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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3281711" data-attributes="member: 7006">*SQWAWK!  SQWAWK!*The fog slowly begins to lift from his head, and Jango Silversun's eyes open ever so slightly.  He feels and hears the flapping of bird's wings over his face, and when his pupils focus, he sees Griot sitting on his lap.  He breathes heavy.  And thinks about the pain...My god... the pain.  The pain had been terrible.  And now...The pain... it's...It's...Gone?As Jango full regains consciousness, he realizes the burning pain that had been his aberrent dragonmark has disappeared completely.  Thank the gods.  He takes a deep breath and reaches behind him to rub the back of his right shoulder... right where his dragonmark is.  He pulls his shirt down off his shoulder to see what the damage is......but something is amiss.Where?  Where is it?  His dragonmark!  It's gone!  He can't see it!  Jango quickly rumages through his knapsack in hopes that he brought a small mirror, and thankfully he finds one at the bottom of the sack.  He quickly brings it up and holds it over his shoulder so he can look......and it's true.  The dragonmark is gone.The shock of the situation makes Jango drop the mirror, and he sits down hard on the ground.  His eyes are irrevocably drawn to the crevasse, and he cannot help but think... did the voice do this?  Did the voice take his mark away?  Was that even possible?  How could something like that happen?  And how did he feel about it now?  Did his demands of the voice make it angry?  Did his refusal to do what it wanted him to do both now and earlier make it give up on him?  Steal from him?  What is going on?!?Jango sits... and thinks about what has now occured.When suddenly..."I am an ally.  Jango.  I have always been an ally, and will always be an ally.  I have rewarded you.  For being you.  For coming here.  For speaking with me.  You will have no more problems with your mark."Jango immediately thinks about the fact that the mark is gone... when suddenly the voice makes things clear."I have not removed your mark, Jango.  Your mark can never be fully removed.  Instead... you have been given a gift.  A gift from Khyber.  You have his ward.  His protection.  The Ward of Khyber.  You can hide your mark now whenever you please.  From those who would do you harm.  One thought by you, and your mark will disappear from the naked eye.  But you will still have it.  And it will still be of use.  Khyber protects those who are loyal to him.  And I have fought for you.  And won you his protection."The thought of this takes hold of Jango, when he begins to feel his shoulder get warm once again.  He quickly glances at his shoulder and watches in amazement as the bare skin begins to glow blue... and his mark then reappears... same as it ever was."Come down.  Speak to me.  You have much still to learn, and I much still to teach.  Consider this gift a payment for friendship already rendered.  And much more is to come.""I wait for you, Jango."And with that, the voice goes silent.  Amd the blackness of the crevasse sits at Jango's feet.**********(OOC:  Jango receives the 'Ward Of Khyber' feat from the Dragonmarked sourcebook.  It makes your aberrant dragonmark invisible for 1 hour/level; and you gain SR against spell-like abilities of true dragonmarks.)</blockquote>

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