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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4018451" data-attributes="member: 3285">Madness in Freeport - Part 1g: The Sea Lord’s PalaceThe entire ballroom stopped to listen to Ilmarė and Arias’ duet.“A leben caun thar Ennui Aeair!” sang Ilmarė.  She sang of the Five Princes beyond the western seas.“Nay a dancer, eh?” asked a tall man in red leggings and a black jacket. “Dwarves don’t dance,” said Beldin with a sniff.  “Not these kinds of dances anyway.”“Calad ammen i reniar,” sang Arias.  He sang of a light to wander by.“I know what ye mean. Th' name’s Xavier Gordon, captain o' th' Bloody Sea.”Beldin nodded back at him.  “Beldin Soulforge. The Bloody Sea, hmm?  That’s the name of your ship?” He continued to sip from his mug.   Xavier chuckled.  “Aye. Tho I suppose ye wouldn’t know o' such things, bein' a dwarf an' all.”“Mi 'aladhremmin Onara,” sang Ilmarė.  She spoke of wandering amid the tree-woven lands of Onara.“Don’t be so sure,” said Beldin.  He peered into the contents of his mug. “I’ve had my share of sharks.  Even eaten sea urchin once.”Xavier’s dour attitude changed instantly.  “So ye BE a man o' th' sea,” he clapped Beldin on the back. “Sailin' th' seas be 'ere a man belongs!”Arias sang, “a Osalian Gilthoniel.”  He spoke of Osalian, the Star-Kindler.“So you’re a pirate then?” asked Beldin.Xavier’s expression soured.  “I prefer privateer. I’ve got th' interests o' Freeport at heart.”Beldin took another swig from his mug.  “Oh right. Like Captain Baldric.”“I chin a thûl lín míriel,” sang Ilmarė.  She described Osalian’s eyes and breath like shining jewels.“Let me ask ye something,” said Xavier.  “Ye’re a dwarf, ye know about stone works. What do ye think o' this lighthouse Milton be building?”“I think it takes a dwarf half the time it takes men to build such things,” said Beldin without hesitation.  “And it takes men with something to hide four times as long.”“Et Eärello Onara utúlien,” sang Arias.  Out of the Great Sea to Onara came Osalian.“Aye,” said Xavier.  “Somethin' t' hide indeed. Two days ago I saw somethin' e'en stranger.”“Oh?” asked Beldin.“Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta,” sang Ilmarė.  In his new home, Osalian would abide with his heirs, until the end of the world.“Thar be a mysterious ship that slipped into a secluded area near th' lighthouse in th' dark o' night. 't be offloadin' cargo an' passengers.”“That is strange,” said Beldin.Ilmarė curtseyed and Arias bowed.  The crowd broke into wild applause.  Some people were sniffling back tears.  Beldin and Xavier were too preoccupied to notice.“That’s nay th’ strange part,” said Xavier.  “One o’ th’ passengers had a long, reptilian tail.”</blockquote>

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