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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 4362649" data-attributes="member: 1231">To briefly outline...Birel was definitely working to make a living as a caravan guard, though there is an element of taking the opportunity to travel the world. While the terrain might look more or less like it does back in Faerie, that realm is by far the more dangerous to travellers, so she is making the most of her time spent doing less glamourous work that should one day be below her.Amnon had a sense of moving back " home " now that he has come to terms with himself. But he is not really sure if he wants to head back into the desert from wence he came. The journey here was long, and rather unpleasant. They are not eager to start another long trek, though if the price is right they would. So, they are on the look out for local work, and maybe some excitement. Fame requires marvelous deeds, after all. Of course, if you want something a little more spicy, perhaps the caravan they were travelling with was attacked and destroyed by a lamia ready to give birth to another of her kind. The monster and her doppelganger minions (who had been impersonating other caravan members) killed most of their companions, and Birel was being eaten alive by the scarab swarm when she was pulled to safety by Amnon, and the two managed to retreat on a pair of horses that had been pulling the wagons. The lamia, enraged that Birel, the fey creature she was after in order to give birth, was getting away, gave chase. But fortunately Amnon had taken the only two mounts not injured or slain in the fighting. They made it Lacerda, but Birel was in horrible shape and close to death. Her shield arm had been ruined by the beetles, and legs and feet chewed nearly to the bone. She would not even have survived at all had Amnon not been a healer, but his magic was not strong enough to restore her. In another time, he might have left her like that, clinging to life, but he instead managed to obtain the services of a more powerful healer that could use a ritual that would restore his fairy companion. But the price was steep. He had to sell all of their gear, as well as sign them into slavery in order to pay the costs of the ritual. Birel, who had been unconscious since a short while after fleeing the lamia, woke up to find herself and Amnon on the auction block. She was, not impressed, but she knew that the tiefling had done it to save her While looking at her whole body, she could vaguely recall seeing the mess that had been her arm and legs before passing out. So she did not complain. Bitterly. At least as a small comfort, Amnon had been able to stipulate that they be sold as a pair or not at all.</blockquote>

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