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Traveling with Falanians. Posted by Segev Stormlord. | Group: 0 |
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Segev Stormlord GM, 239 posts Mon 8 Aug 2011 at 01:14 |
Fire and Ocean Soul find much in common with the knights' squires, and young Nathier - the studious and hard-working boy who keeps Sir Vaniel's equipment shining like new - is proving eager for the slightly older kids' friendship. Clavien and Methius remain proper and polite knights, while Vaniel's stuffiness and vanity are easily seen to be covering a nervous hope that he is living up to some unknown shoes he feels he has to fill. He is also far less subtle than he thinks he is about his infatuation with Beatrix. Methius, strangely, seems to warm up to Merlin, warrior to warrior. It will take nearly a week to make it in to Castle Oredol, home of Duke Amaran. This will be the first stop, though it is Duke Lothus of Watch Hill who is the final destination according to the knights' itinerary. Of course, the King of Falan lies further East, while Watch Hill is north of Oredol. Nathier is enjoying a brief and rare period where he has no work to do, talking with Freverick as they ride. However, when Sevastian begins his nephew's latest lesson on butlery and service, Nathier is eagerly listening, as well. "How do you know what your master wishes before he voices it, Mister Sevastian?" he asks at one point. "Do you have to be Dragonblooded to be that good at being a squire?" | |||
Merlin player, 146 posts Thu 11 Aug 2011 at 04:50 |
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Segev Stormlord GM, 242 posts Sat 13 Aug 2011 at 14:54 |
The only town of any note surrounds a castle in the distance; this is likely Duke Amerin's seat at Oredol. Still, each of those villages along the way likely has an inn, which will make travel a bit more comfortable when the knights and the delegation from Trademeet get into Falan proper. The whole thing looks almost eerily peaceful from the air. Farmers work in ones and twos scattered about their lords' vast feudal lands, maintaining crops as best they can. Rarely, Merlin spies a lordling or knight traveling from one keep to another, usually with an entourage. After a few days, Merlin becomes aware of one particular young guardsman, wearing Methius's colors, who persistently tries to follow him when he goes ranging. He has neither managed to do so successfully (horseback is no match for Wings of the Raptor), nor said anything to Merlin when the Solar returns, yet. | |||
Merlin player, 147 posts Sat 13 Aug 2011 at 17:26 |
"So you have finally caught up with me. What will you do now?" | |||
Segev Stormlord GM, 243 posts Tue 16 Aug 2011 at 17:50 |
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Merlin player, 148 posts Tue 16 Aug 2011 at 21:14 |
"This was as far as I had intended to go today. So the question remains, what will you do now that you have caught up to me?" Merlin's voice open and inviting a response. He hasn't changed position. | |||
Segev Stormlord GM, 244 posts Wed 17 Aug 2011 at 00:33 |
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Merlin player, 149 posts Wed 17 Aug 2011 at 00:48 |
Merlin thinks on this for at least a full minute. Finally he says, "If that is your ambition then it will become so given enough drive and discipline. My fighting abilities are derived through the Martial Arts, which can be exceptionally broad. Your knights seem to prefer long sharp swords. There are various Martial Arts that use swords, specifically paired hooked swords. Is this something that you would want to learn? Certainly without the gift of Exaltation you will not be able to match another Exalted in combat, but as a mortal you could become a great warrior." |
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