"Buying a bow... hmmm... That's a hard one. Perhaps you could go to the governor and ask for a pass into the garrison. Or you could try a carpenter, he might be able to put somehing together... but he would be breaking the law by doing that, so I doubt whether any of the carpenters will do that. Oh, and take my advice and get some sleep will ya? You look like a ghost. Not many people will want to help you loooking like that." The bartender says to you.
You go to bed, knowing that you have to be at the morning service tomorrow. You awake on time and arrive at the church of Heironeous a quarter to nine. You are brought to the front bench and requested to sit down. The church quickly fills up, a rather large amount of people armed and armoured; most likely military personnel.
The service starts at nine sharp. First the general service begins. The priest starts to preach about the valour required in everyday life, and how the honour of men is the most important thing. Eventually he comes to what happens if you do not follow the tenets of Heironeous. Rather bleak stuff about the Nine Hells and the tyranny of Hextor, mostly.
After an hour of preaching about Heironeous, the priest comes to what you came here for:
"Faithful! The church of heironeous has always had an ally in the Church of St. Cuthbert! One of these brave men has fallen while fighting evil. Were it not for Diactum Abracadacium the Amstradan sage and adventurer, this servant would be lost forever. But now, we shall try and give this noble man who fell a second chance." He uncovers the altar, which was covered by a red cloth and a sword. He places the remains on the altar, then asks for silence, and inward prayer by all those in the room.
"Heironeous! Please give me the power to restore this fallen champion of justice! An enemy of your enemies, friend of your own, and ally for your cause! Darakan Hudalin Kantahon! Seldamir Duxi Mabaron, 'Giles Welterblade' Nepan! " He then continues for what seems like an eternity saying these ancient words of faith. For a long time, nothing happens, but then the remains move around on the altar. A femur moves to a relative position to a knee bone. The ribs move away from these leg bones. Then, the bones whiten, and suddenly amidst lots of blue light, new bones develop. As soon as the entire skeleton is there, flesh and organs start to appear and grow. The entire church is lit up with bright blue light. As soon as the entire body is there, the light becomes so bright that no one can look directly into it. And then... everything returns to normal.
Giles Welterblade lies on the altar, naked, shivering, but alive. An acolyte quickly gives him some robes. He is a square boned and square jawed man. He looks at the audience of many hundreds of people. He then looks at you. "I have the faith of those who follow Heironeous to thank for my return. But also you Diactum... but where are your friends?"
The church is still silent.
