[Grot]

The giant nodded slightly as his guest offered him the terms of the deal. The payment terms would be acceptable to Grot, after all one couldn't expect to be paid in full up front. "Yes, those terms will be acceptable to me, just be sure to leave me the shackles before she is to be brought here. Reaching out once again the giant waited for his apparant employer to hand over the first 1/3 of the payment. Getting an extra 13000 crowns into his pocket would greatly assist in his plans for reforming the giant kingdom he and his brethren had lost so many era's ago. "I expect to be paid promptly tommorow....or I may just see if the woman has any friends interested in knowing what you have tried little one".

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Grot had done little after his unexpected encounter with his new employer the day before. The giant had tracked down an evening meal and then simply gone to sleep on the other side of the large rock he had been leaning against the day before when his prospective employer had appeared. Now he could not be seen from the road or the clearing, but he could with ease spring from behind the boulder to capture his prey in the clearing. Over night there had been yet again another light dusting of snow, covering the giant and further obscuring his alabastor frame into the landscape he now hid in. Giants were a patient people who thought over carefully all their options before acting. He knew there was far more to this then he was led to believe, he was not stupid. Someone was going to be angry at this woman's disapearance, but he had the wanted poster and that would certainly be enough to earn him his reward in Imperia. Whatever troubles were caused by this woman vanishing were the concerns of the lesser races and no worry of his. For now he would wait, wait until his prey entered the trap at the appointed time.