City of Orussus, The Red Dragon Inn X

[Someone]

"We wizards have a saying; in Draconic 'shar thurgix tuor vaeri', in the Common tongue, 'even the crippled wish to dance'."

"Well, that's quite a honest thing to say" affirms Nodis. "It's not true what people say, that wizards are arrogant."

 

[Trouvere]

"Well, that's quite a honest thing to say" affirms Nodis. "It's not true what people say, that wizards are arrogant."

"I am afraid it depends which wizard is saying it," smiles Taelythenihel. "Too often, it is used to refer disparagingly to sorcerers, who seem unable to learn more than a handful of spells, and so could be said to be thurgix. But perhaps it applies more to ourselves, who must struggle to fix an arcane patterning in our memory before we can use it."

 

[Wik]

Galwynn does his best to pretend he can't hear people discuss the undead. His very best. But it doesn't seem to work. Grunting, he gets up, turns to Taelythenihel, and scowls.

 

[Bogre]

A small form slips into the tavern, hazel eyes glancing every which way. Upon reaching a stool, the black-clad little halfling named Kest vaults himself up and sits, idly listening to the chatter going on.

Hey? Anyone know whats been going on around here?

 

[Trouvere]

Galwynn does his best to pretend he can't hear people discuss the undead. His very best. But it doesn't seem to work. Grunting, he gets up, turns to Taelythenihel, and scowls.

Taelythenihel's violet eyes flick over the young human. "You are strangely accoutred for a farmer, and even more for a midwife," she says, having seen the symbol of Halina that he bears.

 

[Wik]

Galwynn gives Tael an even sterner glare. "When her children are in trouble, Halina will take up the sword. Halina, Friend, is life. You would do well to visit her temple, I think."

 

[B4cchus]

A "tall" halfling enter the inn. "Hi folks, it's me, Red, i'm back again!". He heads over to the bar and orders some food from Joe. "Anything going on here lately?" He asks the nearest person at the bar.

 

[Trouvere]

"And yet, crops fail, women fail in childbed, babies sicken, and infants are left orphaned. Halina is life, you say, but she is not assurance. I may yet visit her temple, but of now, my devotion, such as it is, is directed less to the Great Mother than to her daughter, Ulura."

 

[Wik]

"You got your deities mixed up. Ulura is Hyrag's daughter, not Halina's. And - " Galwynn adds, his eyes narrowing. "To blame the death of children and their mothers upon Halina is rather silly - mothers and children may die, but imagine how many more would do so were Halina and her followers not there. Family and Life are notions to be cherished, and while they may not always be perfect, the fact that they exist alone is worthy of praise."

Galwynn shudders at Tael. "To animate the remnants of life for personal, selfish gain... is evil. What is worse is the person who believes that in using such evil means they can perhaps achieve a greater good. It's just -"

He stops short, and shakes his head. "I pray you visit Halina's temple."

With that, Galwynn grumbles to himself and grabs a seat some distance away.

 

[Trouvere]

"Does Ulura not have both a mother and father?" says Taelythenihel. "And she does not take after her father, the Lightbringer." When Galwynn walks away, she follows him. "I give you my word," she says, "I do not have the knowledge of animating the dead, and I do not follow an evil path."