Ikkies soup

Before the battle in Abykal against Iglavik

Boswick said :

What is it I see coming over the horizon in a cage?

My sergeant has reported to me that Little Ogre has been kept in a cage and not fed ever since his last hunting meal of 4 Ikalak soldiers. Anyway, time to rally the troops with the old cowbell.

As I ring the cowbell I open his cage and hand him a spiked club I yell "Dinner is served Little Ogre!!!!".

I'll follow him into battle and hack apart anything that remains on the way!!! I suggest you all do the same in Abykal!

Here, I need to explain what Little Ogre did with the spiked club.

The battle at Abykal

After the battle

will said :

Little Ogre did you slip and bump your head while eating the ikkie meat? or did a lucky ikkie hit with his weapon ?

Little Ogre answered :

Me tried to eat what Boswick gave me. Me thought was a leg. In my mouth was pain. Me was bleeding. Me was eating spiked club. Me was too hungry.

Boswick

It appears that Boswick's strategy of starving Little Ogre before a major battle was a complete failure. Not only had Ogre mistaken the spiked club for a leg when he handed it to him, he had tried to eat it and got himself wounded in the process. Boswick needed the "talents" of Little Ogre but how could he use them? Sleeping on a large mat at the entrance to Boswick's tent at night was perfect for his security needs but he had to put him to use in battle. Nothing inspired Sandalak's men and demoralized the Ikkies more than to see a soldier of Ikalak eaten alive before them. An evil grin appeared on Boswick's face as he summoned his personal chef to his tent. "My chef...Bring me the largest meat cleaver you can find along with a full flask of hot sauce!" Boswick stroked his chin and thought to himself "Problem Solved!!!"

Few days later...

The prize Boswick had been chasing for months was finally his. George and Boswick were surveying the fortifications of Sandalak's newest territory. "I will have to compliment Lorien on what a nice job he did of fixing them up for us." The inauguration ceremony was now complete and George was heading down to hold court for the first time which left Boswick with a few minutes of his own. What would he do with his first chance to relax in months?

Nothing could make him more happy then taking his little Ogre for a walk through the streets of Abykal. Although Little Ogre needed no leash it made quite the impression to have him take off at full speed intent on eating a suspicious looking peasant only to be yanked back(taking all of Boswick's strength) at the last second.

Little Ogre was looking a little depressed and may have suffered some indigestion after forgetting to remove the armour off of his last meal or maybe it was the hot sauce. Anyway a nice little tune might calm him down.

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a wonderful day in the neighborhood for me and my Little Ogre. We'll go to the park and have some fun and jump out of the bushes and watch the peasants run, me and my Little Ogre."

The first verse of that song would always get him smiling and Boswick knew that today was a good day!