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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 505968" data-attributes="member: 5137">Slavery, end notesIn the end, Greppa finished tutoring Olgah by the next summer, and learned enough in the experience of teaching to master one of the more difficult spells he'd, ah, requisitioned from Hurath. Merideth managed to survive her own mulish pride, and gained some measure of respect for her uncompromising heart. Athan continued to be the pretty thing, but he got considerable respect from Gach's old warband.At the end of it, Olgah gave Greppa a gift in return: his freedom, and the freedom of his two friends. She even arranged for a scout to take them within sight distance of the Theralis valleys.Athan had matured somewhat over the long year. Aside from adding a few inches in height, he'd reached unsuspected depths of feeling in himself, and replaced the invincible armor of youth with a solid willingness to throw himself into danger for the good of others.For Greppa, it was different. Being a slave was humiliating. And escaping through collusion with the enemy burned in Greppa's guts, but he mostly kept that to himself, and focused his considerable will on his now solid goal of being so powerful, so awe-inspiring an arcanist, that no one would ever be able to put him in a compromising situation again.Merideth was, well, Merideth. She was suppressing a grin as they hiked up the last mountain to home - she was a bit disappointed in how things had turned out, but she had the rest of her life to be more heroic.As they walked, they talked. Athan was more willing to give up his goals of being a soldier now, and Merideth had never lost her desire for it. Greppa agreed with her in principle (as part of the path to power), but wanted to check Hurath's tower to see if he had returned, first. Everyone came to agreement, and they were almost cheerful as they hiked into Theralis.And in Hurath's tower, somewhere in the dimly lit interior, something stirred.</blockquote>

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