[HQ Ignorance] Scene 12: The Mystic of Vustria

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
>
> "I am the man they call the Mystic of Vustria", he
> spoke to those assembled. "The Rune of the Beast form
> is strongest in these lands. The land prepares itself
> for the Hero Wars. It breathes, it moves, it stirs,
> awaiting the time when it will burst forth. I speak to
> it and it tells me of great plans it has, when the
> arrogant civilisations destroy themselves."
>
> "You are deep within its abode, foreigners. A little
> trollkin told me of your approach and your desire to
> speak to me. Well, I am here. Speak then. Tell me what
> aid a mad hermit such as myself can give to those who
> carry such trappings of 'civilisation'."
>
> Wildday of Harmony Week, the 13th day of Sea Season,
> 1622.
>
>   
Aalmon looks slightly surprised and looks closely at the mystic, perhaps 
confused by the words of the Golden Dwarf who had described the mystic 
as a woman. He had been unusually quiet and subdued through the journey, 
faced with this challenge it was almost as if the amphora had been 
unstoppered, his words flowed out as if he could not help himself.

"We thank you for your welcome. Let me first speak of what you said 
last, what of civilisation?" Baros trotted forward to stand with his 
brother, in this place they somehow could almost be mistaken for 
one-another despite their obvious differences "I stand here with my twin 
brother, who could say they are more of the wild than he is? Yet I was 
raised behind city walls in houses built from brick." He holds out a 
leaf about as large as his hand "If we look at this leaf it is smooth 
and glossy on one side.. "he slowly turns it over "..coarse and veined 
on the other. Yet it is but a single leaf and each side is necessary for 
the other to exist. We stand together before you; some of us were born 
in towns and cities, some in the deep wilds and some in the great 
untamed forests or even the living earth. We stand together because that 
which threatens us threatens all together and unless we are willing to 
stand together it will overcome us."

"So why have we come here? A great war of heroes is indeed coming and 
the prophesies speak of great doom, they speak of the return of the 
Great Deciever and of whole peoples being destroyed or cursed as a 
result. Our company seeks to follow those prophesies which tell of how 
to avert the disaster."

The torrent seems to abate now, as if all that he has been holding back 
is finally exhausted.

"But why have we come to see you? We seek the one known as Wilkairtha, 
the prophesies and the words of the First Mortal tell us to seek him out 
and speak with him. We would like to know more of Wilkairtha and where 
we might find him."

OOC : Full moon by any chance? Perfect for any meeting with werewolves!
As for the gender of the mystic, I'm sure I remember the Golden Dward 
referring to her as female - of course dwarfs might have funny ideas 
about sex!

Nic


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