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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 330315" data-attributes="member: 221">A ranger awakesVisionsDespite the pain of injuries, sleep came swiftly for Niccolo and soon he was in the midst of the fields and trees of the Fautee forest.  It was familiar territory and the half-elf soon found himself wandering the paths of his childhood.  As he strode amongst the trees, the animals did not run from him and soon he had quite a following of small creatures.  The paths he knew soon led to a strange path, a small trail that he did not recall seeing before.  Taking this he found himself walking through a dark stratch of forest.  The shadows grew on every hand. He noticed however that the animals with him showed no fear and so he determined not to either.  The darkness faded and he walked out from amidst the trees and entered a breezy glade.  A small hill, covered in grass and flowers rose up in the midst of the glade and atop the hill, a ball of light hovered, its light unmoved by the brisk breeze.As Niccolo stood there wondering what he should do, the animals that had been following him made their way up the to the top of the hill and lay or sat on the ground in a circle around the globe.  Niccolo decided to join them.  There was something calming about the globe, goodness and purity seemed to radiate from it.He walked up the hill.“Hello Niccolo,” said a clear voice, with a tone like that of a bell or chime.  The voice came from the globe of light.“Who are you,” said Niccolo, though for some reason he was not surprised to hear the voice.“I am Tarfagel, archon of light and I have been watching you for a while now.”“You have?”“Very closely.  I have seen everything you have ever done, both good or bad and know more about you then sometimes even you do.  But the time for mere watching is over.  Naemae has bidden me to speak to you and to impart to you a measure of deeper understanding that you might better fight the good fight.  You have sworn allegiance to the god of chilvary, and he will not neglect you.  Take allies from the creatures of the wild and use them to do good.  Kindness is its own reward.”As the voice spoke, a new understanding sprang into Niccolo’s mind.  He saw with clarity the divine connection which gave life and sustained it.  He saw the energy that flowed in the creatures around him and more strongly in himself and even stronger yet in the globe of light named Tarfagel.  And then his understanding faded, but yet not completely.  “One last thing,” said Tarfagel, “We are not allowed to tell you all, some things must be decided on by you without full understanding, but I am allowed to tell you two things more.  One, that you should not listen to the vulture of lies, he is a servant of evil.  And two, the dragon you have met, her strength is acidic, but if you guard yourself well, she will be the weaker for it.”</blockquote>

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