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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3214300" data-attributes="member: 7006">The older gentleman smiles at her and outstretches his hand to shake hers.  "Tod Ellston... Knight Templar, retired."  His smile is wide and inviting and puts the young woman at ease immediately.  "I take it you were summoned to Newthrone as well?  I was living out the good life down in Pitchwall when I received the letter from Elder Nevillom.  As much as understand the need to recommission, I have to say I rather enjoyed spending my waning days lying out in the sun."  Khalia finds several things interesting as she listens to Templar Ellston.  One, that he says he's retired even though he doesn't look older than his early forties; two, he never released her hand the entire time he spoke with her; and three, he has very beautiful eyes.  All of these things swirl about in her head as the caravan begins to move.*****The journey up to Newthrone takes several days, but for the most part is uneventful.  Ari and Skarghash speak to Talak'na only a few times over the course of the journey, however Khalia's time with Tod Ellston takes a much more familial turn.  The one thing she notices as they exchange stories about life in the service of the Flame is that he is exceedingly charismatic.  And very attractive, if she said so herself.The caravan finally pulls into Newthrone... the New Galifar capitol and the main hub of commerce and life in the Q'barran province.  While it is much more active and populated than Seawell, it doesn't even come close to matching the size or crowdedness of some of the larger cities in the Five Nations proper.  The carriages and carts all travel to the large Orien transportation guild station... a series of buildings five times larger than the one back in Seawell, and everyne begins to load out.  The dwarven Orien worker pays Ari and Skarghash the second payment of 10 gold for their work (if you could even call what they did "work"), and they sign out and are free to go about their business.  Khalia reclaims her steed and luggage, and stands outside the station's lobby.  Templar Ellston does not take his eyes off of her while he hoists his pack onto his shoulders, and once more gives her a large smile.  "Shall we go to the temple, my Lady?  We wouldn't want to keep Elder Nevillom waiting."</blockquote>

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