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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>Ben'Dar will help with the work of the ship,
learning the basics of being a sailor in the process.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>If there is any free time, Ben'Dar has several
tasks that he will try to work on. He will request help from various
members of the party, if they're willing:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>1) He needs to learn to speak the Marentian
tongue, so he'll try to start learning with whoever's willing to help teach
him. Perhaps Caladan could help with this since he and Ben'Dar
share their native tongue of Zen'dali? "Caladan, how did you become so
fluent in the civilized tongue of the people of Marentia? I would
like to learn to speak it also. Will you help me?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>2) Also, I'm sure the dragon skin won't stay
good forever without some sort of treatment, so I think some
tanning of the dragon hide may be in order during the voyage.
Hopefully Z'leyra could help with that and maybe teach Ben'Dar a thing or two
about leather working in the process? "Z'leyra, will this dragon hide
rot? Should we stretch and dry it? I know very little about treating
leather. But I would like to learn and I am a willing
student. Will you teach me and together we can work our dragon
hide?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>He will also have that future conversation with
Z'leyra about bandits, horses, Ticasi, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>In the course of getting to know
the various members of the group, Ben'Dar will tell his new friends
more about his background and history as a common warrior of the central plains
of Zen'da and try to become good friends with the various members of the party
during the voyage.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>Also, when everyone else is busy and he has a
few quiet moments alone, he will pull out his dragon fangs and claws and
carefully clean and polish them. He will bore holes in the base (hopefully
there is a sharp awl in the leather toolkit he salvaged or something?) and
thread a strong, tightly braided leather thong through them to create a
fearsome-looking necklace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Eurostile size=4>Regarding investigation of the magic
pike... If someone else wants to practice their magic skills and
investigate it, that's fine. Ben'Dar is content to "test it out" by simply
sticking it into the gut of the next monster that he meets and see what
happens. :-)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>