[pnpgm] Game Update #2

John Haight sang_real at msn.com
Thu Jan 10 22:55:56 CET 2013


MALIC:
   Arawn votes yes to allow him a share of the gold. Whether or not Malic chooses to travel with the party the druid sees it as a means to allow him a way home.

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   After looking over Zhou Arawn spent tending to the body before leaving to purify himself before returning a short time later to pray quietly over his body. Strie'bog's words echoed in his mind as he did so and he couldn't help but wonder, considering the great powers said to be at the High Elder's disposal, if some contingency had been set in place, or lacking that, if Zhou's master would return him to the land of the living. His thoughts drifted towards the Gnarish Staff and seemingly deceased familiar, the item serving as a soul receptacle and he wondered if perhaps Zhou's spirit truly was still among the party in some form or another.

   Once he was done he took advantage of the hours before the dinner isolated from the others in as serene and pure a natural setting as he could find. He prayed, giving thanks to his mother and father first before extending it to all those who assisted in the success of the mission. At the end he ended it with questions, asking for future enlightenment on the strange mysteries of the last few months - from the dark elves and Lymria to the existence of other planes whose existence had been kept quiet from most. Regarding the latter the alfar had always wondered at what else lay beyond the known realms, his keen mind recalling the stories of the Wanderer and Danaan. They had existed in the time before time and he always wondered from whence they had come and to where the Wanderer had disappeared and as such the existence of other realms was not only something he had believed in but it was also one that made sense. The issues of power and control aside he wondered what other reasons might exist for the gods to keep such knowledge hidden.

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   Later that night, when the baby, Chos, was presented to those gathered Arawn held the child gently, looking deep into it's eyes as if reading something deep within the newborn's soul. Although he found it unlikely that Cholan or his wife were followers of the Sidh gods he nevertheless offered to bless the baby in a proper ceremony if they were willing, giving only a personal and lesser blessing if they were unwilling.

   Once Luvac had taken to presenting the gifts to the group Arawn gazed upon the three items offered. All three options were of great interest to him and he weighed each in mind before choosing.
   He was quite interested in discovering more regarding the dark elven plate armor, the mechanics behind it's construction, though it was something he desired to understand, took second place to it's history and for whom such a relic would have been made. However it was something he felt he might be able to discover without the High Elder's assistance, though realizing such would prove VERY beneficial.
   The second offer was of even greater interest to the Middle-World bound alfar. He had yet to discover exactly how he had arrived in the Middle-World and, more importantly, why he was unable to return. The Brain may have hinted at some repressed knowledge and, if this was the case, he hoped to plumb the depths of his own mind for some clue before turning to outside sources. The fact that the High Elder himself warned that even for him, said to be the greatest magician in the Middle-World, it could take a VERY long time to discover was something that made passing on this assistance quite off-putting.
   But it was the last gift that intrigued Arawn the most. The armor held secrets of past times and another race but it seemed of a lesser and more confined scope than what seemed to be presented by the book and regarding his banishment, it was something he would not allow to hamper him, even the mystery behind it something that, if never unraveled, paled in comparison to discovering mysteries of the gods and perhaps insight into secrets that could lead him to discover what lay beyond the known worlds.

   "Please thank the High Elder for his offers. Though I would happily choose all three I find myself hard-pressed to pass on the knowledge held within the book. Knowing that I may choose only one I would gratefully accept it as a gift." 		 	   		  
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