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(IC) The Village of Korthos.

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Brankx Onyxshield
Wizard, 280 posts
HP 30 AC 11
F: +4, R: +2, W: +5
Sat 3 Oct 2020
at 04:36
  • msg #568

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

Brankx says nothing as the mayor speaks and just nods as he leaves. When ballast speaks, he slams his fist on the table.

"That damn fool elf doesn't know when to take his head out of his ass! I was paying him a compliment and he thought I was insulting him." His anger faded as he sighed and smiles at the warforged. "Ye, me friend are the anchor of this team. Ye hold more patience and sense that both myself and that dang fool elf combined. We both could learn from ye."

He sighed. "Perhaps its just fate that him and I are at odds. Th' irony...he's more dwarf than I am, and I bet people would say I am more elf than he!"
Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 237 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Sun 4 Oct 2020
at 20:13
  • msg #569

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

After sitting in shock throughout the exchange between Brankx and Fenris, Cumarinda blinked and tears trickled down her face. Her face slowly transitioned from wide eyed shock through narrow eyed anger, her whole body quivering and her hands clenched into tight fists. She stared at the table and the empty chair for a few moments before her rage seemed to abate and her body stopped shaking.

“Ballast, please look after our mage until I return. Pelor willing, I shall return with or without our mighty elf warrior.” she said calmly to the warforged fighter. Looking at a point just above the dwarf's head she spoke to him in a tightly controlled voice lacking emotion, the stern pained expression on her face shouting in the way her voice was not. “Brankx, I can't look at you right now. You've helped to weaken us at a time when we most need all our power to fight the evils we soon must face. I blame him for still being too stubborn to fully trust a dwarf and users of magic. I blame myself for not bringing you both to the table to solve our differences sooner. I thought that coming from a people who are known for their mistrust of magic, that you could understand Fenris' fears and try to be a trustworthy friend. I now know that I expected too much of you.”

She paused to take a soul cleansing breath then looked skyward in supplication, Great Sun Father, give me the wisdom and wit to find our elf in the wilderness!” she cried out in a pleading cry.

Turning back to Brankx and Ballast, her face more grin than ever seen before but with determination in her voice and body she ordered, “Ballast, Brankx, stay in the village while I search for Fenris. If you've not heard from me in three days time, then carry on without us.”

Pausing only briefly to hear an answer, she then headed out at a run to try to find Fenris.

As she began her search with following the tracks that were most likely his and heading towards the places she'd seen him before, she chided herself. "I guess no matter how much I tried to let him know I cared about him, he just couldn't fully return my feelings," she thought. "Besides, I'm still not sure if its his ability, virility, or heart that I most like. Or maybe its the warm, shivery feelings I get when I... No! I must put those feeling aside and find him for the betterment of all of us." she resolved inwardly, moving with renewed purpose.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:22, Sun 04 Oct 2020.
Brankx Onyxshield
Wizard, 281 posts
HP 30 AC 11
F: +4, R: +2, W: +5
Sun 4 Oct 2020
at 20:53
  • msg #570

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

Brankx listened to the woman, about to speak, but then shut his mouth and nodded. He knew well the distrust that his kind had for magic users, that was why he was such an outsider to his own kin. He, in his own was, projected that on fenris without realising.

His tone was one of guilt and defeat. "Ay lass....we will wait here "
Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 238 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Mon 5 Oct 2020
at 20:02
  • msg #571

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

The young priestess quickly tried to follow the path that Fenris had taken, knowing that they might lose him forever should she not get to him in time. Between quick looks his trail and questioning the villagers, she soon found herself outside the village. Directions from a farmer guided her into the wilderness, where she recalled the techniques used by some hunters showing her how to find food to make a meal. Using what she remembered, she forged forward.

Her heart wanted her to call out his name, that her voice would be enough to bring him back. But her intellect cautioned that doing so might also provoke him to further hide from her. "Fenris, we need your help and I... I want you with me!" she quietly and desperately cried out, frustrated by the entire situation.

Quickly becoming aware that her personal feelings were getting in the way of her goal, she set her inner battles aside and focused on continuing to watch and listen while moving forward.

OOC:
Cumarinda Imbrex rolled 21 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 15.  Survival check
Cumarinda Imbrex rolled 8 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 2.  Spot check.
Cumarinda Imbrex rolled 26 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 20.  Listen check.

Dungeon Master
GM, 487 posts
Mon 5 Oct 2020
at 20:55
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Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 239 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Tue 6 Oct 2020
at 21:10
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Fenris
NPC, 52 posts
H80/75, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Tue 6 Oct 2020
at 21:37
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Ballast
Fighter, 193 posts
HP 65/65, AC: 22
F: +7, R: +3, W: +3
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 01:39
  • msg #575

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Brankx Onyxshield:
Brankx listened to the woman, about to speak, but then shut his mouth and nodded. He knew well the distrust that his kind had for magic users, that was why he was such an outsider to his own kin. He, in his own was, projected that on Fenris without realizing.

His tone was one of guilt and defeat. "Ay lass....we will wait here "


Ballast knows that matters of relationships and emotions are... far less familiar to him.  With Fenris and Cumarinda's relationship, he doesn't feel he has any meaningful advice to offer, and hopes they can find some solution together.  Instead, he stood near Brankx (not trusting the wooden chairs of this place to stand up to his considerable weight) to speak with the wizard.  "I have no great insight to offer, Brankx.  I am sorry things came to this pass.  Tell me, you say that your own people do not approve of your magic?  How did you come to such a profession?  My kind are... directed very strictly towards our given roles, so one that breaks from his mold is unusual to me."
Brankx Onyxshield
Wizard, 282 posts
HP 30 AC 11
F: +4, R: +2, W: +5
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 02:03
  • msg #576

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

Brankx looks up at the warforged and smiles. "Dwarves', by nature are distrustful o' most magic....other than the enchanting of weapons and armor. The number of known dwarf magic users can be counted on me hands, and thats ALL dwarves known. Me clan, well, i be the first."

The dwarf looked down at the table, disturbed. "I was never a warrior in size or heart....I was born early and not as strong as me kin. I lacked th' faith o' the clerics. I had no place until i wandered into the home of a human....a magic user. He taught me the way. My kind see's magic as cowardly and dangerous, and for that i be labeled an outsider, a disgrace and a freak."

The dwarf couldn't help by smile an ironic smile. "When my clan was attacked, it was my magic that helped push the enemies back, this allowed some tolerance fer me art, but i know th' truth. I see them whisper behind their backs. I was always a loner to me kind."
Ballast
Fighter, 194 posts
HP 65/65, AC: 22
F: +7, R: +3, W: +3
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 07:57
  • msg #577

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"Magic is more familiar for my kind, though very few of us have the mastery of using it.  I have only heard of two that could channel the power of spells, and they had been specially-made for artillery purposes," Ballast says, musing out loud.  "It is not something to distrust, as we see it, as warforged are born of it and many of us saw a great deal in the War.  I, less than some, but when I spoke to others, they would describe fireballs and lightning bolts on the battlefields, sometimes as allied spells that would clear your way, othertimes as enemy fire that would try to clear you away."

He shakes his head, "I could see how magic could be thought of as dangerous if the most of what one sees of it is turned against you.  But I find it good that you were able to gain strength in magic for what you were not given in body."  Ballast gestures to his own heavy frame with its hard plates of dense metal over the corded "muscle" of wood fibers and cable that made up his body.  "Form dictates functions amongst my kind.  I was forged to be a bulwark, a shield.  An expensive investment, I was told often enough, one the captain was determined to recoup by teaching me the blacksmith's art alongside my defending duties.  And at times, when I was not needed for either, I was to sit in the bowels of the ship and be ballast during stormy weather.  The signing of the Treaty of Thronehold changed little for me,  as I had never known a choice.  But now... I have been given a choice of companions who treat me fairly, and not as a convenience.  Who are willing to repair and heal me.  Who use their axe or spells to defend me and help defeat our enemies.  The choice of friends, for me, is a strange and wondrous thing.

"Fenris reminds me of Anchor, a fellow soldier from the same mould.  We met several times at docks while gathering supplies to do repairs.  Anchor saw the sun even less often than I, and he performed his duties with straightforward diligence.  I would try to talk with him, and he would only respond reluctantly.  Things had a purpose and a way with him, and he had survived because he followed that way.  I suppose I was an example of a different way, and Anchor thought I was destined to fail and would not be taken down with me.  I do not know what happened to him.  I hope he found a way that continues to suit him.  I hope he has found friends."
Brankx Onyxshield
Wizard, 283 posts
HP 30 AC 11
F: +4, R: +2, W: +5
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 08:14
  • msg #578

Re: (IC) The Village of Korthos

The dwarf smiled at his mechanical friend. "Ye kind may be designed fer specific tasks, but us born have yo find our way. Dwarves are an old lived race, like th' elves....unlike them, th' dwarves are stubborn in their ways. They lived fer mining, battle and crafting. Our magic is all designed fer crafting and enhancing weapons and armor....nothin' more. Th' clerical art is respected better than arcane. There are fewer that follow druid magic as our kind holds no sway over plants and animals, though I knew one dwarven druid that followed th' tenants of earth and stone."

He sighed. "Because how my kind fight, they see magic as an easy and cowardly way ter fight. That is why they not be trusted. And my clan, more than any, are stubborn in their ways. Dwarves just don't trust arcane magic....like barbarians, and like Fenris."
Ballast
Fighter, 195 posts
HP 65/65, AC: 22
F: +7, R: +3, W: +3
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 09:10
  • msg #579

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Ballast cannot raise an eyebrow; he has none to raise.  But he puts much the same questioning into his voice as he replies, "I do not understand how one can see fire or lightning fly from your hands and say that is not a weapon worthy of a fight.  But then I think of Anchor and his ways, Fenris and his ways, and I now see there are many ways of the world.  I suppose for those who do little with books could find your studying and strange magic words like a banned weapon on the battlefield.  If they cannot counter it with a blade, surely it is cheating."  Ballast shrugs, as he doesn't agree with that stance.  "The world is not fair; this I have learned.  Perhaps Fenris, and your people, wish for a fairness that doesn't exist, yet they wish very mightily that it would.  And are angry when it is not so."
Brankx Onyxshield
Wizard, 284 posts
HP 30 AC 11
F: +4, R: +2, W: +5
Thu 8 Oct 2020
at 09:35
  • msg #580

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The dwarf nods, looking at ballast.  "Ye, me friend, are a rare breed. Ye carry more sence,  heart and kindness than most o' us who have lived beyond ye years." The dwarf took a drink. "I count myself lucky to have known ye, and luckier still to call ye friend."

"Perhaps ye be right that people think it may not be fair, or that life not be fair. But I know what I'm good at."
Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 240 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Fri 9 Oct 2020
at 00:44
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Fenris
NPC, 53 posts
H80/75, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Fri 9 Oct 2020
at 01:11
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Ballast
Fighter, 197 posts
HP 65/65, AC: 22
F: +7, R: +3, W: +3
Fri 9 Oct 2020
at 02:18
  • msg #583

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"It is good that you know what you are best at. I wasn't given a choice, but I have found good things things in using my strength.  And now that I have my choice, I still choose to use my strength to protect those I have chosen as my friends.  Perhaps you have another clan, now.  A second small clan, with very strange dwarves," Ballast says, sounding amused and a little surprised with himself for managing a joke.
Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 241 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Sat 10 Oct 2020
at 05:56
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Fenris
NPC, 54 posts
H80/75, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Sat 10 Oct 2020
at 12:37
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Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 243 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Sun 11 Oct 2020
at 18:20
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Fenris
NPC, 55 posts
H80/75, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Sun 11 Oct 2020
at 20:46
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Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 245 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Mon 12 Oct 2020
at 20:31
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Fenris
NPC, 56 posts
H80/80, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Mon 12 Oct 2020
at 21:09
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Cumarinda Imbrex
Cleric, 246 posts
HP 62/57, AC:18
F: +7, R: +3, W: +8
Wed 14 Oct 2020
at 06:19
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Fenris
NPC, 57 posts
H80/80, AC: 17/19 Rage
F: +8, R: +5 (+7), W: +2
Wed 14 Oct 2020
at 07:52
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Ballast
Fighter, 199 posts
HP 65/65, AC: 22
F: +7, R: +3, W: +3
Wed 14 Oct 2020
at 09:10
  • msg #592

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Ballast takes a little time to polish his magical shield a bit as he and Brankx muse upon their thoughts, and asks, "What do you know of mind flayers?  That is not a thing I have heard of, though it sounds very unpleasant, particularly if it has some sway over a dragon."
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