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− | |Content=Nerta, Wren, and Vedens find Mulki happily bouncing on her heels. While they'd been having such a grand adventure in the old catacombs, the excitable chatterbox had successfully purchased not one, nor two, but three separate wharfs. Next to their harrowing time in the dark all Nerta could do was smile and lead the motley crew down the winding streets until they stand in the shadow of the Odeon Cruor. Built out of stone from the foothills of Qual during the height of the [[Melhed|Republic]] and shaped by the finest artisans, even now the towering statues peer down at the thronging crowds of the merchant square. | + | |Content=Nerta, Wren, and Vedens find Mulki happily bouncing on her heels. While they'd been having such a grand adventure in the old catacombs, the excitable chatterbox had successfully purchased not one, nor two, but three separate wharfs. Next to their harrowing time in the dark all Nerta could do was smile and lead the motley crew down the winding streets until they stand in the shadow of the [[Agyr/Plebeians/Arena|Odeon Cruor]]. Built out of stone from the foothills of Qual during the height of the [[Melhed|Republic]] and shaped by the finest artisans, even now the towering statues peer down at the thronging crowds of the merchant square. |
The Old Man had been amused to see the arena still standing back when they’d first made it to the city. Apparently the Plebeian District had been cleared away to construct the massive structure all to give the newly minted adventurers a place to meet. Of course that meant homes and shops which had stood for generations had been demolished, all so the Patricians could enjoy a spot of leisure and blood sport. Even today, with the might of the Republic long since faded, the arena floor was rarely dry. | The Old Man had been amused to see the arena still standing back when they’d first made it to the city. Apparently the Plebeian District had been cleared away to construct the massive structure all to give the newly minted adventurers a place to meet. Of course that meant homes and shops which had stood for generations had been demolished, all so the Patricians could enjoy a spot of leisure and blood sport. Even today, with the might of the Republic long since faded, the arena floor was rarely dry. | ||
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|Sender=Jacinda the Driven | |Sender=Jacinda the Driven | ||
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|Content=As the group pushed through the crowd Jacinda was pacing back and forth before the great arena pausing only to buy a flatbread wrap from a street vendor. She knew this was where she was supposed to be, or close to it, but she still didn't know why, and her aching feet told her this whole thing was a fool's errand. | |Content=As the group pushed through the crowd Jacinda was pacing back and forth before the great arena pausing only to buy a flatbread wrap from a street vendor. She knew this was where she was supposed to be, or close to it, but she still didn't know why, and her aching feet told her this whole thing was a fool's errand. | ||
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|Sender=Wren the Watcher | |Sender=Wren the Watcher | ||
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|Content=Wren blink-blinked at the woman, who seemed nervous despite being equipped and armored to handle anything. Curiosity drew her to question in that peculiar soprano, “What told you come? Always travel has a reason.” She took two small bouncing steps away from the group and cocked her head to one side. “You come from far away, yes?” | |Content=Wren blink-blinked at the woman, who seemed nervous despite being equipped and armored to handle anything. Curiosity drew her to question in that peculiar soprano, “What told you come? Always travel has a reason.” She took two small bouncing steps away from the group and cocked her head to one side. “You come from far away, yes?” | ||
|Title= [[Melhed/Foederati|Foederati]] | |Title= [[Melhed/Foederati|Foederati]] | ||
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|Content=Jacinda blinked. Had she just… | |Content=Jacinda blinked. Had she just… | ||
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|Content=As Wren chirps Nerta lets out a long shuddering breath at the stranger’s question. Everything about her, the tone, the posture, the haunted look, it was all too familiar. Nerta didn’t know this woman, armed and armoured to the nines, but it didn’t matter. She was a plaything of the Gods. | |Content=As Wren chirps Nerta lets out a long shuddering breath at the stranger’s question. Everything about her, the tone, the posture, the haunted look, it was all too familiar. Nerta didn’t know this woman, armed and armoured to the nines, but it didn’t matter. She was a plaything of the Gods. | ||
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|Content=Jacinda froze. | |Content=Jacinda froze. | ||
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|Content=Nerta’s chest felt hollow, her heart thunder. This woman, she didn’t even know… How cruel are the Gods to ruin lives even in ignorance… | |Content=Nerta’s chest felt hollow, her heart thunder. This woman, she didn’t even know… How cruel are the Gods to ruin lives even in ignorance… | ||
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|Content=Jacinda laughed, hollowly. | |Content=Jacinda laughed, hollowly. | ||
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|Content=“Help you?” Kevan's blood still stains her cloak. The absurdity of it all... Nerta can't help the laugh that bubbles up, a sound none of her new companions had heard in all their travels. It is bitter and full of vitriol. “The Gods do not help you. Why, most of them want us dead and gone for humans are seen as weak!” | |Content=“Help you?” Kevan's blood still stains her cloak. The absurdity of it all... Nerta can't help the laugh that bubbles up, a sound none of her new companions had heard in all their travels. It is bitter and full of vitriol. “The Gods do not help you. Why, most of them want us dead and gone for humans are seen as weak!” | ||
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− | |Content= | + | |Content=And so I left. |
− | And so I left. | ||
Slipping into the cold dawn while the drunk still dozed, the edges of his cloak snap in the fierce wind while the start of a new spear rests across my shoulder. He had been generous enough but I couldn’t even guess what he’d do after sobering up. | Slipping into the cold dawn while the drunk still dozed, the edges of his cloak snap in the fierce wind while the start of a new spear rests across my shoulder. He had been generous enough but I couldn’t even guess what he’d do after sobering up. | ||
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|Content=Jacinda stared, momentarily defeated. She had no idea who this “old man” was, but the rest seemed clear. No help, no aid, nothing that would avenge her people or prevent it from happening again. Her eyes closed as she slumped. | |Content=Jacinda stared, momentarily defeated. She had no idea who this “old man” was, but the rest seemed clear. No help, no aid, nothing that would avenge her people or prevent it from happening again. Her eyes closed as she slumped. | ||
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She turned, stretching a little, and moved to go. | She turned, stretching a little, and moved to go. | ||
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− | Nerta mirrored the other woman's slump, her breath heavy, "Then I wish you the best of luck. If you're getting visions from the Wolf Lord you're worse off than I, and they… won't leave me alone." | + | |
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+ | |Content=Nerta mirrored the other woman's slump, her breath heavy, "Then I wish you the best of luck. If you're getting visions from the Wolf Lord you're worse off than I, and they… won't leave me alone." | ||
Nerta's voice grows softer with each word, her eyes closing by the end as she pinches the bridge of her nose and fights back weary tears. | Nerta's voice grows softer with each word, her eyes closing by the end as she pinches the bridge of her nose and fights back weary tears. | ||
+ | |Title= [[Melhed/Foederati|Foederati]] | ||
+ | }}</center> | ||
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− | Jacinda’s head whipped around. | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=Jacinda’s head whipped around. | ||
“Wolf Lord? Is that...One of these gods? Was that from them too?” | “Wolf Lord? Is that...One of these gods? Was that from them too?” | ||
− | Her face, golden under the | + | Her face, golden under the weather-beaten tan, went pale. |
“How long have I been walking down this road?” | “How long have I been walking down this road?” | ||
− | Nerta can’t respond right away, even as the poor woman feels the creeping dread close around her heart. Why Gods… why must you do this? Is it all just to see if we can survive? | + | |Title=Adventurer |
+ | }}</center> | ||
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+ | |Content=Nerta can’t respond right away, even as the poor woman feels the creeping dread close around her heart. Why Gods… why must you do this? Is it all just to see if we can survive? | ||
“Y-Yes. Yes,” swallowing hard Nerta clears her throat and eventually looks up, “Yes the Wolf Lord is one name for one of the Gods. It’s a common name in the north, Wren might know what they call him in the south…” Vaguely waving at the one in the dappled cloak Nerta sighs, “I’ve no idea how Abyss long you’ve been cursed, but I’m sorry either way.” | “Y-Yes. Yes,” swallowing hard Nerta clears her throat and eventually looks up, “Yes the Wolf Lord is one name for one of the Gods. It’s a common name in the north, Wren might know what they call him in the south…” Vaguely waving at the one in the dappled cloak Nerta sighs, “I’ve no idea how Abyss long you’ve been cursed, but I’m sorry either way.” | ||
+ | |Title= [[Melhed/Foederati|Foederati]] | ||
+ | }}</center> | ||
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− | You didn’t survive long in the wilds without being able to feel tension. And Jacinda could cut the tension here with her blade. | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=You didn’t survive long in the wilds without being able to feel tension. And Jacinda could cut the tension here with her blade. | ||
“And...What is this Wolf Lord known for? The dream was...A challenge, it felt like. And after my village…” | “And...What is this Wolf Lord known for? The dream was...A challenge, it felt like. And after my village…” | ||
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“What is this curse you keep referring to?” | “What is this curse you keep referring to?” | ||
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+ | }}</center> | ||
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− | Nerta glances around the square, seemingly disinterested in answering. Yet as she spies a shop across from the small group she grabs Jacinda to drag her along. | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=Nerta glances around the square, seemingly disinterested in answering. Yet as she spies a shop across from the small group she grabs Jacinda to drag her along. | ||
The place sells an assortment of knick knacks around the games. How such a shop can exist is a mystery in itself but they had a glass display window, which meant standing amidst the banners and horns for the arena crowd is the trimmed and ethereal presence of the Old Man. | The place sells an assortment of knick knacks around the games. How such a shop can exist is a mystery in itself but they had a glass display window, which meant standing amidst the banners and horns for the arena crowd is the trimmed and ethereal presence of the Old Man. | ||
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Jacinda recoiled from the glass, hand dropping to the hilt of her blade. | Jacinda recoiled from the glass, hand dropping to the hilt of her blade. | ||
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− | |Content= | + | |Content=The village elder met me in the small inn with offers of good coin for simple work: Save some sheep stolen by a beast and bring back a little boy that had wandered too far from home. They knew as well as I that he was no doubt dead, but they wished to burn him least he return with the rising of the full moon. |
− | The village elder met me in the small inn with offers of good coin for simple work: Save some sheep stolen by a beast and bring back a little boy that had wandered too far from home. They knew as well as I that he was no doubt dead, but they wished to burn him least he return with the rising of the full moon. | ||
− | So here I am | + | So here I am trudging back through the woods my feet crunching in snow armed with only a staff and all on the promise of a few silvers. |
The father with sunken eyes had given me some pants; they’d been his wife’s. A woman lost some years ago to some nameless horror that had slipped over the walls and stole her away. Even the Old Man had been brooding quietly then, questioning what had happened to the Legions. | The father with sunken eyes had given me some pants; they’d been his wife’s. A woman lost some years ago to some nameless horror that had slipped over the walls and stole her away. Even the Old Man had been brooding quietly then, questioning what had happened to the Legions. | ||
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|Content=“Who...What are you? And…” Jacinda’s curiosity got the better of her, “What is this ‘Wolf Lord’ and curse business?” | |Content=“Who...What are you? And…” Jacinda’s curiosity got the better of her, “What is this ‘Wolf Lord’ and curse business?” | ||
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− | The man in the window pursed his lips, the neatly trimmed beard contrasting, “Ah. I rather thought you were a bit more seasoned than the rest of these companions... I’m a ghost my dear, an Ancestor made manifest and all that. Really you should at least try to listen to the old folktales, they have some wisdom to them…” | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=The man in the window pursed his lips, the neatly trimmed beard contrasting, “Ah. I rather thought you were a bit more seasoned than the rest of these companions... I’m a ghost my dear, an Ancestor made manifest and all that. Really you should at least try to listen to the old folktales, they have some wisdom to them…” | ||
“Seeing as someone must continue your education, the Wolf Lord is the god of nature, broadly speaking. He’s a vicious fellow though because well…” the ghost chuckles, “As you’ve probably noticed nature is vicious. But you say he gave you a challenge? Sounds like him. He likes to test people, see if they’re worthy of his gifts. Harsh but fair sort of chap,” the specter pauses, “usually.” | “Seeing as someone must continue your education, the Wolf Lord is the god of nature, broadly speaking. He’s a vicious fellow though because well…” the ghost chuckles, “As you’ve probably noticed nature is vicious. But you say he gave you a challenge? Sounds like him. He likes to test people, see if they’re worthy of his gifts. Harsh but fair sort of chap,” the specter pauses, “usually.” | ||
“As for the curse business,” Walking along in the pane the ghost takes a moment to consider Nerta with those luminescent violet eyes before shrugging, “The girl is rather keen to part with my company, the Gods have other plans but she does like to wriggle.” | “As for the curse business,” Walking along in the pane the ghost takes a moment to consider Nerta with those luminescent violet eyes before shrugging, “The girl is rather keen to part with my company, the Gods have other plans but she does like to wriggle.” | ||
+ | |Title= [[Melhed/Foederati|Foederati]] | ||
+ | }}</center> | ||
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− | Jacinda traced a finger along the glass in wonder, should it feel different? “Ancestor spirits came to my people in unusual sea creatures, visions like this are beyond my ken. This Wolf Lord, though, seems like something I can understand. If he is the God of nature, he can’t support the undead, can he?” | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=Jacinda traced a finger along the glass in wonder, should it feel different? “Ancestor spirits came to my people in unusual sea creatures, visions like this are beyond my ken. This Wolf Lord, though, seems like something I can understand. If he is the God of nature, he can’t support the undead, can he?” | ||
Jacinda leaned forward to inspect the ghost as she spoke. Truly the Old Man had retained his commanding presence, sharp eye and melodic voice, yet death had robbed him of much. Grave dust clung to his once fine clothes leaving him indistinct and his dark beard was streaked with grey while wrinkles lined his ghostly corpus. | Jacinda leaned forward to inspect the ghost as she spoke. Truly the Old Man had retained his commanding presence, sharp eye and melodic voice, yet death had robbed him of much. Grave dust clung to his once fine clothes leaving him indistinct and his dark beard was streaked with grey while wrinkles lined his ghostly corpus. | ||
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+ | }}</center> | ||
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− | If the inspection bothered the shade he gave no sign, “Be mindful of things from the deep my dear. The Abyss spawns many of the undead creatures you despise so… But yes, the Wolf Lord would be an ally to any who would strike down the dead things.” | + | |<center>{{Message2 |
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+ | |Content=If the inspection bothered the shade he gave no sign, “Be mindful of things from the deep my dear. The Abyss spawns many of the undead creatures you despise so… But yes, the Wolf Lord would be an ally to any who would strike down the dead things.” | ||
Jacinda starts, her expression pensive, “And what plans are these? What do these Gods want?” | Jacinda starts, her expression pensive, “And what plans are these? What do these Gods want?” | ||
The question saw the specter of the old Consul pause, his expression enigmatic, “No one knows the will of the Gods my dear but… I would say they want it done. They are tired of humanity’s slow, agonizing failure. They want us done and gone or triumphant and champions of all.” | The question saw the specter of the old Consul pause, his expression enigmatic, “No one knows the will of the Gods my dear but… I would say they want it done. They are tired of humanity’s slow, agonizing failure. They want us done and gone or triumphant and champions of all.” | ||
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I’d found the sheep soon enough. Torn to pieces. But what I hadn’t known was that they’d been bait. | I’d found the sheep soon enough. Torn to pieces. But what I hadn’t known was that they’d been bait. | ||
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The father was happy for the miracle. | The father was happy for the miracle. | ||
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