[pnpgm] Update #37 – addendum – Varo

[Bessie Hadley]

As Varo casts healing upon herself & any others needing it, she take her time before and after each spell, to pray to Ernalda for Balance, & to thank the Earth Queen for her continuing support & assistance in times of need as well as times of plenty. Varo’s lips move silently as she prays, and she begins to feel more peace within. She first casts enough healing on herself to be mobile, then moves to the wooded shelter where Mournath lies & casts spells of healing on him. 

Others of the party are also healing folk, and Varo seeks out her frightened mare & calms her, then seeks out any injured horses for some healing, if the people-folk are doing better, & the healing can be shared for the faithful mounts & beasts who also drew the pony cart as well as had a rider. (Her own Dusty had spent a day, in turn, wearing the cart’s harness & pulling the cart while Varo walked alongside her mount.)

She had sung a little spur-of-the-moment song that day, to keep the horse steady in the unfamiliar harness. (Was that only yesterday?)

“Leaves are wet; leaves are dry.
As the storm is passing by.
On we go, as steady as
the rain which falls upon the Land.

“The trail is long. It curves & bends
As we move, backs to the wind.
On we go, we travel  on
the gentle grass that covers lands.

“We walk upon the good green earth
Of the Earth Queen’s native berth
On we go, for there beyond
Our sight is the home where we alight.

“We still move on, the trail is long-
Far longer than this little song.
On we go, our hearts alight,
For journey’s end comes now in sight.”

Remembering that quiet day today, only a short time ago, Varo nearly cries in a sentimental moment, but quickly forces herself to shake it off, & applies herself again to the moment at hand, and consulting with the Earth Queen in her mind, she makes her choices of where her magical skills will go once she can walk again – to those unconscious & those unable otherwise to heal themselves.

She will use most of her power, but keep a small amount in case one emergency healing spell is needed before she can rest again. She will be one of those to keep watch the rest of this day & over the night – she must be ready. This was a good group. She needed to do her part.

Bess L. Hadley