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<blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 5694047" data-attributes="member: 100"><p><u><p style="text-align: center">Player:</p><p></u>I smile at Laelin and excuse myself, trotting over to Nasharel. Being as careful as I can, I sweep her into an embrace and kiss her fully. “<a href="http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm#farewells" target="_blank">Tenna’ ento lye omenta</a>, <a href="http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm#positive" target="_blank">mela en’ coiamin</a>.”</p><p></p><p>I run back to Laelin and grab the bridle, and together we grab the horses and set off quietly into the chilly night.</p><p></p><p><u><p style="text-align: center">GM:</p><p></u><em>Totally forgot, but take a Fate point of artha for standing up to that troll and having your instinct get you into trouble. Also, another Fate for the Love and Family belief leading into adventure (which is a stretch, artha-wise but I think its kosher). Let me know if you see any artha that I’ve missed. Artha doesn’t come from on high but from the table, its consensus-driven.</em></p><p></p><p>You and Laelin are leading the horses into the night, about a mile from the shepherd’s fields when he breaks the silence. “Are you going to tell me why we’re going to a cursed grove southeast of the Myth, Officer of the Chronicle Elven Love-Demon?”</p><p></p><p><u><p style="text-align: center">Player:</p><p></u><em>I’m still very much getting used to the various types of artha and how they can be gained, but yes, I’ll keep an eye out and ask if I think something qualifies.</em></p><p></p><p>“Elven Love-what?” I ask Laelin, a smirk on my face, as we ride deeper into the Cormanthor. I motion to Laelin to wait and we ride in silence for about an hour in the direction of the spring.</p><p></p><p>I have never liked this part of the forest. I don’t know if regular humans can feel it, but I have enough Tel’Quessir blood in me to be aware of the tinge in the air. It permeates everything, from trees to rocks to earth; the wind is heavy with it and the water carries its taste. I speak of the fallen Mythal, of the leftover magic of a bygone age. Everyone in the Dalelands knows to stay away from this part of the forest if they know what’s good for them, and with good reason. The stories of demons haunting the woods, of restless elven spirits wandering the once thriving lands of one of the greatest Elf empires in Faerun, these are more than scary tales told to misbehaving children. These are real, and even if I have never faced any of the dangers sung about in song, I can feel their darkness mixed in the fumes of the Mythal. I have never liked this part of the forest.</p><p></p><p>Once we are sufficiently into our journey and I am fairly certain that we are the only riders around, I speak to Laelin in low tones.</p><p></p><p>“Our mission tonight—a secret one, if that wasn’t clear enough by now—is to scout the glade from a distance. We are to observe and report what we see, nothing more ideally. I don’t know all the details as to why this needs to be done, but I do know it might involve the business of The Hunt. Based on Nasharel’s guidance and my map, we should be arriving soon. I need you to use your best roguish skills to find us an ideal location from where to spy the glade and not be seen. I defer to your abilities in this matter.</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps after tonight we will have a chance to talk you and I about our common enemy. But for now, let us to the task at hand.”</p><p></p><p><strong>End of Chapter II</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-song-of-hal-whitewyrm/forum/chapter-iii-11th-of-eleint-year-of-the-prince-1357-dale-reckoning?page=1#campaign-forum-post-168715" target="_blank">Continued in Chapter III</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paka, post: 5694047, member: 100"] [U][CENTER]Player:[/CENTER][/U] I smile at Laelin and excuse myself, trotting over to Nasharel. Being as careful as I can, I sweep her into an embrace and kiss her fully. “[URL="http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm#farewells"]Tenna’ ento lye omenta[/URL], [URL="http://www.grey-company.org/Circle/language/phrase.htm#positive"]mela en’ coiamin[/URL].” I run back to Laelin and grab the bridle, and together we grab the horses and set off quietly into the chilly night. [U][CENTER]GM:[/CENTER][/U] [I]Totally forgot, but take a Fate point of artha for standing up to that troll and having your instinct get you into trouble. Also, another Fate for the Love and Family belief leading into adventure (which is a stretch, artha-wise but I think its kosher). Let me know if you see any artha that I’ve missed. Artha doesn’t come from on high but from the table, its consensus-driven.[/I] You and Laelin are leading the horses into the night, about a mile from the shepherd’s fields when he breaks the silence. “Are you going to tell me why we’re going to a cursed grove southeast of the Myth, Officer of the Chronicle Elven Love-Demon?” [U][CENTER]Player:[/CENTER][/U] [I]I’m still very much getting used to the various types of artha and how they can be gained, but yes, I’ll keep an eye out and ask if I think something qualifies.[/I] “Elven Love-what?” I ask Laelin, a smirk on my face, as we ride deeper into the Cormanthor. I motion to Laelin to wait and we ride in silence for about an hour in the direction of the spring. I have never liked this part of the forest. I don’t know if regular humans can feel it, but I have enough Tel’Quessir blood in me to be aware of the tinge in the air. It permeates everything, from trees to rocks to earth; the wind is heavy with it and the water carries its taste. I speak of the fallen Mythal, of the leftover magic of a bygone age. Everyone in the Dalelands knows to stay away from this part of the forest if they know what’s good for them, and with good reason. The stories of demons haunting the woods, of restless elven spirits wandering the once thriving lands of one of the greatest Elf empires in Faerun, these are more than scary tales told to misbehaving children. These are real, and even if I have never faced any of the dangers sung about in song, I can feel their darkness mixed in the fumes of the Mythal. I have never liked this part of the forest. Once we are sufficiently into our journey and I am fairly certain that we are the only riders around, I speak to Laelin in low tones. “Our mission tonight—a secret one, if that wasn’t clear enough by now—is to scout the glade from a distance. We are to observe and report what we see, nothing more ideally. I don’t know all the details as to why this needs to be done, but I do know it might involve the business of The Hunt. Based on Nasharel’s guidance and my map, we should be arriving soon. I need you to use your best roguish skills to find us an ideal location from where to spy the glade and not be seen. I defer to your abilities in this matter. “Perhaps after tonight we will have a chance to talk you and I about our common enemy. But for now, let us to the task at hand.” [B]End of Chapter II[/B] [URL="http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-song-of-hal-whitewyrm/forum/chapter-iii-11th-of-eleint-year-of-the-prince-1357-dale-reckoning?page=1#campaign-forum-post-168715"]Continued in Chapter III[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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