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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MummyKitty" data-source="post: 2632016" data-attributes="member: 36179">Hakon Olafsson & Titus CreperiusAfter the scream and otherworldly bellowing had rent the deep silence of the dark forest, Hakon Olafsson had reached immediately for his woodsman’s axe from the baggage wagon. Alas, he found it wedged between a sack full of clothing and a bushel of potatoes, and he had to struggle to get it free.“Relax…” he thought to himself as his face turned as red as his hair in frustration as he pulled at the tool, finally drawing it with a grunt from the luggage pile. As he extracted the axe from the clutter of the wagon, he turned and saw the enormous stag with its gruesomely adorned horns.  The sight nearly caused him to drop the axe as he awkwardly made the sign of the cross over his chest with his free hand.To his side, he saw the magus Titus, his jesting at the screams replaced by wide eyed silence at the sight of the stag. His eyes full of fear (or was it fascination?), Titus waved a cautionary hand at the towering Dane.“Hakon my good man, have a care!” he exclaimed. “Your axe is fearsome but I wonder if it, or your faith, will stand you in good stead against this minion of the faerie god.  Remain at ready-- perhaps we can parley with it.”  Titus did not sound at all convincing in his stilted German, but Hakon held, axe only slightly lowered from a fighting position.Titus addressed the creature in Latin: “Cernunnos, Lord of the forest, forgive our trespass! We do not wish to interfere with your rightful sacrifice, but we do wish to understand your ways and laws.  Please hold your rage against our fellow human and grant us a moment of your time to gain wisdom of this place!”Hakon understood only a smattering of Titus’s plea to the animal, having picked up what little Latin he knew from church services… he doubted that the stag would respond, and clutched his axe with an even tighter grip.OOC: As a student of Greek and Roman Theology, as well as some pagan religion, it is possible that Titus may have also heard of the god Cernunnos. Certainly if Gasparius mentions him, the connection would have a chance of being made. Yair, let me know if any of this is not feasible, or if there wouldn't be time to say all this.</blockquote>

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