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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uriel" data-source="post: 1229761" data-attributes="member: 8222">Smiling at the newcomer as he pulls his new Violin out of it's case, Niccolo says 'I am Niccolo. Bard and Chronicler of the Band of the White Owl, friend. We have a humble beginning, but an ever more Noble calling, it would seem. If you folks would excuse me, I think that some repayment is in order for these folk for the priceless Gifts that they have given us...The Gnome straightens his grey vest and brushes some dust from his sleeve, putting Violin to chin, saying to the assembled Halflings,'Good Folk, I would play for you a composition written years ago by a Bard of some note. You may know him, Bontillo Merrywinkle, better known as Bontillo the Bold.' <Bontillo was a famous Halfling Bard who was famed more for his exploits and audiences than for his mastery of the Violin.> As you know, Bontillo played for many an odd audience and I will play for you Ode to Rauthgur, the famous unfinished Caprice written in honor of the Red Dragon Rauthgur, allegedly to stave off the Beast, who intended to dine upon the young Violinist. The greatest part of the Piece is that he didn't finish it, Bluffing the Dragon into believing that he instead needed to see the great Wyrm out ithe morning air to fully realize his Majesty, and thus the end of the Composition.Well, the story goes that when the dragon left his lair, he just happened to encounter a Storm Giant, who just happened to know where his Lair was, and the two behemoths just happened to become involved in a battle across the mountain,while inside a certain Halfling made off with the Wyrm's entire Hoard in his handy Magic Bag...and now, The Ode to Rauthgur, an unfinished Caprice by Bontillo the Bold.'<Roll15+13 Skill, 28 total>Niccolo launches into the piece, his fingers alternatingly  a blurring of staccato notes and then a series of long and mournfully bowed ones, pausing to trill the flight of the Folk from Rauthgur's Lands, then launching into an atonal passage for the Knights slain in attempting to kill the Wyrm. Niccolo pauses, using his Dancing Lights and Prestidigitation to fill the air with minute Dragons and Giants, dancing as he played, as well as his Ghost Sound for the Dragon's Roar, all the while plucking pizicatto with his fingers, signifying the little steps of the Bold Bontillo as he stole forth to steal a Dragon's Hoard.Afterwards, a full ten minutes of playing, the Piece ending abruptly on an ascending scale, the last note hanging in mid air.Niccolo then plucked a dozen notes wit his fingers, each quieter than before, as if they wee the steps of Bontillo, making his escape with the Loot.Bowing, Niccolo looks about, sheepishly for a moment, then hoping that he hadn't been too grandiouse for these folk, but knowing that at least some would apprectate the Piece, as some always did in any crowd.</blockquote>

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