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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 3122588" data-attributes="member: 23484"><p>Courage smiles, and instinctively reaches for the silver unicorn she has hanging around her neck. She takes a quick glance down, and glances up. She bites her lower lip, as if in thought, and then begins.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">"Yes, I worship Elhonna. Of course there are many gods, and many have power, but the Lady of the Forest has always blessed my family, and our village had a special shrine to her. Well, once we did..."</span></p><p></p><p>Courage stops for a second. This isn't the story she wanted to tell. She begins again.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">"My training was living in the forest growing up. My Lady was always with me, as indeed she always is. But a few years ago, I felt a calling. Like she wanted me for a purpose, a special purpose, and so I left my village, and retrained myself to serve her as one of her devoted champions. And she rewarded me. I feel her love for the world coursing through my soul every time I look at the trees, or a river, or indeed the Iron hills this evening, as we approached them and the sun was dropping out of sight. She holds the natural world..."</span></p><p></p><p>And again, Courage hesitates, knowing she is speaking to a cleric: <span style="color: Red">"But this must seem foolishness to you. Hm. Yes. I am a testament to My Lady's power, and of her devotion, even when someone fails to live up to their calling."</span></p><p></p><p>Her head drops again, and she closes her eyes, her hand holding the unicorn tight. Then she exhales. <span style="color: Red">"Despite My Lady's love for me, I was not worthy of her calling. I was not good enough, or smart enough, or focussed enough to persevere in her devoted service."</span> And then she relaxes, and her eyes open again. <span style="color: Red">"But she has remained true to me, despite my failing her. I cannot be one of her devoted champions, but I can continue to serve her, to prove myself worthy. The glory that she shows me every day in the land--the moss on that stump over there, the berries I found when we arrived, the pureness of the line of the horizon on the road from which we came...--show me that her glory knows no bounds."</span></p><p></p><p>Courage stops, not because she is embarassed, but because she feels she is monopolizing the conversation. She decides to switch the subject.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">"I shall tell you something."</span></p><p></p><p>She turns to Jonas, her posture perfect and straight on the hard ground, the fire illuminating the right side of her face, leaving the left in simmering shadows, and continues.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Red">"I am concerned about this task. It is foolishness that walnuts are a matter of such import, but I feel they might be for the Dryad who is their source. I feel that if we find these nuts, we must return them to the Dryad if we can, and we must ensure that no more nuts are taken. I've only seen a Dryad once, and that was in an oak tree--I've never heard of a Walnut dryad--, but the stories told all suggest they cannot travel far from their tree. For humans to be making a profit on their helplessness, well, it seems such a violation. I would not want to return until I felt I had helped My Lady's servant as best I can."</span></p><p></p><p>She smiles at Jonas, the corners of her mouth forming a shape like a crescent moon, and finishes. <span style="color: Red">"Heh. I hope that answers your question?"</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 3122588, member: 23484"] Courage smiles, and instinctively reaches for the silver unicorn she has hanging around her neck. She takes a quick glance down, and glances up. She bites her lower lip, as if in thought, and then begins. [COLOR=Red]"Yes, I worship Elhonna. Of course there are many gods, and many have power, but the Lady of the Forest has always blessed my family, and our village had a special shrine to her. Well, once we did..."[/COLOR] Courage stops for a second. This isn't the story she wanted to tell. She begins again. [COLOR=Red]"My training was living in the forest growing up. My Lady was always with me, as indeed she always is. But a few years ago, I felt a calling. Like she wanted me for a purpose, a special purpose, and so I left my village, and retrained myself to serve her as one of her devoted champions. And she rewarded me. I feel her love for the world coursing through my soul every time I look at the trees, or a river, or indeed the Iron hills this evening, as we approached them and the sun was dropping out of sight. She holds the natural world..."[/COLOR] And again, Courage hesitates, knowing she is speaking to a cleric: [COLOR=Red]"But this must seem foolishness to you. Hm. Yes. I am a testament to My Lady's power, and of her devotion, even when someone fails to live up to their calling."[/COLOR] Her head drops again, and she closes her eyes, her hand holding the unicorn tight. Then she exhales. [COLOR=Red]"Despite My Lady's love for me, I was not worthy of her calling. I was not good enough, or smart enough, or focussed enough to persevere in her devoted service."[/COLOR] And then she relaxes, and her eyes open again. [COLOR=Red]"But she has remained true to me, despite my failing her. I cannot be one of her devoted champions, but I can continue to serve her, to prove myself worthy. The glory that she shows me every day in the land--the moss on that stump over there, the berries I found when we arrived, the pureness of the line of the horizon on the road from which we came...--show me that her glory knows no bounds."[/COLOR] Courage stops, not because she is embarassed, but because she feels she is monopolizing the conversation. She decides to switch the subject. [COLOR=Red]"I shall tell you something."[/COLOR] She turns to Jonas, her posture perfect and straight on the hard ground, the fire illuminating the right side of her face, leaving the left in simmering shadows, and continues. [COLOR=Red]"I am concerned about this task. It is foolishness that walnuts are a matter of such import, but I feel they might be for the Dryad who is their source. I feel that if we find these nuts, we must return them to the Dryad if we can, and we must ensure that no more nuts are taken. I've only seen a Dryad once, and that was in an oak tree--I've never heard of a Walnut dryad--, but the stories told all suggest they cannot travel far from their tree. For humans to be making a profit on their helplessness, well, it seems such a violation. I would not want to return until I felt I had helped My Lady's servant as best I can."[/COLOR] She smiles at Jonas, the corners of her mouth forming a shape like a crescent moon, and finishes. [COLOR=Red]"Heh. I hope that answers your question?"[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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