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<blockquote data-quote="Queenie" data-source="post: 6967547" data-attributes="member: 8058">Meliara listened carefully to her directions, though hers were simple enough; stay out of hand to hand combat and rain down destructive spells from above. She could do that.&quot;Good luck everyone, may the gods be with us today.&quot; She gave them each a small smile, before checking out of the conversation. Lia didn't run off but truthfully this was not her thing. She was not a seasoned warrior like Keva or Denir, or Sheldon who unnervingly had to leave them right before this battle. Or rather, Meliara wasn't bred for this, she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the Worldwound forcing it on all of them. No, she'd probably be off in an exotic city somewhere, learning her craft by day, singing for coin for her own pleasure at night then spending that same coin on other pleasures even later. She was too young to be in the middle of a savage war, yet here she was, her childhood and youth taken from her. Because of that experience, this battle wasn't as terrifying as it probably should have been but still she was frightened. She wouldn't let on though.&nbsp; She had powerful skills that were needed and she would do what she could to rid this evil scourge from the world so maybe one day her own children - or someone else's in the likely event she didn't survive this war - could have the childhood she didn't.Lia's dragon must have felt her nervousness because she slithered out of the deep pocket in her robe and wrapped herself around Lia's arm and shoulder, snuggling under her long red hair. Lia reached up and pet the dragon while the others spoke and finished the very final preparations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Queenie, post: 6967547, member: 8058"] Meliara listened carefully to her directions, though hers were simple enough; stay out of hand to hand combat and rain down destructive spells from above. She could do that. [COLOR="#DDA0DD"]"Good luck everyone, may the gods be with us today." [/COLOR]She gave them each a small smile, before checking out of the conversation. Lia didn't run off but truthfully this was [I]not[/I] her thing. She was not a seasoned warrior like Keva or Denir, or Sheldon who unnervingly had to leave them right before this battle. Or rather, Meliara wasn't bred for this, she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the Worldwound forcing it on all of them. No, she'd probably be off in an exotic city somewhere, learning her craft by day, singing for coin for her own pleasure at night then spending that same coin on other pleasures even later. She was too young to be in the middle of a savage war, yet here she was, her childhood and youth taken from her. Because of that experience, this battle wasn't as terrifying as it probably should have been but still she was frightened. She wouldn't let on though. She had powerful skills that were needed and she would do what she could to rid this evil scourge from the world so maybe one day her own children - or someone else's in the likely event she didn't survive this war - could have the childhood she didn't. Lia's dragon must have felt her nervousness because she slithered out of the deep pocket in her robe and wrapped herself around Lia's arm and shoulder, snuggling under her long red hair. Lia reached up and pet the dragon while the others spoke and finished the very final preparations. [/QUOTE]

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