A Walk in the Neighborhood

[Dracos]

"Just waking up a bit.  Had some...odd dreams ye might say.  How goes it here, you've gotten some rest I take it?"

Dracos

[Brian]

"Oh, yeah.  Had this weird dream ... I was back on the shore of the ocean ... you know, that's kind of cool.  I crossed...."  He trails off, and shakes his head.  "But that village is a long way away, and further in the past.  I'm just getting nostalgic ... was keeping Ekim company."

Ekim nods.  "I find his stories interesting," he says slowly.  "I've not heard their like before."

[Dracos]

Dracos nodded.  "Well, then, I won't interrupt further.  He is an interesting teller of tales.  Have a good day."

Dracos heads along to the keep if Durant doesn't stop him.

Dracos

[Brian]

Ekim waves, and Durant looks mildly surprised, for some reason.  After a second, he shrugs, and resumes his story.

It doesn't take you long to negotiate your way though the kitchen, though you can't help but snag a small chunk of bread and meat on your way out.  Something about that dream left you very hungry.  Now you're in the keep proper, where messengers scurry around and a slew of servants is hard at work moving food out of the kitchen, and empty platters back into the kitchen.

[Dracos]

Dracos glances around.  If he doesn't see anyone important or recognizable, he starts heading towards the mages tower.  Checking up on Radagast would be wise after such a dream.

Dracos

[Brian]

When you get to the tower, there's guards all over it.  They apparently recognize you, though, and let you in.

Phil now moves to In the Night.

[Brian]

Once Parthipan is gone, you're left alone in Radagast's study.

Random odds, ends, and pieces of paper cover nearly every surface.

[Dracos]

Dracos leaves the study, heading to the keep walls, wishing to take a look out on the field and the enemy.

Dracos

[Brian]

After a while, you get to the upper ramparts.  Most of the archers are gone, but there's still a few hundred left -- Liandral is still at the far west end of the wall.  The field is clear, except for the pile of rocks in the center, and the figure on them.

[Dracos]

Dracos heads out to the practice fields to warm up his arms a bit.

Dracos

[Dracos]

Dracos then heads to the library, to see what they have on the gods, specifically Elric the undying, and old heroic feats involving them.

Dracos

[Brian]

You research for a while.  Erlic is not mentioned in any book you thumb through, though a few do mention the elder gods.

Generally, they weren't confronted in battle, however.  They didn't exist on coporeal levels, and so not much could be done to them.  The younger gods fought with them, but died more often than they succeeded in driving the elders away.

The plan that finally saw victory was by figuring out what the elder gods wanted, and then making the world too boring for them to bother with, but still interesting enough to not destroy.

Usually when it came to fighting the avatar (or child) of an elder god -- and these are mentioned, on occasion -- the plan was to either trick him into fighting another avatar (or child) of a different elder god.  The only other way to stop them was with one of the younger gods.  Fortunately, the elder gods thought that most of their children and avatars were too powerful to be interesting, and therefore didn't have many.

You find yourself a small corner of the library with a soft couch and a fireplace, and read for a few hours before your exhaustion catches up with you, and you doze off.

[Dracos]

Dracos shakes his head, yawning and waking up, remembering where he was and standing up to put the books he'd been reading away.

Dracos

[Brian]

You were sitting in a nice little reading area with some candles, a fireplace, and a table.  The books have already been moved to a neat stack, the fire is still going nicely, and there's a tray of breakfast-style food on it.  Looks pretty fresh, too.

Hmm.  A large piece of soft bread with a little butter, some ... bacon?  You haven't seen any pigs around....  But those are definately eggs, and that tankard looks like it contains some form of juice.

[Dracos]

"...They sure know their hospitality here."  Dracos shakes his head, digging in!

Dracos