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<blockquote data-quote="Trouvere" data-source="post: 4485980" data-attributes="member: 37250">&quot;Where to start?&quot; muses Keldar.&nbsp; &quot;I don't suppose we have time to hear the 'tale full true of the tower of Thyrin', as cast into alliterative verse by one of the great poets of Orussus, do we?&nbsp; Oh well, I daresay we don't.&quot;&quot;Suffice it to say, then, that of a time we, the Keldarites, charged with the deliverance of the wizard of Grenton, found ourselves at the top of his tower surrounded by ever increasing numbers of creatures of living flame.&nbsp; Within a silver summoning circle, a being of elemental water circled restlessly.&nbsp; Seconds after our arrival, Galwynn lay helpless, senseless and dying.&nbsp; Again.&nbsp; It was up to me.&nbsp; Again.&nbsp; I drew myself up to my full six feet, set free the water elemental and called upon my powers of persuasion and command.&nbsp; Together, we fought the fire creatures and prevailed.&nbsp; Then I sent my friend - Sploshy, his name was - back to his watery home.&quot;&quot;I took a moment to heal Galwynn, gave Tommy some advice on the correct use of scrolls, and then levered open the melted door behind which Thyrin sheltered.&quot;&quot;And so there he was!&nbsp; He was extremely relieved to see us.&nbsp; It was then that he pointed out what I had suspected - that two charred marks on the floor were all that was left of two thieves who had attempted to rob him.&quot;&quot;A short while later, acting on information obtained from the landlady of the local tavern, where I had had a small singing triumph the evening before, we went in search of the thieves' camp.&nbsp; It couldn't remain hidden for long.&nbsp; They had dug a tunnel from a small wood right to Thyrin's tower, but had been thwarted by finding solid foundations instead of a basement.&nbsp; Leaving their belongings below, they went to their doom.&quot;Keldar takes a breath.&nbsp; &quot;Would anyone like to continue the tale?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trouvere, post: 4485980, member: 37250"] "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]Where to start?[/COLOR]" muses Keldar. "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]I don't suppose we have time to hear the 'tale full true of the tower of Thyrin', as cast into alliterative verse by one of the great poets of Orussus, do we? Oh well, I daresay we don't.[/COLOR]" "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]Suffice it to say, then, that of a time we, the Keldarites, charged with the deliverance of the wizard of Grenton, found ourselves at the top of his tower surrounded by ever increasing numbers of creatures of living flame. Within a silver summoning circle, a being of elemental water circled restlessly. Seconds after our arrival, Galwynn lay helpless, senseless and dying. Again. It was up to me. Again. I drew myself up to my full six feet, set free the water elemental and called upon my powers of persuasion and command. Together, we fought the fire creatures and prevailed. Then I sent my friend - Sploshy, his name was - back to his watery home.[/COLOR]" "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]I took a moment to heal Galwynn, gave Tommy some advice on the correct use of scrolls, and then levered open the melted door behind which Thyrin sheltered.[/COLOR]" "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]And so there he was! He was extremely relieved to see us. It was then that he pointed out what I had suspected - that two charred marks on the floor were all that was left of two thieves who had attempted to rob him.[/COLOR]" "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]A short while later, acting on information obtained from the landlady of the local tavern, where I had had a small singing triumph the evening before, we went in search of the thieves' camp. It couldn't remain hidden for long. They had dug a tunnel from a small wood right to Thyrin's tower, but had been thwarted by finding solid foundations instead of a basement. Leaving their belongings below, they went to their doom.[/COLOR]" Keldar takes a breath. "[COLOR="SandyBrown"]Would anyone like to continue the tale?[/COLOR]" [/QUOTE]

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