KaBoomerGang

“Caleb” “Caleb” “CALEB!” “Wake-up!”
Caleb shot up from the yelling “What, what, what do you want”. He yelled back Caleb opened his eyes to see his older brother standing in the doorway. “Mother wants you to help me with the tavern, NOW!” Bolton yelled out again.
“What’s the big deal it’s still early. The tavern doesn’t open for a few more hours”. Caleb asked wiping the sleep out of his eyes.
“We need to go now and ready the hall. The KaBoomerGang is coming to town!” And with that Bolton shot out of the room.
“Wait what? The Kaboomer who?!?” And Caleb bounded after his brother.

When Caleb got the hall floor he saw everyone was working furiously.
“Caleb, help your brother move the barrels out of here, then you two need take half the tables to storage and the rest we bolt down to the floor.” Caleb’s mother barked out “But why mother?” He responded.

“Caleb please listen and do. Now is not the time for questions. Your brother will explain while you work but you will see what happens when the Kaboomergang come to town.”

“Let’s go Caleb”. I will explain

As the two worked Bolton educated his brother on the Kaboomergang. He explained how they were a mercenary group that specialized in guerilla warfare. They got paid big for jobs, so they showered taverns with gold when they finished jobs. Unfortunately, furniture and fixtures paid the price from the rowdy crew. Bolton recounted job after job, that they were supposedly responsible for. No one really knew for sure it was them, due to no one has ever survived the carnage. He even said there were dozens of stories but Caleb was too young to hear them. He ended the recount with “The saying is you won’t see them coming but you’ll hear them leave”. Bolton said with a smirk on his face. “They only use boomerangs and bombs hence the name KaBoomerGang”. “Wacky ain’t it”. Bolton laughed “now let’s go get that final table bolted down and rest before they get here.

The boys finished up then went to their rooms to rest. Caleb recounted the stories of the gang’s escapades. Each story brought more excitement, he actually will get to see the infamous KaBoomerGang soon…. That’s when Caleb heard it, the low rumble of a mob. It started off low then progressively got louder and louder. As the roar seemed to be a street away, both boys ran to their lookout to watch the gang. From the kitchen window they had a good view of the room and now the roar was definitely outside the door. The first figure through the door glided across the room effortlessly. His appearance seemed odd to the Caleb, he was dressed in blue shorts with light padded shoes and a boomerang strapped to his waist. He was bare chested but what was odd was the giant red and black helm. 2 blood red curved horns emerged from the helmet, both the length of a man’s forearm. “That’s Beezle he’s second in command of the Gang. They say he was disfigured when he was younger, they even took his tongue! The slaver that did it wore that helm. Beezle killed him with the horns and wears the helm to hide his face”.
“Whoa” Caleb gasped and watched as Beezle took a seat at the end of the grand table. Next figure walked in seemed even weirder. “That’s Suki, they call him the Razer of death. Now Fur Gnomes are weird but that one there is the weirdest turd around”. The boys watched Suki stomp through, he was dressed in green commando fatigues and a helm that sprouted two yellow bull horns. He moved stiff and erratic, his eyes darting all over the room. “They say he was gifted the famed death bomb, and is the personal body guard to Maya”.

“Maya?” Caleb asked and in response Bolton pointed at the door. Walking in was Maya the leader of the KaBoomerGang. Caleb eyes widen at the sight of her. She was tall and graceful, long red hair framing her face. Even though she wore a black eye patch over her left eye Caleb could tell she had beauty, even with the scar running across her cheek. “That’s Maya, they say her, Beezle and Suki were all slaves on a pirate ship. The story is since she was the youngest, she was the servant to the captain and had a little more freedom to the ship. One day she was caught sneaking food to Suki, Beezle and the rest of the slaves and they beat her bad. Beezle tried to fight the slavers off while Suki shielded her with his own body. All were punished severely and that’s why she has the scar” Bolton said as he traced his finger down his face. “The tale goes that Maya secretly poisoned their food soon after leaving them unconscious. As they slept she bound them together, castrated them and as they woke up lit them on fire”. Caleb’s eyes shot open and looked at the women walking across the room with amazement. Bolton continued “she freed the slaves, stole the Captain’s magic bomb bag and blew the ship out of the water”.
“Nay you got that wrong boy, she slit the throats of every sailor, castrated the captain and bound him to the helm, and watched him burn with the rest of the ship.” Hollered a cook as he walked by.
“Whoa!” Was all Caleb could respond with as he watched the rest of the KaBoomerGang filter through the door. Dozens of warriors armed with boomerangs and bombs strapped to them filed into the room, the buzz of the room got louder and louder.
“Why are they here?” Asked Caleb.
“They come here once a year in mass. The Yellow Wizards know how to enjoy life, so the gang partakes. While they party they say Beezle and Maya meet the Redlings for their contracts.”
“The Redlings?” Caleb asked. “You mean Nolan from Nolan’s steakhouse and his family?” “Yes they say they meet in a secret space under the restaurant.” But Nolan says he’s just an honest entrepreneur retired from the ways of battle”. Bolton winked “Aye and I’m uncle to the king” the dishwasher slipped in “BOYS!” Yelled their mother. “Caleb, Bolton take these mugs to the gang, chop, chop we have money to make!”
Caleb grabbed a mug in each hand and walked over to Beezle and Maya with their meads. As he walked over he was so nervous he tripped over his own feet spilling a little on Beezle’s shoe.
“I’m sorry sir, really sorry” as he stared up at Beezle. The shadow of the helm hid his face giving the impression he had a pool of darkeness instead. Beezle just grabbed the mug and then ran a finger across his throat “Careful boy” Maya whispered to Caleb “next offense we might castrate or slit your throat” Caleb’s face drained in fear. As he looked at Maya, she laughed, shot him a smile and lifted her patch up and winked a perfectly good green eye. “Don’t worry boy, we won’t castrate you, your balls need to drop first!” She flipped a gold coin to him “Now off with you, come back with more drinks!”
“KaBoomerGang!” Maya stood and yelled, the room went silent immediately and all looked at their leader. “We drink, we live, we love, we RUCKUS!” And with that the gang bellowed with cheers and laughter.

See Battle Mage Nolan of the Reach #5177 in the Book of Lore

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