[Rudar Dimble]

“I don’t mind”, answered the gnome. “And the crowd DID seem to like the song as much as I liked it”.
Gurdio looked around, he seemed to search for something. Suddenly he leaped up from his crutch and he was clearly avoiding someone. On the other side of the Inn was a group of barbarians, that had just entered, pointing towards the small gnome. Making their way through the crowd, they shouted:
“Get out of the way, we kill the gnome! Kill the gnome!”
Gurdio realized sneaking out was not an option; two barbarians blocked the way to the door. Both were wearing red shirts, tarred up, probably from a previous fight. One of them had an eye patch over his left eye, giving him the typical pirate’s look.

Gurdio turned towards the three men that were coming his way and in a split second he grabbed his quarterstaff. He raised his hands, murmured some strange gnomish word and then pointed his staff to his enemies. A dark blue light appeared around the barbarians. Within the blink of an eye, four dire hounds were attacking the men, but they didn’t seem to do any harm.

“It’s just an illusion, don’t believe it!” shouted the men in the center, who seemed to be the leader. He was the smallest of all, and probably the most ugly one too, including the ‘pirate’. His long brown hair was surrounding his strange-shaped head, while his nose and his mouth showed signs of several fights. A big scar on his cheek completed the whole thing.

Not believing the illusion, the men were closing in on Gurdio...