Pathfinder Tales: "Noble Sacrifice" [RPG]

 

NO SPOILERS

Noble Sacrifice is a short story available for free on the Paizo blog or as a 99 cent e-book here.  The story is set during the Goblinblood Wars and involves a rivalry between a Steel Falcon and a Hellknight.  The action scenes are fine, but ultimately it's pretty forgettable.

SPOILERS!

Set in Isger in the year 4701 A.R., Noble Sacrifice features a pair of warriors: a young Steel Falcon named Kal Berne and an Order of the Nail Hellknight named Tiberius.  When Kal accidentally walks into a hobgoblin trap, Tiberius reveals himself to be an amazing warrior and rescues him.  The pair follow some refugees to their camp in the Aspodell Mountains, and during the voyage there's some good debate about the views of Andorens vs Hellknights.  Big drama occurs when they spot a horde of goblins sneaking up on a garrison at Wolfpoint (which really should have had scouts and sentinels), and it looks like Kal will have to sacrifice his life so Tiberius can warn them, but then the latter turns back and saves both Kal and the day.  In short, the the story is excessively-fawning toward Hellknights, which might be because the author also writes for the Warhammer 40K universe (and Hellknights are pretty much the whole shebang there).