༺༉❁ April 3rd year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <gore, body horror, sadism>Physically weak, Velho was not a man to participate in his people’s tradition of hunting as per the norm– but he did endeavor to breathe life into such practices within his own all the same. •════════════════════• ❁ ❀ ❁ A...

༺༉❁ April 28 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Æhti was never quite prepared for many of the strange experiences he’d somehow found himself falling into since entering into Velho’s … care, so to speak. Never did he expect to be on a night tour with a Rakshasa, nor did he expect such a guide...

<notes>Æhti nodded to Abraia, “sure thing! I’ll carry anything else,” and then they were off again, with him dragging fingertips along the cavern wall to feel out the general composition of the materials within. He finally got a decent read on his intended quarry and was pathing in that...

༺༉❁ October 10 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>“Yeah…I’ve heard Æld’Norai say that about Draoidh, too…it just accelerates natural healing which, um, can sometimes heal things…wrong, uh, unless you’ve the medical knowledge to direct it,” Æhti began. And then after a small sigh, “...I do...

༺༉❁ April 4 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Velho stood straight, patient, with hands clasped together at the small of his back while he awaited the Gnoll’s response. Æhti eyed him strangely, his own gaze flitting between his master and the monster before him. Every day it was something so...

༺༉❁ April 28 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>No zoologist himself, Æhti actually had not a clue how the temperament of wildcats compared to those of the more domestic ones. “Really? They’re that similar to the smaller, domestic variety, eh? Interesting…much as I adore cats,” he paused...

༺༉❁ October 10 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Cælum’s much more bestial outcry was jarring for Æhti to hear, but he was glad enough that his own spell went off before anything worse happened to him. As always, combat was a bit of a race against time; his spells were powerful, but he needed...

༺༉❁ April 4 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Though Hespæria was dotted with a small smattering of settlements throughout the whole of its territory, its largest city by far was its capital, Thokkmyrr. The whole of it was a Grove, dutifully watched over by Hespæride and her agents, so when...

<notes>There were times when Æhti underestimated the weight of things when in the hands of others; this was funnily common with Velho, as the ælf struggled with carrying anything even remotely heavy. And while Abraia had to be stronger than Velho given her profession, it dawned on him that...

<notes>“Well, I suppose you’d know better than me,” he responded. Most Glamours were rather esoteric in Æhti’s mind. “As long as you’re fine, though, it works out, at least.” He hadn’t thought about that aspect of Elemental Grist Governance. “Oh– yeah, if you wanted Fulgur to augment or expand...

<notes>“I for one am hoping we don’t end up encountering anything particularly precarious, so as to keep the risk to our lives low, but uh…essentially, yes.” Æhti hadn’t thought much of it, really, given the fact that Velho was wont to send him out on errands of this nature– risk to his life had...

<notes>“Yeah, I plan to go back to her to get it upgraded as Velho allows, too– might be worth going to Græntún and asking after her by name if you’re looking to have something made,” Æhti suggested. Æhti knew little about Cælum’s settlement aside from the fact that he’d apparently been having...

༺༉❁ April 7th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>“I wish that I'd the courage,” Æhti laughed weakly. “...but harming him is tantamount to harming myself; I doubt I'd be able to get away with it in the first place, but even if I did, him being gone would make me vulnerable to the whimsy of...

༺༉❁ October 10 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>It only took about 10 minutes or so for Æhti to actually don his armor, the rest of that time was spent moving throughout the tower looking for the Exodii and then making their way back to the lobby. The other mage had taken him a second to...

༺༉❁ April 7th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Æhti smiled weakly at Abraia’s comment. “Aye, suppose I am; I think that’s what keeps Velho’s interest, if I’m honest,” he sounded almost uncomfortable. “...he's even pushed another on me since I've worked under him; Aqua– I'm not that...

༺༉❁ October 10 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>“He does. I suppose you don’t get that old without at least learning the optimal way to do things…” whether or not one actively applies such knowledge to their lives is what’s wont to vary, he supposed. But the next question made Æhti bristle...

༺༉❁ April 7th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>The lodge itself was carved out of the mountain’s primary stone, Myrksteinn, with all of the imposing, yet elegant ostentation Æld’Norai architecture usually held. It was located on the edge of Sværlys along the main road out, just before one...

༺༉❁ April 7th year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Another day, another gods-forsaken request from Velho; granted, this one wasn’t nigh as ghastly as they usually were. Rather, it actually, for once, tied into Æhti’s own personal interests– in this case, geology. The Ferrier wanted to send the...

༺༉❁ October 10 year 123 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>Cælum’s surprise at his own accidental joke made Æhti smirk, “...and here I thought you were trying to be a comedian.” But about Velho, “I’m glad for that too– ‘least he’s good at his job,” the young mage nodded. “Good luck sneaking in...

༺༉❁ April 28 year 124 of the third age ❁༉༻ <notes>It was an impossibly tempting prospect to pet the Rakshasa, but the young man managed to refrain. If normal cats were prone to a myriad of possible reactions to being pat, he figured it wasn't worth the risk. Powerful mages that such spirits...