a simple ring. he paid for it and took off to a area of earth in the city. After making the ring his new phalaracy. He summoned Arsehead, disguised as a short round man, and gave him the ring. While holding the ring Arsehead gave Giggles complete loyality and disappeared into the earth.