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Elryn Location: Prologue - Longing, The Third Floor, Escape from Espina Rosa, Starcrossed - The Thorns of the Rose, Icy Beginnings Quests given None Shops owned None Dialogue Prologue - Longing ???: Peculiar indeed. ???: The Primal bond between a Dragonlord and his Dragon... Reaching beyond the magic that borned it. ???: Hmhmhmhm... ???: It has been a while since I last saw that one. The Third Floor ???: So… it truly is you… ???: But of course, it could only be you… it had to be. ???: Just as the Wind had told… ???: Yes, the Wind… YOUR Wind. ???: The Wind tells everyone’s story. Carrying their words, taking them away… ???: Though the words are taken away, their echoes remain. Echoes in the wind… ???: Make up your Wind. If you can hear the echoes, the whispers of that Wind, then you can hear the bearer of that Wind… ???: No… Not everything. Some things, but not everything… Too much sound, too much noise… ???: Like the noise of a storm. The wind blowing through many, many leaves of trees. A choir’s many voices… ???: …all come together to make a song yet every voice is distinct and different, no matter how small a difference… ???: Like a busy tavern lively in the night. Only the loudest of things said, those said again and again or said by many can be heard easily. ???: The stronger echoes. ???: Very many echoes… A storm unlike others. A great strength but not simply in terms of skill. ???: Hailed “hero” from as far as Ostveld reaches Ovungu Zoyo… ???: Many good a word, praise, thanks and cheers said to your name… Willed or not, a friend to many. The many different. ???: Caretaking of many souls both big and small. ???: The burden of caring for them but not being able to save them all. ???: Great titles given. Red Dragon Slayer. Undead Breaker. Vanquisher of the Great Darkness… ???: More recently, a similar glee to a welcomed return. Once thought to be lost… has been found again. ???: But not all echoes… ring so well. ???: An absence felt… painfully… Questions… cries of misery, despair, indignation… ???: Where have you gone? Why have you gone? Why are you not helping us? Protecting us? Defending us? ???: Why did you leave us? Why did you forsake us? Why… Why did you abandon us? ???: So much changes… in only a single year. And you, <Character>… have been gone for many a one. Elryn: You are curiously well informed. Elryn: Now indulge me, <Character>… Elryn: Just what in the Avatars’ names are you doing in the dark underbelly of the Runed Fortress? Escape from Espina Rosa Elryn: Nothing to say? Elryn: You could at the very least tell how it is you know of me. Elryn: Kara SuLema? Elryn: It has been a while since I have heard that name... Elryn: Then again, it has been a while since I heard any old names really. Elryn: What? Elryn: <Character>- Elryn: No, wait! <Character>!! Elryn: <Character>, please! Elryn: <Character>! Elryn: <Character>! Listen- Elryn: WATCH OUT! Elryn: Rhydd Elryn: That should keep them busy a while. Elryn: I used the powers of the Wards to temporarily annul the Rhydd of their being. Elryn: Temporarily annul the Rhydd of their being? Elryn: Rescinded the primal aspect of their inner freedom? Elryn: Fancyshmancymagicy paralysis stuff. Elryn: The other magical explanations did seem to go over your head. Elryn: That works for me. Elryn: A group of men have stormed the Fortress and are heading our way. Elryn: They are not your allies? Elryn: It looks like they are having a bonding moment. It would likely be best if we leave them be. Elryn: Now you... Dracelix is it? Elryn: Why are you and the others here? Elryn: Leon? Elryn: All this recently? Elryn: It is very much the opposite. Elryn: It is you who have fallen into a trap. Starcrossed - The Thorns of the Rose Elryn: Code Orange. That is the trap! Elryn: Elryn: Only the worst… Elryn: The full might of the Rose’s army, as much as can be mustered on sudden notice, is immediately mobilized to the Runed Fortress! Elryn: To capture the Rebels that are attacking the Fortress, of course. Elryn: Someone in the Rose that surmised that the Rebels would target Espina Rosa… Elryn: … and thus it is a perfect occasion to turn the Fortress into a Rebel trap. Elryn: Aye. Neither he nor the Rose must know that the Hero of Falconreach was involved a plot against Espina Rosa! Elryn: You must leave immediately! Elryn: There is no time for all those explanations! Elryn: I may have given us a bit of time by interrupting the alarm almost immediately… Elryn: … however I doubt it will delay them long if Espina Rosa continues to remain unresponsive to any communication. Elryn: We must go! Elryn: *deep sigh* It is not really a matter of choice, <Character>… You will need my help making it out of the Third Floor. Elryn: After all, Dracelix and Navon’s company would have not made it here had I not communicated them the way… Elryn: … was me. Yes. Elryn: What do you mean? Elryn: ….Fair point. Elryn: Hmm…. Elryn: Ah, I know! Elryn: There… Now the Wind of your little “accident” is gone. They shall not remember it. Elryn: Two weeks? Elryn: ….. Elryn: I can only disperse Wind when it has not echoed yet…. Two weeks… is far beyond the time that Wind has echoed. Elryn: I can do nothing about that, <Character>. Elryn: Where is the real Edd? Elryn: … This will do. Elryn: Granted, it is not perfect…. but it will confuse the Rose just enough to keep them off your trail. Elryn: Aye… Elryn: Let us go! And quickly now! Elryn: Almost. We still need to escape the fortress. Elryn: … The entrance of Espina Rosa! The Rose is here! Elryn: You must go! Now! Elryn: There is no need to worry about him, <Character>! He has been taken care of just as the other members of the Rose here have. Elryn: <Character>… Elryn: You and your allies go. I will stay here and delay the Rose a bit longer to make sure you escape safely. Elryn: It is fine. I had already planned to go my own way once we had come to this point. To go our own separate ways. Elryn: It is doubtful your path of escape was designed with another half dozen rebels and I in mind. Elryn: It will be much better this way. I will use the power of the Wards one last time before leaving this place to ensure it. Elryn: You and I both… And speaking of which, I do have one thing for you before you go. Elryn: Since the moment the purpose of your mission here has been clear to me… Elryn: I have been wondering what exactly motivated Kara to send you on such a dangerous mission for the sole purpose of escaping with me… Elryn: I am certainly not the solution to all the problems that plague you with the Rose… Elryn: But I do know something about Akanthus, and I think that it likely is or was that which was sought. Something that could help you. Elryn: That Akanthus lies to everyone. Elryn: That Akanthus namely, <Character>, lies to Jaania… The leader of the Rose. Elryn: Whatever he plots and schemes about…. Jaania has been kept out of it and may have very well had the wool pulled over her eyes. Elryn: Have you explored and delved into Swordhaven since you came back? Elryn: Then go there… and get to the bottom of this. That is my wisdom to you. Elryn: Go! Elryn: *chuckles* Now that is something I can agree to. Icy Beginnings ???: What do you seek... Guardian? ???: The children of Frostfyre? ???: The name the Ice Giants take upon themselves. It is said to refer to the first and greatest of Ice Giants. ???: As I understand it, it also is the name for a special kind of fire. But that is... from notes scrawled on the margins of old pages. ???: The lore of the Ice Giants is ancient... Whatever is known certainly is. ???: It is my understanding that once there were great numbers of Ice Giants, but what happened to them is a mystery. ???: I have read old text saying that there was once a great war against them. A great many races were allied against them. ???: After that they seem to disappear from history. ???: So far as I know, they were driven to the extreme north... That is the best information I can give you. ???: There was once a great body of information, but most of it has gone missing or perhaps been destroyed over the centuries. ???: That is lost lore. To find it, you would have to either seek the Library of the Lost... ???: ... which is impractical at best, or to find a living Ice Giant, which seems unlikely. ???: Most of the lore is lost or destroyed, but you may ask and I will tell what little there is to know. ???: What few records survive indicate that they were extremely warlike. They were a proud tribal people. ???: I understand that they were also raiders, often striking costal villages and taking what they needed. ???: To be honest, this is not completely clear... I have come across other evidence that they were farmers and hunters.... ???: As I said, I kenned them to be raiders. There is a chance that their victims soon tired of the raids and thus they came into conflict. ???: I would assume that this did mean there were frequent eruptions of hostility. ???: All that was long ago, however. ???: That is difficult to say. There is word that among them were the occasional Elementalist. ???: I am not certain if this appears throughout the race, or in any single clan. I have heard rumours, but nothing definitive. ???: There have been occasional reports and wayfarers' tales of what might be encounters with them... ???: ... but these reports are largely dismissed as tall tales. ???: No, but there were some records of an Ice Giant village... shortly before their exile... ???: ... that existed in the region somewhat farther north of the Ruins of Bask. ???: Mayhap you should start there. Alternative Image Image in Icy Beginnings Also See: Elryn (forum user) Thanks to Chaosweaver Amon for image.
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