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FH.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid
.Normal/Alfar... Ma<br>
...Kevin
Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma<br>
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry..
Fe<br>
W2.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat
Normal/Human ..Ma<br>
...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe<br>
...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
R3
Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma<br>
Fake-Kell/Raki........Raki..............Normal..Normal/Shifter..??<br>
R4.Wout
Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
R4.Alex
Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe<br>
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra<br><br>
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* Arawn'm
IBT<br><br>
[Decalis 3rd,
1635TH]<br>
[Cetric's Tribal
land, Zen'da eastern tribe]<br><br>
AS
Arawn teleports to the teleport circle Arawn set up a long<br>
time ago, he
watches the others. He had hoped to stay in the<br>
Kameran lands to
do more visiting and consult with the elders.<br>
But with the rule
that outsiders are not welcome this would be<br>
problematic.
He wonders how Z'leyra can even stay. But she is<br>
technically a
native if not a recent one. She will probably have<br>
to fight to stay
again. <br><br>
Arawn
greets Cetric and does the usual small talk as he<br>
introduces the new
folks to the party. Though the tribe has<br>
already ate and
settling down for the night, they stay very<br>
briefly.
Arawn tries to ask Cetric about the strange nexus<br>
laylines this
tribe seems to be on top of at this time.<br><br>
Cetric
scratches his head, "I do not understand these words.<br>
This place was
ideal since it is between the river and the eastern<br>
edge of our far
lands. As well almost half north and south. If<br>
it lays on top of
some strange stuff I'm not aware. Are there<br>
more special areas
around? Sure. I'm sure of that. Places of<br>
great disaster or
joy. Intense battles of war can create a<br>
field of spirit
awareness. Places where great leaders are<br>
born or such can
do the same. Do these spirits help with what<br>
you call
magic? I'm sure they can. But it is all up to the great<br>
spirits
around. Does the earth have a say? I am no expert.
But<br>
I know some places
have strange....things. I've heard where our<br>
water sticks we
use to find water underground goes a bit off. Birds<br>
may be lost or
even some strange air effects for some reason. But<br>
I am only a shaman
not a thinker."<br><br>
"One day the spirits may see fit to reveal the secrets of this<br>
place. Until then,
guard it well. This place is far more special<br>
than most would
ever realize," the alfar kindly advised.<br><br>
Arawn
nods and figures this tribe must've just be found on<br>
pure
chance. But Arawn can sense something in this area.
Just<br>
as they did in the
sacred forest where it was destroyed by the<br>
evil wizard.
Great magical blights can also seem to have the<br>
same feeling. It
is very difficult to pin point which is which.<br>
Maybe he can
research it better later.<br><br>
Arawn
notices the party groan and are eager to go and eat<br>
at Sivas.
After months of not eating they are still starving.<br>
So Arawn takes the
party to Sivas.<br><br>
[Sivas, Marentia -
Cholan's Tavern]<br><br>
At the
tavern he watches the party speak of past adventures<br>
and the
loot. Then Kiet offers the toast to his friend and<br>
Arawn's -
Kell. Arawn feels bad that the party lost a great<br>
ally to help him
live. Was this destiny or could it have<br>
been
prevented? He glances at Raki eating his 3rd apple piece.<br>
Was he making a
mistake by allowing Raki to the middle world?<br>
They shared ideas
and minds. But could even Raki fake his own<br>
thoughts to
Arawn? He wishes he could ask to see the magical<br>
item that Raki
absorbed by the mysterious being in the Moss<br>
Fortress. He
could track the shifter but if it left its body<br>
that would cause
notice by the gods. But Arawn doesn't share<br>
that by simply
talking about such or even thinking it could be<br>
just as
dangerous. The party is taking great risk by even<br>
being around or
knowing Raki.<br><br>
Then
there is Mournath where did he go? Will he ever be<br>
seen
again?<br><br>
Mae is
the mundane threat to humans in this city. Will<br>
she be able to
control her hunger? Arawn plans to work with<br>
her but knows that
he also has several important objectives<br>
to complete
soon. If she kills just one human will the others<br>
take her
back? This entire concept is a major confusion to<br>
Arawn. He is
trained Law works with Balance and Elder. But<br>
with a Chaos
oriented half-human work with the party which<br>
is mostly Elder or
lawful? By sure training and basic concepts<br>
she should be
dead. How will she be even allowed to continue<br>
and explained to
his parents? Can evil work lawfully? This<br>
experiment will be
dangerous and interesting to see how it goes<br>
on in the
future.<br><br>
Arawn
tells how much he'll donate to Kell's family but<br>
still takes a few
pieces of loot. Arawn then sees Kes and<br>
her son who has
grown so much in the last year. Last he<br>
saw he gave the
boy a blessing. Now he is just as free<br>
living as any
normal kid.<br><br>
The
party continues on for hours with heavy drinking and<br>
food. Arawn
asks to stay at the room set for some guests<br>
and Cholan agrees
but refuses to charge for tonight.<br><br>
[Decalis 4th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
wakes up at Z'leyra's manor still a bit odd to be in a<br>
nice bed while
Z'leyra is off a thousand miles away cleaning up<br>
their mess.
Well not theirs but the after effects of their mess.<br>
He lays in bed
wondering how bad the culture shock will affect<br>
the
Kamerans.<br><br>
Arawn
wakes up and eats breakfast. He watches the manor cook<br>
smile and enjoy
her work. He asks if she could suggest a tutor<br>
to teach him
cooking. She frowns and points to herself. But<br>
Arawn doesn't want
to take time away from her normal duties.<br>
But she shakes her
head saying it will not be a problem. "Anyone<br>
can cook.
Anyone can burn water. Its the length of time and<br>
practice that
matters. This is where the true skill of cooking<br>
is done by sheer
practice."<br><br>
For
the next 4 hours the cook gives the basic on cooking. Arawn<br>
is a quick
learner. <br><br>
Arawn
exits so she can make lunch for the rest of thsse who<br>
stayed here.
He notices the stable boy carrying bags of grain<br>
and hay like they
are nothing. The boy in his late teens seems<br>
older than last
seen. He grew a couple inches it seems. Arawn<br>
watches and then
asks if the boy could teach him how to carry.<br>
The boy laughs,
"Anyone can carry if enough strength. I've seen<br>
that guy...what
was his name. Kiet? He has good skills in how<br>
to make the
animals carry. But sure I can give pointers. My<br>
dad was a brick
layer for over a decade so he had to carry a good 50<br>
bricks at any one
time on his shoulder. I can give certainly help<br>
out Master
Arawn."<br><br>
Arawn
waves a hand on the master nonsense. Sure the boy is the<br>
lowest in this
society but to Arawn he is a equal as a strong<br>
willed intelligent
person. For the next 4 hours Arawn is taught<br>
how to lift with
his knees and adjust loads on his hip and his <br>
shoulders.<br><br>
Arawn
sees the day a good portion done. He heads to town<br>
and does some
shopping. Thinking of ways he could show his<br>
appreciation to
the cook and stable hand before leaving the<br>
area.<br><br>
He
tries to find some natural magical items as well as some<br>
of their rites
documented in books or scrolls. But he finds none<br>
of it today.
At a blacksmith he senses magic from the blacksmith's<br>
tools. Arawn
asks if he knows where he can find such tools.<br>
The blacksmith is
reluctant and he tries to convince the smith but<br>
the smith seems
like this is a trap. In the end he gives a vague<br>
suggestion for a
shop that might have some.<br><br>
Arawn
finds this old run town shop that looks to be a general<br>
store. The
clerk has a bit of magical aura like he is a bit<br>
experienced.
Arawn looks around and inspects the very old and<br>
run down
tools. Then he spots 3 sets of armorer tool sets.<br>
The first is very
used. Second is exceptional and seems well<br>
maintained.
But the third glows to Arawn as he can sense magic<br>
from the various
implements. They aren't powerful as maybe the<br>
High Elder's
personal tools but they are decent. But these are<br>
not as well
maintained. Some will have to be cleaned. Arawn<br>
figured though the
magic is calling to him more than the high<br>
quality
tools. He picks up the tool box and asks how much. The<br>
store owner says
22 silver. Arawn figures this is way under<br>
valued. If
magical it should be 22 gold not silver. Finally the<br>
man explains,
"they are over 75 years old. I have no idea if the<br>
magic fades or
not. So they are valued as is." Arawn smiles.
Magic<br>
never really
fades. Arawn knows this set is worth far more so gives<br>
the man 3 gold for
it. The owner agrees happily. <br><br>
Arawn
stops at a Healers and buys a healing Kit and finds a<br>
healer's
book. Since this is a human culture it is what he needs<br>
to learn healing
for humans. He pays 3 silver for both.<br><br>
Arawn
picks up a normal buckler to replace the one he lost in<br>
the prison for now
for 4 copper.<br><br>
Lastly
Arawn stops at a bathhouse and takes a quick bath<br>
to clean a year's
worth of grime off.<br><br>
Arawn
leaves and finds the sun setting. He heads back to<br>
the manor. Once
there he eats dinner and in his room practices<br>
his jeweler skill
on 3 of the worthless gems. He cuts the first<br>
one well but fails
on the last 2. He doesn't destroy them just<br>
his concentration
is off and not as well done as the first one.<br><br>
[Decalis 5th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
spends 4 hours learning carrying and cooking today.<br><br>
Then
he cuts 3 more worthless gems. One he fails but he<br>
does not destroy
it.<br><br>
Arawn
heads to town but first meets with Kaylle for a late<br>
afternoon
lunch. Arawn asks about the letter Bishop Ragson<br>
made him send to
Kaylle from Ticasi.<br><br>
The
scholar-faerry sits back and wipes his chin from the<br>
soup.
"I was expecting this." He waves a hand in
dismissal.<br>
"It is not a
big secret. I had been talking back and forth with<br>
him and others in
Ticasi. Part of running the library has<br>
this duty so its a
daily thing. Many letters are stolen or<br>
just lost but its
more scholarly interests. I had written about<br>
you and the
others. From my description he recognized you."<br><br>
Kaylle
eats a bit of his bread. But Arawn knows this is not<br>
the full
story. Kaylle continues, "there was this silly legend<br>
or prophecy that a
powerful fallen being would arrive which<br>
would set forth a
paradigm shift in reality. The letter was<br>
asking if the
party was on some wild quest. Normal questions<br>
and
answers."<br><br>
Fallen
being? Like a fallen angel or a fallen supernatural<br>
force from the
upper world like a Alfar? Arawn sits his<br>
tea and eats his
vegetables. Reality shift?<br><br>
In
truth this was already happening, in some sense always<br>
happening. But
hypothesis and theories aside, this group had<br>
encountered many
dimensional breaches and altered perceived<br>
time streams,
stepping 'sideways' as some might view it through<br>
limited
perceptions. From the Vong to the Shifters, including<br>
the prison-world's
challenges which shunted some through time,<br>
things were
different. And all of this met with Arawn's<br>
thoughts,
developed over the last few years, that the party<br>
was being guided
towards some greater event, something that<br>
could shake the
very foundations of the Lower, Middle and Upper<br>
Realms and
possibly beyond.<br><br>
Kaylle
laughs, "you must understand there are hundreds of<br>
myths, legends and
prophecies per culture. In this province<br>
alone there are
over 600. Most are bunk. Some are real.<br>
You just have to
roll the dice pick and choose. There is one<br>
here about a blind
man who will fly through the sky and land<br>
on the moon and
crack it open. I mean if you take every single<br>
myth you'd be a
nervous wreck."<br><br>
Arawn
gave Kaylle an enigmatic or perhaps knowing look<br>
followed by a
similar smile. "Still, I would love to see the<br>
fullness of this
legend or prophecy. I would appreciate seeing<br>
the source or
hearing the details, word for word... just in<br>
case it proves to
be more than bunk."<br><br>
Kaylle
shrugs, "we can try."<br><br>
Arawn
leaves and does some shopping. He lucks up and finds<br>
a scroll on Saliva
rite enhancement. He pays for it for 5 silver<br>
coins.<br><br>
Arawn
then with Corsaya translocates to Ticasi. Arawn rides<br>
to the college in
late afternoon. He visits the Religion school<br>
and asks to make
an appointment with the Bishop. But the secretary<br>
apologizes and
says the bishop left a month ago on a travel<br>
expedition to
various lands like Gom. He isn't due back for a few<br>
months.<br><br>
Arawn
tests to see if this the truth but she seems truly<br>
sincere.
Professors and even Bishops do travel to other<br>
lands for research
so it makes sense.<br><br>
Arawn
goes to the shop where he had purchased the Purple<br>
Lotus several
months back. Luckily he had paid the owner in<br>
advance to care
for the plant until his return. It was carefully<br>
packaged for
travel, a spot already chosen for it to remain safe<br>
(and others to
remain safe from it) until it could be planted in<br>
the Sacred Forest
or Vaasa, perhaps under Bohusara's care when<br>
he was
away.<br><br>
Arawn
then teleports back home to Sivas. He casts a bless<br>
spell on him and
Corsaya. Then before bed he recasts Watchful<br>
sleep.<br><br>
[Decalis 6th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
At
sunrise Arawn and Corsaya translocate to outside Maren<br>
city to Ben'dar's
ranch. He finds Ben'dar and asks if he<br>
was visited by
future Chion. "Future Chion? I have no idea<br>
what you
mean. I've not seen you or him in months." Arawn<br>
asks about Lady
Varo. "You know as much as I do my friend.<br>
Mysterious
lady. Got Tef'wo. That's it." Arawn asks
Tef'wo<br>
the same thing and
gets same answers. In fact it seems the<br>
horse did not know
Varo before being selected. Arawn then<br>
returns to
Sivas.<br><br>
Arawn
then learns more cooking and carrying for the next 8<br>
hours. Arawn
then cuts 2 more worthless gems and one he<br>
fails but it isn't
destroyed. <br><br>
Arawn
then casts shape shift to change to a hummingbird<br>
a rather large
one. Then casting a active and major<br>
illusion. He
tries a concealing mist but first one fails<br>
so recasts.
Then tries a Fog spell and it fails so recasts<br>
it and it
works. Then at bed casts another watchful sleep.<br><br>
[Decalis 7th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
hoped to speak to Duke Aren's people but they are<br>
a covert
force. He could go find Unali to find contact<br>
info but its not
like just finding a garrison. So decides<br>
to ask the manor
guards if they know of any trustworthy<br>
bodyguards he can
hire. One for day and 1 to watch him at<br>
night. The guards
suggest a few and tell how to locate them.<br>
But they warn him
not to cast magic on them as guards are<br>
very leery of such
magic and will not work for a person<br>
who casts magic on
them even if they understand it. It is<br>
just a common
sailor and guard issue.<br><br>
Messengers are sent to find these men to interview for Arawn.<br><br>
In the
meantime Arawn learns more carrying and cooking from<br>
the manor
staff.<br><br>
Arawn
interviews 8 well trained men and find them all<br>
worthy. He
senses no falsehood in them. He chooses two<br>
of them.<br><br>
Arawn
then casts shape change to hummingbird again but first<br>
one fails.
He repeats if with success. He then practices<br>
concealing mist,
fog and speed spell twice. He wants to cast<br>
bless on the
guards but they threaten to quit if he does. This<br>
human super phobia
on magic for the lower classes it not fun<br>
for some.
Then at bed casts Watchful sleep even with a guard<br>
at his door and
guards at the manor.<br><br>
[Decalis 8th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
goes to town to do some shopping but finds none of he<br>
natural magical
items he wanted or their rites.<br><br>
He
returns early morning and spends the rest of the rest of the<br>
day learning
cooking and carrying. Afterwards he casts 3 of the<br>
worthless
gems.<br><br>
Then
he changes into a hummingbird game. casts a Sight spell,<br>
a preservation
spell and Eternal eye. He tries t cast a<br>
elemental power
air spell but since he can't sense if it worked<br>
or not he doesn't
realize it fails. But at the well he does<br>
cast a elemental
power water spell. In both cases he then<br>
meditated,
allowing himself to connect with the elements, not<br>
only for their
guidance but to discover what they might ask of<br>
him. Then at bed a
watchful sleep spell at bedtime.<br><br>
<br>
[Decalis 9th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
goes to town markets and tries to find his NMIs he wants.<br>
But fails to make
any buys. He heads back to the manor and<br>
studies with
stable boy and cook again. Arawn then works on 3<br>
more worthless
gems. But he is distracted by the amount of myths<br>
and legends in
human cultures - what Kaylle tells him. How can<br>
so many humans
believe such garbage? So he only cuts 1 and<br>
fails on two of
them.<br><br>
Arawn
then casts more spells are cast failing to change into<br>
a hummingbird he
does so on his second try. Then casts Ball<br>
powers once, force
shield twice, earth elemental power and<br>
finally at bed
watchful sleep.<br><br>
[Decalis 10th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
goes shopping and at a stall vendor a merchant tries<br>
to claim he has a
belladona rite scroll. Arawn studies the<br>
scroll and learns
it has some aspects of the item but it is<br>
missing a great
deal of material. Arawn leaves in disgust for<br>
the merchant
trying to cheat him. But he is in luck when he<br>
finds a shop that
just got in some laurel wood. The owner<br>
demands nothing
less than 36 silver. Because it is so rare<br>
and had to be
imported. Arawn tries to influence him but<br>
the owner doesn't
care he knows of others in the city who will<br>
buy it
today. Arawn has no choice but to buy it.<br><br>
Back
at the manor he learns from the cook and stableboy<br>
for rest of the
afternoon. Arawn cuts 2 of the 3 gems he<br>
is working on
today.<br><br>
Arawn
walks to the north shore where the docks are and<br>
Cholchara Sea is
located. Using secluded woods he changes<br>
into a hummingbird
for a short while, casts negate magic<br>
but can't tell if
it worked, wood sage twice, multiple arrow,<br>
air elemental
power, flight, water elemental power and flood<br>
causing the water
to rush up the shore. Then for fun he casts<br>
water
walking. That night he casts watchful sleep at bedtime.<br><br>
[Time: 7:10
pm]<br><br>
Arawn
is walking back to the manor from the north shore<br>
and sees a farm as
he passes. At the fence he notices a large<br>
pig pen.
There are 15 of the pigs. Two are adult males and<br>
5 are adult
females. The other 8 are piglets. Arawn only<br>
notices this when
he sees a farm hand kicking one of the female<br>
adult pigs getting
her inside the filthy pen. Arawn tries to<br>
stop and intervene
but the bodyguard pulls him back. The farmhand<br>
threatens to call
city guards if he doesn't back off. Arawn<br>
can't understand
how humans can domesticate animals and abuse them<br>
with no
regard.<br><br>
As a
druid Arawn knew life was to be respected, even when a<br>
life might be seen
as food. In nature there was a balance and<br>
respect between
predator and prey but among men such was often<br>
lost. And this
farmhand seemed in need of such a lesson.<br><br>
Arawn
considers changing the farmhand to a pig for days<br>
to each him a
lesson. But what if they harvest the pigs<br>
and eat
them? That would be the same thing as killing the<br>
farmhand. So
he can't risk it. Troubled by this Arawn<br>
returns the next
mornig at dawn. He heads to the farm<br>
knowing the farm
is alive this early. He seeks out the<br>
farmer and tells
him about the abuse. The farmer just<br>
looks upset and is
about to throw Arawn off his site when<br>
the Druid offers 3
gold to fire the farm hand. "WhaT?<br>
three gold to fire
the guy?" Confused he wipes his hands<br>
on his
pants. He shrugs knowing this is too much of a good<br>
thing. He
could probably buy 3 dozen pigs for that price.<br>
He yells for the
farmhand. "Today's your last. Pack up<br>
seek another job
son." Arawn hands him the gold and the<br>
farmhand looks
pissed. But he leaves the farm. <br><br>
[Decalis 11th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time: 1:16
am]<br><br>
Arawn
is woken up by knocking on the door. The night body<br>
guard says,
"ahh..boss you should see this." He enters the<br>
room and opens a
bit of curtain. Arawn stands and goes to the<br>
window. He
sees at the front door one of the manor guards<br>
lying on the
ground. He is naked from wasit down and Arawn<br>
can tell from the
lantern at the front gate the man is rather<br>
excited in his
current state. <br><br>
Arawn
can tell the guard is having a very intense sex dream<br>
or...Arawn turns
and grabs his sword and buckler. He yells<br>
to the bodyguard
to follow him. They rush down stairs and<br>
outside.
There they can hear the man moaning. Then Arawn<br>
moves quickly to
the guard. As he does he can sense energy<br>
and magic around
the man. Thanks to Mae's presence in the party<br>
he knows what this
has to be. Either this is Mae or one of her<br>
sisters. Either
way the man is in danger of dying.<br><br>
As
Arawn begins to cast Battle Mind he is interrupted. "You<br>
reek of one of
us..." Arawn looks behind and up on the roof<br>
to see a naked
female with bat wings. Can they sense or smell<br>
Mae on
Arawn? Arawn is torn to repelling or stopping these<br>
creatures.
What if Mae finds out? but a guard's life is<br>
in danger.
Arawn tells the guard to handle that one and<br>
he rushes to the
one having sex with another.<br><br>
The
bodyguard looks confused but sees nothing on the<br>
roof. As
Arawn approaches the guard having sex the succubus<br>
reveals
herself. Arawn thrusts his bastard sword, since<br>
he lost his old
sword in prison hitting the succubus in the lower<br>
right abdomen
above her hip doing 1 point of damage.<br><br>
The
one on top of the guard leaps and claws at Arawn. Her claws<br>
hit the buckler
and rake off. The one on the roof leaps down to<br>
attack the
bodyguard but the guard wildly swings his sword back<br>
and forth and just
lucks out parrying her attack. Arawn hits<br>
the succubus in
the neck doing 2 points but knows that blow<br>
should've killed
her. Their natural armor seems very tough.<br><br>
The
one at Arawn is forced back to the blow to her neck and<br>
claws wildly
missing Arawn. The other one reveals herself<br>
to the bodyguard
who lowers his sword in surprise seeing the<br>
naked cute
female. This causes the succubus to reach and caress<br>
the guard's face
and whisper to him.<br><br>
The
bodyguard smiles at the touch. "Sorry not my type."
Then<br>
thrusts his sword
into the chest of the succubus. She takes 12<br>
points of damage
and falls down.<br><br>
Arawn
swipes at the other one but she has taken to the air<br>
and he
misses.<br><br>
The
succubus hovers over Arawn and studies her sister. Then<br>
growls in
anger. But the bodyguard stabs the downed female<br>
killing
her.<br><br>
The
hovering succubus yells and flies right for the bodyguard.<br>
She kicks the
bodyguard in the back of the head and knocks<br>
him down to the
dirt. She then picks up her dead sister an<br>
takes to the
sky.<br><br>
Arawn
knows if this one escapes they could have a enemy for<br>
a long time.
Arawn does a running leap and swipes at the<br>
succubus to keep
her from taking off. Instead of hitting<br>
her in the back he
hits her head with his bastard sword doing<br>
3 points of
damage. Both succubus and dead succubus hit the<br>
ground with a
crash. Arawn lowers his sword and looks around<br>
to ensure no more
are around. As he does the bodyguard<br>
moves to the
downed succubus and stabs her just as Arawn yells<br>
not to do
so. Arawn returns to the manor guard and finds<br>
him alive.
He then checks the succubus and finds both are<br>
dead.<br><br>
The
steward exits in a robe and stammers and amazed. He<br>
goes to the half
naked guard who is now out of the succubus's<br>
control.
"You're fired! I'll inform Z'leyra when she returns!<br>
Leave
here."<br><br>
Arawn
tries to convince the steward it was not much hope for<br>
the man. But
the steward explains he is in charge while Z'leyra<br>
is gone. He
can't risk other lives like the stable boy. If<br>
she wants him back
she can say so if she returns.<br><br>
feeling for the poor guard, slid him 2 GC to cover some of his<br>
expenses until
Z'leyra returned or he found another person to<br>
work for.<br><br>
The
gate dresses and though Arawn knows guards have that<br>
magic phobia he
casts energy on the guard to help him without<br>
the guard
knowing. The guard leaves into the darkness.<br><br>
Wondering if they might have been drawn here in connection to<br>
Mae, Arawn made
sure to be there when the bodies were disposed.<br>
His hope was to
bring Mae with him in the future to raise their<br>
spirits and
perhaps gain a few answers.<br><br>
The
bodyguard and other guards haul the succubus bodies outside<br>
into a field for
pickup by the city later.<br><br>
Arawn
spends the morning shopping but finds nothing useful.<br>
Then spends the
day learning cooking and carrying. Arawn then<br>
cuts 3 of the
worthless gems giving 16 of the 21 worthless<br>
gems practiced
on.<br><br>
That
evening with bodyguard watching Arawn casts a purification<br>
spell on the
grounds. He sees the aura on the ground and then<br>
mediates to cast
the wisdom spell. He concentrates on the queiion<br>
in mind. How
to prevent or remove the ward from his blue book<br>
without destroying
the book or the reader. After a bit over 2 hours<br>
he gets a
answer. It seems the book is rigged for two magic<br>
users. One
ward detects presence of dispel and sets off the<br>
ward. The
other is the ward. So it will take two magic users<br>
casting same time
to dispel the detection and one to dispel the<br>
ward itself.
But if one fails the ward may activate.<br><br>
Then
with the dark of the night pressing down Arawn and body<br>
guard head to
Kiet's hill. With guard watching, Arawn casts<br>
energy on himself
and a Hearing spell twice so he can hear<br>
any possible
danger. <br><br>
Back
at the manor in bed he casts watchful sleep.<br><br>
[Decalis 12th,
1635TH] - [Sivas & Ba'ru]<br><br>
Chion
comes to teleport Arawn and others to Ba'ru for the<br>
funeral of
Kell. Before and after the funeral Arawn as Priest<br>
speaks to console
and counsel the family. He donates a bit over<br>
3 gold to the
family quietly but if they knew they'd refuse it.<br>
Which is why it
was done quietly.<br><br>
At the
graveside Arawn performs the preaching and Ceremony.<br>
Arawn tries to
learn more on Kell's father but he remains a<br>
elusive
subject.<br><br>
After
lunch Arawn heads to Ba'ru city to visit the markets.<br>
but he finds
nothing of value to him. He heads back to Kell's<br>
home. As he
rides Corsaya and wonders about that strange girl<br>
and her Zehani
wolf he saw in the funeral parade.<br><br>
That
night Arawn studies the book the High Elder gave him. Then<br>
he casts Bless on
himself to boost his defense. Then at bed<br>
he casts Watchful
sleep. <br><br>
[Decalis 13th,
1635TH] - [Ba'ru]<br>
[Time: 11:28
am]<br><br>
In
Ba'ru city, Arawn spots 7 natives dancing outside a tavern.<br>
They seem to be
celebrating some event in a young man's life.<br>
Arawn is unsure if
its marriage or some rite of passage. Arawn<br>
loses sight of
them as they enter the tavern.<br><br>
After
finding nothing in town Arawn goes back to Kell's home<br>
to help with some
chores. Then in his spare time he reads some<br>
of his human
healing book and metaphysics book. <br><br>
[Time: 9:20
pm]<br><br>
After
a nice dinner with the party and family Arawn sets out.<br>
He decides to ride
off before translocating to Sivas. He meditates<br>
as he rides in
this hill country of noble men and women. Watching the<br>
stars blink he
decides to casts some spells.<br><br>
He
casts a elemental air pact and then a wind spell some<br>
distance off the
dirt road. As the wind blows by he hears<br>
a faint
noise. The wind seems to drift the noise to his ears.<br>
It is to the
west. It almost sounds...like a scream? He<br>
stands and hopes
the wind doesn't die. He hears it again and<br>
mounts Corsaya and
rides fast westward.<br><br>
Maybe
it was the pact with the air spirits or his keen hearing<br>
or the wind but he
rides for a mile then spots a small hamlet.<br>
Then he spots it a
18-20 foot giant in the darkness. He reaches<br>
for his quiver and
bow. Time to shoot some elf shot arrows.<br>
But Corsaya seems
to slow down not from fear but from something<br>
else. This
causes Arawn to hesitate. As they near the giant<br>
who is at a barn
trying to get inside he spots the one eyed<br>
giant
growling. Then he lowers his bow. He recognizes it<br>
as a
Searbhani.<br><br>
He
yells out at the giant who is known to be friendly to<br>
elves. The
giant turns around. Arawn asks in Ba'ru what<br>
he is doing.
The giant seems to recognize the words. He<br>
grunts and
growls. Arawn quietly casts a communicate spell<br>
to
understand. "..given 2 pigs! Only got 1
pig."<br><br>
Arawn
knows Searbhani are not by nature hostile to man.<br>
He dismounts
without weapons drawn. He yells to the man<br>
in the barn to
exit and ensures his safety. He asks the<br>
man what this is
about. It seems the area was attacked by<br>
wolf packs.
The giant offered to help get rid of them for<br>
2 pigs. But
the Alfar knows the giant was tricked. He<br>
pretends to mount
up to let the giant deal with the man.<br>
But the man
panics. "Fine! I'll give him his second pig."<br>
Arawn watches as
the giant gets his second pig and walks<br>
away. Arawn
sees the damage to the barn. He almost offers<br>
to get Kell's
family to help. Almost. But for tricking the<br>
nice giant he
deserves a costly lesson. Arawn leaves and<br>
translocates back
to Sivas.<br><br>
Happy
to see the giant, Arawn rides alongside the Searbhani<br>
as it makes its
way home. Along the way he chats with the<br>
fellow, trading
name and news, the alfar hoping to strike up a<br>
future friend to
visit between adventures or even invite to his<br>
domain, should
Arawn ever claim one.<br><br>
[Decalis 14th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Going
into town Arawn lucks up and finds a actual Nightshade<br>
or Belladona rite
scroll. This one seems for real and he<br>
pays 5 silver for
it. Once back at the manor he continues<br>
his cooking and
carrying learning. <br><br>
Arawn
then cuts 2 more of the worthless gems but fails on<br>
the 3rd but at
least doesn't destroy it. <br><br>
Arawn
then casts a water pact at the small horse water<br>
trough. He
casts water walking but its so small it doesn't<br>
give much walking
room. He considers a liberate spirit spell<br>
to practice.
But all that is the druid in him says no. This<br>
spell is serious
and can't just used willy nilly. It would<br>
harm a possible
spirit in doing so. So he skips it. At<br>
bedtime he casts
watchful sleep again.<br><br>
[Decalis 15th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
wakes and heads to town but finds nothing on his wish<br>
list
shopping. He returns and learns cooking and carrying<br>
again from the
manor staff.<br><br>
In
late afternoon Arawn and his bodyguard with Corsaya<br>
translocate to
Donara. He searches for the tavern that<br>
Jordi was last
seen in. While Donara is not a Sidh friendly<br>
town this tavern
has some friendship with them. But when<br>
he arrives the bar
keep says that Jordi hasn't been around<br>
for months and has
no clue where he is. It has been 10<br>
months or
more.<br><br>
As
dusk comes Arawn mounts up but hears a noise in the<br>
street.
There are 10 peasants who are in a mob style<br>
frenzy trying to
destroy a potter's shop. They yell things<br>
like he is a non
human lover and even uses magic. The<br>
bodyguard wishes
to intervene but Arawn realizes 10 to 2 while<br>
not good odds for
the crowd can be 100 to 2 if they call<br>
for friends.
Not one to allow an innocent to suffer Arawn did<br>
not back down but
cautioned the bodyguard on rushing in. Instead<br>
he had the man
look for authorities while Arawn prepared a Peace<br>
spell to calm the
crowd until the guard arrived to restore order.<br><br>
Arawn
translocates back to Sivas with no details on where<br>
Jordi is and any
details on the elven town as the tavern owner<br>
may like Sidh he
doesn't go visiting on them.<br><br>
Back
in Sivas he heads to Kiet's hill and casts a Earth<br>
elemental
pact. Then purification with Knowledge to learn<br>
some new
things. He casts Wind twice but since there is no<br>
visual effects he
doesn't notice 1 fails. He casts a thunder<br>
head spell twice
causing a bit of ruckus in the clouds. <br><br>
[Decalis 16th,
1635TH] - [Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Arawn
wake sup after sunrise and translocates with Corsaya<br>
to the Wild
Forest. He has no idea where Jordi is but if<br>
he can find the
towns mentioned almost a year earlier maybe<br>
he can find others
to help him.<br><br>
Since
teleporting blind into a forest is highly dangerous<br>
he goes to the
spot he saw in a southern city. Across the<br>
river is the wild
forest. He recalls a large area just<br>
on the
riverbank.<br><br>
Hoping
he doesn't teleport inside a tree he translocates<br>
but does about 4
feet off the ground. He warns Corsaya to<br>
leap and prepare
for a landing. Best to fall to a wild<br>
terrain than
teleport into a bush. With luck Arawn ends<br>
up on the river
bank about 3 feet from a large tree. It<br>
could've been
inside him if didn't have luck.<br><br>
Arawn
heads into the dark forest. After 3 hours he finally<br>
gets directions
from a lone hunter on some elven towns.<br>
After another hour
he ends up in a village mostly with<br>
elf
villagers. <br><br>
Arawn
spends time in a open air tavern. Open air since there<br>
are no actual
walls. There is a small thatch roof that might<br>
give rain coverage
but this is how Elves like to live on the<br>
land. Arawn
tries to learn about Jordi and the general and<br>
any other
news. <br><br>
The
village has heard of Jordi but he hasn't been around<br>
for 3-4
months. The general is far to the north about 3<br>
days riding.
Arawn is dying to ask about Jordi's plans on<br>
the Climan
fort. But it may be a secret so he tries to ask<br>
about the Climans
in the area. The elves easily relay info<br>
that the fort
still sends many trees for timber from the<br>
forest. So
the fort is still under Climan control so the<br>
battle must've not
taken place.<br><br>
Arawn
asks about any help the village needs. But there<br>
is nothing they
seem to need at this point. They did have some<br>
recent goblin
raids far to the west but it has been taken<br>
care of.
Arawn feels a bit neglected but is happy to see<br>
the elves are
doing well.<br><br>
Arawn
reveals himself fully here being a Elf. But most<br>
would not know he
is Alfar unless he said so. To any one<br>
else he is a
normal elf. Just across the river he'd have<br>
to hide his
features. He visits the lone blacksmith and<br>
asks about buying
elven alloys for crafting. Arawn offers<br>
trade or
coin. The blacksmith wants Donaran coin which Arawn<br>
has from his visit
to Donara. Humans do come into the<br>
forest and trade
things so coin does nicely. Arawn explains<br>
how much he needs
and a deal is made. Arawn pays the coin<br>
and the blacksmith
brings out bags of alloy ore.<br><br>
Arawn
does some shopping but the village is so small the<br>
market is
small. He doesn't find it in the stall but<br>
does find a woman
cooking who sells a elven travel<br>
scroll for elven
food. <br><br>
Arawn
buys 30 elven arrows for 6 silver. He had hoped to buy<br>
barding for
Corsaya but she likes to ride openly without gear<br>
like any wild
animal. Arawn tries to find any NMI rites or NMIs<br>
but finds
nothing. There also doesn't seem to be any magical<br>
items in the
village for sell.<br><br>
There
is no Inn here but several hamlets are set aside for<br>
visitors.
Arawn stays in one for the night. Arawn studies<br>
the resurrection
spell he learned. As well as reading the<br>
metaphysics book
that night.<br><br>
Arawn
tries to find a good teleport spot. But the village<br>
is so thick with
trees and structures there is little room<br>
for such.
But behind one of the hamlets is a 3 by 3 foot area<br>
clear of
trees. Maybe he can hope no one is standing there<br>
when he
teleports.<br><br>
[Decalis 17th,
1635TH] - [Wild Forest, Elf Village]<br><br>
Arawn
spends the day again at the elf village. He shops
again<br>
but this is a
village that doesn't see much everyday trade so<br>
he finds noting of
value. Arawn spends the day studying his<br>
metaphysics and
human healer books.<br><br>
[Decalis 18th,
1635TH] - [Dark Lands]<br><br>
Arawn
translocates with Corsaya to the Dark Lands. This<br>
time he uses the
fortress teleport room. If it is being<br>
used it would
prevent teleporting to reduce conflicts. <br><br>
The
guards do not recognize Arawn to advise him to remain in<br>
the room until Oby
Wan can be summoned. Oby recognized Arawn<br>
and grants him
entry. Oby sadly reports the High Elder has an<br>
audience with
others all day. He can try to get Arawn to see<br>
the Alfar
tomorrow.<br><br>
Arawn
heads to the fortress Inn to reserve a room and<br>
house Corsaya in
the stable. For most of the day in his room<br>
he studies the
metaphysics and healer books. <br><br>
Leaving the fortress he finds a spot in the forest to cast<br>
some spells.
He casts earth bridge, earth strength, Fire Resist<br>
and
location. He finds the small stream and casts friendly<br>
current
once. He casts purification but it fails so recasts it.<br>
Then casts Wisdom
to learn some info. He casts Energy upon<br>
himself then that
night at bedtime watchful sleep.<br><br>
[Decalis 19th,
1635TH] - [Dark Lands]<br><br>
Just
before noon Oby Wan fetches Arawn to the High Elder's<br>
manor inside the
fortress. Both make small talk and then<br>
Arawn warns him to
use the ward to block any gods that might<br>
be
listening. It is short term before gods try to override<br>
it but should be
enough time to talk.<br><br>
The
convrsation with the High Elder is blocked by the gods<br>
and those who
might be reading. <br><br>
Arawn
spends another hour or two with the High Elder older<br>
wizard. He
had to deal with a chaos range war so had to leave<br>
early. Arawn
spends time in the market north of the<br>
fortress. He
lucks up and finds not only a rite scroll but<br>
also a deep blue
spinel! So he has the rite for it and the<br>
item. He
haggles the price down from 12 to 7 gold.<br><br>
It is
late afternoon and Arawn translocates himself and<br>
Corsaya to the
Vassa lands. He lands near the lake the<br>
Vong Brain was
found in. The lake seems to have recovered<br>
in the last year
very nicely. Arawn rides to the Sacred<br>
Forest threshold
and requests entrance. Corsaya senses the<br>
approval and rides
through the dimensional gate. The<br>
Forestal greets
Arawn back. The Green lady is off somewhere<br>
but will meet him
later.<br><br>
Arawn
goes to the Fae Hill to greet the Queen. Then seeks<br>
out the Druids and
True Sidh. He asks for approval to continue<br>
his priest and
druidic training. They agree but it is hard to<br>
say no to a Alfar.
Here in this Sacred Forest many know he is<br>
a Alfar by
reputation.<br><br>
The
druids give him a small humble hamlet in the forest<br>
to stay.
Arawn spends a few hours reading the Healer<br>
and metaphysics
books.<br><br>
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