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<blockquote data-quote="Sparky" data-source="post: 1678329" data-attributes="member: 13681"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Upon the group's return to Bluerun, Rainca's jovial manner dissipates as she realizes the weight of the tasks before her. She takes her leave of the companions and disappears for quite some time. Occasionally, the shifting wind carries her hollow, rasping voice or strains of her wistful flute over the rooftops and down the streets between Bluerun's huts and houses. She returns a fierce light in her eye, blood streaking her cheeks like wild tears, voice harsh and quiet, raw from her song and prayer, one long cut on each of her palms.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: darkorange"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"The Blood Father has let his daughter go. He sits upon Rainca's brow, but the songs of the Mother have cooled his rage."</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">She turns her face skyward... <span style="color: sienna"><em>I will return to you one day, Father of Battle and Blood. I have not forsaken you, nor, I hope, have you forsaken me</em></span> ...and a wind gusts through the streets, tugging at clothes on lines and swirling the smoke from cookfires. As it passes the changed barbarian woman, she smiles.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">She is speaking with the imprisoned almost-<em>hoar-suns</em>, telling them of the developing events, when the rider arrives. She turns out onto the street with the others and listens to the man's words. She draws breath sharply, from most it would be a gasp, from her it is more an animal sound of anger. She squints.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: darkorange">"We would have you, swiftrider."</span> Rainca stands straight, craning her neck around her companions. She asks, <span style="color: darkorange">"Where is Redarn Horsewarden? He must warn Council Man Therick."</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">She flexes her shoulders under her leathers, <span style="color: darkorange">"Swiftrider, tell Rainca and the others about what we will face. How many come? From what direction? Who will they attack?"</span> This is spoken over her shoulder, as she heads for the home of the Serin sisters.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: darkorange">"Sisters,"</span> she barks, <span style="color: darkorange">"Sisters!"</span> thumping an unlimbered javelin on their doorstep.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: sienna"><em>Calm... the Blood Father has not retreated so far as Rainca had hoped.</em></span> She paces on their doorstep listening to the others and the words of the rider. She grins at the ground and then up at the others as she waits for the sisters to reply, <span style="color: darkorange">"Lupic Strong Arm, Dioran Uthelem, Warrior Gath Stonefist, Joseph Dar'maryon... it has been Rainca's honor to fight alongside all of you."</span> She smiles, <span style="color: darkorange">"The Gray Vulture hovers over all of us, let us see that she feeds these fools to her chicks tonight and feathers her nest with their hair."</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">OOC: And I was just thinking of making Kirin's little sister. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'm sorry to see you go Kahuna Burger. Really. Good luck with things and I hope your married parenting life is happy. Be sure to come back and visit from time to time. I think it's important to LEW that adventures can have some continuity when DMs and Players depart (especially DMs)... can I help with the transition to another DM some how?</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sparky, post: 1678329, member: 13681"] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana]Upon the group's return to Bluerun, Rainca's jovial manner dissipates as she realizes the weight of the tasks before her. She takes her leave of the companions and disappears for quite some time. Occasionally, the shifting wind carries her hollow, rasping voice or strains of her wistful flute over the rooftops and down the streets between Bluerun's huts and houses. She returns a fierce light in her eye, blood streaking her cheeks like wild tears, voice harsh and quiet, raw from her song and prayer, one long cut on each of her palms.[/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][color=darkorange][font=Verdana]"The Blood Father has let his daughter go. He sits upon Rainca's brow, but the songs of the Mother have cooled his rage."[/font][/color][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana]She turns her face skyward... [color=sienna][i]I will return to you one day, Father of Battle and Blood. I have not forsaken you, nor, I hope, have you forsaken me[/i][/color] ...and a wind gusts through the streets, tugging at clothes on lines and swirling the smoke from cookfires. As it passes the changed barbarian woman, she smiles.[/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana]She is speaking with the imprisoned almost-[i]hoar-suns[/i], telling them of the developing events, when the rider arrives. She turns out onto the street with the others and listens to the man's words. She draws breath sharply, from most it would be a gasp, from her it is more an animal sound of anger. She squints.[/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][color=darkorange]"We would have you, swiftrider."[/color] Rainca stands straight, craning her neck around her companions. She asks, [color=darkorange]"Where is Redarn Horsewarden? He must warn Council Man Therick."[/color][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana]She flexes her shoulders under her leathers, [color=darkorange]"Swiftrider, tell Rainca and the others about what we will face. How many come? From what direction? Who will they attack?"[/color] This is spoken over her shoulder, as she heads for the home of the Serin sisters.[/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][color=darkorange]"Sisters,"[/color] she barks, [color=darkorange]"Sisters!"[/color] thumping an unlimbered javelin on their doorstep.[/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=2][font=Verdana][color=sienna][i]Calm... the Blood Father has not retreated so far as Rainca had hoped.[/i][/color] She paces on their doorstep listening to the others and the words of the rider. She grins at the ground and then up at the others as she waits for the sisters to reply, [color=darkorange]"Lupic Strong Arm, Dioran Uthelem, Warrior Gath Stonefist, Joseph Dar'maryon... it has been Rainca's honor to fight alongside all of you."[/color] She smiles, [color=darkorange]"The Gray Vulture hovers over all of us, let us see that she feeds these fools to her chicks tonight and feathers her nest with their hair."[/color][/font][/size][/font] [font=Verdana][size=1][font=Verdana]OOC: And I was just thinking of making Kirin's little sister. :) I'm sorry to see you go Kahuna Burger. Really. Good luck with things and I hope your married parenting life is happy. Be sure to come back and visit from time to time. I think it's important to LEW that adventures can have some continuity when DMs and Players depart (especially DMs)... can I help with the transition to another DM some how?[/font][/size][/font] [/QUOTE]
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