Staring up at Belvarax from his cold place in the alley, it had rained but cold didn't bother him. He much preferred the icy temperatures, partly do to the isolation it provided. He listen to the Dragonborn but stared at him in silence till it grew uncomfortable, "Jargrax, and I don't care." Standing up, his body stiff from sleeping against a wall. "Call me whatever you please, just don't spew garbage about fate or destiny. Save that for the Dwarven woman." Going to the cart and hopping onto the cart to sit down. "Just do your job. I can't babysit a copper skin hatchling and keep a watch, if we are connected then hope when I move that the connection drags your scaly ass along." Clacking his teeth together, a small bit of frigid mist leaking from between his fangs.
Nariah awakens with the sun as her custom and packs for travel. She changes into more suitable clothing and tweaks her appearance and manner to a more natural and roughspun look.
She arrives at the meeting point a changed woman, fresher and more approachable. "Good morning companions, how many are we waiting on before we begin our journey?"
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Liarin: Against the Cult of the Reptile God Adewild: Shadows and Light 2 Brother Thaddeus: Rime of the Frostmaiden.
Instead of staying the night at the tavern, Aðalsteinn went to the outskirts of town and found a fine bit of cover to serve as his camp for the evening. After considering tinkering some on a small project, he decided better of it less his tools were to start rusting over frim the rain. Instead he looked into the town as the evening went on and eventually fell to sleep.
In the morning, Aðalsteinn made his way back into town were he quickly found the wagon where some of his party was already assembled. After checking the wagon and harnesses to make sure they were serviceable and ready to make the trek, he greeting the party members already gathered.
"Good Morning all, everything looks to be in order. Who are we still waiting on?"
Adorabella rises for temple service, her favorite way to start her mornings, bids the high priestess an adieu, firmly packs her pony with all the necessities for her journey, and drops off her mail to the main temple and her family notes on seeing Gundren well and speaking of her new task before moving on to the next holy temple. She is cheerful, bright, and well refreshed, this temple may not have much, but warm food and a cozy stable (she prefers Onyx's company most days, talking to folk is quite hard sometimes) all she needs. She arrives to the area in time to see Jargax blow cold damp smoke and she shakes her head.
She joins the crew and awkwardly stands there next to the cart before impulsively patting a travel blank on Jargax, because surely part of his grumpiness is his cold skin! She smiles with some nervousness, pats his arm once more and then goes back to stand with her battle pony, socially awkward as always. As she strokes Onyx's nose she fades out a little and stares vacantly down the street, working on a jewellery design puzzle in her head that her Da sent her in the last post.
Rolo wakes up feeling the hangover from last night and realizes that he maybe late. He gives himself a face slap, does some fast stretching, and runs off to meet the others.
"Well, It looks like everyone is here except for our Goliath friend. Would anyone like to go find him and let him know that we are meeting here at the South Copper Side Provisions and not at the Triumphant Fool? He maybe thought that we were going to leave from there this morning."
With no one responding to him, Belvarax gets up off the wagon and proceeds to walk back to the Triumphant Fool. As he arrives he sees Natone standing out front. "Natone, Over here. We are to meet at the South Copper Side Provisions. It's this way" as he point behind himself. Gundren wants you and I to travel with the group that is waiting there."
Its a quiet walk back to the wagon, but as Natone and Belvarax round the last corner to the South Copper Side Provisions. Belvarax speaks "Ahh, there they are, now that all of us are here we can begin this journey to Phandalin."
Freezing in place as a blanket lands on him, and turns slowly to stare at Adorabella. Looking between her and the blanket a few times before leaving it on. It was the nicest blanket he had used before, no holes and wasn't almost transparent. He would have to repay the Dwarf for the blanket, he couldn't let debts go unpaid after all. "Dwarf girl, I will pay you back for the blanket. Do you want coin or service?"
Startled slightly, Adorabella blinked a few times at Jargax after his abrupt question before replying "No need of repayment! I always carry spares and you looked much too cold to be comfortable! Revered Mother preserve me! I could never leave a fellow traveller in such a state while I could provide warmth and comfort. If you must insist on anything, I just request you treat it kindly and if the opportunity arises in your later travels, give it to another soul in need of comfort and warmth, it would be the only repayment I could accept!"
She smiles a bit crookedly, thinking of how sad it must be to have that mentality towards small gifts or meeting another's needs where they be, and she mentally offered up a prayer of blessing to the Mother of Safety for this journey about to embark.
Belvarax grabs the reins of the wagon and gives them a crack to get the horses moving. Steering them to the road that will take them all to Phandalin. He leans towards Jargrax and says, "So, how do you know Gundren?"
Sitting up straighter as the horses start moving, listening to Belvarax asking him how he knew Gundren. Taking a bit to remember it, "Last year, I was in the Sword Mountains. I was doing my best but food was scarce with winter coming. I found them and waited till nightfall to get close. They had tossed out some scraps, and I was hungry. While I was eating they caught me, I fought but was weak and they captured me. Gundren had me released and convinced me to join him for a while, he introduced me to some people in this city. It wasn't much, but it gave me enough coin to survive. What about you?"
"Actually, I don't know him. I was working for Dekhom, a Dwarf of the Aleshaper clan. One day he got a message from Gundren, calling him for service. Something about a great find. I was with Dekhom when he got the message. He explained to me that the travel was too much for him in his current condition, so he sent me. Wrote a letter to Gundren, told me to hand deliver it to him and that it explained everything. He also told me that the pay would be good, it always is with Gundren. I nodded and told him that I would take his place."
"So, I packed up my gear and made the near month trek from Everlund to here, showed up just in time to catch Gundren."
Jargrax clicked his teeth a few times listening to Belvarax and scratched at his jaw, making a odd scraping sound. "How did you end up working for a Dwarf ? Doesn't seem like the Scaleless kind likes our kind much. I have avoided them as much as possible, but they are always everywhere."
Shaking his head, "Soft scales, I saw humans as a youngling but I was raised with other Dragonborn. We were trained hard and worked harder, we had to earn our place. If we failed, we died. It was a simpler time."
Talking with hands and motioning around himself, "I didn't get the luxury to grow up with my kind. I only know the academy." The motions that Belvarax makes creates 4 globules of light that swirl about him, dance around a bit and then disappear.
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Staring up at Belvarax from his cold place in the alley, it had rained but cold didn't bother him. He much preferred the icy temperatures, partly do to the isolation it provided. He listen to the Dragonborn but stared at him in silence till it grew uncomfortable, "Jargrax, and I don't care." Standing up, his body stiff from sleeping against a wall. "Call me whatever you please, just don't spew garbage about fate or destiny. Save that for the Dwarven woman." Going to the cart and hopping onto the cart to sit down. "Just do your job. I can't babysit a copper skin hatchling and keep a watch, if we are connected then hope when I move that the connection drags your scaly ass along." Clacking his teeth together, a small bit of frigid mist leaking from between his fangs.
Nariah awakens with the sun as her custom and packs for travel. She changes into more suitable clothing and tweaks her appearance and manner to a more natural and roughspun look.
She arrives at the meeting point a changed woman, fresher and more approachable. "Good morning companions, how many are we waiting on before we begin our journey?"
Liarin: Against the Cult of the Reptile God
Adewild: Shadows and Light 2
Brother Thaddeus: Rime of the Frostmaiden.
There are four more that we are waiting on. I should think that they would be here soon.
Instead of staying the night at the tavern, Aðalsteinn went to the outskirts of town and found a fine bit of cover to serve as his camp for the evening. After considering tinkering some on a small project, he decided better of it less his tools were to start rusting over frim the rain. Instead he looked into the town as the evening went on and eventually fell to sleep.
In the morning, Aðalsteinn made his way back into town were he quickly found the wagon where some of his party was already assembled. After checking the wagon and harnesses to make sure they were serviceable and ready to make the trek, he greeting the party members already gathered.
"Good Morning all, everything looks to be in order. Who are we still waiting on?"
Adorabella rises for temple service, her favorite way to start her mornings, bids the high priestess an adieu, firmly packs her pony with all the necessities for her journey, and drops off her mail to the main temple and her family notes on seeing Gundren well and speaking of her new task before moving on to the next holy temple. She is cheerful, bright, and well refreshed, this temple may not have much, but warm food and a cozy stable (she prefers Onyx's company most days, talking to folk is quite hard sometimes) all she needs. She arrives to the area in time to see Jargax blow cold damp smoke and she shakes her head.
She joins the crew and awkwardly stands there next to the cart before impulsively patting a travel blank on Jargax, because surely part of his grumpiness is his cold skin! She smiles with some nervousness, pats his arm once more and then goes back to stand with her battle pony, socially awkward as always. As she strokes Onyx's nose she fades out a little and stares vacantly down the street, working on a jewellery design puzzle in her head that her Da sent her in the last post.
Rolo wakes up feeling the hangover from last night and realizes that he maybe late.
He gives himself a face slap, does some fast stretching, and runs off to meet the others.
"Well, It looks like everyone is here except for our Goliath friend. Would anyone like to go find him and let him know that we are meeting here at the South Copper Side Provisions and not at the Triumphant Fool? He maybe thought that we were going to leave from there this morning."
Natone is standing outside the Triumphant Fool, blinking in the early morning sunlight.
With no one responding to him, Belvarax gets up off the wagon and proceeds to walk back to the Triumphant Fool. As he arrives he sees Natone standing out front. "Natone, Over here. We are to meet at the South Copper Side Provisions. It's this way" as he point behind himself. Gundren wants you and I to travel with the group that is waiting there."
Natone grunts and follows. As far as Belvarax can tell, Natone could have been standing there all night.
Its a quiet walk back to the wagon, but as Natone and Belvarax round the last corner to the South Copper Side Provisions. Belvarax speaks "Ahh, there they are, now that all of us are here we can begin this journey to Phandalin."
Freezing in place as a blanket lands on him, and turns slowly to stare at Adorabella. Looking between her and the blanket a few times before leaving it on. It was the nicest blanket he had used before, no holes and wasn't almost transparent. He would have to repay the Dwarf for the blanket, he couldn't let debts go unpaid after all. "Dwarf girl, I will pay you back for the blanket. Do you want coin or service?"
Startled slightly, Adorabella blinked a few times at Jargax after his abrupt question before replying "No need of repayment! I always carry spares and you looked much too cold to be comfortable! Revered Mother preserve me! I could never leave a fellow traveller in such a state while I could provide warmth and comfort. If you must insist on anything, I just request you treat it kindly and if the opportunity arises in your later travels, give it to another soul in need of comfort and warmth, it would be the only repayment I could accept!"
She smiles a bit crookedly, thinking of how sad it must be to have that mentality towards small gifts or meeting another's needs where they be, and she mentally offered up a prayer of blessing to the Mother of Safety for this journey about to embark.
Belvarax grabs the reins of the wagon and gives them a crack to get the horses moving. Steering them to the road that will take them all to Phandalin. He leans towards Jargrax and says, "So, how do you know Gundren?"
Sitting up straighter as the horses start moving, listening to Belvarax asking him how he knew Gundren. Taking a bit to remember it, "Last year, I was in the Sword Mountains. I was doing my best but food was scarce with winter coming. I found them and waited till nightfall to get close. They had tossed out some scraps, and I was hungry. While I was eating they caught me, I fought but was weak and they captured me. Gundren had me released and convinced me to join him for a while, he introduced me to some people in this city. It wasn't much, but it gave me enough coin to survive. What about you?"
"Actually, I don't know him. I was working for Dekhom, a Dwarf of the Aleshaper clan. One day he got a message from Gundren, calling him for service. Something about a great find. I was with Dekhom when he got the message. He explained to me that the travel was too much for him in his current condition, so he sent me. Wrote a letter to Gundren, told me to hand deliver it to him and that it explained everything. He also told me that the pay would be good, it always is with Gundren. I nodded and told him that I would take his place."
"So, I packed up my gear and made the near month trek from Everlund to here, showed up just in time to catch Gundren."
Jargrax clicked his teeth a few times listening to Belvarax and scratched at his jaw, making a odd scraping sound. "How did you end up working for a Dwarf ? Doesn't seem like the Scaleless kind likes our kind much. I have avoided them as much as possible, but they are always everywhere."
“I grew up around them and humans, mostly. They never treated me bad.”
Shaking his head, "Soft scales, I saw humans as a youngling but I was raised with other Dragonborn. We were trained hard and worked harder, we had to earn our place. If we failed, we died. It was a simpler time."
Talking with hands and motioning around himself, "I didn't get the luxury to grow up with my kind. I only know the academy." The motions that Belvarax makes creates 4 globules of light that swirl about him, dance around a bit and then disappear.