[pnpgm] Game Update #2

[John Stowman]

Does Will have a chance to examine the armor???

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:55 PM, John Haight <sang_real at msn.com> wrote:

>  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.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>
>    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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