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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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* Z'leyra's
IBT<br><br>
[Decalis 2nd, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Evening]<br><br>
Z'leyra sits down to dinner at Z'lart's small cabin.<br>
Her
brother is amazed about her being alive. Mona is<br>
thrilled by her aunt being back. Z'leyra eats two plates<br>
full
of pork chops and rice. Even after eating some<br>
in the
forest by the Fortress she is still starving.<br><br>
Mona giggles at her aunt's voracious eating. Soon Mona is<br>
placed
to bed and the serious talk turns to her return.<br>
Z'leyra has been avoiding it all night but relents and at <br>
least
gives a overview of what happened. But does not go into<br>
detail
on the whole shape shifter thing. Z'leyra could trust<br>
her
brother but the danger of them knowing could put them<br>
at
risk. <br><br>
Z'lart and Kalara sit and listen to Z'leyra's story. They<br>
are
amazed as she details the events with clear and distinct<br>
flair
that a village story teller would be impressed by. Then<br>
she
mentions Kell's death and both are saddened. They did
not<br>
know
Kell at all but to the Sculptor and his wife life is<br>
important.<br><br>
Z'leyra exits the cabin to find Corona sitting on a tree<br>
limb
nearby. She smiles at seeing the snow white eagle as<br>
he has
gained a bit of weight. It seems Mona has fed him<br>
well
and spoiled him. Corona is glad to see the Shaman back<br>
but
seems aloof. He can sense loss in Z'leyra not just her<br>
cherished satchel but Kell among other things. Z'leyra<br>
explains where she was and quietly gives a bit more detail<br>
than
she did inside. Before going back inside she tells<br>
him
they'll be flying often for him to lose the weight.<br><br>
Z'leyra collapses onto the couch and sleeps deeply.<br><br>
[Decalis 3rd, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra slaps her nose once. Twice then a third time.<br>
Then
slaps her chin and wakes up. She hears a girl's giggle<br>
as
Mona tickles her cheek with a feather from Corona. Z'leyra<br>
rolls
over and grabs the girl and begins to tickle and wrestle<br>
with
her.<br><br>
Z'leyra notices the smell of breakfast and hot tea. She<br>
stretches and reflects. To escape this mysterious special<br>
dimension prison holding god-killing shape shifters. To then<br>
escape
and teleport her a day ago. She worries about her<br>
sister
and wonders if she can handle the abuse the elders<br>
will
surely be putting on her.<br><br>
Z'leyra sips her herbal tea and reflects to the family she<br>
watches. This is how it is to be a settled family. At
her<br>
age
she is a old woman not married in social areas. She has<br>
seen
Jordi/Neva, Cholan/Kes, Ben'dar/Pasha (though not<br>
married last she heard), Fremea's parents and others from her<br>
home
of Ticasi marry and have kids. Could she make it past<br>
the
next great adventure to settle down? Could she just settle<br>
down
and have a few kids? Some are just bred for adventure<br>
while
others like her brother are made to settle down. She<br>
has to
decide which side of the fence she is on.<br><br>
Z'leyra gets some clothes from Kalara to wear until the<br>
can
clean her other clothing. Z'lart takes his sister to the<br>
village elder. He seeks permission to allow her to remain<br>
another month.<br><br>
The old lady looks frail but smart as a whip. "You were<br>
here
what a year ago?" Z'leyra states 10 months to be honest.<br>
"Normally we don't allow two visits. But since this was
your<br>
home
at one point before you abandoned us, I'll grant it."<br>
Z'leyra doesn't correct the statement as it was Tiren who<br>
was
kicked out not her technically.<br><br>
Over the next 2 weeks Z'leyra spends time in this village<br>
as
well as some nearby ones. She socializes to catch up<br>
on the
past 3 - now almost 4 - years. She will help teach<br>
if the
villagers allow it with her healing and crafting<br>
skills.<br><br>
Z'leyra spends time flying with Corona mainly to get him to<br>
lose
his 5-6 pounds of extra flab as well as to get back a<br>
connection with the eagle. She does this during the day or at<br>
night.<br><br>
[Decalis 3rd-4th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
The village healer takes up Z'leyra's offer to listen to her<br>
healing techniques. The healer watches and listens intently<br>
with
keen interest. Over the next two days Z'leyra teaches<br>
some
more civilized techniques. The Kamerans shamans use<br>
more
general techniques by nature while as what Z'leyra shows<br>
its
more medical material for the body directly.<br><br>
[Decalis 4th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:09 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is awoken to bells from outside. She notices in<br>
the
dim fireplace light Z'lart moving to the door. "Just<br>
go
back to sleep. Probably a wolf trying to get some hens."<br>
Then
leaves the cabin.<br><br>
Z'leyra stands and grabs her staff. It would take a bit<br>
of
time to get her armor on so decides to see if its just<br>
a wolf
or not. She grabs her helmet and leaves. Outside<br>
the
bells ring likely from a town square stop. She sees<br>
figures some distance away maybe 2 cabins down. She moves<br>
down
and hears the distinctive noise. She has heard them<br>
before
they are Hyena barks. <br><br>
There at the nearby cabin she watches as a pack of hyena<br>
surround a pen of a half dozen goats. A man and women<br>
watch
helplessly from the door as the hunting pack circle<br>
for a
weak target to drag away. These plain dog like creatures<br>
do
sometimes venture into the forest. But this pack is huge<br>
there
are she counts 18-19! She notices to the side 4<br>
hunters come to repel the group but notice the size as well<br>
and
hesitate. They might pelt 3-4 at a time with bows but<br>
would
be swamped themselves. They quietly wonder if its<br>
just
best to let a goat or two be taken.<br><br>
Then the hyenas select 3 goats two young ones and a<br>
female
that has a limp. Eight of the hyena scamper under<br>
the
fence and attack. The hunters knock bows and prepare<br>
to
fire at the dozen or so left.<br><br>
Things go into chaos after that. Hyenas spread out to<br>
attack
and defend the pack. Hunters and villagers come<br>
to
defend the helpless goats. Z'lart isn't a warrior but<br>
seems
to help direct the fray back and forth. Z'leyra<br>
and 3
other villagers armed with spears get near the pen<br>
or
enter it to defend the goats.<br><br>
Z'leyra personally has to deal with 4 hyena on her own. The<br>
entire
combat lasts 2 full minutes. Of the 24 attacks attempted<br>
3 go
through. Two bites were normal doing 2 and 3 points<br>
while
a 3rd bite was severe doing 7 points to Z'leyra for<br>
a
total of 12 points. In the end though Z'leyra kills<br>
the
four that personally attacked her. She wounded 3<br>
others. While two of the young goats were dragged away<br>
they
were dropped when the hyena numbers decreased<br>
dramatically. Z'lart is able to kill one wounded one that<br>
went
after him. Four of the villages had other bites.<br>
The
last few rounds of combat go so fast that a dozen of<br>
the
hyena were killed swiftly. Five of the unwounded ones<br>
flee
into the forest with no chase by villagers.<br><br>
Z'leyra casts a healing mist spell after treating the bite<br>
wounds
to heal the wounded. Sadly the two young goats were<br>
lost
but the numbers were too much to defend them well.<br><br>
Z'leyra returns back to her couch and gets a few more hours<br>
in
before doing some village chores and teaching today. She<br>
is
able to use a empty cabin for a few more weeks so she does<br>
not
have to stay with Z'lart.<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Levitation, Insubstantiability and then casts<br>
a low
powered teleport 12 times. OF the 12 teleports 2 of<br>
them
fail. <br><br>
That night Z'leyra casts Orient Self with her drum in hand<br>
to
enter a shamanic trance, purification and then a knowledge<br>
spell
to learn more of a Restoration spell. <br><br>
[Decalis 5th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:11 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is awoken to tapping on the window. She sees<br>
Corona
at the window trying to get her attention. She<br>
opens
the window and the eagle explains there are some<br>
large
spiders attacking 2 hunters in the woods. Z'leyra<br>
quickly dresses and as fast as she can gets her armor<br>
on. She was loaned a horse today as hers was taken by<br>
Chion
awhile back. But if she takes the horse it might<br>
just
endanger it. She grabs her staff, helmet, sling<br>
and
sword. She rushes outside and is directed by<br>
Corona
to follow.<br><br>
Even if she just came half naked with no armor it would've<br>
been a
good minute and if the hunters are still alive no hope<br>
would've befallen them. So she knows a bit of extra time<br>
should
not make things far worse.<br><br>
Z'leyra aims her helmet at one of the Great Spiders<br>
ready
to fire.. She signals for Corona to be ready.<br>
There
are actually 3 hunters two fighting back to back<br>
but
the 3rd is on the ground probably poisoned. The<br>
two
hunters are using spears against 5 circling and<br>
leaping Great Spiders.<br><br>
Z'leyra triggers the firestone in the helmet and a<br>
fire
dart shoots out 70 feet toward spider #5 hitting<br>
him
doing 25 points of damage. Corona also flies over<br>
and
fires his magical eyes releasing a fire dart like energy<br>
blast
at #5 doing the damage to kill the spider.<br><br>
Now it is 4 against 3. Z'leyra runs forward in the fray<br>
hoping
to defend the hunters.<br><br>
Spider #2 turns and runs toward Z'leyra. The other 3<br>
soilders choose hunter #2 They all three in a coordinated<br>
attack
try to distract and knock the hunter down but each<br>
spider
fails in their attacks.<br><br>
Hunter #1 turns to Spider #4 and stabs it in the side<br>
doing
6 points of damage. The other hunter is just trying<br>
to
avoid being hit.<br><br>
Z'leyra fires another fire dart from her helmet at the<br>
one
charging her. This time the fire darts does over 50<br>
points
of damage and turns the spider to ash. Corona can't<br>
help
the hunters as it might hit them with his blast.<br><br>
Spider #1 whips its arms at hunter #2 and is able to knock<br>
him
over and getting on top the spider injects his poison<br>
and
paralyzes the hunter. Now it is 3 vs 2.<br><br>
The other two spiders charge Z'leyra who is now only 10<br>
feet
away. Both spiders try to knock Z'leyra down but fail.<br>
Their
arms whip at her hitting but her armor protects her.<br><br>
Hunter #1 tries to attack the spider on his friend but<br>
the
spider uses a leg to distract the hunter.<br><br>
Z'leyra hits #4 doing 15 points with her staff. Both<br>
spiders try to attack Z'leyra but fail. Spider #1 turns<br>
to the
last hunter and leaps. But the hunter ducks in<br>
time
to avoid the attack.<br><br>
Z'leyra swings on one spider but misses.<br><br>
Spider #4 tackles Z'leyra and she is knocked down. It<br>
runs
over her dripping blood from his previous wounds. The<br>
mouth
lowers ready to inject and bites down. Z'leyra becomes<br>
limp.<br><br>
The other spider grabs the staff and flings it away.<br><br>
Spider #1 attacks Hunter #1 but does not hit.<br><br>
Hunter #1 sees Z'leyra fall and wonders if he could flee<br>
to get
help. Spiders are just as fast as the humans but<br>
they
can use the limps and trees as a repelling force<br>
to
increase their speed. So chances are he may not be able<br>
to
flee.<br><br>
Corona fires on spider #4 which is already wounded and<br>
just
took out Z'leyra. The blast kills the beast nearby. Now<br>
it is
2 vs 1.<br><br>
Both spiders charge the hunter with spider #5 doing 3<br>
points
of damage with his legs.<br><br>
Spider #1 slashes a leg at Hunter #1's chest tearing<br>
a line
of flesh out killing the hunter.<br><br>
Corona could fire all day at these beasts but if they<br>
start
to drag the bodies away but it might take a long time<br>
to
kill the beasts. So he flies toward the village to get<br>
help. Soon he is tapping the window to Z'lart's window.<br>
Z'lart
has no clue what the bird is saying but this must be<br>
serious so dresses to warn the villagers.<br><br>
Inspecting Z'leyra's cabin they find it empty. Corona<br>
then
leads a group of 3 hunters to find the battle site.<br>
Once
there they find the paralyzed hunter has been dragged<br>
away
by both spiders. It seems Z'leyra is still alive<br>
but
paralyzed. Her armor and weight must've been too much<br>
to
carry. The three hunters carry Z'leyra back to the<br>
village for a shaman to treat. Then they return to<br>
gather
a larger force of 8 hunters to try to track down<br>
the
missing hunter.<br><br>
Almost an hour later the group of hunters find the<br>
paralyzed hunter left on the ground. There are signs<br>
the
spider must've detected a large force behind them<br>
and
gave up. The hunters carry the hunter back to the<br>
village and fetch the dead hunter who tried to save<br>
Z'leyra.<br><br>
Z'leyra is freed and able to move. Some in the<br>
village see this as a bad sign. Some argue banishment<br>
but
Z'lart talks them down. The freed hunter does<br>
not
support Z'lart as frankly he didn't even know she<br>
was
there until explained later.<br><br>
[Decalis 7th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
6:07 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is flying over the forest and spots a Searbhani<br>
giant. From what Arawn tells of them these giants are mostly<br>
harmless unless cornered. She and Corona follow it as<br>
sunrise is on the far horizon. It seems to be avoiding<br>
local
villages.<br><br>
[Decalis 9th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:24 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is visiting the outhouse that a few of the<br>
cabins
share. She notices 13 hunters entering the<br>
village with pelts and animals. She wonders if this<br>
group
might have her brother. But as she nears she doesn't<br>
spot
her brother. It seems they are returning from a large<br>
hunting trip. Some have minor cuts and scraps and Z'leyra<br>
helps
to ensure no infections.<br><br>
[Decalis 10th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:53 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is stoking the fireplace when she hears the<br>
sounds
of hyena in the forest. Gathering a robe she<br>
exits
to take a look. Sounds like they a mile or two away<br>
to the
south. It is hard to figure out numbers since they<br>
are
not seen. But the sentries never see the animals enter<br>
the
village.<br><br>
[Time:
Afternoon[<br><br>
Like first 2 days here in the village Z'leyra gets<br>
another chance to teach healing for some visiting shamans<br>
from
other villages. She spends most of the day teaching<br>
them
some of the "civilized" methods. <br><br>
[Decalis 11th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:53 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Levitate which fails and then a new<br>
Insubstantiability. She then casts 12 teleport spells with<br>
4
failures.<br><br>
[Decalis 12th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Chion knocks on Z'lart's door and finds Z'leyra. She<br>
dresses in her best black clothing, borrowed from the village<br>
and
teleports away. First landing in Cetric's camp then a<br>
short
jump to Ba'ru.<br><br>
Z'leyra meets the party and prepares for Kell's funeral.<br>
The
shaman-healer greets Kell's mother and sister as well<br>
as
fellow friends. At the service she watches as a priest<br>
and
Arawn deliver a good eulogy.<br><br>
Z'leyra and others return for a feast at Kell's old home.<br>
Before
Chion takes the others he takes Z'leyra aback to the<br>
Kameran lands with 2 quick teleports.<br><br>
[Decalis 13th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
10:47 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra is coming back from a town square party<br>
celebrating a birth in the village when she spots 5<br>
wild
dogs prowling the village. When they come across<br>
a
young teen girl they approach ready to chase if the<br>
girl
flees. Z'leyra sees this and asks Corona to scare<br>
the
dogs. Corona fires near the pack once. This only<br>
causes
them to stop. A second time they decide it is not<br>
worth
staying so head into the forest.<br><br>
[Decalis 14th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Using staff Z'leyra casts Orient Self with her shamanic<br>
drum
and purification. Then casts a Knowledge spell to gain<br>
some
Restoration education.<br><br>
[Decalis 16th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Mona rushes up to Z'leyra tell her aunt that her uncle is<br>
in
town. Z'leyra rushes to the cabin to see Z'varara her<br>
other
brother. Last time he was far off on some trip. She<br>
watches as he stands. He has grown so much since she last<br>
saw
him years ago. His biceps alone could hold a wagon on his<br>
back. He has grown a few inches and has a stylish mustache.<br>
But
along his left cheek he has a scar of some sort that looks<br>
like
from a boar tusk she guesses.<br><br>
Brother and sister meet for hours and catch up. It seems<br>
he is
not married but has a girl in a eastern village. He<br>
has
dabbled in fine leather crafting like boots. Over the<br>
next
few days both talk and catch up. Z'leyra can still<br>
sense
a bit of wary hesitation to her brother. She can only<br>
guess
he still resents them leaving. He was very vocal that<br>
Tiren
should've either taken them all or none. <br><br>
[Decalis 17th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:10 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Levitate, Insubstantiability and then does<br>
12
teleport spells with 1 teleport failure.<br><br>
Z'leyra is in the outhouse when she hears a cat purring<br>
and on
exiting she finds a gray and black cat shivering<br>
in the
cold. She has not seen it before in the village<br>
so it
must be wild or lost. Z'leyra decides to take it<br>
to her
cabin to warm and give some water. In the morning<br>
she'll
see about getting her some milk. Later that day<br>
a
villager adopts the cat. Mona pleaded for it but Z'lart<br>
refused since it has clear signs of fleas and is too<br>
feral
to try to tame.<br><br>
[Decalis 18th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
That late afternoon Z'leyra gets a note that she is needed<br>
at the
Ancient Moss Fortress. Since it would take days to<br>
get
there by horse she decides to teleport there with Corona.<br>
She
packs up and will leave in the morning. Till then she<br>
spends
her last few hours with Z'varara and Z'lart.<br><br>
[Decalis 19th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra says good bye to Z'lart and his family and<br>
Z'varara. Then teleports to the spot they ended up that<br>
day
the party left. She walks to the fortress.<br><br>
<br>
The guards do not recognize her at all and it takes some<br>
time
to convince them to allow entry. She is escorted to<br>
a
meeting area to wait. An hour later she is escorted too<br>
a
small set of lounges.<br><br>
There she sees Z'layha and 3 very elderly females in<br>
various robes of their order. Z'leyra recognizes one as<br>
a
Elder of the Mystics from years ago. The other two seem<br>
unknown to her. They are sitting lotus style on the floor<br>
with
Z'layha off to the left.<br><br>
The three elders are the highest ranking in the Kameran<br>
tribes
and the most powerful lodges. <br><br>
"Z'layha has explained the situation to us in great<br>
detail." The head elder speaks calmly with hands on<br>
knees. This elder she has talked to before and she can<br>
be
stern but formal. The Mystic Arts seem to make sense<br>
to be
the head lodge here since things are more mystical<br>
than
secular in this fortress. "We want your explanation<br>
truthfully."<br><br>
Z'leyra has no time to cast magic to sense magic here.<br>
But
she suspects there could be truth magic here. If she<br>
lies
she could be dealt with harshly. She decides to<br>
explain everything but the shape shifters. It was agreed<br>
to
previously weeks ago to not mention them. IF the gods<br>
just
happen to hear they could take out this entire tribe<br>
with a
few avatars to ensure their secret is kept. Z'layha<br>
just
said "prisoners" which is truth.<br><br>
Z'leyra explains it all and finally the elder speaks. "D<br>
you
feel these are gods?" Z'leyra shakes her head. That<br>
is
truth as well.<br><br>
"This concurs with Z'layha. At great length we have<br>
decided to end all tributes effectively as of 2 weeks ago.<br>
Your
sister will be keeper of the Tribute but will hold the<br>
secret
to her death. We will still mimic the tributes so<br>
the
others will not be aware of the facts. We assume you will<br>
also
keep these secrets to yourself. We are still debating<br>
what
to do with the strange Kameri blade metal. We ask that<br>
you
remain here for the next few days in case we have more<br>
questions. We need to get a grasp on this thing and which<br>
lies
far to our basement levels."<br><br>
Z'leyra agrees. She is assigned to a restricted set of<br>
levels
and access to the outside and common areas. Her sister<br>
has a
bit more access.<br><br>
Over the next week or so Z'leyra will be fetched to<br>
answer
military, logistics, religious and philosophical<br>
questions by the elders of this mystical prison.<br><br>
Questions on how best to ward the "gate" in the basement<br>
level
as well as other possible wards are done. She is<br>
not
allowed to set wards as she is not a person who will<br>
remain
here. But she can give her own advice.<br><br>
[Decalis 23rd, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Levitate, Insubstantiability which fails and<br>
12
teleports with 5 of those failing. <br><br>
[Decalis 24th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Orient Self, Purification and a Knowledge<br>
spell
to learn more on Restoration. <br><br>
[Decalis 25th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
2:14 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is awoken to Corona on the balcony to her room. She<br>
is
several stories up and above the river in the south west.<br>
There
is a moon out and Corona gestures to the sky. Z'leyra<br>
sees a
dragon about 20 feet long. It is flying lazily around<br>
the
area. While dragons are rare they are not that super rare.<br>
But
then Z'leyra notices it. In the light of the moon she<br>
notices there are 5 human bulbs at the front. Squintng, it
almost<br>
looks
like human heads. Corona agrees they are like human heads.<br>
Later
Z'leyra will speak to Arawn and learn it sounded like a Naga.<br><br>
[Decalis 26th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
10:56 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is outside the fortress watching the locals<br>
tend
to some gardens and having breakfast. As she sits<br>
tired
of the questions from the lodge leaders she has<br>
2
black cats approach. For some reason she has a thing<br>
for
wild cats lately. They inspect Z'leyra and she pets<br>
them
but they seem well fed for wild cats.<br><br>
[Decalis 29th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra casts Levitate, Insubstantiability as well as 12<br>
teleport with 6 teleport failures. <br><br>
[Decalis 30th, 1635TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
8:40 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra rounds the corner of the back of the fortress<br>
outside. A small grove is there with statues and benches.<br>
She
finds a man dead as well as another man dead. There<br>
are a
half dozen male guards. Then she realizes the man<br>
looks
like the other man but is wearing robes. The same<br>
face
and build. Inspecting the dead she finds the robed<br>
man
naked under and wounds from the guard swords. But the<br>
wounds
are not bleeding but look almost green ooze. She<br>
has
seen this before. When the tree of souls copied Pyan<br>
this
is how it looked. This dead robed man must've killed<br>
the
other man. But in doing so he was killed by the guards.<br>
This
Soul Son must've gone far and wide to track down this<br>
man. She wonders if there is another tree of souls or if<br>
this
is the one they found on the river hundreds of miles<br>
away.<br><br>
[Janaq
1st, 1636TH - Kameran Village]<br>
[Time:
3:34 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra is outside watching the artist paint some<br>
elder
portraits when a boy is trying to carry a large<br>
dog
past. Z'leyra goes to help and finds the dog's leg<br>
is
broken. She places the dog on the ground and does<br>
a
healing spell on the dog. She tries to let it up and it<br>
still
has a limp but it can at least move now without pain.<br><br>
[Janaq
2nd, 1636TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
An hour after sunrise and breakfast Z'leyra teleports<br>
with
Corona to Cetric's pre-set teleport circle. She<br>
spends
a short while with the village and visits. Mainly<br>
to
show the kids Corona as they always seem to enjoy the<br>
site
of a eagle his color. It is a good sign to them. She<br>
then
teleports to Sivas at the Library roof.<br><br>
Once back at her manor she enters the gate. She notices<br>
a new
guard. But the other she recognizes. She'll have to<br>
talk
to the steward about it later. She heads inside for<br>
a
quick overview of any major events by the cook. Nothing<br>
major
has happened but the steward will inform in depth later.<br>
Z'leyra casts Mana Sensing and Mana Reading 8 times each to<br>
check
on each manor ward. Two of the mana sensing spells do<br>
fail
though. <br><br>
Z'leyra enters her office to collect the pile of papers,<br>
notes
and scrolls after almost a year's away from home. She<br>
know
it will take a few days to go through it also tries<br>
to
skim the important parts. Even then it takes a few hours<br>
to do
so.<br><br>
She calls for the steward to enter the office for his<br>
report. He explains about those who stayed here for a short<br>
while
like Mae, Kiet and the dwarf before they moved on.<br>
Apparently Kiet has a new place and she makes a note of<br>
the
address. Apparently Kiet would like to see her once she<br>
gets
back into town. Lastly the steward covers the events<br>
some 3
weeks prior with Arawn and his body guards. This<br>
surprises Z'leyra. Why would he need a bodyguard? Then<br>
she
hears about the succubus attack and the firing of the<br>
guard. Z'leyra sits back to consider this. While the
guard<br>
would
be very easy to sway from such a creature the idea of<br>
having
more than 1 guard should defer those risks. So she<br>
doesn't blame the steward for firing him. They should've been<br>
prepared. She makes a mental note to work with the guards on<br>
possible scenarios in the future. <br><br>
Z'leyra drafts a letter to local healers she knows that<br>
she is
back and almost ready for healing again. <br><br>
Z'leyra then spends the rest of the evening reading the<br>
papers
into the late hours of the night. The cook did come<br>
in and
bring food but she is too distracted and has the soup<br>
reheated for later.<br><br>
[Janaq
3rd, 1636TH - Kameran Village]<br><br>
Z'leyra spends the morning inspecting the manor, the wards,<br>
the
workshop and stables. She meets with the guards and<br>
gets a
feel for the new guard. The other experienced guard<br>
says
he is good at his job and has been at it for 3 weeks.<br><br>
Z'leyra wonders if Mae attracted these succubus to her<br>
place
or it was just random. But according to reports she<br>
wasn't
seen here. At some brothel it seems not wanting to<br>
stay
at her place.<br><br>
Z'leyra greets her horse again and ensures it is healthy<br>
thanks
to Chion and the stableboy. She then mounts up<br>
and
heads to find Kiet's place.<br><br>
At Kiet's manor she is impressed. The acrobat has far more<br>
land
than she does. But her house is a bit bigger in width<br>
so at
least that is something. She finds the acrobat inside<br>
as the
work crews work around the estate.<br><br>
Kiet simply brings out a slip of scroll that Kell had left<br>
in
case he were to die. She reads the note:<br><br>
To Z'leyra, user of magical toys and healer at large.<br>
I hope
that you learn to use your magic from within<br>
not
from without. Using toys is all great but it<br>
deludes your magical prowess. My teacher Na'bob Bruse<br>
taught
me that things delude the magical environment.<br>
Since
I enjoy elemental magic this was a huge factor<br>
as
elementals did not like 'muddy' waters as it were.<br>
I hope
that you will build and enjoy your healing<br>
places. To that end I have purchased land in the north<br>
east
of the city near the old dairy. It is not much<br>
but it
is 5 acres. It has a old stone building that<br>
used
to hold city work supplies and offices. It is<br>
yours
to sell or use. <br><br>
Z'leyra sits back after reading the comments form<br>
Kell. Land? A building? Kiet explains he has a
architect<br>
that
can help if needed and gives directins on where to<br>
find
him. Then he shows the Healer the manor and the silo and<br>
grounds. His own private future plans for this new place of<br>
his.<br><br>
Z'leyra leaves and finds the architect who has his wife<br>
at his
office. His wife is a designer for making places<br>
nice
looking including furniture and so she offers to come<br>
and
visit the land.<br><br>
The trio make it to the north east section of town near<br>
the
old dairy. It is large at 5 acres but there is<br>
no
fence just a dirt path and the one story stone building.<br>
Kiet
and Dorhak had already explored the place and after<br>
visiting the town city hall got the key to the place. But<br>
there
is nothing to take. The wooden single door is a bit<br>
worn
out and should be replaced. There what seems to be<br>
3
offices, 4 storage rooms and another open area that may<br>
have
been another room of some sorts. Z'leyra envisions the<br>
place
for her students and teachers. She states where her<br>
office
or the healer on duty's office will be. She'll need<br>
a simple desk, 4 chairs and some cabinets. At the front door<br>
will be a lobby for a small desk and maybe as many as 14<br>
chairs? The other rooms she orders a simple single bed,<br>
3 chairs and cabinets for patient rooms. She sets aside one<br>
room for storage for medical supplies and will need a good<br>
metal door here to make sure no thieves at least try to get<br>
inside. The architect has plenty of ideas but Z'leyra<br>
states she will need to gather more funds for those plans<br>
for later on. His wife totals the estimates and comes up<br>
with 26 silver - 220-225 for furniture, 20-25 for repairs<br>
and other things like plants and curtains and around 15<br>
copper for labor and wagons to bring the stuff. For a total<br>
of around 26 silver. <br><br>
Z'leyara locks up and parts with the other 2 to do their<br>
duties
for the school. Z'leyra glances around the land<br>
at the
sparse set of trees. She can imagine building multi<br>
story
structures of her great school. As she mounts she<br>
wonders if the Royal Healer will hear about this and try<br>
to
stop her like he did in the past?<br><br>
Z'leyra returns to her manor and back to the chore of the<br>
paperwork.<br><br>
[Janaq
4th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Z'leyra wakes up to more paperwork and knows it will take<br>
a few
days to paint and clean up the healing building. She<br>
tries
to come up with a name - Z's Healing? Z'leyra's School<br>
of
Healing? Kell's Healing Foundation?<br><br>
She knows she will want a herbal garden and to do more<br>
plans. She has heard how well Kiet did on his quick<br>
construction of the fence and the cheap amount of coin.<br>
Only
needing weeks not months to finish. She asks to speak<br>
to his
gardener to get idea for her own garden at the<br>
school
property.<br><br>
That afternoon she asks the guards if they know of<br>
a
person who could teach her better stamina. The<br>
head
guard quickly suggests their training sarge. During<br>
the
winter he takes a month off but could help teach her<br>
all
she wanted. He is tough and stern but knows how to<br>
mold a
fat recruit into a lean warrior in weeks. This<br>
seems
acceptable so she rides to the barracks to find him.<br><br>
After a interview with Sarge Omas she hires him for the<br>
next
month of work to improve her stamina. She will start<br>
tomorrow if possible.<br><br>
[Janaq
5th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
Z'leyra meets with Sarge Omas a tall 6 foot 2 middle aged<br>
man
with arms size of tree trunks and a nice scar along his<br>
neck
to left ear. Omas eyes the healer and scoffs and<br>
does
his assessment of the healer and how much work she'll<br>
need
to have done. From the roof Corona snickers a bit as<br>
much
as a eagle can snicker.<br><br>
He outlines a regiment of running, swimming, hiking and<br>
climbing as well as exercises to tone the body and<br>
mind. There will be days of endurance marathons of<br>
lack
of sleep and environmental exposure while hungry<br>
and
tired. Even swimming in the Cholchara Sea when its<br>
in the
water is in the 30s. Z'leyra figures this is just<br>
torture but knows it is needed to be done.<br><br>
Sarge Omas says it will take place in the hills outside the<br>
city,
city streets, here at the manor and parks of the<br>
city
as well as the sea. He claps his hands and starts the<br>
yelling and screaming to whip Z'leyra in shape.<br><br>
First he orders a quick and easy 3 mile run in the hills and<br>
back. Z'leyra groans but he orders no armor and weapons<br>
as it
would bog her down the first day. Maybe later she<br>
will
wear armor to make things tougher.<br><br>
As they run into the hills outside the city they encounter<br>
a
large boar. Omas ignores it but Z'leyra tries to dodge<br>
and
weave as it chases her. Then Omas yells that she is<br>
taking
too long.<br><br>
For her free time after the work with Omas she will plan to<br>
read,
study and spend time with local rich elite. She hopes<br>
to be
asked to make items. But she is also hoping to make<br>
contacts to help her school. She has seen how Unali can easily<br>
merge
into the Court in Maren City so hopes she can at least<br>
try
the same her with local people. Over the next month<br>
she
repeats these free time activities each night. <br><br>
Z'leyra casts Orient Self that evening then purification which<br>
fails. Then casts Knowledge but it also fails.<br><br>
[Janaq
6th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br><br>
She has a day's of grueling work with Omas hiking a fast<br>
trot
along the city wall itself - which is not easy since<br>
the
wall is only 1-2 feet wide at the top - and running<br>
along
it as guards patrol the perimeter of the upper wall<br>
is not
easy. Now early evening she is at a tavern resting<br>
her
feet and meets a merchant who sells finely crafted<br>
leather personal items like belts and hats. They sit and<br>
discuss various topics.<br><br>
[Janaq
6th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
9:36 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is at a park trying some old fashioned tree<br>
climbing. Omas is off to get some water when she<br>
encounters 10 peasants. They are arguing over how to avoid<br>
influence over a merchant who wants to build on the streets<br>
they
live. So he can build large warehouses. Z'leyra doesn't<br>
have
much advice but suggests a few things and who she might<br>
want
to contact like Etain who may know the city well by now.<br><br>
[Time:
11:57 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra is heading to the outhouse when she finds 2 wild<br>
cats
prowling around. She tries to chase one to see if they<br>
need
help but they are too fast and avoid her. She sighs<br>
and
will have to talk to the guards how the cats snuck in<br>
without notice.<br><br>
[Janaq
9th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
4:57 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra wakes to stoke the fireplace in her bedroom. The<br>
cold
night is creeping in too much. She passes the window<br>
and
notices a guard walking by on patrol. She stokes the<br>
fire
and passes the window but the guard is still in place?<br>
She
stares and notices the man is motionless. There is white<br>
gleam
to his skin and that's when she figures something is<br>
bad it
almost looks like a purification spell. She grabs<br>
her
armor, helmet, sword and staff. Exiting as fast as she<br>
can
with time taken to don her armor she finds the guard<br>
in mid
walk. Sure enough his body is rock hard like that of<br>
stone. She glances around and notices a creature on the<br>
barn
peering down with red eyes. It speaks some demonic<br>
words
and Z'leyra pulls inward her magical defense. But<br>
nothing happens. The Devil then raises a hand to show<br>
a
dagger and a hand. On his hand grows 4 inch metal like<br>
claws. It cackles and then flies toward Z'leyra.<br><br>
Z'leyra tosses her staff down and draws her magical blade<br>
as it
will deflect those claws a lot better. The Devil<br>
swipes
with his dagger and claws but both miss.<br><br>
Z'leyra swipes her sword at the fleeing Devil as it tries<br>
to
take to the air. She notices the demon wearing armor<br>
and
the blade slices into its left ribs doing 19 points but<br>
it had
to pass chainmail quality mail as well as chainmail<br>
quality natural hide to do so. She yells to the other guard<br>
who
should be at the guard for help.<br><br>
The Devil dives again clawing and slashing with his dagger.<br>
His
dagger hits her in the chest but does no damage.<br><br>
Z'leyra tries to swing at the demon but it is too agile.<br><br>
The Devil misses with his dagger but his claws take a bit<br>
of
flesh from her shoulder doing 4 points of damage.<br><br>
Z'leyra misses again as she hears the gate guard moving<br>
toward
this way.<br><br>
the Devil stabs Z'leyra in the back with the dagger doing<br>
6 more
points as the dagger remains in her back.<br><br>
Z'leyra hits the Devil in the left leg cutting his leg in<br>
half
doing 7 points of damage.<br><br>
The devil takes to the air and sees the guard running. It<br>
decides Z'leyra is too tough so flies fast toward the<br>
guard. Z'leyra yells to fall down! If the Devil can
possess<br>
the
guard she might be forced to kill her own guard.<br><br>
The guard falls to the ground as the Devil reaches just<br>
above
the guard reaching with his claws to kill the<br>
guard. But Z'leyra unleashes a firedart from her helmet<br>
and
fries the demon.<br><br>
Z'leyra considers leaving the guard as is maybe as a nice<br>
statue
to show Dorhak. But his girlfriend might get upset<br>
so
decides to cast a dispel spell. Z'leyra crosses her arms<br>
and
looks stern at the guard as he realizes he is now free.<br><br>
[Janaq
10th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
7:46 am]<br><br>
Z'leyra is heading to the market to do some shopping when<br>
she
notices a messenger eye her. "You that lady that does<br>
the
healing?" Z'leyra nods. "If you ever need a good
messenger<br>
or
need a person to deliver notes or such I'm your boy. " He<br>
tries
to promote himself for the next 5 minutes and details where<br>
he can
be found if needed.<br><br>
[Janaq
11th, 1636TH - Sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
1:51 pm]<br><br>
Omas allows Z'leyra to rest for 30 min for lunch when she<br>
sees a
local noble - a baron in the park. She tries to make<br>
small
talk but when she rounds the corner around a mule<br>
she
accidentally steps in mule droppings and the baron is<br>
turned
off and rides away. She curses the farmer and his mule.<br><br>
[Janaq
12th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
3:22 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra and Omas are jogging a simple 4 mile run through the<br>
street
when she notices a group of 4 merchants. It seems one<br>
has
cut his hand. Z'leyra stops but Omas yells at her to<br>
continue. She ignores him and the other merchants asks if it<br>
can be
infected. She does not have her medical supplies but<br>
she
cleans it with water and gives her medical opinion that<br>
it
should be fine. She offers to heal the hand magically and<br>
the
merchant agrees. Z'leyra heals the hand up. Then Omas<br>
grabs
her and drags her along before she can get their names.<br><br>
[Janaq
13th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
6:41 am]<br><br>
The steward wakes up Z'leyra and she finds in the parlor<br>
are 4
adventurers. They are saying they have returned form<br>
a
small adventure to hunt down a bandit group in the hills for<br>
the
city. But one has a bad foot and requests to be seen.
Z'leyra<br>
grabs
her bag and find it infected. Another day and he might have<br>
to cut
it off. But he is lucky to be here. She treats the<br>
wound
with her best skills and then a quick healing spell. <br><br>
The leader of the group who could use a bath offers to pay but<br>
Z'leyra find it rude to ask for payment in her own home.<br><br>
[Time:
1:09 pm]<br><br>
Omas stops their run in a park when he spots 4 actors<br>
doing
some kind of play in the park. It is very low tech<br>
with
not much props and scenery. Just oratory speeches for<br>
word
images. Omas stares at one particular actress and<br>
Z'leyra grins. She knows when he wanted to stop not to give<br>
her a
rest as he claims but to ogle the girl. They watch<br>
the
scene for about 15 minutes before moving on.<br><br>
[Janaq
14th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
12:10 pm]<br><br>
Omas has setup a obstacle course in the hills west of<br>
the
city. As Z'leyra is climbing, dodging, ducking, crawling<br>
and
otherwise putting her body in positions not normal for<br>
humans
she notices a small army pass. They must be 25-30 men<br>
marching north. But the only thing up that way is the far
outpost<br>
at the
foot of the Cholchara bay some 50+ miles away.<br><br>
[Time:
9:24 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra walks the cook out for the night to the gate so she<br>
can go
home. As they near the gate they notice a city guard<br>
in
patrol uniform on horse stop and speak to the guard. He<br>
moves
on as they near. It seems the city is on the look out<br>
for a
escaped felon. The cook worried hesitates to leave but<br>
a
guard offers to walk her home as his shift is almost up anyways.<br><br>
<br>
[Janaq
15th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
1:50 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra and Omas are hiking in the hills when they<br>
encounter a site of carnage. There are 8 here on the<br>
ground. Six are dead. Two are wounded. There are
signs<br>
of
some large beast attacking the peasants. Z'leyra quickly<br>
treats
the wounded and does some quick magical healing. They<br>
explain it was a griffin attack. A half dozen of them<br>
all
took their 4 horses but killed the others. Omas and<br>
Z'leyra help carry the bodies to the city and get help<br>
for
the dead.<br><br>
That night Z'leyra casts Orient Self, Purification and a<br>
Knowledge spell to learn more on Restoration. <br><br>
[Janaq
17th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
10:43 pm]<br><br>
A light earthquake rocks Sivas but it is enough force to<br>
knock
some old buildings to rubble. Z'leyra and Omas are<br>
running around a town square when it happens. One such<br>
structure a mining office does collapse. A column outside<br>
kills
2. But there are 3 badly wounded. Z'leyra and Omas help<br>
the
wounded. She stops the bleeding and resets a disjointed<br>
shoulder. Then casts a quick healing spell to heal all 3 of<br>
the
men.<br><br>
[Janaq
18th, 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
7:23 am]<br><br>
As Z'leyra and Omas jog around a park they watch a large<br>
crowd. Some mini-festival is going on in the park with<br>
at
least 20 entertainers - acting, sword fighting, sword<br>
swallowing, acrobatics, musicians and dancers. There are<br>
about
120 people enjoying the festival. But Z'leyra is<br>
urged
to run and enjoy it later.<br><br>
[Janaq
21st 1636TH - sivas, Marentia]<br>
[Time:
3:04 pm]<br><br>
Omas and Z'leyra are almost done for the day when both<br>
encounter a soldier outside a tavern beating his war horse<br>
a very
superior war house mount. Omas yells at the man<br>
and a
fist fight ensues. Omas being more experienced ducks<br>
and
avoids the first 3 punches. Then with one quick foot<br>
slide
knocks the man to his knees then punches the man out.<br><br>
Z'leyra checks the horse but it is minor bruises only.<br>
She
finds it is property of a local barracks. They walk the<br>
horse
to the barracks and complain to the Captain on duty<br>
about
the man.<br><br>
[Time:
10:38 pm]<br><br>
Z'leyra is riding from a nearby estate where she was<br>
socializing with some merchants. She encounters 5<br>
peasants who form a X around one particular person. They<br>
glare
as Z'leyra rides by but seem only want to protect<br>
the
central figure for some reason. Z'leyra would stop<br>
and
investigate but she is tired and needs sleep.<br><br>
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