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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 541883" data-attributes="member: 6588">Shannon's ConversionShannon’s ConversionPogre’s campaign – To Save a SoulShannon decided to take a level in Cleric at second level. This conversion to the faith of Rhylya is explained by Greg who runs Shannon:Shannon’s mother died at an early age, and when Shannon was a young boy he wandered with his grandmother in the wooded hills of above his village. As he grew older, he contemplated the sky, the trees and the wonder of animals' designs.  Although his grandmother was a devout follower of Rhylya and Opheria, he was a nonbeliever, having been raised mainly by his father, who rejected religion as a waste of time and embraced drink instead.  As he hiked through the trees and glades, his grandmother would tell Shannon that the beauty, strength and cycle of life all flowed from the river of Rhylya's goodness. He remained unmoved until on his 12th birthday, his grandmother invited Shannon to take a longer hike than usual.They hiked up over the hills and down into the next valley and over the next hills and into the following valley, through which Shannon had never traveled before. His grandmother had called it Stonehall Valley, a sacred place of the goddess Rhylya. The morning had completely passed by, and Shannon could see a ring of stones that they were approaching, when suddenly his grandmother collapsed, and gasped "My heart! I've used my last strength to get here!" Shannon was aghast and new not what to do. He fell weeping over the old  woman, who usually had so much vitality (and pith) and cried, "What  can I do to save Gram?" The old woman clasped his hand and whispered, "You must carry me to within the Stonering and then pray we must pray with all our faith and fervor that the Goddess Rhylya will intercede and heal my broken and decrepit heart!"Shannon heaved her up onto his shoulder and hobbled the last 50 yards to the ring. Shannon set down the old woman down next to a stone and he lay with arms out face down on the earth in the center of the ring, begging and pleading aloud for Rhylya to heal the old woman's broken heart. He cried that if only She could heal poor, stricken Gram he would dedicate his life to Her goodness, at which point, Gram jumped up and cried, "I'm healed!"She whipped off a prayer of thanks to Rhylya, and a quick one to Opheria and immediately began to tell a much more attentive Shannon about the virtues of the Goddess Rhylya. They fasted that day and night and a converted Shannon hiked back the next day with Gram, who seemed never to have been ill at all considering the great pace at  which she now hiked. She smiled all the way as she went on at length about how Shannon needed only to take Rhylya into his heart to be saved, as she had been. For quite some time, Shannon was a changed lad. First believing unquestionably that he would enter the priesthood, and then at least toying with the idea, he was very devout. But as time wore on, he began to think less about goddesses and more about girls and adventure, and he put the idea on the back burner. That is, until his 19th birthday.Whether he had witnessed the healing power of Rhylya with his own eyes 7 years ago, or whether his grandmother was a cunning and manipulative wench who tricked him believing he had, no one may ever know; but seeing the circle of stones on his 19th birthday on his latest adventure, was too much for Shannon. He swore then and there that at the earliest opportunity, he would become join the priesthood of Rhylya. And for good or ill, that is just what he did.<img src="http://www.divinebattlelust.com/story_hour/0101_Shannon_th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><a href="http://www.divinebattlelust.com/story_hour/0101_Shannon.jpg" target="_blank">Old Shannon – Human Fighter</a><img src="http://www.divinebattlelust.com/story_hour/0401_new_shannon_th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <a href="http://www.divinebattlelust.com/story_hour/0401_new_shannon.jpg" target="_blank">New Shannon as a Fighter/Cleric.</a>Notes: *Thanks to Greg for providing this background for Shannon.*You will notice in the early part of the next installment that we are still using the “old” Shannon miniature. That is because I did not finish the new figure on time. Just as with this installment I was one adventure behind. Changing character figures is something we do to signify level changes or new career paths from time to time.</blockquote>

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