Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Creamsteak" data-source="post: 4141966" data-attributes="member: 552">Whenever the group is ready, the elves somewhat reluctantly shuffle two supply tents contents into other buildings in order to make room for the group to stay. Each tent can support up to four people.It is not until much later that a pair of hunters arrive with the groups mounts. It seems that they were quite scattered, though two of the horses seemed to have made their way half-way to the town on their own. The animals are heavily fatigued, however, from their trip and other exertion. They will need at least 24 hours to fully recover.The animals are fed and cared for while they are at the elven village, they have ample means to provide for them for the time being.The next morning begins early, even before the sun is visible on the horizon. As soon as the first orange-hued rays of light cross over the tops of the trees outside the town, most of the elves are awake and lively. They offer an early meal to break their nightly fast (ha) and begin working towards Lanikar's funeral.The services are distinctly elven. The younger female elf that was crying the night before in the leader's tent grieves for her murdered brother in songs that would be considered pleasant and in high spirits. Her voice lasts through a full hour of song without losing volume nor quality.Since no body was recovered, a pyre is built from boughs and branches collected by all the elves and anointed with holy water, along with various small mementos. This is all the elves can do to emulate their normal tradition of cremation. The ashes of the flames are placed in a urn, along with Lanikar's ring.After the ceremony, the elves spend the rest of the day in celebration of Lanikar's time with them, with feasting, dancing, and storytelling. They offer stories of his successes, both small and exagerated. Lanikar was bold, fearless, and tenacious by all accounts. He chased his love interests with unrelenting and often lecherous advances, challenged his rivals with foolish audacity and childish confidence, cheated at dice, and lied about his exploits as a hunter.Lanikar was, as the stories go, a man who would test himself against many challenges that surpassed his ability. In certain ways, his death is absolutely tragic, but undeniably fitting. Many of the older elves take their sadness in a much more human way, remembering that many young souls have died in the confidence of long elven youth.Eventually it becomes quite obvious that it would only be fitting for someone among your number to share a story, true or not, with the elves. They seem more than willing to stretch the truth and expand upon events they never quite witnessed, and it seems quite common among this particular clan.[sblock=OOC]Opportunities for perform checks of any sort including but not limited to story telling.[/sblock]</blockquote>

Verification