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<blockquote data-quote="eblue562" data-source="post: 4945393" data-attributes="member: 84791"><p><strong>Crucible Challenge III</strong></p><p></p><p>Rodeh sat with Shifftae, his newfound friend and arena ally. Spitting blood from his mouth, the dwarf looked at his dragonborn companion with one good eye. The other had been bloodied by a mace which was intended for her instead of him. He tried to speak again, but she silenced him.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">"Hush, you stubborn fool,"</span> she said, clearly not amused by his antics from the arena battle just moments before, <span style="color: Gray">"you could have easily gotten killed."</span> Rodeh had finally found the culprit and spit out the tooth that had been knocked from his skull. He smiled as blood dribbled down his mouth.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">I'm still a'live ain't I, lass?"</span> Rodeh said through slightly clenched teeth, <span style="color: Gray">"Which is more than I can say fer yoo if you had gotten that mace on yer noggin' instead."</span> Shifftae sighed handed Rodeh a bandage that she had soaked in anti-septic. With a nod, he placed it on his mouth and watched the blood begin to soak up in it.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">"You are testing the limits of my druidic magic almost every battle we fight, not to mention the small alchemy skills I possess,"</span> she teased, half-smiling at him. She noticed a change in his demenor then, and before she could ask him what was wrong, he startled her by asking a question;</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">"What is it like to be free, Shifftae?"</span> She leaned away, taken aback by the sudden change in tone. Shaking her head gently, she wondered why he would ask her something like this. She had been in captivity too, although had joined some time after Rodeh was forced into combat.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">"I'll tell you a story my mother once told me, Rodeh Minehelm,"</span> she said, her eyes gazing off to another world. <span style="color: Gray">"It was long before Nerath's star was rising, or before it even fell the previous time, she said. It was then that she met a traveler on the road. A human, near a tribe of Dragonborn! He was either incredibly stupid or incredibly dangerous. Being he looked healthy, my mother ventured that he was the latter. But he approached her almost as if he had been looking for her specifically on the road. He was tall, and handsome as much as a human could be. Wearing light plate armor and carrying no weapon at all, my mother thought he must be some sort of monk or warrior-priest.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">He asked her in fluent draconic where he might find the beginning of Nerath's star. My mother was terribly confused about his question and replied that she didn't know that Nerath's star had a beginning. He just smiled and said "All things must have a beginning, just as all things must have an end. I'm afraid my end might come soon, so I am looking for a beginning to everything." Then, without another word, he walked off into the distance once more.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gray"></span></p><p><span style="color: Gray">Several days later, she heard word from a scouting party that they had come across a human laying dead in the desert, clutching a small pendant. Inside of it was a piece or red rock that shone as brightly as Nerath's star. The soldier's said that there was a small note that said she should be the owner of the pendant, and gave it to her." </span> Shifftae pulled out a small red pendant from under her armor and placed it in Rodeh's hand.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gray">"For saving my life,"</span> she whispered softly, <span style="color: Gray">"You should keep a piece of Nerath's Beginning, because freedom is the chance to search not just for your own end and beginning, but for others' as well."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eblue562, post: 4945393, member: 84791"] [b]Crucible Challenge III[/b] Rodeh sat with Shifftae, his newfound friend and arena ally. Spitting blood from his mouth, the dwarf looked at his dragonborn companion with one good eye. The other had been bloodied by a mace which was intended for her instead of him. He tried to speak again, but she silenced him. [COLOR="Gray"]"Hush, you stubborn fool,"[/color] she said, clearly not amused by his antics from the arena battle just moments before, [COLOR="Gray"]"you could have easily gotten killed."[/color] Rodeh had finally found the culprit and spit out the tooth that had been knocked from his skull. He smiled as blood dribbled down his mouth. [COLOR="Gray"]I'm still a'live ain't I, lass?"[/COLOR] Rodeh said through slightly clenched teeth, [COLOR="Gray"]"Which is more than I can say fer yoo if you had gotten that mace on yer noggin' instead."[/COLOR] Shifftae sighed handed Rodeh a bandage that she had soaked in anti-septic. With a nod, he placed it on his mouth and watched the blood begin to soak up in it. [COLOR="Gray"]"You are testing the limits of my druidic magic almost every battle we fight, not to mention the small alchemy skills I possess,"[/COLOR] she teased, half-smiling at him. She noticed a change in his demenor then, and before she could ask him what was wrong, he startled her by asking a question; [COLOR="Gray"]"What is it like to be free, Shifftae?"[/COLOR] She leaned away, taken aback by the sudden change in tone. Shaking her head gently, she wondered why he would ask her something like this. She had been in captivity too, although had joined some time after Rodeh was forced into combat. [COLOR="Gray"]"I'll tell you a story my mother once told me, Rodeh Minehelm,"[/COLOR] she said, her eyes gazing off to another world. [COLOR="Gray"]"It was long before Nerath's star was rising, or before it even fell the previous time, she said. It was then that she met a traveler on the road. A human, near a tribe of Dragonborn! He was either incredibly stupid or incredibly dangerous. Being he looked healthy, my mother ventured that he was the latter. But he approached her almost as if he had been looking for her specifically on the road. He was tall, and handsome as much as a human could be. Wearing light plate armor and carrying no weapon at all, my mother thought he must be some sort of monk or warrior-priest. He asked her in fluent draconic where he might find the beginning of Nerath's star. My mother was terribly confused about his question and replied that she didn't know that Nerath's star had a beginning. He just smiled and said "All things must have a beginning, just as all things must have an end. I'm afraid my end might come soon, so I am looking for a beginning to everything." Then, without another word, he walked off into the distance once more. Several days later, she heard word from a scouting party that they had come across a human laying dead in the desert, clutching a small pendant. Inside of it was a piece or red rock that shone as brightly as Nerath's star. The soldier's said that there was a small note that said she should be the owner of the pendant, and gave it to her." [/COLOR] Shifftae pulled out a small red pendant from under her armor and placed it in Rodeh's hand. [COLOR="Gray"]"For saving my life,"[/COLOR] she whispered softly, [COLOR="Gray"]"You should keep a piece of Nerath's Beginning, because freedom is the chance to search not just for your own end and beginning, but for others' as well."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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