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pered through unmoving lips: “We are surrounded by a dozen halflings who do not smoke. Do you realise how unlikely that is? Ask for some tobacco when the serving wench returns.” This I did and was told that smoking was unhealthy and thus was forbidden on the premises. Ray smiled and said to the young halfling: “Sadly, my friend here is incorrigible, it would be good if whoever has talked sense into your heads might have a word with him too.” She offered enthusiastically, “That would be Dr. Stubbins.” Ray inquired: “A no nonsense military man who cut his teeth tending to the victims of Drakov’s two, or was it three, invasions? Perhaps you are better at history than I am.” She replied: “No, a young halfling from out east. Comes in most evenings, though probably not tonight unless the weather clears. And it was four invasions, I witnessed each of the horrors with my very eyes.” The moment she left us Ray breathed just above the threshold of my hearing: “She is not the only person who looks two decades younger than nature should allow. The same is true of the scarred veterans. The same is true, I would venture, of every halfling in the place.”
-“The Wrethfetin’s Blood” from The Casebook of Alanik Ray, Dr. Arthur Sedgewick
Descriptive text contributed by cure to John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (posted on the Fraternity of Shadows message board).
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Dr. Stubbins was a halfling easily identifiably by the missing fingertips of his index fingers. He was also a [[wrethfetin]], which is to say [[Halfling Vampire|halfling vampire]], albeit not a full-fledged [[vampire]] but rather only a [[vampire spawn]]. His maker directed him the seizure of a small [[halfling]] [[village]] in western [[Darkon]] where he was to masquerade as a [[medical doctor]]. She taught him in particular how to reduce the population to [[Vampiric Thrall|vampiric thralls]] by compelling each resident to drink a drop of his [[Vampire Blood|vampiric blood]].  
'''Dr. Stubbins''' was a [[halfling]] born in eastern [[Darkon]]. He aspired to become a [[Medical Doctor|doctor]] and came to [[Il Aluk]] to study [[medicine]]. His time at the [[University of Il Aluk]] was cut short, however, when he fell prey to a [[wrethfetin]], which is to say a [[Halfling Vampire|halfling vampire]]. She collected from him the trophies of the fingertips of his index fingers and brought him back from the grave as a [[vampire spawn]]. His maker then directed him in the seizure of a small [[halfling]] [[village]] in western [[Darkon]] where he would masquerade for decades as a [[medical doctor]]. She taught him in particular how to reduce the population to [[Vampiric Thrall|vampiric thralls]] by compelling each resident to drink a drop of his [[Vampire Blood|vampiric blood]] each year.  
 
 
The enslavement of the village by a wrethfetin was guessed by [[Alanik Ray]] when he identified a pair of oddities as he and [[Dr. Arthur Sedgewich]] dined at the local tavern: there was not a single smoker among the halflings; and all the halfling looked far younger than their actual age. Ray and Sedgewick were able to corner and destroy Dr. stubbins, learning from him of female wrethfetin who was his maker and master.
 
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As a consequence of this and of the rules that he layed down, the villagers aged far more slowly than they ought to have and ceased entirely to smoke. [[Alanik Ray]] recognised the clues and identified det 
 
 
 


The [[enslavement]] of the village by a wrethfetin was recognised by [[Alanik Ray]] when he noticed a pair of oddities as he and [[Dr. Arthur Sedgewick]] dined at the local [[tavern]]: there was not a single smoker among the halflings; and all the halflings looked far younger than their true ages. Ray and Sedgewick were able to corner and destroy Dr. Stubbins, learning from him of the female who was his [[maker]] and [[master]]. She, however, eluded the [[detective]] and presumably survives to this day. Ray now believes that she was a member of the [[Kargat]].


She was a member of a [[Adventurer Band | band of adventurers]] from [[Darkon]] who fell afoul of the authorities of [[Nova Vaasa]] and fled into the ''[[Dommark]]'' from which only one would return. For her part, Roya became seperated from the others and was slain by a [[Head Hunter | head hunter]], which made for a most unpleasant scene when the others at last managed to find "her". The misadventure has been set down on paper by [[Jacqueline Montarri]] in the ''[[Beheaded: Collected Tales]]'', a book that she is writing.
The case was recounted by Sedgewick under the title of “[[The Wrethfetin’s Blood]]” in ''[[The Casebook of Alanik Ray]]''.


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Dr. Stubbins was created by '''[[USER:Cure | cure]]''' as part of a contribution to [[John W. Mangrum | John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).
Dr. Stubbins was created by '''[[USER:Cure | cure]]''' as part of a contribution to [[John W. Mangrum | John W. Mangrum's]] [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (posted on the [[Cafe de Nuit|Fraternity of Shadows message board]]).


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Latest revision as of 13:32, 13 August 2016

Dr. Stubbins was a halfling born in eastern Darkon. He aspired to become a doctor and came to Il Aluk to study medicine. His time at the University of Il Aluk was cut short, however, when he fell prey to a wrethfetin, which is to say a halfling vampire. She collected from him the trophies of the fingertips of his index fingers and brought him back from the grave as a vampire spawn. His maker then directed him in the seizure of a small halfling village in western Darkon where he would masquerade for decades as a medical doctor. She taught him in particular how to reduce the population to vampiric thralls by compelling each resident to drink a drop of his vampiric blood each year.

The enslavement of the village by a wrethfetin was recognised by Alanik Ray when he noticed a pair of oddities as he and Dr. Arthur Sedgewick dined at the local tavern: there was not a single smoker among the halflings; and all the halflings looked far younger than their true ages. Ray and Sedgewick were able to corner and destroy Dr. Stubbins, learning from him of the female who was his maker and master. She, however, eluded the detective and presumably survives to this day. Ray now believes that she was a member of the Kargat.

The case was recounted by Sedgewick under the title of “The Wrethfetin’s Blood” in The Casebook of Alanik Ray.

Authorship

Dr. Stubbins was created by cure as part of a contribution to John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (posted on the Fraternity of Shadows message board).

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