The Story of Brave Hiktos Nuluk

Brave Hiktos Nuluk has not noticed the huge viper that is sneaking up behind him. Yet another of the constant horrors he has encountered since that horrible day when his boastful nature got him in this terrible situation.

He so regrets the day of his boasting at a Dionysus festival that as the bravest hoplite warrior in Greece, he had no fear of man, beast, nor even a god. How was he to know that one of the revelers was Ate', Goddess of Mischief, in disguise and that she would take affront of his boast! Ate' decided to take this boastful hoplite down a peg or two and have a good laugh about it at the same time. Her curse was creative to say the least as it came in three parts:

1-Time and again the "Brave" Hiktos Nuluk will be brought face to face with a host of the most powerful/infamous/dangerous/gods/demigods/monsters/villains the Greek world had to offer.

2-While he can be hurt, he will fully recover-he cannot be killed (what would be the fun of him dying after the first encounter).

3- He will remember each encounter. He will not remember that he can't be killed but he will remember all the pain and suffering (fear can be such a motivator)!

So goes the life of Brave Hiktos Nuluk, cursed to forever face the horrible creatures of Greece for the amusement of the gods.

Brave Hiktos Nuluk is a metal 25mm piece from Ral Partha that I painted in the 1970's, while the viper is 1970's, metal piece from Grenadier that I recently found and painted up.