Alaghi Hero's Journey

I have been tracking this beast in particular for many a moon now, this beast, although I have hunted and slain many like it is different it is able to evade traps that other hunters have set and has been terrorising these lands since before I was a lad, you see Alaghi are natural hunters being half bear and half man, they have the intelligence of a human but the ferociousness of a bear not to mention the razor sharp teeth and claws and with its strength and size can tear a full grown man in two with just one swipe. I pack my things and begin after the beast all the while being cautious of where I choose to step, there are few more dangerous places in the land of Is'enga than the forest of Aw'tur. I often think to myself is this journey really

My father says that it is too thick, too long, too heavy to be called a sword, it is more like a slab of iron with a handle more for smashing than slicing, but that’s how I like

“Well I’m here, now what?” the beast barks. As I get a good look at my foe in the clearing it suddenly hits me just how dire my situation is, the beast stands an easy eight feet tall and weighs at least half a tonne, he is enormous even for an Alaghi, its claws are even longer than my fingers “this is no time to be in awe you fool, your very life hangs in the balance!” I tell myself “it’s time to think of a strategy!” its sheer size makes my usual attack style of brute force useless as I am severely out matched “I’m going to have to end this in one blow or I am done for” I position myself and my gigantic blade in the perfect position for a one blow duel, the Alaghi observes what I am doing and obliges my challenge “although you are a disgusting monster, you Alaghi are nothing if not honourable and it’s that honour that I will take from you!” I cry as I take off charging like a wild animal “Were it so easy!” the beast snarls back and begins his